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@antwalker.bsky.social

Maths, science, wordplay, music, LUFC, orienteering, little bit of politics.

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McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together When many lower-income Americans feel isolated and empty, they yearn for physical social networks. All across US, this happens organically at McDonald’s

Was it Chris Arnade? He also did this piece for the Guardian

www.theguardian.com/business/201...

22.02.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Projection, usually

17.02.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"frankly" is always Farage code for "lying through my teeth but with enough aggression to avoid scrutiny"

17.02.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"What, like Ed Sheeran?"

17.02.2026 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bugger

15.02.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to #lufc Bluesky!

12.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Rafael for pursuing this.

12.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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But what does it π‘šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘›

12.02.2026 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently it's fake, they've photoshopped Goodwin out of the picture

09.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The impeccable sources are a Feb 13 article saying he's 26 and an Alex Wickham Playbook piece for April 28 mentioning "Harry Cole's birthday bash last night"

So maybe you're right...

09.02.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

wikip says april

09.02.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly, Son was number 7 not number 9

08.02.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really great, though I suppose it's a deliberate attempt to appeal to their senior target audience who remember the 70s.

08.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if we will try to upgrade Bornauw as well, he seems a bit unsettled and seems to have a mistake in him

08.02.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Government" says it all. As someone else said, Chief of Staff is still staff.

08.02.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost like we don't have enough cover up front

06.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully?

06.02.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Standing on Buonanotte

06.02.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And the alt-text, of course

06.02.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe ask Alan Campbell, President of the UK?

05.02.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More to the point, it was Brown who brought Mandelson back as Business Secretary and made him Lord Mandelson to do it!

04.02.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember what actually brought Johnson down was promoting someone against all advice...

04.02.2026 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thing is he doesn't seem to play like DCL in terms of winning ball, holding up etc so even in form he would be complementary not a substitute

02.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can we not just take Nkunku? /s

01.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was responding to someone claiming they couldn't drive into Oxford to visit their elderly parents. I take it you're a resident with a pass, if you're coming from Banbury Rd to get to Cowley?

01.02.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The congestion charge has definitely made me think about whether I want to use one of my passes or get the bus (this is usually based on wanting to go to 2 or 3 different locations, if I'm just going into town I'll get the bus). The filters seem different - as I understand there are 0 passes?

01.02.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No-one's stopping you driving around the ring road

01.02.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Put "I never found it anything but sensual" on the poster

31.01.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

* Adam Curtis voice *

29.01.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pafos and Qarabag maybe?

29.01.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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