William Hoggarth
@neofight78.bsky.social
Chess, code, management, language learning & other stuff. Speak 🇬🇧🇷🇺
Antisocial behaviour is normally associated with young people, but recently got on a bus full of pensioners and couldn’t hear myself think for all the nattering. Was too intimidated to say anything.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Antisocial behaviour is normally associated with young people, but recently got on a bus full of pensioners and couldn’t hear myself think for all the nattering. Was too intimidated to say anything.
Went to the local Remembrance Sunday Parade today. It didn’t look like 30% of the adult population were there. It’s almost as if Reform voters are not actually patriotic…
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Went to the local Remembrance Sunday Parade today. It didn’t look like 30% of the adult population were there. It’s almost as if Reform voters are not actually patriotic…
Sorry but as a Brit every time someone says "Abigail Spanberger" all I hear is "Abigail Spam Burger".
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Sorry but as a Brit every time someone says "Abigail Spanberger" all I hear is "Abigail Spam Burger".
Uber locating a driver is the new Microsoft progress bar - a totally unpredictable work of fiction.
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Uber locating a driver is the new Microsoft progress bar - a totally unpredictable work of fiction.
The paradox of being old: you can’t hear what anyone is saying anymore yet the audio at the cinema is painfully loud.
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The paradox of being old: you can’t hear what anyone is saying anymore yet the audio at the cinema is painfully loud.
Great post by @richardjameschess.bsky.social highlighting some of the real problems with how we are raising our children. We’ve struggled to get our daughter the social life she needs because her peers have little time left over after their crammed schedule.
open.substack.com/pub/richard9...
open.substack.com/pub/richard9...
Pushy Parents and Third Spaces
There have been a couple of articles in the Guardian over the past few days touching on the subject of young people’s lives outside school.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Great post by @richardjameschess.bsky.social highlighting some of the real problems with how we are raising our children. We’ve struggled to get our daughter the social life she needs because her peers have little time left over after their crammed schedule.
open.substack.com/pub/richard9...
open.substack.com/pub/richard9...
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“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
Say hello to Mr Orangepants whom we met on the way home from school today.
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Say hello to Mr Orangepants whom we met on the way home from school today.
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At a time when new cyberattacks debilitate British businesses seemingly daily, the UK government is demanding that security is made worse for UK users.
Sources: the UK Home Office issued a new order to Apple in early September to create a backdoor into its cloud storage service, this time focused on UK users (Financial Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
At a time when new cyberattacks debilitate British businesses seemingly daily, the UK government is demanding that security is made worse for UK users.
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I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.
I was going to vote Labour to keep Reform out, but that seems rather a pointless idea now…
September 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I was going to vote Labour to keep Reform out, but that seems rather a pointless idea now…
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Oh look Mandelson had to be sacked for being dodgy. That’s never happened before…
September 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Oh look Mandelson had to be sacked for being dodgy. That’s never happened before…
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Ductts Build Log
I built Ductts, an app for tracking how often you cry. Here's how!
cassidoo.co
August 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Reform can't cope with the local press, what a bunch of snowflakes!
August 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reform can't cope with the local press, what a bunch of snowflakes!
August 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
World’s most pointless email from my bank. It tells me that the base rate has changed but not what it is nor if or when it will affect any of their rates. 🤷♂️
August 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
World’s most pointless email from my bank. It tells me that the base rate has changed but not what it is nor if or when it will affect any of their rates. 🤷♂️
I refuse to watch…
July 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I refuse to watch…
Those on the right: "I walk down the street and hardly anyone is speaking English. Being able to speak English is important for integration."
Firstly that's an exaggeration and secondly (this may blow your monolingual mind) they almost certainly speak English just fine too.
Firstly that's an exaggeration and secondly (this may blow your monolingual mind) they almost certainly speak English just fine too.
July 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Those on the right: "I walk down the street and hardly anyone is speaking English. Being able to speak English is important for integration."
Firstly that's an exaggeration and secondly (this may blow your monolingual mind) they almost certainly speak English just fine too.
Firstly that's an exaggeration and secondly (this may blow your monolingual mind) they almost certainly speak English just fine too.
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The Week in Chess 1600 of 7th June 2025 by Mark Crowther. 49 stories and 8891 games.
theweekinchess.com/html/twic160...
theweekinchess.com
Another milestone but things are tough right now, please consider donating to support the work. Also starting to look for part time work myself.
theweekinchess.com/html/twic160...
theweekinchess.com
Another milestone but things are tough right now, please consider donating to support the work. Also starting to look for part time work myself.
July 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Week in Chess 1600 of 7th June 2025 by Mark Crowther. 49 stories and 8891 games.
theweekinchess.com/html/twic160...
theweekinchess.com
Another milestone but things are tough right now, please consider donating to support the work. Also starting to look for part time work myself.
theweekinchess.com/html/twic160...
theweekinchess.com
Another milestone but things are tough right now, please consider donating to support the work. Also starting to look for part time work myself.
For all those people who think men don’t have an advantage in #chess: we do. We don’t suffer from harassment and discrimination. When we play in a tournament we don’t have to worry about anything other than the moves on the board. Unfortunately, for women that is often not the case.
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
For all those people who think men don’t have an advantage in #chess: we do. We don’t suffer from harassment and discrimination. When we play in a tournament we don’t have to worry about anything other than the moves on the board. Unfortunately, for women that is often not the case.
The state of British political discourse right now:
"Let's not convert a disused building into flats so that young people can get onto the property ladder, because immigrants."
Ok, so we can't help any British people on the off chance some foreigner might benefit.... Sheesh...
"Let's not convert a disused building into flats so that young people can get onto the property ladder, because immigrants."
Ok, so we can't help any British people on the off chance some foreigner might benefit.... Sheesh...
June 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The state of British political discourse right now:
"Let's not convert a disused building into flats so that young people can get onto the property ladder, because immigrants."
Ok, so we can't help any British people on the off chance some foreigner might benefit.... Sheesh...
"Let's not convert a disused building into flats so that young people can get onto the property ladder, because immigrants."
Ok, so we can't help any British people on the off chance some foreigner might benefit.... Sheesh...