Ian Simpkins #FBPE ⭐ #FBPPR
@simmo42.bsky.social
Science, music, travel and opaque jokes. I prefer "progressive liberal" to "lefty".
I don't follow back people who push Crypto.
If you're really desperate to know more you can ready my autobiography..
I don't follow back people who push Crypto.
If you're really desperate to know more you can ready my autobiography..
I expect lots of new world records to be set. Like the old joke "I don't need to be faster than the crocodiles, I just need to be faster than you"
BBC News - River home to 500 crocodiles chosen as Olympic rowing venue
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
BBC News - River home to 500 crocodiles chosen as Olympic rowing venue
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I expect lots of new world records to be set. Like the old joke "I don't need to be faster than the crocodiles, I just need to be faster than you"
BBC News - River home to 500 crocodiles chosen as Olympic rowing venue
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
BBC News - River home to 500 crocodiles chosen as Olympic rowing venue
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
#LFF 10 out of 14 selection, which is OK. All on the balcony in the RFH though - much preferred the old days when it was all round the West End and the ICA and the festival went on a few days longer but there you go.
September 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM
#LFF 10 out of 14 selection, which is OK. All on the balcony in the RFH though - much preferred the old days when it was all round the West End and the ICA and the festival went on a few days longer but there you go.
#LFF After being 23k or so down the queue last year, I started early this year and was only 7300 in the queue, now down to about 2k and 15 minutes. I have a long list though (anticipating not getting many of my choices..). We shall see a little after 11.
September 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
#LFF After being 23k or so down the queue last year, I started early this year and was only 7300 in the queue, now down to about 2k and 15 minutes. I have a long list though (anticipating not getting many of my choices..). We shall see a little after 11.
There's probably an obscure Japanese word for the slight but constant discomfort felt when you're really into something on TV but you're watching with someone slightly less engaged and they're holding the remote.
September 1, 2026 at 8:37 PM
There's probably an obscure Japanese word for the slight but constant discomfort felt when you're really into something on TV but you're watching with someone slightly less engaged and they're holding the remote.
The only reason data centers use so much water is that it's cheap. They can have closed loop cooling (like a fridge) or air cooling. But they cost more. Presumably the heat could be used to generate electricity, or just as local heat, but again that would cost. This could be regulated. #datacentres
August 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The only reason data centers use so much water is that it's cheap. They can have closed loop cooling (like a fridge) or air cooling. But they cost more. Presumably the heat could be used to generate electricity, or just as local heat, but again that would cost. This could be regulated. #datacentres
Can the BBC stop kissing Trump's ring? Trump is the reason behind the collapse, don't imply Canada has done anything wring. #trump #canada
BBC News - Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
Canada's PM said he was "reluctantly" announcing retaliatory tariffs and accused the US of starting a trade war.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Can the BBC stop kissing Trump's ring? Trump is the reason behind the collapse, don't imply Canada has done anything wring. #trump #canada
BBC News - Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Never mind the bollocks
My friend: “Did you see that video of Kacey Musgraves performing while seated on disco truck nuts?”
Me: “…what?”
[looks up video]
Me: “You know, I honestly I don’t know what I was expecting.”
Me: “…what?”
[looks up video]
Me: “You know, I honestly I don’t know what I was expecting.”
August 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never mind the bollocks
Whatever the legal basis for the case that Elton John, Prince Harry, et al, have lost against the Daily Mail, it just feels obscene that such an awful rag should win so much money. #dailymail #privacy
August 22, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Whatever the legal basis for the case that Elton John, Prince Harry, et al, have lost against the Daily Mail, it just feels obscene that such an awful rag should win so much money. #dailymail #privacy
Thought you were being clever, phrazle? Non-word for word 3 but that was in fact the giveaway.
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August 17, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Thought you were being clever, phrazle? Non-word for word 3 but that was in fact the giveaway.
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Fairly pleased with my first attempt at an #eclipse time lapse. From a park in Enfield, North London. We had some eclipse glasses and they were very popular - we had tears, praying and kids who didn't want to give them back..
August 13, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Fairly pleased with my first attempt at an #eclipse time lapse. From a park in Enfield, North London. We had some eclipse glasses and they were very popular - we had tears, praying and kids who didn't want to give them back..
Reposted by Ian Simpkins #FBPE ⭐ #FBPPR
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies.
That’s $5 TRILLION every year.
Renewables? Barely a fraction of that.
We are literally paying to cook our own planet.
When does this madness stop? 🌍💸
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
That’s $5 TRILLION every year.
Renewables? Barely a fraction of that.
We are literally paying to cook our own planet.
When does this madness stop? 🌍💸
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
August 2, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies.
That’s $5 TRILLION every year.
Renewables? Barely a fraction of that.
We are literally paying to cook our own planet.
When does this madness stop? 🌍💸
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
That’s $5 TRILLION every year.
Renewables? Barely a fraction of that.
We are literally paying to cook our own planet.
When does this madness stop? 🌍💸
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
July 31, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Has anyone joined "W"? I have an invite and I was wondering if it's worth it. It's apparently a new European Twitter with fairly serious identity checks. #w
July 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Has anyone joined "W"? I have an invite and I was wondering if it's worth it. It's apparently a new European Twitter with fairly serious identity checks. #w
Shocking. Short sighted and backward. Also, not a cut easily reversed. #savejodrellbank #jodrellbank #science
BBC News - Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 27, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Shocking. Short sighted and backward. Also, not a cut easily reversed. #savejodrellbank #jodrellbank #science
BBC News - Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And stop putting sugar in fruit juice. You can eat an orange without putting sugar on it, why is it only the fancy fruit juice that doesn't have sugar in it?
It would be awesome if the "light" beverages were just light on sugar and not full of artificial sweeteners.
I'd like half-sweet drinks please.
I'd like half-sweet drinks please.
July 16, 2026 at 6:43 AM
And stop putting sugar in fruit juice. You can eat an orange without putting sugar on it, why is it only the fancy fruit juice that doesn't have sugar in it?
Top marks to whoever sets worldle today.
#Worldle #1636 (15.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 277 days
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#Worldle #1636 (15.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 277 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
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Worldle - Guess the Country
A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.
worldle.teuteuf.fr
July 15, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Top marks to whoever sets worldle today.
#Worldle #1636 (15.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 277 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
#Worldle #1636 (15.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 277 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
worldle.teuteuf.fr/share