Paul Redfern
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Paul Redfern
@redpaul101
Jack of all trades - master of none... Google Scholar: https://t.co/2ebemmhBJe… @GWR holder. https://t.co/8cpgsC0EdD @redpaul1.bsky.social
London Katılım Ekim 2009
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The FA really needs to consider moving Crystal Palace v Arsenal to Saturday. Arsenal already wrapped up the Premier League title, Palace are safe in mid-table, and both have massive European finals next week (Conference League for Palace, UCL for Arsenal). Zero competitive stakes on Sunday-give them the extra 24 hours recovery.
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What happened to the couple set a dangerous precedent for Black Britons in the UK, and since the scandal broke in 2017, Hetticia and Vanderbilt have not stopped fighting for justice into their 70s.
We cannot forget them and others
Melissa Sigodo@melissasigodo
British army veteran Hetticia & her husband Vanderbilt who lost their citizenship due to the Home Office have been battling 5 years for compensation Now in their 70s they say that ‘when the Home office is ticking their boxes, they don’t realise they’re ticking our lives away’
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@DKingTelegraph This was the issue with West Ham's disallowed equaliser against Arsenal. The reason Pablo's in a position to obstruct Raya is Trossard has pushed Pablo into Raya, but because the ball wasn't yet in play...
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To clarify this point: VAR would have awarded a penalty for Spurs last night but the officials were hamstrung because the ball wasn’t deemed to be in play when the offence was taking place, therefore they couldn’t do anything.
Dominic King@DKingTelegraph
So a player can be booked for making a foul in the penalty area, wrestling someone to the floor. But because the corner “hasn’t quite” been taken, it remains a foul and a booking - yet it isn’t a penalty, according to VAR. Make it make sense. The game is absurd now.
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@flsunman 2/2 It's the last line from 'On his blindness'
The reason Biden's appropriation of Milton for the Irish cause was so hilarious is that Milton was a huge supporter of Oliver Cromwell. It was only his blindness that saved him from imprisonment at the Restoration (of the monarchy)!
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@redpaul101 I’m sure you’ve read them all. Personally I don’t recall reading Milton
Athenaeum Book Club@athenaeumbc
Did you know that fewer than half of US adults read a book last year? In our academic system, it is normal to go from kindergarten to PhD without reading a single page of Homer, Plato, Augustine, Dante, or Milton. In any other age, such a person would not be considered educated at all. Since the state refuses to teach the Great Books of Western Civilization, we've started an independent group to the study them together. To preserve a culture, you must continually study the books and ideas that created it. Below are just some of the texts on our reading list! If this sounds like something you'd like to be part of, please join our group. We read a new classic text approx. every month and meet biweekly to discuss. We are studying the great works in dialogue with each other. Most of what we put out is free, but to support our efforts, please consider a paid subscription. It makes a huge difference to the time and resources we can dedicate to this project. We are entirely independent, funded only by the incredible members of this community. Paid members get: - Live book club discussions (biweekly) - Essays to guide you through the books we're reading - Access to the community chat room - The full archive of discussions and essays - Ability to vote on what we read next... Join us!
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@flsunman We covered Paradise Lost Books 1&2 in 12th/13th grade. Milton is widely considered to be a better composer of sonnets than Shakespeare. There was a hilarious instance when Pres. Biden addressing a group of US airmen, claimed him as Irish: "they also serve who stand and wait" 1/2
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@PitchsidePub @FansAgainstVAR_ Ackshually, footie began with two officials on the pitch like they have in field hockey. If the two umps couldn't agree on a call, it was referred to the timekeeper - the referee, who in other words started out as the 19th century VAR!
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@FansAgainstVAR_ I reiterate that your views are sad and pathetic.
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*never* let Americans anywhere near the sport.
The Pitchside Pub@PitchsidePub
@Skyblue160587 @FansAgainstVAR_ I’ve also argued that there should be two officials out on the pitch so there are better sight lines thus less need for VAR. Basketball is a great example. Three officials all with zones to watch. It could be adjusted for football. One official just can’t see everything.
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@redpaul101 @filmdiary00 Sarcasm my friend. Some of these questions are so obvious!
Regarding the art displayed, it happens to be my favorite “rail station” in Paris!
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@Chloe20261376 @JoelKeysNI Context is, as always, everything.
We only see 40 seconds.
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@Chloe20261376 @JoelKeysNI And a small boy just taken ill off-camera, adding to his anxieties about the length of the eulogy; and English not being his 1st language, this maybe his 1st Irish funeral, expressing himself clumsily in trying to move things on?
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Lot of interesting commentary on both sides of this incident. I'm not Catholic so I won't pretend to understand the ins and outs of whether a eulogy is appropriate at a funeral, but watching this the thing that strikes me isn't *what* the Priest did, but *how* he did it.
Speedy🟩⬜️🟧@speedy_1916
This is shocking, Irish funerals are sacred spaces for mourning and sharing memories,we don’t put a timer on them,the people of Ardee parish need to explain and remind this Italian priest to be more respectful,cutting someone off during reflection at such a vulnerable moment shows a shocking lack of empathy and pastoral sensitivity. #ArdeeFuneral
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@Johnnypapa64 1966. Everton v Sheffield Wednesday.
Aged 6, I assumed that this sort of thing happened during every match:
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Which was the first FA Cup Final you remember watching?
Mine was Leeds v Sunderland in 1973.
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@Johnnypapa64 Leicester- Man City 1969. Ist match I ever saw in colour. Snuck into the Marconi Sports & Social as they had the only colour TV in the district! 😁
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@DaleJohnsonBBC "It is the second VAR error that Everton have suffered this season, both penalties that should have been awarded in one-goal defeats."
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@redpaul101 I don't imply this at all because I know exactly how these things work.
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Everton should have been awarded a penalty in the 2-1 defeat at West Ham for handball by Mateus Fernandes, the KMI Panel says.
"He punched the ball," Moyes said after the game.
The panel voted 4:1 that it was an error by both the referee and VAR.
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bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
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@B3rk3l3yHunt Don't know what you were reading. I never said anything about Everton.
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@redpaul101 @BBCMOTD It’s also the wrong fucking game you helmet.
West Ham’s game against BRENTFORD. Learn to read you cry baby.
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There were found to be more VAR errors in the Premier League in the recent review.
In gameweek 35 there were three VAR errors and one on-field error that didn't meet the VAR threshold.
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Is #Burnham the first UK pol. to run for office? As opposed to stand?
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
Andy Burnham tells BBC he is running in Makerfield by-election to “save” Labour – follow live bbc.in/4de7qLY
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All other drinkers presumably already under the table... @IrishTimes @Wilsononwine
irishtimes.com/food/drink/202…
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@BBCWorld For those of you living under a rock for the past few years ... 🙄
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Why is Ireland not taking part in this year's Eurovision? bbc.in/4wtsAx4
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@richjanephoto @MetroUK Came here to say just this! @brookesdavies1 And while you're at it, it's 'Nakba', not 'Hakba'!
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@MetroUK Your route map has the labels the wrong way round. Don't want to get those mixed up
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All the roads closed in London during Tommy Robinson and counter protests trib.al/16X0xh8
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@Hucklegooner @JamieBoyce Yes. But you wouldn't know that if you were in the stadium. You'd only know that from TV.
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@JamieBoyce That’s still not the case, they found the foul straight away, they was checking other factors
They took 4:17 to look at everything and make a decision
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Football Twitter is an awful, awful place.
In the replies to this I’ve got international fans telling me, someone who was actually in the stadium yesterday, that the live experience wasn’t ruined by waiting five minutes for a decision. Others are calling it a conspiracy. Others are so blinded by bias they can’t look at football objectively for even a second.
First and foremost, I was there, amongst 60,000 other fans. If you weren’t in the stadium, don’t talk about the atmosphere or experience as if you were. It was a massive moment for both clubs, Arsenal fighting for the title, West Ham fighting for survival.
And for the record, yes, it’s a foul on Raya. I’ve never said otherwise. The issue is that it’s one of many fouls in the box in that exact moment, and one of countless fouls you see every single weekend that usually get ignored. Yesterday it was given. Other weeks it isn’t. That inconsistency is what feels wrong. If we can’t agree on that fundamental point, we’ll never agree on football.
Inside the stadium, nobody had a clue what was going on. Football is about emotion. It’s about chaos, last minute goals, moments that make the ground explode. The problem isn’t that the goal was ruled out, it’s the endless delays, the inconsistency, and the feeling that nobody really knows what is or isn’t allowed anymore.
And honestly, that just feels wrong.
Jamie.Talks@JamieBoyce
The game’s gone. VAR and referees deciding matches every single week. A last minute winner ruled out for a “foul” that took 5 minutes to find. Nobody in the stadium had a clue what was happening. Modern football is becoming unwatchable. The sport has never felt more ruined
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