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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1h

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2h

These Norwegian fans rose to the moment.

Giant Palestinian flag held by Norway fans and another flag that reads “Let Children Live”

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 5h

FIFA won't fix any of the serious problems associated with the 2034 men's World Cup in Saudi Arabia because FIFA is itself broken. Comments at @playthegame-org.bsky.social

Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 1d

Was also amazing that @bobbyperu.bsky.social and @benbest.bsky.social were there, given how much they did to tell his story. See @fairsq.bsky.social 's work on Abdullah's case here fairsq.org/category/abd...

Abdullah Ibhais Archives

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 1d

Highlight of @playthegame-org.bsky.social 2025 in Tampere was undoubtedly meeting Qatar 2022 whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais and then seeing him collect the Play The Game award alongside the remarkable Maggie Nichols www.playthegame.org/news/whistle...

Whistleblowers Maggie Nichols and Abdullah Ibhais receive the Play the Game Award 2025

On the last day of Play the Game 2025, the Play the Game Award was awarded to two courageous whistleblowers in sport: Maggie Nichols and Abdullah Ibhais.

www.playthegame.org

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely believe that if the Greens remain consistent with their messaging and politics, a sizeable percentage of people who are disillusioned with Labour or who vote Reform as a protest vote or who simply don't think voting is worth it (etc) would be persuaded to join the Greens.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Patriots don't peddle for Putin.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

www.mirror.co.uk

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Neel Shelat @shelatneel.bsky.social · 1d

Just back from a memorable week in Finland at the @playthegame-org.bsky.social conference. Met lots of great people, had some great conversations and heard some mind-blowing stories. Big thanks to all involved in putting this together!

A board at the conference with the title

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Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social · 1d

How long will Rubio keep his job after his boss finds out he put his name to this letter supporting Maria Corina Machando for the Nobel Prize? www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Every single AI data center is a toxic investment, with most of its value tied up in GPUs that will be multiple generations behind by the time these things turn on - and then die in 3-5 years.

All to build for AI demand that doesn't exist.
edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...

Actually, wait - how long do GPUs last, exactly? Four years for training? Three years? The A100 GPU started shipping in May 2020, and the H100 (and the Hopper GPU generation) entered full production in September 2022, meaning that we’re hurtling at speed toward the time in which we’re going to start seeing a remarkable amount of chips start wearing down, which should be a concern for companies like Microsoft, who bought 150,000 Hopper GPUs in 2023 and 485,000 of them in 2024.
Alright, let me just be blunt: the entire economy of debt around GPUs is insane.
Assuming these things don’t die within five years (their warranties generally end in three), their value absolutely will, as NVIDIA has committed to releasing a new AI chip every single year, likely with significant increases to power and power efficiency. At the end of the five year period, the Special Purpose Vehicle will be the proud owner of five-year-old chips that nobody is going to want to rent at the price that Elon Musk has been paying for the last five years. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the rental prices for H100 GPUs that went from $8-an-hour in 2023 to $2-an-hour in 2024, or the Silicon Data Indexes (aggregated realtime indexes of hourly prices) that show H100 rentals at around $2.14-an-hour and A100 rentals at a dollar-an-hour, with Vast.AI offering them at as little as $0.67 an hour.
This is, by the way, a problem that faces literally every data center being built in the world, and I feel insane talking about it. It feels like nobody is talking about how impossible and ridiculous all of this is - it’s one thing that OpenAI has promised one trillion dollars to people - it’s another that large swaths of that will be spent on hardware that will, by the end of these agreements, be half-obsolete and generating less revenue than ever.
Think about it - let’s assume we live in a fantasy land where OpenAI is somehow able to pay Oracle $300 billion over 5 years. Said money is paying for access to Blackwell…

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 2d

We will also hear a lot about Washington's "diplomatic achievement", a travesty of a framing. The US could have pulled the plug on Israel's genocide at any point over the past two years, and chose not to. The basis of a ceasefire has long been there, but Israel and its allies weren't interested.

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @playthegame-org.bsky.social for this platform and @stevemenary.bsky.social for the write-up!
www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-is...

"FIFA is so badly governed that all we can do is continue to highlight the rottenness"

From FIFA’s opaque development funding to club-level political interference and the repression of fan expression, panellists at Play the Game detailed how football’s global institutions continue to be...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 2d

Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 2d

Good man yourself

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Barry Glendenning @barryglendenning.bsky.social · 3d

Simon Jordan on TalkSport, unchallenged yet again.

As a Talksport employee, I am embarrassed by this rebuttal of what Neville said. This moron pontificates without question. It is bonkers.

And yeah, i'll probably be sacked. Fuck it.

youtube.com/watch?v=FrXr...

"APPALLING STANCE!" Simon Jordan rages at "COWARD" Gary Neville after Union Jack REMOVAL admission!

YouTube video by talkSPORT

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 2d

Lolz

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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to be joining the inaugural event of Tax Justice Scotland today - another great organisation joining the global movement to strengthen national tax sovereignty so we can all benefit from the role of tax as our social superpower - letting us lead better, healthier, happier lives together

Still from Tax Justice Scotland film, showing a sunny city/river shot with the text, 'A better Scotland is possible'

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Global Reporting Centre @globalreportingcentre.org · 3d

The GRC's @andreacrossan.bsky.social and @sharonnadeem.bsky.social are currently in Finland for the @playthegame-org.bsky.social conference, an initiative by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies that promotes democratic values in world sports. www.playthegame.org

Play the Game

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Global Reporting Centre @globalreportingcentre.org · 3d

“There is no transparency as to how [FIFA] spends its money,” @ncgeehan.bsky.social said. It’s the same point he emphasized when he appeared as a guest on the State of Play Bonus Episode 2: FIFA’s Club World Cup Circus. bit.ly/4nyZ308

State of Play Podcast - Bonus Episode 2: FIFA’s Club World Cup Circus

Amid ICE raids, protests and federal friction, is LA prepared for the FIFA World Cup?

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 4d

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure
@ncgeehan.bsky.social & @antoineduval.bsky.social
@josimarfootball.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...

More political theatre while Gaza burns - josimarfootball.com

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.

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Antoine Duval @antoineduval.bsky.social · 4d

Our (with @ncgeehan.bsky.social) piece on #UEFA/#FIFA's failure to sanction the #Israel Football Association is out @josimarfootball.bsky.social.

We argue that they are unethical in the name of neutrality, applying unjustifiable double standards to Russia & Israel, & failing to enforce their rules.

JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 5d

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.

By @ncgeehan.bsky.social and @antoineduval.bsky.social

josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...

More political theatre while Gaza burns - josimarfootball.com

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.

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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 4d

Only in modern football can you announce you’re against something by allowing it

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Uefa’s ‘reluctant’ agreement to games abroad blows the future of football wide open

The governing body has agreed to two ‘exceptional’ requests and warned they will not set a precedent - but ripping up the rulebook opens the door to every disruptor to come

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 4d

Zack Polanski was the only major party leader not to be interviewed on the Laura Kuennsberg Show and he said that it’s likely because of his pro-Palestine and anti-genocide politics, which is obviously true.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 5d

Fifpro general secretary Alex Phillips: "Executive presidents are one of the root causes of many governance problems."

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