Simon Partridge
@simonpartridge.com
Vintage song singer. He/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Don't crime at Christmas, kids.
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Don't crime at Christmas, kids.
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I love this!
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I love this!
Working in retail can be tough at the best of times, but at Christmas it's off the scale*. Be kind to shop assistants, it's really not their fault, whatever it is. If someone give really good service, tell them! You never get tired of being told you're doing a good job. Spread the love!
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Working in retail can be tough at the best of times, but at Christmas it's off the scale*. Be kind to shop assistants, it's really not their fault, whatever it is. If someone give really good service, tell them! You never get tired of being told you're doing a good job. Spread the love!
Oh god, a thousand times this!! The unbending curriculum, the endless assessments, the office-cosplay uniform... my kids hate it all.
Politicians wringing their hands over why teachers are leaving the profession. The truth is, we'd get more people staying in teaching if our various Governments understood that the real purpose of education is *not* to build a compliant workforce, but a society of well-rounded individuals...
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Oh god, a thousand times this!! The unbending curriculum, the endless assessments, the office-cosplay uniform... my kids hate it all.
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My 6 yo thinks our wise men statues (inherited from my great-grandma; we’re not religious so they don’t have any idea who Jesus is lmao) are drag queens. They keep calling them “the queens” and having them put on shows on the “stage” (the table behind our couch). It’s the absolute best
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My 6 yo thinks our wise men statues (inherited from my great-grandma; we’re not religious so they don’t have any idea who Jesus is lmao) are drag queens. They keep calling them “the queens” and having them put on shows on the “stage” (the table behind our couch). It’s the absolute best
The replies to this are an absolute joy, a quiet celebration of the tiny things that can bring happiness.
this was a weekend of unrelenting horrors, but if you had a small nice thing happen I would like to hear about it
maybe you read a great book or saw a cute dog walking down the street or your soup turned out really good? please share
maybe you read a great book or saw a cute dog walking down the street or your soup turned out really good? please share
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The replies to this are an absolute joy, a quiet celebration of the tiny things that can bring happiness.
Absolutely love this personalisation. Will AI do that for you? Will it funk! Bravo @gingertotty.bsky.social!
Not only are @gingertotty.bsky.social cards fab, she also does the added bonus of great art on the envelope 😊😀😍
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Absolutely love this personalisation. Will AI do that for you? Will it funk! Bravo @gingertotty.bsky.social!
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Are this pair of #FestiveFaves actually the same song? I'm in two minds about it! 🤣 #ChristmasSongs #Rudolph #Xmas
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Are this pair of #FestiveFaves actually the same song? I'm in two minds about it! 🤣 #ChristmasSongs #Rudolph #Xmas
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Finally, someone is thinking about those poor millionaires and billionaires 😆
Idea: whining about your taxes in the press comes with a *free* wallet inspection from HMRC just to make sure you're not over paying
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Finally, someone is thinking about those poor millionaires and billionaires 😆
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Just embarrassing. Reeves here demonstrating in under 30 seconds why trust in politicians is at an all-time low and @greenparty.org.uk membership is at an all-time high. This, as my children would say, is pure cringe.
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just embarrassing. Reeves here demonstrating in under 30 seconds why trust in politicians is at an all-time low and @greenparty.org.uk membership is at an all-time high. This, as my children would say, is pure cringe.
This. I naively thought that as a parent I would spend all my time dispensing pearls of wisdom like some ancient sage but turns out most parenting is just steadying the rope as they climb.
Eldest College Kid is on the phone being upset about a midterm grade and torn between electrical or manufacturing engineering. I am being a Good Parent and smiling and nodding while all of this goes over my poor little my-degree-is-in-marine-bio brain.
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This. I naively thought that as a parent I would spend all my time dispensing pearls of wisdom like some ancient sage but turns out most parenting is just steadying the rope as they climb.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Lichfield, England!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Lichfield, England!
Porridge on a cold morning. One of life’s small pleasures.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Porridge on a cold morning. One of life’s small pleasures.
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THE GOOD LIFE ON MARS #TwoShowsInOne
November 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
THE GOOD LIFE ON MARS #TwoShowsInOne
Using a tech giant’s theft machine rather than paying an actual human artist is *really* not a good look.
Join me, Alan Mardghum, Heather Wood and others for Your Party’s rally with the Durham Miners Association!
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Using a tech giant’s theft machine rather than paying an actual human artist is *really* not a good look.
Judging a talent show tonight. Totally new experience for me!
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Judging a talent show tonight. Totally new experience for me!
First Goon Show I ever heard. Borrowed from the library on LP 40 years ago (imagine that!). Love at first listen and still my favourite episode.
On this day 71 years ago:
LURGI STRIKES BRITAIN was first broadcast
It was also Eric Sykes' first joint writing credit on the Goon Show
LURGI STRIKES BRITAIN was first broadcast
It was also Eric Sykes' first joint writing credit on the Goon Show
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
First Goon Show I ever heard. Borrowed from the library on LP 40 years ago (imagine that!). Love at first listen and still my favourite episode.
Whatsorrypardon?!? You think *who* is in danger of letting voters down, Darren?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Whatsorrypardon?!? You think *who* is in danger of letting voters down, Darren?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.