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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/08/2026

Oh well! Thanks Meta. Link to ad: www.facebook.com/share/v/19TT...

Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

As Frank Sobotka said in The Wire: "You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket.'

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

And Donald came and spoke to them, saying, 'Can you tell me what the latest the Polymarket odds are on me saying 'I am the second coming'?

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The Manchester United revival continues. Two games, one point, no goalscorers...

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Dear ChatGPT can you write me a cliche-ridden song for a football tournament?

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

'...what happens to these companies’ bottom lines once consumers can no longer afford to buy their products because AI has taken their jobs? Well, I’m still waiting to hear CEOs offer a solution to that problem.' www.fastcompany.com/91354243/ama...

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Who is going to shop at Amazon once AI takes all our jobs?

Tech CEOs have been fond of writing love letters about generative AI, but they never seem to address the grim economic implications.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"Copyright laws are just property laws. You don't go into people's houses and then just take their furniture and their stereo and then flog it on eBay and claim that it belongs to you and keep the profit. That is literally what they are doing." www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7C...

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Carole Cadwalladr - Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Read the story of these 15-foot fibreglass sharks, and the story of the self-styled 'anarchist' property developer who commissioned them.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A brilliant piece from @dwhitehouse.bsky.social in The Fence, featuring this gem ‘Who was Coventry City’s FA Cup-winning goalkeeper in 1987?’, ‘Steve Ogrizovic’, she’d respond, two words they’d receive at a cost of a pound with their underpants a hammock between their knees. @thefence.bsky.social

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I just purchased a ticket to see @pattonoswalt.bsky.social at the Union Chapel in London. Booking through the venue meant no extra fees. Booking through Ticketmaster would have meant paying an extra 10% 'handling fee'. Every gig goer should do whatever they can to avoid Ticketmaster.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Now, over to Peter O'Hanara-Hanrahan to explain the new global tariffs... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bq_...

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The Day Today - Peter O'Hanra-Hanrahan

YouTube video by Jmagunda

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 24/03/2025

Ohhh I’d been wondering why Ant Middleton had gone full “anti-woke, fuck the government, I’m moving to Dubai”. He hadn’t paid his taxes and had been living off directors loans while trading insolvently!

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Libraries are vanishing – but Essex fought back. Now, they're evolving into vibrant community hubs for the 21st century. There have been 800 library closures nationally since 2010 – nearly a fifth of the total. In Essex, however, vigorous public campaigning stopped it. ❤️🙌

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How to save libraries and what to do with them next

Libraries are vanishing – but Essex fought back. Now, they're evolving into vibrant community hubs for the 21st century

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Can anyone confirm or deny that she came out to Poison by The Prodigy playing in the background?

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I wrote a piece for @theneweuropean.bsky.social on the wrestler who fought the Nazis. Through the efforts of a professor and a group of football supporters, Werner Seelenbinder's extraordinary life and death is finding a new audience. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-wrestler...

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The wrestler who fought the Nazis

Once a forgotten figure, athlete turned activist Werner Seelenbinder is finally getting the credit he is due

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Greetings from Sheerness-on-Sea! For those who don’t know, this is a reference to the SS Richard Montgomery which sank around 1.5 miles from the coast and loaded with around 1,400 tones of explosives…

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Mary R Morrow @marymorrow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate. (They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase). 1) Go to your account page 2) Hit cancel 3) Change sub back.

screenshot showing choice of plans between Microsoft 365 and "lower cost without AI" option.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

To use the old Aussie expression, Raheem Sterling is probably about as popular at Arsenal right now as a rattlesnake in a lucky dip

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

theneweuropean.co.uk

The wrestler who fought the Nazis

Once a forgotten figure, athlete turned activist Werner Seelenbinder is finally getting the credit he is due

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

NORAD Tracks Santa began as a PR stunt and has become a Christmas tradition. For several years Michelle Obama was one of those volunteers. I wrote a piece about the fascinating history of NORAD Tracks Santa for @cipr.co.uk influenceonline.co.uk/2024/11/29/n...

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Norad Tracks Santa: the PR campaign that won hearts worldwide

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Here's an uplifting story for Christmas Eve. Today 1000s of volunteers will take phone calls from kids around the world asking about Santa's progress as he delivers presents across the globe… (continued below)

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

You can read the full version in And Finally… along with more than 200 other wonderful, weird, remarkable and ridiculous stories. And if you’re still looking for a last minute stocking filler… www.amazon.co.uk/Finally-coll...

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

‘When I finished telling the story, Iona had her hand over her mouth. I asked her what was wrong. And it was then that she explained that the story of October 30, 1942, is as famous in her family as it was in mine. First Lieutenant Anthony Fasson, she said, was her great uncle.’

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

‘(Anthony and Colin) went down with U-559. Gordon died before it came to light that those documents allowed the Brits to crack what became known as ‘The Enigma Code’, helping to change the course of World War II.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

‘Anthony and Colin smashed open cabinets and grabbed documents, they passed them to 16-year-old Tommy Brown, the youngest member of Petard who had ignored orders by joining his crewmates in the water.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

‘Gordon was given the order to lead a party onto the sub. The gap was too wide for him to leap onto the U-boat, so he was ordered to dive in from the upper deck and swim. In his moment of hesitation, Anthony stepped forward and dived into the water along with Able Seaman Colin Grazier.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

He was talking about his family over dinner with his future wife Iona. His grandfather Gordon Connell served on HMS Petard along with Anthony Fasson. It was one of several naval destroyers that had successfully attacked a German U-Boat. Dan takes up the story…

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Dan Davies is an award-winning author, fantastic writer and brilliant teller of stories. He kindly contributed what is my favourite story for the recent book I wrote titled And Finally… He recalls an extraordinary course of events that helped change the course of World War II. #BookSky

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I wrote a piece for @theneweuropean.bsky.social on the greatest athlete turned acvitist you've never heard of. Werner Seelenbinder was one of the few public figures in Germany to openly defy Hitler. Now, his extraordinary story is finding a new audience. app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/12/22/t...

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The wrestler who fought the Nazis

Once a forgotten figure, athlete turned activist Werner Seelenbinder is finally getting the credit he is due

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Christmas comes early when you're mentioned along Divine Dicks and Mortal Pricks... #booksky #christmasbooks #booksforchristmas

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The ridiculous story of what happened to the fake Leeds United and their tour of Zambia is one of over 200 tales told in And Finally… This Christmas, give ‘em the gift of weird, wonderful, inspiring, and remarkable stories brought together in one book. #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Finally-coll...

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

When the squad arrived in Lusaka, the manager was greeted by reporters at the airport asking him about United’s chances next season. They assumed he was Howard Wilkinson. Meanwhile, the real Leeds squad, was 7,000 miles away, celebrating promotion back to the top flight of English football.

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

In 1990, a group of students from Leeds Carnegie (now Leeds Beckett University) travelled to Zambia to play in a series of ‘goodwill’ football matches. What they didn’t know is that the promoters had billed them as Leeds United FC. Continued below…

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Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

And Finally...by me is about extraordinary people (and some animals), life-changing events, brilliant ideas, awful inventions, random acts of kindness and stupidity, and interviews with people sharing remarkable stories. A feel-good book for dark times. But don't take my word for it. Link below.

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