Josh Cockburn
@joshcockburn.bsky.social
History, Shropshire, Books, Music.
Every "tut tut" more grievous than the "Well, I never" before.
also talk cricket @somuchcricket.bsky.social
Every "tut tut" more grievous than the "Well, I never" before.
also talk cricket @somuchcricket.bsky.social
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Timor Leste play their first international cricket match tomorrow, against Indonesia.
As one of my first political campaigns was against the sale of British military jets to Indonesia for use against he Timorese independence movement, it makes me a little emotional to see them play each other.
As one of my first political campaigns was against the sale of British military jets to Indonesia for use against he Timorese independence movement, it makes me a little emotional to see them play each other.
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Timor Leste play their first international cricket match tomorrow, against Indonesia.
As one of my first political campaigns was against the sale of British military jets to Indonesia for use against he Timorese independence movement, it makes me a little emotional to see them play each other.
As one of my first political campaigns was against the sale of British military jets to Indonesia for use against he Timorese independence movement, it makes me a little emotional to see them play each other.
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Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
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My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
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Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly
These are the key takeaways from a massive night in Welsh politics
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October 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
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If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
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Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
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In the absence of any concrete action against the cricket board which is in flagrant breach of its requirements, at least the ICC is all over symbolic action.
Afghanistan women's players to attend World Cup opener
Players due to also compete in some fixtures against Indian domestic sides
www.espncricinfo.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In the absence of any concrete action against the cricket board which is in flagrant breach of its requirements, at least the ICC is all over symbolic action.
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The Aberdeen Hotel-Shouting Team has managed to combine the 14 Words (global Nazi slogan) with a poppy banner celebrating infamous antifascists. Incredible work.
September 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Aberdeen Hotel-Shouting Team has managed to combine the 14 Words (global Nazi slogan) with a poppy banner celebrating infamous antifascists. Incredible work.
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Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
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Bit of parochialism, but congratulations to my local county and club.
www.shropshirelive.com/news/2025/09...
www.shropshirelive.com/news/2025/09...
Shropshire Women’s 1st XI Crowned Metro Bank One Day Cup Champions After Final Triumph Over Oxfordshire – Cricket Shropshire
cricketshropshire.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bit of parochialism, but congratulations to my local county and club.
www.shropshirelive.com/news/2025/09...
www.shropshirelive.com/news/2025/09...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now we don't use X and are only active here (plus struggling upstream agains the algorithms on Instagram and Meta), the best way to keep up-to-date with tQ is via our newsletters: The Digest (a breakdown of the last week) and The Portal (our weekly archive dive). Sign up:
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Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
JERUSALEM—In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...
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September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
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Team Musk: the furthest right faction of the far right.
Musk is personally promoting the group who *left* the Homeland Party for not being racist enough on the forced deportation of Sunak and Bsdenoch, Lammy and Mahmood, and every UK-born minority
They use his platform for criminal racist abuse
Musk is personally promoting the group who *left* the Homeland Party for not being racist enough on the forced deportation of Sunak and Bsdenoch, Lammy and Mahmood, and every UK-born minority
They use his platform for criminal racist abuse
September 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Team Musk: the furthest right faction of the far right.
Musk is personally promoting the group who *left* the Homeland Party for not being racist enough on the forced deportation of Sunak and Bsdenoch, Lammy and Mahmood, and every UK-born minority
They use his platform for criminal racist abuse
Musk is personally promoting the group who *left* the Homeland Party for not being racist enough on the forced deportation of Sunak and Bsdenoch, Lammy and Mahmood, and every UK-born minority
They use his platform for criminal racist abuse
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I deplore your taste in 19th century French artists, but I do so more in Seurat than in Ingres.
September 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I deplore your taste in 19th century French artists, but I do so more in Seurat than in Ingres.
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I'm genuinely gobsmacked that the Home Office think this is a good idea. How do they envisage "training" technology to verify the age of a young person from (say) Darfur or Iraqi Kurdistan? They might as well get the calipers out and start doing phrenology
Given what we know about AI reproducing existing racial bias, and the inaccurate and racist results of facial recognition technology, this has to be there with the worst proposals the Home Office has ever made, and believe me, the bar is high
UK border officials to use AI to verify ages of child asylum seekers
Trial of technology comes as official report warns existing system has been failing for at least a decade
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm genuinely gobsmacked that the Home Office think this is a good idea. How do they envisage "training" technology to verify the age of a young person from (say) Darfur or Iraqi Kurdistan? They might as well get the calipers out and start doing phrenology
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At least some qualification process for the men, but (other than hosts US) no realistic qualification route for Associates. As mentioned before, no chance for the women to have an exciting Olympic Qualifier.
