Reposted by SimonParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London. 771199295
Reposted by SimonTommy @tommy-lufc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just want it on record that regardless of what he achieved in a Leeds shirt or his ability as a footballer, Manor Solomon is a dreadful prick & he can fuck off. #lufc 1312516
Reposted by SimonBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718... 15555208
Reposted by SimonJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Rayner is correct: these proposals are economically damaging and politically counterproductive. Pretty clear that view is now almost universal in the Cabinet/Labour Party and the informed public. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comAngela Rayner condemns Labour’s migrant visa crackdownSpeaking before the party conference, the housing secretary says Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans would affect care workers 22675182
Reposted by Simonrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026i think that one major thing that laypeople need to understand is the near-total disanalogy between programming and machine learning 1141055
Reposted by SimonGrace Robertson 🏳️⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 17/09/2026i feel really strongly that the jj gabriel stuff should not be in the media at all. he is a child. 611612
Reposted by SimonMetro North Capital @metronorthcapital.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’ve seen this before. 312132
Reposted by SimonWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...portsmouth.co.ukProtestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotelMisinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel 921088480
Reposted by SimonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration. 592405851
Simon @analytic.football · 08/09/2026analytic.football is now using Opta data as the xG input, as the last bastion of only-cheaply-paywalled Statsbomb xG seems to be gone It meant a full retune, and the finishing module got a couple of upgrades (handling conditionality of rebounds better). New ratings on the left. 162
Reposted by SimonSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 07/09/2026you know what, challenge accepted. quotes that express ideas that are challenged or recontextualized by LLMs 🧵 "When I think in words, I don’t have ‘meanings’ in my mind in addition to the verbal expressions; rather, language itself is the vehicle of thought" -- Wittgenstein 2132432
Reposted by SimonJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 06/09/2026So in one week: 1) Reform get stung for dodgy finances, and the regulators play pass the parcel about enforcement 2) Farage announces plans to largely dismantle independent scrutiny of govt, and barely any press discussion of it 3) Masked thugs blockade a port, with narry a word from senior govt 491821642
Reposted by SimonThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026To keep translating the Odyssey but never completing it to one's satisfaction seems rather apt. 1120423
Simon @analytic.football · 01/09/2026If we get Bahoya I think we ended up close to here. Few differences: - Kept 4 CBs not 5, sold Struijk with a first team LCB not RCB - Moved Stach to CM and signed a RW (Wilson) instead - Darlow chose to go and replaced with Zetterer - Didn't get another 9 No complaints with the first 3 #lufc 120
Reposted by SimonJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Mahmood's proposals would force medium-skilled & care workers to leave the UK & would deter high skill workers from coming in future. This would widen the deficit/fiscal home. Would be deliberate economic and political self-harm for Burnham/Healey to proceed with them. inews.co.uk/news/politic...inews.co.ukMahmood's 'hardline' immigration reforms hit by growing rebellionMore Labour MPs to publicly oppose Home Secretary's changes to indefinite leave to remain 28419194
Simon @analytic.football · 23/08/2026Hull only 8 points from matching Derby's record but they only get to play Manchester United one more time so it's touch and go 080
Simon @analytic.football · 21/08/2026We are under an hour away from kick off so it really is "just in time" for the final projections. A final few small bug fixes, improvements to the Monte Carlo uncertainty layer and getting the coefficients tuned to the nth decimal, we land here. Some comments below 👇 150
Reposted by SimonDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A Review of the Guardian’s Review of Channel 4’s ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’ theneuroscienceofeve... I reviewed the Guardian's review of The Great ADHD Myth, and found it... well, lacking doesn't really do it justice. #ADHD #Channel4 #Guardian #Neurodivergence 11258132
Simon @analytic.football · 15/08/2026Championship projections are also live (for the first time Leeds aren't in it 🫣) and this was the state before any matches were played Bolton's win against Preston a nice early swing for them 020
Reposted by SimonSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026New post out: "The myth of the 'Boriswave'" The online right claim that the immigrants who arrived between 21-24 will bankrupt the country. This isn't remotely true but they've created a mainstream panic that could lead us down a dangerous path. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...samf.substack.comThe myth of the "Boriswave"Over summer 2024 anonymous right-wing accounts on twitter, who support Reform or more extreme ethnonationalist parties, started using the term “Boriswave” to describe the brief but sharp rise in net m... 21453171
