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@swiftenburg.bsky.social
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King of Greenwich; Boundary Estate club sec; Brighton and Hove Albion; sofa revolutionary; huge fan of Moritz Seider; love pubs, hate genocide; he/him; former King of Kentish.

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Dogma Brighton @dogmabrighton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The Albion are up and running for the season and so is your favourite independent advert-free Albion mag; Dogma Issue 16 is GO. The issue will drop next week, but confirm your sub NOW to make sure a copy hits your gaff. What’s in it? Absolutely LOADS: www.dogmabrighton.co.uk/articles/iss...
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Dogma 16 Issue Notes — Dogma, a Brighton and Hove Albion fanzine
Dogma Magazine Issue 16 issue notes.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Obsessed with this. Probs account for 1k of the 2k all time listens. Owen - 2025 open.spotify.com/track/6hjN4p...
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Dogma Brighton @dogmabrighton.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
@swiftenburg.bsky.social asks if Albion have a racism problem, and @motski.bsky.social l celebrates THAT Mitoma goal. JBD investigates BHAFC’s EDI shortcomings, we meet Mark Ormerod, one of our Hereford heroes and Charlie Butler pines for Europe again.
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Dogma Brighton @dogmabrighton.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
DOGMA ISSUE 15 / Publishing mid-May 2025 Pages of dogmatic opinions, long-form articles and THE best Albion artwork. Featuring cover photography from Dogma’s @aforsyth.bsky.social , Jason Therios previews the arrival of his countryman Stefanos Tzimas. #bhafc
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Seagulls Programmes @seagullsprogrammes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
After a monumental footballing shitshow this weekend, what better way to start the week than have this land on my doormat. Can't wait to get into the latest @dogmabrighton.bsky.social fanzine. It really is a superb bit of work. #BHAFC
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Bradley Stratton @bradstrat.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
No surprise that the latest edition of @dogmabrighton.bsky.social is a sublime read as always. Doff of the cap to @swiftenburg.bsky.social for his piece on the IFR in particular. Resonates with my own view on the benefits of the regulator, but also some of its vocal detraftors #BHAFC
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Please, please, please read Caleb Nelson’s Small Worlds. Open Water was class, this follow-up even better. A beautifully written story on music, relationships, migration, identity, racism, belonging, understanding and tough moments in life. Blew me away. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ open.spotify.com/playlist/0Je...
A photo of Small Worlds - a novel by Caleb Azumah Nelson
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Some general thoughts: - I will listen to any Christine and the Queens song at any time - Boosted by the Girls Aloud reformation, the Nicola Roberts Cinderella’s Eyes (2011) obsession crept up on me - leavemealone won the title in January when I really did want everyone to leave me alone
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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I have two words. Wealth. Tax. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m
Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last week
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Stunning description of the Trafalgar Tavern via @thefence.bsky.social. thefence.substack.com/p/off-the-fe...
A pull quote: The Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich enjoys the dreamiest location, a great wedding cake of a pub plonked next to Old Father Thames. But it is operated as if ‘David Dickinson and Ben Fogle decided to run a pub together.’ With staff compelled to sport ‘matching crested blue shirts’ and an ‘excessive display of naval tat and bunting’ all throughout the hostelry, there is possibly no smugger pub on this list than The ‘TT’.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Max inherited some clothes so we had a couple photoshoots. He was disgusted at best.
Max, a Jack Russell Terrier Westie cross, modelling a grey and blue checked jacket.Max, a Jack Russell Terrier Westie cross, modelling a coat.Max, a Jack Russell Terrier Westie cross, modelling a red fleece.Max, a Jack Russell Terrier Westie cross, modelling a red raincoat with a hood!
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Love this Time article on the French Revolution origins of being politically on the left / right. "...those who thought the king should have an absolute veto sat on the right of the president... and those who thought he should not... sat on the left..." time.com/5673239/left...
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What to Know About the Origins of ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in Politics, From the French Revolution to the 2020 Presidential Race
How did such seemingly benign descriptions come to define the political spectrum?
