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Paul McNamara

@mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social
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Sovereign Debt “veteran” (retd.) apparently. Finance stuff, opinions and Bottlejob FC.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 19h
Twitter was one of the best things to ever happen to me and I'm never going back.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 6h
Even more why massive structural capital flight is a bad thing
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Chris Whittall @chriswhittall.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Anyway, here's the arbitrage One, older type of CDS that's less likely to protect holders against France quitting the euro (red line) And another, newer type of CDS that purportedly would (blue) The gap between the two is wider than ever, surpassing levels seen during the 2017 elections
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Bill Ackman call your office $FNMA
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
That comment puts you around my age, old enough to remember the show. Interesting, had you down as younger.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Absolutely A+ idiotic red
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yep. On tube back from Emirates rn, the Olise thing did the rounds there
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Kind of impressive
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Double yellow
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yeah I mean there’s an awful lot of people who can complain about tedious football banter. Squires isn’t one of them.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Probably tbf
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
PSA: this year’s cold is an absolute bastard
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
❗️When Russia yesterday launched 5 (!) ballistic missiles at Kyiv, there was no warning from partners — Zelenskyy noted that intelligence data on the launch of Russian ballistic missiles helps save people’s lives. The president also added that Ukraine did not strike Russia’s oil refining
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Down with a cold, so need to kill time. Just starting episode 3. Not sure yet if this is for me.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Great stuff from the Telegraph. archive.ph/r2nTA
A 29-year-old woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said the high levels of unemployment were “noticeable” in the area.
“When you go into Somali town, as we call it, you just see people outside in the cafes,” she said, gesturing down the road, before adding: “It annoys me, they are loitering around and doing nothing.”
Addressing her own career path, the 29-year-old said: “I can’t work at the moment because of my mental health. Of course I want to work, I went to uni and studied English Literature for two years. I want to be a writer.”
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Line of Duty is watchable but not something I’d tend to put my phone down to watch
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Chernobyl was absolutely outstanding. Fair point
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Forks” is as good as any episode of any TV show ever.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I’m a bit ADHD but will try
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I mean finishing in 2005 kind of excludes it from consideration. I kind of gave up because a bunch of characters you fundamentally dislike can work in say the gangster milieu of the Sopranos, less so in a funeral home
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
S3 wasn’t great but it bounced back.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s a Sin was great - was thinking more of the sort of ongoing multi-season shows
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh thanks - saw it recommended at the time but never got round to it
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh a ton more shows I like, but real claim to be Great?
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What’s the best US TV show of the 20s? Huge choice Succession, The Bear, The Pitt, Widow’s Bay to name a few. Here: Blue Lights and *maybe* Slow Horses and that’s it
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Andrew Adams @andrewadams99.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Catching up with Blue Lights and it's nice to see a BBC show where asylum seekers are good guys and the fascists trying to harm them are bad guys. Makes a difference from other shows where it's the other way round like, say, the news.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/10/2026
You know what I would watch live streamed? [TERMS OF SERVICE VIOLATION REDACTED]
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William de Quetteville @dequetteville.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s about time City fans were called out as well. All this nonsense about not punishing the fans … just look at the away end
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Any genuine football fan wants City humiliated on and off the pitch.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
„Nobody wants to see that” I beg to differ.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I thought it was way earlier myself, (and the explanation is AI)
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Guessing reception is something City are going to have to get used to, I’d guess everywhere but maybe Stamford Bridge
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ikr
Origins of the Tradition
• The Chant: Fans sang a version of the novelty song
"Ask Old Brown for Tea" (including the provocative lyric, "if he don't come we'll tickle his bum with a lump of celery"), waving and eventually tossing the vegetable among themselves.
• Escalation: What started as a harmless or humorous terrace chant evolved into fans smuggling whole stalks of celery into stadiums and throwing them onto the playing surface. L YouTube • Mr Foot... +3
The Ban at Stamford Bridge
• The 2007 Crackdown: The practice was officially outlawed by Chelsea F.C. and the authorities following the 2007 League Cup final against Arsenal, when the match had to be temporarily halted because players-specifically Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas-were pelted with celery from the stands.
• Penalties: The club issued a formal statement declaring that bringing or throwing celery at Stamford Bridge is a criminal offense. Consequences include:
• Refused entry or confiscation of the vegetable at security checkpoints.
• Arrest, fines, and potential criminal records for throwing objects onto the pitch.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Football is weird like that. Chelsea fans used to bring celery to matches.
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Ste Gordon @sgordonthe87.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Citeh fans doing the poznan and holding inflatable bananas is just representing the whole club’s I’m not listening attitude to the whole situation. Anfield, you know what you need to do.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Same as the Poznan
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Was a City thing back in 80s or 90s. Not sure why they think the reminder it was once a proper club is helpful but
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My behaviour on adolescent trips to Anfield and Goodison did not rise above the standard for London fans in the 80s.
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And AI didn’t draw me holding a car stereo, but what can you do?
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
More disrespect from chess.com
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Mood today
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Literally 14 hours worth
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I mean tribally I’d prefer Spurs to lose but there is a special joy in United being this bad.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you think a distinct sub category of human exists because some medieval warlords agreed that the border of England should be on the River Tweed, you are, Im afraid, an absolute maniac bsky.app/profile/theh...
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Feeling a thoroughly unfamiliar sense of goodwill to all things Scouse this weekend.
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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 10/10/2026
"They" sent a message 👇🤔
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces importing diesel from Russia. 1 It will kill Ukrainians 2 What happened to the sanctions? 3 IT WILL KILL UKRAINIANS
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Well this is completely off-brand
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Northern Ireland next. Oh hang on I may now be homeless.
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