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@danielpunkass nice!

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@mattypenny.bsky.social Yeah, I think part of our problem is that our defenders haven’t played together enough

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Back at the home of the Champions of the World

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I didn’t entirely expect this would be 3rd against 4th when I got the tickets

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⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc

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I should have got this stencilled on the kids' bedroom walls

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“Honour thy father and thy mother, Daughter, authors of thy being, upon whom a heavy charge has been laid, that they lead their child in innocence and righteousness along the fearful narrow path to everlasting bliss, and render her up at last to her God a pious and a virtuous soul; reflect, Daughter, upon the joy in Heaven as the souls of these tiny creatures wing upward, released before they have learned aught of sin or faithlessness, and make it thine unceasing duty to remain as pure as these”

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Currently reading: The Haunting of Hill House

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🎶 My Crucial Track for 08 September 2026 - One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash & Tennessee Three: mattypenny.micro.blog

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@bluebaby1967.bsky.social Yeah…very handy

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@bluebaby1967.bsky.social I’m very hacked off that none of the tickets inspectors have asked to check that I’ve actually got a Senior Railcard when I show them my ticket

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#TodayILearned that I can do emoji’s in vim, and I’m inordinately pleased. Some of them look particularly good in a green-screen style

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@mattcasmith.net I am so glad now that he didn’t go to the world cup

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@bassman93.bsky.social in 45 minutes….it’s just silly

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0-2 down, end up winning 6-3 against Dirty Leeds.

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As they say… imagine not being Chelsea.

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⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc

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@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social I wonder what he’d have wanted TV to be

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@mattypenny.bsky.social Thank you. I’m a bit sore this morning, but it was good fun. I’ll probably be back next year

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The Chancellor just said he’d ban “vexatious legislation”, before correcting himself to “vexatious litigation”.

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It’s a shame they are not banning vexatious legislation, particularly if the other lot get back in.

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🎶 My Crucial Track for 07 September 2026 - Under Mi Sensi (feat. Mr Vegas) by Alozade & Hollow Point: mattypenny.micro.blog

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At 10 miles I thought I could run forever

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At 11 miles I wanted it to stop

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At 12 miles I wanted to die

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I loved the Big Half though - my favourite run. Huge thanks to all involved, particularly to whoever kept the Portaloos so clean. Marvellous work.

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🎶 My Crucial Track for 05 September 2026 - Give It Up by KC and the Sunshine Band: mattypenny.micro.blog

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🎶 My Crucial Track for 06 September 2026 - Eddie Cochran by Summertime Blues: mattypenny.micro.blog

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@jaitalking it’s in London. Starts at tower bridge, then east end/docklands over tower bridge then down to Greenwich. it’s a great run

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@mattypenny.bsky.social very much like me!

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Dirty old river, dirty old town

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🎶🎶 I’ll join the Legion, that’s what I’ll do 🎶🎶

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Big run for me today, and a big match for Chelsea, against the ‘orrible Arsenal

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Both these things on their own always make me nervous….I possibly don’t need an caffeine this morning

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Today I’m doing my first half marathon since I had skin cancer. All gone now, but the bits of me that aren’t covered in vaseline and now covered in Piz Buin. I’m Mr Slippery.

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A nice thought for a Sunday morning

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@samwhyte.bsky.social “hangover clothes with good PR” actually sounds kind of ideal

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@mattypenny.bsky.social undoubtedly

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@mattypenny.bsky.social Acronym stupidity syndrome?

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I always read MVP as “Most Valuable Player”, rather than the viable product thing.

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Is there a three-letter acronym for getting your three-letter acronyms muddled?

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I am loving The Haunting of Hill House.

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But having only just read the Stepford Wives, I think that, for the good of my nerves, I need to stick to Wodehouse, and the lightest of rom-com’s from now until Christmas

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Currently reading: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 📚

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@mattypenny.bsky.social Just had notification from my bank that the moneys gone out :)

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@mattypenny.bsky.social Yes…it would be nice to know one way or another - it’s not all that far off now

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@aliquack.bsky.social I think the Origin Story guys are fantastic, but maybe not quite as good as Marc Almond

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@stamfordlola.bsky.social It happens. I’ve had a few weeks like that over the years. I’m guessing we all have

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@mattypenny.bsky.social one of the parents came back to feed the chick, but I didn’t even manage to photograph that. He or she didn’t hang around.

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“In tech, the point that we understand everything is generally the point to move on to the next thing:”

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From Benedict’s Newsletter — Benedict Evans

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@robinince.bsky.social I wonder why he didn’t just go and see it in Bayeux. At any time up until now

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If you squint very hard and use a great deal of imagination, you might be able to see a couple of smudges in the middle of this photo which are actually a baby swift poking his or her head out of a swift nest

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It’s not a Hamza Yassin quality pic, but I was pleased to see it

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@amerpie looks great - worthy of Wetherspoons!

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@DiplomaticDiva yeah, Forest looked great. I hope Delap does well for you.

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There are 34 Presidents here.

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I did a degree in politics at the LSE, but I’m not sure I could name 34 Prime Ministers, let alone meaningfully rank them.

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I don’t know if that reflects a difference in the way history is done here, or whether it’s just that Mr Trump is a keener student than I am.

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I like the idea that the Indieweb is punk, and I’m particularly glad there’s a lot less spitting, and violence 😃

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Very disappointed to see Chelsea drop points at home to AFC Richmond tonight

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⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc

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@mattypenny.bsky.social Thanks Gilly. I’ll look out for it, and hope for the best!

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@kevsta.me That’s true - I’d forgotten that. Pleased to be reminded!

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@joncooper-us.bsky.social I loathe the MAGA ideology, but tbh I’m dubious about depicting people as vermin

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@kevsta.me yeah….I’m glad it’s still not a gambling site though. Each to their own as far as gambling goes, but I’m pleased both that we aren’t promoting it on the shirt, and that it was at least partly reflecting fans’ opposition

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🎶 My Crucial Track for 23 August 2026 - Baby Love by The Supremes: mattypenny.micro.blog

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#TodayILearned

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To launch a challenge against [Nigel Farage], 50 per cent of all [Reform] members would need to write a letter to the party chairman requesting a vote. That’s around 130,000 people – basically impossible. You can also trigger a leader challenge with 50 per cent of MPs, but only if there are over 100 Reform member

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Ian Dunt - In suspending Tim Montgomerie, the party has lost one its best media operators

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[Mourinho, the documentary ] \" is also the portrait of a hero and a villain, one of the great leaders of men that the world has ever seen. As a civilisation, we’re lucky Mourinho didn’t go into politics!”

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Interviewing José Mourinho: ego, charisma, talent and his ‘rucksack of pain’

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⚽ #ChelseaFC #cfc

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🎶 My Crucial Track for 18 August 2026 - North and South of the River by Christy Moore: mattypenny.micro.blog

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