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Phoronix reports:
Steam on Linux use in March hit an all-time high of around 5.33% marketshare. Since then it pulled back to around 4% while for September 2026 the Steam Survey results... indicate a rather steep decline of 0.85%, down to 3.05%. Meanwhile macOS is at 1.92% and Microsoft Windows at 95%... Steam's Survey reports a 7.42% increase in Chinese use, up to 31.39% overall of the Steam population. Usually those large month-over-month swings where Steam China use shoots up dramatically is a boost to Windows and a detriment to Linux. Some attribute the large increases in Simplified Chinese use to being a reporting/sampling issue.
When diving into the Steam Linux data exclusively, CachyOS has spiked by another 2.65% to now account for 18.12% of the sampled Linux gaming population. That even outperforms SteamOS Holo coming in at 17.37%. Among Linux gamers on Steam, AMD CPUs still account for the high 60 percentage space thanks to the Steam Deck and Steam Machine using AMD APUs and their open-source/Linux support being popular with enthusiasts.
Steam on Linux use in March hit an all-time high of around 5.33% marketshare. Since then it pulled back to around 4% while for September 2026 the Steam Survey results... indicate a rather steep decline of 0.85%, down to 3.05%. Meanwhile macOS is at 1.92% and Microsoft Windows at 95%... Steam's Survey reports a 7.42% increase in Chinese use, up to 31.39% overall of the Steam population. Usually those large month-over-month swings where Steam China use shoots up dramatically is a boost to Windows and a detriment to Linux. Some attribute the large increases in Simplified Chinese use to being a reporting/sampling issue.
When diving into the Steam Linux data exclusively, CachyOS has spiked by another 2.65% to now account for 18.12% of the sampled Linux gaming population. That even outperforms SteamOS Holo coming in at 17.37%. Among Linux gamers on Steam, AMD CPUs still account for the high 60 percentage space thanks to the Steam Deck and Steam Machine using AMD APUs and their open-source/Linux support being popular with enthusiasts.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
"The winner of the Nikon Small World in Motion competition is under investigation," writes the photography news site PetaPixel , "after scientists accused Dr Ning Xu of using AI in his video."
The Nikon competition is about showcasing the beauty, complexity, and artistry of the microscopic world. The entries are abstract, often baffling to laypeople. But when Dr Xu was announced as the winner last month, members of the scientific community began to cry foul. "There are many serious problems with this video," Edward Phelps, associate professor at Florida University, says on LinkedIn. Phelps points out that "purple structures pop in and out of existence" and "green cilia also appear from nowhere and do not match the known size."
Dr Xu's video is supposed to show the movement of cilia, which are hair-like structures that line part of the lungs... However, since Dr Xu won the prize, Nikon Small World updated its LinkedIn post celebrating his triumph with a note that reads: "Regarding questions raised about this year's Small World In Motion winning video, Nikon is carefully re-reviewing the information provided during the initial vetting, along with additional supporting materials from the entrant." Nikon adds that Dr Xu is "respectfully complying and has provided detailed technical documentation outlining the microscopy equipment, imaging methods, and processing techniques used to create the source video."
Worse still, Ian Donovan, an MD/PhD Student at UT Southwestern Medical Center, says he ran the video through Google Gemini, and the result came back with an invisible Google SynthID watermark that indicates at least some of the video is AI-generated. Dr Xu, an optical engineering researcher at the National University of Singapore, reportedly responded to the LinkedIn post. According to Nature, Dr Xu accepted that he had used an AI model to assist with post-processing but denied breaking the rules of the competition, which clearly state that "AI-generated videos are not permitted."
"It was applied afterwards to the reconstructed grayscale data to distinguish and color structures with similar morphology," he wrote. However, Dr Xu's messages on the LinkedIn post can't be found as of today (October 1), and his LinkedIn profile now appears to have been deleted entirely.
Meanwhile, some college students "see a double standard when colleges penalize them for outsourcing academic work to AI but allow similar use by institutional leaders," writes Entrepreneur magazine:
According to a recent report from The New York Times, Dartmouth College students are calling out a top professor for allegedly using AI to help with writing... The school's provost, Santiago Schnell, faced allegations of AI use last week from the college's student-run newspaper, which detected AI in some of his published writing. The college said it was launching an investigation into the written work. Schnell said in a statement to the student-run newspaper, The Dartmouth, that he used AI "for language refinement, copyediting, improving clarity and organization and making writing processes more efficient." The newspaper ran his statement through an AI detector, which said that Schnell had used AI to write it, too.
