Simon Thompson
@thompsonsimon.com
Intranets, user experience, and connected content. Mad for movies, the perfect 3-minute pop song, non-sequiturs and general silliness.
Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes.
London, UK
Also never gonna run around in dessert shoes.
London, UK
“We’re going live to the High Court now, where we’re expecting a ruling over the ownership of the One Ring. Joining us is our Sméagol correspondent…”
January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
“We’re going live to the High Court now, where we’re expecting a ruling over the ownership of the One Ring. Joining us is our Sméagol correspondent…”
Tweet from on this day in 2010
If my name was Al Day, I'd surely have a friend called Oliver Knight and we'd form a Kinks tribute band
If my name was Al Day, I'd surely have a friend called Oliver Knight and we'd form a Kinks tribute band
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Tweet from on this day in 2010
If my name was Al Day, I'd surely have a friend called Oliver Knight and we'd form a Kinks tribute band
If my name was Al Day, I'd surely have a friend called Oliver Knight and we'd form a Kinks tribute band
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One for the online publishing aficionados, but this is a good from the GOV.UK team about how they're starting to deconstruct a page-centric publishing model into distinct and relatable content objects. Good tactic to avoid AI Agents mangling your messages. insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/20/t...
Testing a new GOV.UK publishing application: Content Block Manager
We’ve built an application that allows GOV.UK publishers to create and reuse modular content. Find out how it works, what we’ve learned from testing and what’s next.
insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 PM
One for the online publishing aficionados, but this is a good from the GOV.UK team about how they're starting to deconstruct a page-centric publishing model into distinct and relatable content objects. Good tactic to avoid AI Agents mangling your messages. insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/20/t...
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My laughsnort at this disturbed my teen who was quietly reading XKCD
January 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM
My laughsnort at this disturbed my teen who was quietly reading XKCD
More than fair
As a: user
I want to: not
I want to: not
January 20, 2026 at 11:57 PM
More than fair
My laughsnort at this disturbed my teen who was quietly reading XKCD
January 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM
My laughsnort at this disturbed my teen who was quietly reading XKCD
When the AI rebellion comes, will it even be in the right place?
[Now-deleted tweet from 2021]
[Now-deleted tweet from 2021]
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 AM
When the AI rebellion comes, will it even be in the right place?
[Now-deleted tweet from 2021]
[Now-deleted tweet from 2021]
I wonder how many real life assassins would die for their current employer at the hands of a pissed-off dog owner or someone who with a newfound respect for life
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I wonder how many real life assassins would die for their current employer at the hands of a pissed-off dog owner or someone who with a newfound respect for life
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I’ve made a music magazine, would you like to buy it?
Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more!
recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...
Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more!
recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I’ve made a music magazine, would you like to buy it?
Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more!
recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...
Popoptica issue 1 features Heavenly, Slime City, The Empty Page, @pinkopaque.co.uk YAKKIE, Tiger Island, Chaffinch, CURRLS, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump, Strange Loop and more!
recklessyes.bandcamp.com/merch/popopt...
“Your scientists were too preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they moo-ed”
January 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
“Your scientists were too preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they moo-ed”
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TERRY WANTS TO KNOW…
What are YOUR memories of seeing The Phantom Menace for the first time in 1999? We’d love to hear from you for our next episode.
Please RT.
(Thank you)
What are YOUR memories of seeing The Phantom Menace for the first time in 1999? We’d love to hear from you for our next episode.
Please RT.
(Thank you)
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
TERRY WANTS TO KNOW…
What are YOUR memories of seeing The Phantom Menace for the first time in 1999? We’d love to hear from you for our next episode.
Please RT.
(Thank you)
What are YOUR memories of seeing The Phantom Menace for the first time in 1999? We’d love to hear from you for our next episode.
Please RT.
(Thank you)
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I would be so grateful if folks could share this thread. I hate doing fundraisers, but it's the only way I can get any Ada Lovelace Day related stuff done these days, absent sponsorship.
Last year, nearly one hundred people donated to ensure I could move the Ada Lovelace Day website to a new hosting platform, go to four events, and run ALD online in October.
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
Donate to Ada Lovelace Day 2026, organized by Suw Charman-Anderson
Support Ada Lovelace Day and women in STEM!
It's really great that Ada Lovelace Day con… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Ada Lovelace Day 2026
www.gofundme.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I would be so grateful if folks could share this thread. I hate doing fundraisers, but it's the only way I can get any Ada Lovelace Day related stuff done these days, absent sponsorship.