Simon @analytic.football · 08/08/2026If you tried this before and got a 502 bad gateway, I've fixed what was making the app crash so happy exploring once again 040
Simon @analytic.football · 07/08/2026New season means a new design for analytic.football, so here's a little rundown of what you can do And of course, the projections 2192
Simon @analytic.football · 03/08/2026Ah, well, nevertheless. Happy to see the club are targeting the position rather than just the Brandt opportunity, let's see what we end up with 020
Simon @analytic.football · 29/07/2026Brandt would be a quality addition. The "he didn't sign immediately so we shouldn't sign him" never made any sense to me. We wouldn't get his best years, but even with some wage overpay in the out years it only adds up to a small effective transfer fee in terms of total cost. Fingers crossed #lufc 5110
Reposted by SimonTheo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 28/07/2026Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough. 872476696
Reposted by Simonaecides.bsky.social @aecides.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Conflating 5 million of bribes with not filling out a form is like running over a child because you were on your phone while driving and saying "Well look, if the worst thing I've ever done is check my text messages, I can live with that.". 35710
Reposted by SimonAdam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Cities dismantled their tram networks to become “motor cities of the future”. The result? You could travel further within 30 mins via public transport in 1957 than you can in 2026. Cities are seeking billions to rebuild networks. Incredible piece of work this. 10672285
Reposted by SimonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The government will take a £12 billion hit on the public finances if/when it belatedly reduces the current [unrealistically high] OBR projection of net migration averaging 235k for next 3 years to about 130-150k. (But it could double that cost if it wants to stay closer to zero net migration). 6258106
Reposted by SimonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration. 392395535
Reposted by SimonSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 20/07/2026Can't believe he literally saidstatic.klipy.comSimpsons: Leonardo Nimoy's Work is DoneAlt: Simpsons: Leonardo Nimoy saying My Work is Done Here 1365
Reposted by SimonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/07/2026"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue 651619657
Simon @analytic.football · 28/06/2026People really out here claiming short corners are automatically a bad tactic because you can potentially be found offside This is why no one should run forwards off the ball in football 110
Simon @analytic.football · 22/06/2026Absolute snip if we can get him for something around that price #lufc 230
Reposted by SimonOwen @problemsdog.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Wow that is not the announcement I was expecting but good on him 8855161
Simon @analytic.football · 04/06/2026Brilliant news and the cornerstone to everything this summer 050
Reposted by SimonDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The British government will have been asked if someone who has made a series of highly controversial statements about Hamas & Hezbollah - both proscribed terrorist organisations - should be welcome here. And reached the obvious conclusion that he shouldn't. www.jewishnews.co.uk/hasan-piker-...jewishnews.co.ukHasan Piker banned from entering the UKThe far-left commentator, as well as his uncle Cenk Uygur, had their visas cancelled by the British government. Both blamed Israel for the cancellation. 1387
Reposted by SimonAmy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 29/05/2026🚨Elon Musk has boosted the public profile of Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe on X, pulling Britain’s political discourse towards extreme content and amplifying his influence ahead of a knife-edge election in Makerfield More @FT: as.ft.com/r/80f4639f-0... 501049455
Simon @analytic.football · 22/05/2026On Slot: they are worse than any point in the previous 8 years, comparisons to previous Klopp dips just don't hold up. Attack has been getting worse since the moment he walked in the door and I don't believe he's *the* elite defensive guy to compensate Imo Liverpool would be dummies to keep him 030
Simon @analytic.football · 21/05/2026Congratulations your whole political strategy involves going after the people who will never vote for you and in doing so become unpopular with those who might 010
Reposted by SimonJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now. 45973357
Reposted by SimonMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Listen to this carefully. He admits what the Ru always knew—no one threatens Ru’s existence because Ru is a nuclear power. “Security concerns” was always a lie Ru managed to sell to a bunch of Westerners. All that russia needs to do to avoid war and destruction is to stay in its frigging borders! 614343
Reposted by SimonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/05/2026crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house 481478583
Reposted by SimonMatthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026That's an awful lot of self-congratulation for a fall in waiting lists from 7.6m to 7.1m in two years. 1013829
Simon @analytic.football · 12/05/2026Now that we're staying up, going to think out loud about the squad needs and decisions for this summer. Let's start with the obvious, we release Byram and Meslier, then if we can we renew Ampadu + Struijk, and sell James + Piroe. We send back Buonanotte, and try to shift those out on loan. 120