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Shanghai Added To The 2027 Provisional WorldSBK Calendar motomatters.com/news/2026/10/01/sha… Shanghai Added To The 2027 Provisional WorldSBK Calendar The FIM have announced the provisional calendar for the 2027 WorldSBK season, and it …

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 1h

No, staying with KTM. Red Bull has a massive amount of spare cash to burn on sponsorship

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 1h

Also, you don't even have to learn it fully before trying to speak it to people. People are generally very happy just for making the effort. Personal experience

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 3h

If you've got some free time on your hands one of the best things you can do is to learn a language. It doesn't matter which language it is, learning any language makes the world a smaller place and brings you closer together with people you wouldn't otherwise speak to.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic

Sunset with giant mystery cones Prototaxites https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prototaxites-fossil-explained-why-this-prehistoric-colossus-still-baffles-scientists-1773173

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 1h

Honda Regain Red Bull Sponsorship From 2027 motomatters.com/news/2026/10/01/hon… Honda Regain Red Bull Sponsorship From 2027 The rumors had been doing the rounds for a while, but now it is official. Red Bull is to make a return to the …

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 2h

Re: journalism, I would say public want titillation. Conspiracy is absolutely an excellent form of titillation, but so is outrage, scandal, etc. Sadly, nuance isn't, and yet the world is a million shades of grey.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 3h

This is fascinating and I will have to read this book

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 4h

Because as I understand it, the deal for new countries joining the EU is they have to accept Schengen and the Euro. But there's a decent chance the EU would accept the UK back without Schengen/Euro

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Neil Morrison @neilmorrison87.bsky.social · 4h

Honda’s retro livery for this weekend 😮‍💨

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 4h

The Honda special livery for Motegi, celebrating 60 years of grand prix racing. A throwback to the RC181, the first 500 they race in 1966. Stunning.

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 22h

Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 5h

It's Free Wills Month for over 55s. As I say in my book, wills aren't just about property but who can claim your body and call the shots on your funeral. It there's no executor then the entitlement order kicks in. Protect those left behind from any dramas 💀👍 freewillsmonth.org.uk

Cover of Get Ahead of Being Dead by Evie King.

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 14h

Five percent in one year!

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 15h

American warfighters are going to be sent in to defeat giant armed robots armed only with a bowie knife. And they'll win, because they aren't woke. And don't have beards to get tangled in the robots titanium joints.

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 15h

This was a letter in Playboy

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 16h

bsky.app/profile/moto...

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 16h

A genuine humanitarian. All those children. All those young refugees. Separated from their parents because the Daily Mail, politicians, and others in 1930s UK, refused refuge to their parents, thousands of whom died in the Holocaust.

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 17h

This is what Pete Hegseth sounds like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfRr...

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One punch knock out

YouTube video by ironcity1933

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 20h

🔊 The one with the fabulous background sound effects ⛈️ from @adamwheeler99.bsky.social and where @motomatters.com notes that for 2027, “changing the tyre is like having to learn a new language.” Plus tasty morsels for 🦈 and how to pronounce “Mandalika”. 🏁 #Motorsport #MotoGP #Podcasts 📻

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 18h

Maybe this is it, thanks. It was a long time ago

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18h

Esther Rantzen hosts Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from the Holocaust youtu.be/OqqbM1B-mPY?...

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Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988)

YouTube video by Tops of the top

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 18h

I remember seeing years ago on Twitter a video of a street fight where one fella was strutting around doing tricks, high kicks, cartwheels before he engaged, trying to intimidate with his flash fighting skills. His opponent decked him with one punch. Reminds me a lot of Hegseth. Peak loser shit

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18h

On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, @premeemohamed.com reads "Petty Expectations," a two-part blog post in which Ursula discusses "Critical Expectation: Genre and 'Literary' Fiction" and "Reader Expectation and the Young Adult Fantasy."

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In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Premee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"

Premee Mohamed reads post 25, "Petty Expectations," from June 4, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Premee's website is

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 22h

Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 582: Bulega Gets It Done And Cements His Legacy motomatters.com/podcast/2026/09/30/… Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 582: Bulega Gets It Done And Cements His Legacy In this episode of the Paddock Pass …

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 23h

80 is OK, 141 is comcerning

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We truly live in the dumbest of all possible worlds.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Secretary of State/National Intelligence Director/Head Librarian/Town Dogcatcher Marco Rubio is then forced to try to reconcile something like Trump's claims with something like consensus reality, and announces the US is confident that A Foreign Power is behind some guys stealing 3 barrels of fuel.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Asked further, he first seems to say he doesn't known if it's Iran or not. But then he remembers he is a Superintelligent Superbrain Who Knows Everything, Probably The Most Informed Person Ever, and announces that he actually does know if it was Iran or not, he just can't say because of reasons.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Police stress that the arrears arose from a 999 call, not intelligence. But speaking of "not intelligence", the US President wakes up starved of attention, is asked about it, and announces that the UK and US intelligence services have been monitoring these guys - fuel thieves - for a long period.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So the police brought out the counter-terrorism and explosives units, just to be safe. Not really an overreaction, just turned out to be far more than necessary. Racist politicians announce it's *definitely* Iranian terrorists who crossed the channel in small boats for some reason to do terrorism.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

At around the same time, one of the men called police himself. We're not sure why, possibly he realised they had been noticed by a farmer. Farmers have shotguns. The village is near an RAF base used by the USAF, which has been on raised alert after threats from Iran, which it is used to bomb.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In case people are not fully across the Fairford story: What appears to have happened is that five men from London went to a small country village in the middle of the night to siphon fuel for resale. In small country villages, people notice things, especially at 1am. A farmer called the police.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026

UPDATE: After our investigation into that company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, it has halted publication -- at least for now futurism.com/artificial-i...

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That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation

Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

should be instructive for democrats that Magyar is living up to his promise to prosecute Orban officials for corruption and is continuing to poll extremely highly

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 30/09/2026

By The Numbers: Jorge Martin's Most Dangerous Weapon In The 2026 Title Fight motomatters.com/analysis/2026/09/30… By The Numbers: Jorge Martin's Most Dangerous Weapon In The 2026 Title Fight Every MotoGP title is won on a different …

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 17/07/2025

FYI: if you want to help keep me going, and able to keep writing about #MotoGP, the greatest sport on earth, then you can chip in here: ko-fi.com/motomatters

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 30/09/2026

Why is Jorge Martin the favourite to win the 2026 title? Maybe because of this One Weird Trick he has mastered. Val Khorounzhiy takes a deeply nerdy but very satisfying dive into why Martin has the upper hand motomatters.com/analysis/202...

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By The Numbers: Jorge Martin's Most Dangerous Weapon In The 2026 Title Fight | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 30/09/2026

This. Yarvin would be offered a room on the 20th floor of a hotel which, for some inexplicable reason, has a balcony, and would receive a late-night visit from some large gentlemen in dark glasses.

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 30/09/2026

If you want to build a major transport hub "not even a mile" from a minor railway station is a problem. I get the hill thing (my Dad did his apprenticeship in the old GE plant at the bottom of the hill), but it's an urban planning disaster. Rental cars are a bus ride away, no rail station.

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David Emmett @motomatters.com · 30/09/2026

Yeah, keeping the bore limit is the only way of capping revs and power outputs. But they are going to be fast. That's what racing is for. The experience with Pirelli is that they produce tyres which are fast over 1 lap but the drop is much bigger, so race times are slower

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Emoji Aquarium @emojiaquarium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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