some personal news:
i've left and i'm now freelance. really proud of the work i've done there, building a fun, thoughtful brand from scratch and learning a lot, but looking forward to stretching my legs and excited for what comes next.
my DMs are, of course, open.
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writer and freelance creative consultant / email: samdissnew@gmail.com / ex: head of brand at , head of content at , etc
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what is your favourite painting? this is mine, The Floor Scrapers by Caillebotte. nearly cried seeing it in Paris, still not sure why i find it so affecting; maybe it’s the light on the tiny balcony
i am feeling very tired and would like to see some paintings you really love
what i don't understand is why nobody behind the camera is like "Matt, mate, can you back up a bit? you look like a man who stands outside the women's toilets in Tiger Tiger"
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Jenkinson once turned up to one of our Sunday league games in an absolutely rascal gilet and ice white trainers. ball went up in the air and out of play and he shouted "JENKO" from the sideline and trapped it dead. he's an icon.
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Jenkinson joins!
#NFFC are delighted to announce the signing of England international defender @carljenkinson for an undisclosed fee from @Arsenal on a three-year contract.
why does Wayne Rooney look like that monkey the Russians sent to space
actually, Kasper, the 'it' referred to in 'it's coming home' is not a trophy, but more a decentralised feeling of unity, pride, and spiritual wellness, the kind we have needed so dearly, the kind which can only come from folksong shared between like-minds in the stands and (1/66)
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i'm just coming off some broken ribs and i'm excited to immediately rebreak those bones
he was a skater boi, she said see you later boi
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how the fuck. how... the fuck
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the single most intimidating sequence in Euros history, the very manifestation of Big Penalty Energy
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I’m no body language expert but this was the moment I knew Italy would win it
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this whole country is off its tits
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Former Arsenal captain Tony Adams named president of the Rugby Football League
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the absolute precision placement of 'mate' at the end of this quote is one of the finest i've seen deployed in ages
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Celtic manager, Ange Postecoglou, asked by a Scottish journalist why he chose to sign “four Japanese players” 
I'm actually bang into this. Can't wait until we have it in the Premier League and Graeme Souness tries to mug someone off and they cut to the player and they're just like "shut up, you boring old cunt" and a runner has to book Souey's cab home early twitter.com/MundialMag/sta
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this tweet is grossly unprofessionally, actually dangerous, and you should probably be sacked. good work
this lad would be great at an afters
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"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." –Nikola Tesla
Video: bit.ly/35s9Of1
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Or the people you nearly killed and now have to bump into at the supermarket
wrote a quick thing about how people who slag off workers online are the absolute worst and can get fucked
one of my most basic opinions, sure, but this whole scene is one of the all-timers. an absolute screamer.
everyone rightly talks about the opening - the menacing glass of milk, the shit-eating grin, the floorboards - but this scene is a film unto itself.
i love these BBC Archive flashbacks. here's a bunch of excellent accents bemoaning creeping decimalisation and swapping miles for 'kilimolimetres' on this day in 1978. a lot of "protect wot we fought and nearly died for" sentiment that hasn't changed much
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We don't make enough of how brilliant watching football live on television is. Football's just the best TV show ever made. The Sopranos, The Wire, all that. Nothing comes close. Nothing touches it. Even when it lulls and frustrates, these transcendent moments are something else.
real shame to hear about Sean Lock, one of the few comedian's to poke his head above the TV panel show parapet and actually say something funny, interesting, or unexpected. also would sometimes just shout "OH FUCK OFF" instead of coming back w/ a written quip. like a human would.
the way this video escalates from impressive to truly demented has not helped my hangover one single bit
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Swear to god Penn wrote this book playing the “type one word and then use predictive text to finish your sentence” game twitter.com/connorsouthard
for 3 years i worked 2 full time jobs to make this mag w my mates and, in 2018, i quit my job to dedicate all my time to it. which was terrifying.
but we’re still here and each issue since has felt like a blessing —subscribers are the thing that keeps that going.
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We are revealing the cover for Issue 21 next week, it's a real coming of age. In the meantime, because we are nice, we're offering 15% discount on all subscriptions.
Enter 'BIGLAST15' at checkout and save money on your next four issues of MUNDIAL.
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love watching old movies where they head into offices of people sat at desks with no computer, just a few sheets of paper in front of them. a whole day of underlining and circling numbers before heading home to eat roast beef in your dressing gown before bed. now that is living
fair play to Bruno buying his shirts from HMV
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Bruno Fernandes and his representative Miguel Pinho: bound for Manchester #mufc
everybody is a gangster until a real gangster walks in the room
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mainstream print media is dying and nobody can explain why
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after six years at , i'm leaving to go freelance and looking forward to what comes next. for consultancy, commissions, and other opportunities, my DMs are open 🍻🍻
wrote about how much i miss /r/soccerstreams and what an important resource it was for so many football fans mundialmag.com/blogs/gazzetta