Danny T Strickland
@dts1970.bsky.social
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Lives in Headingley. Socialist, skeptic, engineer of built environment, aspiring writer, technology addict. SF Giants
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Lives in Headingley. Socialist, skeptic, engineer of built environment, aspiring writer, technology addict. SF Giants
Dad to a Schnauzer
Dreaming of Paris
Letterboxd https://boxd.it/2MLFl
No doubt FIFA will buckle to this pressure, but this is exactly the match that should have a pride celebration. There will be thousands if not millions within Iran and Egypt who this would mean so much to
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Egypt and Iran ask Fifa to prevent LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at World Cup 2026 match
Egypt’s football body says Pride event would clash with values as Iran also raises objections to plans organised by local Seattle group
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
No doubt FIFA will buckle to this pressure, but this is exactly the match that should have a pride celebration. There will be thousands if not millions within Iran and Egypt who this would mean so much to
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Maybe it’s about time we stopped all the amplification of the racist, bigoted, hate filled shit that flies out of the mouths of the politicians who rely on this to gain airtime and move the debate in whatever direction they want.
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Maybe it’s about time we stopped all the amplification of the racist, bigoted, hate filled shit that flies out of the mouths of the politicians who rely on this to gain airtime and move the debate in whatever direction they want.
I suspect we’ve seen the last of Wood playing for England, at least in the test team. A tremendous bowler and person, plagued by injury. Some real highs to his career and I reckon all those recoveries from injury take a special person to keep going
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
England dealt Ashes blow with Mark Wood ruled out for rest of series
The fast bowler has been ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes following a recurrence of the left knee injury sustained during the first Test in Perth
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I suspect we’ve seen the last of Wood playing for England, at least in the test team. A tremendous bowler and person, plagued by injury. Some real highs to his career and I reckon all those recoveries from injury take a special person to keep going
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
I mean, it’s really not complicated! Pitch the ball up and let the ball and the pitch do the work. Cricket is an old game, and it’s never changed. The madness of bowling bouncers for hours on end, mixed with the crazy belief you can hit every ball for 4 is a deadly mix.
#Ashes
#Ashes
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I mean, it’s really not complicated! Pitch the ball up and let the ball and the pitch do the work. Cricket is an old game, and it’s never changed. The madness of bowling bouncers for hours on end, mixed with the crazy belief you can hit every ball for 4 is a deadly mix.
#Ashes
#Ashes
Root clearly doesn’t want to be on TV interview! Should make the bowlers or captain front up, it’s them who’ve let the team down, not Root
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Root clearly doesn’t want to be on TV interview! Should make the bowlers or captain front up, it’s them who’ve let the team down, not Root
A shocking days cricket for England. This is a really good England team, but if the management and captain implement the wrong tactics, it’s just wasted, and that’s what has happened in both tests on this tour!
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A shocking days cricket for England. This is a really good England team, but if the management and captain implement the wrong tactics, it’s just wasted, and that’s what has happened in both tests on this tour!
Amazing, imaging pitching it up and taking a wicket! Who could have imagined it!
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Amazing, imaging pitching it up and taking a wicket! Who could have imagined it!
One bowler has had success in this match, he barely bowled a short ball! This is just awful awful bowling from England, brainless
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
One bowler has had success in this match, he barely bowled a short ball! This is just awful awful bowling from England, brainless
There really has been some brainless batting by some England players today. The model for success is stood at the non strikers end at the moment! Head down, no rash shots!
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There really has been some brainless batting by some England players today. The model for success is stood at the non strikers end at the moment! Head down, no rash shots!
So happy for Root! I’ll never see a better English batter I don’t think. I just hope he pulls out a century in Adelaide and or Melbourne so I can see a century in the flesh
December 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So happy for Root! I’ll never see a better English batter I don’t think. I just hope he pulls out a century in Adelaide and or Melbourne so I can see a century in the flesh
Well, I’ll settle for that from the first session! Could have been so much worse!
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Well, I’ll settle for that from the first session! Could have been so much worse!
What the hell!!! A Starc over without a wicket!!!
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
What the hell!!! A Starc over without a wicket!!!
We are at the point where England celebrate balls where we don’t lose a wicket!
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
We are at the point where England celebrate balls where we don’t lose a wicket!
I’ve taken days off work to watch the first two tests and am going to the other side of the world to watch matches 3 & 4 and this is the mess the series is in already! And we are less than 3 overs into the 7 session of the series!
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I’ve taken days off work to watch the first two tests and am going to the other side of the world to watch matches 3 & 4 and this is the mess the series is in already! And we are less than 3 overs into the 7 session of the series!
Honestly! I’m almost lost for words!!!!!!!
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Honestly! I’m almost lost for words!!!!!!!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Bloody hell!!! Just seen this, hadn’t thought about him for ages, then read the article on him in the paper at the weekend.
One of our better batters during some dark days for England cricket. I had no idea he’d struggled so much since retiring!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
One of our better batters during some dark days for England cricket. I had no idea he’d struggled so much since retiring!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Robin Smith: Former England batter dies aged 62
Robin Smith was a key figure in the England side in the late 1980s and 1990s.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bloody hell!!! Just seen this, hadn’t thought about him for ages, then read the article on him in the paper at the weekend.
One of our better batters during some dark days for England cricket. I had no idea he’d struggled so much since retiring!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
One of our better batters during some dark days for England cricket. I had no idea he’d struggled so much since retiring!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Just seen a video on TikTok of FBI director Kash Patel. He is wearing a Liverpool football club tie!!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just seen a video on TikTok of FBI director Kash Patel. He is wearing a Liverpool football club tie!!
That’s a shocker of a DRS! Spike was tiny and nowhere near when the ball passed the bat. Identical one for Australia given not out yesterday!
#TheAshes
#TheAshes
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
That’s a shocker of a DRS! Spike was tiny and nowhere near when the ball passed the bat. Identical one for Australia given not out yesterday!
#TheAshes
#TheAshes