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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 1h

president donald trump is giving a speech in front of an american flag .

ALT: president donald trump is giving a speech in front of an american flag .

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 1h

To read the Scottish press today you’d be amazed that Scotland won last night. 3-1. Against a team who beat us 3-0 4 months ago. It absolutely infuriates them when we win.

Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 2h

‘The Nobel Prize for Peace. You didn’t win it. What went wrong?’

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to have a short piece of writing in this monster @billybragg.bsky.social

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 1d

The Code of the Woosters: "There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself 'Do trousers matter?'"

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greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 2d

I must have saved this link after someone else posted it a while back. A meeting of two of the greats - Studs Terkel talking to Buster Keaton in 1960.

"There's just certain people you just don't hit with a pie. That's all there is to it."

studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/bus...

Buster Keaton discusses the release of "When Comedy Was King"

Silent film pioneer Buster Keaton discusses his career following the release of "When Comedy Was King," a compilation of some classic shorts by Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and others. Keato...

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 2d

"Kids! come down for dinner! The ham and bananas hollandaise is ready!"

Old 1970s dish of food for ham and bananas hollandaise

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Miller on the Threshold @iammilliam.bsky.social · 2d

Just the latest way in which technology is enabling people who don’t actually like reading to diminish the cultural relevance of those who do.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.

www.newyorker.com

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 2d

Good news. Seeing him in Glasgow next week.

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 2d

@fanzinefc.bsky.social sending these this week

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 4d

Ah, missed those. The photography is stunning.

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 4d

@londonhibee.bsky.social Hi John. Hope you're well. Very impressive collection but are you aware of Glory Magazine? glory.studio It's superb also

Glory

Glory - documenting the beautiful game of football across the world.

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 4d

I spot a @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social or two in there

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 4d

I lived on Syros for 2 years in the mid- nineties. Sounds like it hasn’t changed much. observer.co.uk/style/travel...

Far from the Cycladic crowd: why now is the time to visit...

As the summer hordes retreat, those in the know head for the Cyclades to relish the best the ‘off-season’ Greek islands have to offer

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The Jags Foundation @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social · 6d

Share your memories 🗣️

Make your personal and family story part of the Jags 150th anniversary book

Partick Thistle: A People's History ⤵️
thejagsfoundation.co.uk/a-peoples-hi...

🔴🟡🔴

#OurClub #OurStory #OurMemories

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 6d

Easy to say when you don’t have to watch a game against Arbroath 😳

a man is dancing in front of a car in a foggy weather .

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David Harding @davidmharding.bsky.social · 6d

For all the noise about Qatar 2022, 2026 is shaping up to be an awful tournament

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 7d

FIFA will charge both sellers and buyers a 15 per cent fee on its official 2026 World Cup ticket resale platform, which launched on Thursday and almost immediately had some tickets listed for tens of thousands of dollars.

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 6d

For anyone interested in understanding why FIFA has adopted a dynamic pricing model for the 2026 World Cup and why there is violent unrest in Morocco because of the 2030 World Cup, chapter 3 of @fairsq.bsky.social 's 2024 report Substitute is worth a read 👉 fairsq.org/substitute-r...

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Nutmeg Magazine @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Nutmeg announcement 📢

📚 We’re now available in these Waterstones stores:
Glasgow Sauchiehall Street
Edinburgh West End
Livingston Almondvale

📕 Why not pop in and pick up a copy of the latest issue.

@waterstones.bsky.social

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 6d

Each worth at least two Runcies

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 7d

Swapsies?

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 7d

'I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard.' RIP Patricia 'Kitty' Routledge.

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 7d

Ach, what a shame. Wasn't she magnificent.

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Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social · 8d

Ticket prices for the USMNT's World Cup opener in LA:

– Category 1: $2,735
– Category 2: $1,940
– Category 3: $1,120

Prices for the 2026 World Cup final:

– Category 1: $6,730
– Category 2: $4,210
– Category 3: $2,790

More prices and info here @theathletic.com:

World Cup ticket prices revealed as lucky few win right to buy first

Breaking down the earliest information as the first batch of fans gained the chance to buy tickets for next summer

www.nytimes.com

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Kenny @kennypieper.bsky.social · 7d

a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland standing in a field

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