A regional event is expected next year to determine West Indies' representative at a global Olympic qualifier
8 teams set to battle in the qualifier for the final men’s Olympic spot
Top ranked team per region + USA automatically qualify to LA (men's)
www.forbes.com/sites/trista...
8 teams set to battle in the qualifier for the final men’s Olympic spot
Top ranked team per region + USA automatically qualify to LA (men's)
www.forbes.com/sites/trista...
West Indies Regional Competition Likely In 2026 Ahead Of Olympic Cricket Qualifier
A regional competition in the Caribbean will determine West Indies' representative at an eight-team global qualifier for the final men’s cricket spot at Los Angeles 2028.
www.forbes.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
At least some qualification process for the men, but (other than hosts US) no realistic qualification route for Associates. As mentioned before, no chance for the women to have an exciting Olympic Qualifier.
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Come and visit our first pop-up library on the lawn tomorrow afternoon between 2pm and 4pm! 📚
Inspired by William Gladstone, who reportedly carried his books to the Library in a wheelbarrow, you can borrow children’s, teen and young adult books from our pop-up for a limited time this summer.
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Inspired by William Gladstone, who reportedly carried his books to the Library in a wheelbarrow, you can borrow children’s, teen and young adult books from our pop-up for a limited time this summer.
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July 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Come and visit our first pop-up library on the lawn tomorrow afternoon between 2pm and 4pm! 📚
Inspired by William Gladstone, who reportedly carried his books to the Library in a wheelbarrow, you can borrow children’s, teen and young adult books from our pop-up for a limited time this summer.
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Inspired by William Gladstone, who reportedly carried his books to the Library in a wheelbarrow, you can borrow children’s, teen and young adult books from our pop-up for a limited time this summer.
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I think the most impressive thing about that Berger save was not the athleticism (which was awesome) but the judgment - I have to dive now, I haven't got the time for another step or the ball will be over the line.
July 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I think the most impressive thing about that Berger save was not the athleticism (which was awesome) but the judgment - I have to dive now, I haven't got the time for another step or the ball will be over the line.
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The Olympics qualification is very interesting as they've clearly spent ages trying to fine tune the men's qualification, and just gone with whatever is the least effort for the women.
July 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Olympics qualification is very interesting as they've clearly spent ages trying to fine tune the men's qualification, and just gone with whatever is the least effort for the women.
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I am a head teacher of English and though I love books and reading I absolutely despise the syllabus I am forced to teach but have to pretend that I agree with it. It's utter, utter bollocks; no wonder so many young people hate reading.
July 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I am a head teacher of English and though I love books and reading I absolutely despise the syllabus I am forced to teach but have to pretend that I agree with it. It's utter, utter bollocks; no wonder so many young people hate reading.
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Usually, when the phrase “extended pro-Hitler rant” is in the same sentence as some HR news, that news is not a hiring. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Congrats on the New DOD Gig, MechaHitler!
Turns out, going on anti-Semitic tirades didn’t stop Grok from winning a big government contract.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Usually, when the phrase “extended pro-Hitler rant” is in the same sentence as some HR news, that news is not a hiring. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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When this scene was shot, Madeleine Lebeau, an actual French refugee who made it to the US, is singing the anthem of a nation that may never again exist.
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Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’
Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list and similarly regarded by many other critics. You can quibble with its exac…
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July 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When this scene was shot, Madeleine Lebeau, an actual French refugee who made it to the US, is singing the anthem of a nation that may never again exist.
seveninchesofyourtime.com/cinemas-grea...
seveninchesofyourtime.com/cinemas-grea...
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"My antisemitic social network poisoned my credulous AI" 😭
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, said that its Grok chatbot relied too heavily on input from users of his social media platform X after a code update, causing it to share a series of antisemitic comments on Tuesday.
Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week.
trib.al
July 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"My antisemitic social network poisoned my credulous AI" 😭
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A lot of discussion is understandably taking place about the rules on multi-club ownership groups.
The best approach would be to ban them. They have no legitimate purpose - creating two-tier football in pursuit of allowing rich people to buy sporting advantage.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
The best approach would be to ban them. They have no legitimate purpose - creating two-tier football in pursuit of allowing rich people to buy sporting advantage.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A lot of discussion is understandably taking place about the rules on multi-club ownership groups.
The best approach would be to ban them. They have no legitimate purpose - creating two-tier football in pursuit of allowing rich people to buy sporting advantage.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
The best approach would be to ban them. They have no legitimate purpose - creating two-tier football in pursuit of allowing rich people to buy sporting advantage.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...