Patrick O'Shea
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Patrick O'Shea
@poshea84
Smokes cigars and drinks in bars with elderly men. He'll tell you bout himself and then he'll tell you again.
เข้าร่วม Ocak 2018
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I find this song really sneery towards working class people, it’s made by people who hang out at the Groucho and think they can relate because they somewhat like football and do a bit of packet. It’s the death of britpop and the start of blairism. An evil malevolent song
Grumpy Agency Guy@GrumpyAgencyGuy
Why can’t we do stuff like this anymore?
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@Caol_MacCormaic Ian Macshane is the real top tier performance for me Clive.
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everyone talks up kingsley in this and obviously he kicks ass but this movie is really some top shelf winstone too
Filmatic@itsFilmatic
The brilliance of Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.
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@simonwest247 @DanNeidle They are however all better people than you specifically Simon.
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@DanNeidle The hate flows through them because they believe they are better people than everyone else. Their beliefs are so tightly held it’s cult like.
They despise anyone who disagrees with their faith or attack their priests.
To do so is a direct attack on their sense of self.
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Any theories for why the Green Party’s fanclub on X is so unpleasant?
I've published investigations into Zahawi, Tice, Mandelson, Starmer, Rainer, and others. Never had anything like this.
All the Greens I've met in real life have been lovely. What’s going on?
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@AllyFogg Glenn sort of functions as that tbf.
But he's also an ineffectual coward, so his principles never impact anything meaningful.
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I always thought TTOI would have been (even) better if just one character in it had deep, serious political principles, as a counterpoint, but not one of them did.
Archie Woodrow@SamuraiApology
thing about The Thick of It tho is it's extremely superficial and politically vacuous compared to something like Yes Minister. all it's concerned with are the little games - the actual politics and interests involved are treated as irrelevant/non-existent/uninteresting.
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@joshh_bfc Both South Korea and Mexico have qualified for every from 1986 onwards*.
All of those tournaments before this one were either 24 or 32 teams.
(*Mexico got banned from 1990 due to some cheating with overage players in the u20s side)
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@ChachaMarquis @Zonal_Marking Yeah, have made this comparison before.
Bellingham would be a classic no8, were it not for the fact that he also has elite striker "nose". Top class game intelligence when it comes to timing a run, sensing where the most dangerous place to be is.
Lampard was the same mix.
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@Zonal_Marking i don’t think he’s really a 10 at all. he’s not good at anything a 10 does. he’s a 8. he’s a slightly more athletic lampard with an inflated ego. but for managers like tuchel a 10 would be useless anyway. he wants dogs who work, run and execute his system.
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Bellingham is a strange player. He’s a “No 10” who never really thrives between the lines and is more effective either higher or deeper. On the evidence of the Croatia game Tuchel might have worked out how to use him best. ⬇️
nytimes.com/athletic/73709…
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@LaurentBla38460 @BradfemlyWalsh "The problem is not with kids consuming content that is what kids should be doing."
Perhaps the darkest, bleakest, most depressing thought anyone has ever had on here.
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@BradfemlyWalsh That’s not a point that remains. The problem is not with kids consuming content that is what kids should be doing. The problem is the content they are consuming that is what needs to be modified
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Whatever you think about banning kids off social media, the point remains that kids should not be on social media. Of course parents should do their jobs properly but you can't just do nothing waiting for miracles to happen. So what should we do about it based on reality?
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@sportingintel I mean, those minuses are all quite big things tbh.
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As a Saints fan, wish him all the best. He got us promoted. Gave us a great day in play-off final.
His pluses: talks a good game, enthusiasm, good man-manager, plays attacking football, nice bloke.
Minuses: Inflexible, no plan B. Doesn't improve players. Always has shit defences
Leicester City@LCFC
We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Russell Martin as Leicester City’s new First Team Manager 🤝 Welcome to the Foxes, Russell!
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@JayKloppenberg More like a strop than a joke. She was in a right huff.
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The Twitter algorithm is weird. Last week, my timeline was all about cold calling. Today there seem to be two main topics:
In edutwitter, I am shown a bunch of people completely missing an innocuous joke from a British teenager.
In US politics twitter, it shows me...people asking the important and urgent question of whether women should be allowed to vote. Like, seriously? This is what we're doing now?
