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Love to see you discussing prototypes! Keen to see where this goes

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See also: Explainer/recipe videos

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My bad, fuel finder seems to include EV charging already, albeit inconsistent on pricing... 👀👀

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Nana Patekar: Bollywood actor dies at 75 in Goa home

A huge loss to Indian cinema, an intense and deeply moving actor... Nana Patekar: Bollywood actor dies at 75 in Goa home - BBC News share.google/rn1aulvJgmU7...

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Known for his intense performances, Patekar carved out a distinctive place in Indian cinema.

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Steroids needed as well as antibiotics Stay watchful out there folks, lurgy is nasty this year...

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thanks Beth - antibiotics are magic and will do the trick I'm sure!

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good thing about raising a generous, giving son - he'll likely end up a well adjusted member of society Less good thing - he shares absolutely everything, including Streptococcus...

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Contender for [own] goal of the season

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Beware fake news, football edition: there is a dangerous thing going round trying to persuade you that Beckham's free kick against Greece was 25 years ago As in Twenty five Two and a half decades Obvious rot

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not just a win, a convincing away win at Saracens - absolutely love Sale Sharks bouncing back!!

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

3. Smartphones on speaker on public transport

Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey Chat define cognitive dissonance

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But then I'd have to edit this work of art 😂 bsky.app/profile/prat...

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's 2064 Survivors of the AI-pocalypse huddle around clockwork radios for the daily news bulletin "This year's seaweed harvest will be stronger than usual. Don't forget tomorrow is Global Croissant Day - enjoy your treat! And this just in - Perisic and Modric start for Croatia tonight"

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Evri: we've delivered the thing you paid us to deliver Me:

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You're absolutely right. I suppose I meant that (some) fans might no longer be OK with the owners' feeling of impunity that comes with untrammeled cash + power - fan sentiment doesn't always changes things materially of course, just look at my half of Manchester...

Thank you for your honesty Ben. It's when fans of the club realise is scale of the wrongdoing, that the culture will change. I hope...

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I've never wanted anything to be AI, or a botched attempt at satire, as much as this Sadly, I fear it's just a deluded Citeh fan

As a Mancunian, but also just as a person, this is wild 🤣

The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reposted by Prateek Buch

NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC

What can explain such an aggressive and counterproductive approach? To an extent the answer may be in the facts and the evidence. Perhaps the view was that the only chance of getting out of this was to be unhelpful as well as robust. In respect of an earlier dispute with Uefa, an internal communication at the club apparently said “Uefa doesn't respond to anything other than aggression”. Maybe the view was taken that this would work here too. Maybe the club still thinks it will work in the end, with the league being pushed into settlement on appeal or at the doors of the High Court.

But this does not offer a total explanation. What may work with Uefa may not work with other adversaries. The structure of the league’s investigation and the disciplinary approach meant that aggression would not only be unhelpful, but would count heavily against the club. An appeal on the law or procedure at the High Court in this sort of case only has a remote chance of success. It can be assumed the club was warned of all this.

There is a phrase in football punditry that “the defending is diabolical”. Here diabolical is, of course, a synonym for dreadful. But in its more literal sense, diabolical means bedevilled with wrongful purpose. And the strategy adopted by Manchester City in contesting this matter is also in this sense diabolical. The club will have known that it was unlikely to work, and that it would make things harder, but the club decided to do it anyway.

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Not so much a joke, but far too often I reply to 'how are you?' with 'oh I can't complain - well, I can complain actually in pretty good at it don't get me started'

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

England are playing very well Declan Rice isn't playing Not sure this is a coincidence #EngEsp

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When England take the handbrake off, they're not bad. Should've been three nil down mind you

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Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's also a sport played by many other teams, all of whom follow the rules and were robbed of such moments by systematic cheating. So I hope City get more than titles taken away. A points deduction so proportionate to the cheating that it takes years to feel that joy again. Sorry pal