Iain Simpson
@iainsimpson.bsky.social
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I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists
September 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists
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If people are posting less, or fewer are posting, try following more people to fill your timeline up. It's highly unlikely that you already followed all the people you will like. Repost more. Recommend people to others more. Also over follow as this helps others find their people.
August 24, 2026 at 6:54 AM
If people are posting less, or fewer are posting, try following more people to fill your timeline up. It's highly unlikely that you already followed all the people you will like. Repost more. Recommend people to others more. Also over follow as this helps others find their people.
Make a band bigger: Manic Street Popes
Make a band bigger: 11,000 Maniacs
Make a band bigger: Dexy's Midnight Sprinters
August 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Make a band bigger: Manic Street Popes
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One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days!
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
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Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
August 22, 2026 at 11:22 AM
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days!
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
Wow!
What a thing to claim!
And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it.
Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄
🧵
1/26
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29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
August 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
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'They'll be kicking themselves. They've kicked everybody else'. 🤣
July 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
'They'll be kicking themselves. They've kicked everybody else'. 🤣
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can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
June 24, 2026 at 2:45 PM
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
Chaos with Ed Miliband remains my preferred outcome but...
May 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Chaos with Ed Miliband remains my preferred outcome but...
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Zelensky right now (I hope)
March 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Zelensky right now (I hope)
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
March 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4)
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Big countries should be allowed to conquer small countries to their west, actually, say Sinn Féin
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Big countries should be allowed to conquer small countries to their west, actually, say Sinn Féin
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Folks, have you seen Trump's cabinet? The 25th amendment is not in play!
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Folks, have you seen Trump's cabinet? The 25th amendment is not in play!
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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.