Steve Jackson
@stja.bsky.social
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Solo parent of young daughter trying to make sense of UK after 15 years living and working in Hanoi. For the many (and #NUFC) Works Newcastle, lives Hexham. "...we leave here as fucking legends." - Bruno Guimarães, 2025. Geordies are black and white.
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stja.bsky.social
Made this for new signings and for work colleagues visiting the Newcastle office.

Delighted to find that Slack and BlueSky share the same GIF provider.

It occurs to me that we need some Get Carter GIFs too.

#nufc
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media.tenor.com
stja.bsky.social
So, suppose I agree with all of the above, you're still ok with working for the Mail or Telegraph and you'd do it again?
stja.bsky.social
Genuine question. You've spent part of your career working for the Daily Mail & Telegraph. How did you square that? Don't you think their sport coverage is a gateway into their anti-migrant coverage?

Sportswriters on social appear to be broadly liberal but not above working for rightwing media.
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paulhayward.bsky.social
Care workers...

The dangerous path Britain is on as the immigration debate mutates into xenophobia.
stja.bsky.social
Paul McCartney's dad told him it should be She Loves You Yes Yes Yes because pop music was Americanising kids too much. Nowts changed. Busybodies still busy.
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.
murshedz.bsky.social
"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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jdnalton.bsky.social
Five of the nine African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are on a *proposed* US travel ban list
A list of countries under consideration for a US travel ban by the Trump administration if they "do not address various security or diplomatic concerns within two months." Per the New York Times.

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Dem. Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Malawi
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
South Sudan
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
Syria
Tanzania
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
Zimbabwe
stja.bsky.social
20 more than Isak.
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🤖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane has scored 21 goals for club and country this season, brace for England tonight.
Image uploaded from tweet
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tom--scott.bsky.social
I'd like to know why Elon Musk is not facing charges for allowing his social media network to be used to facilitate racist violence in the UK, and actively encouraging such violent disorder himself. The Terrorism Act 2006 would seem to provide ample grounds for such a prosecution.
stja.bsky.social
The man did a Hitler salute to the world. Everything here is in plain sight.
stja.bsky.social
Okay, now do the Nazi billionaire social media owner who told the nation's knuckleheads to arm themselves and fight.
stja.bsky.social
Eddie Howe sells "world's best striker" for a Prem record free and he immediately stops scoring.

Eddie Howe replaces him with "ridiculous", "overpriced" player (at half the cost) who now can't stop scoring.

Regardless of their value, Eddie's is rightly through the roof.

#nufc
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media.tenor.com
stja.bsky.social
Isak just needs more minutes to start scoring.

In much the same way that monkeys need more typewriters if they are to write the complete works of Shakespeare.

#NUFC
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alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Really important reminder of how Reform aren’t just Little Englanders, but part of an international far-right network which wants to take away fundamental rights we all take for granted - and wants to use “free speech” as a lever
bradleyjane.bsky.social
NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias. 
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
stja.bsky.social
Signs are good with Woltemade so far - but you can see how certain players stood out in the German league but struggle to hit the same form in the Prem.
stja.bsky.social
The German inability to spot the pass time and time again. Awful frustrating team to watch.
stja.bsky.social
"You grab a bucket - I'll tweet it!"
stja.bsky.social
Teenage Toon starlet Michael O'Neil has no right being an old man. FFS.

#NUFC
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anonopin.bsky.social
Thank fuck the indoor smoking ban came in when it did before social media took off. Not sure it'd be be possible to implement something like that nowadays given the state of the information environment now