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Steve Jackson

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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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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · Jan 9

Glad I was able to add this GIF to BlueSky. It shouldn't ever be forgotten.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15h

"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.

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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 11h

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

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 12h

20 more than Isak.

Fabrizio Romano (MIRROR) @fabrizioromano.yopro20.com · 13h

🤖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane has scored 21 goals for club and country this season, brace for England tonight.

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 14h

I saw that. Mad.

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 15h

His best, least known track. Feels like a hug every time I play it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aef2...

Paul McCartney - I Don’t Know (Lyric Video)

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 21h

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.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 17h

The man did a Hitler salute to the world. Everything here is in plain sight.

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 20h

Okay, now do the Nazi billionaire social media owner who told the nation's knuckleheads to arm themselves and fight.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 21h

Man jailed for five years for threatening to kill Nigel Farage on TikTok

The Reform UK leader has described the threats made in a TikTok video as "pretty chilling".

www.bbc.com

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

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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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

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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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

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

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

Current @deck.blue snapshot #NUFC

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

The German inability to spot the pass time and time again. Awful frustrating team to watch.

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

"I just had the worst dream...we won the Carabao and then...."

#NUFC

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

"You grab a bucket - I'll tweet it!"

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

Teenage Toon starlet Michael O'Neil has no right being an old man. FFS.

#NUFC

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 1d

All of this. An absolute top man.

Lock Bruno in and build the entire club around him.

#nufc statue-worthy.

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Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 2d

Arnold Clark's data breach is inconveniencing me so much less than all the lawyers using social media to target me to sue for compensation.

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 2d

That she is still considered to have any legacy at all is down to deep failings in our media.

What exactly worked? She sold off everything and squandered the profits.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

www.theguardian.com

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. The feeling that our destinies are pretty much chosen for us by a very powerful few who have made their own deals.

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 2d

When her budget was announced it was widely lauded by the Tory media as being incredible. Then they decided it should bring her down. Frightening.

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 2d

It is. But the way her name came out of nowhere (when no one could ever have considered her an intelligent politician) and then she was lambasted by all sides - don't tell me decisions weren't made somewhere re her promotion/demotion.

Steve Jackson @stja.bsky.social · 3d

Isak will be 30 when the next world cup comes around. Who knows what might happen in the years up to then. He may have blown his only chance to play in one.

Just for a few extra quid from Liverpool.

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