Jay Kloppenberg@JayKloppenberg
Why is cold calling suddenly all over my timeline again? My view: I've seen cold calling used in both really positive and intensely negative (gotcha!) ways. The first is good and the second is bad, obviously. What I dont see in the discussion, though: I've seen really effective classes that used cold calling extensively, but the very best classes I've seen and been part of almost never use it, because students are so eager to participate that cold calling would feel out of place, and it becomes counterproductive. I use it myself as a teacher, but I also always aim to reach the point where I can drop it. With some classes I've done that very effectively; with others, far less so. (This year, sadly, I still use it often with every class I teach)
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Nick if your girl wants to give it to you in the bum with a strap on for 5-10 minutes a couple times a week I really think you should let her. It's not torture, she really wants to.
NickTheBrick@BrickNicker
@DietCoke_Esq @emilykmay Women really act like 5-10 minutes of sex a couple times a week is torture
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@SamuelPepysMaid @Mr_AlmondED Maybe you could watch a YouTube video about what averages mean.
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@poshea84 @Mr_AlmondED I don’t believe there is an average child in the UK. They are all special and unique.
On a kids YouTube account access to content is limited and I’m satisfied that the Draconian new rules are not about child safety.
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Wild how many people think YouTube is educating the nation’s children.
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@SamuelPepysMaid @Mr_AlmondED Yep, those sure are the primary things the average UK kid is watching.
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@Mr_AlmondED UK high schools recommend YouTube tutorials as part of the curriculum. Huge numbers of people wanting to know about gardening, car maintenance, all sorts of practical things go to YouTube for guidance.
#LabourLiars
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@Crapshooanyhoo @yashar Just to be clear, you are brushing a seven years olds teeth for them?
That is a thing you do?
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In a new video, Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, warns that some modern parents are hindering their kids’ independence by choosing short-term convenience over teaching basic life skills.
The Instagram post featuring the video is filled with comments from teachers agreeing with her that it’s a growing concern.
@Jo_Frost
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@JordanChri21146 @AdrianJMcManus @JuanG_Arango Maybe Hakimi could translate this into English for us.
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Achraf Hakimi basically told FIFA to fuck off. He'll answer questions in whatever language he wants.
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@Paul_Lfc4 He married Jim Gannon, former Stockport manager
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@GraceOnFootball He should think back to where he last remembers having the football, and go check there.
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the football left him, then it came back to him, now it's left him again today.
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@CookeeCharlie Not sure they see Rehan as much of a bowler at test level yet. So effectively its him vs Rew as (different profile) batters.
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With how flat the Oval has been this year this feels like a mistake 4 seamers and Rehan has to be the way, runs haven't been an issue at Surrey but taking 20 wickets has been impossible
Will Macpherson@willis_macp
England leaning towards replacing Ben Stokes with a batsman, then picking all pace attack at the Oval. Obvs no final decisions yet James Rew has been the next man in, but a huge statement from Jordan Cox (184*) today that could change the pecking order. telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026/0…
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@Bermuda060404 As someone (i;m guessing) a little older, I'd add:
Michael Owen's goal vs Arg 98
Pearce's pen vs Spain 96
Platt's last minute winner vs Belgium 90
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It's amazing just how few great England moments there have been in my time. Maybe 5?
Beating Argentina in 2002
Winner v Wales in 2016
Colombia pens in 2018
Germany in 2020
Watkins winner in 2024
Alfie⚫️⚪️@AIfieNUFC
This has proper got me thinking it’s coming home
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@FPLProp Yeah, those were the flashes. Go back, watch the games. Italy were very close to getting eliminated by both Nigeria and Spain. He was a favourite player of mine but he wasn’t consistently incredible in this tournament (ie a top 10 WC tournament of all time).
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“Played very well in flashes”
I swear the absolute horseshit I read on this app will drive me crazy one day. Roberto Baggio 94’ Worldcup:
R16- ⚽️⚽️ vs Nigeria including an 88’ equaliser. Game ended 2-1
R8- match winning ⚽️ in 2-1 win
Semi final - ⚽️⚽️ Game finished 2-1
Rob Fielder@ademir2z
@AhmedOmer1984 Played very well in flashes.
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@ediemmill Did he pre-warn any of this, or just start doing it?
Superb bit tbh.
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this is true he's been sitting opposite me and saying shit like "adapting your favourite recipes can be a fun way to get creative in the kitchen"
Tom Whyman@HealthUntoDeath
People say they want conversations with their partner to be like AI, but I've tried this recently around the dinner table and the only responses I ever get are "why are you talking like claude" and "fuck off"
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