David Phillips

nytimes.comCan’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This Is 30.They’re trying to build middle-class lives in New York. But many 30-year-olds in the city feel worse off than their parents. Is it average adult angst? Or something more enduring?

This @nytimes.com article is so badly written. \ Every statistic quoted is about "feelings". The one question that matters, whether a 30-year-old today is materially worse off than a 30-year-old in 1990, is posed in the standfirst and then, somehow, never tested? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/n...

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And then the people it talks to: The Bay Ridge husband earns about $5,000 more in real terms than in 2020 - a real-terms raise during an inflationary spell, is somehow as a grievance. Several who call themselves well paid: it's the very group that research shows has fared best.

There's *so* much more. Mismatched baselines. “13 Going on 30" as if that's meaningful. Talking about Mamdani voters as "Rage fueled by rent and gas prices” - this is a population and place people probably don't drive? And more besides. It's just a terribly written piece. How did it get published?

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They could have just quoted evidence: for example - median home prices adjusted for inflation have almost doubled since 1990, while median real weekly earnings for young workers rose only modestly and fell for young men.

Also: Homeownership: by 30, 42% of millennials owned homes versus 48% of Gen X and 51% of boomers, but by 38 millennials are essentially level with Gen X at 66%. Debt: median student loan balances for 30-34-year-olds went from $6,000-7,000 in 1992 to $20,000 in 2022 (inflation-adjusted).

It poses a question the article does't - or refuses to? - answer. “Is it average adult angst? Or something more enduring?” is a hedge dressed as an inquiry. It spends so much time on mood and ends on a *woman with TEN roommates* feeling liberated.

Florian Wirtz thinks you're idiots.

I would like to see precisely what advice was given that would fulfill a duty of care obligation. bsky.app/profile/raps...

Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who is out for the season after several blood clots were revealed in his lungs. Before the London game, Hurts was in the hospital until 4 am and did not sleep because sleep was a risk. He played the game without having slept. Crazy.

Celebrating nine years in the Netherlands today.

I like it when #lfc score goals. More of that please.

I predict the first sign that we'll know Michael Carrick is close to the end is when he stops dressing like he's auditioning for Elbow.

@rachelparris.bsky.social

A stats site pointing to a reason for a red card being shown that actually isn't described *anywhere* in the Laws of the Game, let alone an offence that might be penalised is ... something. bsky.app/profile/mich...

Michael Caley@michaelcaley.bsky.social

this is a new statistical indicator

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Rachel Parris

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

Stevie Heighway on the wing. bsky.app/profile/dbel...

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social

Wrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish.

dezeen.comNeom Stadium reportedly "shelved indefinitely"Plans for Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia, which was set to host World Cup games in 2034, have been abandoned, according to reporting by Reuters.

Stadium that was never going to be built is never going to be built. www.dezeen.com/2026/10/05/n...

Well, this is new. I can't access BBC news articles unless I pay for a subscription (services such as BBC Persian appear to be unaffected by the paywall).

Zero boggles detected. bsky.app/profile/sema...

Semafor@semafor.com

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

A source close to Paul Joyce confirms this isn't Paul Joyce. bsky.app/profile/paul...

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It is 1,331 days since Manchester City were charged by the Premier League.

Panic on the streets of Manchester.

@philippeauclair.bsky.social

I should think that a fair number of Man City's (non-Abu Dhabi) partners will have asked their lawyers to confirm what clauses and circumstances exist for early contract termination/renegotiation should it be necessary.

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Philippe Auclair

It's never been more important - and urgent - to support investigative sports journalism and, to do this, @playthegame-org.bsky.social has set up a new initiative, which I hope many of you will contribute to. Spread the word, and help us protect sport and the values we believe it should represent.

playthegame.orgJournalism FundThrough public support, the Play the Game Journalism Fund fund enables Play the Game to commission freelance journalists and researchers to produce independent, investigative, and analytical journalis...

The Man City result is probably both the best possible outcome for the Premier League and the worst possible outcome for the government.

That's going to make for a fun Premier League Owners and Directors Test.

Paul McCartney, for so, so, so many reasons. Isolate/listen to the bass lines in All My Loving, Oh Darling, Hey Bulldog, Taxman, ADITL, Come Together, Dear Prudence, Lovely Rita, I Want You - melody/counter-melody, and frankly, simply ask "How did he think of that?" Genius. bsky.app/profile/brai...

Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca

I feel like we all need a universal coping mechanism. So let’s share your favourite bass guitarist or bassist.

New York Times is New York Times-ing.

20 Sept

In which "triumph" is defined by putting snipers on the roof. bsky.app/profile/nick...

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19 Sept

That was unexpectedly nasty from Declan Rice at the end and I'm very surprised he wasn't sent off.

bbc.comBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

19 Sept

Perhaps Jim has lost so much confidence in the UK, it can only be restored by having the taxpayer be relied upon for the hundreds of millions of pounds in infrastructure funding without with Man Utd's new stadium effectively can't proceed. www.bbc.com/news/article...

9 Sept

I'm not blaming Kang-in Lee, he's obviously an extremely sensitive person who feels pain in every region of his body regardless of where he's actually touched.

8 Sept

It's not Laura's territory necessarily - it's Steven Ginsberg - but I do wonder what @laura-williamson.bsky.social thinks of this highly representative set of five men. You can do so much better than this, @theathletic.com. bsky.app/profile/thea...

The Athletic@theathletic.com

The Athletic Live premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and will kick off with three livestreams every week before ramping up to five weeknight shows in late October. The show will be co-hosted by @fourverts.bsky.social, Max Browne, Daniel Popper, Zach Harper and @kofie.bsky.social.

Messing with a Japanese video game company's intellectual property? This typically doesn't end well for the infringing party. bsky.app/profile/nanc...

Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social

The White House uses SEGA logo to unveil new video games on the White House website where players can deport and terrorize families with ICE. I’ll ask SEGA for comment.

I'd be more surprised if the police / intelligence services (if suitable) weren't aware and hadn't deployed resources such as spotters accordingly. There might be more value, for example, in the gathering of intelligence than (the appropriateness of) arrests today. bsky.app/profile/joxl...

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The general rule of not seeing something done isn't the same as nothing is actually being done applies.