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James Diamond

@jmdmnd.bsky.social
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Safeguarding in Sport. Former teacher. Open University student (Criminology & Psychology. Parent. Good egg. Mainly on social media for the football (Leicester City/random Italian action) and the NFL (Seahawks)

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can’t wait for Mick Herron to bring together the Danny Tommo A-plot and the RAF Fairford B-plot in an unexpected but satisfying way.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is extraordinarily well written.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026
I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cannot recommend the audiobook of The Castle by @jonronson.bsky.social highly enough - especially for fans of his Things Fell Apart podcast series. In amongst the existential despair the book induces, it’s also really very funny.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/09/2026
am having to force myself to live in a state of at least partial denial because I find the currenty situation so deeply nauseating that constant knowledge of it would probably have a significant impact on my day-to-day
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Imagine them saying they’re going to limit cancer diagnoses
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Done! On the surface it’s weird that such traditional/‘establishment’ (and frankly, small-C conservatove seeming) orgs like the National Trust, the RNLI, and the Church of England are the progressive bulwark against hate in this country. But it just proves those figures are just a loud minority.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Utterly dizzying heights in the overall FPL rankings. Might have to start a podcast 🙄😂
A screenshot showing James is ridiculously in 6538th place out of nearly 11 million FPL players.
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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband; son of a man who had to flee the Nazis: I'm Jewish BBC News: 😠 are you, though? You're doing it wrong Fascist Daniel Thomas, in between attacking teenage cricketers and rnli volunteers: I'm Christian BBC News: 😊
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Dan Pizzuta @danpizzuta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If Mike Vrabel was this risk-averse at all times, he wouldn't have needed marriage counseling
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Waited over 200 days and staying up until 4am for the return of #Seahawks football - only for injuries and penalties to ruin the evening. Balls.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/09/2026
again, the knowledge that coverage like this now happens because of some people who call themselves feminists drives me insane - must everyone who happened to have been born a girl be seen through the lens of "but what about breastfeeding"? is that really what we're doing, again?
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Boner Vivant @dougtilley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Rest in peace to one of the best to ever do it.
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 26/08/2026
The US media cannot comprehend a southern belle country singer who was unapologetically "woke" because that goes against all the narratives they've been reinforcing. So Dolly has to become "neutral" despite her vocally, repeatedly taking the progressive side in the so-called "culture wars"
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP to a legend
rob dubbin @robdubbin

MY MAN: (comes home)
ME: (nervous) how was the store
MY MAN: fine
ME: oh thank g-
MY MAN: ran into jolene
ME: oh no
MY MAN: she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail

12:50 AM • Jul 29, 2019
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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
found out Larry David just starts verbally abusing Alan Dershowitz whenever he sees him, this is very good
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 11/08/2026
I gotta get involved in more scandals man. I would love to step back to spend more time with my family
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
eclipse glasses are woke. stare it down you cowards
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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Public use of AI is doing weird, unpredictable and damaging things to the state. A dive into how Grok lawyering is upending the employment tribunals www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is apparently the ethical ‘good’ AI guys…
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There really are only three choices: * Release prisoners. * Lock prisoners up in each of our downstairs loos. * Build prisons. The third one takes time. The fourth option, of course, is to recalibrate what a prison is and why we send people there.
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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Really think this is what irked me about him the most tbh. Just a very ugly writer with no real flair or stylistic quality, whose outsized influence in the industry was also indicative of rock bottom standards and scrape-the-barrel prose
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Things like this, plus the new Madden ratings (Seahawks at #10 overall with an 84 rating) are part of a weird pattern of underestimating/disrespecting one of the most statistically dominant Super Bowl winning teams of this century.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Voxpops
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
They don't just employ ivory tower academics, they employ administrators, caterers, cleaners, electricians, plumbers, gardeners, caretakers, medical staff, etc etc etc. By closing a university you're not just punishing the academic elite. You're punishing a glorious cross-section of society.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This match is pure Soccer Aid vibes.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Coming off a call with Virgin Media retentions team doubling my speed and getting all the good channels for £3 less per month got me feeling like prime Logan Roy.
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Succession I Fucking Win
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Tuchel: We got too passive.
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I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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In hell you are forced to watch England defend a one goal lead
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 14/07/2026
you're all laughing but spanish football, for the last 15 years, was built on two simple premises: 1. what if you play football so beautifully that it is somehow ugly and what if it is so ugly that it is somehow beautiful 2. have you ever considered not letting the other team touch the ball
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Neil Crump @pyramidhead76.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As he says in the end here, identifying as your job is dangerous in this way, whatever your job.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
@footballcliches.bsky.social Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 literally a minute ago - a textbook “for my sins” from a Peterborough United fan. Like a Quinn flick-on for a Phillips finish.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trying to go to bed after that and it’s fucking light out. How on earth do we sleep after that? Such a gutsy performance.
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Jay Forster @jakobforster.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
i have no horse in this race but i have always respected pickford for looking FURIOUS whenever the ball gets within six feet of him and he has to do his job because i too feel like that when i have to do my job
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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Do you think one of the boys is in the dressing room secretly texting Gareth Southgate being like “new stepdad’s shouting at us”.
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Scott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#ENGDRC
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Those penalties.
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Simpsons Barney: Just Hook It To My Veins!
ALT: Simpsons Barney: Just Hook It To My Veins!
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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Guy Mowbray: "Let's get the view of Darren Cann." Everyone else:
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Imagine spending an unbelievably hot week, when people are really struggling to sleep or be comfortable, telling them that we don't need to tackle climate change. Do it in winter, you mad cunts. If you're going to be wankers, at least be professional wankers.
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The joy today is that hatred lost. Doesn't matter what you think of Burnham. Farage tried to invite a race riot. He dealt in explicitly racial rhetoric. If he'd won, many journalists would have considered it a vindication of his approach and branded our outrage evidence of how out of touch we are.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Apart from anything else domestic violence also rises when England win. The issue is drunk, coked up men not results.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Can I just shock you? I like a 48 team World Cup.
Screenshot from the TV show I’m Alan Partridge, taken from a scene where Alan Partridge changes a previously held position in order to fit in with someone else.
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James Diamond @jmdmnd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My guy. #goalkeepersunion
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