Brian Coventry
@briancoventry.bsky.social
Views are mine. Reposts don’t imply agreement. I believe democracy’s broken. ByLine Times supporter. Open Water Swimmer. 🏴🇦🇺
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Incredible bravery at Bondi beach as a witness wrestles a gun from one of the attackers.
youtu.be/SJtq75x_IWA?...
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Video shows bystander tackling and disarming one of the shooters at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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December 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Incredible bravery at Bondi beach as a witness wrestles a gun from one of the attackers.
youtu.be/SJtq75x_IWA?...
youtu.be/SJtq75x_IWA?...
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
Hard to comprehend this person. Just really, really hard.
#HIGNFY mock Liz Truss's new YouTube show
Ian Hislop, "She's got a new channel"
Martin Clunes, "She's opening up new talk markets"
Phil Wang, "Martin, that joke is a disgrace"
Liz Truss, "Welcome to the home of the counter revolution, welcome to the Liz Truss show"
*uncontrolled laughter*
Ian Hislop, "She's got a new channel"
Martin Clunes, "She's opening up new talk markets"
Phil Wang, "Martin, that joke is a disgrace"
Liz Truss, "Welcome to the home of the counter revolution, welcome to the Liz Truss show"
*uncontrolled laughter*
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hard to comprehend this person. Just really, really hard.
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My first cricket hero was Imran Khan. Now I close my eyes and replay Mitchell Starc’s bullet-paced yorkers | Shadi Khan Saif
My first cricket hero was Imran Khan. Now I close my eyes and replay Mitchell Starc’s bullet-paced yorkers | Shadi Khan Saif
Cricket has always been my lullaby, my shorthand for belonging. And in Starcy I have another legend to admire
Growing up in the late 1990s, I insisted my younger nephews and nieces call me Imran Khan instead of my real name – our own playful twist on traditional respect rituals. A few years later, I upgraded to Wasim Akram (naturally) and they obligingly followed. They’re all grown now, but they still call me “Mama Khan” or “Wasin Akral”- the clumsy childhood pronunciations that stuck to me the way cricket has.
Last week, witnessing the magnificent Mitchell Starc overtake Akram as the leading left arm wicket-taker, made me pause – isn’t it about time for another upgrade? Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
My first cricket hero was Imran Khan. Now I close my eyes and replay Mitchell Starc’s bullet-paced yorkers | Shadi Khan Saif
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Saved lives, brave, respected, also immigrated to this country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rail worker who saved passengers from stabbings leaves hospital
Samir Zitouni's family say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Saved lives, brave, respected, also immigrated to this country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Today, the Chancellor named Brexit as one of the main reasons for expected tax rises and lower productivity.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today, the Chancellor named Brexit as one of the main reasons for expected tax rises and lower productivity.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
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Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
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I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
1/3
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
1/3
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PS (to last post) ... And the INXS self-titled debut, of course. Gave this album an absolute thrashing in 1981 when I was 16 and in Year 11. Still like it!
INXS - On A Bus
YouTube video by Mystify
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October 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
PS (to last post) ... And the INXS self-titled debut, of course. Gave this album an absolute thrashing in 1981 when I was 16 and in Year 11. Still like it!
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As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
bylinetimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with