what?

awful luck with streams, anyone got a stable English one?

United and Chelsea really are there for the taking this season. We have to capitalise on that

Gordon Brown reckons the EU are going to chuck out the Oct 31st deadline and come forward with an extension offer. Not clear if it's true but would be put the brakes on Johnson's plan to pin the blame for no deal on EU intransigence.

I mean a leader would be great but in the absence of one, and especially in the media landscape you describe, we can't just wait around. It's going to require a global solution so leadership will need to come from all levels, nationally, right down to local community organising. Idk, I don't really have any answers and I myself am searching for stuff I can get involved in but I just wanted to spur people on a bit because it's going to take everyone and it's just weird how we all know the situation is ****ed but we're all collectively just sitting on our hands waiting for something to happen. Oh god don't do that they've got even less answers than me!

I totally agree but the point is that such a movement ain't going to just happen without those ordinary individuals like you and me taking part in it. I think it's really interesting because I know loads of people who would answer the same way you did and who really believe that is basically the only chance we've got. But when the question following is - so what are we doing to hasten that movement and make it happen? There's no answer. Now I'm no better, I'm not some militant activist ready to lay down my life yet but if the only hope we have is mobilising large parts of the population to actually affect change, then we have to figure out what the tipping point is at which they're willing to actually take part.

I have a question. Are people, and I mean posters here on foxes talk not people as in the wider population, actually scared enough yet to take action? And if not, why not? I don't mean that in an accusatory way it's more genuine interest, because I think there's a big disconnect at the moment and its needs to be understood if it's going to be overcome. I feel like a lot of people have intellectually accepted the climate crisis and you hear matter-of-fact talk about the coming effects of it in the media, but on mass people seem more willing to basically ignore the problem. Has anyone made big or small changes in their lives yet because of climate change? And if not at what point could you see yourselves doing so?

The conspiracy nut in me says Madison was definitely onside and VAR confirmed it but because the linesman flagged and the keeper didn't really try to stop it, they declined to tell us.

ffs, just don't wait until 60 mins to make a change. It's clearly not working, zero penetration, we don't need another 15 to know that. Get Barnes on now

At least no Rüdiger is good for us, that defence can definitely be made to sweat

Oof, so all four teams competing for 7th go goalless on the first weekend and last season's top three score 13 between them

Does anyone know if there are any detailed explanations of how var is actually working? I'd be interested in seeing how much much machine learning and tech stuff is actually in there or if it's just a bloke looking at the slo motion footage and drawing those lines themselves.

You could make an argument that all offside decisions always fall under clear and obvious error. It doesn't specify clear and obvious to the human eye. You have a state that is binary, either on or offside, and a computer capable of analysing the positions of the players with total accuracy. 1mm offside is a small margin but under those conditions it is clear and indisputable. Sure a human might not have seen if but now they've switched on this tech we have the ability to be that certain about it. Wilfully ignoring the results seems mad. Do we really want to get into situations where we know somebody was offside but we'll give it anyway just for old times sake? I think being on the receiving end of that would irritate me more than missing out on a goal like Man City did today.

tbh my first answer on seeing the title was 'some kind of Mad Max style post apocalyptic climate catastrophe scenario'

I would recommend Berlin/Germany to anyone but only if they bring me a bunch of cheap Tesco ibuprofen and some hobnobs when they come. Other than access to those two things it's great.

thank you everybody, that was encouraging to read

Does anyone else ever type out long stuff for this thread and then delete it?

It's true and I think I've spoken in this thread before about the transformative effects that psychedelics have had on my mental health, literally equal to years of therapy I would say... but they're also really ****ing dangerous for anyone with mental health problems to experiment with and it's not something to just jump into hoping it might help. I literally had a very bad trip on Friday that could have been avoided if I wasn't such a dumbdumb. I at least had valium close by so it wasn't a disaster but the point is that while psychedelics have the possibility to give you access to self realisation usually blocked off, they can also open the Pandora's box of your subconscious and if you're a depressed bastard like me that can be very dangerous to do without a safety net. Anyone reading articles like this and thinking of experimenting should always go extremely slowly and safely

ah interesting, well in the current climate I doubt it's done him much damage either way.

Have you heard the 'modern King Cyrus' theory they use to justify that? People will find a loophole to give themselves permission for anything, it's bonkers

This one-upmanship from the tory candidates over past drug use is so weird and hilarious. The only thing more ridiculous than Gove off his chops on coke is the Rory Stewart’s claim that fricking opium of all things didn't affect him because he's such an avid walker. I know that pointing out how politics has gone beyond all the satire has been done to death these days but it's really true.

as long as it's only one you feel we could always snatch a cheeky one, a Vardy dive for a penalty or something jammy

I'm not sure I have anything I can add to help because I know what it's like to feel that way and I know how the mind can just be impervious to any hopeful words when all it wants to do is sit and stew in numbness and wait for everything to be over. But I will say one thing, it might be the sort of thing that only sounds real in hindsight and not in that moment, but the times I've been down there, when I was my my very worst, I was utterly incapable of imagining any future in which things got better. My wildest fantasies were all about dying in a way that caused the minimum amount of pain to my family. I was totally unable to form any idea of a future that was anything other than hell. And I know that I'm a relatively smart and realistic person despite my mental health, so I was convinced I was right. But I was wrong. The life I have now is better--not perfect but not the hell I was in--but the crucial part was that it was possible. I was so ****ing sure that anything good was impossible and I thought I was so ****ing smart and that I'd considered all the angles. But I was just ****ing depressed. There's a Chomsky quote that isn't actually about mental health but when I heard it it totally reminded me of that feeling and I think the sentiment can be applied to depression, particularly the first sentence. "If you assume that there's no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, there's a chance you may contribute to making a better world." I dunno, I would totally understand if that just bounced off you though tbh. Hearing someone say that to me back then probably wouldn't have done shit. I would have just told myself I was different, that there really was no way out for me. But I was wrong so. Good luck mate and solidarity. However bad it is now there really could be better days ahead, at least try and hold on to the possibility of that.

Because he hates being the centre of attention right?

Thanks everyone for the really kind words

I already had the interview but they were so excited about me that it felt more like a foregone conclusion. We mostly talked about ideas for the position. They seemed certain on all 3 of those questions. Obviously I'm unsure about the first but it's always so hard to unpack what is depression and what is reality. It's big abstract creative strategic work, not stuff I've ever done on this scale before. If I can get over my anxiety and not limit my thinking then I feel like I could do it but it's definitely an unknown. I know that I'm going to love the actual content of it. That is certain. It's going to be like night and day compared to what I've been doing for the last year. One freeing part of it is that they are completely aware of my mental health history and they don't seem phased. I think the picture they have of me is a fairly accurate one so hopefully I'll be able to remember that when doubts creep in.