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Sir, back up, I really appreciate you, thank you so so so much [airhorns] he/him

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · Apr 25

People are rude about Matt Forde as a comedian, just because he's not that funny, but actually as a podcast host I think he's very insightful, and often has on guests and thought leaders who prove to be very influential, years later

Google "Matt Forde Political Party Episode 25" for more info

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 2h

unsolicited schick pic

A photo of Bayer Leverkusen and Czechia striker Patrik Schick. he's lying on the floor and holding a hurty foot :(

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4h

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 2h

"we didn't sign up for this!"

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 3h

All my World Cup Apes, gone

The story began during the NFT craze of 2022, when Fifa launched Fifa+ Collect, promising fans “affordable ownership” of digital soccer moments – Pelé lifting the 1970 trophy, Maradona’s 1986 solo run, Kylian Mbappé’s goal in the 2018 final – each sold as a blockchain collectible. When the market collapsed (quelle surprise), Fifa reheated its own nachos by quietly rebadging the tokens as ticketing opportunities. The new scheme, marketed under the chillingly corporate Right to Buy (RTB) name, offers supporters the chance to purchase NFTs that would one day give them permission to purchase an actual match ticket. A Right to Final token costs up to $999 and can be redeemed only if the buyer’s chosen team reaches the final. If not, it becomes a useless JPEG. Fifa discovered how to monetize anticipation itself, a system that traffics not in tickets but in Fomo.

That illusion was finally shattered this week, when Fifa Collect administrators disclosed that the vast majority of Right to Buy holders would only be eligible for Category 1 and 2 seats, the priciest brackets in Fifa’s opening phase at costs far beyond the reach of the average punter. The news triggered open revolt among the NFT community: Discord threads filled with complaints of being “ripped off” and a sudden rush to resell tokens as their market value collapsed.

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 3h

yep. and it is always, without exception, black players, and always has been

idk how he avoided the chop for the "repulsive" thing tbh, if I was the FA I'd have snapped his contract in two for that

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 3h

you know i love to hate on bellingham for being a starboy but he's really not THAT bad, he puts in a shift, he's certainly no more greedy than most, and he's got a right!

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 3h

tbf, thinking about it, i don't think i've ever laughed at an onion video? i could spend hours boring you to death about my favourite articles but i honestly cannot recall one instance of funny onion video content

and they're usually 90 seconds long? this thing is 20+ minutes

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 4h

idk cos i tried watching it and then tuned it off after less than a minute. i assume it approves

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 4h

tim onion still doing his "this is the funniest thing we've ever done" shtick about something that definitely isn't the funniest thing they've done this year and may not even be funny

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 4h

one more quote.

You? With your casual understanding of football? You probably think having a front three of Neymar, Mbappe and di Maria in a league full of rugby-loving farmers would be an advantage, wouldn't you? YOU RUBE, YOU FOOL

homas Tuchel once stood on the touchline at Anfield, watching in disbelief as his self-indulgent Paris Saint-Germain players refused to put in the hard yards against Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool. “Guys, what is this?” he said, but there was never going to be a reaction from individuals with too much power and not enough respect for the basic concepts of teamwork.
Intensity? Tracking back? Not for us, thanks. Too many wanted to do their own thing and it ground Tuchel down in the end. The German is a coach who wants structure, identity, sacrifice and energy. At PSG, though, he saw how individualism can bring a dressing room down. How could Tuchel make his mark when he had players who would moan if a teammate looked at them the wrong way?

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 4h

if you have any interest at all in the subject of "the English Sports Media and Thomas Tuchel", I highly recommend reading it, it's fucking astonishing. As I said last night, I thought Steinberg's rep as a company man was already maxxed out, but this is off the charts client journalisming

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

i don't think anybody has ever been quite this giddy about beating Wales at home in a friendly

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 4h

christ I'd forgotten about this

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

lmao one win over serbia and belliingham must learn to toe the line

Bellingham must accept Tuchel’s collective structure or risk England exile

Manager learned at PSG to ignore star power in pursuit of a winning formula that prioritises brotherhood

according to the always entertaining jacob Steinberg

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 4h

Your Yankee Pope demands that you knock this shit off

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

sorry, i just read it again

"The smart money remains on Bellingham going to the World Cup"

maybe if Ruben Loftus Cheek gets injured i guess

𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

i don't think anybody has ever been quite this giddy about beating Wales at home in a friendly

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

JS covers Chelsea for the Guardian and he's always been happy to just Deliver Messages in exchange for a bit of inside access, so there's little doubt this will have been a collaborative effort to some degree

it's fucking wild

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

"a winning formula that prioritises brotherhood"

even by JS's standards this is a very weird article, an extremely fucken weird article (archive.is/kV5FC). the Guardian sport desk's most pliable hack is trying to narrative Jude Bellingham out of a World Cup squad. in October. What is happening

Any return will be on his terms. Bellingham can come back but if he does there will be no special treatment. It is a fascinating situation. The smart money remains on Bellingham going to the World Cup but Tuchel has created a world in which he stays at home. The challenge is balancing the pros and cons. Bellingham would undoubtedly be an asset if he accepts Tuchel’s tactical demands and does not try to win the tournament on his own.

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 13h

lmao one win over serbia and belliingham must learn to toe the line

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 15h

very important

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 15h

bnonjour. je m'apelle monsiuer snurb

mr burns from the simpsons wearing an uncobnvincing false moustache, in the guise of mr snurb

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 16h

death to america xx

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 17h

"you're dumb as fuck", from an actual american, lmfao

man's out here crying about trump but the real enemy? cawmunisms!

you get what you deserve, yankee dipshit

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 17h

oh no the american is mad about things they've imagined

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 17h

this is why the entire planet despises you

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