Philippe Auclair
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
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The Magnificent Anderson - josimarfootball.com
Illegal betting operators routinely use actors to impersonate their owners and executives, but none of them has ever gone as far in this respect as AC Milan's brand new "official betting partner in As...
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From the crazy world of illegal gambling, one of the craziest stories we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social have come across in our investigations (and that is saying something). Who is "William Anderson", "founder" of Milan's new Asian betting partner sureWin? josimarfootball.com/2025/12/15/t...
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Lush Life
YouTube video by Silvano Mazzella
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January 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
An extraordinary week for archeology. This may be the most astonishing find. A 120 m-long wall of 62 7 000 years old monoliths submerged in the Atlantic Ocean near Seing Island.
Au large du Finistère, un gigantesque mur vieux de 7000 ans a été découvert par des plongeurs. Situé à 9m sous la mer, ce mur fait 120m de long, 20m de large sur lequel se dressent 62 monolithes.
Pour en savoir plus, écoutez La Planète des sciences ➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/NCJ
Pour en savoir plus, écoutez La Planète des sciences ➡️ https://l.franceinter.fr/NCJ
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM
An extraordinary week for archeology. This may be the most astonishing find. A 120 m-long wall of 62 7 000 years old monoliths submerged in the Atlantic Ocean near Seing Island.
Perhaps my favourite Blossom Dearie performance (it is right now). Written by Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman. What a unique singer she was (as well as one of the pianists of her age, as Bill Evans never tired of telling whoever asked him).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQvW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQvW...
It Amazes Me
YouTube video by Blossom Dearie - Topic
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January 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Perhaps my favourite Blossom Dearie performance (it is right now). Written by Carolyn Leigh and Cy Coleman. What a unique singer she was (as well as one of the pianists of her age, as Bill Evans never tired of telling whoever asked him).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQvW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQvW...
- "Doctor, I feel a bit down, I don't know why, but nothing seems to make me feel better".
- "What you need is a regular dose of Blossom Dearie singing "Surrey With The Fringe On Top".
youtu.be/8ccIbog--aE?...
- "What you need is a regular dose of Blossom Dearie singing "Surrey With The Fringe On Top".
youtu.be/8ccIbog--aE?...
Blossom Dearie - "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" (1957)
YouTube video by TimeWarp Radio
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January 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
- "Doctor, I feel a bit down, I don't know why, but nothing seems to make me feel better".
- "What you need is a regular dose of Blossom Dearie singing "Surrey With The Fringe On Top".
youtu.be/8ccIbog--aE?...
- "What you need is a regular dose of Blossom Dearie singing "Surrey With The Fringe On Top".
youtu.be/8ccIbog--aE?...
Magnificent. Make sure you click on the "1 more reply" link to make sure you read the whole thread. You will not regret it.
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Magnificent. Make sure you click on the "1 more reply" link to make sure you read the whole thread. You will not regret it.
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This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The truth about the "hard men" of football is that almost all of their acts of violence on the pitch are/were committed on players who never had a chance to defend themselves. Tackles from behind. Elbows to the face. Studs raking the achilles. Cowardice is at the heart of the macho posturing.
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The truth about the "hard men" of football is that almost all of their acts of violence on the pitch are/were committed on players who never had a chance to defend themselves. Tackles from behind. Elbows to the face. Studs raking the achilles. Cowardice is at the heart of the macho posturing.
Link to the @thefsa.bsky.social's blueprint document "Stop Exploiting Loyalty": thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/u...
January 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Link to the @thefsa.bsky.social's blueprint document "Stop Exploiting Loyalty": thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Adult in the room has spoken. Slot deserves a lot of credit for this.
Slot: "I don’t know Martinelli but he comes across as a nice guy. The problem for him and in general is there’s so much time wasting and players pretending they’re injured that you can be annoyed... I'm 100% sure that if [Martinelli] knew what the injury might be, he wouldn't do that."
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Adult in the room has spoken. Slot deserves a lot of credit for this.
What Martinelli did was stupid, potentially harmful and unacceptable. Also unacceptable is the fact that a pundit, Gary Neville, who did not have the (flimsy) excuse of being caught in the action, thought that Liverpool players should have given him a beating and said so live on TV.
The Arsenal boss wants to know what his winger was thinking with his actions against the #LFC defender 👇🔴
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...
Mikel Arteta confirms talks with Gabriel Martinelli after Conor Bradley incident
Mikel Arteta confirms talks with Gabriel Martinelli after Conor Bradley incident
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
What Martinelli did was stupid, potentially harmful and unacceptable. Also unacceptable is the fact that a pundit, Gary Neville, who did not have the (flimsy) excuse of being caught in the action, thought that Liverpool players should have given him a beating and said so live on TV.
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Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
@stevemenary.bsky.social is a must-follow for anyone interested in how MCO works, whom it involves and how it is re-shaping the football world.
There are now at least 444 clubs around in some form of multi club ownership www.linkedin.com/posts/steve-...
