Reposted by William AveryCarol Wilcox @redcazza.bsky.social · 9hwww.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comBeware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | LettersLetters: Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrums 012
Reposted by William AveryDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 9hSolar panels are always the giveaway that any accusations of "overcapacity" are basically "we resent China winning" since the price keeps coming down even though China dominates the market, and that is changing the world - for good. ourworldindata.org/grapher/sola... ustr.gov/sites/defaul...ourworldindata.orgSolar photovoltaic panel pricesAverage price of solar modules, expressed in US dollars per watt, adjusted for inflation. 67723
Reposted by William AveryPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Thames Valley Police have responded to claims by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyer that search warrants issued by officers at the Royal Lodge at Windsor were unlawful. From the new Private Eye, in shops now. 725576
William Avery @willavery.net · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comBeware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | LettersLetters: Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrums 000
Reposted by William AveryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is so dispiritingwsj.comIn China, Battle Is Raging for the Soul of TibetOn the edge of the Himalayas, a tourist boomtown sells Chinese visitors a commoditized, politically palatable version of Tibetan culture. 2328
Reposted by William AveryHong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 06/10/2026Exclusive: In 2010 letter, Trump pleaded with Macau leader to correct ‘outrageous’ trademark defeat, attaching TV ratings hongkongfp.com/2026/10/06/e...hongkongfp.comhttps://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/06/exclusive-in-2010-letter-trump-pleaded-with-macau-leader-to-correct-outrageous-trademark-defeat-attaching-tv-ratings 011
Reposted by William AveryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Apparently it's Banned Books Week in the US. Well, a few words, as a HKer: 1) Buy physical copies of books, especially those which you know can be taken away, just like that 2) Know who are the brave ones who sell books 3) Know which are the safe third spaces to read and discuss books 24318
Reposted by William AveryDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Afraid there has always in my lifetime been a fair number in the further-left that are antisemitic, who tend to move around parties because of how completely toxic they are. 0575
Reposted by William AveryEddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell. The ruling: suicide. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 781202684
Reposted by William AveryDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/10/2026Finally, my scapula will be returned to me. 518018
Reposted by William AverySunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nicholas Garland for the New Statesman 1974 on the Wilson renegotiation with the EEC - via Richard Johnson, QMUL 1244
Reposted by William AveryIan Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 03/10/2026Given that these bozos don't actually "invest" in anything except by buying up property and leaving it empty, I do not think this is the big stick they think it is.theguardian.comUAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdictThe Premier League’s actions would ‘have an influence on the bilateral state relationship’, Emirati officials said 4192
Reposted by William AveryGwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fascinating. The motion doesn’t mention trans rights at all, it is about equalities law in general, but Nation.Cymru, normally a big fan of devolved rights, is against this because it might benefit trans people. nation.cymru/news/plaid-c...nation.cymruPlaid Cymru activists want devolution of equalities law to increase trans rightsMartin Shipton Plaid Cymru is to debate a controversial motion at its annual conference that would commit it to getting equalities legislation devolved to Wales. The motion will be considered by party... 4166
Reposted by William AveryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wait. This all happened this past month!? 031
Reposted by William AveryBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026📈 Only one policy option gets £92bn in growth. 💪 Only one policy option boosts our exports by £43bn every single year. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to rejoin the EU. And the EU needs Britain.independent.co.ukBurnham says he could go ‘all the way’ and rejoin European Union in Brexit warningPM said one option was to back George Osborne’s call, made in an interview with The Independent, to rejoin the EU custom 27601175
William Avery @willavery.net · 30/09/2026So odd that AI cannot count. The page to which it links clearly shows the required five lines above a treble staff. (The clef is the curly-wurly letter G on the left of the treble staff. I think it's a music theory fail if you call a staff a clef, too.) 000
Reposted by William AveryOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is an outstanding point 21691157
Reposted by William AverySian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself. 18469135
William Avery @willavery.net · 29/09/2026"Fantabulosa" has been added to the OED. www.oed.com/dictionary/f...oed.comOxford English DictionaryThe OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English. 000
Reposted by William AveryMarlowe_UK @irishdreamer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I know it’s bad news for you” says Lucy Powell to the Head of Racism at @lbc @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social as the RAF “attackers” aren’t actually “terrible forrins” Absolutely class! 88018
Reposted by William AveryMartin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In which I learned that Choosing Texas was not some viral advert for scientific calculators. 3252
Reposted by William AveryDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Since I'm not going to Liverpool this year to discuss, a short state of play on UK EU relations and the Labour Party. The very short version - they're terrified. And trying to find ways to avoid the question none of which will work. 1113352
Reposted by William AveryTristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s great to see the BBC in Bristol & other local media, report on Andy Burnham backing mass transit for Bristol & Bath, TWO MONTHS after Bristol Post readers first found out 👇🏼 (If you want local news two months ahead of everyone else, read the Bristol Post.) www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...bristolpost.co.ukPrime Minister WILL fund Bristol and Bath mass transit system"A city like Bristol should have a mass transit system" 293
Reposted by William AveryA. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I love that he thinks his wardrobe is the thing about him that may freak people out. 11742
William Avery @willavery.net · 25/09/2026Just renewing my broadband contract over the phone, and there's no hold music. Have they realised that it just enrages people? 000
Reposted by William Averycallymeg.bsky.social @callymeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I remember reading a post, a while back, by a man who had a pack of chocolate biscuits in his food parcel. The family sat down to tea and biscuits and had their first ever proper conversation about their situation and how they could deal with it. 091
Reposted by William AveryIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Full of all the usual nonsense of course, but this is nevertheless a crucial moment. By far the most positive a Tory leader has been about EU anything since 2016. 5430856
Reposted by William AveryHas Turkey Joined @hasturkeyjoined.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today’s equinox was the 79th since Türkiye applied to join the EU. ☀️🇹🇷🇪🇺 143
Reposted by William AveryKuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Are we calling them the "Nonce Bonnettes', now then? 3120637
Reposted by William AveryCllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So, just to be clear, Daniel Thomas was: 1- Carrying a knife contrary to section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 2- Used that knife to commit criminal damage (Criminal Damage act 1971) 3- likely engaged in the criminal offense of endangering Life at Sea (Merchant Shipping Act 1995) 7245101
Reposted by William AveryJo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have no idea what the game is here hut there’s something beneath the surface of this fact, it’s too anomalous. 191
Reposted by William AveryNiao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The fear of the erasure of Cantonese was another strand of the 2019 pro-democracy protests, it just didn’t get much airtime if at all in the press 14018
Reposted by William Averypaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 22/09/202613 Nov E Sheffield #newsnight 4 Dec E. Sheffield #politicslive 8 Jan 25 E. Sheffield #politicslive 3 Apr E. Sheffield #bbcqt 9 Jul E. Sheffielfd #politicslive 29 Oct E. Sheffield #politicslive 24 Feb 26 E. Sheffield #politicslive 17 Jun 26 E. Sheffield #politicslive 22 Sep E. Sheffield #politicslive 13013
Reposted by William AveryYTSL @ytsl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#PostboxSaturday On Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. 1334
Reposted by William AverySean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 19/09/2026I feel like we’ve all let Jim Ratcliffe down and I hope we are all ashamed of ourselves. 2226629
Reposted by William AveryJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 18/09/2026I spend my week crossing london on a bike and increasingly that means cycling alongside Wayve/Waymo robotaxis. it’s uncomfortable. they give you so much space, don’t do a close pass while accelerating as lights go red. So unnerving if you cycle on assumption everyone’s mental and wants to kill you. 1526941
William Avery @willavery.net · 18/09/2026Having worked in computing for over 35 years, I can confirm that errors do indeed, generally unfold on very short timescales. You ordinary folk would never have guessed, would you? </sarcasm> www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFlight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software errorError first occurred at 10am but major incident was not declared until 12.30pm, says report 000
Reposted by William AveryPablo Nepomnaschy @pablonep.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not new, and not discovered...still great news. I offer a, perhaps, more accurate, less colonizing, title: "Western scientists describe a felid known to local communities as Tilcayo. It is the first description of its kind in over a century" 8827399
William Avery @willavery.net · 17/09/2026Worrying interpretation of the current AI investment hype. 141
Reposted by William AveryJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Honestly, I think there's a great opportunity to show the practical case for solidarity here. Yeah, you CAN decide you have no responsibilities to everyone else! But everyone else might reciprocate. You sure that's a good deal? 814215
Reposted by William AveryPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And guess who follows me.... a man from the Institute of Economic Affairs who, of course, don't declare their donors Wild 925451
Reposted by William AveryStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So I will admit to having googled “how long is Lincoln?” in the cinema, and it is a thoughtless act but I do at least get how it happens. The face off that ensured was really weird. 161
Reposted by William AveryMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026At first glance you may think this is an old story that you’ve read before.bbc.co.ukReform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after being arrestedDan Thomas says he was been released without charge by the police. 52517123
William Avery @willavery.net · 14/09/2026“There’s not really a chance to speak if you’re talking with him. He’s just talking at you.” www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...bristol247.comYoung Bob returns to Bristol 'to defend freedom of speech'The far-right 18-year-old calls himself a "Christian pro-life remigration activist" 000
Reposted by William AveryGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We have been together for 40 years, but we couldn’t get married legally as “husband & husband” until 2008, thanks to a ruling by the California Supreme Court that found the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. 1152927162
Reposted by William AveryKaz Self 🏳️⚧️ @kazself.com · 14/09/2026Excellent article from Tristan here. Colour me shocked that the Daily Telegraph are talking nonsense. 042
Reposted by William AveryMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Tories have reselected Sir Roger Gale to fight Herne Bay & Sandwich. He’ll be 91 at the end of the next Parliament. 5524743
William Avery @willavery.net · 13/09/2026www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...bristolpost.co.uk'Durex' BMW driver banned from roads for a yearPolice were called to a car meet 000
Reposted by William AveryMartin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 26/02/2026In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.appstirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.appAllister Heath Headline Generator 5231567521
Reposted by William AveryDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Clearly what the James Bond films got wrong was that there are in fact many tech utopian fascists simultaneously trying to take over the world. 1538882