Andrew Richards
@andrewwr235.bsky.social
Energy, mathematics, forecasting, analysis. Wine, cooking, reading, music. Generally curious. Hopeful that my country, the UK, will one day come to its senses again
This was Johnson on 3 March 2020, as we could see the virtual collapse of the Italian health system on our TVs, people dying in the corridors.
And he brushes it off with his trademark shallow glibness.
Which cost tens of thousands of lives.
And he brushes it off with his trademark shallow glibness.
Which cost tens of thousands of lives.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This was Johnson on 3 March 2020, as we could see the virtual collapse of the Italian health system on our TVs, people dying in the corridors.
And he brushes it off with his trademark shallow glibness.
Which cost tens of thousands of lives.
And he brushes it off with his trademark shallow glibness.
Which cost tens of thousands of lives.
Kier knows what it's like to sit around the kitchen table worrying about a handful of asylum seekers living crammed into dirty hotel rooms.
Who might somehow be getting a better deal than he is. And stealing his job.
That's why he posts on X, the racist's social media of choice.
Who might somehow be getting a better deal than he is. And stealing his job.
That's why he posts on X, the racist's social media of choice.
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Kier knows what it's like to sit around the kitchen table worrying about a handful of asylum seekers living crammed into dirty hotel rooms.
Who might somehow be getting a better deal than he is. And stealing his job.
That's why he posts on X, the racist's social media of choice.
Who might somehow be getting a better deal than he is. And stealing his job.
That's why he posts on X, the racist's social media of choice.
Here she is, at the age Trump's spiritual advisor was abusing her.
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Here she is, at the age Trump's spiritual advisor was abusing her.
This is what you get when a Chancellor refuses to behave like a grown up.
Starmer and Reeves seems to have learnt nothing from the Liz Truss debacle.
Less money from taxation as growth and investment stall.
And even less for Public Services as borrowing costs rise.
Starmer and Reeves seems to have learnt nothing from the Liz Truss debacle.
Less money from taxation as growth and investment stall.
And even less for Public Services as borrowing costs rise.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is what you get when a Chancellor refuses to behave like a grown up.
Starmer and Reeves seems to have learnt nothing from the Liz Truss debacle.
Less money from taxation as growth and investment stall.
And even less for Public Services as borrowing costs rise.
Starmer and Reeves seems to have learnt nothing from the Liz Truss debacle.
Less money from taxation as growth and investment stall.
And even less for Public Services as borrowing costs rise.
He says that now to get elected.
But once he's in office, the wolves in the room will keep him in check.
But once he's in office, the wolves in the room will keep him in check.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
He says that now to get elected.
But once he's in office, the wolves in the room will keep him in check.
But once he's in office, the wolves in the room will keep him in check.
ChatGPT doing what it does best. Knowing nothing.
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
ChatGPT doing what it does best. Knowing nothing.
How bad can @yougov.co.uk be at writing questions? They are supposed to be professional pollsters.
"Do you think humanity can adapt to climate change?"
There's no response for
"It can but it isn't".
YouGov don't appear to be aware of the difference between
"can adapt"
and
"is adapting"
"Do you think humanity can adapt to climate change?"
There's no response for
"It can but it isn't".
YouGov don't appear to be aware of the difference between
"can adapt"
and
"is adapting"
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How bad can @yougov.co.uk be at writing questions? They are supposed to be professional pollsters.
"Do you think humanity can adapt to climate change?"
There's no response for
"It can but it isn't".
YouGov don't appear to be aware of the difference between
"can adapt"
and
"is adapting"
"Do you think humanity can adapt to climate change?"
There's no response for
"It can but it isn't".
YouGov don't appear to be aware of the difference between
"can adapt"
and
"is adapting"
As predicted by Kim Stanley Robinson.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As predicted by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Hedy Lamarr (as HK Markey) and George Antheil's Secret Communication device diagram from the patent application.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hedy Lamarr (as HK Markey) and George Antheil's Secret Communication device diagram from the patent application.
Trickle down theories go back further than most people remember.
They were a favourite of the Eisenhower administration, and widely derided and discredited throughout the 60s.
Eg this from the House Congressional Record of 1969.
