Shane Thomas
tokenbg.bsky.social
Shane Thomas
@tokenbg.bsky.social
South London
They should ban the Slavia fans from the fucking stadium.
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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As things stand now, the NWSL isn’t fighting for Trinity Rodman. It’s fighting against her, and shadowboxing with its own potential in the process.

A column, at @theathletic.com:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
NWSL said it would fight for Trinity Rodman. It’s only fighting with itself
One way or the other, the league will set a precedent with Rodman. The NWSL has the power to choose what that looks like.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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ICYMI: @scarletteharris.bsky.social on harsh demands of mothering in Christmas movies.

"Holidays add weight...decorating, cooking, throwing parties for which various presents need to be procured, wrangling excitable children who just won’t go the fuck to sleep in anticipation of Santa Claus..."
Bad (White) Moms Dominate Christmas Movies
It's Christmas movie season. Why do so many feature bad moms?
the-flytrap.ghost.io
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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This morning on UD, your weekend match features low-flying planes and an emo horse, and if that isn't enough, then I don't know what is.

unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
The Weekend Match: Bedfont Sports 6-0 Fareham Town - Hold Me Like You'll Never Let Me Go
19 miles from Central London and barely a couple of hundred yards from Heathrow Airport you'll find a football team having a very nice afternoon indeed.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And the smartest thing Dano has done publicly is to do nothing. Clearly knows not to interrupt his enemy when they're making a mistake.
the thing about paul dano is i only know him from two movies.

little miss sunshine and there will be blood.

he does a perfectly fine job in both films and he doesn't seem out of place or bad when acting opposite daniel day-lewis which is no small thing.

so idk really where the hate is from..
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We now go live to @tim-stillman.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Don’t disagree with any of this.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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My mum just sent me this, she's a good woman. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Sorry, was this *really* Football Manager, or did @suzywrack.bsky.social get put in charge of the real life team and I missed it? 😅😭
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Sources told @theathletic.com the WNBA’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue.

Plus, news on many more proposal items with @benpickman.bsky.social, including a (mandatory?) draft combine, benefits and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Not sure why I'm suddenly getting Harris Dickinson energy from Rob Edwards. Guess we know who will play him in the biopic if his managerial career has a sudden upturn.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Went to the Battle of Ideas, where speech has been successfully freed but all anyone wants to talk about is Tommy Robinson.

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Morgan Jones | At the Battle of Ideas
In The Impact of Labour, Maurice Cowling wrote that politics in the 1920s was ‘fifty or sixty people’ in tension...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Today in Proximities:

- Cameroonian opposition leader dies suddenly in detention
- Flooding toll in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand tops 1,300
- Surveillance fears as India orders phone makers to pre-load govt app

Read it in under two mins.

www.proximities.news/p/cameroon-i...
Cameroon, Indonesia, India
Today's three stories you should know
www.proximities.news
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Between 1965 and 1980, dozens of the best-known musicians in Britain were collectors of Nazi regalia…

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/thir...
Third Reich ’n’ Roll
A new book reflects on the music industry’s disturbing obsession with Nazi aesthetics and ideology — ranging over unexpected examples of fascist fetishism, and celebrating those who challenged it.
tribunemag.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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‘Colombians don’t appreciate being branded as a nation of drug traffickers, least of all by someone like Trump. For the moment, President Gustavo Petro’s popularity has rebounded.’

New on the blog: Forrest Hylton on Colombia v. Trump.

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Forrest Hylton | Gran Colombia Redux
The US can bomb Venezuelan military and civilian targets from the USS Gerald R. Ford but it’s difficult to imagine...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Wrote about how important Jimmy Cliff was to me and what a pioneer he was in all ways
www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jim...
What I Know is What I Am: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) | Tributes | Roger Ebert
A tribute to the legendary Jimmy Cliff.
www.rogerebert.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wait, it’s not Ange’s Tottenham that’s the football analogy for Bazball, but… Flick’s Barcelona 😮
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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‘In the first week of November I was sitting with my mother in the tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza.

“We can’t stay here through the winter,” my mother said. “Our tents are worn out.” I had no answer for her.’

New on the blog from Hassan Ayman Herzallah

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Hassan Ayman Herzallah | Seventeen Minutes of Rain
In the first week of November I was sitting with my mother in the tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. It was 9 a.m. on...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Your weekend match is here, friends, Sutton United vs Gateshead, featuring more train chaos, 30 [THIRTY] away fans, a fox, the best match I've seen so far this season and possibly the best sunset I've seen in my entire life.

unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-weeken...
The Weekend Match: Sutton United 4-2 Gateshead - The Turquoise Sky to Burnished Gold was Turned
It's a relegation six-pointer near the foot of the National League, and it turns out to be the best game - and the best sunset - I've seen all season.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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‘There is no equipment to remove the rubble – not for the Palestinians, anyway. Any heavy-lifting machinery is being used by the Israelis to move the Yellow Line, which is creeping inwards.’

New from @selmadabbagh.bsky.social on the blog.

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Selma Dabbagh | Rebranding Genocide
The killing of Palestinians has continued, sometimes surpassing pre-ceasefire levels and accelerating viciously in the...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Not falling for this again
Ahahahahha, sure, of course
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Recently, @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social , MSI UK's Head of External Relations, spoke on the @opendemocracy.net podcast about the importance of abortion decriminalisation.

🔗Listen to the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlo...

#Abortion
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Really, me and Mariona are basically the same.

(we don’t need to focus on the being good at football thing)
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM