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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 6h
It's all a bit:
Quantity of petrol found near where those Fairford blokes were arrested. 'Found this spoon, sir' from Life Of Brian.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 6h
It's quite hard for Americans to understand that our instinct with anything other than genuinely tragic stories is to take the piss.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 6h
Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging.
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Alex Partridge @alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 9h
There's crisis comms and then there's crisis comms. Fair play to the City admin for just posting through it I suppose.
19:07 BST

Manchester City

Manchester City have just posted on X.

"Vote for your September Goal of the Month".
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 7h
Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 15h
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h
Apologies to the neighbours. I will stop laughing at some point.
Jenrick X

When I revealed terrorists were using the
small boats to enter the UK, the Home
Office - with the support of Yvette Cooper
- threatened me.


They sought to cover up a national security
emergency.


We may now be seeing the consequences
of their unforgivable complacency,Farage X
How is it that Danny Tommo sits in a cell
while five suspected terrorists are out on
bail?


Is this two-tier Britain, or am I missing
something?RAF base terror suspects are "British
nationals". So were most of the 7/7
terrorists, the murderers of Lee Rigby &
many more


Citizenship is not the same thing as
belonging. And belonging requires more
than a piece of paper.


We should redefine what it means to be
British.Bbc
No explosive devices were found in three
vans searched near RAF Fairford as part of a
terrorism investigation but a quantity of
petrol was recovered, police have said.


