Reposted by Shane ThomasJewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 21h"If I were writing fiction, I would be accused of melodrama and inconceivable exaggeration—but grief does not ask craft for permission.” Abdullah Hany Daher writes from Gaza, up now: jewishcurrents.org/a-tree-sever... 061
Reposted by Shane ThomasBarry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 21hToday in Proximities: - Reuters reports from inside secretive Eritrea - Imran Khan supporters march on Islamabad - Malaysia sends Burmese home despite UN fears As always, you can read in under two mins www.proximities.news/p/eritrea-pa...proximities.newsEritrea, Pakistan, MyanmarToday’s three stories you should know 032
Reposted by Shane ThomasThe Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Your Monday briefing is here, including: New play arrives in Birkenhead Bomb squad sent to Oxton after death JSM's Derby Square expansion And today's big story: St Helens to drop Black History Month? www.livpost.co.uk/woke-and-sub...livpost.co.uk'Woke' and 'subversive': St Helens to abandon Black History Month, council leader saysPLUS: A warm welcome to our newest reporter 001
Reposted by Shane ThomasIan King @twoht.bsky.social · 05/10/2026On England's match on Saturday night, which I watched last night and was somewhat surprised to find that no-one had warned me how really odd watching a match played in front of 6,000 squawking kids might be. (I reckon it put the Croatia players off) unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-monday...unexpecteddelirium.substack.comThe Monday Almanac: England Have a Thoroughly Strange Saturday Night in CroatiaA crowd of 6,000 lent an otherworldly atmosphere to the Nations League match between Croatia and England, but the shrieking of thousands of kids didn’t seem to do the home side much good. 031
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026As good as it makes us look, the sold out Emirates line needs to stop. It’s only happened a handful of times. It’s def not happening every other week. 000
Reposted by Shane ThomasJoshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 03/10/2026New piece: I've written about Manchester's relationship with Abu Dhabi and how this scandal has forced Burnham to re-adopt old doctrine: Bernsteinism. With @jackdulhanty.bsky.social and @alecherron.bsky.social - featuring some scoopy details. manchestermill.co.uk/man-city-bur...manchestermill.co.ukA very Mancunian scandal: How Man City forced Andy Burnham to face his pastWe tell the inside story of a city's relationship with Abu Dhabi, including notes that show a council official saying: 'You don’t criticise the council’s relationship with the football club’ 11412
Reposted by Shane ThomasThe Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Bielsa was the “first girlfriend”, says Normanton of the Square Ball podcast, while Farke is like “a more mature relationship.” “It’ll never be quite the same, but in some ways it’s also better because it can be more sustainable”. How Farke was finally accepted: theexchange.news/the-long-ter...theexchange.newsHow Daniel Farke finally found his way into Leeds fans’ heartsBielsa gave the club magic. But Farke has given it belief 021
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026😳 I can only imagine that was based around that 1 season where Rodgers used him as more of a 6. 000
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Yeah, probably. And the way the game is now there’d probably be no long discourse over his position, and he’d have played there his whole career. 100
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Yeah, it did have me thinking of that 2008/09 season in particular. 100
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Also has me wondering that if Steven Gerrard, or even Bryan Robson, came into the game now, just how would they be deployed? 120
Reposted by Shane ThomasThe Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is ‘Liverpoolism’ what we have been actually talking about all along? Forget Manchester, Liverpool runs the Labour Party now manchestermill.co.uk/forget-manch...manchestermill.co.ukForget Manchester, Liverpool runs the Labour Party nowScousers are at the wheel, and driving for Mancunian devolution 234
Reposted by Shane ThomasSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 01/10/2026"The show felt anemic and cutesy in a way that is common among Netflix originals ... The reasons for those deficiencies are largely structural, informed by rapid transitions in the television landscape over the last decade that were spurred by Netflix’s enormous, algorithmic data-driven approach."soraya.press'A Different World' spends too much time mining nostalgiaDon't blame critics for identifying flaws. It's part of the job. 1165
Reposted by Shane ThomasBarry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026An average of seven children a day are dying of Ebola in DR Congo. It’s criminal that this is not getting more attention. But watch it explode into the international headlines if a white person gets it. www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-g...proximities.newsDR Congo, Gaza, South KoreaToday’s three stories you should know 1126
