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AnthonyjC

@anthonyjc.bsky.social
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Rugby nut and lover of wildlife and the environment. Dog walking now my major sport (at that age!). LFC, Cardiff RFC, Abertillery RFC and Sydney Roosters. Wales courtesy of the Gwent Valleys.

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Jack Churchill's Arrow @churchillsarrow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They whine about the essence of the country being altered by immigration while cheering on its destruction by monied interests. Set of lying bastards who should be ashamed to be seen in public.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The House and Senate needs to submit STAND ALONE BILLS. None of this bullshit that sneaks in other bills that they KNOW would never pass if it was a STAND ALONE BILL.
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Dave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
By special request, we have Seven Dead Sins for #FossilFriday... we can debate their theological status, but in the immortal words of Dr. McCoy, they done shuffled off the mortal coil. Or something like. 🧪⚒️☠️ First up ... naah, who are we kidding? Sloth is never first to the party. Just wants hugs.
Replica: Megalonyx jeffersoni skull, a giant ground sloth.
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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James Stafford @jpstafford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Is the Dobby angle on this Freshwater West story still running even though it's bollocks? The beach is a legally protected conservation area, lots of non-fictional wildlife needed protecting.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two security researchers shipped me a pink plastic kid's smartwatch from Amazon. When I wore it, they tracked my movements, surreptitiously took photos of me, even listened to my conversations. The same backend they hacked is used by 30+ watch brands for kids. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As we wait for news from theMoroccan bunker Infantino summoned his staff to, interesting to note that three- Wenger, Jill Ellis and Sari Berman - decided not to travel there. COO Kevin Lamour who wrote a scathing letter damning Infantino’s regime was not invited. And no one allowed to join by video
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Nicks Johnston @nicksjj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So, so stupid. And it’s all in breach of UK Code of Sporting Governance and the Sport Wales principles. Just shows how completely out of touch they are.
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Jeremy Rodell @jeremyr1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@bylinetimes.bsky.social doing excellent journalism on Reform’s extremely dodgy money people.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
'Patriot News' reporter Chris Atkins (scatatkins.bsky.social) was just kicked out of Liz Truss' CPAC conference for asking the wrong questions. So much for free speech.
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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Outlining the characteristics of violent and non-violent right-wing extremism in Norway since the terrorist attack on July 22, 2011, @arjupskas.bsky.social and @jacravn.bsky.social argue that we need a better understanding of where the “battle” is being fought. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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Right-Wing Extremism Has Become a More Dangerous Security Threat and Societal Challenge - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
Outlining the characteristics of violent and non-violent right-wing extremism in Norway since the terrorist attack on July 22, 2011, Anders Ravik Jupskås and Jacob Aasland Ravndal argue that we need a...
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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A reminder to stay safe 🌞
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/06/2026
The RSPCA is urging concerned animal lovers to call the police, not the animal welfare charity, if they spot an animal in a car during the UK’s mega heatwave – saying every second counts to save lives
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RSPCA urges public to call 999 if they spot animals trapped in hot cars during heatwave
Nation.Cymru staff The RSPCA is urging concerned animal lovers to call the police, not the animal welfare charity, if they spot an animal in a car during the UK’s mega heatwave – saying every second c...
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Leslie @missilepanda.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Reason 17383 why I hate artificial shit in gardens. It doesn't stay there and ends up littering in other people's. This is my neighbours shite fake stuff she has on her trellis, an ant coughs this stuff blows off everywhere.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Start the day the Celtic war trumpet way with @hillfortian.bsky.social and the Deskford carnyx Durotrigia awakes !! #Durotriges26
A Celtic war trumpet over an archaeological trench An archaeologist in a hi vis vest with a Celtic war trumpet
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 09/06/2026
LOL if you thought the Trump boos were loud on TV, wait until you hear them from inside MSG. Video courtesy of Evan Roberts from WFAN on X.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Holy shit this cartoon.
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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Did u know?We think of bees as being pollinators,but there are other insect pollinators,such as flies/wasps.The world's 1st were 🪲They evolved 200 mill yrs ago & whilst some are carnivores,the flower beetles have been happily pollinating plants for eons-hurrah! Vid,Thick Legged Flower beetle. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲
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Illtud Dafydd @illtuddafydd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A sort of homecoming for Lucu is on the cards His brother Ximun was a joy to speak to for this as was the iconic Lagisuqet #ChampionsCup sports.yahoo.com/articles/bor...
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Bordeaux-Begles' Lucu on verge of Basque 'dream' with Champions Cup final
Scrum-half Maxime Lucu will lead out Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup final against Leinster in Bilbao on Saturday and turn a dream into a reality. Since then he has remained in Dupont's shadow at...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Jamie Raskin looked visibly shaken after reviewing the unredacted Epstein files: "Trump's name is all over these files. You will see references to... 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl."
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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Even Indiana Jones gets it bsky.app/profile/bill...
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Illtud Dafydd @illtuddafydd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
More from Beaudou: "It's impossible to hide footage" Another example of people within rugby needing to learn what the processes are before commenting on them, just read up. #ChampionsCup
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Gotta love French tv directors winding up Fat Farage so easily
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two men in suits and ties are laughing with the words nothing suspicious here written below them
ALT: two men in suits and ties are laughing with the words nothing suspicious here written below them
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James Stafford @jpstafford.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
George North: “Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair.” Happy retirement to George North. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏉 Here's the key North article from his amazing career: theeastterrace.com/from-the-arc...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: George North: "Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair." | The East Terrace
Ahead of George North playing his final game for Wales, here is a look back at an East Terrace and WRU controversy from the 2012 Six Nations.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This puts the security debate in better perspective. I know this space really well. The guy wasn’t anywhere near the ballroom. He was basically trying to rush the security perimeter and failed. It’s a big complex with lots of different event happening at the same time.
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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A truely amazing thread from Leo. Faceache has never been my thing ... so kudos to Leo for trawling through it ...
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Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast @bloodandmud.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
15th April. This is extract from the opening chapter of Hillsborough survivor Adrian Tempany's brilliant book "And The Sun Shines Now" (the whole chapter is an astonishingly good piece of writing)
Before the day was out, 94 people were dead. Two days later, a 14-year-old boy had his life-support machine switched off. The death toll would remain at 95 until 1993, when – after four years in a persistent vegetative state Bland's life-prolonging treatment was withdrawn. Tony