The Nikon competition is about showcasing the beauty, complexity, and artistry of the microscopic world. The entries are abstract, often baffling to laypeople. But when Dr Xu was announced as the winner last month, members of the scientific community began to cry foul. "There are many serious problems with this video," Edward Phelps, associate professor at Florida University, says on LinkedIn. Phelps points out that "purple structures pop in and out of existence" and "green cilia also appear from nowhere and do not match the known size."
Dr Xu's video is supposed to show the movement of cilia, which are hair-like structures that line part of the lungs... However, since Dr Xu won the prize, Nikon Small World updated its LinkedIn post celebrating his triumph with a note that reads: "Regarding questions raised about this year's Small World In Motion winning video, Nikon is carefully re-reviewing the information provided during the initial vetting, along with additional supporting materials from the entrant." Nikon adds that Dr Xu is "respectfully complying and has provided detailed technical documentation outlining the microscopy equipment, imaging methods, and processing techniques used to create the source video."
Worse still, Ian Donovan, an MD/PhD Student at UT Southwestern Medical Center, says he ran the video through Google Gemini, and the result came back with an invisible Google SynthID watermark that indicates at least some of the video is AI-generated. Dr Xu, an optical engineering researcher at the National University of Singapore, reportedly responded to the LinkedIn post. According to Nature, Dr Xu accepted that he had used an AI model to assist with post-processing but denied breaking the rules of the competition, which clearly state that "AI-generated videos are not permitted."
"It was applied afterwards to the reconstructed grayscale data to distinguish and color structures with similar morphology," he wrote. However, Dr Xu's messages on the LinkedIn post can't be found as of today (October 1), and his LinkedIn profile now appears to have been deleted entirely.
Meanwhile, some college students "see a double standard when colleges penalize them for outsourcing academic work to AI but allow similar use by institutional leaders," writes Entrepreneur magazine:
According to a recent report from The New York Times, Dartmouth College students are calling out a top professor for allegedly using AI to help with writing... The school's provost, Santiago Schnell, faced allegations of AI use last week from the college's student-run newspaper, which detected AI in some of his published writing. The college said it was launching an investigation into the written work. Schnell said in a statement to the student-run newspaper, The Dartmouth, that he used AI "for language refinement, copyediting, improving clarity and organization and making writing processes more efficient." The newspaper ran his statement through an AI detector, which said that Schnell had used AI to write it, too.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
SANAA (ANP/RTR) - Jemenitische strijdkrachten van de internationaal erkende regering hebben aanvallen uitgevoerd op de Houthi's in de hoofdstad Sanaa en de noordelijke provincie Saada. Dat meldde een woordvoerder van de strijdkrachten in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag.
Volgens de woordvoerder waren de aanvallen gericht op belangrijke doelen van de door Iran gesteunde Houthi's. Hij gaf geen verdere details.
De door de Houthi's bestuurde zender Al Masirah meldde eerder dat Saudi-Arabië een aanval had uitgevoerd op Sanaa. Saudi-Arabië heeft dat niet bevestigd.
De Houthi's boekten de afgelopen weken grote terreinwinst langs de Rode Zee en voerden ook aanvallen uit op Saudi-Arabië en de scheepvaart. Daarbij verkregen ze onder meer controle over de strategisch belangrijke zeestraat Bab el-Mandeb.
De strijd tussen de Houthi's en troepen van de door Saudi-Arabië gesteunde regering lag sinds een bestand in 2022 grotendeels stil, maar is dit jaar weer opgelaaid. Saudi-Arabië heeft daarop luchtaanvallen uitgevoerd in Jemen en steunt regeringstroepen in hun strijd tegen de Houthi's.
WASHINGTON (ANP/AFP) - De Verenigde Staten hebben twee leden van de Iraanse delegatie bij de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties het land uitgezet. Ze waren ondanks een bevel om te vertrekken in de VS gebleven, meldt het Amerikaanse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zaterdag.
Volgens Amerikaanse media had het ministerie de Iraanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Abbas Araghchi en zijn delegatie maandag opgedragen de VS te verlaten. Vrijdag bleek dat twee delegatieleden nog in New York waren. Een van hen vertrok vrijdagavond, de ander zaterdagochtend, meldt nieuwssite Axios.
Amerikaanse en Iraanse functionarissen spraken elkaar een week eerder in New York. President Donald Trump wees volgens Amerikaanse media een voorstel van Iran over heropening van de Straat van Hormuz af, maar zei te verwachten dat gesprekken snel zouden worden hervat. Het Iraanse staatspersbureau IRNA meldde dat geen nieuwe directe gesprekken met Washington gepland staan.
