Third Umpire

Duncan Steer. Journalism, cultural outreach, chanson. Live events: talk shows not 'talks'. Pre-show playlist:

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

Only THREE seats left at @ertheatre #Beverley for next week's #TourdeFrance night with @mrendell. https://t.co/n4mMRn4ijg

[katie ★ ★ @katie_awfc]

After the world sevens I need to see a WSL sports day. I want a 100m race, some javelin maybe, chuck in an egg and spoon race

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

Chelsea. I wonder if anyone told Blueco that whatever lessons they learned from American baseball and basketball may have zero relevance, in terms of team-building on the pitch or fan 'engagement' off it, within English football. Would have been 10 seconds well spent.

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

Tomo & Friday! I am hosting the great Pat Nevin, just TWO WEEKS out from the World Cup. Inside stories from 40 years of football. Funny, insightful, candid.
@TheVolleyLondon @Quarterhouse_UK #Folkestone . #CFC #Everton #TartanArmy @PatNevin https://t.co/3GxGMIykIN

[Matt Rendell @[email protected] @mrendell]

To the good people of Stamford: come, tomorrow evening, for an evening of cycling-based chat and laughter. Look forward to seeing you!

[Neil Barnett @NeilSpyBarnett]

Sunderland away was the 123rd game for @ChelseaFC in the last 21 months. They've played in every month in between. All criticism has to take this schedule stupidity into account. Oh hang on... 5 pre-season games on other side of world. Someone in the club clearly doesn't care

[George Dobell @GeorgeDobell1]

I THINK this is mentioned in the Book of Revelation…

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

@greateranglia Thanks Keira - that option is not made available when buying via @trainpal_go , I don't think. Is the phone line meant to be working? If not... then... it's impossible?!

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

@greateranglia Hallo, can I make bike reservations for your services on here? Your phone service goes straight to voicemail! Thanks, Duncan

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

@greateranglia Thanks Keira - yeah that lengthy menu process leads me straight through to a dead-end answerphone! So... what's the plan B?

[Velodus✨ @velodus]

Just throwing it out there that the lane is wiiiiiiiiide open for a tech company to get insanely rich by just replicating the 2010 version of big websites like Google while explicitly stating that they hate AI.

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

Scraping websites and having AI summarize them, so that no one visits the websites, is theft.

Training AI on videos, so that it can make new videos that compete with them, is theft.

We are witnessing the largest theft of creative work in history.

[Kenneth @NiceGuyKenny]

To be fair, if you’d told me the last time Arsenal won the league that by the time they win another one Chelsea will have won 5 leagues, 5 Fa Cups, 2 club world cups and 6 European trophies 2 of which were Champions Leagues, I would’ve probably taken it.

[Bob Golen @BobGolen]

Asked my algebra teacher if I would ever use algebra after I graduated. She said I wouldn't, but some of the smart kids will.

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

Any talk of Ed Miliband being prime minister just shows the Westminster bubble is even more removed from reality than we previously thought.

[Ally Fogg @AllyFogg]

Let’s see, do I want a man who lives modestly within his means with the exact same kind of lifestyle as everyone I know and respect, or would I prefer someone who has big houses bought for him by shady expat billionaires for opaque reasons? Decisions, decisions.

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

@SteveReedMP Steve - the 5 million leaseholders (and anyone else who knows about leasehold) know you have strangled the housing market by not fulfilling your manifesto promises. All these social posts are pointless, when you abandon so many voters so cheaply.

[Third Umpire @thethirdumpire]

Two pre-#FIFAWorldCup2026 shows w/ the great Pat Nevin, @TheVolleyLondon (Thurs 28) & #Folkestone @Quarterhouse_UK (Fri 29)- funny, candid, insightful, like a documentary crossed with stand-up. All Pat's shows this year have sold out, so act soon... https://t.co/3GxGMIykIN

[Ally Fogg @AllyFogg]

There’s a thing that happens in politics discourse where people act like it’s the principle of a transgression that matters rather than the scale, so a scandal about £5k is the same as one about £5m.

I categorically reject that. A scandal about £5m is A THOUSAND TIMES BIGGER.