Badenoch spends roughly 23 hours a day doomscrolling, it's literally impossible for her not to have seen any of the videos. How stupid does she take us for?

James Heale@jaheale.bsky.social · 9h ago

Kemi Badenoch on Crewkerne Gazette candidate: "I don't watch his videos. I don't even like those videos. I hate AI deepfakes."

Say what you want about previous Labour governments, but each one left Britain a more socially liberal country than when it came into office. Without a huge u-turn, the current Labour government will leave us more reactionary and intolerant than in 2024, and this is a big part of why

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 8h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

As things stand, this signing makes it very likely that Arsenal retain the title imho. Rice and Guimaraes complement each other extremely well and maximise the attack

David Ornstein@david-ornstein.bsky.social · 9h ago

🚨 Newcastle United to sanction sale of Bruno Guimaraes to Arsenal for £75m. #AFC started lower, #NUFC wanted higher but compromise in process of being sealed to grant 28yo Brazil int’l midfielder desired move. Lyon entitled to 20% of profit @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

I've been meaning to do a 🧵for ages of which players Chelsea should be selling. Gonna split the thread into three parts: -players who should be sold no matter what; -players who should be sold at the right price; -players who should be sold only once a superior replacement has been identified

As @camtreblig.bsky.social said earlier, infantino getting greedy with EA was much more of a canary than we knew at the time

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 2d ago

FIFA World Cup developer Refactor Games reportedly shuttered by Delphi Interactive www.gamesindustry.biz/fifa-world-c...

I’m completely fascinated by GCs having literally no standards for who they consider an ally beyond hating trans people. As long as you agree with them on gender, they don’t care what else you’ve said and done

tubular bellend@crungler.online · 2d ago

where there's one,

Disappointed as a Chelsea fan but genuinely happy for Trev. But if we sell him while keeping hold of Disasi, Badiashile, Fofana AND Tosin, I’m gonna be so annoyed

Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: Trevoh Chalobah's move to Como is now agreed. €30m+€6m package. Chelsea also retain a sell-on. Chalobah has already agreed terms.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

An underrated cause of Infantino’s problems is him playing silly buggers with EA Sports: FIFA got $150m a year just to let EA use the name on a game. Literally free money. But Gianni got greedy and wanted more, EA called his bluff and walked away. Since then he’s been trying to make up the shortfall

James Stafford@jpstafford.bsky.social · 2d ago

Excellent. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Rhaegar saw this and decided to provoke a civil war

Lossy@loska1.bsky.social · 3d ago

Maisie Williams sexy face 🤤🥵

How am I only just finding out that Amanda Knox has an Edinburgh show? And how is this real and not a bit from The Onion?

Amanda Knox@amandaknox.com · 4d ago

Well, the entire run of my one-woman show at Fringe is sold out before I even get to Scotland. No pressure!

As a genuine fan of women’s sports I find it incredibly depressing how it gets weaponised against trans people. I’ve been a season ticket holder for Chelsea Women since the end of lockdown and every other fan I’ve interacted with over the years is a trans ally. Never once have I encountered a GC

Bill Hanstock@sundownmotel.bsky.social · 3d ago

the wnba alienating their core audience for the sake of people who wouldn’t watch a wnba game to save their child’s life is a bold gambit, to be sure

Considering the amount of journalistic experience its hosts have between them, it’s actually incredible what a hack show the News Agents is. Not a single original thought between them, it’s nothing but conventional wisdom and lazy takes

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 5d ago

“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.

Rowling signed the Harper’s Letter, which lamented, “it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.” Are ANY of her co-signatories — some follow me — going to speak up about her crusade against trans people?

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE@leftistlawyer.com · 4d ago

Amnesty International correctly called out Rowling's transphobia. She threatened them in response. And @amnesty.org surrendered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

on the right, "bravery" is when you're willing to be criticized by liberals, even if the position you're taking is fully embraced by the federal government and half the states.

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

We really need a new left back, but…oh god this is such an underwhelming option. Way too defensive to play as a wingback and his crosses suck. Xabi baby please, you’re better than this

Fabrizio Romano (MIRROR)@fabrizioromano.yopro20.com · 4d ago

🚨🔵 EXCL: Chelsea improve their bid for Pep Chavarría as negotiations with Rayo Vallecano are moving forward. New proposal for the Spanish left back wanted by Xabi Alonso. 🇪🇸

Stolen from FB

It Spain doesn’t want people from Africa in its territory, maybe it shouldn’t own two bits of territory in Africa? I don’t know about you, but having a bit of your country in Africa and insisting no Africans are allowed in it doesn’t seem like a very logical choice

What I find troubling about Badenoch's polling is that, when she faced a really serious test of her judgement over the War in Iran, she failed it spectacularly - and blamed British Muslims. And it's had almost zero effect on her reputation. That says something about us, not just her.

Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · last wk.

🧵Looked quite a bit over past week at appeal of Burnham, what about Badenoch, whose approvals have risen significantly since a low last Autumn, when barely 10% of voters gave her a gross positive approval, to over 30% and higher net approval than Farage, Polanski & Davey.

The BBC taking the 60,000 number provided by the Spanish right rather than the 50,000 number provided by the Spanish government is an editorial choice

It’s kinda impressive for such a short phrase to be so deeply and fundamentally historically inaccurate. The mainstream centre-left were the most consistent and principled opponents of fascism in the 20s and 30s

Andrew S.@shoutingboy.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Liberals will always choose fascism over socialism” is one of this website’s conventional ways of saying “I am stupid and I prefer reading the opinions of other stupid people”. It is good when stupid people self-identify, so we should not complain when they do so 

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

@sjohnsonsport.bsky.social · 5d ago

The FA’s anti-doping case against Mykhailo Mudryk is resolved. He can start training with #CFC again & is joining pre-season tour in Hong Kong next week. More here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

As a donor to Amnesty International I’m really disappointed they’ve done this, but encouraging people to cancel their donations is dumb. The real villain, apart from Rowling herself, is a legal system which still allows rich hobbyists to bully people, and a judiciary which indulges it

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 5d ago

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

The transfer ban being suspended is definitive proof there is an anti-Chelsea conspiracy in the footballing establishment. They're scared of how good we'd be if we weren't allowed to waste money on dross

@sjohnsonsport.bsky.social · 5d ago

#CFC are fined again for rule breaches under Abramovich era - it’s the FA’s turn re. The 74 charges after UEFA and PL already hit them with financial penalty. Bill comes to £10m plus suspended transfer ban. More here from @simonhughes1983.bsky.social and me: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...

This kills the plan. FIFA needs it to be approved by a majority of members (106) and, assuming all members of UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC back this position, more than two thirds oppose it. It just remains to be seen if FIFA withdraws the plan or if it gets formally voted down in September

Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · 5d ago

New AFC statement.

As it was his funeral today, it seems appropriate to gift you all my grandfather’s obituary in the Telegraph. Obviously I’m biased but he really was an extraordinary man www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/46c71af...

Tom McNab, revered athletics coach whose charges included the Olympic champion Greg Rutherford

Away from track and field, he helped Chelsea win the FA Cup and England reach the Rugby World Cup final

telegraph.co.uk

one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last wk.

Projection so powerful, you could screen the Odyssey in 70MM IMAX from it.

Excellent signing by Leeds. But I don’t know why a bigger club didn’t go for him. Unless City refused to sell to anyone they regard as a potential rival, it’s astonishing so many teams have let Trafford slip through their fingers

David Ornstein@david-ornstein.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨 Leeds United on verge of completing agreement with Manchester City to sign James Trafford. Deal for #MCFC goalkeeper worth £40m guaranteed fee plus bonuses; 23yo England international’s transfer to #LUFC now in process of being finalised 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...

Welbeck is at the very least an upgrade on Liam Delap (both as an overall player and as a tactical fit for Alonso-ball). Hendo on the other hand was clearly not good enough to be a premier league defensive midfielder in 2022, never mind in 2026

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last wk.

Chelsea signing Welbeck and Henderson = further proof this is all a simulation that is soon to either be reset or develop a game-breaking but.

David Ornstein@david-ornstein.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨 Chelsea exploring move to sign Danny Welbeck from Brighton & Hove Albion. Contract expires June 2027 & #BHAFC aware of #CFC interest. Early stage but optimism on all sides deal can be done - quality + leadership appeals to Xabi Alonso 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

I think many "public intellectuals" stay on X because while they accept that radicalization is theoretically possible, it's something that only happens to other, dumber or weaker willed people... ... even as their every article inches closer to outright championing eugenics.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo.

X owner Elon Musk indicates he would prioritise political violence (assassination of pro-migration politicians is the common sense meaning) over violence against "invaders" (refugees, asylum seekers, maybe ethnic minorities generally) while endorsing call for violence (killing) against both groups