Rich Weaver

Left of centrist dad. Tweets on Nottingham Forest, Phillies, England cricket, food, booze.

[Rich Weaver @richwea]

@estellecostanza “We’re going to have the best, the most beautiful hairdryers. RFK Jr is going make hairdryers great again.”

[Georgina Lee @lee_georgina]

UK exit polls: bing bong, here’s the prime minister

US exit polls: is it better to be loved or feared? Give your answer to the nearest cubit

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@MLB @Mets Lose

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@MattJEgan She’s got a quiet weekend to cool off

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@fuckeveryword Mets

[Céspedes Family BBQ @CespedesBBQ]

A few quick thoughts on the A's and the utter wickedness at play.

Pro sports rely on the emotional connection between team and fan. It's a pact. The fan buys in, caring deeply about 26 souls wearing the same laundry. The fan makes it all matter, makes it mean something.

[Rich Weaver @richwea]

@MarinaHyde Arseoisie 👌🏻

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@henrymoeranBBC @bbctms Start at 10.30. Less fussy with the light meters. Increased punishment for slow over rates. More sensible use of early lunch/tea to avoid pointless breaks in days that are going to be shortened anyway.

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@JamieHolePunch They only have one remaining advertiser so they have no choice

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@LesleyMcDowell1 @bmay No, but the implications are. It’s much easier to grift by being a simplistic naysayer than grapple with difficult policy trade-offs.

See also: post-Brexit economic realities, asylum policy, public health during a pandemic etc.

[Rich Weaver @richwea]

@MattJEgan Hence your infrequent tweets

[Rich Weaver @richwea]

Just an unspeakably great footballer

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

“Siri, show me a textbook example of a marauding run forward from full-back.”

“Your search returned Stuart Pearce, in shorts so tight he can barely breathe, vs Derby 35 years ago today.”

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@Phillies Aah shit hope he’s okay

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@Baddiel Nope

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@bbctms Harry’s Shack, Portstewart, N. Ireland. My daughter’s post-christening get together. Huddled round the one phone that had any signal.

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@delia_burgess @LockePacem @TomABacon @ThatLibertyGal He’s not been jailed, he’s been remanded in custody pending trial. If he was not an active participant he can argue that at trial. Belfast Telegraph coverage suggests there is PSNI footage to the contrary.

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@delia_burgess @LockePacem @TomABacon @ThatLibertyGal That wasn’t the only tweet: also posted instructions on how to avoid number plate recognition and avoid arrest. Not a one off howling to the wind: actual planning and incitement.

At times of unrest is normal that sentencing becomes part of the deterrent.

[Rich Weaver @richwea]

@delia_burgess @LockePacem @TomABacon @ThatLibertyGal The “tweet” was an incitement to violence that resulted in libraries, citizens advice bureaus, mosques and hotels being attacked. Freedom of speech has limits, and this is the limit.

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@LockePacem @TomABacon @ThatLibertyGal Injustice hasn’t become law, though. He’s swallowing lies from grifters and amplifying them on here. That’s irresponsibility, not “resistance”.