Ian Williams
@iangwilliams.bsky.social
Writer, occasionally contrarian, militant Menshevik!
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Social Justice Warriors, sir. Thousands of them.
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Social Justice Warriors, sir. Thousands of them.
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The Ghost of Christmas Future has a message for Keir Starmer.
Alexei Sayle brings you his alternative Christmas message from the streets where Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
Alexei Sayle brings you his alternative Christmas message from the streets where Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Ghost of Christmas Future has a message for Keir Starmer.
Alexei Sayle brings you his alternative Christmas message from the streets where Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
Alexei Sayle brings you his alternative Christmas message from the streets where Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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so the two notable programming moves bari weiss has made at CBS are... airing an interview nobody watched and not airing a 60 Minutes segment that everybody watched. it's like she's satirizing herself
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
so the two notable programming moves bari weiss has made at CBS are... airing an interview nobody watched and not airing a 60 Minutes segment that everybody watched. it's like she's satirizing herself
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Trump's Greenland special envoy's special task is to head off Santa dumping a sack of coal down the chimney at Mar A Lago!
December 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Trump's Greenland special envoy's special task is to head off Santa dumping a sack of coal down the chimney at Mar A Lago!
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It's pretty obvious after the events I Stuttgart which led to a 1 match ban for Maccabi have vindicated the West Midlands Police decision to ban their fans from the Villa match.
Those critics silenced have moved on to demonising Arabic words instead.
#FreePalestine
youtu.be/rQxovicGWlE?...
Those critics silenced have moved on to demonising Arabic words instead.
#FreePalestine
youtu.be/rQxovicGWlE?...
Maccabi Tel Aviv Backfired — And Ministers Are Stuck
YouTube video by KernowDamo
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December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It's pretty obvious after the events I Stuttgart which led to a 1 match ban for Maccabi have vindicated the West Midlands Police decision to ban their fans from the Villa match.
Those critics silenced have moved on to demonising Arabic words instead.
#FreePalestine
youtu.be/rQxovicGWlE?...
Those critics silenced have moved on to demonising Arabic words instead.
#FreePalestine
youtu.be/rQxovicGWlE?...
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
The y don't make anti-semites like that anymore :)
Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The y don't make anti-semites like that anymore :)
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Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
December 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Last night marked Kuf Alef Kislev—the 81st anniversary of the Satmar Rebbe's escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. His rescue and founding of Williamsburg's Hasidic community shaped our city. Grateful to celebrate this history with the community and greet the rebbes.
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
So groveling MAGA want Trump on 250 the anniversary dollar. Seems fitting, since the only previous empty head to feature the coin was Calvin Coolidge, the news of whose death was memorably greeted by Dorothy Parker with "How could they tell?"
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So groveling MAGA want Trump on 250 the anniversary dollar. Seems fitting, since the only previous empty head to feature the coin was Calvin Coolidge, the news of whose death was memorably greeted by Dorothy Parker with "How could they tell?"
Trump winning the FIFA Peace prize evoked football terminology- like "Foul!" "Offside!" or the "Ref is bent!"
December 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump winning the FIFA Peace prize evoked football terminology- like "Foul!" "Offside!" or the "Ref is bent!"
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My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS | Traditio | Cambridge Core
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS - Volume 80
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky
For the greater good, we should perhaps accept the threatened revocation of Biden pardons with a firm promise to revoke ALL of Trump's!
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For the greater good, we should perhaps accept the threatened revocation of Biden pardons with a firm promise to revoke ALL of Trump's!
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
The Italian foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, told reporters about settler attack on Italian and Canadian volunteers defending West bankers against Israel pogroms: “We have had enough of this aggression. This is not the way [for the settlers] to assert their rights.” What "rights"?
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Italian foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, told reporters about settler attack on Italian and Canadian volunteers defending West bankers against Israel pogroms: “We have had enough of this aggression. This is not the way [for the settlers] to assert their rights.” What "rights"?
Homeopathic tribalism, Someone converting because DNA show 2% "Jewish" ancestry. How can they tell? My DNA showed 3 to 4% Neanderthal, can I claim a cave somewhere?
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DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
As DNA tests become more common, people who "feel" Jewish are discovering hidden ancestry and converting through American Jewish University.
forward.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Homeopathic tribalism, Someone converting because DNA show 2% "Jewish" ancestry. How can they tell? My DNA showed 3 to 4% Neanderthal, can I claim a cave somewhere?
forward.com/news/786154/...
forward.com/news/786154/...
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True.
Also I think this proposal merits further discussion.
Also I think this proposal merits further discussion.
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
True.
Also I think this proposal merits further discussion.
Also I think this proposal merits further discussion.
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Loved Dark Star. one of the funnies SF films ever.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Loved Dark Star. one of the funnies SF films ever.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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Trump, FPA and John Bolton's world!
Trump, FPA and John Bolton's world!
John Bolton, Trump and the World
YouTube video by Foreign Press Association USA
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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Trump, FPA and John Bolton's world!
Trump, FPA and John Bolton's world!
Resolution 2803 on Gaza, bad for the world, catastrophic for the UN and toxic for the Palestinians! - former UN Human Rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber talks to the FPA!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRn...
Clueless in Gaza with Craig Mokhiber
YouTube video by Foreign Press Association USA
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November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Resolution 2803 on Gaza, bad for the world, catastrophic for the UN and toxic for the Palestinians! - former UN Human Rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber talks to the FPA!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRn...