Bill Anderson
@butchandriley.bsky.social
Old git in rural Wiltshire. Durhamite in exile. Likes evidence, facts. Likes Lowdens and Naim, Good food, wine and real beer. Atheist.
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TRUMP: no-one has eaten more cheese than me. if anyone tells you otherwise they're a horse fucker. I eat cheese every day, sometimes two days. cheese is good, it's nutritious, it's for white people, you can't eat the plastic packaging but sometimes I do
BBC NEWS: and now we move onto foreign policy
BBC NEWS: and now we move onto foreign policy
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
TRUMP: no-one has eaten more cheese than me. if anyone tells you otherwise they're a horse fucker. I eat cheese every day, sometimes two days. cheese is good, it's nutritious, it's for white people, you can't eat the plastic packaging but sometimes I do
BBC NEWS: and now we move onto foreign policy
BBC NEWS: and now we move onto foreign policy
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We all knew Trump would be an embarrassment at Davos, yet he somehow manages to exceed expectations.
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
We all knew Trump would be an embarrassment at Davos, yet he somehow manages to exceed expectations.
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This isn't true of course. We like Americans, by and large.
We just want you to stop putting the very worst people in the world in charge of your country. That'd fix it.
We just want you to stop putting the very worst people in the world in charge of your country. That'd fix it.
I don't think the Americans, and yes, I mean all of you, are prepared for how hated you now are by everyone.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Lutnick heckled in Davos. FT: “The gathering on Tuesday night descended into uproar after combative remarks from Lutnick, the people said, with widespread jeering, some guests walking out and appeals for calm from Fink.”
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This isn't true of course. We like Americans, by and large.
We just want you to stop putting the very worst people in the world in charge of your country. That'd fix it.
We just want you to stop putting the very worst people in the world in charge of your country. That'd fix it.
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“Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they’ve got into canned food and shotguns."
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
“Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they’ve got into canned food and shotguns."
Well, seeing it all together collated and graphed brings home the scale of Trumpian dystopia.
Making
America
Dumb
Again
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Making
America
Dumb
Again
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Well, seeing it all together collated and graphed brings home the scale of Trumpian dystopia.
Making
America
Dumb
Again
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Making
America
Dumb
Again
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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people often wonder why we have a cost of living crisis
some seem to have forgotten Nigel Farage admitting before Brexit that Britain becoming poorer was a reasonable price for leaving the EU
some seem to have forgotten Nigel Farage admitting before Brexit that Britain becoming poorer was a reasonable price for leaving the EU
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
people often wonder why we have a cost of living crisis
some seem to have forgotten Nigel Farage admitting before Brexit that Britain becoming poorer was a reasonable price for leaving the EU
some seem to have forgotten Nigel Farage admitting before Brexit that Britain becoming poorer was a reasonable price for leaving the EU
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This is good. NHS pressure continues to decline; even the BBC health reporters seem half-hearted in their continued attempts to hype it up.
("Waiting times WORSEN in NEARLY A QUARTER of hospitals ... "So they improved in three q... [shut-up, shut-up] ... and so overall bett... ? [shot rings out]).
("Waiting times WORSEN in NEARLY A QUARTER of hospitals ... "So they improved in three q... [shut-up, shut-up] ... and so overall bett... ? [shot rings out]).
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 AM
This is good. NHS pressure continues to decline; even the BBC health reporters seem half-hearted in their continued attempts to hype it up.
("Waiting times WORSEN in NEARLY A QUARTER of hospitals ... "So they improved in three q... [shut-up, shut-up] ... and so overall bett... ? [shot rings out]).
("Waiting times WORSEN in NEARLY A QUARTER of hospitals ... "So they improved in three q... [shut-up, shut-up] ... and so overall bett... ? [shot rings out]).
The moon leaps
In the Great River's current
Floating on the wind,
What do I resemble.
Clue: introduction to chap 3.
In the Great River's current
Floating on the wind,
What do I resemble.
Clue: introduction to chap 3.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"Note that we can first determine the parameter vector \mathbf{w}_{\rm ML} governing the mean, and subsequently use this to find the variance \sigma^2_{\rm ML} as was the case for the simple Gaussian distribution."
"Note that we can first determine the parameter vector \mathbf{w}_{\rm ML} governing the mean, and subsequently use this to find the variance \sigma^2_{\rm ML} as was the case for the simple Gaussian distribution."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, as well as Benjamin."
"So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, as well as Benjamin."
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The moon leaps
In the Great River's current
Floating on the wind,
What do I resemble.
Clue: introduction to chap 3.
In the Great River's current
Floating on the wind,
What do I resemble.
Clue: introduction to chap 3.
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'Behold the field of consequences, and see that it is barren.'
BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been found to have broken the MPs code of conduct 17 times
The Standards Commissioner said the Reform UK leader failed to declare more than £300,000 in financial interests within the time limit
The Standards Commissioner said the Reform UK leader failed to declare more than £300,000 in financial interests within the time limit
January 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
'Behold the field of consequences, and see that it is barren.'
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The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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![Comic. [Two people floating with objects surrounding them.] PERSON with ponytail: You know, NASA and Roscosmos actually originally named it The *International Station*, but a translation issue led someone to accidentally transcribe the formatting.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidej2s3eadnt4h45yovvpwbl3znxpv5q3hfb3w5ojnu3humrmlxcy@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Literally everyone who even vaguely knew what a tariff was said this when they were introduced! You don’t need a team of economists to analyze the situation — no one who lives in reality was confused by this!
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Literally everyone who even vaguely knew what a tariff was said this when they were introduced! You don’t need a team of economists to analyze the situation — no one who lives in reality was confused by this!
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Amen.
Anyway, if I were the Labour press team I would be digging up absolutely every single positive thing Nigel has said about Donald, every photo of the two of them hanging out etc etc and I would be preparing to dump it like a bucket of cold sick over his head.
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Amen.
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The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.
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And an important PSA: Ivermectin is a *great* drug for treating scabies, in contrast to its uselessness for COVID.
The sudden rise of scabies: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’
The sudden rise of scabies: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy’
These microscopic mites, which burrow under your skin and cause ferocious itching, are incredibly hard to get rid of – and cases in the UK have soared. What is causing the outbreak, and is there anything we can do about it?
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM
And an important PSA: Ivermectin is a *great* drug for treating scabies, in contrast to its uselessness for COVID.
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Important at the moment, I think, to remember the words of Winston Churchill…
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Important at the moment, I think, to remember the words of Winston Churchill…
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
Spiv.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is expected to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, rubbing shoulders with top politicians and business figures from around the world despite criticising the conference in the past.
www.ft.com/content/aed4...
www.ft.com/content/aed4...
Nigel Farage to attend Davos conference he derided as ‘jaunt’ for ‘globalists’
Reform UK leader due to appear at World Economic Forum next week
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Spiv.
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every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
V short thread.
Short and sharp.
Short and sharp.
I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
V short thread.
Short and sharp.
Short and sharp.
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One half of the Special Relationship needs to go to the bookshop pronto
January 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
One half of the Special Relationship needs to go to the bookshop pronto