Sure the high profile players were gullible & naive - & they aren’t more deserving than the thousands of ‘ordinary people’ who get scammed - but their plight is plainly awful. & I hope they get help & relief. #V11 #football
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Sure the high profile players were gullible & naive - & they aren’t more deserving than the thousands of ‘ordinary people’ who get scammed - but their plight is plainly awful. & I hope they get help & relief. #V11 #football
62 yrs ago today, (Sep 3, 1963) Scotsman Ritchie-Calder says atmospheric CO2 up 10% in last century, will keep going up. "The ‘greenhouse effect’ [will] "radically affect the extent of glaciers and ice-caps with resultant rise in sea- and river-levels." allouryesterdays.info/2025/09/02/s...
Can only imagine that #PremierLeague stars (or other individuals or organisations in the game) are scrambling to cover the tax or other liabilities faced by the #V11. Just get it done. #football #justice
'We just had a bad day' - Harry Brook on England's heavy defeat to South Africa at Headingley 🗣️
Will let others blame #Eng's capitulation on prioritisation of the #Hundred. (Plainly there's something in that). But #SA just played good, competitive #cricket... probably without being *really special?* #Maharaj tidy but not turning the ball: therefore should be playable?
CH OM Henry Moore, Stonehenge A, 1973 #artbots #tate https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1115767
“Untitled” by N. Cecilia Kettunen (American) - Oil on canvas / 1941 - DeVos Art Museum (Marquette, Michigan) #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #art #WomensArt #artText #WomenPaintingWomen #CeciliaKettunen #Kettunen #NMU #DeVosArtMuseum #FemaleArtist #BlueskyArt #NorthernMichiganUniversity #WomenArtists
Discover the full story behind Hitler’s failed coup in the latest series of the Journey Through Time podcast 🎙️ Just search 'Journey Through Time' wherever you get your podcasts @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social @davidolusoga.bsky.social
Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing
Parliament returns today. But rather than representing his constituents after six weeks away from the Commons, Farage is speaking at an event alongside Trump’s authoritarian allies in Washington 👇🏻
Lot of tremendous songs in @memorialdevice.bsky.social selection. Have no issue with 'No Dark Things' at TOTPs. Love the geetar slashing & darting into new spaces. Bit reminiscent of my other faves - #GangofFour (& Andy Gill). 'Heaven Up Here' such a powerful record; then & now. #bunnymen #choons
Currently grooving to @memorialdevice.bsky.social Top 40 #Bunnymen choons - courtesy of the wunnerful Mr Tim Whitley, who had the good sense & technology to playlist it... @bunnymen.com #music
Ah. Looking to combine bitta yompage with prolonged catch-up on #LaVuelta25. But a rest day. Can I find a tour-so-far highlights package somewhere?
Martin Parr documentary on BBC4 at 9pm tonight #photography #photographers #documentary #tv
Interesting how the universe has conspired against #Corbyn. Wonder why that might be? Almost everything the man ever says points towards fairness, equality and justice. Look here: 👇
Was only a matter of time I guess before we became so dead inside that we would start punishing refugees themselves. These are people who *we have accepted* fled violence, torture and discrimination. And our response is what? To bar them from living with their loved ones.
Manchester United have agreed personal terms with Royal Antwerp goalkeeper Senne Lammens, but there is not yet a club-to-club agreement on a transfer. ✍️ @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social bit.ly/4n9gSlU
Next week. But if wet again I think we share the trophy.
Cup final off on Tuesday… which means not travelling tomorrow… which means I can settle into autumn with a merlot from #WesternAustralia. Thanks lads. #cricket #lifesrichwotnots
See about three mins of #Liverpool #Arsenal. That sensational free-kick, then #Eze diving for a pen, when he really might go on to score (or assist). Thirty seconds later the opposite winger has a wee lie down. #Football, eh? #PremierLeague #legends
Two screens. #Womensrugbyworldcup (#Ireland #Spain) on the one, #Rangers v #Celtic on t'other. Guess which one is showing relentlessly heroic effort, completely devoid of cynicism or play-acting. An absolute massacre in this respect. #football #legends
Huh. Today I learned that English Heritage gives free admission to people who have been granted refugee status. What an excellent policy.
