William Ham Bevan
@hambevan.bsky.social
Writer, editor, placeholder
Fantom flinger of FLONG: https://www.flong.wales
Fantom flinger of FLONG: https://www.flong.wales
Merry Christmas. If anyone wants me, I'll be in the armchair with this lot.
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Merry Christmas. If anyone wants me, I'll be in the armchair with this lot.
Bit of a metallic taste on this muscadet
December 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Bit of a metallic taste on this muscadet
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Building off @cameronwilson.bsky.social's reporting for @crikey.com.au, I highlight how we appear to have a baptist & bootleggers situation in Australia, where it appears the gambling industry was a big force behind the "social media ban for teens" in an effort to kill a plan to ban gambling ads.
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole thing even more grotesque: turns out the campaign pushing hardest for the ban was run by an ad agency that makes gambling ads.
www.techdirt.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Building off @cameronwilson.bsky.social's reporting for @crikey.com.au, I highlight how we appear to have a baptist & bootleggers situation in Australia, where it appears the gambling industry was a big force behind the "social media ban for teens" in an effort to kill a plan to ban gambling ads.
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
If you visit a bent casino and get fleeced, that's the casino's fault. If you keep on going back to try and beat the house, knowing full well it's bent, that's your fault.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
If you visit a bent casino and get fleeced, that's the casino's fault. If you keep on going back to try and beat the house, knowing full well it's bent, that's your fault.
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NEW! Ep 36 of #FirstLastAnything and top TV arts producer and filmmaker Jamie Muir (@jamiembrixton.bsky.social) joins me on the textcast to talk about The South Bank Show, The Late Show, early life with dad Frank, and some key record purchases in his life. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/12/14/f...
FLA 36: Jamie Muir (14/12/2025)
To round off series three of First Last Anything conversations, it was an utter delight to chat to producer, director and filmmaker Jamie Muir. Jamie has worked for fifty years in television, joini…
firstlastanything.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
NEW! Ep 36 of #FirstLastAnything and top TV arts producer and filmmaker Jamie Muir (@jamiembrixton.bsky.social) joins me on the textcast to talk about The South Bank Show, The Late Show, early life with dad Frank, and some key record purchases in his life. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/12/14/f...
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Dion’s semis.
It's that time of year again.
The annual apology to Dion, coupled with a few bits that prove that the continuity at BBC Wales TV Pres is live.
Oh, and there's a terrible pun for which I'm really sorry.
Music by @fasttunesltd.bsky.social
youtu.be/p5CeZE26V1Y
The annual apology to Dion, coupled with a few bits that prove that the continuity at BBC Wales TV Pres is live.
Oh, and there's a terrible pun for which I'm really sorry.
Music by @fasttunesltd.bsky.social
youtu.be/p5CeZE26V1Y
Al's 2025 at BBC Wales
YouTube video by Al Dupres
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dion’s semis.
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January 1979, and the Iranian Revolution is in full swing. Buses magazine cover the hard facts on the ground.
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
January 1979, and the Iranian Revolution is in full swing. Buses magazine cover the hard facts on the ground.
We quite literally have no one at the helm of England's established state church, because the last one had to depart over institutionalised child sex abuse. Any chance of a quick peek into that, since you're looking at religion and culture?
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We quite literally have no one at the helm of England's established state church, because the last one had to depart over institutionalised child sex abuse. Any chance of a quick peek into that, since you're looking at religion and culture?
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As seen in yer actual Sunday Times and everything, PantoSplaining is a visual potter through pop culture past. We love this stuff and we hope you come to do too.
It's Panto Day! Episode 2 is out now.
We look at Babes In The Wood via budgie lovers, grape crushing, middle names, the Diana conspiracy, fake Maltesers, joystick breaking computer games and lots, lots more!
In vision at:
YouTube youtu.be/dt7ItJ0qVMk?...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/73eCUvH...
We look at Babes In The Wood via budgie lovers, grape crushing, middle names, the Diana conspiracy, fake Maltesers, joystick breaking computer games and lots, lots more!
In vision at:
YouTube youtu.be/dt7ItJ0qVMk?...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/73eCUvH...
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As seen in yer actual Sunday Times and everything, PantoSplaining is a visual potter through pop culture past. We love this stuff and we hope you come to do too.
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 35: phenomenal artist Michael Gillette joins me on the music textcast to talk about key purchases, plus: getting his big break with Saint Etienne, housesharing with Aphex Twin, and the lure of The Beatles. And much more. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/12/07/f...
FLA 35: Michael Gillette (07/12/2025)
Michael Gillette is an artist, a true artist. Over the past thirty-five years or so, as a painter, illustrator, cartoonist, designer and creative mind, he has produced a boggling torrent of materia…
firstlastanything.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 35: phenomenal artist Michael Gillette joins me on the music textcast to talk about key purchases, plus: getting his big break with Saint Etienne, housesharing with Aphex Twin, and the lure of The Beatles. And much more. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/12/07/f...
This short film about Yello's "Oh Yeah" is a delight: two old Swiss friends with no agenda except to immerse themselves in weirdness and have a gas.
Rolling Stone Shorts: 'OH YEAH'
YouTube video by Rolling Stone
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This short film about Yello's "Oh Yeah" is a delight: two old Swiss friends with no agenda except to immerse themselves in weirdness and have a gas.
Yep, we all remember Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served? and his cheeky catchphrase: "Arbeit macht freeee!"
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yep, we all remember Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served? and his cheeky catchphrase: "Arbeit macht freeee!"
Yoor Party! Oor Party! A'body's Party!
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name
Leftwing party asks members to pick between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many
The leftwing party formed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana has revealed a shortlist of names for its members to pick from: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many.
Ahead of its first conference in Liverpool this weekend, the party is asking its 50,000 members to choose what it should be called, with the result to be announced by Corbyn on Sunday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Yoor Party! Oor Party! A'body's Party!
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist -
Thank God! - the Reform activist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to."
Thank God! - the Reform activist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to."
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist -
Thank God! - the Reform activist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to."
Thank God! - the Reform activist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to."
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hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 1957
DEAN: Damn fine work on generative grammar, Chomsky. You've put Bloomfield to bed, that's for sure.
CHOMSKY: Thank you, sir. I was thinking I might proclaim myself an unimpeachable expert on every other goddamn thing while I'm at it.
DEAN: Be my guest.
DEAN: Damn fine work on generative grammar, Chomsky. You've put Bloomfield to bed, that's for sure.
CHOMSKY: Thank you, sir. I was thinking I might proclaim myself an unimpeachable expert on every other goddamn thing while I'm at it.
DEAN: Be my guest.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 1957
DEAN: Damn fine work on generative grammar, Chomsky. You've put Bloomfield to bed, that's for sure.
CHOMSKY: Thank you, sir. I was thinking I might proclaim myself an unimpeachable expert on every other goddamn thing while I'm at it.
DEAN: Be my guest.
DEAN: Damn fine work on generative grammar, Chomsky. You've put Bloomfield to bed, that's for sure.
CHOMSKY: Thank you, sir. I was thinking I might proclaim myself an unimpeachable expert on every other goddamn thing while I'm at it.
DEAN: Be my guest.
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LOOK! It's every episode of the classic sitcom Soap! Way ahead of its time. Spoofed daytime soaps, it was very funny but could also be deadly serious. Never forgot that it was first & foremost a comedy. A few sitcoms could learn from this. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
SOAP - YouTube
This classic comedy series is a satire on all the daytime soaps out there. The stories revolve around a rich family, the Tates, and a blue-collar family, the...
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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