Paul Johnson

I recently wrote a blog post about the impact of clubs’ financial resources on football outcomes. paulrjohnson.net/blog/2024-10... The TL;DR is that the rich stay winning (shocking, I know), but I thought I’d put together a little thread of some of the findings because Always Be Posting.

Sick of work this Monday lunchtime? Or perhaps hungover from one too many on the first night of Labour Conference? If so, distract yourself with ✨ 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗥𝗣 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ✨ Full interactive at: jack-bailey.co.uk/ward2024

Just get yourself a dog so you can focus on whether they are gonna eat it or not

Bin collection timings occupy 100% of my brain's capacity

Sucks for Dortmund and even more so for Konstantelias. Poor lad.

The heady days of woke 1

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

Just spreading the word, in light of Dolly's passing, to donate here in her memory. What a loss for humans everywhere. imaginationlibrary.com

A real one

Nah just kidding we are fucking amazing

Maybe Saints are gonna do a Sheffield Wednesday and we are gonna spend all season wondering if they can get out of the minuses?

Nothing more satisfying than watching a newly promoted team buck all expectations

In 2026, there is no longer any lab leak hypothesis you can state consistently with the available evidence. Despite this, it has been the dominant media narrative for six years. Read my new data-driven investigation: www.protagonist-science.com/p/biased-med...

I'm sorry... 'Prof Gone'? They made a man's sacking the main news story for weeks as the country went on fire, which might have contributed to his death and 'Prof Gone'? This is the same clique that wept & wailed for a week when we dared mention their dinner party pal was a wife beating nonce.

Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible

Nazi ghost haunted the Clacton by-election

🎨New blog post 🎨 I've written down some of the things I talked about in my Ihaka Lecture last month ❓ what is creativity in #DataViz ❓ why does it matter ❓ how to create more creative charts Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/creativ... #RStats #ggplot2

New blog post! Odds ratios are...a bit weird. Here I explain two problems (interpretation, non-collapsibility) and provide some simple recommendations for improved reporting. www.the100.ci/2026/07/30/r...

Also, calling a fascist a fascist should not be in question. I'm sorry for such a blazing hot take.

So the BBC is debating whether the words political opponents use to describe Farage and Reform are putting them in danger... But not whether their rhetoric has contributed at all? Cool, cool, cool.

That'll get everyone onside...

@whatsallthispod.bsky.social tier list must have missed H-E-B because it's in a special elite tier far beyond every other grocery store (not because it's Texas/Mexico specific).

I'm hearing that Weak Keir refused his Erdogun? Disappointing.

Ffs

I have a new paper on the Gallagher index: the most common measure of electoral disproportionality. We often assume it runs from 0 (perfect 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺) to 1 (perfect 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺). But I show that in most party systems, 1 is not a possible value. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Adding rounds until Germany go out: "Ahhh, juuuuust right."

Skinwigs album the sound of the summer 👀

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

There is nothing and no one that can destroy the vibes of the World Cup. Fifa have tried their hardest to ruin it but it's still the World Cup.

I wonder whether the Fox broadcast ever explained the significance of this fan and what he represents...

starmer era felt like all the analytics nerds saying "this is so dumb" while the sporting director kept leaking to supportive journalists that he was a data genius for signing players who overperformed their xG and made lots of tackles.

The Dutch are in Houston, and there have to be so many beet red dudes who look like Louis Van Gaal going through it today

It's a really good album, what are we doing here?

Greatest city in the world.

pausa de hidratación

YES, FUCK YOU

I think it's a legitimate question whether fixing offside is better than playing four quarters is bad. But of course you could just fix offside and not play four quarters, so you know, swings and roundabouts but I am *loving* how much less refchat there is at this World Cup thanks to technology

Always has been

She's turned the weans against us

i love the Chopped dynamic in international soccer. congratulations, your country produced three world-class right backs and no strikers. go make a meal with it.

We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.

The longer we keep kicking the can down the road on this, the worse it gets. Punish everyone involved.

It just feels absolutely mad to me that we're being asked to believe the police would have treated that poor boy any better if he were black