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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is magnificent work by @martynziegler.bsky.social, which should disqualify Infantino from standing in the 2027 Fifa presidential election.
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Revealed: how Fifa failed to disclose Gianni Infantino’s second salary
A Times investigation shows Fifa president has been receiving millions in undisclosed payments, with claims he used the money to fund luxury Miami lifestyle
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’d have preferred a longer IB. Can’t think of much other than toll to 5, bench City players who are clearly stricken with guilt and will play poorly. GL all!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 05/10/2026
the brain doesn’t? .. process information?? what is it doing with the words in this article then, exactly aeon.co/essays/your-...
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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One more model will fix it, I swear
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"I don't think they've got anything to do with patriotism... I think that this is small penis behaviour, quite frankly" Ash Sarkar on the far right racist thugs #bbcqt
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
GW5: I expect to be mauled but I’m rolling again to 4 FT. And I’m owed DCL’s real goal from last week 🤬
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Labour will eventually have to fight tooth and nail to protect our democracy. And the longer they leave it, that harder it will be.
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
GW4: When in doubt, do nothing. OR 544K so can afford not to chase points at this stage. GL all!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This week's column is about the Starmer-like self-destruction of the impending decision to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. It might appease certain lobby groups, but it sabotages Burnham's own project and drives voters away. Utter madness. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
FH went well. 58 (about 20pts over my actual team) and up to 526K. Onwards and downwards!
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
wrote about the nonce goggles www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The law won't save us from Meta's 'pervert glasses'. The only solution is mockery | Jonathan Liew
These things are undermining not just our public spaces but the very nature of being human. Let’s shame them off the streets, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the Wirtz gameweek ever😭
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/08/2026
‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent Levels of a toxic “forever chemical” rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames during drought. The data from the pilots is in stark contrast to public comments from Thames Water that their water recycling project in south-west London will not harm the riverine environment. Continue reading...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Simon @analyticf.pl · 08/02/2026
Cross-posting for the FPL crowd, analytic.football now powered by a new better model 👇
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Priors, who needs em anyway? #HULMUN
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It does not matter if the victim was "guilty". A lynching is a lynching. What cruel, awful times we live in.
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Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
MLS needs to shift the league schedule to "alternate timeline where we jail big oil execs and get serious about addressing global warming in the 1990s."
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“El Niño will act like a climate time machine, temporarily pushing global temperatures to levels that might not otherwise be reached for another decade or so.” www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How much of a stretch would it be from banning BBQs to banning fossil fuels? @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Sources with knowledge of the scheme say the intention was for Infantino to become the chief executive or commissioner after his presidency, with a basic salary — before any bonuses — of $30million (about £22.2million) a year". More stellar reporting by @martynziegler.bsky.social for @thetimes.com.
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Gianni Infantino clinging to power as efforts to oust him intensify
Support is flooding away from the Fifa president, who will likely be asked to resign at emergency council meeting and is scrambling to establish base of backers
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is a very good point. Fifa needs football but football doesn't need Fifa. Fifa has no intrinsic value. There is no special reason it should be maintained and reformed. We could close it tomorrow and organise the World Cup and other tournaments anew and not one thing would be lost.
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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The point isn't to produce essays, it's to teach students how to think for fuck's sake. The minute you automate that, it's over. You might as well close the course. Which they're also doing. This is an attack on learning, and everyone is just shrugging.
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It's good to see England cut loose a bit. I know it doesn't mean much but 3rd in the tournament is something
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J Gregort Coffeeheimer @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The narrative is always about the cost of public services, the strain created by their use, how unsustainable it all is. Bollocks. The problem not so much people skimming off the top as them taking so much to only leave the dregs for the rest of us. There’s always money for their get rich schemes.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
so nigel said he was given £5 million for security but has since said he could spend it on anything and he also turned down taxpayer-funded security but is complaining about a lack of security
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
...and waving her arms, causing the race to stop. She insisted her very embarrassed daughter was reinstated in the final, at the expense of a now crying fifth place finisher. Only for her kid to come last in the rerun final.
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Annelise Jespersen @abysstalks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
C'mon England, give us all a laugh and appeal Henderson's yellow.
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I'm shocked, shocked etc
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie... lol
As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/07/2026
RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This current heatwave is both one of the worst we’ve had and one of the coolest we will ever have. And that remains true each year until we hit net zero. Most people get it at some level, but way too much airtime is given to those who don’t (wilfully or otherwise)
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Over 40 economists write to leader of Unite the Union, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes next UK chancellor "The net zero economy generates output worth over £100bn and employs over a million workers....these numbers will grow” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor
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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This morning in Paris: a woman collapsed at the social security office from the heat. At xhildcare centres with reflective recovery blankets taped to their windows, staff are hosing down toddlers in a baking courtyard. Children everywhere as schools are closed.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Fossil fuel giants and their billionaire backers are boiling Britain. We need action to reduce emissions - but we also need emergency safety measures too. Cool spaces in every community and a maximum working temperature. It's time for Government to step in.
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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Video on why Fifa’s inexplicable rule change from goal difference to head-to-head has needlessly killed drama for these final group games and also creates sporting integrity issues It is mitigating against just playing to win www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZm1...
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How Fifa's ridiculous rule change kills the final round of group games
YouTube video by Miguel Delaney's Inside Football
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.
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Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just one easy example this week: School closures/shortened days will have an economic impact. Go forward 10 years and it will be a lot worse (look at what’s happened in India)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Waiting for the system justifiers on this platform to claim that Geoffrey Robertson KC "doesn't understand the law". That's what all of us who've made these points have been told. Maybe not understanding how this could possibly be right is a sign of our humanity. www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
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You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson
The jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, says Geoffrey Robertson KC
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krs-chun.bsky.social @krs-chun.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Swamp the drain!
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
They clearly just need to drain the swamp www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Algae thwarts Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool ‘American flag blue’
Administration had claimed algae at Lincoln Memorial pool would be cleared after the renovation, but it has proliferated amid warm weather
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Because, as everyone knows, protest works best when it's approved by the government. The entire judgement is based on a series of fairytales: about democracy, the benign nature of the state, the efficacy of polite, obedient and invisible protest and the harmonious course of English history.
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FPL student @fplstudent.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This from @elevenify.com is an excellent read/listen: open.substack.com/pub/deciders... - how to beef up your probabilistic decision making skills, with FPL being a perfect use case. Channel your inner quantum physicist!
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A Conversation with Annie Duke: Improving Your Decision Skills
Annie Duke is the author of Thinking in Bets, How to Decide, Quit, and the co-founder of the Alliance for Decision Education. She also runs an excellent decision-making course available on Maven (I kn...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Laura Tobin: ".. the thing at play here is obviously climate change.. its still spring.. a reminder of where we should be for the time of year & where we actually are. At least 16 degrees warmer than where we should be for the time of year" Don't look up.
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