Reposted by Shane ThomasTom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote this for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on Burnham's rebadged Help to Buy and why, in the post-ZIRP era, it likely won't have the effects the government is hoping it will: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/burn...tribunemag.co.ukBurnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing PoliciesLabour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices. 045
Reposted by Shane ThomasBarry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today in Proximities: - Explosions heard in Ethiopian capital, Eritrean diplomats expelled - Israel committed war crimes in southern Lebanon: report - Algeria imposes death penalty for forest arson As always, you can read in under two mins www.proximities.news/p/ethiopia-l...proximities.newsEthiopia, Lebanon, AlgeriaToday’s three stories you should know 022
Reposted by Shane ThomasRobert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026I'm back on my substack where I wrote a newsletter about my extrmely busy September. I wrote 25 different pieces during the month!!812filmreviews.substack.comSeptember: Writing, Festivals, and more writingWelcome to my newsletter! Every month you’ll receive this update featuring all of my writing, and my favorite film and television watches 2113
Reposted by Shane ThomasKate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 653020989
Reposted by Shane ThomasBarry Malone @barrymalone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today in Proximities: - Israel kills 8 in Gaza in latest breach of "ceasefire" - U.S. peace plan could lead to "de facto partitioning" of Sudan - Iraqis celebrate withdrawal of anti-ISIS U.S. forces As always, you can read in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/gaza-sudan...proximities.newsGaza, Sudan, Iraq.Today’s three stories you should know 062
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026Just when they had scored a couple of nice goals, too. V much finding ways to step on the one rake in the yard rn 😭 010
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026I think we know she's probably Barca bound after the WC 😢 010
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Me, imagining her in an Arsenal shirt. What a player she is.static.klipy.comJoseph Fiennes: LongingAlt: Joseph Fiennes: Longing 110
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Interesting that I just noticed on Twitter that Tim described Renee as too angry, rather than too disappointed. I agree w/your point, but it caused me to reframe it in my head a little if it's a case of Renee avoiding saying something that gets her a ban. 020
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026I wonder what his English is like, not that it needs to be disqualifying. I would imagine he more likely ends up in the NWSL. 000
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026I wouldn't imagine Arsenal would want a temp measure. Can't see Elias turning down the chance of a home WC, especially one he could win. But as you say, it'll likely be very much an inside the box appointment, if that's how Arsenal are going. 200
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Arthur? I would assume he's staying with Brazil until the WC at least? But the Arsenal execs would be negligent if they're not at least drawing up a list of potentials. 110
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Oh, on a macro level, I agree. Although think he's been in the US for a long time. But not many *obvious* alternatives. When Eidevall left, apparently Nick Cushing was the preferred replacement. 110
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026For the past 7 days, I have been in a, well who could be a replacement headspace. And my mind has drifted towards the NWSL coaches who've recently got their P45. 110
Reposted by Shane ThomasThe Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our Monday briefing is here: - Multi-million pound flats we can't afford - Avanti West Toast - Eti-had a mare - Commotion in Chinatown - A big clap for Manchester Out now! manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-jou...manchestermill.co.ukBreaking: journalist can't afford £2m flatBut at least our campaign is going swimmingly 001
Reposted by Shane ThomasIan King @twoht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On the Republic of Ireland on last weekend. It absolutely beggars belief that players should be left in this sort of position by their national FA and a governing body confederation. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-republ...unexpecteddelirium.substack.comThe Republic of Ireland’s Players Were Badly Let Down, And They Likely Will Be AgainThe Republic of Ireland team were put in an impossible position by both UEFA and the FAI, and they may have to go through it all again next weekend. 0103
