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John Earls

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Music, Luton Town, journalism and getting away with it.

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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As chaotic as the original run obviously was, the Oasis ticket sale this year has been a lesson in how to do sales to registered fans. Of the four of us in our group, three got sales for various tranches today. I got four tix, checked out by 9.10. Lessons learned, in fairness.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Paddy Young’s Sky One special is so good - a newish comedian standing out by usually choosing the silliest option, without being self-consciously wacky. A huge amount of charm, too. A very impressive companion to his SNL:UK stuff.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s the new @wsc.co.uk ! In which I argue how timewasting at corners could be eased by getting rid of corner flags.
The front cover of the new issue of When Saturday Comes magazine, in which two Aston Villa players are depicted, with a speech bubble from one saying: “I can see another one leaving.”
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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s always nervy yet exciting putting art out there but anyway
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I first spoke to Guy Garvey in 2000 for Teletext for the Newborn EP. So, to mark Elbow’s 25th anniversary shows for Asleep In The Back, I chatted to Guy about those times for NME. www.nme.com/news/music/e...
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Elbow tell us about Manchester 'Asleep In The Back' 25th anniversary gigs and new music plans
Elbow's Guy Garvey on playing 'Asleep In The Back' 25th anniversary gigs at The Ritz in Manchester, Andy Burnham as PM, Talk Talk and new album plans
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Mint Royale @mint-royale.com · 21/08/2026
a single data centre consuming the same amount of electricity as over 1 million uk households seems like quite a lot, and I do enjoy them saying that’s at 50% load as if they’re just building the extra 50% capacity for lols and it’ll never get used we promise www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
According to Ofgem, the average UK household electricity consumption is 2,500 kWh per year. Digital Reef said in its proposal that at a "likely" 50% load, the campus would consume 2.65bn Whper year of electricity, equivalent to the demand of more than 1m UK households.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Amit Katwala @amitkatwala.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How can Elliot Anderson be worth the same as Argos? This makes no sense to me www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sainsbury's agrees to sell Argos for £120m
Under the terms of the deal, Argos will still operate in Sainsbury's shops, sell Habitat products, and offer Nectar points.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
For anyone at a loose end on a Friday night, I’m on the @geoffnorcott.bsky.social Times Radio show at 8.45pm discussing the Anatomy Of A Song of…well, no spoilers. Why not change your Friday plans and find out? (Keen fans of Geoff and of Friday night radio are already all over his show, obv.)
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Mint Royale @mint-royale.com · 29/07/2026
This story about anthropic (and other ai companies) just bulk buying millions of books - including old rare, out of print books - then chopping the spines to make them easier to scan and then destroying them once they’re scanned is just so fucking bleak and depressing
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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’d be up for TOTP’s story of 2002, but I turned it on about six weeks ago and so far it’s only been about The Hives and Vanessa Carlton.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Anyway, until Euro 28, it’s goodbye to the @wsc.co.uk wallchart. A little bit of joy every tournament.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Spain are hardly worthy winners. They played their part in making that a dismal game of football. Twice winners in two appalling finals.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Extra time in this is like Ed Sheeran making his next record a double album.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
These last 10 minutes of the half-time show have really dragged.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’ve seen people say England’s win last night means it’s our best World Cup since 1966. No. It’s our joint second-best, with 1990 and 2018. Beating France was fun, but it was basically a friendly. Unless you can name the last five Community Shield winners without googling, don’t claim it mattered.
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Andy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Only another 24 hours of reading football posts on here from people who never post about football at any other time 🧐
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Why in hell is this foolish man lending credence to the far-right idea that Britain is at “breaking point”? Say we’re angry. Say we’re in trouble. Say people are clamouring for real change. But DO NOT amplify Farage’s talking points. This is elementary messaging.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is a magnificent story, the kind of mad adventure the @lordshortcake.bsky.social Danny Baker phone-in was built on.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
After the emcee fiasco and today, prepare the “Is Wordle running out of words?” thinkpieces.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
That should be Simon’s second yellow for simulation.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Penalty apart, has there been a shot on target yet?
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Can’t remember the last time I went to bed when it was daylight. Worth it.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Add Cunha to Madueke on the list of Very Famous Premier League Players Sam Matterface Can’t Be Bothered To Pronounce Properly. I dread to think what he’s doing to the names of lesser-known players. Between that and Dixon’s joyless monologues and ITV is making me refuse to pay the licence fee.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
PSA for anyone still up: DR Congo v Uzbekistan on BBC2 is terrific chaos so far.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I like angry McCoist. It’s so rare, it’s powerfully sexy when it happens. (I saw Strand Larsen’s previous penalty, for Wolves. It was identically terrible.)
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“There must have been drills?” boggles the commentator. Well yes, but they involved patiently playing out from the back at all times. This is Luton v Burnley in our Championship relegation season, so Scotland have at least one more daft goal to give away yet.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Yes, ha ha, Cole Palmer is a bit daft. But he’d have had more chance of altering the outcome of this match than anyone who’s played so far. Eze over Watkins as a sub is also a nonsense.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It’s nice there are some subjects which still unify a nation.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Maybe, as some predict, Burnham’s style won’t translate nationally. There’s still a chance Labour were too muddled in its first two years to claw back the electorate’s trust. But it’s nice to wake up with some proper hope and smile at the size of that majority.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A record number of Googles here as everyone wonders who the hell Antony Barry is.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I think the telly just tried to upgrade humanity in the Scotland coverage there.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Listlessly trying to stay awake for USA v Paraguay while my wife is away overnight and…when did TFI Friday come back again? Perfectly acceptable late-night fare, fwiw, and it even has music on TV. Jack Savoretti and Dodgy so far.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Awww, I was enjoying the respite from Matterface & Dixon there.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Grimly fascinated to see how ITV is going to fill the extra hour with England’s game being delayed until 10pm. Can Roy Keane keep up the persona of Roy Keane for another 60 minutes? Will we get a highlights reel of Lee Dixon’s cheeriest insights?
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Seen the poster for Harlan Coben’s new Netflix adaptation, I Will Find You, starring Britt Lower. I’m sure Britt will be great. She’s obviously superb in Severance. Yet Britt Lower always sounds to me like the name of the singer in a 00s indie band like Metric who’s doing acting on the side.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The 2020s in one post.
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Mint Royale @mint-royale.com · 22/05/2026
Looking good so far…
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Reform candidate is horrendous, obviously. Kennedy called the attacks on jewish ambulances a false flag. #horseshoe
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TheParisAngel @theparisangel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congratulations to all the Arsenal fans who aren’t weird.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Current earworm: the Fresh Milk’s Got A Lot Of Bottle jingle. Thanks a lot, brain.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Myha’la and Jerry Hall aside, there’s no “Oh, INTERESTING!” names this time. The comedians are interchangeably same generation, and there’s three too many of them. Also: Amol Bleedin’ Rajan. Still, any Traitors is always fun.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Well, that's certainly one way for the Green Party in one of the UK's largest cities to respond to a series of attacks against the Jewish community, of which Wednesday's stabbing attack was just the latest. Not even pretending it's about Israel now, are they?
Green Party in Manchester: "Imagine if the media treated all forms of hate seriously.

