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ET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 4h

Awkward! 🙈 Man City are arguing the sponsorship money came from the Abu Dhabi government rather than their owners. In 2015, Etihad told the US government the Abu Dhabi government did NOT pay for its Man City sponsorship - Etihad said it funded it from its own liquidity. You couldn’t make it up. 💀

Etihad Airways’ 2015 submission to the US government says the assertion that the Abu Dhabi government paid for its Manchester City sponsorship was false, stating that Etihad funded the sponsorship from its own liquidity. The submission also says Etihad did not receive subsidies from the Abu Dhabi government and was financed through equity, shareholder and commercial loans.

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 9h

This is insane.

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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can't be the only one who saw West Indies end their innings at 400+ and thought that wasn't enough (in an ODI). India may as well roll out basketball floor's to play on.

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Dale O’Donnell @daleod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the most grating takes out there is that Man City fans deserve sympathy. Everyone saw what was happening, yet they blindly backed sportswashing and financial corruption. Let’s not forget the abuse and threats directed at journalists simply documenting the cheating, either.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Project Longbow" definitely sounds like something Omar Berrada would come up with.

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump is fully slumped forward in his chair with his eyes shut at his 2pm event

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's stunning how often, as soon as Rassie/Saffers start moaning about the officials, events just completely conspire in their favour.

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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A really interesting part of football history is how association football developed in some Lancashire and Yorkshire towns while rugby league football was prevalent in others nearby, and remains so to this day. You'd think a town as big as Warrington is now would have a pro soccer team.

Twitter post by Mike Meehall Wood: "There are something like 350 settlements in Europe with a population of over 200,000 people. Only two have never had a professional soccer team. Those two are Wakefield and Warrington."

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That was very nearly another all-time screwjob in favour of Verstappen. There's no way those two should've raced past a car in the wall.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The damages claims from this will also be enormous if the guilt is upheld after appeals. Everton paid Burnley £35m after PSR breach. AFC, LFC, MUFC, Spurs all lodged intentions to sue before verdict. Titles and Champions League spots have significant value.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Similarly questions have to be asked of UEFA. The independent FFP panel found City guilty before a laissez faire approach to the CAS hearing allowed City to get away with the worst of the charges and then UEFA refused to appeal when it became clear that witnesses may have perjured themselves.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

...In fact nevermind INEOS, rather than another well-intentioned protest United fans should mobilise together & raise hell over this alongside the Glazer tenure. Kick *them* out of the country by way of compensating us & we'll call it quits. This is where the Red Knights would come in handy.

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Pauly Kwestel @pkwestel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Brendan Rodgers would become the 14th different manager to win the PL Mourinho would become 1st to win with two teams OGS would be 15th manager to win That would mean 7 of the 15 title winning managers got sacked during or immediately after the following season. Mourinho also doing that twice

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can this also be the end of the world's most obvious insider-plant Stefan Borson's media career, please?

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We were told there'd be no appeals process, so the fact they're apparently going to be able to do that is bullshit. As is no "sanctions" being issued which just gives room for a tame settlement. They're going to drag this out another year or two. INEOS better be working on a lawsuit regardless.

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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

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Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches

City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.

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RaceFans @racefans.net · 25/09/2026

#AzerbaijanGP qualifying is taking place a day early after the government asked #F1 to avoid a clash with its Remembrance Day. It marks the beginning of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, after which Azerbaijan expelled 100,000 ethnic Armenians from their homes: www.racefans.net/2026/09/21/h...

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How to watch the 2026 Azerbaijan GP and why it is being held on a Saturday

It's race week! The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will take place on Saturday with three Formula 2 support races. Here are the details.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They do everything bigger. Even the number of charges they have got for allegedly cheating dwarfs everything else we’ve seen. (They deny the charges)

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Opta Analyst @optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 22/09/2026

Man Utd according to Opta's Expected Points table: ◉ Actual position: 12th ◉ Expected position: 4th They lead the Premier League for shots (113) and opposition-box touches (182), but have converted just 7.1% of their attempts. Do they deserve to be higher?

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”

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NFL News Poster @nflnewsposter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

[Machota] Tom Brady on the FOX broadcast while seeing the replay of the Jayden Daniels gruesome elbow injury: “Oh shit. … Excuse me. I was not expecting to see that.” twitter.com/jonmachota/s...

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You're not managing Real Madrid anymore pal. No one cares.

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La Gazzetta dello Sport @mm-gazzetta-sport.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Clamoroso Mourinho, la conferenza stampa post Atletico Madrid-Real 2-1 La <a href="https://www.gazzetta.it/... video.gazzetta.it/calcio/liga/video…

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We might turn it on later in this calendar year, but it's obvious now those in charge have fucked the start of this season. The transfers or lack-of are one thing, but we look by miles the least fit team in the league & there's little of any tactical value to show for having a pre-season to prepare.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Looks like Brighton are going to be this season's Aston Villa 'Don't mind us, we'll just score bangers' team of the year.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank fuck their first goal won't be against us.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Is there a clever reason why Xabi Alonso is playing fullbacks in a central-midfield two? Since when has he done that?

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Woz @wozzatron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well off it.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We have a team built for 2010 in 2026, with players who shouldn't be getting any minutes even if they're stuck here for the season. It was obvious there needed to be significant TLC in the summer but we're left with a three year rebuild at a club you barely get three months.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'd say where was this on Sunday lads, but they're a different set of lads.

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

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Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...

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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We don't play Spurs for another month but I'm already getting angry at them scoring their first goal of the season against us. I'm fuming about it!

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Kev MUFC @kev84-mufc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

JJ Gabriel and his dad out for a walk.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nothing about the events of today should be surprising given everything we've seen/heard from his dad. Except that it happened 24 hours before his supposed first-team debut, at 15.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 14/09/2026

There's now one thing that can get you tarred for antisemitism, and it is regrettably not even one of the things that actually constitutes antisemitism

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Nolan @nolanmutd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He was also the ref that got Maguire suspended

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Dale Johnson @dalejohnsonbbc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"On this occasion, the VAR did not recognise the likely impact of his position and should have recommended an on-field review. “Contact has been made with Man United this evening to acknowledge what we deem is an error of judgement. A review of the incident will take place.”

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Understand VAR team were warned ruling the goal out would damage relations between Britain and the UAE

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We had offside discourse for months after one controversial 'offside' goal a few years ago. Doubt we'll be seeing that this time. Fernandez was clearly interfering in play by occupying Martinez. Both fullbacks cost us today, and the game was lost going light in midfield.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Taking off a central midfielder never works in situations like this, in games like this. We're going to be defending counter-attacks for most of the game now.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When Dalot is in *this* mood it's really still 10v10.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That (V)SC on Lando will go down as the second biggest screwjob in recent memory.

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Shaun Connolly @shaunconnolly85.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Benjamin Sesko has 10 goals in his last 17 PL appearances, averaging a goal every 74 minutes. Florian Wirtz has 18 goal contributions from 54 appearances for Liverpool, after signing for a total package of £116 million. One isn't good enough, and the other needs more time. 👌🏻

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One of the great wins for 'don't know' in recent times. That will give supporters of not knowing things a lot of confidence.

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Chris Cooper @cmec22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I know it doesn't always work out like this, but WST has to do something about these late finishes. Williams vs Hawkins is only just beginning, there's no way that's done before midnight.

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