William Avery
@willavery.net
Retired IT bod from Bristol.🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Interested in science, open source tech, 中文.
Interested in science, open source tech, 中文.
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Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Failing to anticipate people would use your image generation bot to make consentless-pornography should be criminal incompetence.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
Failing to include safeguards against it should be criminal negligence.
Failing to shut it down once (a) and (b) became obvious should be criminal distribution.
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This is the correct read. Most European leaders have a 'white knuckle it until Governor Fungible (D-Nonsuch) gets 270 electoral votes in 2029' approach. Not a good idea IMV.
"Vassal" talk is a bit much, but those Starmer (and other EU leaders tbf) statements read like all these people still believe, if we can just hold our breath for three more years, this nightmare will be over and we'll be back to singing Atlantic Kumbaya
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is the correct read. Most European leaders have a 'white knuckle it until Governor Fungible (D-Nonsuch) gets 270 electoral votes in 2029' approach. Not a good idea IMV.
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Invading Venezuela might be President Trump's first entirely orthodox US foreign policy action
January 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Invading Venezuela might be President Trump's first entirely orthodox US foreign policy action
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.
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A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
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I bet Obama hasn't passed as many CT scans and MRI exams as Trump!
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January 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I bet Obama hasn't passed as many CT scans and MRI exams as Trump!
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Just to be on the safe side they should start selling eggs with poppies on.
January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Just to be on the safe side they should start selling eggs with poppies on.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Came across this one, and it so accurately depicts the current UK govt position! The only thing wrong is that it doesn't have a judge, politicians, and rich "authors" threatening the guy on the lever with a jail term if he fails to pull it.
December 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Came across this one, and it so accurately depicts the current UK govt position! The only thing wrong is that it doesn't have a judge, politicians, and rich "authors" threatening the guy on the lever with a jail term if he fails to pull it.
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Gary Lineker, "I actually think that 80-90% of the country just want to get on with their lives, be friendly with their neighbours"
"They don't look at people of different religions, skin colours, beliefs, traits, and think badly of them"
"I think we're divided deliberately to distract"
"They don't look at people of different religions, skin colours, beliefs, traits, and think badly of them"
"I think we're divided deliberately to distract"
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Gary Lineker, "I actually think that 80-90% of the country just want to get on with their lives, be friendly with their neighbours"
"They don't look at people of different religions, skin colours, beliefs, traits, and think badly of them"
"I think we're divided deliberately to distract"
"They don't look at people of different religions, skin colours, beliefs, traits, and think badly of them"
"I think we're divided deliberately to distract"
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The guy who jumps through hoops to avoid paying his taxes wondering why local public services are disappearing...
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The guy who jumps through hoops to avoid paying his taxes wondering why local public services are disappearing...
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If you keep telling social liberals to fuck off to impress the Times, don't act all surprised when they actually fuck off.
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If you keep telling social liberals to fuck off to impress the Times, don't act all surprised when they actually fuck off.
Wiltshire's worst ten streets for illegal parking. Fixed it for you Salisbury Journal.
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wiltshire's worst ten streets for illegal parking. Fixed it for you Salisbury Journal.
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Thought experiment: put Farage in the Lords.
December 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thought experiment: put Farage in the Lords.
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Trump: "We have a fool at the Federal Reserve. I mean, Biden reappointed him. It's too bad. You would have thought he wouldn't have done that."
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump: "We have a fool at the Federal Reserve. I mean, Biden reappointed him. It's too bad. You would have thought he wouldn't have done that."
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
(Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)
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No thanks to CNN for marginalizing Cantonese in this article about Chinese gender pronouns:
🙄 Set in Hong Kong but first mention of Cantonese is 25 paragraphs in
🙄 Dismisses it as "an informal and colloquial language"
🙄 Writes 他 five times but refuses to write 佢 (Canto)
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...
🙄 Set in Hong Kong but first mention of Cantonese is 25 paragraphs in
🙄 Dismisses it as "an informal and colloquial language"
🙄 Writes 他 five times but refuses to write 佢 (Canto)
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...
Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun | CNN
Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.
www.cnn.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
No thanks to CNN for marginalizing Cantonese in this article about Chinese gender pronouns:
🙄 Set in Hong Kong but first mention of Cantonese is 25 paragraphs in
🙄 Dismisses it as "an informal and colloquial language"
🙄 Writes 他 five times but refuses to write 佢 (Canto)
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...
🙄 Set in Hong Kong but first mention of Cantonese is 25 paragraphs in
🙄 Dismisses it as "an informal and colloquial language"
🙄 Writes 他 five times but refuses to write 佢 (Canto)
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...
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Reform UK Review 2025
Reform UK MP James McMurdock resigns after receiving legal advice about his business conduct related to Covid loans.
Reform UK MP James McMurdock resigns after receiving legal advice about his business conduct related to Covid loans.
December 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reform UK Review 2025
Reform UK MP James McMurdock resigns after receiving legal advice about his business conduct related to Covid loans.
Reform UK MP James McMurdock resigns after receiving legal advice about his business conduct related to Covid loans.
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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
writesbright.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
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No one has ever been able to adequately explain what Putin is meant to have thought NATO expansion would threaten him with, apart from limiting his expansionist ambitions.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
No one has ever been able to adequately explain what Putin is meant to have thought NATO expansion would threaten him with, apart from limiting his expansionist ambitions.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
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Has anyone yet invited Dyson to “suck it up”?
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Has anyone yet invited Dyson to “suck it up”?
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Its so sad the USA gave up on reality
December 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Its so sad the USA gave up on reality
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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Luke 2:1 "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed."
Morgan McSweeney: "Focus groups are going to fucking hate this"
Morgan McSweeney: "Focus groups are going to fucking hate this"
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Luke 2:1 "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed."
Morgan McSweeney: "Focus groups are going to fucking hate this"
Morgan McSweeney: "Focus groups are going to fucking hate this"