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As a Pecco fan, this race has feels bittersweet he didn’t crash, didn’t put a foot wrong, but still no podium. And yet, another part of me is proud. He fought, gave us some of the most beautiful and aggressive laps of the season, showed he’s still there even if the bike isn’t. Still… bittersweet.

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"BOOOOOO GET NEW MATERIAL" - How motorsports media talks about Ferrari

During the Canadian GP last weekend, Charles Leclerc told his engineer he wanted to go for a different strategy than the one the team was proposing and was upset when they did not change their mind. This is the type of exchange that we tend to see with at least one driver every race... or so I thought. I guess I was wrong since so many F1 pundits have wanted to turn this into the scandal of the season.

Watching these people do everything from saying Charles needs to just "shut up and drive" (hilarious, by the way, given 3 years ago they were insisting, and still do, that Charles lost the 2022 championship because he didn't complain enough on the radio) to questioning Bryan's professionalism, betting he'll be gone by the end of the season, has made me realize something: They have not updated their Ferrari talking points in years.

In 2022, Binotto defended strategy calls that were completely inexplicable, turned one of the best cars Ferrari had built in years into a microwave on wheels and made a spectacle out of unreasonably scolding his driver, knowing fully well there were cameras capturing them, all because he looked upset when his own team had just taken a win from him. Yet somehow, Binotto was never the Ferrari team member who was at the receiving end of most of the criticism from motorsports media that year. No, it was Xavi, Charles' race engineer at the time.

I do not want to pretend Xavi never made mistakes or couldn't have performed better at times. However, the criticism directed at Xavi was more often than not unreasonable with people showing they either do not understand the role of a race engineer doesn't consist of being a race engineer, mechanic, strategist and team principal, or escalating the situation to the point where there were close friends of drivers mocking his accent to thousands and thousands of livestream viewers, with no realization that those who had exaggerated Xavi's bad performances had let things get too far.

Although it has not gotten to this level yet with Bryan, the same type of narrative is starting to form. Xavi wasn't the reason Ferrari wasn't winning championships back then and Bryan is not the reason Ferrari isn't winning championships now but hey why not just recycle the same lazy argument from 3 years ago? Who cares if Bryan has made less mistakes? Who cares if we've created drama out of completely reasonable radio messages? Who cares if we had already crossed lines with the criticism of a race engineer once?

Another thing that makes this argument so lazy is the fact that there's an actual problem with one of Ferrari's race engineers right now (I do not think it's unreasonable to say Adami is not clicking with Lewis) but instead of looking at Lewis and Adami and Charles and Bryan differently and analyzing the two pairings separately, the entire logic from last weekend seems to have been "Lewis and Adami are not working well so obviously Charles and Bryan aren't either.". And as much as I do not like Adami and do not think he's the stellar engineer he's been portrayed as for years, I'd never say he's the reason Ferrari hasn't won a wdc or wcc in the last few seasons, maybe because I'm capable of critical thinking.

The "Ferrari sucks at pitstops" take is also a classic. To be fair to F1 media, most of them seem to have finally dropped this one, probably due to the fact Ferrari is unquestionably the fastest pitstop team right now, but has that stopped those famous motorsports podcasts, who constantly get the opportunity to interview drivers and be on the paddock, from acting like Ferrari is still unable to go through a race without having a pitstop that lasts 5 seconds? No, it has not.

I could go on and on. I could talk about how pundits still talk about Ferrari like they can't come up with a decent strategy, despite the fact Ferrari has, especially since last season, been able to beat expectations multiple times due to good strategy calls (Monza 2024 probably being the best example). I could talk about how in Bahrain 2024, Fred and Charles explained the issue in his brakes in detail but there were still articles on the official F1 website featuring opinions similar to "Of course Ferrari does not know how to handle brakes overheating in Bahrain. Expected" (that was not the problem with Charles' car). But I'll finish my rant here with this:

Ferrari shouldn't be immune to criticism. I'm not arguing for not a single negative sentence being uttered about this team. But criticism has to be objective. Taking issues Ferrari was dealing with in 2022 and has since been able to improve on or outright solve is not that, especially when some of the criticism was not objective in 2022 to begin with. But if there's anything everything I pointed out has shown is that the ability to reflect is severely lacking in some pundits, particularly when the topic is related to the Maranello team.

