Philippe Auclair
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
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The Magnificent Anderson - josimarfootball.com
Illegal betting operators routinely use actors to impersonate their owners and executives, but none of them has ever gone as far in this respect as AC Milan's brand new "official betting partner in As...
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From the crazy world of illegal gambling, one of the craziest stories we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social have come across in our investigations (and that is saying something). Who is "William Anderson", "founder" of Milan's new Asian betting partner sureWin? josimarfootball.com/2025/12/15/t...
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This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Paging @fourverts.bsky.social.
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Paging @fourverts.bsky.social.
On the subject of pop stars making a mint out of charity records, this is the story we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social did about Shakira's "Waka Waka" grift. Still no responses from her, her producer, Fifa and Sony. josimarfootball.com/2025/08/19/l...
Live raid - josimarfootball.com
The 2010 Fifa World Cup official anthem "Waka Waka" was meant to raise a fortune for African charities, but no money has been forthcoming since 2014. Josimar can tell where some of the missing million...
josimarfootball.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On the subject of pop stars making a mint out of charity records, this is the story we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social did about Shakira's "Waka Waka" grift. Still no responses from her, her producer, Fifa and Sony. josimarfootball.com/2025/08/19/l...
A propos of nothing, it's taken as a given that Bob Geldof should be made fun of and that his Band Aid Christmas song is not just a maddening tune, but also a prime example of the White Saviour syndrome. I'd just like to add something to this take, which I've only learnt about very recently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A propos of nothing, it's taken as a given that Bob Geldof should be made fun of and that his Band Aid Christmas song is not just a maddening tune, but also a prime example of the White Saviour syndrome. I'd just like to add something to this take, which I've only learnt about very recently.
The new @footballweekly.bsky.social podcast has landed! www.theguardian.com/football/aud...
Fulham fell Forest and who’s top of the tree around Europe? – Football Weekly
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Philippe Auclair to wrap up the big stories from around Europe as their winter breaks begin.
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The new @footballweekly.bsky.social podcast has landed! www.theguardian.com/football/aud...
Christopher Nolan is to epic film-making what Anton Bruckner is to symphonic music.
Six months and a bit to take cover before this horror lands on our screens.
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is here 👀
In theaters July 17, 2026
In theaters July 17, 2026
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Christopher Nolan is to epic film-making what Anton Bruckner is to symphonic music.
Six months and a bit to take cover before this horror lands on our screens.
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is here 👀
In theaters July 17, 2026
In theaters July 17, 2026
December 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Six months and a bit to take cover before this horror lands on our screens.
This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Get your Euro pod questions in to the panel! 👇👌
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December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Get your Euro pod questions in to the panel! 👇👌
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
@larssivertsen.bsky.social
@maxrushden.bsky.social
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@philippeauclair.bsky.social
@larssivertsen.bsky.social
Not all artists are geniuses or world-changers. Some just lighten up the load of living for others. Chris Rea did this for millions of people without ever cheating, with absolute honesty. This is a rare kind of dignity. RIP.
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not all artists are geniuses or world-changers. Some just lighten up the load of living for others. Chris Rea did this for millions of people without ever cheating, with absolute honesty. This is a rare kind of dignity. RIP.
About time the police picked up the @privateeyenews.bsky.social investigation into these houchenanigans.
Imposed against the council’s will, Lord Houchen’s MDC has collapsed, leaving wasted millions and unanswered questions | Andy McDonald
Houchen’s £200mn vanity project collapses, leaving Middlesbrough to pick up the pieces
Imposed against the council’s will, Lord Houchen’s MDC has collapsed, leaving wasted millions and unanswered questions
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
About time the police picked up the @privateeyenews.bsky.social investigation into these houchenanigans.
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Half Ma’am Half Brisket
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Half Ma’am Half Brisket
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Tottenham v Liverpool match report (tl;dr version)
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tottenham v Liverpool match report (tl;dr version)
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
Liverpool win. Their worst performance of the season. Shocking.
December 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Liverpool win. Their worst performance of the season. Shocking.
Cristian Romero, 8 yellows by 20 December, decent going.
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cristian Romero, 8 yellows by 20 December, decent going.
There'll be comments about how static and predictable Liverpool's attacks have been, be it against 10 or 11 players. What I see is different: players making excellent - dangerous - runs, Ekitike in particular, which are not picked up by their team-mates.