They were a favourite of the Eisenhower administration, and widely derided and discredited throughout the 60s.
Eg this from the House Congressional Record of 1969.
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trickle down theories go back further than most people remember.
They were a favourite of the Eisenhower administration, and widely derided and discredited throughout the 60s.
Eg this from the House Congressional Record of 1969.
They were a favourite of the Eisenhower administration, and widely derided and discredited throughout the 60s.
Eg this from the House Congressional Record of 1969.
This is what happens when the teleoperator is taken ill.
The supposedly intelligent AI robot suddenly freezes.
The supposedly intelligent AI robot suddenly freezes.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This is what happens when the teleoperator is taken ill.
The supposedly intelligent AI robot suddenly freezes.
The supposedly intelligent AI robot suddenly freezes.
The pro-unionists in the Scottish Parliament made much of the benefits of Sottish merchants being able to have the same privileges as English ones.
William Seton's speech is quoted below.
The economy of Scotland had declined since Unionnofbthe Crowns, and the Darien affair madenthings critical.
William Seton's speech is quoted below.
The economy of Scotland had declined since Unionnofbthe Crowns, and the Darien affair madenthings critical.
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The pro-unionists in the Scottish Parliament made much of the benefits of Sottish merchants being able to have the same privileges as English ones.
William Seton's speech is quoted below.
The economy of Scotland had declined since Unionnofbthe Crowns, and the Darien affair madenthings critical.
William Seton's speech is quoted below.
The economy of Scotland had declined since Unionnofbthe Crowns, and the Darien affair madenthings critical.
At least it explains Rocker's goat meat tweet.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
At least it explains Rocker's goat meat tweet.
Here's a topographic map including Wiltshire.
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Here's a topographic map including Wiltshire.
Map of UK in 3000 AD, from Richard Cowper's Road to Corlay.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Map of UK in 3000 AD, from Richard Cowper's Road to Corlay.
The Spectator wishes that the Markets reacted badly to Reeves's announcement, so reports that she hasn't calmed the Markets.
The Markets: steady as she goes.
The Markets: steady as she goes.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Spectator wishes that the Markets reacted badly to Reeves's announcement, so reports that she hasn't calmed the Markets.
The Markets: steady as she goes.
The Markets: steady as she goes.
Proposed by commentators who have never been to rural UK.
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Proposed by commentators who have never been to rural UK.
For once I agree with Musk.
These thugs turn up, with their faux patriotism, aggressively pushing their flags in your face, abusing everyone they suspect of being charitable. And calling it legitimate concern.
Get rid of them.
These thugs turn up, with their faux patriotism, aggressively pushing their flags in your face, abusing everyone they suspect of being charitable. And calling it legitimate concern.
Get rid of them.
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For once I agree with Musk.
These thugs turn up, with their faux patriotism, aggressively pushing their flags in your face, abusing everyone they suspect of being charitable. And calling it legitimate concern.
Get rid of them.
These thugs turn up, with their faux patriotism, aggressively pushing their flags in your face, abusing everyone they suspect of being charitable. And calling it legitimate concern.
Get rid of them.
This person who agrees with you, Darren. Is he in the room with us now?
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This person who agrees with you, Darren. Is he in the room with us now?
So what has happened to my country?
In three words:
Racists feel emboldened.
(Or, as Matthew Goodwin gloated, racists have shifted the Overton window)
In three words:
Racists feel emboldened.
(Or, as Matthew Goodwin gloated, racists have shifted the Overton window)
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So what has happened to my country?
In three words:
Racists feel emboldened.
(Or, as Matthew Goodwin gloated, racists have shifted the Overton window)
In three words:
Racists feel emboldened.
(Or, as Matthew Goodwin gloated, racists have shifted the Overton window)
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
Can you imagine AI peer review.
It would reject any novel results, as they wouldn't be in the database of previous results.
It would reject any novel results, as they wouldn't be in the database of previous results.
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Can you imagine AI peer review.
It would reject any novel results, as they wouldn't be in the database of previous results.
It would reject any novel results, as they wouldn't be in the database of previous results.
Prunella Scales auditioning for Cats in 1954, 27 years before it opened.
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Prunella Scales auditioning for Cats in 1954, 27 years before it opened.