Philippe Auclair
@philippeauclair.bsky.social
Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
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Dirty money - josimarfootball.com
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
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New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social, by our first-time contributors Nathan Southern and Lindsey Kennedy, a deep dive into Celtic's longtime sponsor Dafabet. This will not be a comfortable read for the fans of the Bhoys.
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
Typical Aubameyang. Misses two great chances in the first half, including an "unmissable" header, then scores a jaw-dropper, curling the ball in from an acute angle. That's Aubame for you.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Typical Aubameyang. Misses two great chances in the first half, including an "unmissable" header, then scores a jaw-dropper, curling the ball in from an acute angle. That's Aubame for you.
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🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Bravo The Times, bravo.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bravo The Times, bravo.
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A few days after Cristiano Ronaldo was at the White House, FIFA says it has suspended the remaining two games of Cristiano Ronaldo's three-game ban for violent conduct, meaning he can play in Portugal's first two World Cup games.
Coincidence or not, it's certainly timing.
Coincidence or not, it's certainly timing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A few days after Cristiano Ronaldo was at the White House, FIFA says it has suspended the remaining two games of Cristiano Ronaldo's three-game ban for violent conduct, meaning he can play in Portugal's first two World Cup games.
Coincidence or not, it's certainly timing.
Coincidence or not, it's certainly timing.
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My podcast on Nathan Gill, the British MEP jailed last week for 10.5 years for talking cash from a Russian spy. A spectacular case of treachery, stupidity and grubby opportunism. And an illustration of how deep the Kremlin's covert UK influence operation goes www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor – podcast
Nathan Gill was an MEP for the Brexit party and Ukip, and later became Reform UK’s leader in Wales. Now he has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Luke Harding re...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My podcast on Nathan Gill, the British MEP jailed last week for 10.5 years for talking cash from a Russian spy. A spectacular case of treachery, stupidity and grubby opportunism. And an illustration of how deep the Kremlin's covert UK influence operation goes www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Oh this is magnificent
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Oh this is magnificent
The news that Belgian football feared: as happened in France, DAZN is pulling out of its broadcasting deal with the ProLeague with immediate effect. Should no solution be found (which appears the likeliest scenario), the league's 16th round will not be broadcast in Belgium.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The news that Belgian football feared: as happened in France, DAZN is pulling out of its broadcasting deal with the ProLeague with immediate effect. Should no solution be found (which appears the likeliest scenario), the league's 16th round will not be broadcast in Belgium.
Big 👍🏻 to David Moyes for keeping his cool - and his front four together after Gana's red card. Other managers would have taken one of his forwards off. He believed, rightly, that their ability to keep the ball would make the difference.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Big 👍🏻 to David Moyes for keeping his cool - and his front four together after Gana's red card. Other managers would have taken one of his forwards off. He believed, rightly, that their ability to keep the ball would make the difference.
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I know they're losing but this seems a bit extreme
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I know they're losing but this seems a bit extreme
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Is there no enterprising UK-based law firm willing to pursue this on behalf of UK authors?
I have two novels and about ten academic articles on the Anthropic list, but I’m not going to get a penny because nothing is registered with the US copyright office (academic articles seem to be entirely excluded from the settlement). What a bummer.
September 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Is there no enterprising UK-based law firm willing to pursue this on behalf of UK authors?
This is welcome - of course; but it still misses the crucial part. Artists are not just a 'business sector', unless it is accepted that statisticians hold the whole truth and nothing exists without it. This is not just an economic problem, it is a civilisational hazard.
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is welcome - of course; but it still misses the crucial part. Artists are not just a 'business sector', unless it is accepted that statisticians hold the whole truth and nothing exists without it. This is not just an economic problem, it is a civilisational hazard.
To lose one player may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose eight looks like carelessness. With apologies to the great OW, new column en français on Arsenal's injury woes before the NLD. www.eurosport.fr/football/pre...
www.eurosport.fr
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
To lose one player may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose eight looks like carelessness. With apologies to the great OW, new column en français on Arsenal's injury woes before the NLD. www.eurosport.fr/football/pre...
