Iain Simpson
@iainsimpson.bsky.social
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In a quick scroll down my TL, I've seen lots of references to various right-wing nutters but none to intelligent leftist ideas. Which shows one of our problems. "Flooding the zone with shit" actually works - by stealing cognitive bandwidth from worthwhile things.
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In a quick scroll down my TL, I've seen lots of references to various right-wing nutters but none to intelligent leftist ideas. Which shows one of our problems. "Flooding the zone with shit" actually works - by stealing cognitive bandwidth from worthwhile things.
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
December 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye Ich do love
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Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Five (this one courtesy of @seanpdailey.bsky.social)
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She's doing the shake and VAT?
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
She's doing the shake and VAT?
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If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”
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The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).
I started reading this with the assumption that the article can't possibly be as bad as the headline, but somehow it's worse.
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I started reading this with the assumption that the article can't possibly be as bad as the headline, but somehow it's worse.
So... I created a YouTube profile purely to subscribe to my son's Minecraft videos. If you're a middle aged guy in Britain with no watch history, this is the sort of content it recommends for you. Feels like YouTube promoting extremist content is at least as big a problem as Twitter promoting it.
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So... I created a YouTube profile purely to subscribe to my son's Minecraft videos. If you're a middle aged guy in Britain with no watch history, this is the sort of content it recommends for you. Feels like YouTube promoting extremist content is at least as big a problem as Twitter promoting it.
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances.
July 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances.
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Exeter, pursued by a bear
Wildlife park near Exeter evacuated after bears escape
Wildlife park near Exeter evacuated after bears escape
Two brown bears escape from their enclosure and eat a "week's worth of honey" in the food store.
www.bbc.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Exeter, pursued by a bear
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A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:
May 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:
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Courtesy of Christmas playbook – and Liz Truss – here is the absolute worst way to cook roast potatoes you’re ever going to see.
Absolutely do not do what she says: the parboil is essential (and shake them before they go in the oil, which MUST be v hot)
Absolutely do not do what she says: the parboil is essential (and shake them before they go in the oil, which MUST be v hot)
December 25, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Courtesy of Christmas playbook – and Liz Truss – here is the absolute worst way to cook roast potatoes you’re ever going to see.
Absolutely do not do what she says: the parboil is essential (and shake them before they go in the oil, which MUST be v hot)
Absolutely do not do what she says: the parboil is essential (and shake them before they go in the oil, which MUST be v hot)
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Since the HS2 bat tunnel is back in the news (turns out it may actually kill the bats), time for one more story.
Which came first – HS2 or the bats?🚄🦇🧵
Which came first – HS2 or the bats?🚄🦇🧵
December 23, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Since the HS2 bat tunnel is back in the news (turns out it may actually kill the bats), time for one more story.
Which came first – HS2 or the bats?🚄🦇🧵
Which came first – HS2 or the bats?🚄🦇🧵
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who wants to see the most divorced tweet of all time?
December 9, 2024 at 12:13 PM
who wants to see the most divorced tweet of all time?
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CLAIM: Those on dependent visas "are not adding net to the economy; they are taking away".
Minimum income, annual visa fee & health surcharge are set to ensure precisely the opposite. In fact, many spouse dependents also work, paying tax and NI, on top of those fees. ~AA 4/
Minimum income, annual visa fee & health surcharge are set to ensure precisely the opposite. In fact, many spouse dependents also work, paying tax and NI, on top of those fees. ~AA 4/
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM
CLAIM: Those on dependent visas "are not adding net to the economy; they are taking away".
Minimum income, annual visa fee & health surcharge are set to ensure precisely the opposite. In fact, many spouse dependents also work, paying tax and NI, on top of those fees. ~AA 4/
Minimum income, annual visa fee & health surcharge are set to ensure precisely the opposite. In fact, many spouse dependents also work, paying tax and NI, on top of those fees. ~AA 4/