Will Anderson
@willtheanderson.bsky.social
Oxford-based Singer | Viola Player | Arts Manager. Will do any of the above for fun or profit. Ideally both. He / Him.
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The guarded language being used regarding cops purposely shooting at journalists is only strange if you're very very stupid.
Journalists use "extreme caution" when reporting on unfolding events. But regarding a US officer shooting an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet, one journalism expert says it's “strange that the language has been so guarded”.
'Crossfire': A US officer shoots an Australia reporter, and the media goes passive. Why?
'To not include some sort of description of the fact that the police officer, or whoever it was, seemed to turn purposefully towards the reporter to fire. That is super, super serious.'
www.crikey.com.au
June 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The guarded language being used regarding cops purposely shooting at journalists is only strange if you're very very stupid.
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Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
May 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
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To be clear, the centre ground on net zero is that the public are broadly supportive - even if there is some conditionality to that support.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
May 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
To be clear, the centre ground on net zero is that the public are broadly supportive - even if there is some conditionality to that support.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
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My view: The “interim update” from the EHRC, and doubtless the actual “guidance” when it is produced, will try and obscure the fact that any exclusion of trans people is not compulsory, it is a choice. If anyone is excluding trans people from anywhere they are choosing to be transphobic, they…
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May 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My view: The “interim update” from the EHRC, and doubtless the actual “guidance” when it is produced, will try and obscure the fact that any exclusion of trans people is not compulsory, it is a choice. If anyone is excluding trans people from anywhere they are choosing to be transphobic, they…
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The argument that actually punishing Le Pen and her cronies for their crimes will only make them stronger in the long run is a little hard to swallow when we have a prominent example of a right-wing authoritarian who was very much not punished for his crimes and is now wrecking everything in sight.
April 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The argument that actually punishing Le Pen and her cronies for their crimes will only make them stronger in the long run is a little hard to swallow when we have a prominent example of a right-wing authoritarian who was very much not punished for his crimes and is now wrecking everything in sight.
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the U.S. government is targeting legal noncitizen scholars, not on the basis of any wrongdoing, but as part of a larger assault against an educated public.
March 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the U.S. government is targeting legal noncitizen scholars, not on the basis of any wrongdoing, but as part of a larger assault against an educated public.
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Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:
March 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing:
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People say attention spans are short now, but theatrical playbills from the olden days are like:
ᴍʀ ᴡᴀʀʙᴏʏs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍ
ONELY THE GOOD BITS FROM
- 𝕁 𝕌 𝕃 𝕀 𝕌 𝕊 ℂ 𝔼 𝔸 𝕊 𝔸 ℝ -
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʟɪɴᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ
- 𝕆 𝕋 ℍ 𝔼 𝕃 𝕃 𝕆 -
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʀs sᴀᴍsᴏɴ ᴡɪʟʟ
𝙱 𝚁 𝙴 𝙰 𝙺 𝙳 𝙰 𝙽 𝙲 𝙴
ᴍʀ ᴡᴀʀʙᴏʏs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍ
ONELY THE GOOD BITS FROM
- 𝕁 𝕌 𝕃 𝕀 𝕌 𝕊 ℂ 𝔼 𝔸 𝕊 𝔸 ℝ -
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʟɪɴᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ
- 𝕆 𝕋 ℍ 𝔼 𝕃 𝕃 𝕆 -
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʀs sᴀᴍsᴏɴ ᴡɪʟʟ
𝙱 𝚁 𝙴 𝙰 𝙺 𝙳 𝙰 𝙽 𝙲 𝙴
March 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
People say attention spans are short now, but theatrical playbills from the olden days are like:
ᴍʀ ᴡᴀʀʙᴏʏs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍ
ONELY THE GOOD BITS FROM
- 𝕁 𝕌 𝕃 𝕀 𝕌 𝕊 ℂ 𝔼 𝔸 𝕊 𝔸 ℝ -
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʟɪɴᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ
- 𝕆 𝕋 ℍ 𝔼 𝕃 𝕃 𝕆 -
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʀs sᴀᴍsᴏɴ ᴡɪʟʟ
𝙱 𝚁 𝙴 𝙰 𝙺 𝙳 𝙰 𝙽 𝙲 𝙴
ᴍʀ ᴡᴀʀʙᴏʏs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍ
ONELY THE GOOD BITS FROM
- 𝕁 𝕌 𝕃 𝕀 𝕌 𝕊 ℂ 𝔼 𝔸 𝕊 𝔸 ℝ -
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʟɪɴᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ
- 𝕆 𝕋 ℍ 𝔼 𝕃 𝕃 𝕆 -
ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴍʀs sᴀᴍsᴏɴ ᴡɪʟʟ
𝙱 𝚁 𝙴 𝙰 𝙺 𝙳 𝙰 𝙽 𝙲 𝙴
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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the fact that none of these ai dorks seem to realize that humans are capable of thought or introspection—perhaps implying they cannot do this themselves—does kind of explain a lot
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us (Gift Article)
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the fact that none of these ai dorks seem to realize that humans are capable of thought or introspection—perhaps implying they cannot do this themselves—does kind of explain a lot
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
it really says something that there’s not only one person this tweet could have applied to
live your life in such a way that the entire world doesn't burst out laughing when your rocket blows up
January 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
it really says something that there’s not only one person this tweet could have applied to
Singers on December 26th
December 17, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Singers on December 26th
Made it to December 9th before getting Whammed. Is that a record?
December 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Made it to December 9th before getting Whammed. Is that a record?
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Going to eat a bunch of magnets just to see if that's anything
December 4, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Going to eat a bunch of magnets just to see if that's anything
Interstellar is just an adaption of the Queen song ‘39, right?
December 1, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Interstellar is just an adaption of the Queen song ‘39, right?
December 1, 2024 at 12:09 PM
been thinking long and hard about how I can perform less serious music and more high victorian camp in the manner of come into the garden maud and suchlike suggestions welcome
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 AM
been thinking long and hard about how I can perform less serious music and more high victorian camp in the manner of come into the garden maud and suchlike suggestions welcome
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Large Cultural Institutions — such as opera companies — want to support innovation in ways that do not challenge their primacy. As long as "opera" can be definitionally limited to things that only opera companies can do, they are relevant and superior. Open the gates too wide and the game is over.
November 20, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Large Cultural Institutions — such as opera companies — want to support innovation in ways that do not challenge their primacy. As long as "opera" can be definitionally limited to things that only opera companies can do, they are relevant and superior. Open the gates too wide and the game is over.
November 17, 2024 at 7:17 PM
November 17, 2024 at 11:05 AM