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Superman (2025) is what I want in a Superman movie

"People excited about the new Superman movie don't care about comic accuracy and realistic takes on the character". Snyder fans, it's ok if you liked his Clark Kent but don't make it something it was not (comic accurate and realistic).

Snyder's Superman is closer to being an Injustice type take on the character than an in depth exploration of how Superman would be like if he existed in our world the way it is and if you think Injustice is in some way that, I couldn't disagree more. When DC writers do these "What if this character was evil" type stories, Superman is so often chosen as the main villain not because there's some clear darkness inside him that needs to be explored, but because he's the character who'll shock the reader the most, he's the character you have the hardest time believing would ever turn, because of everything he represents, because of who Clark Kent is.

I also have a very hard time agreeing with the idea that exploring Superman's morality is somehow a complex bold topic to focus on. I find it to be the complete opposite. When you have a character who is as "perfect" as he is, it's a lot harder to find ways to explore vulnerability and the best Superman stories are the ones that manage to do it. Deciding that your Superman is gonna kill people to me is a cheap way of getting the conflict you need in a story and it's lazy because you're not trying to develop the character, you're creating a new one instead.

Personally, I'm very tired of these darker portrayals of Superman. I don't want a Superman whose main dilemma is "Is it ok if I snap this person's neck if I'm in this specific scenario?". I want a Superman whose main frustration is people overlooking all the good he does because he isn't human or because they think bureaucracy and public image is more important than saving actual lives. I don't want a Superman whose enemies want to take him down because they see him as a god. I want Superman's enemies to take him down because they hate who he is, not because he's powerful but because they think who he is doesn't make him worthy of having power, because they hate the values he stands for. In general, I don't want a Superman who is a god, I want to see Superman having vulnerable moments, not simply him being hurt by kryptonite, but also him dealing with actual emotions that aren't just hate or anger. I don't want a Superman who doesn't bleed and never needs help, I want a Superman who has his parents, Lois, Jimmy, Krypto and other heroes by his side, who are there for him when he needs them because he does need them. I don't want a moody Superman, I want to see goofy Clark Kent and Clark doesn't just vanish when he puts on the suit. And yes I want bright colors in my Superman movie damn it. I love watching superhero movies and feel like I'm looking at a classic comic, arrest me if that's a crime.

I want Superman to be the character who always does good, I want Superman to be a symbol of hope. These things don't make him boring, bad writing does.

Once again, Snyder fans you can like darker versions of the character, you can want different things for Superman than I do, but you have to realize most people won't agree with you, because it's not who Superman is. All this harassment, all these campaigns against the new Superman movie won't take you anywhere, not only because of the many lines you're crossing, which is the biggest problem, but also because you're not just trying to defend your preferred take on the character, you're trying to erase almost 90 years of Superman history.

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Tom Felton doesn't have to be doing this

When Tom Felton does things like choosing to star in The Cursed Child on Broadway, I often see people talk about it as something he had to do because there's no other option for him and it's something I'm getting sick of because I don't believe this for a second.

Tom Felton starred in one of the biggest movie franchises ever, one that is still popular to this day. It's extremely hard to believe there are no movie or TV productions out there who wouldn't like to have him on board simply because he was one of the Harry Potter guys. You can't tell me this is something that would bother him given he has created an entire online and frankly real world presence out of being the Harry Potter guy. Also I don't know if Tom Felton has done a lot of theater but casting celebrities not because they are talented but simply to boost ticket sales is Broadway's favorite activity.

Tom Felton has made a choice to keep making money off Harry Potter, knowing that his work is contributing to JK Rowling's ability to pour more resources into hurting trans people. This is another point I don't see being made enough: Tom Felton is maybe the most online cast member out of everyone who was in Harry Potter. There's no "Oh I don't really know what's going on sorry".

