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Kieron B

@hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social
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#COYS #THFC My safe space to celebrate (and commiserate) being a Spurs fan - being as positive as I can, because what's the point otherwise?

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962. “[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” 🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM
Caricature of Rachel Carson by David Levine for the New York Review of Books.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026
The free speech™️ people are at it again. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
John Allen, former Reform party councillor who lost his seat after failing to turn up to a single council meeting for six months, was paid £18,888. He may be able to earn the same again after putting himself forward to stand in the by-election he triggered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Northumberland councillor paid £19k despite six-month no-show
John Allen is standing again after losing the seat for not going to Northumberland council meetings.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rebuilds are painful. This club is hard to love right now.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wish we weren’t complete bozos
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Start Maddison and Fernandes and only one of Bentancur or Tonali and I think we create so much more. Absolutely cannot guarantee the attackers will score it though
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Team looks absolutely miles off it. They have done since pre season and I figured it would take until the international break at least but hoped we’d be slightly more enjoyable to watch tbf.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Marmoush casually losing the ball 4 times in a row that he was passed it 😬
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have been so bad for so long that being bad a little bit longer doesn’t really bother me as long as there are signs of improvement that I can buy into. Even with this starting XI we’ve carved out two gilt edged chances - but our team continue to be bozos at key moments 🤷‍♂️
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Darren England has watched our players get absolutely Moysed around Everton's area, and given practically any breathe on an Everton player. Absolutely useless.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This ref is garbage
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Actual front foot and aggressive football 🙏
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Look, if Cody Gakpo doesn’t want to fight it out for a top 15 place then we’re better off without him
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It is going to take time for attacking players to get fit and to gel (the wingers playing today are not going to starting in a few weeks) and for the defensive unit to react as one (second goal was annoyingly sloppy) and that is why we probably need to be calm until after the international break
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s frustrating to be the better team and concede against the run of play, but my God it’s better than being utterly dreadful and conceding multiple times with the run of play. And we won’t be playing with a winger pairing of Tel and Pedro Porro much this season so end product should improve
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Great finish - one long diagonal hoof - probably need to deal with that better but he’s taken a fraction of a chance to score there
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think we were decent there - Tonali grew into the game, Fernandes some nice touches in a position I don’t think we ultimately see him play, Tel a threat just lacking final ball, Marmoush a technical striker - hallelujah. Get Kudus on and drop Porro back - makes the right a proper threat
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Nice move that, shame about the final ball but really well worked by Tel and a Marmoush
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We’ve had some decent possession but defensively they still look like they’ve barely played together (perhaps understandably). So easy to play around the press
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m enjoying Spurs podcasts less and less. There is absolutely no chill - it’s one thing to point out technical deficiencies in a single performance but the amount of exaggeration and extrapolation to the extreme end is exhausting. I get it, we’ve been bad for a long time, but JFC
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Burnham right to say that UK must be “bolder” on Europe – and he’ll eventually need to break from Starmer’s red lines. Brexit is estimated to cost us at least 2.5% of GDP a year or more than *the entire defence budget*. www.arguably.uk/p/we-cant-af...
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We can’t afford the Brexit Tax
Rejoining the EU is the biggest economic stimulus available
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It is never fun to lose, it’s worse when you play badly but Brentford are a settled and drilled machine, we are a recovering hot mess with more mess than hot players available. Judge us in a couple months and if we’re still this bad we can worry
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Kinsky our best passer which is a worry
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Bergvall getting hooked at half time
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Lack of pace at the back quite worryingly exposed there 😬
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Utterly dreadful going forward, which isn't exactly a surprise
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I think by October 7 of these players will be benched but that's no excuse for such a disorganised start.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Haven't touched them. Midfield being bypassed in attack and defence atm
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/08/2026
"The fires, heat and extremes that have dominated the summer of 2026 are what scientists have long been warning about from the burning of coal, oil and gas." via @apnews.com
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This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say
With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
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Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It’s a rip-off price, the vendor is toxic, and it seems the software doesnt deliver: www.ft.com/content/cbd1... Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
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Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Love Pedro and I am delighted for him (and football in general because Argentina are a blight)
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." /
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Can’t believe Frank ball doesn’t work in major tournaments against the greatest footballing magician in history!
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Djed Spence is fucking class, love him
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Still love Djed more than basically other footballer right now - just plays his own game
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Willem Huiskamp @willemh.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It's worth stressing that the *magnitude* by which some of these records are being broken is nothing short of astonishing
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Kevin Coaker @kevinjcoaker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Remember when the Mail, Express and Telegraph were frothing at the mouth about who paid for Kier Starmer’s spectacles….
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What if Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise? There's one catch. He'd need to solve the UK’s biggest and least-discussed tax problem. Almost half of all small business corporation tax isn't being paid - and nobody knows why. Thread:
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
England playing this like the Prem and it is just as dreadful on the biggest stage. Nice that the refs aren’t buying it
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Why "appears"? Spence didn't shake hands with Partey. Also, much more seriously,"pleaded not guilty to seven charges of rape" - no: "was charged and will be tried for seven charges of rape, which he denies", which is not the same thing at all. This is not balance, this is cowardice.
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World Cup 2026: Djed Spence appears not to shake hands with Thomas Partey before England v Ghana
Footage circulating on social media appears to show England's Djed Spence not shaking hands with Ghana's Thomas Partey before their World Cup group match in Boston.
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Kieron B @hardtowatchcoys.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I repeat, I really really like Djed Spence
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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
But another part of the problem has always been Labour's failure to understand its 2024 coalition, or basic electoral dynamics. It has lost voters to Reform, but these are a fairly unique fragment of their 2024 voters, v unlike those staying loyal or the greater number defecting to the Greens + LDs.
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