"It's what they should do. But they believe in colourism. 

"They don't believe that brown, black, and LGBTQIA+ people deserve equal rights."
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Just as it’s about to become the longest frame in snooker history, BBC2 transfers the game to Red Button. It’s not on the Red Button. iPlayer advertises it… but that takes you to the episode of House Of Games that replaced the snooker. This is all very… sub-optimal.
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Ian Hyland @hylandian.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I'm afraid the dreaded budget cuts have just done for me again. If anyone has any writing that needs doing, do give me a shout.
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Fuck this, fuck them, and fuck anyone who "gets why" this happened. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Police investigate attempted arson attack at north-west London synagogue
Minor smoke damage but no injuries reported at synagogue in Harrow, after spate of similar incidents in recent weeks
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Gene Hunt 🇨🇦🇵🇸 @avin-oops.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Remember everyone, Forest are only in the Europa League because their horrible owner bullied UEFA into punishing Palace. They didn't actually qualify for it through merit on the pitch and hopefully Villa will hump them before they get any closer to a completely undeserved trophy. The horrible Tories
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Round of applause for Jermaine Beckford saying “Serves them right” at the photo of West Ham fans who left early being denied re-entry. Clowns.
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John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I like both West Ham and Leeds. Both sets of fans tend to be proper. No idea where Pawson found 11 minutes from, but tbh I’m glad he did.
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