Never been particularly drawn to #Hundred (& been watching #womensrugbyworldcup) but just seen a little of #Perrin’s innings. Pretty remarkable. 👀🏏 Cruelly ended by a deflection... 😬 #NorthernSuperchargers #LondonSpirit #cricket
Proper autumnal in #Pembrokeshire, btw... #weather #lifesrichwotnots
Genuinely fine & competitive start from #Wales - deserved points but failed to score. Then #Canada ominously better. & better. 0-28 at the half. #womensrugbyworldcup
More than a bit concerned that #Wales #women - despite giving it everything - will get battered by a very strong #Canada, today. Wales have some fine players & fine people on the pitch & in the camp but they may not be competitive in terms of quality or power. Let's see. #womensrugbyworldcup
Our final in Oxfordshire on Tues in some jeopardy, I think... 💦
This is very ‘summer of ‘25’, eh? Might’ve been Bucks, might’ve been Berks. #Wales #seniors #cricket #lifesrichwotnots 😎 🏏
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Patrick Heron, Interlocking Scarlet and Pink in Deep Green : April 1970, 1970 #artbots #tate https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1117065
Promotes freedom of speech then refuses to speak to local press. Nottingham Reform off to a solid start. www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
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This is an absolute slap in the face to every single serviceperson who has protected this country and the Constitution. Ashli Babbitt was a traitor who deserves no recognizance whatsoever. Every person involved in this decision deserves the same.
Jose Mourinho has left his position as Fenerbahce head coach after just one season at the club. More from @colinmillar.bsky.social ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
May still be of interest coz the #Amorim / #ManchesterUnited stories inevitably roll on. But this was #Artell’s night. bowlingatvincent.com - Priest in the Tempest. #GRIMSBYTOWN #football #CarabaoCup
Good for Worcestershire. They're charging just £10 for a ticket for the Metro Bank semi-final against @somersetccc.bsky.social on Sunday. £1 for kids.
Commonsense prevails..... www.espncricinfo.com/story/south-...
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Have skins in the game but WHOA, #GRIMSBY! bowlingatvincent.com - Priest in the Tempest. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited #BlundellPark #CarabaoCup
If there’s a consensus it’s that despite being a man of intelligence, integrity and purpose, Amorim is closer to the brink than he was pre the Trial At Blundell Park. bowlingatvincent.com on #GrimsbyTown & #ManchesterUnited. #Artell #Amorim #football #CarabaoCup
BREAKING: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook sues the Trump administration to block her attempted firing, launching an unprecedented legal fight.
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‘It had everything, including the tempest. Apparently the seas – well, Humber – got so wild that codling were being hurled into the stadium’. bowlingatvincent.com Priest in the Tempest. In which I both troll & fall into Grimbojokes. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited #Artell #Amorim
Have skins in the game but WHOA, #GRIMSBY! bowlingatvincent.com - Priest in the Tempest. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited #BlundellPark #CarabaoCup
#AllTownarentwe ?
Dreadful penalty from #Cunha offers Town hope… then #Zirkzee smashes one in. Thuri is nerveless, apparently. #Mainoo likewise. 6-6. On it goes. Until we’re with the keepers. & beyond. 👀 Then #Mbeumo hits the woodwork! #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited #football #punditry / #pedantry
Equaliser felt likely. Town have lacked composure & relentlessly gifted possession back to United. #Artell will be profoundly disappointed by that. 2-2. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited
#United worth a goal. #Grimsby have surrendered possession & the initiative too easily. 2-1, #Mbeumo. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited
Town facing the Big Guns, in the second half. Unsurprisingly it’s tougher. But they must treasure the ball when they have it. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited
Ahead. On merit. Good energy; played some football. Over the parrot for my mates in the crowd. #GrimsbyTown #ManchesterUnited
Thisss… was their other keeper. But the point still stands. #ManchesterUnited #GrimsbyTown
WHAT A FUCKING GOAL!! #GrimsbyTown #Mariners #ManchesterUnited Quote Rick Walton @sportslaureate · 31m #AllTownarentwe ?
#AllTownarentwe ? #Grimsby #GTFCOK
#Geezer.
We won. & we’re in the final. 💪🏻🏴
So. To #Surrey then. For #cricket & for #Wales!!
Scandalous, ill-disciplined challenge from #Gordon. Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke. Red - & no sympathy. #Newcastle #Liverpool
#Liverpool have done nothing. & I do mean nothing. But they lead - #Gravenberg threading a speculative 'early' drive through the defender's legs. #Newcastle #PremierLeague
The #Konate yellow a yellow. #Gordon looking to throw himself - he always does... but it's a yellow.
Predictably, the #geordie fans are baying. & their players are *all about drawing fouls*. Ref under appalling pressure. Cynical; relentless. #Gordon notably & predictably leaning and falling. This is not old-school 'high-octane' stuff. It's anti-sport. #Newcastle #Liverpool #PremierLeague #legends
Yes! #Aberhonddu / Brecon. Looking lush, mun! #rivers #Wales #whereamIbutt?
