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The article, and report, give a £191bn figure, which I'd say is exaggerated, and there are some obvious red flags in the market research report, not least it listing Playboy and AVN Media as its top two key industry players, both of which are dwarfed by OnlyFans and Aylo, before including Brazzers, which is owned by Aylo. None of this gets to the key issues, which aren't about industry scale but about how, first, collapsing production costs from the shift to digital production in the 1990s and, latterly, the rise of algorithm driven tube sites have enabled more extreme forms of niche porn to achieve a level of prominence far beyond the size of its core use base, plus the issue of audience capture on creator sites such as OnlyFans, which is only going to become more prominent as those platforms grow.

@Unity_MoT @jo_bartosch Regarding zombie stats, USA Today used figures from a dodgy-looking analyst claiming $191M value for global adult market in 2025 at 5.3% CAGR eu.usatoday.com/story/life/hea… maximizemarketresearch.com/market-report/…

Been a long time but a zombie statistic cited in @jo_bartosch and @robjessel16's 'Pornocracy' rang too much of a bell for me to ignore. ministryoftruth.me.uk/2026/02/17/the…

@Carl__P_ @TheLiquidatorP1 That's for last season, not this one.

@TheLiquidatorP1 Nightmarish. And what value do we get from £37m of salaries for players. They really have let us down.

Latest #wba accounts out now... wba.co.uk/news/albion-pu…

In regards to points needed for survival in the Championship, based on the last 30 years, the percentage chance of staying up with a given number of points is as follows: #wba 41pts - 6.7% 42pts - 13.3% 43pts - 20% 44pts - 23.3% 45-46pts - 26.7% 47pts - 46.7% 48pts - 50% 49pts - 70% 50pts - 80% 51pts - 90% 52pts - 93.3% 53-54pts - 96.7% 55pts - 100%

NEW EPISODE: ⚽️ Mozza's 3 R's ⚽️ JJA Giveaway ⚽️ The Route to Safety #wba @GoldbergRadio @chrislepkowski celebrate a 3-0 Baggies win open.spotify.com/episode/3ezvvv…

@chrislepkowski He's the new Pepe Mel.

Things like this aren't helping his case. #beleagured #underfire

@NatEvaJudeD Or Wallace squares the ball to Maja, who got goal side of his defender, and we have a simple tap in.

Wallace at been getting the ball.. and let’s be honest, he misses without a keeper in. Take it tho #wba

I have to wonder if the ref had spotted that Maja had got goal side of his defender, making it a clear goal-scoring opportunity because Wallace only has to square it to leave Maja with a sitter. As long as he thinks Walllace is getting to the ball in that scenario, then the letter of the law says its a red.

Never a red, but we was well on top before this happened. Absolutely shocking officiating yet again in the EFL. #wba

QPR equaliser at Leicester. #WBA

@TheVan Could just be a case of horses for courses with Mozza thinking that Phillips is better suited to handling the physical challenge offered by McBurnie.

@AllyFogg Well yes, she's perfectly entitled to dress as a CBeebies presenter if she so chooses.

I can't imagine what it's like to live with such little imagination that you want everyone to look like identikit drones in dull uniforms of grey suits, when you could have someone with imagination, flair & humour as an alternative. It's just Mao suits for Mail readers, innit?

@susiesymes1 @OliverKamm @ClaireCoutinho @Zehra_Zaidi Why indeed, unless there are a multitude of other candidates who might also be considered noteworthy purely on their achievements and without regard to their ethnic origin. And therein lies the seeds of contention.

@Unity_MoT @OliverKamm @ClaireCoutinho @Zehra_Zaidi I was there; and saw the great warmth and depth of support across parties. Debate is at the heart of a functioning democracy, but apart from people with racist views, why would recognising achievement of people of colour cause conflict?

This may seem like a small deal to some, but these reminders of our history bind us all together. Turner, Turing, Churchill, Austen. In the past it's been Elgar, Darwin, Newton, Adam Smith. We are losing those small moments in our day to remember what makes this country great.

It was a ten minute rule bill which went through its first reading on the nod and was never published, so fell for lack of a second reading. And, in any case, is the very existence of campaigns seeking to determine which figures the Bank of England deem to noteworthy based on a particular cultural viewpoint not indicative of contention?

@Unity_MoT @OliverKamm @ClaireCoutinho @Zehra_Zaidi What precisely is it you see as contentious ? There was significant cross party support, a unanimous vote in the HoC, and wide support from public figures and the general public, who suggested names.