Mike Bracken, Peter Carney, Da-mian Kavanagh, Peter Rankin, Steve and I were severely trau-matised, and experienced symp-toms associated with post-trau-matic stress disorder for many years. Today, Mike Bracken is chief digital officer for the Co-operative Group. Between 2010 and 2015 hewas executive director of the Gov-ernment Digital Service, and he was awarded a CBE in 2014 for his services to digital transform-ation and his work in develop-ing youth football in Hackney. In 2012, Peter Carney stepped down from his job as a play-development worker, providing after-school and holiday activities for young adults; he now runs Soccer in the City, a minibus tour of Liverpool's foot-ball landscape. Damian Kavanagh has spent his career in insurance; today, he works as a pensions ad-ministrator. Dr Peter Rankin is a consultant paediatric neuropsych-ologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and chair of the British Psychological Soci-ety's Division of Neuropsychology. Steve joined one of Britain's biggest police forces in the early 1990s and became a detective. He has since left the police and is training to be a solicitor. These are the survivorsI know. Football supporters were just like us in the 1980s.

But, in 1989, we were something else too. At Anfield's Shankly Gates stands a memorial to the people who died around us and beneath us. It is a list simply of names and ages; there is nothing to indi-cate what those 96 people gave to society, or what they might have gone on to do. On 15 April 1989, they went to a football match and were crushed to death. And in the weeks, months and 23 years that followed, the likes of Mike Bracken, Peter Carney, Damian Ka-vanagh, Peter Rankin, Steve and me would be held responsible for their deaths.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
There's a Mail article from 18th March on this...both the article and the founder of the website admit it has a right wing bias, seemingly as it's mainly promoted on X. Also there's no check on if participants are even from the UK. It's basically just more counter-productive noise.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Important consultation on hunting laws: please take part if you can.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Me @BazzaCC @bazzacc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
She's a great cartoonist
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
NEW Social media platforms have a serious legal problem And this problem pre-dates the defeat of Meta and Google in the Kaley GM jury trial Me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on why Meta and Google lost this case - months before the actual trial www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
The loss of the Section 230 shield and the discovery of these internal documents were known to Meta before the trial began. In a way that was when Meta had the problem, for even if it somehow defeated the Kaley GM case on its facts and on causation at trial, the loss of the shield and the discovered documents were still there. In this way, the fact there was even a trial was as much as an adverse precedent for the social media platforms than any award of damages. That was just the follow-through in this particular case.

