Saba

Team manager long term child protection, flaneur, bibliophile and workaholic

[Saba @SabsS]

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[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

France 🇫🇷 are operating on a completely different level compared to any other team in the World Cup. Absolutely lethal finishing once again by Mbappe. The movement and athleticism of the French front three of Mbappe, Olise & Dembélé is unstoppable.
#FRASWE

[Football Ramble @FootballRamble]

Truly iconic commentary from Danny Murphy on the BBC just now.

*shot of Oscar Bobb*

“I used to have a cat called Bob”

*silence*

“Jumped in the back of a Royal Mail van and never saw him again”

[Tom|Pokalsieger🏆 @1893_Tomm]

Schiedsrichter kommen einfach nie mit der südamerikanischen Spielweise klar. Die foulen hart und heulen dann bei allem gegen sich rum als wäre sonst was. Das ist pure Unsportlichkeit aber Schiris fallen immer drauf rein
#DFBTEAM #GERPAR

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average. Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.

Driven by climate change and global warming, the phenomenon of the “once-in-a-generation” heatwave is now occurring nearly annual. We were warned.

More than 1300 excess deaths have been recorded since 21 June linked to high temperatures in Europe.

Heat stress is often called the “silent killer” – and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures.

@WHO is working with its Member States and partners to address the health threats posed by extreme heat through focusing on preparedness, prevention and stronger health system responses.

In particular, we are encouraging European countries to implement heat health action plans, as part of the broader agenda to protect health against climate change.
https://t.co/0e5Vu4EBhK

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Yet another indictment of the politically (and literally) bankrupt water industry in this country. England had its 8th wettest winter on record. And yet the total lack of investment from the companies to build new reservoirs and capacity leaves us here. Urgent change needed.

[Saba @SabsS]

How we are shaped, regardless....♥️
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[Saba @SabsS]

@TfL @MayorofLondon Buses need to be air-conditioned. Its been hell getting to work and back, mostly because of how awful travelling on buses has been. Its a miracle people weren't passing out.

[Ramzy Alwakeel @journoramzy]

Sending reporters to do heatwave stories to camera at the beach is a such a lazy bit of consent manufacturing. 35C does not equal the beach. Do the report on a building site where people are on the verge of passing out. Do it from a hospital ward.

[paul bassett davies @thewritertype]

Not saying it's hot on the London Underground today, but I've just seen Virgil leading Dante down the steps at Baker Street tube station. They'll be taking the Circle Line.

[Kate Ferguson @kateferguson4]

We are getting our 7th PM in 10 years.

It’s 30C outside.

And we are playing well in a World Cup.

We have become Italy…

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

I’m always amazed at how few people seem to appreciate the sky. It’s literally a pleasure to watch the clouds, the ever changing colours of the horizon, the stars, the sun, and the moon.

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

How can we “unlearn” & “relearn” as a response to disruptive change in the workplace?

It’s an important question because, in times of profound change, knowledge that was once correct, useful or effective can become a liability. In a world where the pace of technological, social & environmental disruption keeps accelerating, the ability to continuously unlearn & relearn moves from a useful organisational capability to a survival one.

I’ve been reading "Unlearning, relearning, & reactivation in times of rapid change & crisis: the case of electric utilities" by Hanna Björner Brauer & Sara Willermark. Its lessons from the Swedish energy sector are highly relevant to health & care & other services.

I pulled out six key points for leaders of change:

1. Periods of crisis, disruption or rapid change are pivotal moments for organisational learning: but are only productive if leaders treat them as opportunities to question long-held assumptions & develop new ways of working.

2. Learning during disruption is fundamentally relational & social: it does do not happen inside individuals in isolation. It’s shaped by relationships - with colleagues (intra-organisational), with other organisations in the same sector (inter-sectoral), with stakeholders across sectors (cross-sectoral), & with citizens & service users (citizen-organisational).

3. "Reactivation" is a distinct & important form of learning: Standard learning theory focuses on letting go of the old & adopting the new. This paper introduces "reactivation" as a third option: mobilising knowledge & practices that exist but have been deprioritised or forgotten. When disruptive change happens, some of the most valuable responses come from rediscovering & updating what organisations already knew, rather than starting from scratch.

4. Efficiency/performance-driven cultures create learning barriers: they actively undermine preparedness & learning capacity when disruption arrives. Leaders need to build in slack, routines & space for reflection & learning, even when conditions feel stable.

5. Unclear role boundaries & lack of trust block relearning: when responsibilities between stakeholders are ambiguous, teams become paralysed about what they are permitted to learn & do. When public trust in an organisation is low, employees are constrained in how they can engage, communicate & adapt.

