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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

At the very least, why don't they make blockbuster movies that are this briskly efficient anymore? In and out in barely 90 mins and never a moment wasted

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Carl Cullinane @carlcullinane.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mostly a picture of stability this morning on #ALevelResultsDay. A/A* grades continue to creep up again as they have since 2022. Main story, as it increasingly is on results days, is London pulling further ahead of other regions.

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thought I knew where that was going...could not have been more wrong

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Great to see the Guardian champion the SHAPE (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) subjects, but this piece gives impression that they are expensive, whereas many are 'cheap to teach' subjects subsidising more expensive subjects, mainly in STEM and medicine. The crisis demands better understanding.

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The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial

Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

For a brief second I was racking my brain to try and remember where in the Odyssey there's a dead bear that witnesses anything...

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Baffling in a tournament where kicking someone in the head didn't meet the high bar for VAR intervention

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 06/07/2026

Every lifelong football fan I've ever met is like "I think players are supposed to serve their suspension" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states handballs are mandatory."

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Kieran Doyle @kierdoyle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It is hard to express how good a job Gordon/Spence and Konsa/Rogers (and Konsa/Bellingham) did to defend every wide 2v2 there. Every single cross was so deep, heavily contested, and always an extra pass or two to work the space to get it off at all.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I can't believe I have to say this but the point is not "corrupt World Cups are not new". It's that this specific World Cup has been a succession of "f**k yous" to various parts of the global football community, and this is the latest one. And I doubt it will be the last.

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

We're a few days away from them using the time to promote whatever show Ant and Dec are on next...

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A bit like South Africa, Paraguay came with a defensive gameplan that fell apart within 10 mins. Imagine they'll look different in the next two games as they can't afford another loss - the good news for them is they probably can't play worse!

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I was baffled that they didn't use the time after the SK equaliser last night for the second half hydration break. Instead they kicked off and then had a big pause within just a minute or two

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Dan O'Dowd @realdanodowd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Since 2011, Elon Musk has been promising to put a man on Mars within a few years. He failed. SpaceX burned through billions of dollars of venture capital. It still isn't profitable and Mars is now further away than it was in 2011. If you're buying the $SPCX IPO, you're the exit liquidity.

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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

So this is the BBC’s neat way to watch overnight World Cup highlights with no spoilers… bbc.co.uk/nospoilers This will take you to a World Cup highlights page on BBC iPlayer, which will have highlights for every match without telling you who has won.

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World Cup Highlights - BBC iPlayer

Watch TV programmes from the World Cup Highlights collection on BBC iPlayer.

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

10/ Finally, there will be a first-time finalist at the tournament. But I don't think they'll win it. England aren't there, I just can't see how we cope with the altitude of Mexico City followed by the heat of Miami and have enough in the tank to make it all the way

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

9/ Spain suffer a shock exit after a perfect group stage. Maybe it's wishful thinking but an extra knockout round means a greater chance of a surprise and I think one of Algeria or Croatia might surprise them

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

8/ As in 2018, there will be a perceived easy side of the draw - and England will be on the wrong side of it

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

7/ Scotland will be left sweating until the last day of matches to confirm their third place was sufficient to go through

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

6/ The third-placed race will be chaotic and a team will end up missing out on disciplinary record having been tied on goal difference and goals scored

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

5/ Argentina can take a while to get going and I think Algeria will be awkward first opponents. Messi and co should still top the group but it will be hard work

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

4/ Incredibly, Deschamps' France have never won their third group match at a World Cup or Euros. That's good news for Norway and I could see that group ending in a three-way on 6 points

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

3/ At least one of the debutants will make the knockouts and I reckon it could be Cape Verde. Bielsa-ball can't cope with two group matches in the Miami heat

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

2/ Japan stun the Netherlands, struggle against Tunisia but just about top the group and go deep into the knockouts

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

1/ Germany come second behind Ivory Coast in their group and fall early in the knockouts

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

When I was 13, I spent a long coach journey reading a EURO 2004 preview magazine and naively came away convinced Greece could win the whole thing given how solid their defence was. It's the only time I've ever been right about something. Given that, here are my boldest World Cup 2026 predictions:

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I'm with you on this one. Feel like I would play the early tutorial/training levels of most video games and then stop at the first real obstacle. I've tried to dip my toe back into some games recently but the reward of completing a level just doesn't motivate me enough

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

First one that comes to mind is Daisy by Fang Island. Music video is a delight too: youtu.be/EIurAP4yHtQ?... On the off-chance that one is better known than I realised, then I'm probably picking Scott Lavene's The Ballad of Lynseyhttps://youtu.be/N8sAq7EFm4U?si=qUjhAttjwvjM52Wi

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Fang Island - Daisy

YouTube video by Sargent House

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

If you lose a job because the team is full of superstar egos who won't do what you want them to, I can see the appeal of a club full of young impressionable stars. Unfortunately for him, there's still no shortage of egos though

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ok so now I'm learning that the song my son knows about a turtle who swallowed a bubble at bathtime is actually not the same everywhere. In our version the lady with the alligator purse says 'operation'

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Really important Big Read this on what is just straightforwardly a misselling scandal taking place in plain sight in my view:

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Business degrees are booming in the UK. Who is profiting?

Average incomes five years after graduating are less than for people who studied nursing

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

MELANIA: You want me. Out of nowheres. To remind every one. Of my best friend, and child sex monster. Jeffrey Epstein?? (squints evilly) NATHAN FIELDER: (voice over) The First Lady loved my idea.

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I've been able to accept getting rid of most and ripping others to my plex library but that community DVD in particular has so many memories attached to it and particularly to those commentaries. They're such a fascinating glimpse into the dynamics of making that show

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

These commentaries have been the biggest argument against getting rid of my DVD of that first season

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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Hang on, I had missed the fact that the AI Skills Hub cost £4m. mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski... If this wasn't tax payers' money it would be quite funny. Also, can only assume PWC spent some time rolling around in gold because they did NOT spend it on building this

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The UK paid £4.1 million for a bookmarks site

Or, as they like to call it, the 'AI Skills Hub'. Which was built by PwC because of course it was

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.” As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

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The Carney doctrine

Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

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Craig O'Callaghan @craigoc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My wife is convinced they're a couple now because in last night's episode James had coloured stripes on his t-shirt that matched Jessie's nails and eyeshadow

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

As always, 2 things can be true at once: 1. Any police force using AI to generate reports & evidence for their decisions should be disciplined & heads should roll 2. The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was likely justified due to real risk of racist, violent hooliganism #r4today

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Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

If you'd like to watch the hour long special programme on maternity care - it's on YouTube. It's an emotional watch - but it's important www.youtube.com/live/kfqmmoV...

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Sky News special programme on the state of maternity care in our health system | Mornings

YouTube video by Mornings With Ridge & Frost

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/01/2026

I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.

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