Roa_Writes

Aspiring Novelist. Declutter warrior. Simp for strings, synths and nature. On a mission for better sleep.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Reading is so powerful now because, in a culture of doing so many things at once, it's stubbornly singular, when you're doing it you can't do anything else, you can't think about anything else, it demands all of you

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@Jaguar This ad deliberately confused and shocked people into believing Jaguar doesn't sell cars anymore only to look up and find out they still do.

Probably worked for Jaguar's social media & web traffic but what about for the purpose of the company: selling cars?

[Roa_Writes @Roa_Writes]

@cabot_phillips Wow, this is amazing. Never knew a car ad could be so emotional! I'd buy if I could!

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@thiscattrocks @FIFISahel0041 @MissMaSunshine True. Since the early 1980s to be exact. The biggest Brazilian/Samba bands represented at NHC are Paraiso and London School of Samba.

[Notting Hill Carnival @NHCarnivalLDN]

Notting Hill Carnival 2024.

Thank you all for coming! Please get home safely.

See you next year 💛💫

https://t.co/H1mPFeex84

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@British_Airways I've been patient enough since May. Calls. Emails. And no still no compensation for the delayed baggage!

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This! Tennis is not accessible or affordable for the masses. Crazy elitism: from training to be pro to the empty match seats. A legend had to say it. Glad it's Djokovic.
@TheTennisLetter

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Novak Djokovic says tennis is endangered at the club level, ‘If we don’t do something about it globally, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle or pickleball’

“In terms of innovation in our sport… other than Slams, we have to figure out how to attract a young audience. Tennis on one hand is in a good place, but at the same time, when we look at Formula 1 for example and what they’ve done in terms of marketing, in terms of growth of the sport, in terms of the races around the world and how popular they are.. I think we need to do a better job on our respective tours. The grand slams are always gonna do well. But I think our tours need to do better. We are lucky to be very historic and a very global sport. But I think one of the studies that was done by PTPA 3 or 4 years ago showed that tennis is the 3rd or 4th most watched sport in the world along with cricket. Number 1 is football or soccer as you call it in the states. Second is basketball. Then it’s tennis and cricket. But tennis is number 9 or 10 on the list of all sports in terms of using its popularity, commercializing or capitalizing on that. I think there’s a huge space for growth. We’re quite fractioned as a sport. There are quite a bit of things for us to collectively look at and try to improve it. We need to grow the number of players that live from this sport. Very rarely do I see in the media that you guys are writing about the fact that you have only 350 to 400 players both men, women, singles, doubles across the board that live from this sport on this planet. That’s deeply concerning for me. Yes, we talk about the grand slam winner wins this or that. The focus is always on the grand prize but what about the base level? We’re still doing a very poor job there… very poor job. Tennis is a very global sport and it’s loved by millions of children that pick up a racquet that wanna play, but we don’t make it accessible. We don’t make it so affordable. Especially in countries like mine that doesn’t have a strong federation, that has Grand Slam or history or big budgets.. so I think collectively we all have to come together or create a new foundation, a corner stone of really what tennis is about.. which is the base level. The club level. Now we have paddle that is growing and emerging. People kind of have fun with it and say ‘Yeah but tennis is tennis. Tennis is the king or queen of all racquet sports.’ That’s true. But on a club level, tennis is endangered. If we don’t do something about it, globally or collectively, paddle, pickleball in the states, they’re gonna convert all the tennis clubs into paddle and pickleball. Because it’s more economical. You have one tennis court… you can build 3 paddle courts on one tennis court. Do the simple math. It’s just much more financially viable for the owner of the club to have those courts. These are some of the things I wanted to share. In the grand scheme of things, we need to address all these challenges and issues. Because they’ve been out there for a while. I don’t think we’ve been addressing it in the proper way.”

(via Wimbledon Press)

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The second gauntlet for the men was 🔥🔥 Love the #Gladiators vengeance for their disqualified team mate!

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So glad #Gladiators is back on screen. Why did it take so long? Nostalgic, corny and fun all in one!

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Well done #TeamJamaica! #WomensWorldCup2023 #FIFAWomensWorldCup

[Team Jamaica @TeamJA876]

💥BOOM 💥

Jamaica is through to the Women's World Cup Knockout Stage for the the first time in history!

Final score:
JAM 🇯🇲 0 - 0 🇧🇷 BRA

#TeamJamaica #GuhHaadAndDone #FIFAWWC2023

(📸 IG: juliandonaldson)

[Roa_Writes @Roa_Writes]

@WindsorDebs @DeborahMeaden Totally agree. With cars, you have much more comfort, safety & freedom. Public transport is great at times but inconsistent.

If the Gov & mayor care so much about the environment, why not make electric cars more affordable and invest more in infrastructure to charge them?

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@bookofmormonuk I tried, really tried to like this. But the funny parts fell flat too many times. More hype than substance.

[Myron Jobson @Myron_Jobson]

In my latest column for i newspaper, I crunch the numbers to gauge whether falling house prices and rising wages offset the uptick in #mortgage rates from a first-time buyer affordability pov. Spoiler alert - it won’t for the vast majority.
https://t.co/bGpx8bA9Ua

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Call it what it is. Clarkson's vile comments about Meghan Markle is a hate crime. He must be punished.

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@AkiSchilz @TLCUK That's such a good idea!

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Thie is one of the most British things I've ever seen. #PubLife
https://t.co/SYAQ4KgeIf

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@MissingPetsGB Unfortunately, this petition comes out every year and nothing is done about it. But I'll keep signing and hoping like the rest of us.

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Interesting @BuzzFeed article via @Reddit. Making note for my male characters. #amwriting #WritingCommmunity
https://t.co/l35HvOWOLJ

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@ImKaitlynMeyers Using a thesaurus isn't cheating. We can't all think of great synonyms off the top of our heads. No probs using it but double-check the context.