I W Hall
@ianwilliamhall.bsky.social
Always good to get a warning that the way ahead may be barred.
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Always good to get a warning that the way ahead may be barred.
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The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
BBC News - UN human rights chief criticises UK Palestine Action ban
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UN human rights chief criticises 'disturbing' Palestine Action ban
Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the "unnecessary" ban on the group.
www.bbc.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
BBC News - UN human rights chief criticises UK Palestine Action ban
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
May 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
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I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Absolutely scorching letter about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the government's attempts to mislead us about its impacts.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government is gaslighting us on planning bill and nature | Letter
Letter: Ben Kite says a large number of experts and organisations are concerned about the bill’s environmental impact, in response to a letter by the nature minister
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'd like an apology from @marycreagh.bsky.social please. She claimed my column on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was "deeply misleading". She failed to explain why. But it was an accurate explanation of the problems with the Bill.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
Ministers should not make unsubstantiated and untrue claims.
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We all recognise smoking kills , that's why tobacco ads were banned in 2002 . Fossil fuels kill too & according to a study in BMJ , cause 5.1 million deaths per year .
Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024
Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024
April 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We all recognise smoking kills , that's why tobacco ads were banned in 2002 . Fossil fuels kill too & according to a study in BMJ , cause 5.1 million deaths per year .
Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024
Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024
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It's time to exit Brexit and rejoin the EU
April 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's time to exit Brexit and rejoin the EU
Chiltern Railways. 9.11 from Oxford Parkway to Marylebone. Standing passengers filling the aisles of 2 carriages, when we are towing behind us THREE completely empty carriages. Mad and dangerous. #chilternrailways.
April 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Chiltern Railways. 9.11 from Oxford Parkway to Marylebone. Standing passengers filling the aisles of 2 carriages, when we are towing behind us THREE completely empty carriages. Mad and dangerous. #chilternrailways.
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A tactical voting website has been launched for the May elections to Oxfordshire County Council. Oxvote is aimed at climate-minded voters and claims to be “the most sophisticated tactical voting website ever made for Oxfordshire local elections”. www.oxvote.org
Oxvote - climate smart voting in May 1st Oxfordshire council elections | Vote Climate Smart
Discover how to vote tactically on May 1st to accelerate Oxfordshire's progress toward Net Zero. Find out what issues you are voting on.
www.oxvote.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A tactical voting website has been launched for the May elections to Oxfordshire County Council. Oxvote is aimed at climate-minded voters and claims to be “the most sophisticated tactical voting website ever made for Oxfordshire local elections”. www.oxvote.org
At last an upside to the climate catastrophe. </sarcasm>
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
At last an upside to the climate catastrophe. </sarcasm>
Every time I read the name of that Greenland base it comes out as Pityfuck.
Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous | Timothy Snyder
Thanks to Trump’s administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking, says professor Timothy Snyder of Yale University
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Every time I read the name of that Greenland base it comes out as Pityfuck.
This may be farewell to me reading The Guardian. Either I now subscribe or they share my details with 133 companies.
March 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This may be farewell to me reading The Guardian. Either I now subscribe or they share my details with 133 companies.
Authors/researchers might want to check on whether Meta has used your works to train AI for current & future profits. They have use 2 research articles of mine from the 1980s. 🧪📚
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Authors/researchers might want to check on whether Meta has used your works to train AI for current & future profits. They have use 2 research articles of mine from the 1980s. 🧪📚
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Authors/researchers might want to check on whether Meta has used your works to train AI for current & future profits. Looks like they used 6 books & 16 research articles of mine. 🧪📚
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Authors/researchers might want to check on whether Meta has used your works to train AI for current & future profits. Looks like they used 6 books & 16 research articles of mine. 🧪📚
Seriously, is there any point in having a Labour government if they are indistinguishable from the Tories?
March 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Seriously, is there any point in having a Labour government if they are indistinguishable from the Tories?
New moon, Venus, sunset.
March 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New moon, Venus, sunset.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... A politician with principles. A rare thing these days.
Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget
Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... A politician with principles. A rare thing these days.
That's about 6 x 1000 since Christmas.
February 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
That's about 6 x 1000 since Christmas.