Jon
@jonmhill.bsky.social
London. Cheap eats. Arsenal. Cycling. Cricket. Sometimes dragged in to other less important things
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Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
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Strictly speaking, it's not a façade that's cracking up at 432 Park Ave. in NYC; it's a "load-bearing, concrete exoskeleton." This makes the problem much harder to fix. The engineers called it back in 2012, but hubris and vanity overruled them. lloydalter.substack.com/p/schadenfre...
SchadenfreudeTower in New York City is cracking up
The problems at 432 Park Avenue never end.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Strictly speaking, it's not a façade that's cracking up at 432 Park Ave. in NYC; it's a "load-bearing, concrete exoskeleton." This makes the problem much harder to fix. The engineers called it back in 2012, but hubris and vanity overruled them. lloydalter.substack.com/p/schadenfre...
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Australia to introduce power cuts... no, wait, free power for 3 hours a day, as the solar boom has reached its, what's the new word?, abundance phase.
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Australia to introduce power cuts... no, wait, free power for 3 hours a day, as the solar boom has reached its, what's the new word?, abundance phase.
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
HT @volts.wtf www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Seeing all the romanticism people have for baseball, and it's twists, turns, battles within battles etc, makes me realise how many Americans would dig test cricket with a more accommodating time difference and a bit of an introduction.
November 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Seeing all the romanticism people have for baseball, and it's twists, turns, battles within battles etc, makes me realise how many Americans would dig test cricket with a more accommodating time difference and a bit of an introduction.
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I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
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A *Conservative Party politician* calling 80s hooliganism “largely good natured fun” is absolutely fucking incredible
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A *Conservative Party politician* calling 80s hooliganism “largely good natured fun” is absolutely fucking incredible
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Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
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Could you be refused a job for being a Spurs fan in an Arsenal office?
A UK judge says yes in some cases if it is about team harmony.
Here is what changed, what is still illegal, and what to watch. 🧵👇
A UK judge says yes in some cases if it is about team harmony.
Here is what changed, what is still illegal, and what to watch. 🧵👇
September 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Could you be refused a job for being a Spurs fan in an Arsenal office?
A UK judge says yes in some cases if it is about team harmony.
Here is what changed, what is still illegal, and what to watch. 🧵👇
A UK judge says yes in some cases if it is about team harmony.
Here is what changed, what is still illegal, and what to watch. 🧵👇
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Fly him here, he can get to work on the motorway bridges
September 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fly him here, he can get to work on the motorway bridges
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Impressed by his speeches and media handling on day one.
He's saying things that need to be said, about equality, society, nationalisation, immigration, environment and - importantly - hope.
And he's tearing justifiable chunks out of Farage and Starmer.
He's saying things that need to be said, about equality, society, nationalisation, immigration, environment and - importantly - hope.
And he's tearing justifiable chunks out of Farage and Starmer.
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Impressed by his speeches and media handling on day one.
He's saying things that need to be said, about equality, society, nationalisation, immigration, environment and - importantly - hope.
And he's tearing justifiable chunks out of Farage and Starmer.
He's saying things that need to be said, about equality, society, nationalisation, immigration, environment and - importantly - hope.
And he's tearing justifiable chunks out of Farage and Starmer.
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Post-match punditry is shite. They work backwards from the result and eradicate nuance. People whose opinions are influenced by it are cretinous.
August 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Post-match punditry is shite. They work backwards from the result and eradicate nuance. People whose opinions are influenced by it are cretinous.
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Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
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Here's a simple overview of the financial regulations in the Premier League and UEFA. Other interpretations are available 😉
June 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Here's a simple overview of the financial regulations in the Premier League and UEFA. Other interpretations are available 😉
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In a poll of 1,600 fans, it was found that "81% of respondents said they are worried about the climate crisis, and 82% said they wanted their clubs to do more to combat it."
@climate.skyfleet.blue @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
@climate.skyfleet.blue @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa again under scrutiny for World Cup’s increased carbon footprint
The 2026 tournament will feature more teams and more air miles travelled than ever, casting doubt upon ambitious climate goals
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In a poll of 1,600 fans, it was found that "81% of respondents said they are worried about the climate crisis, and 82% said they wanted their clubs to do more to combat it."
