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Northern Irish optimist. Musings on digital, local government, music, travel, beer, hiking and AVFC. Interested in social justice and fairness. πŸ’œ πŸ’™ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ ☘️ 🌹 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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They don’t #craphottakes

28.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’ll be lots of analysis of the Gorton and Denton by-election. But, it’s pretty clear that Labour’s courting of the right (Reform curious) has failed spectacularly and its lack of appeal to progressive voters (their base) has been a critical error. Time for them to fix both problems, urgently.

27.02.2026 06:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office as King says 'law must take its course' - live updates The King's brother was arrested at 08:00 on Thursday morning; police say they are searching addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.

Andrew’s β€˜accommodation’ is getting smaller and smaller by the week.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

19.02.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I think they call that a game of two halves. Job done though. Good to see the academy players get some time and delighted for Jimoh-Aloba getting his goal πŸŸ£πŸ”΅βš½οΈπŸ¦ #UTV #AVFC

29.01.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome home Dougie β€οΈπŸŸ£πŸ”΅βš½οΈπŸ¦ #UTV #AVFC

28.01.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

25.01.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 50065 πŸ” 16342 πŸ’¬ 1159 πŸ“Œ 633

Fingers crossed #UTV

25.01.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

25.01.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 42948 πŸ” 13833 πŸ’¬ 1346 πŸ“Œ 633
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Please share. πŸ’”

25.01.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 13487 πŸ” 8388 πŸ’¬ 298 πŸ“Œ 401
A cartoon of a news report. The picture shows a government official doing a press conference flanked by goons.
The headline reads β€œA man attacked federal bullets with his body”
Underneath the picture is a quote saying β€œthose bullets had families”

A cartoon of a news report. The picture shows a government official doing a press conference flanked by goons. The headline reads β€œA man attacked federal bullets with his body” Underneath the picture is a quote saying β€œthose bullets had families”

US government rn

25.01.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 13520 πŸ” 3442 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 46

Love Ollie. Glad he scored today. He’s been off it but slowly get back on it. Hitting form at exactly the right time maybe?

25.01.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Punk singer says band is β€˜broke as [expletive]’ after tours: β€˜Just crazy’ Their profits reportedly got tied up in Brexit-created taxes.

🎢 The UK and EU need to work together to support travelling artists and boost the cultural exchange across our continent.

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2026/01/punk-singer-says-band-is-broke-as-expletive-after-tours-just-crazy.html?outputType=amp

25.01.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF

This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

25.01.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 7525 πŸ” 3188 πŸ’¬ 205 πŸ“Œ 194

At SJP I meant to add.

25.01.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Professional all over the pitch. And Bailey has learned how to defend in Italy.

25.01.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Superb performance by us today. First time this season Newcastle haven’t scored in the Premier League. Great Buendia goal. Lovely to see Ollie score. And nice to see Bailey back. And he’s learned how to defend 😊 πŸŸ£πŸ”΅βš½οΈπŸ¦ #UTV #AVFC

25.01.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bloody hell, that wasn’t good for the blood pressure. Best Series so far. Best Traitors ever. So glad they won it together. Yay for Stephen and Rachel. Amazing πŸŽ‰
#TheTraitors
#traitors
#TraitorsUK

23.01.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aston Villa player ratings as 8s and 7s awarded after 1-0 win at Fenerbahce John Townley's Aston Villa player ratings after Unai Emery's side beat Fenerbahce in Turkey

#AVFC jump into the top two of the UEL league phase table after beating Fenerbahce 1-0 in Istanbul.

Some outstanding defensive displays tonight, as Tyrone Mings and Victor Lindelof nullified Jhon Duran. Excellent away result for Unai Emery. πŸ’ͺ

22.01.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œNostalgia is not a strategy”. Mark Carney is spot on. Every word.

21.01.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This has to be the moment for Europe to take its own destiny in its hands. Appeasing bullies never ends well. Let’s flex our substantial, collective muscle. And the UK needs to drop the naive dream of being a bridge between Europe and the US and get fully back around the European table.

18.01.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s behavior is perfect for Russia

18.01.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6

Very poor today from us. Massive missed opportunity. The thinness of our squad now apparent. Needs bolstering this window urgently #UTV #AVFC πŸŸ£πŸ”΅βš½οΈπŸ¦

18.01.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quoting Cory Doctorow:

"Trump denounced the ICC, and then the ICC lost its Outlook access, its email archives, its working files, its address books, its calendars?"

"Microsoft says they didn’t brick the ICC – that it’s a ... https://richardpope.org/2026/01/17/quoting-cory-doctorow-trump-denounced/

17.01.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion – European Council on Foreign Relations Faced with an aggressive United States, Europe has more leverage than it realises. Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relati

[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them.

To cite some examples:

- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence

ecfr.eu/publication/...

17.01.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1883 πŸ” 688 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 78

Tedious isn’t it? We win tomorrow and we’re three ahead of City and four off top but you’d never think it eh?

17.01.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.01.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 851 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 11

We’re definitely in a title race. Will we win the title? Probably not. But we are in the race. And it feels good.

17.01.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What an opportunity.

17.01.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well done to the boss. Premier League Manager of the Moth for December. Well deserved applause πŸ‘πŸ»πŸŸ£πŸ”΅βš½οΈπŸ¦ #UTV #AVFC

16.01.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?

12.01.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 2693 πŸ” 573 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 43