@susiesymes1 @OliverKamm @ClaireCoutinho @Zehra_Zaidi And yet it's the very existence of such campaigns, however well intentioned, that is likely to have prompted the BOE to move away from incorporating portraits of historical figures on banknotes in favour of a less contentious theme.

@OliverKamm @ClaireCoutinho You are right, of course. I’m sad and surprised this - probably final - opportunity to feature ‘noteworthy’ people of colour is being lost. Especially after the excellent campaign spearhead by @Zehra_Zaidi #banknotesofcolour

@bob_trooper Joan the Tea Lady.

#wba was the “familiar face” to be announced yesterday or the day before?

The literal translation of 'doom' from the Anglo Saxon is 'that which is put down' so it carries a lot of connotations from the legal - Alfred's Doom book is a legal code but also a code of ethics and a collection of judgments and precedents that lays the foundations of what would become the common law- to the moral, spiritual and prophetic and even encompassing notions of fate and predestination. Its a term that does a lot of heavy lifting in British and Northern European folklore and in modern literature that draws on those traditions, from Tolkein and Michael Moorcock right through to stuff like Game of Thrones. There's a richness of meaning that you could easily spend a seminar exploring without achieving much more than scratching the surface.

@Unity_MoT @AmericanGwyn @TheSimonEvans *was, not were. And there is a curse/prophesy element to it too. So I think "law" is not right. It is more a legal consequence? So legal and moral and spiritual judgment?

Teaching The Return of the King last week, I told my students to watch how Tolkien uses the word "doom." As a scholar of Anglo-Saxon, Tolkien was interested in the term's original meaning: "law" or "decree." Dōmas were the legal codes and judgments issued by kings.

@BrydenLaw @AmericanGwyn @TheSimonEvans 'Decree' is perhaps the best general term. Perhaps the clearest usage of 'doom' in the Tolkein canon is the 'Doom of Mandos' in chapter nine of The Silmarillion, which is a judgment, certainly, but also simultaneously a curse and a prophecy.

@AmericanGwyn @TheSimonEvans Is "law" the right translation? Is it not more "decree" as you say, or "judgment" or "ruling" - as in, case specific rather than something that applies across the board?

@DY1Baggies @WBA @BarberbossUK @CJHall83 @AlbionAnalysis @ChapmanJ92 @TheLiquidatorP1 Pulled a spreadsheet together a few weeks ago - something to do while I was off work with a knee problem - and quickly brought it up to date when I saw your tweet. Confirm what I'd also been thinking for a while about the adverse impact of our lack of defensive stability.

@Unity_MoT @WBA @BarberbossUK @CJHall83 @AlbionAnalysis @ChapmanJ92 @TheLiquidatorP1 Good grief Unity Superb data Where do you find this? Thank you

The Baggies 𝐗𝐈. 📝 @BarberbossUK | #WBA

Likely a 4-4-2 defensively. In attack I want to see us play an asymmetrical 4-3-3 with Heggebo playing off Dike, Bostock hugging the left touchline and Imray playing on the overlap to give width on the right. We've tried everything else, so why not bring a touch of the great 78/79 team to the modern game and see what happens.

If it’s 442, it’s brave… open to being overrun in midfield easily #wba

I've got the numbers. This is for 36 league games, to date, and includes the goalkeeper as part of our defensive line-up. We've made a total of 71 defensive changes from game to game. That includes 5 changes of formation, 46 changes of personnel and 20 positional changes, where a player has played in the previous game but not in the same position in the defence. We've played the exact same defence in consecutive games on just six occasions this season, the last occasion being the away game at Swansea. We've not managed to go more than two games without making at least one defensive change.

@WBA @BarberbossUK @CJHall83 @AlbionAnalysis @ChapmanJ92 @TheLiquidatorP1 How Many Different Back 4s have we had this season? How many matches with consecutive same back 4? Along with 4 GK changes this season Coupled with 2 sacked coaches & 2 caretaker situ Such inconsistencies have cost us

@wutenderman @FBAwayDays It's bullshit - it's 5 euros for a half litre of beer plus a 2 euro refundable deposit on the plastic cup.

@FBAwayDays £13 gets me 2 pints at #wba 😞😳

€14 gets you 6 pints and this holder at Dortmund. 🍺 Phenomenal value. 👏

This was inevitable from the point that FIFA announced that cooling breaks would incorporated into games at the next WC, regardless of the actual weather. #wba Football, a game of four quarters when there are advertising dollars to be made.