Maybe Tom Felton isn't as much of a raging transphobe as JK Rowling is but does that really matter when he's doing harm anyway? It also gets increasingly hard to believe he doesn't have the same views as her when every time he's given the opportunity to condemn her, he doesn't take it. No one has lost their careers for speaking out against JK Rowling.

To be completely frank, even if Tom Felton had any reasons to fear speaking out against JK Rowling, I find it hard to sympathize with him when he'll always be in a better position than the trans people she viciously attacks and especially when his fellow castmates and other celebrities have managed to do so.

Happy pride month especially to anyone who's trans and is reading this. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

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There is a direct correlation between how dead inside Fiyero looks without Elphaba and how good their rendition of "As Long as You're Mine" is and judging by Jonathan Bailey's face in the Wicked: For Good trailer I will be levitating in that theater

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This post is meant for anyone who works as a F1 steward. If you're not a F1 steward keep scrolling.

Ok now that I have you here, I need you to know when you're analyzing a fight on track and one of the drivers goes off track and you start asking "How was he supposed to overtake in these conditions?" that "By learning how to drive" is an acceptable answer.

Thank you for your attention :)

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Another Eurovision thing I wanted to talk about:

You all need to shut the fuck up about Ukraine's public votes. It's been 3 years since Stefania won. MOVE ON. You don't have to like that song, you don't have to like any other ukrainian entry but just be normal about it, just say "I don't like it", you don't need to have the visceral reactions so many on social media have.

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If I could speak to the people behind Eurovision, the people behind the EBU, I would genuinely just have one question to ask them: What are you gaining from still allowing Israel to compete? No amount of money will save your contest if Israel is allowed to win any time soon, it will be the death of Eurovision.

Countries would likely contest the win. Sure political, "sympathy" votes exist, they always have, they always will but if the results were to be anything like tonight's you can't convince me there wouldn't be delegations or broadcasters that would voice the "Uh that's bizarre" thoughts they are also having right now. And when you'd refuse to even listen to their concerns, a lot of countries, including surely at least one of "The 5" would refuse to attend next year's edition. Eurovision would be negatively changed forever in a way I doubt it could ever recover from.

You've continuously bended the rules for Israel, you've let them harass other delegations, multiple situations that were witnessed by other artists, members of the other broadcasters, journalists and commentators and all you've gotten in return is a massive show of disrespect towards your own contest. You look like absolute fools.

I shouldn't even be talking about any of this because Israel should not have even been in the position to bend your rules in the first place. You made the mistake of initially not banning Russia for murdering ukrainians daily until having to do so because your funds started to get threatened. And instead of realizing where you went wrong in that situation, you're desperate to get a repeat of it, because apparently Israel killing palestinian children also daily doesn't seem to matter to you either. And don't get me wrong, it's absolutely not right that the same amount of pressure hasn't been applied in this case, but it seems you really want to get to a place where it might become inevitable that it will.

What are you afraid of? Being accused of antisemitism? No, antisemitism is directing slurs at jewish people, it's drawing offensive stereotypes of jewish people, it's the Holocaust revisionism we see rampant on social media these days. Antisemitism is not rightfully pointing out that Israel mass murdering palestinians is wrong.

How many more years are we gonna have of writing these posts? Of ending the Eurovision night feeling like the contest we love and grew up watching is getting closer and closer to irreversibly changing and for the worse? You every year present us with the message of uniting people, and it does unite us, I love sharing this experience with people from all over the world every year. So why are you so adamant on rewarding the ones who are doing everything to make sure this contest is not about unity?

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New F1 fans if I can offer one piece of advice to all of you: Please do not ever utter the words "This team is unproblematic" without a quick read of their Wikipedia page first.

Haas isn't unproblematic just because you like Esteban and Ollie. Haas was taking money from a russian oligarch until they were literally forced to stop 3 years ago because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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It was A JOKE! No one was actually sending emails.

