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Chris Williams

@chrisstrat.bsky.social

Designer. Saints FC. Centre Left.

76 Followers  |  268 Following  |  35 Posts  |  Joined: 27.12.2023  |  1.9175

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THIS ONE'S A REAL EMERGENCY EPISODE: THE END OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE Podcast Episode Β· Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell Β· 21/02/2025 Β· 45m

🚨🚨THIS ONE IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
Mike Martin MP on Ukraine, the end of the Western Alliance and what comes next.

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21.02.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 19

Studied this in A Level film studies way too many years ago. Great film

05.02.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨New episode out🚨 Can we call it fascism yet? @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social respond to the disturbing displays at Trump's inauguration and the many similarities with fascist parties of the past.
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21.01.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 47

Want heating? Put your fair share in the kitty

21.01.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair point.

12.01.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Various levels of cope with Brexit ref. But truth was out there to see, Cummings was competent not a genius.

12.01.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bang on the money there Adam

06.01.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is absolutely bonkers. I love a walk to the shop and I also hate paying more for a takeaway than I would actually going to a restaurant! I can't be the only one...

31.12.2024 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BONUS EPISODE - CRISIS IN GEORGIA | Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell Constitutional crisis in Tbilisi as Georgia has two presidents

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The political crisis in Georgia deepens with an unrecognised president inaugurated and the previous president rejecting the transfer of power. Meanwhile the brave protesters continue their efforts. I spoke to @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social

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30.12.2024 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Christmassy Episode: Miguel Delaney on the geopolitics of football | Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

Christmas πŸŽ„ Special πŸŽ… (sort of). @migueldelaney.bsky.social on football and geopolitics.

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21.12.2024 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What a beautifully written piece, thanks for sharing

21.12.2024 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree with this!

20.12.2024 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Football is not exempt from management speak! We all want to be Brighton but they are the exception. Football is chaotic.

20.12.2024 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tbh it is football - long term strategy is a easy journo short form. Everyone has a strategy until they get punched in the face etc etc

20.12.2024 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly just the best. Love Origin Story. One of those 'should be massive' podcasts. Quality is so high every week!

20.12.2024 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Treated as pieces of meat, not treated to pieces of meat"

16.12.2024 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you get the legs included?

15.12.2024 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Depressing

15.12.2024 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In London? πŸ™ƒ

15.12.2024 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha I appreciate that level of pedanticness!

09.12.2024 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fallen at the first offences

09.12.2024 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Having worked on #Syria full-time since the crisis began nearly 14yrs ago, there really is no understating how remarkable the losses imposed on #Assad's regime have been over the past week.

A large reason for this lies with #HTS β€” a 🧡:

05.12.2024 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2520    πŸ” 813    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 216
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Who are Syria's rebels? There's been lots of rebranding, but are they just Al-Qaeda?

If you’re wondering β€œwho the hell are these Syrian rebels?” I’ve got you covered: open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

07.12.2024 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

But... Bookmarks?

07.12.2024 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have to use these when I am speaking Italian because noone would understand overwise lol

07.12.2024 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eg 'Smartworking' (working remote), 'a shooting' (photoshoot) and many more haha

07.12.2024 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just Italian, full of English words no one ever says

07.12.2024 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Simpler words in languages tend to be more divergent across romance languages in my experience. 'Left' is markedly different in French Spanish and Italian for example. Spanish also has many words from Arabic

06.12.2024 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When did ticktoc go from fun dances to fash? Depressing that every platform just eventually get hijacked by the far right...

06.12.2024 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Harsh before Christmas period as well!

05.12.2024 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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