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Will Ross

@twistedbyknaves.bsky.social
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Rather less angry than Chat GPT would have you believe. Also thinner on top. Tries to keep up with sprogs 1-6 and all their mini sprogs. Hopelessly devoted to the Chair of Balham FC. Takes footie pictures. Trying to get back into fencing.

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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Having grown up under the tyranny of the blue blanket, I was sad to see the cross of St George co opted by bigots. But it can be taken back. Flags work best as tokens of national friendship.
The flags of Poland, Ghana and England hanging side by sides in front of a South London terrace.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli... @ianleslie.bsky.social is right about the fundamental point of Blair's intervention: that we need Labour to think clearly. Blair says there's no point in changing leader until we've done the thinking. I fear we're committed now.
open.substack.com
Labour Isn't Thinking
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
He's targeting the Eiffel Tower??
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Every so often, a post ages well.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Wordle 1,748 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 76/99 Luck 79/99 "OK, it's a draw. But you were lucky!" #BadDrawer
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Yes. Obvs. The only real question in my mind is by how many decades this accelerates the changing of the guard from the US to China.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
There is a symmetry here in a war that is going to go very asymmetric, very soon.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Bless her dear, sweet heart. If we could do that, we'd've done it 200 years ago. And never needed computers, let alone AI. But it's a worthy dream.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Euthanasia on the 12th birthday.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Is fusion really peculiarly British? I suppose there is a case that it's a legacy of Empire. Regardless, we would be immeasurably poorer if we threw away the ingredients for things like this.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The line of cultural continuity is the sagas, surely? 1066 can be seen as a point of inflexion between the Viking and Chivalric ages.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It's a fair cop!
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Wordle 1,571 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thanks to @comedywriter.bsky.social for insidiously conditioning me back into this delightful game.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
#TheOpportuneMoment
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two men standing next to each other with the words if you were waiting for the opportune moment that was it
ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words if you were waiting for the opportune moment that was it
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
@rory-stewart.bsky.social saw this and thought of you…
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I done a Thing! Concerned you might be being manipulated by your Chatbot advisor? (If you aren't, you should be…) Here's a handy cut out and keep checklist of common sense risks and things to bear in mind. Thoughts? #PauseQuestionReframe static1.squarespace.com/static/64303...
static1.squarespace.com
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
#LoonyLeftyLawyers
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Save Our Swans!
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
@scottsantens.com , saw this and thought of you…
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
In no particular order: 1. The sound and feel of rain on your waterproofs 2. Cuddles 3. A conversation that heads off somewhere unexpected 4. Being constructively silly with grandchildren 5. Writing with a ball point pen on a banana
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
One can but hope that the Russians aren't as helpful as the Argentinians.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
"Southern Rail: where every stop is a story" #LeadingWithTheirChin
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Oo: an update to the Microsoft Services Agreement! I note that we now agree not to use AI to subliminally influence people with the intention of changing their behaviour in a way that causes harm. Quibble: does this prohibit any change of behaviour which is determined independently to be harmful?
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It's all got out of hand. Entitled jokers in Washington, Moscow and Jerusalem appear to have decided to opt out of civilization. I think I need to go out and stand quietly in the rain for a while. :0(
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Inexplicably, the stylishly supercilious Mlle Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com , appears to have overlooked the K Pop Demon Hunters singalongs at Vue. :0)
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Just caught up with TMS. I imagine @anandmenon.bsky.social is being adorably insufferable.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Rather than snarking, I see this as a hopeful sign. Perhaps they're coming to their senses?
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Oh, Guardian! Covering all needs, as ever… :0)
extract from the Lifestyle section of The Guardian juxtaposing two headlines:
"I won a Thimothée Chalamet lookalike contest" and
"How can I stop fixating on my appearance?"
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is a great example of the importance of punctuation: that comma is critical. I wonder how clear it was in the spoken conversation.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Have you ever noticed chat GPT begin to produce an answer and then replace it with "I'm just an LLM. I can't answer that question"? Try "new query". It just recovered the original response twice for me. As always with the Young Master, YMMV.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Frankly, it's the white non Britons I worry about. #They'reLaughingAtUs
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I disagree. But having read @columnist.bsky.social 's fabulous review of the Brasserie Lipp, I know I'm in the wrong. #LippService Not that I'm averse to the semicolon: there is indeed such a thing as flow. But unless the writer is great, stupidly long sentences get in the way of meaning.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
No one should bother clicking on It Katie Martin's articles. At least, not until I have. Surprised and delighted that the article was still available after 3 hours. Great and illuminating read.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
media.tenor.com
a robot is standing in the dirt and saying `` i would make a suggestion but you wouldn 't listen . ''
ALT: a robot is standing in the dirt and saying `` i would make a suggestion but you wouldn 't listen . ''
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Well, the Grauniad WOULD say that, wouldn't they? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?
Focus on Reform or reassure the left – Keir Starmer’s next move could define his premiership
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just back from seeing #Mickey17 with Sprog6. Whatever you may think of Donald Trump, he has done this for Western culture: He's made the scenery chewing pantomime villain believable again. Great work by Ruffalo.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
FEWER! A small hill upon which I will die. :0) "The little UK city almost as pretty as Chester or Oxford but with way less tourists Source: Daily Express search.app/eFkS "
search.app
The little UK city almost as pretty as Chester or Oxford but with fewer tourists
Once you've absorbed the city's charm and history, you can explore the natural beauty of nearby parks and beaches.
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
For anyone with UK Netflix, Renfield is up. A film about breaking dependency on a monster. What could be more timely?
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
@balhamfc.bsky.social leaving its run of wins fashionably late…
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Will Ross @twistedbyknaves.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
In the bad old days I used to waste my attention looking at my diary and deciding what to wear. Now my assistant wakes me with an appropriate alarm and "perhaps your dark blue suit today, for the meeting with the board? No. Definitely NOT the red socks! …"
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