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Al Clements

@alclem.bsky.social
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“I would call Alan the single most astonishing, sort of, mind” - Joe Posnanski. My book "Magic Hat: Madejski, McGhee and Reading FC" is out in April 2026 tinyurl.com/MadMcGhee Big Green Bookshop tinyurl.com/uptheding Amazon

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
quite a few friends and colleagues have had ADHD/Au diagnoses over the past few years and I can't think of one example where this has not improved their mental health, professional and/or social lives. it would be more expensive not to know tbh
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 08/10/2026
It was never clear to me as a kid how ten green bottles could hang on a wall, - whether there was some kind of hook or loop system going on etc - but now I’m wondering whether “hanging” means, you know, like, hanging out, although I’m not sure that sense of the word existed in Olden Days (morning)
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Jake Mailhot @jakemailhot.com · 07/10/2026
MLB needs to call an audible and make this Brewers-Padres series best of 7. Just incredible drama and amazing baseball every night.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Econ 101
Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.
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Billy Hurley @billyhurls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There is no McTry. There is only:
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Then @kermodemovie.bsky.social comes along and joins in by singing "Oh Danny Boyle"
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The Vampire LesMak @lesleynope.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every year on this date Zack Britton is overcome with paralysis, unable to get up from his seat all night. His soul screams and eyes yearn to get up and run. Yet he sits like a statue. Unmoveable.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lmao lol lmao
Abs challenge of a strike
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@bobbyllew.bsky.social the anti-EV lobby have found a new angle! Some passengers get motion sickness. The article enrages me less when I think of Spare Head 3 reading it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Why electric cars might be making some passengers feel sick
Research shows there are several reasons people might experience motion sickness in electric vehicles.
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G @gitro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So the Catalan Football Federation had just released a new shirt & it’s sold publicly (is this the first time the Catalan jersey available for public purchase?) Unfortunately for me, it seems like won’t be sold outside of Spain 🥲
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not knowing what it was about, my housemate invited a group of friends over for a fun evening to watch Requiem for a Dream. It was VERY quiet when the movie ended.
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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
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Greg Pask @gregpask.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Celebrating a Detective Beans birthday (by @exocomics.com). My wife crushed it with the cake, and he’s now solving a Beans-esque mystery
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What I'm bringing to the job interview
A signpost in a snowy woodland area 

Same old mistakes pointing left 
Glorious new mistakes pointing right
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BrownEyedGirl @browneyedgirlmc03.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think sometimes we go through life just trying to survive without realizing the impact that we make on others.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Andy Burnham rules out giving workshy fops like Reeves the time of day
Bob as Graham Lister
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I see your Mark Strong and I raise you Stanley Tucci
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Joe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The AL West is led by a 78-80 team. Two of them, in fact. We are so close. So close.
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Lookout Landing @lookoutlanding.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you’re the Mariners fan in Colorado who gave Laz and Michael these T-shirts, good job they love them (Michael is mad Laz wasn’t wearing his today; I fear Laz’s might not fit)
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 10/09/2026
Little girl in Leigh-on-Sea pointing to a puddle and then at the sea: Little sea, big sea. Her mum: Yes, the little sea is a puddle. Can you say 'puddle'? Little girl (determinedly shaking her head): Little sea.
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 18/09/2026
A baby in her pram on the train rummages around for a long time in the depths of her pram seat. Finally, she finds a small piece of broken cracker and with a fabulous smile, she offers it to the man opposite her.
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 18/09/2026
Me (to a little boy beside me in a cafe who is wearing a yellow coat): Nice coat. Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.
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Ellen Adair @ellenadair.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I took this picture of me following Aaron Nola's no-hit bid from my dressing room and I didn't post it because jinx (obviously) and then I decided I also didn't want to jinx the game itself, so anyway, HE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HE RIDES A PEGASUS and I can’t wait to watch it when I get home
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have another #buyastrangerabook offer for you. @lizmakesit.bsky.social has bought a copy of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah for me to give out. Please check it out and get in touch if it's something you'd like. UK only
A Publisher's Weekly Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2018 Friday Black tackles urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explores the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world. In the first, unforgettable story of this collection, The Finkelstein Five, Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unstinting reckoning of the brutal prejudice of the US justice system. In Zimmer Land we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport.

