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Bill Eborn

@billious.bsky.social
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Is a grandfather, lives in Brighton, works in a high support homeless hostel (so he’s not rich but he is angry), plays jazz harmonica and has a partner living in Granada, so he goes there a lot

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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
And you did very well
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’ll really miss all the palaver of trying to avoid paying duties when I send my harmonicas to be repaired in Ireland or Portugal. There are literally only two harmonica repairers in Europe. It’s such an enjoyable little puzzle
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵
In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m really looking forward to somebody providing an explanation of how to milk a dead cow
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Isn’t there an argument to make that if you are lobbying to deregulate crypto then you are helping organised criminal like people smugglers launder their money?
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I work just round the corner and often take clients there for keywork
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bankers chippie’s not bad, it’s on the Hove side of Western Road about a 10 minute walk from the conference centre. There’s lots of nice Middle Eastern places around there too
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My mum was a devout non-conformist Christian and had beautiful kind and gentle philosophy that was a million miles away from the Southern Baptist Church amongst others. Her saying which has always stayed with me was “being a Christian isn’t about going to church, it’s about being kind”.
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m an atheist, hopefully that is the only thing I have in common with Hitler because I like to think I’m a nice one
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just sent this to my friend in Spain who was telling me about an amazing great big plate of Pulpo à la Gallego that she had yesterday
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’n not a lawyer but maybe she should ask legal advice in order to get an injunction
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’d welcome an increase in the murder rate in Brighton if it meant Grace wasn’t crap
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“You’ve got to get drug and alcohol services, mental health services, social services, all onboard, everybody working collaboratively to wrap around the person or it just falls apart. Ultimately, my dream is to be out of job because that would mean we’ve solved it but it’s not easy.”
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
How do you end rough sleeping? This is excellent from @aveek18.bsky.social for Arguably on why rapid progress is possible and the lessons from the last Labour government. www.arguably.uk/p/how-do-you...
arguably.uk
How do you end rough sleeping?
The last Labour government proved that rapid progress is possible
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Whilst secure lower cost housing can also enable people to engage in training, feel more secure to risk starting businesses etc
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Governments across Europe are chasing airport expansion, but the evidence suggests it will not benefit most people’s everyday lives and will make it harder to provide affordable housing. Find out more in our new report: neweconomics.org/2026/06/the-...
neweconomics.org
The economics of air transport in Europe
Part two: air transport and tourism
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Extraordinary detail in the new book on Trump's second term administration
After they wrapped up their research, the authors sat down with Trump to check their facts. He drifted on to why his "love affair" with Venezuela went back to his years of owning the Miss Universe pageant, which featured many beautiful Venezuelans. What he really wanted to relate was a conversation he had had with a historian whose verdict was that Trump was "without question, the most powerful man the planet [had] ever known - by a long way." The historian had sent Trump a two-page memo from which he read. "If President Trump is the American Eagle, then William the Conqueror was merely a sparrow." Curious about the identity of the historian, Swan tracked down a golf caddie in Florida, who confessed a passion for history.
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Meanwhile in China www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
theguardian.com
World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China
Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I’m confused by this assumption that community sentences aren’t tough. How is taking a child and sticking them in a cell to smoke spice all day a solution to anything?
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Would a smart move be for the Green Party to offer to stand aside on condition that Labour with Burnham as PM commits to a referendum on electoral reform enabling it to be in place before the next general election?
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We could reduce crime and save a lot of money by treating people who commit petty crimes to fund addictions with compassion & therapeutic solutions rather than punitive ones. It won’t happen though and we all know why
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Given that every political leader of his particular hue Orban, Trump Netanyahu etc etc has turned out to be monstrously corrupt you would think that Farage would want to demonstrably show that he is beyond reproach
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
But I support the introduction of the act. As renters we need secure, well maintained homes. I think how much worse it could be if I was on my own with children, suddenly uprooted with lives thrown into turmoil for having the audacity to complain about the damp or the crappy boiler
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My salary with anti-social hours is about £28,531. I can get screamed at for an hour, deal with catastrophic self harm, try & maybe fail to bring somebody back with CPR or Naloxone. I need my own space, a place that’s secure, a refuge & the odd beer. Is that unreasonable, is that too much to ask?
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I’ve been hit with this and have got till 21st June to find somewhere. I’ve had 3 viewings cancelled so far because someone’s snapped up the property before I could get a look at it. In Brighton it’s a minimum of £1k a month for a studio & agents are asking for 30x the rent.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Though not without their flaws, Universities they have *already* done more to drive economic development and innovation than pretty much any other human institution, and that's in addition to creating informed citizens and otherwise enriching the human experience. The evidence for this is...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A week following the Trump administration's assault on truth youtube.com/shorts/-BUHs...
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A week following the Trump administration's assault on truth
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I spend a lot of time in Spain which of course has a serious food culture and where I note in all modesty that my friends have been known to go into raptures over my Lancashire hotpot, cheesy fish pie and proper creamy mashed spud
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Pear implant
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 23/04/2026
Videos supposedly showing large groups of Muslims praying in the middle of streets in central London have been gaining traction on social media. But they aren’t real. The clips feature garbled text, glitching flags, and AI watermarks.
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Fake AI videos depict large crowds of Muslims praying in London streets – Full Fact
Videos circulating on social media showing large groups of Muslims apparently praying in the middle of the road in London are not real and were made using artificial intelligence.
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I’m ETTA - my flights are generally early because those are cheaper and I’m so anxious about oversleeping I’m awake @stupid o’clock and I think fuck it I might as well go to the airport instead of neurotically pacing around the flat
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I’m too poor to have a car but since everything is either wrapped in or delivered by something derived from oil, surely I am affected by oil prices
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Spent most of today getting a tidal wave of abuse on social media from those who can’t tell the difference between a clash of rights outside abortion clinics and a culture war over religious freedom in Trafalgar Square. Buffer zones uphold free speech. Here’s how.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Archive link for those without a subscription. (Richard Tice avoids £600,000 in tax.) archive.ph/c5EcY
archive.ph
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Exactly and the NHS surcharge is a real worry for a lot of people who work really hard propping up struggling services. Without my migrant colleagues I know that our service would be totally screwed
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I’m not aware of Timothy Spall playing a badger, he has been a sometime rat though
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Would that be the 700? I have two colleagues that take that bus to work and have spoken of strange occurrences
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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
If only there were a Spanish word for cojones
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Maybe it would have better for Blair to have been less helpful to Bush!
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Actually the adult response is to assert that military action needs to be in accordance with international law
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is so good, we wish WE had made it! The history & lunacy of the disinformation campaign around 15-Minute Cities, by 2 “non experts” @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social who show how experts SHOULD be communicating. Thanks to the @originstorypodcast.bsky.social podcast. #UrbanTruth
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15-Minute Cities – How Urban Design Entered the Culture War | Origin Story
YouTube video by Origin Story
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to start calling these people religious extremists instead of Christian preachers?
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It’s normal to applaud solos at jazz gigs, what it was about the solo that generated so much appreciation?
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I remember walking past somebody in Brighton after a really difficult night shift. It must have been terrifying for them
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
REP. BALINT: “This is not a game, Secretary!” BONDI: “I’m Attorney General.” REP. BALINT: “My apologies. I couldn’t tell.” 🔥
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Bill Eborn @billious.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Meg Hillier
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