JERUZALEM (ANP/RTR) - Israël heeft zaterdag geprobeerd de leider van Hamas in Gaza te doden met een luchtaanval op een appartement. Volgens lokale functionarissen stierven vijf mensen door de aanval. Het is onduidelijk of Hamaskopstuk Ali al-Amoudi nog leeft.
De aanval vond vlak voor zonsopgang plaats. Volgens de joodse kalender is zaterdag de herdenkingsdag van de Hamasaanslag op 7 oktober 2023.
Het Israëlische leger zei dat Al-Amoudi doelwit was van de aanval. Volgens Israël was hij betrokken bij de planning van de aanslag van 7 oktober en geldt hij vandaag de dag als "de hoogste Hamas-functionaris in de Gazastrook". Ook zou hij zich bezighouden met de "heropbouw van de organisatie met het oog op oorlog".
De aanval werd uitgevoerd nadat het leger had doorgekregen dat Al-Amoudi zich in het flatgebouw bevond. Israël onderzoekt nog of hij de aanval heeft overleefd.
Weer voor Rotterdam 🌕 - 04-10-2026 01:15 CEST
In één oogopslag:
• 16.7°C · Licht bewolkt 🌕 | Min 13.3°C / Max 20.4°C
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 13.3°C, Max 20.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1028.8 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 246°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 02:00: 16.1°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 6°
• 03:00: 16.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1029.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 62°
• 04:00: 16.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1029.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 71°
• 05:00: 15.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1029.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 48°
• 06:00: 15.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ↙ 52°
• 07:00: 15.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1029.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 08:00: 15.2°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1029.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ← 81°
• 09:00: 15.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.2 km/u (0.9 m/s), richting: ← 107°
• 10:00: 16.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.2 km/u (0.9 m/s), richting: ← 106°
• 11:00: 18.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1029.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.6 km/u (1.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 199°
• 12:00: 19.3°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.0 km/u (1.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 203°
• 13:00: 20.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.7 km/u (1.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• maandag 05 oktober: Min 15.0°C, Max 20.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ↘️ -4.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↙ 39°
• dinsdag 06 oktober: Min 15.8°C, Max 21.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ↘️ -5.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 237°
• woensdag 07 oktober: Min 14.5°C, Max 20.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ↘️ -9.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 202°
• donderdag 08 oktober: Min 13.3°C, Max 19.4°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 38%, 🧭 1008.4 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.6 km/u (5.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 36°
• vrijdag 09 oktober: Min 10.2°C, Max 13.4°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 19.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 65%, 🧭 1013.8 hPa ↗️ +5.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.4 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 328°
• zaterdag 10 oktober: Min 9.0°C, Max 13.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 4.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 28%, 🧭 1007.4 hPa ↘️ -6.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.7 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: → 248°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 16.7°C (Licht bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 15.8°C (-0.9°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 3.6 km/u (1.0 m/s), richting: ↓ 5°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 8.3 km/h (2.3 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 78%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 15.4 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:46 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 19:15
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 64 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 19.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 26.7 μg/m³
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#Rotterdam #Meteo #MeteoBot #MeteoNetherlands #OpenMeteo #FediMeteo
In één oogopslag:
• 16.7°C · Licht bewolkt 🌕 | Min 13.3°C / Max 20.4°C
Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 13.3°C, Max 20.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1028.8 hPa ↘️ -1.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 246°
Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:
• 02:00: 16.1°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↓ 6°
• 03:00: 16.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1029.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 62°
• 04:00: 16.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1029.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ← 71°
• 05:00: 15.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1029.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.1 km/u (1.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 48°
• 06:00: 15.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ↙ 52°
• 07:00: 15.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1029.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.4 km/u (1.5 m/s), richting: ← 79°
• 08:00: 15.2°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1029.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.8 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ← 81°
• 09:00: 15.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.2 km/u (0.9 m/s), richting: ← 107°
• 10:00: 16.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.2 km/u (0.9 m/s), richting: ← 106°
• 11:00: 18.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1029.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 3.6 km/u (1.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 199°
• 12:00: 19.3°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.0 km/u (1.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 203°
• 13:00: 20.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1029.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 4.7 km/u (1.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°
Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:
• maandag 05 oktober: Min 15.0°C, Max 20.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1024.4 hPa ↘️ -4.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↙ 39°
• dinsdag 06 oktober: Min 15.8°C, Max 21.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ↘️ -5.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.5 km/u (4.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 237°
• woensdag 07 oktober: Min 14.5°C, Max 20.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1009.3 hPa ↘️ -9.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 202°
• donderdag 08 oktober: Min 13.3°C, Max 19.4°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 38%, 🧭 1008.4 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.6 km/u (5.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 36°
• vrijdag 09 oktober: Min 10.2°C, Max 13.4°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 19.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 65%, 🧭 1013.8 hPa ↗️ +5.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.4 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↘ 328°
• zaterdag 10 oktober: Min 9.0°C, Max 13.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 4.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 28%, 🧭 1007.4 hPa ↘️ -6.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.7 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: → 248°
Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 16.7°C (Licht bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 15.8°C (-0.9°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 3.6 km/u (1.0 m/s), richting: ↓ 5°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 8.3 km/h (2.3 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 78%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1029.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 15.4 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:46 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 19:15
Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 64 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 19.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 26.7 μg/m³
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#Rotterdam #Meteo #MeteoBot #MeteoNetherlands #OpenMeteo #FediMeteo
Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable
Ministers have scrapped plans that would have slashed the number of jury trials in England and Wales and replaced them with a judge sitting alone.
