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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I presume he wants people to think he's giving a load of money to charities in Gaza or something but I bet it's actually that he sometimes replies to Kneecap's stories on Instagram with a clapping emoji

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@huwgriffinrugby.bsky.social the WRU seem to be trying to sell tickets directly to Irish fans on instagram???

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%.

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Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on
Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.

soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.

I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and notionol infroctrunturo unit

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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Surely there are responses to plagiarism that are more severe than ignoring it and less severe than death.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

One from the archives.

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Leslie @missilepanda.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Happy "URC is dead " day to all who celebrate.

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Cian Ó Muilleoir @rugbykino.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Thanks for the inspiration.

The new Banksy statue, but he's wearing a Munster jersey and is blinded by the Roger Randle Signing flag he's holding as he's about to walk off the plinth

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Daryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 08/04/2026

When you let racist vigilantes setup road blocks & search buses counting heads with no ramifications or prosecutions afterwards, then of course actions will eventually escalate to what we are seeing now. Selfish people thinking it's all about them & they've gotten away with it. 1/ #IrishPol

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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Ben White was playing apparently

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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The war crimes guy? Shocked…

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Squidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

How come Robert Baloucoune is known as both Bob and The Cat but nobody has thought to call him Bobcat. Like how is nobody thinking about this.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Incredible stuff from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/igno...

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Perhaps an appropriate moment to post this one again The World Cup’s Missing Mouthpiece www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/s...

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The World Cup’s Missing Mouthpiece (Published 2022)

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Declan @declan1798.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Is it in case the British Museum steal it?

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Mortifying trying to promote work at this time of year, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make a living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy Kerry farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Apologies for repeating myself but this prick turns up every seven years like he's some sort of racist comet.

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Squidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Sam Prendergast might be the most-talked about player in rugby right now. With hyperbole rampant in both directions, it's time to answer the question: Never mind his potential, his ceiling, or how amazing he'll be in four years time. How good is Sam Prendergast *now*? youtu.be/BLkBhGY_ns4

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So is Sam Prendergast ready?

YouTube video by Squidge Rugby

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Can’t believe Twitter keeps crashing despite Elon hiring the best 19-year-old interns that racism has to offer

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Untitled, by Cy Twombly, 1990, 📸 by Dan Sheridan // @Inphosports

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Gwen @ionceposted.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Escape to Victory except its the Spanish Civil War and Robbie Keane is managing The Blueshirts team.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Excellent. Saves having to pay the council to collect it 👍

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"Okay, get some snaps of that Mangione character, but you better not pull any bullshit where he looks like the subject in a 16th century painting called 'Christ taken at the Garden of Gethsemane'." "Okay, now don't be mad but..."

Luigi Mangione in orange jumpsuit in the center of the frame, flanked by law enforcement officers, his hands are clasped and bound in front of him he looks off to the side pensively, seriously does this guy just not photograph poorly at all?

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

If people start shooting CEOs who have decided to see people die for money, where will it all end?

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