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
This wonderful @publicdomainrev essay by Peter Keeling explains how there were plans to build a tunnel between England and France in the 1800s (!) A fascinating array of engineers likely had the technology but war and an army general's fear of invasion scuppered the plans. bit.ly/3UgIFFM
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Liberal Visions and Boring Machines: The Early History of the Channel Tunnel
More than a century before the Eurostar and LeShuttle, a group of engineers and statesmen dreamed (and fretted) about connecting Britain to France with an underwater tunnel. Peter Keeling drills into ...
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
Your Saltburn hate is not welcome here. Bloody loved it. Here's me, drinking it all in:
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
Ali & Ava is truly wonderful. A really moving story, beautifully told, excellently acted. Actually made me quite proud to be British. More of a rom than a romcom, but it has funny moments. Currently on @BBCiPlayer. Get involved. bit.ly/3vhfZCi
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Ali & Ava
Devoted mother and grandmother Ava is offered a lift home by the charismatic Ali.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
Start the new year on the right foot by listening to this superb BBC R4 documentary with Shaun Keaveny on planned obsolescence. It’s where companies deliberately shorten the lifespans of their products to sell more - a tactic invented by a bunch of dodgy companies 100 years ago. bit.ly/4aHMKbI
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BBC Radio 4 - Incandescent: The Phoebus Cartel
Shaun Keaveny marks the centenary of planned obsolescence by exploring the Phoebus Cartel.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
Merry Christmas from the lads, x 🎄
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Please read this Portland Press Herald article via The Browser on one person's experience of being homeless in Portland, Maine. Incredibly important humanisation by Grace Benninghoff. Insane that people are still allowed to be homeless. bit.ly/485KKbM
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Despite my initial reluctance, one of the best experiences of my life was partying in a Mexican graveyard for Day of the Dead in 2011. Read this superb article by Mathew Sandoval in The Conversation on the origins of the famous 'La Catrina' mask, designed by José Guadalupe Posada. bit.ly/46My3BW
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How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead
An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for a penny. But after he died, it took on a life of its own.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Already knew Jennifer Egan as a superb fiction author (A Visit from the Goon Squad, esp.), but this piece on homelessness for the New Yorker is incredible. A fascinating insight into being homeless, and how we can fix it. bit.ly/3S00Tdw
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A Journey from Homelessness to a Room of One’s Own
At a supportive-housing facility, chronically unhoused New Yorkers get a new lease on life, with a gym, a computer room—and on-site mental-health and medical services.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Completely obsessed with Barry Keoghan, especially after such a compelling turn in the latest series of Top Boy. Really looking forward to seeing Keoghan in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, released on 17 November, and the topic of this Vogue feature. bit.ly/46KMZ38
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Toff Boys: Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn Uncovers The Dark Side Of The British Upper Class
Dreaming spires, sexual obsession and indie sleaze collide in Emerald Fennell’s scintillating new thriller ‘Saltburn’. Hayley Maitland meets the director and cast.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Really enjoyed this J. B. MacKinnon article, fabulously illustrated by Sarah Gilman, for the superb @hakaimagazine.bsky.social. In Defense of the Rat | Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than we think. Can we learn to live with them? bit.ly/3rGXjKN
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In Defense of the Rat | Hakai Magazine
Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than we think. Can we learn to live with them?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/10/2023
Fewer than 1 in 5 Americans surveyed in the 2021 General Social Survey said they go outside every day to enjoy leisure activities. Now, your Apple Watch’s Time in Daylight feature can use the watch’s ambient light sensor and its GPS and motion sensors to detect whether a person is outside.
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How much sunshine are you getting? Now your watch can keep track.
Daylight exposure has been shown to boost alertness, mood and the body’s production of vitamin D, mitigate eye strain and regulate a person’s circadian rhythm.
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Swiftenburg @swiftenburg.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
This is a fascinating, yet boring, article that genuinely deserves a read. Also worth noting that, if my dad built the first Thames tunnel, I’d probs be as successful as Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines | Brian Potter bit.ly/3LRZ1Qo
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The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines
Tunneling is an important technology for modern civilization, as a tunnel is often the only reasonable way to create a direct path between two points. When the Hoosac tunnel was completed in 1875, it ...
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