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Promotor and collector of all things referee. My book & magazine collection: https://www.libib.com/u/benbalin Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉 Amateur mushroom photographer
Connections Puzzle #1151 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Some good red herrings in there
Wordle 1.873 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. I put it to you that’s average only
La Liga publishes key refereeing changes for the 26/27 season: 10 second for subs, throw-ins and corner kick five seconds, and mistaken identity VAR review rules all make the cut. @refbooks.bsky.social
El CTA publica las nuevas reglas que entrarán en vigor la temporada 2026-27
Varias novedades con las lesiones de los porteros, sustituciones, los saques de portería...
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Connections Puzzle #1150 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pigeons? Really?
Wordle 1.872 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Five. Looks like a pattern to me
Behind Scirea, the #referee is Carlos Espósito (Argentina). His assistants are José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay) and Jesús Díaz Palacio (Colombia).
Old Football Photos@ofp11.bsky.social · 2d ago#MichelPlatini of #France and #GaetanoScirea of #Italy during the #WorldCup1986. @refbooks.bsky.social
Connections Puzzle #1149 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Green with envy
Wordle 1.871 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Don’t ask me how I got that. Because I don’t know
I've recently been informed there's now a store on GoComics where you can buy #NonSequitur merch, and you can get 15% off using this code: McMeelStaff15 Caution: Buying this stuff will anger Trump, so don't blame me if the FBI shows up at your door. gocomics.threadless.com/collections/...
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Connections Puzzle #1148 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purple group as US-centric as it can get. But even Americans would struggle, I suppose
Wordle 1.870 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Bit of a lucky guess, but that’s not a crime, is it?
vanmiddag weer n mooie #WadDraâlen wadexcursie geleid. Met oa Anemonen. Maar ook dit gebeente… wie t weet mag t zeggen.. #Texel
As @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social wrote in his magnificent column, "Dystopia", for @josimarfootball.bsky.social on 14 July, "this could be the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins". No paywall. josimarfootball.com/2026/07/14/d...
Dystopia - josimarfootball.com
Every World Cup is meant to have a legacy, this one could be the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins.
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Jullie hadden nog mijn column @frieschdagblad.bsky.social tegoed. Sluit Tata Steel en maak van het terrein proeftuin voor nieuwe energie, een Silicon Valley voor moderne technieken ten behoeve van industriële clusters die we wél in Nederland willen houden. Geld is er, doorpakken! #SluitTataSteel
Connections Puzzle #1147 🟦🟨🟩🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 The paper version looked better. But yay! A rainbow 🌈 group again
Wordle 1.869 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Five. Was distracted by a puppy, so it doesn’t count
Connections Puzzle #1146 🟨🟩🟦🟪 🟨🟦🟩🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Two (!) rainbow 🌈 groups. I was determined to find a fungus group. That’s what you get for being a mycofile (is that even a word? ed.)
Wordle 1.868 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Strings attached
The robotic scanning that digitizes rare books without touching or damaging their pages
Put them in an ‘English Misery League’ ranking them by years since their last positive achievement. Cup/League wins and Promotions. Achievements are weighted for prestige for the final ranking Not included club world cup or continental super cup competitions. Nor the charity shield
Someone has taken all the clubs from the first six tiers of English football and as long as they’ve: a) appeared in the football league Or b) still in existence in their original form or only undergone a name change
Santos Laguna's keeper in the Mexican league had his shorts fall apart right in the middle of the match
Connections Puzzle #1145 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Cruised through it