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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
@mmpadellan.bsky.social
Proud papa. Perpetually pissed. #BlueWave2026, #Feminist. Author of The Bigliest Loser and The Liddle'est President. Check out my AMAZING Substack here: https://linktr.ee/mmpadellan 👉Sr. Advisor, @reallyamerican.bsky.social👈👀
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
@mjfree.bsky.social
Proud Girl Dad, TV Producer, Filmmaker, Vedic Meditation Practitioner, Kitesurfer, Human Rights & Racial Justice Advocate and an Abolitionist! And I don't act! 😆😆😆👻👻👻
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@pickardje.bsky.social
Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
Every football story that matters. Breaking news. In-depth analysis. 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic
@meglinehan.com
Women's Sports Lead at The Athletic & co-host of Full Time. 🌐 meglinehan.com 🎙️ fulltimepod.com
@oliverkay.bsky.social
Senior Football Writer @TheAthletic @TheAthleticFC Author of Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius 📖
@gunnerblog.bsky.social
Covering #Arsenal for @TheAthleticFC. #ArsecastExtra with @arseblog.com. Real name @jamesmcnicholas. LEZ DOO DIS 💥
@okwonga.bsky.social
In between daydreaming in cafés and on trains, I write books, I talk about football, and I teach in schools. Blog: https://okwonga.substack.com Books: https://www.musaokwonga.com Poems: https://www.instagram.com/okwonga/ Podcast: https://stadio.football/
@rorysmith.bsky.social
The Observer, Men In Blazers, the Monday Night Club, Libero. Author of "Mister" and "Expected Goals."
@tbij.bsky.social
The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪
@danielstorey85.bsky.social
Chief Football Writer, The i newspaper Doing The 92 in 2024-25 Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey
@nickmiller79.bsky.social
Staff writer for The Athletic. Book - Who Owns Football? - out now for purchase https://linktr.ee/NickMillerWhoOwnsFootball Email: nmiller@theathletic.com
@philhay.bsky.social
The Athletic FC newsletter writer. And podcaster. And Buckfast enthusiast.
@adamcrafton.bsky.social
✍️ I am a journalist at The Athletic 🏆 British Sports Writer of the Year 🇺🇸 Recently relocated to NYC
@jeffrueter.bsky.social
Senior soccer writer for The Athletic || Putting the "bi" in byline 🏳️🌈
@cnn.com
Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
@tortoisemedia.bsky.social
Slow news, without the noise 🐢 ✉️ Get our daily Sensemaker email https://torto.se/4dqZHYt 🎧 Download our audio app http://torto.se/3pek1IW
@jackpittbrooke.bsky.social
Spurs and England for The Athletic. VFTL podcast. @jackpittbrookeathletic elsewhere jpittbrooke@theathletic.com
@beautysurroundsyou.com
Passionate Nature photographer. I run premier, small group photo tours in Patagonia, Namibia, Canada and Greenland. The world is full of beauty. Let me take you there! https://beautysurroundsyou.com Montreal, Canada 🍁
@colinmillar.bsky.social
Football news reporter and journalist for The Athletic. Author of The Frying Pan of Spain.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019) Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
@dtathletic.bsky.social
Senior football writer for The Athletic. 📚 Clough, Ferguson, Keegan, I Believe in Miracles 🌳👌🏻 ⭐️⭐️
@tonydorigo.com
@zonal-marking.bsky.social
@georgecaulkin.bsky.social
Senior writer for The Athletic, Pod on the Tyne nonsense-spouter, Patron of The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/george-caulkin/
@jonmackenzie.bsky.social
Writer and presenter at The Athletic. Noticer. Not the CEO of AS Monaco. The Ryan Christie of punditry.
@cdeccleshare.bsky.social
Tennis writer, The Athletic. Previously Spurs correspondent. Football Cliches, Totally Football Show podcasts. Link to first book below https://geni.us/BeautifulPoetryFC
@footballcliches.bsky.social
Writer & editor at The Athletic | Creator & host of the 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 podcast, for my sins | linktr.ee/footballcliches
@dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social
Living in Spain, writing about football for @TheAthleticFC.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/dermot-corrigan/
@andymitten.bsky.social
Started United We Stand in ‘89. Work: The Athletic, GQ, National, editor at large for FourFourTwo. Contribute to BBC, Sky et al. Written 13 books. NUJ member. United We Stand's website and forum http://www.uwsonline.com
@stephenfishbach.bsky.social
2x Survivor loser. Pushcart Prize-winning writer. Host of the Paraphrase Podcast. Novel forthcoming in January 2026. Your reskeets of me are endorsements.
@mjslater.bsky.social
I cover the business & politics of football for The Athletic - basically, I do bad news. 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/matt-slater/
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