Five British nationals were arrested in the
early hours of Sunday morning after a
resident living near the Gloucestershire
airbase reported suspicious activity
involving three vans.
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 8h
A nearly intact medieval wax notebook found in Germany still bears readable Latin notes, offering a rare glimpse into the daily life of a wealthy 13th- or 14th-century merchant.
earth.com
A 700-year-old notebook was found at the bottom of a medieval latrine, now scientists have figured out how to read it
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 7h
Trust Romano to lend Man City his X megaphone.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 7h
This is the proper use of a Freedom of Information request.
thestar.co.uk
This is how many times council has repainted ‘L’ on Pool Square street sign
Highways teams have attended Pool Square many times to repair the road sign due to a missing ‘L’
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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 8h
We’re gonna rock down to The inland revenue They’re winding up Man City
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 8h
The state of it
Dazed cat who has stuffed his face with fish and can barely move. Tiny front legs like a T Rex.
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LondonLee @londonlee.bsky.social · 7h
From the WhatsApp chat with the lads
Man City Oasis parody Definitely Guilty
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JB @jb72jb72.bsky.social · 7h
Just seen that someone has called the latest evidence City have referred to as ‘The Pepstein Files’ #MCFC
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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 11h
Viz letter page will always say it best thou
The famous Viz letters about Lance Armstrong on drugs
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 7h
well, I’ve heard that 5 Live caller comparing City to the Suffragettes and the Peterloo Massacre, fighting against unjust laws, and it’s wonderful, 10/10 recommend
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thebelovedaunt.bsky.social @thebelovedaunt.bsky.social · 7h
I really, really want a bag of Iced Gems now. #GBBO
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J @konstanho.bsky.social · 8h
They’re calling them The Pepstein Files.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 7h
between the metaverse, the pervert glasses, and now this fuzzy avatar mess, Meta is on a generational run of real-world Black Mirror episodes
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
karlbode.com
Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social · 8h
Concerted, deliberate, calculated cheating is the conclusion. A Premier League heist. So throw the book at them and run the owners out of town. And Manchester City supporters should want to lead that movement. Column (free to read) inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
inews.co.uk
Throw the book at Man City - and force the owners out
The verdict leaves City facing questions that money and bluster can no longer drown out
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
A man charged with rape and sexual assault casually joking about consent at an official event with Trump White House officials.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 8h
The criminal's vanity always leads him to make one tiny, but fatal mistake. www.thetimes.com/article/7253...
thetimes.com
Suspect foiled RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’ by ringing police himself
As counterterrorism officers focus on whether the five men from London were proxies for Iran, they are also investigating the motives of the one who called 999
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Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com · 8h
‘The emperor is naked’: Uefa president Ceferin takes new swipe at Infantino
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‘The emperor is naked’: Uefa president Ceferin takes new swipe at Infantino
* Aleksander Ceferin condemns FFE and Balogun affair * Tells club chiefs it is ‘time to say enough’ to Fifa The Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, has attacked his embattled Fifa counterpart Gianni Infantino in a scathing takedown of the failed Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) project and other recent scandals, saying “the emperor is naked” and declaring “it is time to say ‘enough’”. In a pointed address to the European Football Clubs (EFC) general assembly, Ceferin did not mention Infantino by name but made clear his view that Fifa’s leadership must change. He drew on the event’s location, Copenhagen, to make a comparison to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Emperor’s New Clothes in assessing Infantino’s conduct, making clear reference to the peace prize awarded to Donald Trump and last summer’s Folarin Balogun affair along with the FFE scheme. Continue reading...
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 8h
He's eaten two pouches of luxury fish-based cat food, and a quantity of dry food. Now in a food coma.
Cat slumped on the floor.
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 8h
For context, £2.2 billion is over twice the annual budget for the city of Manchester council.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 8h
Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 8h
“We can do what we want.”
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 8h
Case only goes up to 2018. Several of the sameAbu Dhabi sponsors have remained in place as the team has continued to hoover up trophies and talent from rival teams. The panel suggests only about £1.5 out of every £9 was genuinely from these companies. Was it all above board in subsequent years then?
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 9h
Some food for thought: The Companies Act 2006 makes it an offence for an officer to knowingly or recklessly give an auditor misleading, false or deceptive information (s.501), punishable by up to two years in prison. Fraud Act 2006 charges are also possible.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 9h
830m pounds in “sham” income over almost a decade of cheating is hard to get your head around. And even during the hearing evidence given on behalf of the club by witnesses was “false in a number of key respects” and they gave evidence “that they knew to be untrue and so had to be dishonest.”
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Against League 3 @againstleague3.bsky.social · 9h
Don't worry, it's not as if we've allowed City Group to own (or operate) 9 other football clubs worldwide. I'm sure they only cheated at City and all of those other 9 clubs are absolutely untainted and operated totally fairly.
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 9h
FINALLY RECOGNITION IN OUR HOMELAND
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 9h
A reminder Front National was started by 2 Waffen SS. The accusation against Bardella is that he said "all the banks are owned by Jews" and asserted "the Jew has to dominate other peoples, crush them, and rob them", when he was already a Front National (now Rassemblement National) activist.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Modern replica of a #Roman mosaic floor set into the approach to Sudeley Castle Winchcombe #Gloucestershire The original was found in 1882 during excavations at Spoonley Wood but has since been largely destroyed 📷 Aug 2026 #MosaicMonday
Mosaic set into the floor of a terrace with stone benches looking out at a rural landscape with trees
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 10h
Me remembering what it was like when I saw the Athletic’s post on Friday evening.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 13h
A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
techpolicy.press
Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 10h
10/10. No notes.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 9h
Perhaps the most damning document in English football history. resources.premierleague.pulselive.com/premierleagu...
resources.premierleague.pulselive.com
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 9h
This People don’t seem to realise that there is effectively a 100% inheritance tax in place. Home care for my mother when she developed dementia cost six figures. Half the beds in the ward I was on after my bowel cancer surgery were occupied by dementia patients Change is urgently needed
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 12h
Bluesky reacts to Burnham speech
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 10h
This is not merely the worst cheating scandal in English football history, it must have a claim to be one of, if not the, most sustained and serious act of cheating in professional sports history.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 10h
Important to recognise that the £900m+ represents only the disguised expenditure and cash injections. Because it will have bought unearned success, which will have translated into higher winnings and sponsorship deals, the true amount of illicit spending could easily be hundreds of millions higher.
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 11h
The cheating, year by year
Year

Total recorded Sponsorship Fees

Base Fees paid by

AD Sponsors

Tagged Sums

paid by ADUG

27.0

45

12.75

22.5

28.5

41.25

86.75

121.75

127.5

123.2

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

136.17

140.59

145.73

16.0

16.0

160

16.0

16.0

11.0

11.0

70.75

105.75

111.5

107.2

120.17

129 59

134.73
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 11h
I say again, this conduct is fundamentally incompatible with CFG remaining the owners of a Premier League club. bsky.app/profile/ugly...
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 11h
Happy to be corrected, but I don't think the £900,000,000+ figure has been reported before. Given this relates to the nine seasons from 09/10 to 17/18, that's an average of more than £100m of additional illicit spending per season. Even in the modern Premier League, that's a huge sum.
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 10h
Fans of other big clubs today
static.klipy.com
John Oliver's 'We Got Him' Button Moment
ALT: John Oliver's 'We Got Him' Button Moment
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Chris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 11h
Man City's £854.5m revenue overstatement between 2009-10 and 2017-18 was more than the total revenues in that time of all but eight English clubs (the other 'Big Six' teams, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle) £854.5m in misstated revenue was 30% of #MCFC total revenue in period
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