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John Rooney

@johnrooney.bsky.social
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Academic / Designer / Manchester School of Art / Europe www.johnrooney.co.uk

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Pint at the Gaslamp, Manchester, painting by Michael Ashcroft.
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Adam Levitt @adamlevitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Glazers and Sir Jim Racist thrilled about the City announcement because the media focus has shifted away from them. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches (Gift Article)
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m doing the 10 Days of 5k in October Challenge for Stand Up To Cancer to help fund life-saving research. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/johns-g...
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Martin Bell @martinbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Billboard outside Old Trafford: "immigrants have done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever will"
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit
Supporters’ club says billionaire should stand down after ‘completely unacceptable’ comments on the UK and empire
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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Manchester City Exposed: Bending the Rules to the Tune of Millions
For years now, the Manchester City football club has vehemently denied that its owner, the sheikh of Abu Dhabi, broke financial rules. But internal emails tell a different story, providing evidence of...
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You heard it from them first
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Been a while…really enjoyed watching United last night, good to catch up with @thathenrywong.bsky.social too!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"We've done nothing wrong but the people who did it have been sacked for (not) doing it," is quite the defence. And is it just me or Does. Farage. Get. Even. More. Comically. Staccato when he's straining his own enormous capacity for lying?
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Judge Darkness @marvth3martian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh. My. Word. @sturdyalex.bsky.social @reformexposed.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?...
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a disgrace. For all the bollocks about Jim Ratcliffe wanting a shiny new stadium to be his legacy, his real legacy will be pricing out and pushing away long-standing season ticket holders from the club they’ve supported for decades.
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 22/08/2026
Iowa Democratic Senate Candidate Josh Turek responds to Donald Trump calling him lazy.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Call your representatives and demand that they pressure the Israeli government restore the land to its original legal classification. The land of Khirbet Umm Al-Khair — like so much in the West Bank and mandate Palestine – belongs to the Palestinian residents who reside there.
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
After many years of listening to @smershpod.com x @johnrain.co.uk I signed up to ‘Smersh Patreon last week. Loads of brilliant eps here, I’m trawling through the MNC too, The TimeCop pod was a particular favourite (re title below)
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Manchester is Red.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/07/2026
See what consumers have to say about DuckDuckGo's perplexingly analog sunglasses. Head to knockaround.com/products/duckduckgo… to purchase. #DuckDuckGo #knockaround #sponsored
Consumers react to DuckDuckGo's New Sunglasses
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Watching the World Cup final in Canada. Can clearly hear the boos on TV as trump comes out.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill, "One of the secrets of life is to take what you do seriously. But never, never, take yourself seriously, and I never have" May you step into the next life with the same excitement and wonder that we all experienced when you first saw dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. RIP 🙏
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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Belgium players mocking the US and Trump's meddling in the World Cup by doing the Trump dance after scoring the 4th goal against the USMNT
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The "most inclusive World Cup ever", update on the update of the update.
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Somali referee denied entry to US for World Cup: official
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday...
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I’m not reposting anything to do with R****M, but big up to @stanchow.bsky.social for immediately clamping down on the bigots
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Pride was born as a riot, and has always been an act of defiance. During my life, I survived an internment camp. I came out at 68. I've watched rights get won and now watch them being rolled back. Yet I'm still here, still proud, and still holding Brad's hand.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The End of the Village, painting by Peter Morgan, Welsh artist.
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Gail Brodholt, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt #Saturday #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print in vivid voloured featuring a view.of an oncoming tube train at a London Underground station
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
@chartmusictotp.bsky.social I input this image into Ai.. the results are chilling…
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
youtu.be/oTmpAG6efT0
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Sesame Street Fever
YouTube video by Cookie Monster - Topic
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 08/04/2026
Trump threatening a genocide in Iran is unacceptable, even if it leads to a ceasefire.
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Bought a copy of “Volume” @petshopboys x @farrowlondon today in Manchester, brilliant collection of smart, funny and stylish artwork (and the story of their making) framing imperial PSB music.
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No Question About That @nqatpod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
JIm Ratcliffe is a scumbag. More than that he's a hypocrite. And dangerous. Words. open.substack.com/pub/nqatpod/...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.
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TonyD @tonyd7.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Fuck you Jim
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Yes it has Jim, and is all the better place for doing so…
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Every American needs to watch this:
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What happened in Minnesota today was not a mistake. It's a deliberate and inevitable outcome of ICE operations - part of the authoritarian script for state violence against citizens. Regime thugs target minorities Regime thugs kill protesters Regime exploits larger protests to escalate repression
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 24/01/2026
Gov. Tim Walz to Minnesotans: “I’ll continue to plead and ask you for peace and I know the answer is, ‘You ask us for peace, and we give it, and we get shot in the face on the streets coming out of a doughnut shop.’ We cannot give them what they want.”
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 15/01/2026
It's time to speak up.
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 09/01/2026
Tommy and Jon react to new footage taken by the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/01/2026
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers theonion.com/ice-opens-new-supermax…
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
There are loads of United pods around, but @gooddayspod.bsky.social is by far my favourite. Especially Justin’s graphic description of the difference between United and Liverpool in this weeks pod :-)
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Alison Knowles (29 April 1933–29 October 2025) At The Wire website, Irene Revell reflects on the life and work of Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles, who died in October www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...
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Alison Knowles (29 April 1933–29 October 2025) - The Wire
Irene Revell reflects on the life and work of Fluxus co-founder Alison Knowles, who died in October
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Crumpsall, Red, Bass. RIP x #stoneroses #mani
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine.
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John Rooney @johnrooney.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
If anyone has Disney + Highly recommend the Adidas X Puma Doc. If nothing else but to see RUN DMC’S OWN HELECOPTER!
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