And Friday Black and How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all. Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary, Friday Black will appeal to people who love Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad, the TV show Black Mirror, the work of Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders, and anyone looking for stories that speak to the world we live in now.
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I get the feeling Mike didn't even have to look up these numbers
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you subscribe to me you should subscribe to Joe too because he actually knows and understands baseball and explains things you’ve never considered before. It’s a path I’ve decided not to take because it’s a lot of work. Besides, I can just read Joe. bsky.app/profile/shee...
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Atlanta Braves investor urging a sale of the team because, basically, franchise values are SO HIGH that it's better to sell than hold on to it is hilarious in light of MLB's labor negotiation stance aimed at raising franchise values. www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
businesswire.com
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(1) Handsomeness upgrade on the basepaths went from about a 30 to an 80 with Gaston pinch running
Tito Francona on the Braves
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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If Pete Alonso hits his 300th home run vs the Mets, he'd be the 3rd player to hit #300 vs a team for which he previously played 1,000+ games, joining: Willie Horton 6/6/1979 vs DET Torii Hunter 6/16/2013 at MIN h/t @EliasSports
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social covering well his infinite sadness that the pursuit of rarity scores prevents him from selecting Rickey
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hey, at least it wasn't 💯
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The first rule of Norman Collier club is ou alk ut orm er club.
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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Inspired by @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social's talk of drafting an all-hated Athletics team, I have constructed this Hater's Edition of the Immaculate Grid to populate with players you despise, irrationally or otherwise. Enjoy!
Immaculate Grid-style 3 x 3 grid with the following rows:
Was Rude to Me at Spring Training
Unfortunate Politics
Gah! Look at His Dumb Face!

and the following columns
Dead to Me
Ruined Our Pennant Chances
Played Better for Our Bitter Rival
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social it could happen to anyone!
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good for Marmol for getting tossed. If some ump humiliated one of my young players in his major league debut for no reason I would have been ripping bases out of the dirt.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.
Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sarah Evans, contemporary landscape painter from Wales #WomensArt #September
Painting featuring a large brown house to the left next to a beach and sea to the right in a remote location under a grey blue sky
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dictionary.com needs to update the definition of "Perfection"
dictionary.com
Meanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.com
The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!
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marina grlica 🌱 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
see you space cowboy tim curry
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Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 30/08/2026
A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games ⚽️ Explores the evolution of football games across four decades, featuring 400 titles spanning 2D classics and cutting-edge 3D simulations. Score a copy: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #booksky #football #soccer #gaming
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is the good stuff. This is what makes being a parent worthwhile.
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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Small talk, for me, as an autistic person, is high stakes & uncomfortable. It means I am being *tested*. Can you play the game? Can you perform normality? We all love normality here. You know what feels chill & low stakes? 'I love volcanoes. You know I read this week that... [vulcanology spiel]'
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The Vampire LesMak @lesleynope.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ok this is so cool 🫡🫡🫡
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social it's only a shame it's not about baseball
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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Wholesome
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Teletubbies Po and Tinky Winky Play Drum
Alt: Live footage of Ruth and Aaron banging the Cito Gaston for the Hall of Fame drum
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This can only be an enhancement
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I begged Woman’s Hour to cover Gamergate in 2014, when it was the NYT front page & UK women in games were living in terror. Gamergate became the model for MAGA. They said they didn’t think it was an important story. That week they covered women mountaineers of the 19th C & new ways with aubergine
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Al Clements @alclem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Seven guests are invited to attend a dinner party. The butler is a bit hyperactive. A motorist, a cop and a singing telegram interrupt the party.
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