The bitter irony of Murillo's goal being allowed against Liverpool is that it is the direct consequence of van Dijk's wrongly disallowed goal against Man City, which the PL panel agreed should have stood. When things start going against you...
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The bitter irony of Murillo's goal being allowed against Liverpool is that it is the direct consequence of van Dijk's wrongly disallowed goal against Man City, which the PL panel agreed should have stood. When things start going against you...
Should anyone know the xGs for both teams in this first half at St James' Park...thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Should anyone know the xGs for both teams in this first half at St James' Park...thank you.
Marseille, aussi ville du courage. RIP Mehdi.
🇫🇷 Mobilisée pour "faire bloc" contre le narcobanditisme, malgré la peur, une foule compacte de Marseillais a rendu hommage samedi à Mehdi Kessaci, assassiné par deux hommes à moto le 13 novembre. "Il faut que ça s'arrête", a lancé sa mère.
➡️ u.afp.com/ShUj
➡️ u.afp.com/ShUj
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Marseille, aussi ville du courage. RIP Mehdi.
A thought for the employees of Muji, who have been subjected to the *same* hour-long loop of mock Irish folk music for two years (minimum) in Ken Hi Street. Actual torture.
The onslaught of piped in Xmas music is workers rights issue. It was THE thing I complained to management about when I worked @ B&N.
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A thought for the employees of Muji, who have been subjected to the *same* hour-long loop of mock Irish folk music for two years (minimum) in Ken Hi Street. Actual torture.
Half a century ago exactly, 36 year old Francois de Roubaix died in a diving accident in the Canary Islands. The world was robbed of one of cinema's greatest composers and sonic explorers. The replies to @gotglink.bsky.social feature some of his best scores.
Il y a 50 ans aujourd'hui, François de Roubaix s'éteignait.
La poésie, le talent et la grâce de son œuvre musicale rayonnent toujours autant.
Je vous propose de poster ici un morceau qui représente pour vous son univers.
La poésie, le talent et la grâce de son œuvre musicale rayonnent toujours autant.
Je vous propose de poster ici un morceau qui représente pour vous son univers.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Half a century ago exactly, 36 year old Francois de Roubaix died in a diving accident in the Canary Islands. The world was robbed of one of cinema's greatest composers and sonic explorers. The replies to @gotglink.bsky.social feature some of his best scores.
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
When it comes to antagonising fans for no fathomable reason, UEFA can beat Fifa at its own game.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uefa orders Scotland fans to remove celebration videos from X
European football's governing body claimed clips of fans cheering Scotland's World Cup qualification in front of TV screens breached copyright.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
When it comes to antagonising fans for no fathomable reason, UEFA can beat Fifa at its own game.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The 2007 Uruguayan "murga" song by the late Canario Luna which Marcelo Bielsa described in the extraordinary press conference he gave yesterday as "one of the best songs about football" he had ever heard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysp...
canario luna a los cuadros chicos
YouTube video by CANARIO LUNA
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The 2007 Uruguayan "murga" song by the late Canario Luna which Marcelo Bielsa described in the extraordinary press conference he gave yesterday as "one of the best songs about football" he had ever heard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ysp...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Dear fellow arachnophobes, the Gates of Hell have been located.
🕷️ La plus grande toile d’araignée du monde découverte en Grèce ⤵️
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Dear fellow arachnophobes, the Gates of Hell have been located.
As Noam Chomsky is in the news again, a reminder of the Great Linguist and Awesome Intellectual's considered view of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
Noam Chomsky: Russia is fighting more humanely than the US did in Iraq
The US linguist on the war in Ukraine, how the West is provoking China and why the UK is “not an independent country anymore”.
www.newstatesman.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As Noam Chomsky is in the news again, a reminder of the Great Linguist and Awesome Intellectual's considered view of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...