Simon Ziegler
@simonziegler.bsky.social
Founder of 2 tech startups. Ex investment banker. Politically centre/lefty. Dad to the most wonderful man and woman on the planet.
Negotiators on both sides need to grow up. Their job is to protect us all across the continent. They’re doing Putin’s work here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
The two sides had been at odds over a fee to allow UK defence firms to access a greater share of loans.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Negotiators on both sides need to grow up. Their job is to protect us all across the continent. They’re doing Putin’s work here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Behind a paywall, but don’t bother whipping out the credit card. The Telegraph used to be a respectable paper notwithstanding its rightward slant. This is terrible journalism following their evidence-free editorial policy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Behind a paywall, but don’t bother whipping out the credit card. The Telegraph used to be a respectable paper notwithstanding its rightward slant. This is terrible journalism following their evidence-free editorial policy.
I’m looking for great podcasts on Law, applicable to an English LLB undergraduate (who may be my daughter). Any thoughts?
Bonus points if your thought comes with a cat photograph.
@dinahrose.bsky.social @swilkenkc.bsky.social @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @jmpsimor.bsky.social
Bonus points if your thought comes with a cat photograph.
@dinahrose.bsky.social @swilkenkc.bsky.social @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @jmpsimor.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I’m looking for great podcasts on Law, applicable to an English LLB undergraduate (who may be my daughter). Any thoughts?
Bonus points if your thought comes with a cat photograph.
@dinahrose.bsky.social @swilkenkc.bsky.social @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @jmpsimor.bsky.social
Bonus points if your thought comes with a cat photograph.
@dinahrose.bsky.social @swilkenkc.bsky.social @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @jmpsimor.bsky.social
I’m a Gen X father to two Gen Z adults, who are hard working & responsible.
The idea of a generation as a coherent cohort has always been nonsense. We tend to be less experienced/focused when young and grumpier as we age. It’s just how we are, irrespective of artificial generational belonging.
The idea of a generation as a coherent cohort has always been nonsense. We tend to be less experienced/focused when young and grumpier as we age. It’s just how we are, irrespective of artificial generational belonging.
Opinion: It has become a rite of passage for every new generation of young adults to be labelled lazy and irresponsible by its elders, but Gen Z has probably had it worse than most. on.ft.com/4pVhFsf
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I’m a Gen X father to two Gen Z adults, who are hard working & responsible.
The idea of a generation as a coherent cohort has always been nonsense. We tend to be less experienced/focused when young and grumpier as we age. It’s just how we are, irrespective of artificial generational belonging.
The idea of a generation as a coherent cohort has always been nonsense. We tend to be less experienced/focused when young and grumpier as we age. It’s just how we are, irrespective of artificial generational belonging.
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There are better ways to deal with the big issues. Finland is a fine example.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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This is absolutely true. And the fact that we no longer have insect carnage on windscreens after a drive is seriously worrying.
Anecdotal, but in June a pal returned from Glastonbury and Wimbledon, comically sunburned from both. "Ha!" I said, "remember when we were kids, every year it was mudbaths at the main stage and rain-stopped play on centrecourt? That was the *whole* deal with both those things- oh right jesus fuck".
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is absolutely true. And the fact that we no longer have insect carnage on windscreens after a drive is seriously worrying.
A spot on take on where the two main political parties are. It’s all really quite simple.
My uncontroversial opinion is that Brexit ruined the Conservative Party, an antiracist organisation dedicated to fiscal security by driving out everyone who wasn't mental and leaving them with only cranks.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A spot on take on where the two main political parties are. It’s all really quite simple.
Something really i treating about the news conference was how Mamdani conducted himself. He was the first person I’ve seen to be disengaged from Trump’s playing to the gallery. No jokes. No laughing at Trump’s weak humour. No smiling. He was above it all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Something really i treating about the news conference was how Mamdani conducted himself. He was the first person I’ve seen to be disengaged from Trump’s playing to the gallery. No jokes. No laughing at Trump’s weak humour. No smiling. He was above it all.
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Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Palestine Action are multiple things. Hardcore, evil activists are one. Another is a leadership who were magically able to organise big demonstrations immediately after Oct 7.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
In August of last year, six members of Palestine Action broke into a factory near Bristol, #UK.
Now that they are on trial, we are getting the grisly details of what happened.
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Now that they are on trial, we are getting the grisly details of what happened.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Palestine Action are multiple things. Hardcore, evil activists are one. Another is a leadership who were magically able to organise big demonstrations immediately after Oct 7.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle. The Greens. Oh.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lloyd Russell-Moyle. The Greens. Oh.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
As a man, nothing will turn you into a radical feminist faster than the first time you're shown the twitter mentions and DM requests of literally any woman on the internet.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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If somebody comes from say Somalia, or Myanmar, who knows what constitutes their cultural equivalent of a “wedding ring”. Even in Europe we can’t agree on which finger/hand to place it.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If somebody comes from say Somalia, or Myanmar, who knows what constitutes their cultural equivalent of a “wedding ring”. Even in Europe we can’t agree on which finger/hand to place it.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
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Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt.
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt.
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Hey @nigella.bsky.social , we have a guest tomorrow who would love chicken and pasta. I have in mind egg linguine turned in olive oils and a bit of garlic or maybe porcini. For the chicken I have in mind a baked breast. Any lovely ideas?
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hey @nigella.bsky.social , we have a guest tomorrow who would love chicken and pasta. I have in mind egg linguine turned in olive oils and a bit of garlic or maybe porcini. For the chicken I have in mind a baked breast. Any lovely ideas?
Spats is always with us at dinner time.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Spats is always with us at dinner time.
To all my American friends, please note that @scaramucci.bsky.social recently learned, on The Rest is Politics podcast that we have a very different meaning of “horny” in the UK.
Each year we will make a hornier Frankenstein adaptation until morale improves
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
To all my American friends, please note that @scaramucci.bsky.social recently learned, on The Rest is Politics podcast that we have a very different meaning of “horny” in the UK.
Totally agree. Cruelty was something I never voted for, and importantly, I never will vote for it.
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
I've been very soft on this Labour government. They inherited a booby-trapped nightmare and even though they're even now probably still the best of all our shitty options, the immigration thing is draconian, stupid and deliberately cruel.
Starmer and McSweeney must go. Now.
Starmer and McSweeney must go. Now.
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Totally agree. Cruelty was something I never voted for, and importantly, I never will vote for it.
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
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What will happen to children of asylum seekers born here ? Will they be forcibly removed to a country they don’t know now deemed to be safe ? What will happen to older children who came with parents and doing well in education ? Will refugee parents be removed from British partners and children?
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What will happen to children of asylum seekers born here ? Will they be forcibly removed to a country they don’t know now deemed to be safe ? What will happen to older children who came with parents and doing well in education ? Will refugee parents be removed from British partners and children?