The proposals had sparked a fierce backlash from lawyers, who have welcomed the U-turn. But the victims’ commissioner expressed concern about the abandonment of measures drawn up by the then justice secretary, David Lammy, under Keir Starmer’s government, to tackle the record backlog in the courts.
Continue reading...US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanent
Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence committee.
The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the Senate, where some Republicans are strongly opposed to it. Proponents, including the president and his administration, argue that the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. Detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings when children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness.
Continue reading...Forty-year-old victim declared dead at the scene in East Acton in a ‘senseless act of violence’
A murder investigation has been launched after a 40-year-old man was shot dead in a “senseless act of violence” during a memorial service in west London, police have said.
Police were called on Friday at 7.47pm after multiple shots were heard in East Acton.
Continue reading...Chihuahua Comando is being trained for search-and-rescue work, and helping bring a warm connection with the public
Comando may be tiny, but Mexico’s national guard is giving him a very big role.
Outfitted with miniature goggles, a fitted tactical vest, a helmet and even a petite head-mounted camera, the 7lb (15lb) chihuahua has become the most unusual – and smallest – canine member of the force.
Continue reading...Mariann Budde gained national attention for calling on US president to consider immigrants and LGBTQ+ people
Rev Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington DC who gained national attention when she called on Donald Trump to “have mercy” on the country’s immigrants and LGBTQ+ community after his second inauguration, is resigning.
Budde shared in her resignation letter that she will be leaving her post on 3 June 2028 after the consecration and ordination of the new diocesan bishop.
Continue reading...Lamine Yamal says he feels like Superman or Spider-Man sometimes, and Spain’s fans are starting to wonder if he just might be. There is something comic book hero about what the teenager is doing right now, some unexplained super power swelling inside him. For the third consecutive game he scored inside six minutes, curling in another outrageous goal as Spain completed their World Cup homecoming in Oviedo with a 3-1 win over Czechia that leaves them a single point from the Nations League quarter finals already. Spain’s manager, Luis de la Fuente, put it simply: “Lamine Yamal is on course to become a legend.”
And yet in a game which seemed to have been done at half-time, when Spain led 2-0 after Rodrigo Hernandez had added the second and Lamine Yamal was withdrawn, his show seemingly over, the danger returned. Czechia, vastly improved after the break, pulled one back through Jiri Slama on 69 and then were denied a 79th-minute equaliser when Vassilis Fotias, the referee, who rescued Spain, harshly ruled out a Ryan Naderi goal – apparently for a foul on Robin Le Normand as the free-kick that led to it was swung in.
Continue reading...This was an occasion on which Scotland dare not stumble. By the time Kieron Bowie smashed home a seventh minute opener against a North Macedonia side not without its troubles to seek, it was already clear they would not. Bowie afforded Sébastien Pocognoli his first goal as the Scotland manager. Later, the Belgian had his maiden victory confirmed. Anything else, against such a dismal level of opposition, would have been worthy of significant Scottish embarrassment.
John McGinn’s 22nd goal for his country, coming from the penalty spot, meant the scoreline at least almost reflected Scotland’s dominance. Only Scott McKenna’s late sending off and a failure to notch three, four or five could have irked Pocognoli. Scotland remain alive and kicking in section B1 of the Nations League while aware they will face far, far stiffer challenges. Scotland needed to be professional in North Macedonia and met that task appropriately.
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liam.jon_d has added a photo to the pool:
sunrise over the junction of the monoman and chowilla creeks, two of the many braided channels on the murray river floodplain
chowilla game reserve, riverland, south australia