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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...
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Revealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policy
FGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not for the first time, the Norwegian football federation shows the way and files two separate complaints with Fifa's Ethics Committee, related to the Fifa Peace Prize, the Balogun case and Fifa Forward Enterprise.
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NFF Submits Ethics Complaint and Governance Referral to FIFA
The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) has formally submitted two separate filings to FIFA.
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Suggest you google this guy" Manchester City Council responded to my 2013 Freedom of Information request for details of their deal with Manchester City by flagging my background to City's chief communications officer. Deeply inappropriate (and that's being generous).
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
There does seem to be an interesting subset of folks who seem huffily annoyed that creators might want to be compensated for their stolen work by the people whose intentional acts of theft has literally allowed to become billionaires, I mean, how dare we, right
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oddly this story is not being covered on the BBC.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Andy Kelly @goonerak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This can't be talked about enough. "President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word
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Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well, I am shocked... (I'm not!)
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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 05/03/2026
"I think they (Arsenal) will be the most controversial champions of the Premier League era" says Martin Samuel, chief football reporter of the Times, who is often found writing about how amazing Man City are as a club.
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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 30/09/2026
I just keep coming back to this. This was six months ago.
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is right on…….
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
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Ian King @twoht.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think this thread is worth reading, FYI
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barry novibes @iaindowie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
going to pop my assorted thoughts about the city stuff in a thread here as and when. safe to say, a very dark day, compounded for me personally by the news breaking as i'd dragged myself into work on about three hours sleep with both toothache and food poisoning, so i'm having a grand old time.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This AI discourse is amazing. "We've created this very dangerous thing, based largely on the mass theft of labour, that we should stop developing" - okay, so that means that you should be treated like social and economic vandals, not revered as sages on podcasts.
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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎥 "A shocking performance - but no need to panic" - Brighton 3-0 Arsenal | On the Whistle youtu.be/WcoZtDbVSdU
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"A shocking performance - but don't panic" - Brighton 3-0 Arsenal | On the Whistle
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
British journalism and polling are both utterly implicated in the Farage funding scandal iandunt.substack.com/p/british-jo...
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's a good job Chelsea were crowned champions after two games because they've been a bit shit since then.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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eastlower @eastlower.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Wrote this 3 years ago over on Twitter, and it’s still exactly the same.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/09/2026
There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Darren England will be officiating Brighton v Arsenal next weekend. Stuart Attwell who was VAR for Sunderland v Arsenal will be officiating Everton v Ipswich so clearly no consequences for the "judo roll" penalty decision. They're going to brazen this one out.
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YankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 13/09/2026
And that’s before you get into refs being paid a fortune by owners of PL clubs to referee friendlies, or refs having massive scandals that call their integrity into question. English football continues to stick its head in the sand over a potentially existential issue.
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YankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 13/09/2026
You’ve got refs going on podcasts saying “I decided to play a game with myself rather than reffing the match” & going on tv shows saying “I didn’t overturn a wrong call because I felt bad for my mate” but somehow there’s still debate about whether pro ref is fit for purpose
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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🎥 "Bruno and Raya deliver three massive points" - Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal | On the Whistle youtu.be/tskt-0ghDnI
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"Bruno and Raya deliver three massive points" - Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal | On the Whistle
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
£72 million from 2 individuals - both of whom have faced questions about money laundering, both of whom live/d overseas to avoid tax - is not compatible with democracy. I don't care if it's Reform, Labour or whoever. We can't function like this. Not for long. So how do we fix it? My plan:
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Bill-a Lugosi's Dead @neokefka99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Private equity firm.
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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🎥 "Odegaard the difference-maker again" - Napoli 0-1 Arsenal | On the Whistle A brief video about the Champions League win in Naples. youtu.be/XKBV6-KlmDw
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"Odegaard the difference-maker again" - Napoli 0-1 Arsenal | On the Whistle
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zbizzle.bsky.social @zbizzle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Get well soon!
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 10/09/2026
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Napoli 0-1 Arsenal: Odegaard impressive and decisive as Gunners win away
Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video Arsenal kicked off their Champions League campaign last night with a 1-0 win away at Napoli, but the scoreline just does not reflect the dominance or the opportunities we had to score more goals. Mikel Arteta shuffled his pack a bit, bringing in Piero Hincapie, […] The post Napoli 0-1 Arsenal: Odegaard impressive and decisive as Gunners win away appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
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Kev Moore @kevmoore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Morning all. New Campaign:
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Why is this not the main story on any of the major news channels?
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The irony about the people involved in these masked protests is that they all probably support banning the wearing of burkas.
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have to say that I find it quite disturbing that Sky News allowed the leader of 200 (tiny minority of people who blocked roads and ports and fought police) balaclava clad "protestors" to take over an interview and give him 10 minutes of airtime to spout propaganda on mainstream TV.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
media: are these blackshirts fascists. andy burnham: good question. my favourite biscuit with tea is a custard cream although in culcheth we used to call them cuppy-busters.
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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We're three games in. This is absolutely ridiculous.
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 07/09/2026
3 games in to the new season. The non-stop dumbing down of all football discourse is depressing. And when we don't go unbeaten, it'll be presented as a kind of fail and the idiot contingent of YouTubers will say 'Arsenal said they could go unbeaten' when we did nothing of the sort. 🙄
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arsenalampod.bsky.social @arsenalampod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We beat Chelsea now let's beat suicide with @premierleaguebot.bsky.social sadly my brother is one of the statistics so I share my experience and some signs of people struggling @arsenalfc.bsky.social @arsenalvisionpodcast.com @arseblog.com #AFC #Arsenal #Gunners open.spotify.com/episode/6Nfj...
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Arsenal_AM_Episode_145 Arsenal win, now we tackle suicide
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