William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bodhana is amazing, another achievement whizzes by. #chess www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBodhana Sivanandan: British schoolgirl becomes youngest woman grandmasterThe 11-year-old has broken another chess record after a remarkable performance representing England. 010
Reposted by William HoggarthAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 4920921254
Reposted by William HoggarthHeidi Aho @heidiaho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Let’s try: I would like to interview a person who has grown up and spent most of their life in a foreign country where English is widely used as a second language. This interview will be carried anonymously, and I will only introduce the content of the interview as a part of my study & presentation. 152
Reposted by William HoggarthAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 14/08/2026THIS is the real news today. Not some greasy little establishment spiv winning a pointless by election against no opposition. A real tragedy, for real people, in a world where our climate is changing for the worse with incredible speed. It's time to wake up... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukWest Midlands fire crews tackle 'hotspots' as residents return to destroyed homesNineteen people were taken to hospital, according to the ambulance service, with 54 treated at the scene of eight different fires across the region. 714244
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Nice to see that we are already fly tipping on the moon. 031
Reposted by William HoggarthDavid Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I am not sure that we appreciate how much hostility there is from the far right to the learning and speaking of languages. 1/2 www.thetimes.com/article/9a33...thetimes.comLanguage centre closes after ‘far-right intimidation’The director of the Language Hub in Glasgow claimed the premises were no longer safe for staff after a ‘surveillance’ campaign by anti-migration activists 16367186
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Wow Wix is terrible, slow and constantly trying to shove AI in your face. The latter problem seems endemic among site builders. Just want something simple that non techies can update easily *sigh* 020
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Hate that AI is killing so many good online educational resources, and forcing content creators to move on. LLM is good for on the fly learning but good quality structured content is still very much worthwhile. 030
Reposted by William HoggarthReunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Being British or settled doesn’t mean your spouse can live with you 🇬🇧 Earn under £29k? No visa. Can’t save £88,500? No visa. Have kids together? Doesn’t matter. 🚨 We're launching this campaign today—help us tell the gov to stop profiting from tearing families apart reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/sign 615081
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Experimented with public transport on Friday. Bus + Lime Bike (the latter being an new experience). £6 and 30 minutes vs £10 and 10 minutes in a taxi. What shocked me most is how expensive the Lime Bike was - £3 for just ten minutes. Hard to see how people are going to be parted from their cars. 010
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Sad that Forvo seems to be going downhill, such a great resource but so many recordings don't play correctly any more. #langsky 020
Reposted by William HoggarthLanguages Direct @languages-direct.com · 18/04/2026‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners buff.ly/lGXcMcp #langsky #xl8buff.ly‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learnersThe number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language 071
Reposted by William HoggarthCalum Miller @calummillerld.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The decision to end the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme has created real uncertainty for churches and faith buildings, many of which rely on local donations for essential repairs. Ministers must now make clear how they will be supported if this VAT relief ends. 086
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 19/01/2026We need it for our security. It’s not a real country anyway. Where have we heard that narrative before? #Greenland 020
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Has lichess lost the option to turn off chat recently? Got some unpleasant comments for the first time in forever, but couldn’t find anyway to turn it off. #chess #lichess 100
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Tax dodging millionaire joins reform. What a surprise. And people still think Nigel is going to be looking out for them… 000
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Really hate that YouTube has now started automatically dubbing videos into English using AI 🤮 No I’d like to the original please, if I don’t understand I’ll turn subtitles on thanks. 110
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Why has the tech world collectively decided that the year ends in mid December? I'm inundated with "years in review", none of which are interesting and all of which are two weeks early. 010
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Antisocial behaviour is normally associated with young people, but recently got on a bus full of pensioners and couldn’t hear myself think for all the nattering. Was too intimidated to say anything. 120
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Went to the local Remembrance Sunday Parade today. It didn’t look like 30% of the adult population were there. It’s almost as if Reform voters are not actually patriotic… 000
