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Ben Coles @bencoles.bsky.social Rugby writer. Now for @observeruk.bsky.social and freelance.
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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford
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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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