@climate.skyfleet.blue @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
@climate.skyfleet.blue @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Fuel duty has effectively been cut by 40% in real terms since 2011
Yet some 46% of voters still say petrol is “unaffordable”, according to More In Common. When asked about Rachel Reeves’ recent cut to fuel duty, less than half of voters were even aware it had happened!
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Yet some 46% of voters still say petrol is “unaffordable”, according to More In Common. When asked about Rachel Reeves’ recent cut to fuel duty, less than half of voters were even aware it had happened!
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June 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Fuel duty has effectively been cut by 40% in real terms since 2011
Yet some 46% of voters still say petrol is “unaffordable”, according to More In Common. When asked about Rachel Reeves’ recent cut to fuel duty, less than half of voters were even aware it had happened!
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Yet some 46% of voters still say petrol is “unaffordable”, according to More In Common. When asked about Rachel Reeves’ recent cut to fuel duty, less than half of voters were even aware it had happened!
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Dream on, you dreamers
May 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dream on, you dreamers
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Like with our tie not enough is made of this disparity and the context of any match with a team like theirs.
They should be challenging for the final, and at least in the finals, every single season they spend like this.
Anything less is basically a failure.
They should be challenging for the final, and at least in the finals, every single season they spend like this.
Anything less is basically a failure.
Inter's entire revenue (£327m) is not much over half of PSG's last reported wage bill (£564m), and it's showing...
May 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Like with our tie not enough is made of this disparity and the context of any match with a team like theirs.
They should be challenging for the final, and at least in the finals, every single season they spend like this.
Anything less is basically a failure.
They should be challenging for the final, and at least in the finals, every single season they spend like this.
Anything less is basically a failure.
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I’m so outraged after listening to this…
All sports journalists should listen to this and understand that Saudi investments in sports are fully part of their strategy to build up (soft) power to protect their fossil fuel interests. Don’t fall for the Vision 2030 / diversification Saudi PR talk.
All sports journalists should listen to this and understand that Saudi investments in sports are fully part of their strategy to build up (soft) power to protect their fossil fuel interests. Don’t fall for the Vision 2030 / diversification Saudi PR talk.
Delay, Deny, Derail: Inside the fossil fuel lobby’s playbook at COPs
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m so outraged after listening to this…
All sports journalists should listen to this and understand that Saudi investments in sports are fully part of their strategy to build up (soft) power to protect their fossil fuel interests. Don’t fall for the Vision 2030 / diversification Saudi PR talk.
All sports journalists should listen to this and understand that Saudi investments in sports are fully part of their strategy to build up (soft) power to protect their fossil fuel interests. Don’t fall for the Vision 2030 / diversification Saudi PR talk.
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Stand in Ljubljana’s Prešeren Square on a spring day, listening to the birdsong and conversation, and it’s hard to imagine it choked with car traffic.
But as recently as 2007, motorists could freely drive through the city center, until some courage and common sense returned it to its natural state.
But as recently as 2007, motorists could freely drive through the city center, until some courage and common sense returned it to its natural state.
March 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Stand in Ljubljana’s Prešeren Square on a spring day, listening to the birdsong and conversation, and it’s hard to imagine it choked with car traffic.
But as recently as 2007, motorists could freely drive through the city center, until some courage and common sense returned it to its natural state.
But as recently as 2007, motorists could freely drive through the city center, until some courage and common sense returned it to its natural state.
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honestly in county cricket - not a particularly relevant example I’ll concede - you get deducted points if you offer up a terrible pitch. The Bernabeu has a pristine pitch and no matches in a 20-day period! You can’t play a Champions League knockout game on this.
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
honestly in county cricket - not a particularly relevant example I’ll concede - you get deducted points if you offer up a terrible pitch. The Bernabeu has a pristine pitch and no matches in a 20-day period! You can’t play a Champions League knockout game on this.
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A lot of truth in this piece.
www.gobb.ie/p/pass-the-r...
www.gobb.ie/p/pass-the-r...
Pass the remote: Football TV punditry has never been worse
The offerings from Sky Sports and TNT on the Premier League and wider football world is an insult to fans and in grave need of overhaul.
www.gobb.ie
March 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A lot of truth in this piece.
www.gobb.ie/p/pass-the-r...
www.gobb.ie/p/pass-the-r...