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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 12h

Progress.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power.

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ESPNcricinfo @espncricinfo.com · 1d

If there's one bowling type dictating the narrative at the ongoing 2025 World Cup, it's left-arm spin.

Full analysis: bit.ly/43eRdAz

If there's one bowling type dictating the narrative at the ongoing 2025 World Cup, it's left-arm spin.

Full analysis: https://bit.ly/43eRdAz

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

US revokes visas from six foreign nationals for social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk.
The government has also said it is reviewing the status of the more than 55 million holders of visas to enter the US for potential violations of its standards.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

US revokes visas from six foreign nationals for social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk – as it happened

The move marks a stunning departure for the Trump administration, which came to power vowing to stop social-media censorship

www.theguardian.com

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President granted the US’s highest civilian award to the far-right commentator who was assassinated in September Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday. Kirk, who was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in September, was among the most significant rightwing activists in the modern political era, galvanizing a younger generation of conservatives to engage in politics and support Trump’s candidacy ahead of the 2024 election. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

Tommy Robinson claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs, as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counter-terrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. #antifa
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d

Fabulous!

Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 1d

A pretty cool kingfisher by my youngest

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d

#Eng are a good TEAM. #Latvia patently are not, but we’re seeing enough strategy & confidence from #Tuchel’s side to respect & rate what he (& they) are doing. They’re good. It’s a blend that’s working.

0-3 at the half.

#football #analysis 🤓

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 1d

Finished the #DavidByrne. Certainly wouldn't want to put anybody off it... & some genuinely inspiring stuff, here & there... but broadly relatively predictable... & even dullish. (For me).

& yes I AM a decent-sized fan of the fella.

#books #music #opinions

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Ok jobs box ticked. (Mundane but kinda refreshingly physical). So now have the right to lounge.

Unbelievably -unreconstructed male- I aim to multi-task, by reading #DavidByrne whilst watching #cricket with the sound down.
Incredible but hopefully workable.

#SA #Ban #womensworldcup
#books #music

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Bitofa Keystone Cops finish. The ref again thinks #Wilson dives, meaning he can’t then give a foul when the Belgian player flops... & #Wales score!

Erm... but then... #Belgium score!
2-4.
& still 5 mins to go!

#football #lifesrichwotnots

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. That is quite extraordinary. #James *actively pushes* his elbow into the ball, weirdly deliberately. Pen. #DeBruyne again converts. 1-3.

#Belgium do deserve to be ahead... but that’s a strange gift.

#Wales #football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Quite like that the ref isn’t buying the falls, the exaggeration. He knows #Wilson is a serial offender... & plays on. #Wales fans in uproar.
1-2 at the half.

#Belgium #football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

#Wales suddenly look vulnerable. Defensively open. #Belgium haven’t just settled: they’re threatening. There are chances.
Still 1-2.

#football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning counter-attack from #Belgium. Thrillingly deadly - not that much of #Wales was thrilled.

1-2. If the visitors can ‘play some football’ or even just slow things down, this could be difficult. (The home team needed this to be harem-scarem, yes?)

#football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

#Wales suddenly look vulnerable. Defensively open. #Belgium haven’t just settled: they’re threatening. There are chances.
Still 1-2.

#football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning counter-attack from #Belgium. Thrillingly deadly - not that much of #Wales was thrilled.

1-2. If the visitors can ‘play some football’ or even just slow things down, this could be difficult. (The home team needed this to be harem-scarem, yes?)

#football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning counter-attack from #Belgium. Thrillingly deadly - not that much of #Wales was thrilled.

1-2. If the visitors can ‘play some football’ or even just slow things down, this could be difficult. (The home team needed this to be harem-scarem, yes?)

#football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Penalty check. Hit #Ampadu’s hand. They tend to get given. It is.

#Wales #Belgium

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Helluva start for #Wales. Free header, partly because #Bel look scrambled. Cardiff, predictably is a cauldron.

#football

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Conditions difficult. Incredibly humid: damp around, pressure huge. So let's appreciate another great game. #Bangladesh will be desperately disappointed with poor deliveries and poor catching at crunch moments. Feel for them.

#SA triumphant but relieved.

#WomensWorldCup #cricket

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Sub fielders are supposed to give you an advantage in the field. Sometimes controversially so. Didn’t quite work that way for #Ban. #Tryon should’ve been caught... but hands never got to the ball. 😬

Another good game.

#SA #womensworldcup #cricket

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

I am. Got the coffee fix going now, tooooo

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 2d

Ok jobs box ticked. (Mundane but kinda refreshingly physical). So now have the right to lounge.

Unbelievably -unreconstructed male- I aim to multi-task, by reading #DavidByrne whilst watching #cricket with the sound down.
Incredible but hopefully workable.

#SA #Ban #womensworldcup
#books #music

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent, competitive game. #Perry quietly reminding the universe that she is, in fact a goddess. Before finishing it with a wallop - a classical wallop - for 6.

#Aus win it: #India deserve some credit.

#India #WomensWorldCup2025 #cricket

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

Shortly after I posted this, #Gardner began to lose her way - or certainly her momentum. She gets bowled, having kinda not quite deserved to see this out. So #India still just about in it, with 30 needed off 36...

#Aus #womensworldcup #cricket

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

#Gardner. Player. That is all (- too).

#Aus #India #womensworldcup #cricket
#analysis 🧐

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

#Healy. #Player. That is all.

#Aus #India #WomensWorldCup #analysis 🤓

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

Classic example of slow-mo replay literally blurring things. #Healy was surely caught: the review introduced unnecessary doubt - as so often. Still a fabulous knock.

265 for 4. Balls left equals runs needed, at 66.

#Aus #India #WomensWorldCup2025 #cricket

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

#Healy. #Player. That is all.

#Aus #India #WomensWorldCup #analysis 🤓

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

#Gardner. Player. That is all (- too).

#Aus #India #womensworldcup #cricket
#analysis 🧐

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

#Healy. #Player. That is all.

#Aus #India #WomensWorldCup #analysis 🤓

Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

#Healy. #Player. That is all.

#Aus #India #WomensWorldCup #analysis 🤓

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Rick Walton @waltwriting.bsky.social · 3d

Multi-tasking. (Yes; I know!) Not entirely enthralled by the #DavidByrne book but liked the question at the bottom of the page on ‘Private #Music’.

#books #Huxley #BraveNewWorld #TalkingHeads