Richard L Barnes
@rlbarnes.bsky.social
Guitar, bike, Spurs, Exeter, journalist, dodgy knee
Go figure: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Go figure: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists
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‘It’s hell on earth for me’: how did Joe Black overdose in a homeless hostel with zero tolerance for drugs?
March 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘It’s hell on earth for me’: how did Joe Black overdose in a homeless hostel with zero tolerance for drugs?
Netflix throws another log on the fire in festive TV virtual blaze craze
December 27, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Netflix throws another log on the fire in festive TV virtual blaze craze
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Nicholson quoting Blanchflower:
“The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.”
#COYS #THFC
“The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.”
#COYS #THFC
Ange Postecoglou sack? His Spurs is the BEST PL team since 90s
Football is supposed to be fun and Ange Postecoglou's Spurs are damned fine fun. Don't listen when they say it's a results game.
www.football365.com
December 25, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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If this singer can risk her life to oppose tyranny, our media can risk their profits.
December 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
If this singer can risk her life to oppose tyranny, our media can risk their profits.
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer
December 10, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer
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I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 AM
I'm on strike today and tomorrow with hundreds of my Guardian colleagues over the proposed sale of the Observer. Much of the brilliant journalism you enjoy for free on the Guardian website over the weekend is Observer journalism... cont'd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
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Why are we striking?
Our owners says the sale is “necessary”. But the Observer is a successful part of the Guardian family
The deal has been done in secret and without considering other bids
Our owners have a £1.3bn fund & a duty to protect liberal journalism - why not invest?
Our owners says the sale is “necessary”. But the Observer is a successful part of the Guardian family
The deal has been done in secret and without considering other bids
Our owners have a £1.3bn fund & a duty to protect liberal journalism - why not invest?
December 4, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Why are we striking?
Our owners says the sale is “necessary”. But the Observer is a successful part of the Guardian family
The deal has been done in secret and without considering other bids
Our owners have a £1.3bn fund & a duty to protect liberal journalism - why not invest?
Our owners says the sale is “necessary”. But the Observer is a successful part of the Guardian family
The deal has been done in secret and without considering other bids
Our owners have a £1.3bn fund & a duty to protect liberal journalism - why not invest?
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Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵
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December 4, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵
How can you support us?
SHARE our posts
WRITE to [email protected]
JOIN US - there's cake!
How can you support us?
SHARE our posts
WRITE to [email protected]
JOIN US - there's cake!
We need to talk about capitalism. Why won’t Labour do it?
November 30, 2024 at 11:49 PM
We need to talk about capitalism. Why won’t Labour do it?
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You may not have heard, but Guardian journalists have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike, in opposition to the sale of The Observer. Departing editor Paul Webster explains why in this thread threadreaderapp.com/thread/18596...
Thread by @paulfwebster on Thread Reader App
@paulfwebster: Here's why I think the proposed sale of the Observer to Tortoise would severely damage the reputation of the Scott Trust and threaten the future of the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, ...
threadreaderapp.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 PM
You may not have heard, but Guardian journalists have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike, in opposition to the sale of The Observer. Departing editor Paul Webster explains why in this thread threadreaderapp.com/thread/18596...
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Why are Guardian and Observer journalists going on strike for four days in December over the deal to offload the Observer onto a failing digital startup? Five reasons here. Please repost 🙏
November 22, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Why are Guardian and Observer journalists going on strike for four days in December over the deal to offload the Observer onto a failing digital startup? Five reasons here. Please repost 🙏