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Nick Dodd

@ngdodd.bsky.social
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Writing about Romanticism, sleep and insomnia

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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rather brilliant and very entertaining cultural history #nufc
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I repost this cuz they are AWESOME
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With journalism like this it's no wonder people don't know their arse from their elbow nowadays.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think the more time passes, the happier I feel about it. It was such an important win. Last Monday could easily have turned into a crisis with another big defeat. The team started so well. They finally succumbed to headless chicken syndrome but they fought for everything. Howay the Lads!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I had visions of disaster. Very much enjoyed the first half and the final whistle. Such a nice feeling now. #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I have a friend who's a Man City season ticket holder. He does talk about how they make a point of keeping some seats affordable for long time (I presume local) fans, but I'm not sure how that works. Observing how a lack of competition is as bad for the winners as the also rans is pretty sad though.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes, something is very wrong about that. It's almost as if they've been spoilt by success! And Man City had a great following 'before they were famous': numerous, inventive, and full of good spirit.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Really thoughtful overview of where things are. Thanks for this #nufc
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Nice goal. Does anyone know how Cordero is doing?
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Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 12/09/2026
In 1797, Thomas Paine proposed a national fund to pay every person compensation for the natural inheritance lost when land became private property. That's basic income, two centuries before the term existed.
"To create a national fund, out of which there shall be paid to every person, when arrived at the age of twenty-one years, the sum of fifteen pounds sterling, as a compensation in part, for the loss of his or her natural inheritance, by the introduction of the system of landed property: And also, the sum of ten pounds per annum, during life, to every person now living, of the age of fifty years, and to all others as they shall arrive at that age." ~ Thomas Paine, Agrarian Justice 1797
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I love it when he says, "You can say so." Very funny and very clever.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 09/09/2026
Abolition Teapot by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, 1760-80. www.flickr.com/photos/birmi...
Teapot
Health to the Sick Honour to the Brave
Success to the Lover Freedom to the Slave
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your book looks very exciting. I hope I can make the time to read it soon.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I see Man Utd are really helping United out by letting Lewis Hall stay five more years on loan #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Brilliant 😂
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Farage’s ludicrous minions selling what’s left of their souls for coins, while either not knowing or caring that their boss secretly trousered five million for his ‘personal use’. He makes absolute twats of everyone who trusts him. And this James Orr character is supposed to be some sort of genius…
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I don't know the Jacob Murphy story but I reckon Ross Wilson and Matthias Jaissle know what they're doing #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Eddie Howe is wonderful. He gave his job everything and gave me the best day of my 52 years of following Newcastle United. It was not his fault that Isak and his agent poisoned the well. I hope he is getting the love and rest he deserves. #nufc will always owe him a huge debt.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Or Frank's got a job with them now.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I think it's "well played" but you probably have a deeper connection to what he's really thinking!
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I mean, he's not wrong. #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Mood #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Great result. Great performance. Even big Nick started to look like a threat and started winning the free kicks Bruno used to win. #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Gonzalez to Elanga 🤍🖤#nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm sorry to hear Dolly Parton has died. She set up a reading scheme in Barnsley, and I've always liked her for that. (I also have a soft spot for her version of 'We had it all'.) RIP
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Deserved to win and the lads did us proud. #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I see Sam Allardyce has said Matthias Jaissle is only in it for the money. Next, I expect to hear Michael Owen suggesting that Jaissle has no principles #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There is so much to dislike about football. These summers when everything turns to greed, agents, and which clubs are allowed to buy players and which ones have to sell are so wearisome. Still, come on United. Get into them on Sunday and I'll jump up and down if you win. #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We'll always have Valencia #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Burnham has a lot to do to convince me. But one of the worst aspects of life in this country is the lack of opportunity to spend time with others, affordably, outside of one's home. We need places to meet and spend time together. I hope this move helps 👇🏽
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I looked at my watch. I looked at my wrist. I punched myself in the face with my fist.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Looks very beautiful
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thank you for writing this tribute. I can't believe how sad I feel that he's died.
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Excepting friends and family, few people have brought me as much pleasure as Kevin Keegan did. Perhaps some artists and writers have, but he was a lodestar for me when I was 13 and he joined #NUFC. When manager, he created an unforgettable team. He was a brilliant, decent, and passionate man. RIP
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Not now, Donald. #malignantnarcissism
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They've got to wake Trump up and explain to him where he is. It's taking a while.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Infantino to award Argentina the FIFA Peace Prize
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Walk around that, you sly cheat
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yes!!
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Get off you racist thug
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Go on Wayne
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I lost the will to live at Madonna. Spare us
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What an idiot!
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Vote Binface
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Football was better before players had agents #nufc
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Nick Dodd @ngdodd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I completely agree with you but we only have rumour at the moment.
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