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Will Poynter

@wpoynter.bsky.social

Technical Generalist, former Engineering Director Runner, walker, coffee-lover and lover of old pubs A big believer in creative tech Education: Physics BSc, Particle Physics MSc Experience: Freelance, startup, scale-up (Babylon), university (UCL)

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If you want an explanation of why it makes sense the Eppstein files include: Trump, Gates, Musk, Clinton, and other entrepreneurs and politicians, then I suggest you read the first 3 pages of The Hypomanic Edge by Dr John Gartner. Just 3 pages, and you will understand the sex component.

03.02.2026 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Real Reason My Uncle Trump Became a Monster: Niece | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast Real Reason My Uncle Trump Became a Monster: Niece | The Daily Beast Podcast

Such a helpful summary of where we are from Mary Trump a clinical psychologist

youtu.be/6-24iyORVvU?...

02.02.2026 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Thin-Skinned Trump Is Just Like a Teenage Girl: Welch | The Daily Beast Podcast
YouTube video by The Daily Beast Why Thin-Skinned Trump Is Just Like a Teenage Girl: Welch | The Daily Beast Podcast

I feel like @mizzwelch.bsky.social is taking the threat seriously after listening to her on @thedailybeast.bsky.social highly recommend: youtu.be/c-ml5eesqZI?...

(Also, keep an eye on the whole JD Vance funded by the owner of #palantir angle, a database of faces, could solve the lack of rizz)

01.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pornhub are pulling out of the UK

Pornhub are pulling out of the UK

Pornhub are pulling out of the UK, but not really.

open.substack.com/pub/williamp...

#uk #politics #technology #opinion #iam #identity

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What I think Jon Stewart missed when he answered whether he would run for office #comedy #politics #opinion

open.substack.com/pub/williamp...

24.01.2026 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palantir UK We build software that empowers organizations to effectively integrate their data, decisions, and operations.

@ukparliament.parliament.uk are MPs aware that Palantir are "Proud to serve the NHS" www.palantir.com/uk Can we publish the threat analysis of integrating our health service with Palantir, a company owned by Peter Thiel who funds JD Vance.

15.01.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Andre Braugher was probably for me what David Jason was for many of you In his memory

williampoynter.substack.com/p/andre-brau...

#substack #launch #debut #opinion #comedy #brooklyn99 #braugher #rip #onlyfoolsandhorses #jason

15.01.2026 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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William's Substack | William Poynter | Substack My personal Substack. Click to read William's Substack, by William Poynter, a Substack publication. Launched 10 minutes ago.

Substack go williampoynter.substack.com?r=4fdnc6&utm...

#substack #launch #debut #opinion

15.01.2026 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ukparliament.parliament.uk is it possible that our academics, business leaders and policans have very different #metadata to the working class and therefore have not noticed that the tools of division are now being aimed at us on social media? #Westminster #bubble

14.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure no one ever asked for a second Hull...

14.01.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
It's Literally ICE vs. Good
YouTube video by Josh Johnson It's Literally ICE vs. Good

Love this man, thank you @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social

youtu.be/p68TXmnOy60?... #America #balm

14.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem - Wikipedia

The very oldest pub I like to drink in, is in the city of my birth, #nottingham. Ye Olde Trip, or Th Trip is how locals say it, founded in 1189. The caves that it uses for rooms, were made in 1067, the year after William the Conqueror turned-up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde...

14.01.2026 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bsky newbie, is there any way to set up content filtering so I only get the BIG news for an hour a day, and then it keeps the community stuff the rest of the time? #advice #newbie

12.01.2026 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At the time I was learning of Winnie and his adventures in the Hundred Arce Woods, I was already being told there are such things as bad kings, and never ever should I fear them. Look to your artists, they hold they true record. #america

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King John was not a good man,
And no good friends had he.
He stayed in every afternoon...
But no one came to tea.

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Those extracts are taken from King John's Christmas, by A. A. Milne from his book When We Were Young, which is also the origin of Winnie the Pooh.

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King John was not a good man
He had his little ways
And sometimes no one spoke to him
For days and days and days
And men who came across him

When walking in the town
Gave him a supercilious stare
Or passed with noses in the air
And bad King John stood dumbly there
Blushing beneath his crown

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In case it would be useful to some of my American friends and family, I would like to share how the English deal with bad kings.

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And why is it my favourite, probably because I know #stephencolbert used to use it to flirt with Eve.

12.01.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

mr youse needn't be so spry
concernin questions arty

each has his tastes but as for i
i likes a certain party

gimme the he-man's solid bliss
for youse ideas i'll match youse

a pretty girl who naked is
is worth a million statues

e. e. cummings

My favourite American poem

12.01.2026 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In hingsight, they had be publishing films called Knives Out for a while now... we love you #america

12.01.2026 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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