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THIS IS HOW IT FEELS TO BE CHAMPIONS #LUFC

Watching #LUFC uncut video of the Sunderland game. Lots going on, but special mention to Willy Gnonto. He looked as happy as anyone, didn’t get on the pitch. Far cry from the guy who was sent to train on his own by Farke. The togetherness in this group is unassailable.

Live! Tonight! On YouTube @ The Roaring Peacock Podcast #LUFC

My #LUFC article this week on tragedy chanting. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Hello Bluesky community, Please help me get off the ground here and follow me if you're an @nujofficial or CSPA member or are interested in journalism or later life ambitions Thanks, Christine

Had an interesting week covering two really important stories for Yorkshire Voice. Firstly Leeds Women’s Aid Christmas campaign. And second - a proposed new McDonald's that has divided the Stanningley community. Full stories out shortly. #domesticabuse #community

I’m working on a story on this powerful Christmas campaign by Leeds Womens Aid for Yorkshire Voice it is so important to get help when you need it. Their 24 hr domestic abuse helpline number is 01132460401. #VAWG #LDVS #domesticviolence #DomesticAbuseAwareness

It was a great privilege to interview the inspiring Alison Lowe OBE She spoke in support of Leeds Women’s Aid & on how WYCA are combatting domestic violence. With incidences increasing at Christmas time, she urged anyone suffering to seek help via LDVS.

My place on the #LUFC season ticket waiting list will be my last legacy & family heirloom passed on for generations. Hundreds of thousands of years from now, when an Ai controlled cyborg finally gets to the top of the queue, I hope whatever being gets the season ticket enjoys it.

HT #LUFC 2 DCFC 0 As dominant and complete a performance as it gets. Derby have only read about Leeds penalty area, they have never seen it for themselves. A goal from a corner, a goal for Wöber. Cruising.

I’ll shortly be previewing the #LUFC game on BBC Radio Derby tune in here: t.co/msnGnwCe63

Just seen Prima Facie. Omg. Jodie Comer that was the best acting performance I have ever seen. I cannot believe how talented she is. She is like the Messi of acting. Wow.

Ampadu getting back earlier than expected is huge for Leeds. He brings a steel to the midfield that #LUFC have sometimes lacked. And it might allow Tanaka to have a go at 10. As Aaronson has been warm and cold there.

#LUFC fans find it difficult or impossible to truly love Daniel Farke and his brand of football. The article I wrote for BBC Sport this week. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Massive away win for the little fella.

FT BLA 1 #LUFC 0 Leeds awful in the final third. No energy or flow v an organised Rovers whose defensive structure was rigid. James, Aaronson noticeably poor. No one shone, some were ghosts. Early wasted chances & naive. They have to recover better than this when the schedule is this packed.

9 minutes injury time for #LUFC to get an equaliser. Unfortunately 7 of those will feature Blackburn players rolling around on the floor.

84’ Struijk and Bamford headbutt each other. It feels like one of those days. #LUFC

HT BLA 1 #LUFC 0 Decent play from Leeds but really blew several gifts from Rovers keeper. And they’ve made creating chances look very difficult. Blackburn have been energetic, hit the crossbar, threatened but never dominated. There are points here for Leeds but big improvements needed in final 1/3.

📋 Your #LUFC Starting XI...

“Oh Gary, Gary..” 11th minute for 11 minutes. #LUFC

FT SWANS 3 #LUFC 4 If there is one team that will do it the hard way it is Leeds United. All the talk of Swans defence they were picked apart at times. It should’ve been easier, Utd naive at times giving the ball away & inviting pressure. But they found their fight which bodes very well.

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OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNN GGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL Brilliant movement from Dan James and a dangerous ball again. Give him a bit of space and he’s deadly. #LUFC

An awful lot wrong here. Structure completely lost in transition to defence. But if Meslier is going to protect his near post to that extent, he has to scramble to the centre far quicker once the cross comes in. He’s just not giving himself a chance to save it. #LUFC

HT SWANS 2 #LUFC 1 Too soft, too lackadaisical. Particularly Solomon and Aaronson lacking steel falling over far too easily. I was worried when they were bullied by Millwall. You have to be stronger than this in the championship. Transition to defence slow and stand-offish. Need to find their fight.

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Today is the ultimate litmus test for BlueSky - a potential #LUFC toxic meltdown/HMS piss the league? Or calm, nuanced takes?

👋 Hello, Bluesky!

www.linkedin.com/posts/adonis... I went to one world media’s global reporting summit yesterday at Channel 4 in London and here are some take home points over on LinkedIn

There is also a Yorkshire one go.bsky.app/79ajaj1

Fascinated to see if the gentle ambience here can survive a Premier League weekend.

📰 In today’s edition of ‘Obvious Things’: Governor of the Bank of England confirms BREXIT is tanking the economy. #Shock Meanwhile, the petition to Rejoin the EU is at 33,500 signatures. Let’s crank it up to 100,000—because we deserve better. ✍️ #RejoinEU 👇👇👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨 Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament. Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords

A bunch of sex offenders, a quack doctor, a fake wrestling executive, a crackpot anti-vaccine conspiracist who beheaded a whale, and some cable TV hosts serving a narcissistic authoritarian felon sexual abuser who loves dictators and routinely incites violence. What could go wrong?

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Hi #LUFC fans - here are some Leeds United accounts to get you started... go.bsky.app/2mx1txw

This article helped me import my Twitter followers into Bluesky. It’s a huge timesaver. Basically it crawls your followers list and looks for the accounts on Bluesky www.wikihow.com/Import-Twitt...

Lots of over-the-top coverage right now about the £1m cap on inheritance tax agricultural property relief (APR). Quick thread:

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this. Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

There is nothing neutral about putting lies and truth on the same level. There’s nothing neutral about treating bad faith as good faith. There’s nothing neutral about over-representing the support fringe has. There’s nothing neutral about ignoring the role of big $ in shaping public opinion.

2. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. How do we know this? Because it always is. It's the authoritarian playbook. Lawsuits are first. Prosecutions are next. America needs to learn these moves fast. It's already later than you think. 3/

Missing from near Leeds. @thesquareball.net