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🚨I have a new website and am open for work from journalism to copywriting to commercial content - previously covered everything from workplace law to drill music to literary scenes.🚨
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I know this fast becoming the go to moan but: NED-JPN has slowed since hydration break (in an air conditioned stadium)
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I know the Pope got a intervention on these hydration breaks in him.
C'mon.
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That Gianni Infantino unilaterally altered the structure of football matches is deserving of so much more anger.
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If this genuinely was 84th minute of Brazil-Morocco then it shows exactly where the footballing powers that be want football to go: matches are mere administrative anchor points to pivot loads of other opportunities off them and their already moneyed mates.
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Jun 13
My England v Croatia ticket was £199, chatting to some American guys at the moment and they think I must have won the ticket on some sort of poverty raffle because they can't wrap their head around how "cheap" it is.
One guy paid $1500 for the very last row, top of the stadium for a college game.
Surely this isn't supply and demand, it's saying "I can, you can't"?
And of we're not careful, coming to a Premier League ground near you....
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Yes, it's outrageous to cover the World Cup from a studio thousands of miles away from where the games are being played.
ITV are a disgrace covering games played in Mexico from their New York base.
Jun 12
Some previous BBC studios. Just watched their Canada coverage & absolute bullshit it makes no difference where they present it from. It was just awful being in a VR studio. It’s the World Cup: the biggest sporting event every 4 years - the national broadcaster should be there.
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Jun 13
Public control does not mean public ownership.
Jun 13
A decade-long project to bring water and energy into public control will lie at the heart of Andy Burnham’s agenda should he become prime minister, according to sources close to the Greater Manchester mayor.
Exc from @kiranstacey
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Jun 12
We’ll be watching this one with interest to ensure that the buyer doesn’t attempt to demolish any of these superb buildings. Hopefully West Mids Fire Service will be keeping an eye on the site too.
Jun 12
University of Birmingham begins process to sell its former Selly Oak campus thetab.com/2026/06/12/univer…
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Jun 12
Elon Musk is now a trillionaire.
A world of trillionaires is, simultaneously, one where the middle class collapses. Anyone informed on the issue knows as much, but few are willing to accept what that ultimately means - and where we end up.
unherd.com/2026/06/the-right…
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Jun 12
In Carns constituency the local parks are charging to use tennis courts, potholes the size of craters, libraries cut to min hours, countless vape shops, a desperately needed social housing project is on the brink, HMOs going haywire, residents terrified of rental price rises...
Jun 11
We spend £66 billion on defence, and £18 billion on policing.
Ask the average voter - in Al Carns’ or John Healey’s seat - which is in dire need of more money. Westminster journalists may be surprised!
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Jun 12
I know he loves a pint in the upmarket brewery in his constituency, he might consider the problems residents in the immediacy also have to contend with.
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The absolute ruin of football continues
Jun 12
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: During Mexico vs South Africa, the referee had to keep the players waiting during the cooling break because FOX was still on a commercial break.
The match eventually resumed while FOX was still showing advertisements.
These cooling breaks are not related to player health, but are instead used to accommodate commercials.
— @Romain_Molina
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Jun 12
Is part of this more influencers/celebs/pundits and less journos in these media firms?
Less journos to do analysis or make 3/4 min mini docs of the local city life? What the match means etc?
Jun 11
This ITV punditry is literally just Neville's podcast. It doesn't work for an occasion like this. Tone is off and it's not an enjoyable watch. I don't want to watch Keane, Neville and Wright bicker at each other.
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Jun 11
FIFA (supposedly) has rules for broadcasters during World Cup hydration breaks.
Fox broke them during the very first game, and even missed match action showing commercials...
nytimes.com/athletic/7352632…
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“No spoilers” but it says “THREE RED CARDS” in the thumbnail and has a picture of Jimenez celebrating.
You had one job, lads. 😂
Jun 11
Don't know if this is common knowledge, but the BBC has produced a spoiler-free link to watch World Cup match highlights without knowing the score.
Simply go here:
bbc.com/nospoilers
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Jun 11
Substack (latest iteration of it's eco-system) might be worse than here and Bluesky?
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Jun 11
Few football stadiums are as iconic as the Azteca and few football nations are as passionate as Mexico.
What a shame that a co-host of that calibre gets no quarter-final, no semi-final, no final, no third-place playoff.
Jun 11
DEEPLY frustrating that the 2026 World Cup Final won't be at the Azteca.
Look at it. It's a football cathedral.
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