William Hoggarth
@neofight78.bsky.social
Chess, code, management, language learning & other stuff. Speak 🇬🇧🇷🇺
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".
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.
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!
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...
Seeing lots of these little dudes about, but I don’t remember ever seeing them before 🤔
May 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Seeing lots of these little dudes about, but I don’t remember ever seeing them before 🤔
Damn you red squiggle for making me doubt my spelling of grabbable!
May 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Damn you red squiggle for making me doubt my spelling of grabbable!
Just discovered En Croissant - an open source cross platform database. Wil definitely check this out further. #chess
encroissant.org
encroissant.org
May 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just discovered En Croissant - an open source cross platform database. Wil definitely check this out further. #chess
encroissant.org
encroissant.org
Two days in a row!
February 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Two days in a row!
Unexpected rainbow yesterday.
February 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Unexpected rainbow yesterday.
Found this fellow on my dad’s car:
July 12, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Found this fellow on my dad’s car:
Asked these guys for an insurance quote but they weren’t very helpful TBH
June 27, 2023 at 12:27 AM
Asked these guys for an insurance quote but they weren’t very helpful TBH
After several years abroad my eyes have been opened to this particular British insanity…
May 31, 2023 at 11:05 AM
After several years abroad my eyes have been opened to this particular British insanity…
Parliament in Belgrade
May 2, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Parliament in Belgrade
No trip to Belgrade is complete without a visit to the Church of Saint Sava.
May 2, 2023 at 8:52 AM
No trip to Belgrade is complete without a visit to the Church of Saint Sava.
Here’s one from when I was living in Russia.
April 28, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Here’s one from when I was living in Russia.
It may be fast becoming a cheesy cliche but here’s a bluesky from Belgrade.
April 28, 2023 at 6:29 AM
It may be fast becoming a cheesy cliche but here’s a bluesky from Belgrade.
Fountain in Belgrade with enough spray to make a rainbow.
April 22, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Fountain in Belgrade with enough spray to make a rainbow.
St Mark’s, Belgrade
April 14, 2023 at 7:40 PM
St Mark’s, Belgrade
I love how in the safety video everyone is calm and smiling as they are about to crash into the sea 😆
April 8, 2023 at 6:30 AM
I love how in the safety video everyone is calm and smiling as they are about to crash into the sea 😆
When I open the window in the morning to ventilate my bedroom it immediately smells of the blossoming orange trees.
April 4, 2023 at 7:01 AM
When I open the window in the morning to ventilate my bedroom it immediately smells of the blossoming orange trees.
Sunday afternoon paddle
April 2, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Sunday afternoon paddle
Nothing particularly new for me in their culture stuff, although I find some of the language alarming. Punishing people who don't fit in sounds a lot like bullying to me:
March 29, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Nothing particularly new for me in their culture stuff, although I find some of the language alarming. Punishing people who don't fit in sounds a lot like bullying to me: