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I've spent my life arguing against all football fans being tarred with the same brush, but to not even acknowledge that Maccabi Tel Aviv's far-right fans posed a threat to public order, and Birmingham's Muslims in particular, is next-level racist gaslighting
I never thought being pro-football-hooligan would become a mainstream political position in Britain but here we are.
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I've spent my life arguing against all football fans being tarred with the same brush, but to not even acknowledge that Maccabi Tel Aviv's far-right fans posed a threat to public order, and Birmingham's Muslims in particular, is next-level racist gaslighting
Post-Limahl Kajagoogoo are great. There, I said it.
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Post-Limahl Kajagoogoo are great. There, I said it.
Press shithouses trying to infer some Falklands/Malvinas stuff from Liverpool fans winding up Simeone after the third goal.
Couldn't be further from the truth, glad to see Jonny Poulter putting it straight on record.
Couldn't be further from the truth, glad to see Jonny Poulter putting it straight on record.
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Press shithouses trying to infer some Falklands/Malvinas stuff from Liverpool fans winding up Simeone after the third goal.
Couldn't be further from the truth, glad to see Jonny Poulter putting it straight on record.
Couldn't be further from the truth, glad to see Jonny Poulter putting it straight on record.
Don't ask me to mourn dead fascists.
September 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Don't ask me to mourn dead fascists.
This is a weird mixed-up article with headlines pushing a product and article body killing it with actual results/analysuis...
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
AI stethoscope can detect heart issues in 15 seconds, UK doctors find
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
l.euronews.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is a weird mixed-up article with headlines pushing a product and article body killing it with actual results/analysuis...
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
Jumping through linguistic hoops to avoid calling them what they are...
Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’
Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’
Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says
A pattern of “hostile language” in news reports and UK parliamentary debates is more likely to describe people of colour as immigrants, or with less sympathy, researchers have found.
The race equality thinktank the Runnymede Trust analysed more than 63m words from 52,990 news articles and 317 House of Commons debates on immigration between 2019 and the general election in July 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Jumping through linguistic hoops to avoid calling them what they are...
New Band Name: Hipster Chipboard
July 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
New Band Name: Hipster Chipboard
Just found a YouTube playlist of the tracks from my dad's old 1975 James Last "Rock Me Gently" Tribute to the great Canadian songwriters LP - omg, bangers every one - singalong arrangements, great musicians!
July 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just found a YouTube playlist of the tracks from my dad's old 1975 James Last "Rock Me Gently" Tribute to the great Canadian songwriters LP - omg, bangers every one - singalong arrangements, great musicians!
Simpsons episode with "Mr Sparkle". So good.
July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Simpsons episode with "Mr Sparkle". So good.
After all the horrible shit I have reported and had rejected X has banned me for "Saying somebody torpedo this clown " on one of Farage's "Look at me on a boat in the Channel" posts...
Looking after their own, clearly.
Might not go back...
Looking after their own, clearly.
Might not go back...
July 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
After all the horrible shit I have reported and had rejected X has banned me for "Saying somebody torpedo this clown " on one of Farage's "Look at me on a boat in the Channel" posts...
Looking after their own, clearly.
Might not go back...
Looking after their own, clearly.
Might not go back...
There's nothing that gives me conflicting feelings of happy/sad as much as watching old clips of Robin Williams.
A genius. Much missed.
A genius. Much missed.
July 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There's nothing that gives me conflicting feelings of happy/sad as much as watching old clips of Robin Williams.
A genius. Much missed.
A genius. Much missed.
You can almost hear the contempt of the Times in the words "Democratic Socialist"
Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
June 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You can almost hear the contempt of the Times in the words "Democratic Socialist"
I see it as an obvious indicator of the negative effect of social media that the BBC live text football commentary now gives the option to select Most Popular as opposed to Most Recent... 😱 It's a chronological entity ffs!
June 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I see it as an obvious indicator of the negative effect of social media that the BBC live text football commentary now gives the option to select Most Popular as opposed to Most Recent... 😱 It's a chronological entity ffs!
Garlic?
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem was taken to a hospital on Tuesday after suffering an allergic reaction, a department spokesperson told The Washington Post.
DHS Secretary Noem taken to hospital after allergic reaction
“Secretary Noem had an allergic reaction today. She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. She is alert and recovering,” said Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary.
wapo.st
June 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Garlic?
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On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.
June 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.
Bulletproof whiteboards for schools (yep, really) is basically all you need to know about US gun culture...
June 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bulletproof whiteboards for schools (yep, really) is basically all you need to know about US gun culture...
Reactionary4Today
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reactionary4Today
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fascinating and (very) depressing...
Fascinating and (very) depressing...
Demise of TGP Europe leaves Premier League clubs with income gap to fill | Philippe Auclair
More than half of the top-flight clubs in 2024-25 had dealings with the company, which exited the British market last month
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fascinating and (very) depressing...
Fascinating and (very) depressing...
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He’s also made six saves in penalty shootouts, more than any other GK at Liverpool. You couldn’t ask for a better second choice goalkeeper.
All the best, Kweev.
All the best, Kweev.
Caoimhín Kelleher has the highest win rate of any goalkeeper to make 50+ apps for #LFC in all comps in the club's history:
C Kelleher - 65.7%
Alisson - 65.4%
N Doig - 64.2%
B Grobbelaar - 57.6%
S Westerveld - 56.3%
B Slater - 55.5%
R Clemence - 54.7%
P Reina - 53.3%
C Kelleher - 65.7%
Alisson - 65.4%
N Doig - 64.2%
B Grobbelaar - 57.6%
S Westerveld - 56.3%
B Slater - 55.5%
R Clemence - 54.7%
P Reina - 53.3%
June 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
He’s also made six saves in penalty shootouts, more than any other GK at Liverpool. You couldn’t ask for a better second choice goalkeeper.
All the best, Kweev.
All the best, Kweev.
Amazingly I can actual spot myself on this photo!
May 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Amazingly I can actual spot myself on this photo!
A country is planning on barring foreign nationals who are critical on social media.
North Korea?
Nope, the good ole US of A.
Shameful.
North Korea?
Nope, the good ole US of A.
Shameful.
May 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A country is planning on barring foreign nationals who are critical on social media.
North Korea?
Nope, the good ole US of A.
Shameful.
North Korea?
Nope, the good ole US of A.
Shameful.