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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 3h

The State of Tennessee, and by extension, the United States, tortured a woman tonight in failed attempts to execute her. Morally repugnant and barbaric doesn’t even begin to describe it.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 12h

Just watched a bee fly into a spiderweb. The bee and spider fought and it looked like the bee "won" the fight. It's still caught in the web, though. Nature is metal.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 14h

‘If you lie to me, the day after I am not here. I will be out and I will not be your friend any more” Well, Pep. You’re either a hypocrite or you were in on it, eh?

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t think I could be friends with a Manchester City supporter at this point.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

re: man city punishment what’s one (or several) steps beyond this?

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Toure, Adebayor, Clichy, Nasri, Sagna - all players Manchester City lured away from Arsene Wenger's Arsenal in his final decade at the club. In '16-'17, the year the CL streak snapped, City finished 3rd to Arsenal's 5th. Arsene didn't get the sendoff he deserved b/c of City's cheating.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At what point does the Manchester City stuff implicate UK financial and regulatory law? It seems like the sort of thing the government should be investigating, too.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There really is no limit to the ripple-effects extent of Manchester City's cheating scheme.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Here’s what Manchester City’s guilty verdict taught me about B2B sales”

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not sure there is a big enough Fraud Watch for Drake Maye.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bernardo Silva is disgusting. There is no doubt in my mind it was targeted and intentional. It’s who he has ALWAYS been as a player. Someone on Norway should have knocked the snot out of him. Once a cheat, always a cheat. He deserves nothing but scorn for his irrelevant career.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They’re hawking parlays on the FOX NFL pregame now? Gross.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just took a new Robitussin chewable instead of the liquid, and folks, it ain’t better. In fact, it’s possibly worse. Horrible taste.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Breaks rules. Tries to hide rule breaking. Cries foul when caught and punished. Manchester City, by both action and attitude, have shown and continue to show that they are not suited for membership in an organization (the PL) in which all the members agree to be governed by a set of rules.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Manchester City verdict should forever tarnish Pep Guardiola’s legacy.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A host of Premier League clubs with their own highly paid lawyers are likely lining up to attempt to extract their pound of flesh from Manchester City right now (they’ve probably had the lawsuits ready to go for a while now). And I think that’s beautiful.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In addition to the decade of rule-breaking, Manchester City also tried to hide their infractions by not cooperating with the duly empowered investigators, just as they did with UEFA in 2020. Even if they hadn't been cheating, there is no justifying or defending that part.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Talk about a Friday news dump, by the way.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yep. And we should hound broadcasters to do the same. There should be no talk of any of City's (tainted) accomplishments without first acknowledging their near-decade of systemic cheating and their attempts to hide it.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

By the way, we're not going to play the "how much did the cheating actually affect the winning" game with Manchester City. They won. They cheated. The wins are illegitimate.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And by everything I mean they should, for all intents and purposes, be made ti start over as a club. Forced sale. Relegation to League Two. All players released from contract. The current version of Manchester City is rotten to the core and built on an illegitimate foundation. Back to square one.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everything Manchester City accomplished and everything they continue to do is illegitimate. They robbed all of us, supporters of every single club in the footballing pyramid, of so much. It won’t happen, but the FA / Premier League / whoever should take EVERYTHING from them.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It seems unlikely Manchester City will be punished in a way that adequately addresses almost a decade of systemic cheating used not only to win silverware but also to build an illegitimate foundation as a platform for continued success. But this is a modicum of vindication.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I suspect you'll find it wasn't as bad as it seemed at first blush. Think the match had a nasty combo of opening 10-15 minute effect, when Arsenal looked particularly bad and then score effects. The second 15-minute chunk of the first half was even / slanted Arsenal.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This seemingly incongruous outcome is precisely what you get when you’ve set up your replay review system without “get the call right” as the prime directive.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s always a nice little boost when you finish folding the laundry and all the socks are paired up without any leftover.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On day one of J-school, we were taught that the journalist’s job is to get people the information they need to know to make informed decisions about issues of public concern. Hasan Piker is not part of any of that in any way. Journalistic malpractice.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

From Gabriel's reactions on both of Brighton's first two goals, it seems like the defense wasn't on the same page on either goal. He was clearly expecting someone to do something or be somewhere they weren't.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On Brighton's 1st goal, it looks like Bruno is mostly to blame for the time and space Gross had, with maybe an assist to others for not communicating someone needed to pick him up. Konsa late to step out to Kostoulas. Rice and Bruno both step towards Vuskovic. Pass beats all three.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just watched it back. 10th minute. Bruno and Ødegaard took FIVE Brighton defenders out. Bruno easily dribbled beyond the sixth, who intentionally tripped him from the side / behind with a slide nowhere near the ball. Stopped an Arsenal 5 on 4. It's worse refereeing than I even thought.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I keep coming back to this (which happened at 0-0, by the way). It’s such a bad miss from the referee to not recognize a clear tactical foul after getting beaten to protect an out-of-shape defense. And it sends a CLEAR message to Brighton that they’ve got the green light to press like madmen.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There's really nothing that I saw today from Arsenal to create any concern going forward. Pretty much everybody had a bad game at the same time against a team that was playing well.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not to take too much away from Brighton, but that intensity was 100% enabled by the ability to grab and foul guys without being whistled / carded from behind when the press broke. de Cuyper should have been on an early booking, as should Gomez.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Did the Monstars steal Martin Zubimendi's skill?

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That can't be. Fabian Hurzeler is so tremendously concerned with restarting the play quickly, as he talked about at length last season.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The "click" in question is everyone turning off their televisions when Spurs games come on.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s ridiculous that the Premier League requires players who receive treatment after being fouled to leave the pitch for one minute.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I appreciate Chelsea’s commitment to making me look dumb for picking them to finish second.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Are Brentford the third-best side in the Premier League?

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really can’t believe this. @

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I see Carrick is doing his best to replicate the conditions for Manchester United's success last season (only playing one match per week because they'd been eliminated from everything else).

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our country and government are being looted, the cost of living continues to rise, we’re losing a war we didn’t need to start in the first place, but don’t worry, your elected representatives are working on bills about college sports.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

arsenal’s teenagers 🤝 irish opening musicals acts making sure ed sheeran has a bad day

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Arsenal are by no means the only side that values developing players and bringing them through to the first team, but it's part of the club DNA and an important point of pride for us supporters (and I'd wager for the team, too). Long may it continue!

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Arsenal finishing the match with a 16-, 17-, and two 18-year olds on the pitch. Proper.

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Aaron Lerner @aaronclerner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ah yeah, I've forgotten that Spurs had to play in the previous round against Championship side Charlton and scored against them. Found their level. Hope you'll forgive me for not knowing or caring about Tottenham's endeavors in the Milk Cup.

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