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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · 3d

I was sat right behind it and it looked beautiful 👌

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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · 3d

I’m going to re-watch that Philogene goal so many times we’ll find out if it’s possible to wear out the internet.

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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · 10d

Had great fun at the @petefirman.bsky.social show last night. He put a sword through my neck! If you like saying the words “but how!?”, then get to one of his shows. Incredible talent.

Pete Firman @petefirman.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks Bury St Edmunds!
A beautiful theatre with a beautiful audience. See you next time.

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Matt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social · 13d

There were times this summer when “doing a Diarra” looked set to join “on a Bosman” in football’s phrasebook. But when the window shut, no player had used Lassana Diarra’s 2024 ECJ win to get a move. Nobody except Lucas Ribeiro, that is.

Who?!? This guy 👇

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...

The most important transfer of the summer window (that you’ve never heard about)

Lucas Ribeiro's move from Mamelodi Sundowns to Cultural Leonesa took advantage of a ruling that could be crucial for global football

www.nytimes.com

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Sid Lowe @sidlowe.bsky.social · 18d

Good morning. On love, life and loss. Frienship and football. Ty is so impressive, an honor to speak to him www.theguardian.com/football/202...

‘Maybe I’m the way I am because I lost Jeremy’: Espanyol’s unexpected Englishman Tyrhys Dolan

As he prepares to take on Real Madrid, the former Blackburn forward talks emotionally to Sid Lowe about the pain of his close friend’s death and why football has to change

www.theguardian.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Aug 27

This whole thing is so, so depressingly basic. If Farage’s clear and persistent bigotry had ever been taken seriously we would never have heard of him, but now we have to sit and wait for millions of voters - including his own - to realise that his bigotry will be a disaster for them too.

Nigel Farage has been condemned by the UK’s main Jewish groups and MPs for repeatedly using language and themes associated with far-right antisemitic conspiracy theories, something for which he has been previously criticised.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews said Farage’s airing of claims about plots to undermine national governments, and his references to Goldman Sachs and the financier George Soros, showed he was seeking to “trade in dog whistles”.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Aug 4

It is just SO tiresome, never to hear this even mentioned, let alone explored. You don't like immigrants. You don't like the state supporting people having lots of kids. You don't like your retirement age increasing or your pension decreasing. It's a simple equation - not quantum physics FFS.

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Barney Ronay @barneyronay.bsky.social · Aug 3

Harry brook and the most fun anyone has ever had playing for England www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Brook’s hoodlum hundred deserves to sit in its own brilliant square of light

An England victory on the final day against India would probably nudge his 111 as the greatest at the Oval in the modern age

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · Jul 31

100% yes. Has proved invaluable when kids’ favourite films suddenly disappear from streaming services or cost ££ to rent/buy. Like others have said, a 2nd-hand games console is a good option as you can also load apps like iPlayer etc.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Jul 30

This whole arguement about whether it's doing them harm. I mean, maybe? It's definitely fucking doing adults harm. But no-one seems interested in getting all draconian about that.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Jul 30

I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.

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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · Jul 27

If I had the money I’d personally fund a statue of Chloe Kelly in her one-legged, pre-penalty pose. England legend.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oh thank God, another workplace.

TheBeep.com.au @thebeepau.bsky.social · Jul 23

Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Microsoft to turn your cabin into a productivity zone, with Teams meetings on your dashboard, voice-activated AI for email summaries and seamless access to business logins and calendars.

They call it your third workplace.

#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · Jul 24

Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Jul 24

Lionel Shriver tells those of us who live here what our country looks like if you leave it + rely on the media ecosystem of the very online right as a proxy for reality

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · Jul 23

there is always something fascinating about seeing how other places stereotype your own culture

marcus rashford in a barcelona kit standing in a red telephone box

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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · Jul 22

Incredibly so. ‘I’ve seen them not given Clive’

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Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · Jul 20

Really sad to hear that my colleague of 20+ years, the legendary golf commentator, Bob Bubka, has signed his final scorecard. Bob had huge enthusiasm for golf, and life, and a voice that was just perfect for radio. Honey poured into your ears. Loved working with him.

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A Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · Jul 20

It’s Damien Delaney’s birthday today. You remember him.

That’s one hell of a guest list, son…

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Ian Byrne @byrno.bsky.social · Jul 19

100% this. Really winds me up. Had a mate the other day say “let’s be honest, any National Lge side could beat the England women.” and I couldn’t get over how pointless a thing it was to say.