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My mum just sent me this, she's a good woman. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My mum just sent me this, she's a good woman. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Sorry, was this *really* Football Manager, or did @suzywrack.bsky.social get put in charge of the real life team and I missed it? 😅😭
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sorry, was this *really* Football Manager, or did @suzywrack.bsky.social get put in charge of the real life team and I missed it? 😅😭
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Sources told @theathletic.com the WNBA’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue.
Plus, news on many more proposal items with @benpickman.bsky.social, including a (mandatory?) draft combine, benefits and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Plus, news on many more proposal items with @benpickman.bsky.social, including a (mandatory?) draft combine, benefits and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sources told @theathletic.com the WNBA’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue.
Plus, news on many more proposal items with @benpickman.bsky.social, including a (mandatory?) draft combine, benefits and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Plus, news on many more proposal items with @benpickman.bsky.social, including a (mandatory?) draft combine, benefits and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Not sure why I'm suddenly getting Harris Dickinson energy from Rob Edwards. Guess we know who will play him in the biopic if his managerial career has a sudden upturn.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not sure why I'm suddenly getting Harris Dickinson energy from Rob Edwards. Guess we know who will play him in the biopic if his managerial career has a sudden upturn.
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Went to the Battle of Ideas, where speech has been successfully freed but all anyone wants to talk about is Tommy Robinson.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Morgan Jones | At the Battle of Ideas
In The Impact of Labour, Maurice Cowling wrote that politics in the 1920s was ‘fifty or sixty people’ in tension...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Went to the Battle of Ideas, where speech has been successfully freed but all anyone wants to talk about is Tommy Robinson.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Today in Proximities:
- Cameroonian opposition leader dies suddenly in detention
- Flooding toll in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand tops 1,300
- Surveillance fears as India orders phone makers to pre-load govt app
Read it in under two mins.
www.proximities.news/p/cameroon-i...
- Cameroonian opposition leader dies suddenly in detention
- Flooding toll in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand tops 1,300
- Surveillance fears as India orders phone makers to pre-load govt app
Read it in under two mins.
www.proximities.news/p/cameroon-i...
Cameroon, Indonesia, India
Today's three stories you should know
www.proximities.news
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today in Proximities:
- Cameroonian opposition leader dies suddenly in detention
- Flooding toll in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand tops 1,300
- Surveillance fears as India orders phone makers to pre-load govt app
Read it in under two mins.
www.proximities.news/p/cameroon-i...
- Cameroonian opposition leader dies suddenly in detention
- Flooding toll in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand tops 1,300
- Surveillance fears as India orders phone makers to pre-load govt app
Read it in under two mins.
www.proximities.news/p/cameroon-i...
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Between 1965 and 1980, dozens of the best-known musicians in Britain were collectors of Nazi regalia…
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/thir...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/thir...
Third Reich ’n’ Roll
A new book reflects on the music industry’s disturbing obsession with Nazi aesthetics and ideology — ranging over unexpected examples of fascist fetishism, and celebrating those who challenged it.
tribunemag.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Between 1965 and 1980, dozens of the best-known musicians in Britain were collectors of Nazi regalia…
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/thir...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/thir...
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‘Colombians don’t appreciate being branded as a nation of drug traffickers, least of all by someone like Trump. For the moment, President Gustavo Petro’s popularity has rebounded.’
New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Forrest Hylton | Gran Colombia Redux
The US can bomb Venezuelan military and civilian targets from the USS Gerald R. Ford but it’s difficult to imagine...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
‘Colombians don’t appreciate being branded as a nation of drug traffickers, least of all by someone like Trump. For the moment, President Gustavo Petro’s popularity has rebounded.’
New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Wrote about how important Jimmy Cliff was to me and what a pioneer he was in all ways
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jim...
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jim...
What I Know is What I Am: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) | Tributes | Roger Ebert
A tribute to the legendary Jimmy Cliff.
www.rogerebert.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wrote about how important Jimmy Cliff was to me and what a pioneer he was in all ways
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jim...
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jim...
Wait, it’s not Ange’s Tottenham that’s the football analogy for Bazball, but… Flick’s Barcelona 😮
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wait, it’s not Ange’s Tottenham that’s the football analogy for Bazball, but… Flick’s Barcelona 😮
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‘In the first week of November I was sitting with my mother in the tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza.
“We can’t stay here through the winter,” my mother said. “Our tents are worn out.” I had no answer for her.’
New on the blog from Hassan Ayman Herzallah
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
“We can’t stay here through the winter,” my mother said. “Our tents are worn out.” I had no answer for her.’
New on the blog from Hassan Ayman Herzallah
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Hassan Ayman Herzallah | Seventeen Minutes of Rain
In the first week of November I was sitting with my mother in the tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. It was 9 a.m. on...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
‘In the first week of November I was sitting with my mother in the tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza.
“We can’t stay here through the winter,” my mother said. “Our tents are worn out.” I had no answer for her.’
New on the blog from Hassan Ayman Herzallah
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
“We can’t stay here through the winter,” my mother said. “Our tents are worn out.” I had no answer for her.’
New on the blog from Hassan Ayman Herzallah
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
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Your weekend match is here, friends, Sutton United vs Gateshead, featuring more train chaos, 30 [THIRTY] away fans, a fox, the best match I've seen so far this season and possibly the best sunset I've seen in my entire life.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
The Weekend Match: Sutton United 4-2 Gateshead - The Turquoise Sky to Burnished Gold was Turned
It's a relegation six-pointer near the foot of the National League, and it turns out to be the best game - and the best sunset - I've seen all season.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Your weekend match is here, friends, Sutton United vs Gateshead, featuring more train chaos, 30 [THIRTY] away fans, a fox, the best match I've seen so far this season and possibly the best sunset I've seen in my entire life.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
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‘There is no equipment to remove the rubble – not for the Palestinians, anyway. Any heavy-lifting machinery is being used by the Israelis to move the Yellow Line, which is creeping inwards.’
New from @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
New from @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Selma Dabbagh | Rebranding Genocide
The killing of Palestinians has continued, sometimes surpassing pre-ceasefire levels and accelerating viciously in the...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
‘There is no equipment to remove the rubble – not for the Palestinians, anyway. Any heavy-lifting machinery is being used by the Israelis to move the Yellow Line, which is creeping inwards.’
New from @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
New from @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Not falling for this again
Ahahahahha, sure, of course
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Recently, @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social , MSI UK's Head of External Relations, spoke on the @opendemocracy.net podcast about the importance of abortion decriminalisation.
🔗Listen to the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlo...
#Abortion
🔗Listen to the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlo...
#Abortion
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Recently, @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social , MSI UK's Head of External Relations, spoke on the @opendemocracy.net podcast about the importance of abortion decriminalisation.
🔗Listen to the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlo...
#Abortion
🔗Listen to the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlo...
#Abortion
Really, me and Mariona are basically the same.
(we don’t need to focus on the being good at football thing)
(we don’t need to focus on the being good at football thing)
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Really, me and Mariona are basically the same.
(we don’t need to focus on the being good at football thing)
(we don’t need to focus on the being good at football thing)
Disclaimer as this briefly discusses sexual violence.
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Disclaimer as this briefly discusses sexual violence.
Intentionally or not, think he’s really aligned on something with this phrase. Think you can track a lot of current sociopolitics through the lens of people desperately (and understandably) wanting rn.
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Intentionally or not, think he’s really aligned on something with this phrase. Think you can track a lot of current sociopolitics through the lens of people desperately (and understandably) wanting rn.
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An assessment of the problems at Anfield. Does there need to be change at the top to get the team moving in the right direction? tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/do-liverpo...
Do Liverpool Have Too Many Problems For Slot To Solve?
There are many factors causing the decline of the big-spending champions. The crisis is coming to a head at Anfield
tonyevans92a.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
An assessment of the problems at Anfield. Does there need to be change at the top to get the team moving in the right direction? tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/do-liverpo...
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Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
This is v good and sums up why some fans have generally been quite unhappy this season.
A farcical League Cup draw: the latest example of why a blind obsession for women’s sports’ growth at all costs is abandoning the very audience and soul that built it.
But hey, at least we can all eat footlongs. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
But hey, at least we can all eat footlongs. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is v good and sums up why some fans have generally been quite unhappy this season.
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apparently we are supposed to feel sorry for england fans who ended up in perth with no cricket to watch. NO - feel sorry for the poor bastards shivering on the sofa
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
apparently we are supposed to feel sorry for england fans who ended up in perth with no cricket to watch. NO - feel sorry for the poor bastards shivering on the sofa
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
read about the REAL winter england fan here👇
daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
What can I do to assist you in your quest to become Emperor?
When I am Emperor of Soccer I will make a law that all football lineup graphics have to be displayed in formation order, not numerical.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What can I do to assist you in your quest to become Emperor?
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Liverpool have had a perplexing start to the season, but there's one lens through which it does make sense, and it's the one that's probably most difficult of all.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/liverpool-...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/liverpool-...
Liverpool, and the elephant in the room
Liverpool's start to the Premier League season may partly be explained by their summer transfer window, but it may also be ascribable to something else.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Liverpool have had a perplexing start to the season, but there's one lens through which it does make sense, and it's the one that's probably most difficult of all.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/liverpool-...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/liverpool-...