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William Avery @willavery.net · 02/10/2026

Reminds me of this head that I saw in the Archaeological Museum in Taranto. He's going to end up looking like this, isn't he?

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William Avery @willavery.net · 30/09/2026

All EU passports have to be burgundy red, right?

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William Avery @willavery.net · 30/09/2026

So 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.)

Screenshot of Google AI stating "A standard concert flute can officially play up to High C (the fourth octave C, four ledger lines above the treble clef)..."

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William Avery @willavery.net · 26/09/2026

🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

Screen shot of interim poll result showing that of 1462 votes cast 96% are in favour of the UK rejoining the EU.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 17/09/2026

Worrying interpretation of the current AI investment hype.

TikTok screenshot.

Comment: Imagine when AI starts BRIBING humans to do evil things. Go and make biological weapon and I will make you a billionaire. Or I will make your country the most powerful...

Reply: I think we are already there right? Why are we in a spending race?

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William Avery @willavery.net · 22/08/2026

I've not seen this term before, and I can't help thinking it could pass for Polari. "Had to listen to the usual lamentarola from Charlie Hawtrey" wouldn't be out of place in Kenneth Williams' diary.

A piece of sheet music with the direction "Lamentarola"

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William Avery @willavery.net · 08/08/2026

I do wonder if Heath's sudden concern over extreme interpretations of nationality are entirely altruistic.

Screenshot of a Google search result for Allister Heath, describing him as a "French journalist".

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William Avery @willavery.net · 07/07/2026

Could the dolphin be persuaded to put in an appearance?

Candidate in blue dolphin costumewith red and blue rosettes at declaration of election result

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William Avery @willavery.net · 25/06/2026

I think I misunderstood this at first

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William Avery @willavery.net · 20/06/2026

ICL "hot tango" branding was bad enough, without AI putting it on steroids.

Picture of room with bright orange ICL System 25 computer hardware.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 11/05/2026

Thanks for that special members' price, NCP. Absolute bargain! [Possible something to do with receivership, TBF.]

Screenshot of booking page, offering "special members price" of £14, and online non-members price of £14.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 21/04/2026

Google AI just went macaronic on me! "公平ly" = fairly or equitably.

A screenshot including the text 'Based on Shapley values, it公平ly distributes the "payout" (the prediction) among the features (players).'

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William Avery @willavery.net · 07/04/2026

Duolingo, getting down to some nitty-gritty real-estate issues.

Screenshot with the question "Did this house have an ant issue previously?" In Chinese and English.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 29/03/2026

Frankly, on this occasion I could have done with a content warning from Wikipedia.

A screenshot of the "Did you know?" section on Wikipedia's home page, asking "Did You know... ... that Michael Gove (pictured), now a member of the House of Lords, appeared on the television quiz show Top Club?", accompanied by an official picture of Gove with a wooden grin, reminiscent, IMHO, of a ventriloquist's dummy.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 17/03/2026

Don't tell me you've forgotten!

DVD cover of "Up Pompeii", showing Frankie Howard as Lurcio.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 23/02/2026

Planning a visit to Cardiff, and giggling in Bristolian at the car park charge.

Website text, indicating a parking charge of £6.50 a day.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 31/01/2026

Twitter weirdness: Adrian Lamo's account ("@6") has been suspended. He used to reply angrily to journalists who promised "more @6", but has been dead since 2017. Is dying against the rules?🤷‍♂️

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William Avery @willavery.net · 30/12/2025

Wiltshire's worst ten streets for illegal parking. Fixed it for you Salisbury Journal.

Headline in the Salisbury Journal: "Wiltshire's worst ten streets for parking fines"

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William Avery @willavery.net · 11/12/2025

Cheeky Christmas lunch at the Bathwick Boatman

A portion of Xmas pudding surrounded by custard with a sprig of redcurrants on top

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William Avery @willavery.net · 27/09/2025

I did a Google search about whether swan meat is kosher, and now Quora is anxious I don't miss any developments.🤣

An email from Quora titled "More related to 'Is swan meat kosher...'"

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William Avery @willavery.net · 04/09/2025

Typical UK weather forecast symbol:

Weather forecast symbol showing black cloud, rain drops and sun.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 03/09/2025

Part of a long-term project and business as usual for the Daily Mail, as you are no doubt aware.

A page from the Daily Mail, dated 1934, with the headline "Hurrah for the Blackshirts!"

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William Avery @willavery.net · 14/07/2025

TikTok ad headed "60 mph bike". These machines are way over UK EAPC limits.

An ad for electric bikes with pedals ranging in price from £695 to £1441. The strapline is '60 mph electric bike'.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 07/07/2025

I wonder why it serves me such a different-looking graphic.🤔

Graphic for 2319 day Duolingo streak with white background

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William Avery @willavery.net · 27/06/2025

Latest bright idea from Facebook.🙄

Facebook suggests that I should add Ben Habib MP as a "friend"

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William Avery @willavery.net · 26/04/2025

Labour declining to put a name to the parties who came 3rd and 4th in the previous WECA mayoral elections.🤣

Graph of previous West of England election results. Two bars on each graph are coloured and labelled: blue "Conservative" and red "Labour", but the other two are grey and unlabelled.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 25/03/2025

Peach blossom. Spring is here in the UK now.

Vivid pink fruit blossom with white anthers

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William Avery @willavery.net · 11/03/2025

"Likeable, classic Tory" - Daily Telegraph

Daily Telegraph headline "Rupert Lowe’s no deranged thug. Rather, he comes across as a likeable, classic Tory"

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William Avery @willavery.net · 02/03/2025

Google's AI strikes again😜

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William Avery @willavery.net · 12/02/2025

Another handy phrase from Duolingo - "The whole Council of State is corrupt."😁

The Catalan phrase "Tot el Consell d'Estat és corrupte" and its Spanish equivalent "Todo el Consejo de Estado es corrupto" as displayed in the Duolingo app.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 28/12/2024

Self-heating instant tripe hot pot. When will the UK's Tripe Marketing Board catch up? @tripeuk.bsky.social

A container of a dried convenience meal, labelled in English "Spicy Hot Pot With Beef Tripe" and "Self-Heating". There is also labelling in Chinese characters.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 01/12/2024

Tights and heels are for male portraiture only.😁

A portrait of Louis XIV in tights and heels.

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William Avery @willavery.net · 23/10/2024

Season bilingual text, courtesy of Duolingo. Hongkongers can be woefully deficient at timely closing of doors in winter. I've found learning Mandarin so much easier than Cantonese that I can now use it as a medium of instruction.