Multi club ownership (MCO) now extends to all six of FIFA’s regional confederations. There are at least 444 clubs around the world whose owners or significant shareholders have cross-ownership stakes…...
Multi club ownership (MCO) now extends to all six of FIFA’s regional confederations. There are at least 444 clubs around the world whose owners or significant shareholders have cross-ownership stakes ...
www.linkedin.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
@stevemenary.bsky.social is a must-follow for anyone interested in how MCO works, whom it involves and how it is re-shaping the football world.
The best book about what is happening in our world right now was written in the mid-1930s by a German lawyer called Sebastian Haffner. Bis repetita. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/defy...
Defying Hitler: A Memoir
A Memoir
uk.bookshop.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The best book about what is happening in our world right now was written in the mid-1930s by a German lawyer called Sebastian Haffner. Bis repetita. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/defy...
Perhaps time for Burnley FC to re-consider its partnership with X, no?
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Perhaps time for Burnley FC to re-consider its partnership with X, no?
Delighted, and very proud, as I'm sure @andylewis.bsky.social, @ianbutton.bsky.social, @robertrotifer.bsky.social and @danny-manners.bsky.social will be too, that our "Road To The Sea" album was chosen by @radioshoes.bsky.social as his "Album of the Year" for 2025.
www.mixcloud.com/radioshoes/c...
www.mixcloud.com/radioshoes/c...
Curve Ball January 1 2026 (Top 10 Albums Of 2025)
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January 7, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Delighted, and very proud, as I'm sure @andylewis.bsky.social, @ianbutton.bsky.social, @robertrotifer.bsky.social and @danny-manners.bsky.social will be too, that our "Road To The Sea" album was chosen by @radioshoes.bsky.social as his "Album of the Year" for 2025.
www.mixcloud.com/radioshoes/c...
www.mixcloud.com/radioshoes/c...
A magnificent thread.
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A magnificent thread.
NEU.
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
January 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
NEU.
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AB B♭A
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
August 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
AB B♭A
Through no fault of my own, I found myself in a place where Sheeran's "The Shape Of You" was playing. It is, in a way, reassuring to be reminded that it is as shite and objectionable as I first thought it was, in those blessed days when I'd never willingly heard any of his "songs".
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Through no fault of my own, I found myself in a place where Sheeran's "The Shape Of You" was playing. It is, in a way, reassuring to be reminded that it is as shite and objectionable as I first thought it was, in those blessed days when I'd never willingly heard any of his "songs".
The hosting of the 2022 World Cup (and of other Doha-based global competitions) was not about "sportwashing": it was a crucial step in building up the emirate as an indispensable go-between/mediator in conflicts and therefore strenghten its own security.
EN DIRECT, Venezuela : la Chine répète que le Venezuela est « un pays souverain », le Qatar propose sa médiation
EN DIRECT, Venezuela : la Chine répète que le Venezuela est « un pays souverain », le Qatar propose sa médiation
Le ministère des affaires étrangères chinois a dit que le Venezuela « jouit d’une souveraineté pleine et permanente sur ses ressources naturelles et sur toutes les activités économiques qui se déroulent sur son territoire ».
www.lemonde.fr
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The hosting of the 2022 World Cup (and of other Doha-based global competitions) was not about "sportwashing": it was a crucial step in building up the emirate as an indispensable go-between/mediator in conflicts and therefore strenghten its own security.
Some fine replies to the German Embaassy's post. The worst the pun, the better, sometimes.
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Some fine replies to the German Embaassy's post. The worst the pun, the better, sometimes.
Top tip by @leparisien.fr. In those icy conditions, to avoid slipping and falling, walk like a 🐧. I hope everyone listens to this excellent advice and can't wait to see the spectacle on the Euston Road.
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Top tip by @leparisien.fr. In those icy conditions, to avoid slipping and falling, walk like a 🐧. I hope everyone listens to this excellent advice and can't wait to see the spectacle on the Euston Road.
Thank you, Mr. Postman. That's my reading sorted for a while, I think.
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Thank you, Mr. Postman. That's my reading sorted for a while, I think.
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À ceux qui, naïfs, en doutaient encore : le départ de Rosenior à mi-saison prouve définitivement que Strasbourg n’est qu’une variable d’ajustement, une équipe réserve, de Chelsea. On ne traite pas un petit frère ainsi. Une pensée pour les Ultras.
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
À ceux qui, naïfs, en doutaient encore : le départ de Rosenior à mi-saison prouve définitivement que Strasbourg n’est qu’une variable d’ajustement, une équipe réserve, de Chelsea. On ne traite pas un petit frère ainsi. Une pensée pour les Ultras.
Following Liam Rosenior's appointment by Chelsea, the statement released by the RC Strasbourg's supporters association. "A new, humiliating step in Racing's subjugation by Chelsea...The future of French football is at stake".
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Following Liam Rosenior's appointment by Chelsea, the statement released by the RC Strasbourg's supporters association. "A new, humiliating step in Racing's subjugation by Chelsea...The future of French football is at stake".