Simon
@broomwagon.bsky.social
Dad, dog owner, cycling, football and coffee nerd. Appeared on a regional TV quiz show in 1987, so basically an A lister.
My motto: always give 100%. Unless you are giving blood.
Bin day is Thursdays.
My motto: always give 100%. Unless you are giving blood.
Bin day is Thursdays.
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A Christmas hero is born...
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A Christmas hero is born...
I don't know why they don't just use this design classic
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don't know why they don't just use this design classic
my Spotify unwrapped report for 2025 reminds me just how musically outgunned I am by my twins who have access to my account. I have just had a message from Dua Lipa thanking me for being one of her top listeners FFS. I have never listened to one of her tracks.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
my Spotify unwrapped report for 2025 reminds me just how musically outgunned I am by my twins who have access to my account. I have just had a message from Dua Lipa thanking me for being one of her top listeners FFS. I have never listened to one of her tracks.
I don’t usually see much of interest on LinkedIn but this advert I thought was very effective about the risks of sharing too much personal information online, particularly about children
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachca...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachca...
Wow - PHENOMENALLY effective ad.
Will send chills down your spine if you have young children.
And a brilliant message about being careful what you post online about your kids.
Great work Irish Data…...
Wow - PHENOMENALLY effective ad.
Will send chills down your spine if you have young children.
And a brilliant message about being careful what you post online about your kids.
Great work Irish Data ...
www.linkedin.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I don’t usually see much of interest on LinkedIn but this advert I thought was very effective about the risks of sharing too much personal information online, particularly about children
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachca...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rachca...
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ITV News has a weekly podcast about the royal family.
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
ITV News has a weekly podcast about the royal family.
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The Two Ronnies have just convened an emergency scriptwriters' meeting.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Two Ronnies have just convened an emergency scriptwriters' meeting.
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Santa has been reading your skeets all year.
Most of you are getting dictionaries.
Most of you are getting dictionaries.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Santa has been reading your skeets all year.
Most of you are getting dictionaries.
Most of you are getting dictionaries.
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whenever some of you are quiet for a few weeks or more i just assume you’re in jail
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
whenever some of you are quiet for a few weeks or more i just assume you’re in jail
it's now raining heavily. I have therefore abandoned my plans to make myself a cup of tea as that would involve leaving my shed and walking a few yards down the garden into my house.
Being brutally honest, I don't think that the SAS missed out on much when I didn't apply to join them.
Being brutally honest, I don't think that the SAS missed out on much when I didn't apply to join them.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
it's now raining heavily. I have therefore abandoned my plans to make myself a cup of tea as that would involve leaving my shed and walking a few yards down the garden into my house.
Being brutally honest, I don't think that the SAS missed out on much when I didn't apply to join them.
Being brutally honest, I don't think that the SAS missed out on much when I didn't apply to join them.
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
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Martin Amis on meeting Anthony Burgess. My late best friend used to grade hangovers- eg the ‘angry cat trying to get out through your eyeballs hangover,’ the ‘vague, zen-like hangover’ and worst of all, the ‘dinner with Anthony Burgess hangover’. I guess this is where he got it from.
July 20, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Martin Amis on meeting Anthony Burgess. My late best friend used to grade hangovers- eg the ‘angry cat trying to get out through your eyeballs hangover,’ the ‘vague, zen-like hangover’ and worst of all, the ‘dinner with Anthony Burgess hangover’. I guess this is where he got it from.
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This book remains relentlessly available, and it feels like now’s a good time to be trumpeting it, what with, you know, that thing that’s happening near the end of the month.
Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? is the story of my return to birdwatching after an absence of 30+ years, and specifically of the year (2016) in which I decided to try and see 200 species of British bird. Childhood memories, some music, a lot of birds.
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levparikian.com/index.php/pr...
Book: Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
A signed copy of Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? Fill in the ‘dedication’ box if you would like a special message as well as a signature. Format: paperback
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This book remains relentlessly available, and it feels like now’s a good time to be trumpeting it, what with, you know, that thing that’s happening near the end of the month.
It's either Stuart Broad or Roald Dahl then.
Newcastle United set to move for 6ft 6in Englishman in January
Newcastle United set to move for 6ft 6in Englishman in January
www.caughtoffside.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It's either Stuart Broad or Roald Dahl then.
I wish there was an actual queue. You can imagine Amorim, Arteta and Slot muttering that Moyes was pushing in, and they had been sat on deck chairs, with a shawl on their knees with a flask of tea since 4am and grumpy & freezing cold.
Man United at the front of the queue to sign 25-year-old midfielder in January
Man United at the front of the queue to sign 25-year-old midfielder in January
www.caughtoffside.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I wish there was an actual queue. You can imagine Amorim, Arteta and Slot muttering that Moyes was pushing in, and they had been sat on deck chairs, with a shawl on their knees with a flask of tea since 4am and grumpy & freezing cold.
When I told people I was an employment lawyer, the bit they heard was 'lawyer' so I once got cornered by my sister in law's mother at a family gathering and she regaled me with the issue of her bush (stop it!) dropping leaves on her neighbour's lawn and he was threatening to take her to court.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
When I told people I was an employment lawyer, the bit they heard was 'lawyer' so I once got cornered by my sister in law's mother at a family gathering and she regaled me with the issue of her bush (stop it!) dropping leaves on her neighbour's lawn and he was threatening to take her to court.
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This is extraordinary.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is extraordinary.
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*Muppets theme tune plays*
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
*Muppets theme tune plays*
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I don’t know who the guy on the right is, but that’s Pastor Dutchie on the left hand side.
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I don’t know who the guy on the right is, but that’s Pastor Dutchie on the left hand side.
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Ladies and gentlemen: the weekend
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ladies and gentlemen: the weekend
The issue is that they have got loads of followers on social media who watch them making their clothes. It’s becoming a habit.
Austrian nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent - if they stay off social media
The three nuns say they were taken out of the convent against their will and placed in a care home.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The issue is that they have got loads of followers on social media who watch them making their clothes. It’s becoming a habit.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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who have what the what.
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
who have what the what.