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William Hoggarth

@neofight78.bsky.social
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Chess, code, management, language learning & other stuff. Speak 🇬🇧🇷🇺

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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The absurdity of the English being “confused” about a bilingual sign (and not for the first time). English xenophobia really has no limits. About time we saw more Welsh in England! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Lidl signs at Nottinghamshire store feature Welsh translation
The supermarket chain has replaced the bilingual signs after they were installed in error.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bodhana is amazing, another achievement whizzes by. #chess www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bodhana Sivanandan: British schoolgirl becomes youngest woman grandmaster
The 11-year-old has broken another chess record after a remarkable performance representing England.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nice! Bishop is overloaded.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Russia will increasingly test Europe's resolve for sure. Plenty of hacks and arson attacks etc are already happening... But if Ukraine and US is anything to go by, the political battlefield is where they are most likely to find success...
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Planning to deport all the English?
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
First heard this tip from Fred Brooks.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Most definitely not!
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If 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...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Seems like a lot of effort to prove the blindingly obvious!
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m going to take that to mean you are 28.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Looks like his popularity going up in smoke…
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We have come up against this in trying to get more social interaction for our daughter outside of school. Everyone has a busy schedule taking their child to various clubs and classes. But if we try to build a relationship or invite people round, it’s nearly always met with suspicion. So frustrating.
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Heidi Aho @heidiaho.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Let’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.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Certainly “maternal capital” and free childcare from 3 years has not helped with Russia’s demographic crisis. So I agree it’s not really an economic thing.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I think it’s less about whether mothers are expected to work, but more about how invested they are in their career compared to their desire to have children. But also agree that people see parenthood as impinging on their freedom and as not needed for a fulfilling life.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You mean you have too little shelving surely?
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There comes a point when you have to stand up to the bully. Sure you may take a beating but then they leave you alone after that. A shame there hasn’t been more solidarity in pushing back collectively.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Surely if these plans were any good they would reassure the public?! Also how can there be democratic oversight if the public is kept in the dark? If we are relying on bad actors not knowing these plans for security reasons, I’ve got some bad news about information security…
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Those ungrateful residents of Stourbridge just need to start enjoying it a bit more.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
THIS 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.uk
West Midlands fire crews tackle 'hotspots' as residents return to destroyed homes
Nineteen people were taken to hospital, according to the ambulance service, with 54 treated at the scene of eight different fires across the region.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Perhaps it would be more honest to say “Nobody cares and in a surprisingly short amount of time neither will you.”
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Not my area of expertise of course but the councils claims seem pretty wild to me. Would it really devastate wildlife and tourism? Maybe a better system is just to build and then release mitigation funds if observable effects surpass some threshold.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
For phones yes, for broadband not so much.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
He should ban broadband and phone contracts while he’s at it, nothing but consumer lock in.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Does it have a choice though?
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Nice to see that we are already fly tipping on the moon.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I think you’ll find that Microsoft’s CEO has no need for a hairdresser 😜
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What were people afraid of, noisy neighbours?!
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Congratulations!
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sign
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If the offering plate is passed around and nobody puts any money in then that’s a garbage collection.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Nothing. It’s a popular plan implemented by many. If you want to switch it up you could always change to studying entirely the wrongs things, people seem to like that one too.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Brain re-types?
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
*pedant mode on* Presbyterians surely?
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Wasn't the FIDE World Cup last year?
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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I 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.com
Language 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
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
What is a Swiss Pool? Sounds like something you’d find in a health spa.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
You could also give all British citizens the right to live in their own country by relaxing the absurd earnings criteria for a spouse visa.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Should make it into a website, I hear Saintliness as a Service (SaaS) is all the rage these days.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It will definitely stop the boats though!
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Really begs the question of how deporting someone’s spouse is putting them first? Never mind the fact that the existing stringent requirements for a spouse visa already effectively deprive British citizens of the right to live in their own country.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Wow 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*
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Isn't there also a risk that Christians get pushed towards the hard right who are waiting to embrace them?
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A baker’s dozen!
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Don’t forget that’s on top of the social media surcharge!
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have never found any chat bot of any kind to be of any use TBH. I can either work something out myself or it needs the intervention of a human.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Is this a US thing? Never really felt it was a problem here in the UK. In any case I think breathing in close proximity for a long period of time is probably worse than a handshake. If you’re ill, don’t play should be the rule.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Tax on hope rebate.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Really learning how to do a proper handshakes comes before learning the en passant rule.
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William Hoggarth @neofight78.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Don’t they even know how to play chess?!?
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