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Sorry but as a Brit every time someone says "Abigail Spanberger" all I hear is "Abigail Spam Burger". 000
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Uber locating a driver is the new Microsoft progress bar - a totally unpredictable work of fiction. 031
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The paradox of being old: you can’t hear what anyone is saying anymore yet the audio at the cinema is painfully loud. 040
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Great post by @richardjameschess.bsky.social highlighting some of the real problems with how we are raising our children. We’ve struggled to get our daughter the social life she needs because her peers have little time left over after their crammed schedule. open.substack.com/pub/richard9...open.substack.comPushy Parents and Third SpacesThere have been a couple of articles in the Guardian over the past few days touching on the subject of young people’s lives outside school. 121
Reposted by William HoggarthBBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 07/10/2025“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?” “Because that’s what they are” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference. #Newsnight 1202102693
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Say hello to Mr Orangepants whom we met on the way home from school today. 010
Reposted by William HoggarthJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 01/10/2025At a time when new cyberattacks debilitate British businesses seemingly daily, the UK government is demanding that security is made worse for UK users. 57632
Reposted by William HoggarthEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 30/09/2025I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics. 37944136
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I was going to vote Labour to keep Reform out, but that seems rather a pointless idea now… 120
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Oh look Mandelson had to be sacked for being dodgy. That’s never happened before… 100
Reposted by William HoggarthCassidy @cassidoo.co · 22/08/2025I wrote about how I built my app Ductts! cassidoo.co/post/ductts-...cassidoo.coDuctts Build LogI built Ductts, an app for tracking how often you cry. Here's how! 37316
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Reform can't cope with the local press, what a bunch of snowflakes! 020
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 07/08/2025World’s most pointless email from my bank. It tells me that the base rate has changed but not what it is nor if or when it will affect any of their rates. 🤷♂️ 000
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Unbelievable from Usyk, no questions this time #boxing 030
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Tried to let my daughter win a game of #chess but blundered and she ended up with B&N vs K. Oops, draw it is then 😔 170
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Those on the right: "I walk down the street and hardly anyone is speaking English. Being able to speak English is important for integration." Firstly that's an exaggeration and secondly (this may blow your monolingual mind) they almost certainly speak English just fine too. 030
Reposted by William HoggarthMark TWIC @marktwic.bsky.social · 08/07/2025The Week in Chess 1600 of 7th June 2025 by Mark Crowther. 49 stories and 8891 games. theweekinchess.com/html/twic160... theweekinchess.com Another milestone but things are tough right now, please consider donating to support the work. Also starting to look for part time work myself. 092
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 01/07/2025For all those people who think men don’t have an advantage in #chess: we do. We don’t suffer from harassment and discrimination. When we play in a tournament we don’t have to worry about anything other than the moves on the board. Unfortunately, for women that is often not the case. 171
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 30/06/2025The state of British political discourse right now: "Let's not convert a disused building into flats so that young people can get onto the property ladder, because immigrants." Ok, so we can't help any British people on the off chance some foreigner might benefit.... Sheesh... 010
Reposted by William HoggarthPascual Pérez-Paredes @perez-paredes.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Hurry up!!! Last day to ⬇️ download for 🆓 @perez-paredes.bsky.social & Boulton, A. (2025). Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom.@cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org . 👇👇 #corpuslinguistics #languagelearning #technology www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgData-driven Learning in and out of the Language ClassroomCambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom 023
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 29/05/2025So excited to discover this. While most boys were probably admiring some footballer or other, Jeff Minter was my childhood hero. 010
Reposted by William HoggarthScott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A very welcome arrival to the chess scene on Bluesky! If you're not familiar with Mark and his fantastic project The Week in Chess, you absolutely should start reading and subscribe: theweekinchess.com?go (resending to fix my typo) 2244
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Seeing lots of these little dudes about, but I don’t remember ever seeing them before 🤔 130
William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The Chessable co-founders are involved in a new venture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=laJ-... #chessyoutube.comI'm joining Chessiverse!YouTube video by John Bartholomew 020
