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Sophie Lawson

@lawsonsv.bsky.social

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Shitposter, persistent typoer, Microsoft Paint user, uncomfortably English | Former journalist once called “The Attenborough of women's football" https://ko-fi.com/lawsonsv

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · Jul 18

Normal woso things

Evil Kermit popping up to say, “Cite Marx, Schopenhauer”

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 3h

A former co-worker used to call a particuarly shitty manager of ours a cock-juggling thundercunt, yet that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface for what a deplorable shit stain Infantino is

Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 8h

Gianni Infantino's latest Instagram post on how FIFA is going to help the Palestinians is only for those with strong stomachs. Infantino appears to be laying the ground to buy off the Palestinian Football Association and get them to drop their complaint against Israel, which has FIFA in a corner.

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 4h

Ohstunning Sbagliato GIF

ALT: Ohstunning Sbagliato GIF

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 5h

Homer saying, “Nobody snuggles with Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual Mega Awesome
eXtreme. You strap yourself in and feel the Gs!”

Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 5h

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today have probably never heard of

Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 6h

Coalition?

a man with a beard is standing in front of a glass door .

ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a glass door .

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest takeaway from this graph is that six of the seven most unpopular prime ministers since records began are *the last six prime ministers we've had*

Does this look like the politics of a functional democracy?

Six of the seven most unpopular prime ministers since records began are *the last six prime ministers we have had*

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 1d

One the one hand - thanks? On the other hand, seeing Brits do mental arithmetic on 'desirables vs undesirables' doesn't feel right. It seems like we're in the 'desirables' bucket simply because they think HKers are productive and not because they are actually deserving of some dignity as *people*

Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 1d

“If Britain has no space for a group like the Hongkongers, then our national panic over immigration will surely have gone too far. This country needs some immigration, and if it is not the productive & educated exiles from Hong Kong, to whom we also have a moral duty, then who will we let in?”

Hong Kong’s migrants are the ones we need

Tightening the rules makes life harder for 160,000 highly educated and employable refugees

www.thetimes.com

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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 19h

"Ooh! Look at me. I'm making people happy.
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 19h

Great, we made a computer that doesn’t understand binary. Good job guys

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots

Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

www.newscientist.com

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 19h

C'mon Reign, #ThankLu was right there

Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 21h

From Day One to Forever ✨

Can’t wait to celebrate you this Friday, Lu! #ThankYouLu

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 20h

I know people have mixed feelings about the term "hope", but Raymond Williams was on to something with “to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.”

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Will Jeanes @willjeanes.bsky.social · 20h

Cape Verde have just become the smallest country by area to ever qualify for the World Cup.

The nation is smaller than 49 of the 50 U.S. states and could have fit into the Soviet Union — the largest country to ever play at the World Cup — 5,554 times.

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 22h

We are, once again, a real country

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d

What?

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

a cat in a pink shirt is sitting in a green basket of salad .

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

six for six beybeh

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1d

If you're constantly snacking, always ordering takeout or these other signs, it could point to something bigger.

6 Seemingly Harmless Eating Behaviors That Are Actually Linked To ADHD

If you're constantly snacking, always ordering takeout or these other signs, it could point to something bigger.

www.huffpost.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

Góður

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

My whatever opinion is in terms of across the whole of woso, goalkeeper is the least developed position, you'll get great and world class GKs but you'll also get a whole bunch of mid and bad, and there *are* important nuances as to why (ie. in terms of GK coaching especially at younger levels)

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