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Chris Addison

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Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy. Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett [email protected] Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · Nov 17

I intend to use this new, less-sullied place to:

1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27m

Trump's $100,000 skilled worker visa fee gives Britain a golden opportunity to attracted global talent. Needless to say, we're going to piss it away because we're scared of upsetting Nigel Farage.

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Trump's migrant obsession offers Starmer a rare win - but Farage has scared him off

We have a golden opportunity to kick-start the British economy

inews.co.uk

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 1h

Outstanding gag.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 9h

Gang! This is in Sheffield on Friday. A whistle stop tour through some unbelievable CHOOOOONS for newbies and lifers alike. I cannot wait. Come see, if you’re in the S. Yorks environs or thereabouts.

musicintheround.co.uk/events/chris...

CHRIS ADDISON'S INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAMBER MUSIC

CHRIS ADDISON'S INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAMBER MUSIC - Music in the Round %

musicintheround.co.uk

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

*Quietly deletes pitch to FT editor for a column about why it’s pointless my standing for the council as a Lib Dem since I’d only win under AV+.*

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie, One Beatle After Another.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 5d

3 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sonja Muijs, was born in Voorburg (left).

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.

She was almost 2 years old.

Two young children sitting and smiling on a porch step, in a black-and-white vintage photo.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Fair enough. The ICC are noted idiots.

CRICKETher @crickether.com · 5d

Hate to defend Sky, but this one is on the ICC - they produce the feed for World Cups, and Sky just relay it!

Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Within the parameters.

Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Sky Sports need to stop making commentators wear uniforms. The #cwc2025 lot look like they’re catering a mid-price wedding.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Well. Please let this be how England are in the field this entire tournament (with maybe fewer snafus behind the wicket) #cwc2025 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

BECCLESTONE! #cwc2025 🏏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Oh. My. God. #cwc2025 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

God, Linsey Smith is good. Marizane Kapp gone? My word. #cwc2025 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

FUCKING HELL! #cwc2025 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, God. We’re only five overs into the opener. Please don’t make me dream of finals. WHAT A TEAM! #cwc2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦 🏏

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

WOOLVARDT FOR FIVE! LINSEY SMITH YOU GENIUS! YES, I AM WORKING LEAVE ME ALONE! #cwc2025 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

Unbelievably excited by this. Love me a cricket World Cup, love me this team.

Her Game Too Cricket @hergametoocricket.bsky.social · 5d

🏆🏏 It’s match day! ✨

England’s World Cup campaign finally gets underway as they take on South Africa in their tournament opener. 🙌

Can Nat Sciver-Brunt and her team get off to a flying start?

#HerGameToo x #CWC25

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 5d

COME ON, ENGLAND!

#comeonengland #cwc25 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 6d

Nadine is correct and this Palestinian wants nothing, whatsoever, to do with you or your performative bs “solidarity”. You’re a repugnant rotter and a stain on our just cause. Our suffering is not your springboard to dismiss, excuse and “what-about” the legitimate pain, suffering and fears of Jews

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 6d

If your response to Jewish people being stabbed to death and mowed down by a car in Manchester is “Gaza” you’re a charlatan and an antisemite and you need to get in the fucking bin.

I’ve had enough. Jews have had enough.

And you’re no ally of the Palestinian people if you behave like this.

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 6d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 7d

Haha! Meta reverts to type over the fact that AI is a bubble on the verge of bursting due to its ultimately incredibly limited abilities.

Headline from the Financial Times, which reads: Meta to mine AI interactions to help target advertising.

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 7d

Fair enough, they’re not cheap.

A headline from the Financial Times, which reads: US billionaire Josh Harris’s firm in talks for Aga cooker unit.

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