jrwatson.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Manufactures words and arranges them, nicely, on a page. Also books, films, music, usual blokey gubbins. Recovering academic (history). #Arsenal fan since 1978 but mainly seen at Plough Lane these days #COYG #COYD
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Their bills have had silly names for years e.g. the CHIPS Act of 2022, which was about funding research into semiconductors ("Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors")
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Oh he was involved in those as well? Amazing, thanks. Can’t imagine many 70s-80s players or managers doing anything like that
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… sounds like the gibbering of a homicidal maniac closing in on their victim
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Britain’s going to the dog’s bollocks? Presumably that would actually be a good thing
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Why have no representatives of the company director community come out and publicly condemned this vile attack? It's because of one simple and inescapable fact: company directors hate Britain. They should all be forced to swear allegiance to King and country or face deportation
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He lasted much longer than I thought he would! But I guess he will still be around, in the same sinister, menacing way that Steve Bannon was/is after getting kicked out in 2017
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Might just be me - being told something is a 'must-read' instantly makes me not want to read it, ever
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Hearing all those Geordies chanting 'Oh Mikel Arteta, it must be the ball' during the LC semi-final second leg was truly weird - entirely driven by UK media
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Several times I've found myself wondering 'why do people hate Arteta so much?' I'm not a huge fan of his but the scorn and loathing heaped on him is undeserved. I've deleted the BBC Sport app as I got sick of the clickbait headlines. Those who work there care more about 'engagement' than reporting 🥱
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Never fails to put a smile on my face, that song...
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(He has now recovered both items, thanks for asking.)
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On Monday, he lost his pencil case. On Tuesday, he lost his phone. I wonder what today will bring?
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Ramsay would not be able to stand jointly with Polanski 'as under party rules if there is a co-leadership, the duo cannot be the same gender'. Brilliant
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Now would be a good time for Stevens to end his goal drought (a month ago would have been even better).
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That's the trouble with the public, they're horrible, as Peter Mannion once said (I think)