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It's Crucible Day for me!
#snooker #worldchampionship

That shot to pot the pink and lift the two reds and black off the bottom cushion. Magical! #snooker

Wow. Murphy wins! #snooker #worldchampionship

Wondering which Crucible qualifiers will make it through Round 1. Many seem relieved just to make it there, but there's usually a few upsets. Depends on the draw but I'm going for Carter, Wilson, Zhang, Vafaei, Highfield
#snooker #judgementday #worldchampionship

Enjoying the relaxed style of the Abigail Davies/Phil Haigh pre-match chat on 5 snooker coverage. Good to maintain some journo insight rather than just ex-players #tourchampionship @philhaigh.bsky.social

I think I need a VPN for that. No commentary can be heavenly. 5 coverage is ok and free to air in UK, but the table 2 commentator is loud and melodramatic.

The 5app is a mind bending puzzle. Fun at times but not when Hawkins is playing.

Found it after a half hour search

Anyone know if the Hawkins v Thepchayia match is available somewhere on 5 in the UK? Can't find it on the app or TV #snooker #tourchampionship

I was desperate for Barry to win so that was enough drama for me. 🎉

I've seen Hawkins lose too many times to think he has it in the bag. But surely he can do it this time. Or will Jackpot Lisowski make a comeback with magic #snooker like last night? #WelshOpen

Need a mute button for Walker & Parrott on the #Masters #Snooker. Let the snooker talk!

Congratulations to Chris Wakelin after his victory in the Scottish Open #Snooker. A comfortable win in the end, capitalising on Chang's errors. Maybe lack of expectation sometimes helps!

Some juicy Round 2 ties at the #Snooker Shoot-out. Brecel v Murphy, Gilbert v Wu, Robertson v Ford, Leclercq v Szubarcyzk, Holt v Page. Plus two all amateur games.

Zizins took it to the decider but wily Lilley played well throughout and claims his place in York. Lilley knocked in some good breaks including a 138 #UKChampionship #snooker

I see Zizins has David Lilley on Judgement Day. Winnable. #snooker

A good afternoon at the #UKChampionship #Snooker. Great win for Zizins against Carter. Heathcote also looked great against a typically casual Lisowski. Hats off also to Slessor who toughed it out, winning by a point in the last frame.

Two great cask ales on @onefortheroadbl.bsky.social at #BoltonMarket there are 4 on regularly & you can check them out on @realalefinder.com all at great prices (cash prefered) #supportSmallBuisnesses go say hi to John he's a great guy 👦 @boltoncamra.bsky.social #RealAle #GoToThePub #BskyBeer

I've just ditched TNT. I got it half price for 6 months but now the full price is too much for me. I'll have to stick with network TV events. YouTube highlights and occasional live snooker.

It's Prime Day so here's your regular reminder that:

- Amazon has been exposed for throwing away millions of unused products each year
- Amazon emits MORE CO2 than Hong Kong & Denmark
- Jeff Bezos earns more in 1 MINUTE than many of his workers do in a year

Overconsumption is KILLING our planet

"We can have a world of peace. We can move toward a world where we live in harmony with nature. Where we live in harmony with each other. No matter what nation we come from. No matter what our religion. No matter what our culture."
❤️🌿
~ Dr. Jane Goodall

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

Gonna do this. #roofofenglandwalk

Big wins for the youngsters Stan Moody and Aaron Hill over top seeds in the Wuhan Open #snooker. And another 147 for Thepchaiya! Good tournament this one.

Plastic pollution talks fail as negotiators in Geneva reject draft treaties NGOs say deadlock over legally binding deal to curb production and toxic chemicals is ‘blow to multilateralism’

~5% of fossil gas & 15% of oil go into “non-energy producing purposes”: raw material for plastics, fertilizers, industrial chemicals etc.

A global plastics treaty has just been nixed.

These are not unrelated. The petrochemicals industry is fighting for their backup plan in a clean energy world.

This is currently just meaningless rhetoric. We need radical, even revolutionary policies to create a truly sustainable and socially equitable society - carbon negative food production, large scale rewilding, energy efficient housing and quality services in reach of all including rural communities

Thanks @kathi.break-off.com for your insightful response to my question. I'll keep an eye on the players you mentioned. The Tempodrom beckons!

Despite hosting one of the biggest tournaments, Germany now doesn't have any players on the main tour, nevermind ones competing for the top 48. Are there players coming through or does something need to happen in the German snooker scene to change this?

Fellow Earthlings: tomorrow (July 3), is #aphelion! That's the point in Earth's year-long orbit when it's at its most distant from the sun.
(The closest approach to the sun is called perihelion.)
The average difference between aphelion and perihelion is about 3.1 million miles.

Graph showing rising CO2 levels as measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, known as the Keeling Curve.

If you don't measure it, it can't be real... Trump tries to kill off the 'Keeling Curve' by closing the Mauna Loa observatory which has been measuring CO2 from a Hawaii mountaintop since 1958.
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