(There were maybe two or three who didn’t get it and actually sent them, but majority of them WERE JOKING)

Sorry for taking a really long time to reply to this, I haven't been on Tumblr lately.

If it's confirmed all the emails were jokes and none were actually sent I'll edit my post and add a note. But I'll be leaving it up because "Lando is being mistreated", "Lando deserves to be wdc more than Oscar because he built Mclaren" and other arguments are still being talked about, whether or not the emails are real, so the points I made about them apply either way.

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You're not on Mclaren's contact list, stop emailing them

(Context: Lando fans have been emailing Mclaren about him being mistreated by the team)

I'm a tifosa. I'm used to seeing the tifosi at Maranello, communicating with the team, bringing signs, usually showing support. I'm not against fans trying to bring to the attention of their favorite team something that they disagree with or that they believe could be improved. But I believe this should be done when you have something to complain about. Lando fans, what do you have to complain about?

Let's go through some of the justifications I'm seeing. "Mclaren posted a photo where Lando is being covered by Oscar and they made it their banner". This is some Ferrari fans counting mechanics during podium ceremonies not realizing different tracks have different protocols or Sainz fans complaining that he wasn't the thumbnail for the Barcelona video from last year without realizing that Ferrari had a system where one week they'd have Charles as the thumbnail, the next they'd have Carlos and Barcelona just so happened to be on a Charles week, in a different font. Have none of you considered that maybe they did not have another high quality photo taken by Oscar of the team and they didn't think Lando being accidentally covered would lead to them being chased with pitchforks?

"Lando deserves to be in first not Oscar, because Lando basically built the car and this team". Couple things here. Like I've said in another post, while drivers are in a team and with a secured seat for the following season, they'll contribute to the development of the next car. I'm not against assigning some percentage of the credit to Lando, however this conversation has started to sound like "Lando built all of Mclaren's latest cars component by component, until he got it right". The people who deserve the most credit for the cars Mclaren have been driving in the past few months are the engineers who in less than 2 years managed to turn a car that needed 7 pit stops to stay alive through a race into a championship winning car. I'd also like to note that this entire process took place with Oscar already as a member of the team.

Lando deserves to win is a nice thing to say, but that's not how sports work in reality, F1 champions aren't crowned based solely on who's the most deserving. There's no mistreatment of Lando, what's happening is this: Oscar is performing at the level necessary to win a world championship, he's been able to in most weekends drive the Mclaren like the dominant car it is. Lando hasn't. That's not on the team, that's not on the car not being fast, that's not on Max Verstappen being annoying on track, that's on Lando. If you want to see Lando win, then he needs to improve as a driver, there's no other solution, you're wasting time on wild goose chases.

If I may offer some advice, if you support a driver you should have more faith in them. We're only a quarter of the way into the season, Lando is merely 16 points behind Oscar. I do not think there's a reason to be desperate right now and start sounding like you want Lando to be handed a championship by Mclaren on a silver platter when he's not even doing the minimum to be a world champion, which is beating his teammate.

As one last note, I'd like to ask you to please stop bringing mental health into this. Some drivers are more open about their mental health, some are less, there's no right answer for how much a driver chooses to share with the world about that topic. Implying or outright saying F1 championships should be decided based on how much a driver talks about mental health is contributing negatively to any activism you support.

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Wow it’s awful! And the car is even worse.

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Mclaren: Our drivers are engaged in a high stakes battle for the championship lead

A literal child: Fuck your championship

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Normal reaction to hearing the news that Max Verstappen is a dad: Congratulations!

Kym Illman for some reason: I HOPE A JOURNALIST IMMEDIATELY ASKS HIM ABOUT THE BABY'S NATIONALITY

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Congrats to Max Verstappen for being the first celebrity in like 5 years to not name their child after a kitchen appliance or something.

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There was some mistranslations but the baby was born today

How do you guys find this stuff 😭 (For context for everyone else seeing this this was sent before Max announced it)