December 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There'll be comments about how static and predictable Liverpool's attacks have been, be it against 10 or 11 players. What I see is different: players making excellent - dangerous - runs, Ekitike in particular, which are not picked up by their team-mates.
Eric Partridge's 1972 "Dictionary of Slang" should be on the curriculum. Full class guaranteed.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Eric Partridge's 1972 "Dictionary of Slang" should be on the curriculum. Full class guaranteed.
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Very rare shot of the Arctic Platypus
April 27, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Very rare shot of the Arctic Platypus
...but the Bundesliga is a model of transparency compared to the PL, where 11 clubs currently have commercial relationships worth millions with those illegal operators. There's no reason why the BBC, ITV or Channel 4 shouldn't be doing something similar. We are at their disposal if help is needed.
Great news from Germany, where Borussia Moenchengladbach has just announced the termination of their partnership with Asian-facing betting operator AYX, following the broadcast by @zdfde.bsky.social of a documentary on the Bundesliga's relationship with illegal operators.
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
...but the Bundesliga is a model of transparency compared to the PL, where 11 clubs currently have commercial relationships worth millions with those illegal operators. There's no reason why the BBC, ITV or Channel 4 shouldn't be doing something similar. We are at their disposal if help is needed.
Great news from Germany, where Borussia Moenchengladbach has just announced the termination of their partnership with Asian-facing betting operator AYX, following the broadcast by @zdfde.bsky.social of a documentary on the Bundesliga's relationship with illegal operators.
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Great news from Germany, where Borussia Moenchengladbach has just announced the termination of their partnership with Asian-facing betting operator AYX, following the broadcast by @zdfde.bsky.social of a documentary on the Bundesliga's relationship with illegal operators.
Not a detail: Nevis, of which Janssens is a citizen, is also one of the "new" jurisdictions offering offshore online gambling licences, (almost) no questions asked. Music to the ears of crypto fraudsters and money-launderers.
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Not a detail: Nevis, of which Janssens is a citizen, is also one of the "new" jurisdictions offering offshore online gambling licences, (almost) no questions asked. Music to the ears of crypto fraudsters and money-launderers.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Bellingcat’s @koltai.bsky.social uncovers the Hungarian national behind two deepfake porn websites. The key figure rakes in profits and vacations in luxury hotels in Dubai and Bali, whilst website visitors create sexually explicit images and videos.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
How We Found the Man Behind Two Deepfake Porn Sites
Business documents, website code and leaked data all led us back to one person profiting off non-consensual sexual imagery of women.
www.bellingcat.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Bellingcat’s @koltai.bsky.social uncovers the Hungarian national behind two deepfake porn websites. The key figure rakes in profits and vacations in luxury hotels in Dubai and Bali, whilst website visitors create sexually explicit images and videos.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
"FIFA President Infantino’s steadfast commitment to expanding football’s impact on the world’s climate has been recognised with a special new award, Fossil Free Football’s “Football Climate Impact Prize”.
www.fossilfreefootball.org/2025/12/04/f...
www.fossilfreefootball.org/2025/12/04/f...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins “Football Climate Impact Prize” | Fossil Free Football
FIFA President Infantino’s steadfast commitment to expanding football’s impact on the world’s climate has been recognised with a special new award, Fossil Free Football’s “Football Climate Impact Priz...
www.fossilfreefootball.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"FIFA President Infantino’s steadfast commitment to expanding football’s impact on the world’s climate has been recognised with a special new award, Fossil Free Football’s “Football Climate Impact Prize”.
www.fossilfreefootball.org/2025/12/04/f...
www.fossilfreefootball.org/2025/12/04/f...
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From the crazy world of illegal gambling, one of the craziest stories we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social have come across in our investigations (and that is saying something). Who is "William Anderson", "founder" of Milan's new Asian betting partner sureWin? josimarfootball.com/2025/12/15/t...
The Magnificent Anderson - josimarfootball.com
Illegal betting operators routinely use actors to impersonate their owners and executives, but none of them has ever gone as far in this respect as AC Milan's brand new "official betting partner in As...
josimarfootball.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From the crazy world of illegal gambling, one of the craziest stories we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social have come across in our investigations (and that is saying something). Who is "William Anderson", "founder" of Milan's new Asian betting partner sureWin? josimarfootball.com/2025/12/15/t...