Andy Fraser
@andyfraser.bsky.social
Finished just outside the top 3 Most Responsible Person in our 4 person household for a record 13 years.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
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Y’know, we clown people for deciding to rap or make t-shirts, but they’re not going billions of dollars into the hole.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Y’know, we clown people for deciding to rap or make t-shirts, but they’re not going billions of dollars into the hole.
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HAHAHA! HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE FUNNY! DEHUMANIZING IS FUN! HAHA! WE'RE HAVING FUN!
Trump: "Instead of pardons, some of my more enthusiastic staffers were already drafting the paperwork to ship Gobble and Waddle straight to the Terrorist Confinement Center in El Salvador."
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
HAHAHA! HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE FUNNY! DEHUMANIZING IS FUN! HAHA! WE'RE HAVING FUN!
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
The central problem of all grant reviews is the numerical scoring and the absolute refusal of reviewers to use the range of scores. If I built a machine to measure ‘quality’ and the range of measurements was between 88 and 94 out of 100 from terrible to astounding, it would be an awful machine.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The central problem of all grant reviews is the numerical scoring and the absolute refusal of reviewers to use the range of scores. If I built a machine to measure ‘quality’ and the range of measurements was between 88 and 94 out of 100 from terrible to astounding, it would be an awful machine.
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared.
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
Ramen stock complete
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ramen stock complete
Leftover roast piglet bones n skin n trotters, charred scallions n ginger, boiled 5hrs, half a pint of bonito flake extract (15g flakes, sit in near boiling water 5mins). Ramen tomorrow!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Leftover roast piglet bones n skin n trotters, charred scallions n ginger, boiled 5hrs, half a pint of bonito flake extract (15g flakes, sit in near boiling water 5mins). Ramen tomorrow!!
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Is it just me or does RFK Jr looks like he's made entirely from discarded foreskins?
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Is it just me or does RFK Jr looks like he's made entirely from discarded foreskins?
Brandon Ingram does a pretty great Kevin Durant impression. And Shead is freaking fantastic. And Scottie looks a different man. Love these Raptors!
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Brandon Ingram does a pretty great Kevin Durant impression. And Shead is freaking fantastic. And Scottie looks a different man. Love these Raptors!
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TIL the sizes of mechanical pencil leads (.7 mm, .5 mm, etc) scale at a 0.7 ratio. That’s because back in hand drafting days, the pens used scaled with the ‘A’ paper sizes so a drawing on A0 paper with 7mm lead scales naturally to a drawing on A1 paper with 0.5mm lead. Check this link.
I NEVER KNEW THAT! - Why old-school Rotring pen sizes perfectly match drawing reductions
A colleague who used to draft with Rotring technical pens dropped an absolute gem on me this past week in a… |...
I NEVER KNEW THAT! - Why old-school Rotring pen sizes perfectly match drawing reductions
A colleague who used to draft with Rotring technical pens dropped an absolute gem on me this past week in a co...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
TIL the sizes of mechanical pencil leads (.7 mm, .5 mm, etc) scale at a 0.7 ratio. That’s because back in hand drafting days, the pens used scaled with the ‘A’ paper sizes so a drawing on A0 paper with 7mm lead scales naturally to a drawing on A1 paper with 0.5mm lead. Check this link.
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
Why do administrators like Teams so much? Or do they also hate it but are somehow compelled to use it? Is there some positive to Teams that I have yet to discover?
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why do administrators like Teams so much? Or do they also hate it but are somehow compelled to use it? Is there some positive to Teams that I have yet to discover?
The only way I can imagine Ukraine agreeing to let Russia keep Donbas is if Russia BUYS the territory at a fair (ie vast!) price which would pay for Ukrainian reconstruction and militarization. Also suspect that if EU agrees to protect Ukraine the no NATO part is acceptable.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The only way I can imagine Ukraine agreeing to let Russia keep Donbas is if Russia BUYS the territory at a fair (ie vast!) price which would pay for Ukrainian reconstruction and militarization. Also suspect that if EU agrees to protect Ukraine the no NATO part is acceptable.
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How I discovered I’m a ghost.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
How I discovered I’m a ghost.
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Ah no, Jimmy Cliff?? No!!! One of the great voices. Time to listen to Many Rivers To Cross…,
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ah no, Jimmy Cliff?? No!!! One of the great voices. Time to listen to Many Rivers To Cross…,
@chadbourn.bsky.social has anyone done a “where do a lot of the big Reform backing accounts come from” analysis on Twitter before it gets taken down? ~70% of MAGA accounts are located in Russia, Macedonia, Nigeria etc - I’d bet the same is true for the new right in the UK.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
@chadbourn.bsky.social has anyone done a “where do a lot of the big Reform backing accounts come from” analysis on Twitter before it gets taken down? ~70% of MAGA accounts are located in Russia, Macedonia, Nigeria etc - I’d bet the same is true for the new right in the UK.
Currently the odds on this becoming law in this parliament are 5-1 against: bet now at Fanduel, at bet MGM, and at Betfair, bet bet bet because when you lose money gambling life just feels that much more fulfilling!!
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Currently the odds on this becoming law in this parliament are 5-1 against: bet now at Fanduel, at bet MGM, and at Betfair, bet bet bet because when you lose money gambling life just feels that much more fulfilling!!
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...