Nonetheless, Meta adopted what could be called an aggressive approach to the trial, disputing that that plaintiff had suffered any damage from her social media use or arguing that if there was damage, it was not caused by its design features. This exercise in victim-blaming was not only unpleasant but also misconceived and counterproductive. It seems the trial strategy turned the jury against the platforms.

Other potential lawsuits will not have the exact same facts as those in Kaley GM. Some of these cases will be weaker on the evidence than the Kaley GM case, and some may be even stronger. But it seems there are thousands of other claims across the United States ready to go, after what was effectively a test or “bellwether” claim. The liability and the damages facing the social media platforms will scale up considerably.
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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Did u know? The weather has warmed & insects are on the wing. When doing your winter clear-out...don't clear it out. This pile at the back of one of my borders is a broken trellis & spent catmint trimmings. It might look like rubbish to you, but to small souls, that's home. Leave it be.. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🐞🐝🪰
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Ruck the WRU @ruckthewru.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The WRU EGM has been announced. It promises to be the most dismal Monday night Zoom call since the invention of the internet. Here’s why we shouldn’t get our hopes up about the likely outcomes….
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
New The poisoning of the wells Why discrediting election results without waiting for due process is unhealthy for a democracy This week's Weekly Constitutional by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
If there is evidence of irregularities at some polling stations at the Gorton and Denton byelection, then that evidence should be properly and promptly investigated in accordance with due process by the proper authorities. And that is what is being done. Any denunciations of the election result should thereby await the result of this process.

The losing party spokesperson candidly admitted the day after the election that any irregularities were not enough to have affected the result, which was emphatic. But this did not prevent the losing party’s leader from loudly promoting grave allegations of sectarian voting, corruption and dishonesty. Yet if the irregularities are not upheld on investigation as invalidating the result, it is unlikely that those findings will be shouted about.

And such a response is irresponsible. Parts of the United Kingdom have a history of sectarian violence. Parts of the United Kingdom have histories of racial tension. Responsible politicians should not exploit such allegations for partisan advantage. Making such allegations is to play with fire, literally. 

Responsible politicians should be careful to avoid subverting the very fundamentals on which a functioning democracy rests. Such “poisoning of the wells” is familiar to those following the politics of the United States, and it lay behind the lethal violence that took place in Washington DC on 6th January 2021.
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Mike Pullen @mikepullen1969.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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AnthonyjC @anthonyjc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
@bloodandmud.bsky.social things looking up at Gloucester RFC. Plus great chat with Illtud Daffyd the other day.
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davidjohngreen.bsky.social @davidjohngreen.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Annie M @dovetails.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Wealthy, white, tax-avoiding people … who will now expect support from the country whose taxes they avoided paying maybe?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Been a lot happening over last 24 hours, obviously, but worth flagging again this story again We really need more accountability in British politics. Should have been mechanisms to properly investigate Simons weeks ago
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Sir Richard Mountbasket🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @richmountbasket.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Go to settings and turn off "smart features". Note that with Smart Features enabled, you also consent for Google AI to train itself on your emails and documents.
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Sustain Health Magazine @sustainhealth.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Maro Itoje unveils a bespoke Under Armour Magnetico 5 boot to mark his 100th England cap at Allianz Stadium Twickenham. #MaroItoje #Rugby #RugbyApparel #UnderArmour sustainhealth.fit/lifestyle/mi...
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Centurion in Studs: Maro Itoje Channels Gladiator Chic for 100th England Cap
Maro Itoje unveils a bespoke Under Armour Magnetico 5 boot to mark his 100th England cap at Allianz Stadium Twickenham.
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Richard Brooks @rbrooks45.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Also in this Reform UK story, how man-of-the-people Nigel Farage has moved his personal company to Candy’s offshore-owned Mayfair office. @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Dave Robinson @davidrobbo.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
BBC blog taking no shit from Matt Dawson...
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AnthonyjC @anthonyjc.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
How is Pougatch worse than Inverdale?? Yet he markedly has made rugby presentation worse 😳 #SixNations #ITVRugby
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
it's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)
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Redman @originalredman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
All international broadcasters for our game v Sunderland KO 8.15pm ⚽️ 😉 🍻
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AnthonyjC @anthonyjc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Really not looking forward to tomorrows game, ENG v WAL at Twickenham. Really want Wales to win but want the WRU to lose! Sadly can only see a humiliating defeat incoming.
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