Niall Litchfield
@nlitchfield.bsky.social
Data Guy. OakTable member and cricket fan. Loves interesting problems and thinking. Niall sounds like the river. All views are my own. "Chris Bryant dressed as a scarecrow"
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Niall Litchfield
@nlitchfield.bsky.social
· Dec 31
End of the year means time to self evaluate my predictions for 2024 originally made over at the other place, but mow found at bsky.app/profile/nlit...
Moving my pinned post/thread from the other place.
g on from 2023 predictions. Some 2024 predictions. I'm going to try to follow this suggestion and assign percentages rather than H/M/L x.com/sam_atis/sta... again a 🧵a bit more rationale than last year.
g on from 2023 predictions. Some 2024 predictions. I'm going to try to follow this suggestion and assign percentages rather than H/M/L x.com/sam_atis/sta... again a 🧵a bit more rationale than last year.
I reviewed my 2024 predictions at bsky.app/profile/nlit.... 2025 (leaking into 2026) predictions together with associated confidence
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There's only one way for the BBC to deal with a spiteful rightwing megalomaniac who wants to see the corporation destroyed. It must take the usual approach and invite him to appear on Question Time several times a year.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There's only one way for the BBC to deal with a spiteful rightwing megalomaniac who wants to see the corporation destroyed. It must take the usual approach and invite him to appear on Question Time several times a year.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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You know that time that a major British news organisation mistakenly sought out a random dude who happened to share a name with a former New York mayor in order to go after a left wing New York mayoral candidate? Did anyone resign?
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You know that time that a major British news organisation mistakenly sought out a random dude who happened to share a name with a former New York mayor in order to go after a left wing New York mayoral candidate? Did anyone resign?
What on earth happened to Noah Smith? I'm sure that 5 years ago he would not have written such tendentious tosh as this.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What on earth happened to Noah Smith? I'm sure that 5 years ago he would not have written such tendentious tosh as this.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
Sidebar 1: There are multiple direct flights a day from Dublin to Paris.
Sidebar 2: When he eventually asked for help, he got it.
The upcoming series of Stranger Things as directed by David Lynch
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The upcoming series of Stranger Things as directed by David Lynch
The UK has had 3, one of whom was right on the cusp of being a millenial.
There’s never been a Gen X president.
Insane
Insane
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The UK has had 3, one of whom was right on the cusp of being a millenial.
I have principles and if you don't like them, I can get different ones.
⚡️Update: 'Full sanctions exemption' — US allows Hungary to buy Russian energy following Orban–Trump talks in Washington.
'Full sanctions exemption' — US allows Hungary to buy Russian energy following Orban–Trump talks in Washington
The U.S. and Hungary are also planning to sign a "significant nuclear cooperation agreement," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
kyivindependent.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I have principles and if you don't like them, I can get different ones.
Local politics as A-level politics for grown ups. (whole thread is worth a read)
Cllr Hood (Grn) goes on a protracted analogy comparing Reform at KCC to the Traitors.
Cllr Rayner (Con) says the recent weeks have seen "unbelievable incompetence," with events he has never seen in 40 years as an elected councillor.
Cllr Rayner (Con) says the recent weeks have seen "unbelievable incompetence," with events he has never seen in 40 years as an elected councillor.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Local politics as A-level politics for grown ups. (whole thread is worth a read)
In case you need a new rabbit hole @jonnelledge.bsky.social
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In case you need a new rabbit hole @jonnelledge.bsky.social
When adopting the metric system, you don't have to go the whole 9 yards all at once. xkcd.com/3164/
Metric Tip
xkcd.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When adopting the metric system, you don't have to go the whole 9 yards all at once. xkcd.com/3164/
I do like this one.
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I do like this one.
Going to dig into this classic of the Guardian opinion writers genre from the author of 'making urbanisation easier is a war on nature'.
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Going to dig into this classic of the Guardian opinion writers genre from the author of 'making urbanisation easier is a war on nature'.
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
Lamb Balti, Garlic Naan, Brinjal Bahji
Interested to find out Bluesky curry orders. What is your regular? Chicken Tikka Vindaloo, saag aloo, keema naan, pilau rice for me generally.
November 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Lamb Balti, Garlic Naan, Brinjal Bahji
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If any kids go "6-7!" to you, respond with "That's Numberwang!"
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If any kids go "6-7!" to you, respond with "That's Numberwang!"
And people say professional sports players complain about a crowded schedule.
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And people say professional sports players complain about a crowded schedule.
The Elon Musk meme. In reverse.
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Elon Musk meme. In reverse.
I wouldn't like it, but I *would* laugh if the England Lions turned out to be at or above the level of the first team in that one warm up. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #theAshes
The Ashes: England chief dismisses doubts over preparation in Australia
England performance director Ed Barney is confident in the squad's Ashes preparation but is it enough and what have previous sides done?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I wouldn't like it, but I *would* laugh if the England Lions turned out to be at or above the level of the first team in that one warm up. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #theAshes
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From the paper that brought you Watergate…
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
From the paper that brought you Watergate…
The perfect Pavlova with Martina Navratilova
Telly show idea. Cookery show with Peter Hitchens & guests called Hitchens' Bitchin' Kitchen. First episode, Cooking Mince with Robin Ince.
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The perfect Pavlova with Martina Navratilova
Someone who a) has a favourite station and b) is in Finland is surely worth a follow
Probably my favourite station in the world is in Finland
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Someone who a) has a favourite station and b) is in Finland is surely worth a follow
If it isn't one Cloud Hyper Scaler with DNS issues it is another. azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If it isn't one Cloud Hyper Scaler with DNS issues it is another. azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status
The UNIT HQ from the latest Dr Who series approaches reality. www.constructionweekonline.com/news/neom-sk...
James Melville 🚜 on X: "Saudi Arabia is set to construct the world's first "sky stadium”. It will be suspended 1,150 feet above the ground. The stadium is expected to open around 2032 and will host matches for the 2034 FIFA World Cup finals in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/X4FvU6FPdf" / X
Saudi Arabia is set to construct the world's first "sky stadium”. It will be suspended 1,150 feet above the ground. The stadium is expected to open around 2032 and will host matches for the 2034 FIFA World Cup finals in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/X4FvU6FPdf
x.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UNIT HQ from the latest Dr Who series approaches reality. www.constructionweekonline.com/news/neom-sk...
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Advance Toastralia Fair!
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Advance Toastralia Fair!