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  With the latest nightclub incident off the pitch of UK test #cricket, following a long series of incidents in cricket and #football at the supposedly top level, my belief that there's a sickness in UK #sport is confirmed The origin I'm sure is too much money. From Murdoch's infection of football back in the eighties, to cricket's attempt to emulate this w. The awful Hundred, we see players with the wrong values, especially the elite who should be role models dest...

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  How is account migration on #Mastodon these days? And which servers are most likely to be sustainable while not overloaded or over censored? I've become increasingly unhappy with what appears to be silent censorship on Mastodon.social, effectively giving cover for war criminals and genocide, so I'm looking for a new server for this account. I last migrated a few years ago and it was ok. I don't mind losing my post history or followers. Ease and who I follow is more impo...

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  @ggrey it's is a possibility but if I were doing that I'd look at summer fedi apps first. I saw one recently that's a single executable, so no dependencies to update etc. One reason not to self host is time (years ago I self hosted friendica and just updating regularly is a pain even if it always works), another is privacy. Exposing a personal IP is a leak. I imagine it also increases attack surface though I've not looked into that. Do you self host? @homelab

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  After the most recent Mastodon update the new post dialogue is left active after every t00t or reply when I click "Post". I only use the web UI. I assume that's a bug? It's certainly annoying me. #Mastodon

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  #Trump continues to expose the limits of US power and embolden #China, #Russia and #Iran to take more of the pie as each misstep provides the opportunities. Trump justified the #IranWar by saying sanctions hadn't worked when in fact they had, and Iran was complying with a deal to limit its nuclear program, as agreed with the USA and European nations. Now that his unnecessary illegal war has failed, leaving Iran holding 20% of oil and gas for ransom, Trump has gone back to sanctions. 🤦‍♂️

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  Watching #DanSnow describing the life of #SaintPatrick with definitive certainty. Interested that Patrick was *English* I check Wikipedia which casts doubt on many aspects of what I'm being told. Snow has chosen one version from a number of different explanations, some of which directly contradict Snow's narrative. Why would a serious historian present history in this definitive and clearly incorrect way. We don't know. FFS, mention this is one possible interpretation....

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  The referee has kept Argentina in the game. He's serving #FIFA not football. #WorldCup

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  #WorldCup Final I want...

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  Hate games where I'm counting down the seconds... 🙈 #WorldCup #ENGvARG

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  Well done England #WorldCup

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  Who said this was boring 🤣 #WorldCup

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  Did Spence kick the defender or did the defender kick him? If the latter, that was a penalty. Spence put his leg in front of the defender, so I think it's pretty obvious the defender kicked him. #WorldCup

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  So who's rooting for #Belgium against #Trump the cheat tonight? If the #USA had integrity they would not play #Balogun tonight, but if they do they are cheats too. Go Belgium! 🥳 #WorldCup #USAvBEL #BELvUSA

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  Man of the people #NigelFarage earned £270,000 for 12 hours "work" in one of many jobs he's doing while supposedly an MP. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8dg3883g7o #ukpol

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  @k9mail A terrible day. 🤦‍♂️ @thunderbird @fdroidorg

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  The question now is when to buy the puts. I've done this a couple of times before and hit lucky. It's #gambling, but the time to gamble is when you see things clearly that others are ignoring, when you realise the odds are in your favour. It's rare this happens, so the real skill is to tell that apart from wishful thinking or desperation. I also entered a handful of competitions because I doubted many others would, and the prizes were worth the effort. I won more times...

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  I liked #TheCandyman the first time I watched it. Watching again I like it more, and expect to watch it more times. I think it's a potent way to tell a story and convey the rage that has yet to be expressed in a way that helps. It's clever without being clever, a slasher that is not a slasher. So what is it? It speaks in a way that is clear and unavoidable if you don't realise what it is saying to you. Impressive huh?! #movie

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  #UkLabour could: - abolish leasehold - nationalise rail and utilities - tax billionaires and their corporations - fund the health service - provide proper welfare - pay better pensions It's all possible, but their masters are corporations and billionaires. Their plan for health in the workplace ignores the causes of ill health such as insecure work (zero hrs etc) and involves employers but not employees. Labour are anti-people.

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  UK media & politicians are in a frenzy about the latest antisemitic attacks, in stark contrast to "routine" stabbings across London every week. #EdDavey, on #Newsnight rushing to revise his party's response to a councillor pointing out the power of the Israeli lobby over our politicians, rather than point out this is not antisemitism. While condeming other foreign interference in our politics. 🤷‍♂️ Israel is committing war crimes and genocide so some will attack...

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  Trump: the USA holds all the cards Oil price: 🤔 #Iran: whatevs Sane people: Fuckers! #IranWar

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  If it's antisemitic to criticise Israel, is it also antisemitic to criticise Zach Polanski?

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  Now that #Trump and #Netanyahu have opened Pandora's box - a world without law or accountability for the powerful - we should expect China to take Taiwan. Not long ago this seemed unlikely, now it will be surprising if they don't do so soon. They have plans ready to go, the only impediment is if they shy away from the human cost. But I don't think China worries about casualties any more than these war criminals. #Iran #IranWar #China #Taiwan