6. Leaders & policymakers need to actively create conditions for learning: Organisations need stronger analytical capacity to understand the people they serve. Collaboration across stakeholder boundaries needs to be structured, not left to chance. Policymakers need to examine whether the regulatory & structural conditions they create help or hinder the learning that the scale of change needs.

To summarise: disruptive change creates the conditions for deep learning, but that learning is never automatic. It depends on relationships, trust, leadership intent & organisational routines & systems that make learning possible.

The article: https://t.co/InMjDewkS8

Linkedin post from John Whitfield that sparked my interest in the article: https://t.co/Buc1UtyeVg

[Rob Pizzola @robpizzola]

Now that every team has played a match at the World Cup, here are my first impressions on each team:

Mexico: underwhelming
South Korea: way better than expected
Czechia: slow
South Africa: major ass
Switzerland: should have won by 7 goals
Canada: underwhelming
Bosnia and Herzegovina: set pieces very dangerous, everything else bad
Qatar: terrible
Morocco: definite dark horse, could run deep
Scotland: meh
Haiti: surprisingly competitive
Brazil: worst version of Brazil I have ever seen
USA: best version of U.S. I've seen in two decades
Turkiye: rollercoaster of a team
Australia: more competitive than i thought
Paraguay: ass
Germany: holy fuck what a destruction
Ivory Coast: slow starters, really grew into match
Ecuador: underwhelming
Curacao: rest in peace
Sweden: 5-1 a real stretch scoreline, will be overrated going forward
Netherlands: solid
Japan: solid
Tunisia: manager deserved to be fired
Belgium: underwhelming
Iran: slept through most of their match
New Zealand: slept through most of their match
Egypt: can compete with some better teams
Spain: snoozefest but will change once Yamal/Williams start
Uruguay: underwhelming for most of their match but showed some signs
Saudi Arabia: woof
Cape Verde: it's not gonna get any better than that
Norway: physical team, can cause problems
France: top end talent so good, can overcome being terrible for 2/3 of a match
Senegal: better than expected
Iraq: had some opportunities, not awful
Austria: decent
Argentina: if Algeria's goalie wasnt a dumpster, we would have concerns
Algeria: dumpster goalie
Jordan: woof
Colombia: underwhelming, gave up quality chances
DR Congo: way better than expected
Portugal: what the fuck was that
Uzbekistan: surprisingly competitive
England: powerhouse
Ghana: bad but opponent was also bad
Panama: very bad
Croatia: old af

[Saba @SabsS]

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[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Norway have qualified for their first World Cup since 1998, and the first thing they did was ship in their own cheese, fish and 6,000 oranges. A touching show of faith in the American food supply.

Start with the cheese, since they hauled 116 kilograms of it across the Atlantic. Dairy in the United States can come from cows injected with a growth hormone called rBST, which has been banned across Europe for years and does not even have to appear on the label over here. Norwegian cows never go near it, so the players would sooner bring their own.

The fish follows much the same logic. A good deal of American tuna is treated with carbon monoxide, sold to the trade under the lovely name "tasteless smoke," which fixes that bright red colour and keeps it looking fresh long after it has quietly stopped being so. Europe banned the practice in 2003, while America still permits it.

Then the oranges, all 6,000 of them, because the US happily lets growers spray the skins with Citrus Red 2, a dye the World Health Organisation's cancer agency calls a possible carcinogen, all so a slightly green orange can pass for a ripe one on the shelf. Europe will not let it anywhere near food.

So when a side with one shot at a World Cup takes a long look at the local cheese, fish and fruit and flies in a tonne of their own instead, you can understand how they got there.

A ringing endorsement of American food, obviously.

[Juez Central @Juezcentral]

Momentazo tras el heróico empate de Cabo Verde contra España. Todos van a abrazar a la gran figura: Vozinha, el portero de Cabo Verde.

Sus compañeros le muestran que lo están enfocando en las pantallas grandes mientras la gente aplaude. Él llora de la emoción.

Imagina debutar en un Mundial con 40 años y que salgas figura en el primer partido de la historia de tu país, que es un empate contra España. Nunca es tarde. Y momentos como este lo pagan todo. Grande Cabo Verde, grande Vozinha 💚

[Saba @SabsS]

BBC News - Cosmeticorexia: How girls are falling down a skincare rabbit hole - BBC News
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[John Donoghue @JohnDonoghue64]

Why spelling is important…

[@WickedVintageShop💀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @WickedVintageUK]

Every single one of you splashing about in this pond, is an absolute moron!

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

A disciplined campaign from the champions 👏