Go on, then. Have a #heron. & guess where it’s doing that statue-thing. #rivers #Wales 🤓 🏴
Basket of Potatoes - 1885 #artbots #vangogh https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13567
Book out soon... by all means do buy!! About growing up through punk & the need for protest songs now.
The 'but I should and do salute him' refers to @billybragg.bsky.social, whom I neglect rather criminally in this book. (But doo think you'd like it, Billy!!) #books #newwave #protest
Yup. Final checks & edits done - ohh yess I do do that stuff; more than you might think. Over to Grosvenor House to bind a first copy & send it over... #publishing #writing #books #PowerChords #music 🤓🎸
It’s actually surely a fairly weak header from Yorro, that deflects in off the #Fulham player’s back. But great delivery from #Mbeumo. So 0-1. #Fulham #ManchesterUnited #PremierLeague
I’m sorry but the #United keeper looks an absolute clown, for corners & crosses. How can a club of this magnitude finish up with a roster of dodgy goalkeepers? #ManchesterUnited #Fulham #PremierLeague
Can it *really be* that #Fernandes leaks so much energy on having a pop at the ref (for accidentally barging into him pre the penalty) that he distracts himself & produces a howler? Yes it can. Because that’s where the game is. Gone. #Fulham #ManchesterUnited #PremierLeague #legends
Unlike @GNev2 I don’t mind the ref sending Bassey off for a HIA. It’s *very likely* that the defender was grotesquely exaggerating the contact with his face & eyes. Off you pop, son. #Fulham #ManchesterUnited #PremierLeague #football #legends
Wow. Here’s me thinking #United team looks weakish or well past it’s sell-by-date & they start brightly - almost thrillingly. #Fulham #ManchesterUnited #PremierLeague
I’m swinging alright. At everything. 💪🏻🎸🤓
1. Early signs are good. The #PowerChords manuscript is flawlessly magnificent, over the first few pages. Fearless, fruity & wild. As per. #books #writing
Blimey. It's Sunday and I'm not coaching. What the hell do I dooo?!? 1. Read book manuscript that landed yesterday. 2. Walk to the farm shop & have coffee and a croissant (plus?) 3. Jump in the ocean. 4.Check out sport on the tellybox.
This is not Autumn. This is drought distress in Islington, London Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England
Forgive us.
My book’s gonna look bit like this. Wiv coupla quotes. I put you on notice that I received the completed manuscript back from the publishers this morning. Stay tuned. #PowerChords #music #protest #philosophy #politics #punk #newwave 🎸 💪🏻
Great, on the BIGNESS and hollowness of everything. (So not just #Isak/#Newcastle/#Liverpool)...
@gallery365.bsky.social A Fortnight away to the opening of @gallery365photo Pop Up Photo Exhibition at @hoi_hu5 22-24 Princes St Hull HU5 3QA from Saturday Sept 6 -Oct 5 launching at 1pm. We would love to see you there...📸
#RedRoses absolutely flying, in this second half. Relentless, electrifying recycling. Thrilling phases of rugby *at pace.* So far ahead they combine ruthlessness with Exhibition Mode. Unstoppable. #Eng #USA #WomensRugbyWorldCup
We live in evil times.
It's a farewell #FlyDay to the wonderful Swifts... already headed on their epic journeys south! Safe travels, friends, we’ll be waiting for you next summer. 🌍
Never EVER look what's trending. Saw #Mariners was. Looked. Not #GTFC. As you were. @grimsbytown.bsky.social #football
I don't know about you but I've had about enough of mainstream media & politicians legitimising racist anti-asylum protests that terrorise refugees & communities. I had to push back hard, TWICE on BBC yesterday about supposed "legitimate concerns" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkA...
Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
Relatively cheap, in the current market. (Which is obscene - obvs).
Same the world over. Some of our firsts have - shall we say? - a certain pomp. But like you I suspect, I field as well as they do, & am v happy in my lower team.
Quite an adventure, then...
Upcoming: #PowerChords. 🤓 📖
This Saturday in #Boston (Lincolnshire) #PunkRock #CharityGig @punk4thehomeless.bsky.social
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Apparently playcricket is suggesting we will, indeed be at H & S CC. Never been. Anything else we should know?
Well done, mate! I am also one of ours stronger fielders... coz movement still relatively decent. Hope you prosper and enjoy.
Go well.
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You’re right about Ruby’s. Fabulously, the farmer has dropped an astro into one of his own fields. It’s quirky but great. & the bar-in-the-barn is outstanding!
Could be. Awaiting news on the venue... then I’ll be looking for possible stopovers.
Dunno how a pic of a ground I’m pretty sure is in Berks got in on this. Incredibly, no drink has been taken.