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walton.bsky.social
Claret. 3 kids. Into decent music. Tod Colts U13s Players' Player of the Year 1997. Partridge/Zidane stan
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Craziest housing stat of the week: The state spends MORE today on housing than it did in 1976. The key difference: we used to build council houses, now we spend it on subsidising private landlords. Our housing system is completely broken.

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

You will hear Alan Partridge shriek at exactly 8m54s into This Corrosion by The Sisters Of Mercy. youtu.be/VXGKngAzQwo?...

submitted 97 days ago • 4 comments

It’s a huge afternoon at both ends of the table in the Brasileirao Botafogo and Palmeiras go for the title, whilst Athletico Paranaense, Atletico Mineiro, Red Bull Bragantino and Fluminense seek to avoid the drop. Check out my match @whoscored.com previews for all ten matches. (THREAD)

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Late-era Miles Davis was wild.

submitted 83 days ago • 4 comments

Shot...

submitted 85 days ago • 4 comments

(They finished 4th)

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

This is what I was up to 20 years ago #MetalSky

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Ofer Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for doing his duty to the people of Israel: highlighting the tyranny of Netanyahu and the genocide that renders every Israeli unsafe, physically and morally, for decades. He deserves our support and admiration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

Watching @edconway.bsky.social dissect the latest immigration figures and it’s remarkable what a tiny percentage of the number comes from people on small boat crossings Completely disproportionate to the attention given to this by the media and many politicians

submitted 90 days ago • 30 comments

There were always clues as to how Ratcliffe/Ineos would treat fans in how they treated workers, avoided paying tax in the UK, had a poor environmental record, and were anti-union. Billionaires become billionaires through exploitation and will try to do the same to fans.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Sad story in The Times about 88 year old farmer, John Kemp-Welch, who works 5,000 acres of difficult hill farming land in Scotland. Fortunately, he somehow found time to be Chair of the London Stock Exchange, a stockbroker for 30 years and on the board of HSBC.

submitted 92 days ago • 33 comments

Killing of journalists in Israeli strike could be a war crime, legal experts say www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Fascism update: Israeli government orders officials to boycott left-leaning paper Haaretz www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

@footballcliches.bsky.social would love to know the backstory to this listing on Vinted. Injury? Big comeback went terribly?

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Lovely Father Ted double easter egg in this BBC story about a priest who let Sabrina Carpenter film a video in his church

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Done that Follower Bridge thing so I've actually got some content from people I'm familiar with on my feed

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

A Bluesky exclusive for you (unless you were at the recent live shows): via pod listener Isaac — from an animal park on the outskirts of Bordeaux — the greatest "footballers' names in things" we've ever been sent.

submitted 105 days ago • 15 comments