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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 6h

6am on a Sunday: I’m getting up to watch Villa at Liverpool. If we are winning, it could be noisy early doors. If we are losing, I could be in Bunnings by 7:15. Either way—up the Villa! ☕⏰🦁

#AVFC #UTV #LIVAVL

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 12h

One of those Saturday afternoons in Brisbane. ⛈️⚡️ #bneweather #storms #lightningstrike #qld #strayamate

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful to see 🐧🏒

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 2d

So sad. A kid doing what he loved and now he’s gone. Thinking of the cricket community, the Fern Gully CC, Ben’s friends and family at this devastating time. #BenAustin

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 5d

OTD | 27 October 312 AD ⚔️✨
Constantine the Great allegedly saw a glowing cross in the sky before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge — and decided to rebrand the Roman Empire overnight.

#OTD #HistoryNerd #DivineMarketing #Constantine

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 5d

Monday again. The day my bed transforms into the most loyal, understanding place on Earth — and my alarm clock becomes Satan’s apprentice. ☕💀

Anyway, let’s pretend we’re thrilled to be here.

#MondayMotivation #BarelyAlive #SendHelpAndCoffee

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 6d

Currently reading Corpus by Rory Clements — Cambridge, 1936. Fascists in the shadows, everyone terribly polite about it.

Like Brideshead Revisited met Tinker Tailor in a smoky pub and decided to start a coup. 🇬🇧📖

#CurrentlyReading #RoryClements #Corpus #BookNerd #HistoricalThriller

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 6d

Will check it out

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 6d

“Back when all-black outfits were a lifestyle, not a fashion choice. 🖤

No filters, no hashtags — just stairs, questionable posing, and the quiet confidence of people who thought they’d invented cool. 😎

#TBT #RetroVibes #BeforeTheAlgorithms #MoodyAndUnapologetic

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 6d

Baseball, comedy, and mortality — all in one photo.
Lou Gehrig, the Iron Horse who’d soon face ALS, standing with the Marx Brothers — chaos, laughter, absurdity incarnate.

A reminder: joy and tragedy often share the same dugout.

#History #Baseball #Comedy #LouGehrig #MarxBrothers #Life

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 7d

“Hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”

Sure, Steve. And yet half of LinkedIn still thinks leadership means micromanaging people who know twice as much as they do. 🙃

🔥 Hire brilliance. 👂 Listen to it. 🚀 Get out of its way.

#Leadership #RealityCheck #MicromanagersBeware

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 7d

When you’re 98% sure you’re nailing the candid ferry photo… and then realise you look like you’re halfway through explaining quantum mechanics to a seagull. 🛳️😅

#TravelFails #MidBlinkMasterpiece #candidnotcandid #FerryTales

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 7d

Standing tall against the fading light; a reminder that legacy isn’t about applause in your lifetime, but the shadows you cast long after the sun dips below the horizon.

Every great figure starts as just a person who stood a taller than the fear around them.

#KeepClimbing #Legacy #EveningLight

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 7d

April 1912.
A boy sells papers screaming “TITANIC DISASTER – GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.”
The crowd buys them, reads them, and moves on.

We haven’t changed much.
Tragedy is still something we consume, not something we confront.

#History #Titanic #Media #HumanNature #Reflection

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 8d

World Series: The billion-dollar Dodgers versus a team built on cold weather, bacon, and polite vengeance. 🇨🇦

If Toronto wins, it’s history.
If LA wins, it’s just Tuesday at the accountant’s office.

Let’s go Jays — ruin some Hollywood scripts. ⚾️🥶

#BlueJays #BeatLA #WorldSeries2025

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 8d

✍️ Writers — stop playing safe.

Joyce was right: “We must write dangerously.”
If your words don’t make someone uncomfortable — including you — you’re not writing, you’re reporting.

Bleed on the page. Risk something. That’s the job.

#Writing #WritersLife #JamesJoyce #Art #Creativity

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 8d

Meet my great-granduncle George.

He’s got that 1900s “survived two wars, three recessions, and a lifetime of unsmiling portraits” energy.

I can’t tell if I’ve inherited his face or his general disappointment in everything.

Either way — respect, G. You wore existential dread before it was cool.

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 8d

🚴‍♂️ Tour de France 2026
From Barcelona ➡️ Paris, the peloton takes on mountains, cobbles, and chaos from 4–26 July 2026.

113th edition. 21 stages. Same dream: yellow. 💛

#TDF2026 #LeTour #TourDeFrance #Cycling #ProCycling

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 9d

“Dyche’s alive!!!” #forest #blessedcrossover

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 9d

2:45am kick off. Nope. Can’t do it. Getting too old! 😀 🦅 vs 🦁 #UEL #AVFC

Europa League @europaleague.bsky.social · 9d

We are back for match day 3!

#UEL #EuropaLeague #UELHub

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 10d

Signs are promising. I’m not saying, or asking, for any more than that.

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NBA @nba.com · 11d

THE NBA SEASON STARTS TONIGHT.

🍿 Shai, Thunder get their rings
🍿 KD debuts for Rockets
🍿 Steph, Warriors vs. Luka, Lakers

IT ALL BEGINS at 7:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock!

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AFL Fans Association @aflfans.bsky.social · 12d

Top 10 most valuable AFL and NRL brands in Australia.

📸 Brand Finance Australia

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Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 14d

🤔 #CWC1992

Jonathan Northall @jnorthall.bsky.social · 20d

Kindel’s scoring was sweet. Everything else was pretty average at best.