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Ah yes, I remember it well. #TimeTrumpet
I know Trump's threats on Greenland are serious stuff but I lol every time cos it always reminds me of this ( from the amazing
@aiannucci.bsky.social )
youtu.be/0PSyiRXIEyc?...
@aiannucci.bsky.social )
youtu.be/0PSyiRXIEyc?...
January 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Ah yes, I remember it well. #TimeTrumpet
"History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it."
Discworld QOTD, from Mort
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it."
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I've just discovered a new cupboard in my classroom that I swear wasn't there last term.
Should I open the cupboard door?
I'm going to open the cupboard door.
If you don't hear from me again, please tell someone to check the cupboard.
Should I open the cupboard door?
I'm going to open the cupboard door.
If you don't hear from me again, please tell someone to check the cupboard.
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I've just discovered a new cupboard in my classroom that I swear wasn't there last term.
Should I open the cupboard door?
I'm going to open the cupboard door.
If you don't hear from me again, please tell someone to check the cupboard.
Should I open the cupboard door?
I'm going to open the cupboard door.
If you don't hear from me again, please tell someone to check the cupboard.
Three Christmases have passed since this tweet, how many more before it comes true?
Tangentially…we’ll know AI is truly taking over when Copilot enables you to mail merge and print out a flawless set of Christmas card labels
FIRST TIME
Tangentially…we’ll know AI is truly taking over when Copilot enables you to mail merge and print out a flawless set of Christmas card labels
FIRST TIME
January 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Three Christmases have passed since this tweet, how many more before it comes true?
Tangentially…we’ll know AI is truly taking over when Copilot enables you to mail merge and print out a flawless set of Christmas card labels
FIRST TIME
Tangentially…we’ll know AI is truly taking over when Copilot enables you to mail merge and print out a flawless set of Christmas card labels
FIRST TIME
What's orange and stripy, and sings cynical songs about Rocky?
The Ironic Tiger
(From another time and another place, but posting it here for it to be under-appreciated once again)
The Ironic Tiger
(From another time and another place, but posting it here for it to be under-appreciated once again)
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
What's orange and stripy, and sings cynical songs about Rocky?
The Ironic Tiger
(From another time and another place, but posting it here for it to be under-appreciated once again)
The Ironic Tiger
(From another time and another place, but posting it here for it to be under-appreciated once again)
From a now-deleted tweet from 2023:
The race to the bottom, rather inevitably, accelerates downwards Into a battle of those with the most resources and the least scruples.
AI also spells Adversarial Internet
The race to the bottom, rather inevitably, accelerates downwards Into a battle of those with the most resources and the least scruples.
AI also spells Adversarial Internet
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
From a now-deleted tweet from 2023:
The race to the bottom, rather inevitably, accelerates downwards Into a battle of those with the most resources and the least scruples.
AI also spells Adversarial Internet
The race to the bottom, rather inevitably, accelerates downwards Into a battle of those with the most resources and the least scruples.
AI also spells Adversarial Internet
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The “Next” family includes seven (7) weights, each with carefully crafted upright and italic versions.
PLUS webfont and variable weight variations for fancy web folk like us. (Great use case: password entry and recovery.)
Good for your readers. Free for you. What’s not to love?
PLUS webfont and variable weight variations for fancy web folk like us. (Great use case: password entry and recovery.)
Good for your readers. Free for you. What’s not to love?
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The “Next” family includes seven (7) weights, each with carefully crafted upright and italic versions.
PLUS webfont and variable weight variations for fancy web folk like us. (Great use case: password entry and recovery.)
Good for your readers. Free for you. What’s not to love?
PLUS webfont and variable weight variations for fancy web folk like us. (Great use case: password entry and recovery.)
Good for your readers. Free for you. What’s not to love?
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If you like books about men who cross their arms, Waterstones in Manchester has a bunch of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
If you like books about men who cross their arms, Waterstones in Manchester has a bunch of them
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…and more importantly
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
…and more importantly
Internal Comms is an undervalued tool in the adoption of AI (or any other change) in business – it's nice to see this from @meetdux.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Internal Comms is an undervalued tool in the adoption of AI (or any other change) in business – it's nice to see this from @meetdux.bsky.social
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Content is for someone else.
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Content is for someone else.
Turning on its own…?
Its own kind?
Its creators?
Its own kind?
Its creators?
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Turning on its own…?
Its own kind?
Its creators?
Its own kind?
Its creators?