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Move over Simpsons, there's now a Succession clip for everything www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUHw...youtube.comSuccession S4E7 - Shiv Confronts Mattson about Forged Indian Subscriber NumbersYouTube video by Moron Productions 010
Reposted by Shane ThomasThe Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Confused by Glasgow City Council's firing and rehiring scheme? Not to worry. We've pulled together an explainer that unpacks the chaotic events of the past few days www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-coun...glasgowbell.co.ukFiring, rehiring and conspiring: unpacking the chaos at Glasgow City CouncilPlus, more vandalism at queer bookshop and Bell event tickets going fast 143
Reposted by Shane ThomasThe Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Your Monday edition is here, including: — Rotheram's plan to repurpose the North Docks — Burnham's Sun boycott confirmed — Cause of Bootle house fire revealed And today's big story: scores of demonstrators arrested for opposing Palestine Action ban. www.livpost.co.uk/fifty-arrest...livpost.co.ukEighty arrests outside Labour conference over Palestine ActionA “shameful attack on freedom of speech,” say Amnesty International 033
Reposted by Shane ThomasJarrod Kimber @jarrodkimber.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🎙️Pakistan had one of the best pace attacks in the history of the game Watch the rest of the episode on Good Areas on YouTube 001
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026I'm wondering if all the bullish pre-season talk from the club about going for the title inadvertently put the players under too much pressure and now they're playing with a fear of failure? Of course, we should be going for the league but would it have been smarter to keep that talk in-house? 010
Reposted by Shane ThomasQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 27/09/2026The Liberal Dems have voted to reject the EHRC Code of Practice - which recommends the segregation of Trans+ people from most single-sex spaces Read more in our newsletter 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-the… 16812
Reposted by Shane ThomasSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 27/09/2026I'll be back to gab tomorrow, but I had to get the first Caturday Evening Post up, and that was after spending ... quite a bit of time today with Canva. Cio Cio, as you can see, was very ready for her closeup.soraya.pressCaturday Evening Post Vol. 1Lincoln Center's got free opera and hot docs the tech broligarchs would prefer you didn't see 2667
Reposted by Shane ThomasTony Evans @tonyevans92a.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A disturbing story from my past tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/death-on-a...tonyevans92a.substack.comDeath On A September SundayAn incident so graphic that it should have been unforgettable was somehow buried in my mind for almost four decades. An unexpected trigger brought everything back 032
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026That's exactly where I'm at now. I've already written off next Sunday. The WSL part of the season is just about fighting for top 3 (again). The games post-break vs Tottenham & LCL are enormous now. 020
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Inclined to agree. You can write off today in isolation, but the trend is worrying, and will probably turn to alarm in 7 days time. The season probably hinges on the work done behind the scenes in the international break. 120
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026After a League Cup win last season (think vs Palace) LWM said to media after that Arsenal are “made for cup football.” That felt like such a red flag and not the flex she clearly thought it was. 100
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026As well as the accuracy. There's no goal without Walsh hitting the initial shot pretty well. 010
Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026And I suspect Carpenter and Thompson will be instructed to stay as wide as possible to drag Mariona and Batlle away from the centre the pitch. 000
Reposted by Shane ThomasIan King @twoht.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An FA sub-committee have made a decision over a refereeing mistake in an FA Cup qualifier which could end up having far-reaching consequences. unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-fa-hav...unexpecteddelirium.substack.comThe FA Have Just Opened a Can of Worms That They May Find Difficult to Close AgainA dodgy penalty decision in an FA Cup qualifier has led to an even dodgier decision by a Football Association sub-committee. 102314
Reposted by Shane ThomasTim Kail @workofwrestling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#WWE 's ads aren't just annoying, they negatively impact our ability to escape into a world of pure imagination. In my latest article for The #WorkOfWrestling Substack, I examine the effect of this dynamic on our collective mind. #WrestleSky workofwrestling.substack.com/p/the-invasi...workofwrestling.substack.comThe Corrupted Canvas: Why WWE’s Ad Invasion Is Not NormalTim Kail examines what WWE has lost under TKO 021
