Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUm...youtube.comDo You Speak English? - Big Train - BBC comedyYouTube video by BBC Studios 010
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The problem with any task management system is that they inherently assume there will always be more tasks to do, while I can only function if I believe that once I finish my tasks there will be no more tasks. 010
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So it's accurate to say that we're getting unconfirmed reports that Donald Trump has died 001
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Check out bluesky labeller dot io Screenshot looks like Account Activity labeller, and The Shadowbanner A very British bigotry is a list that you can use to auto mute posts. Search on bluesky directory dot com 021
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 09/09/2026And hallucinates some new info that may or may not be true (wanting to try new food places) 020
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Same here, whenever people reference AI search I ask what the source is, which is how I've learned that it's terrible at accurately sourcing its own claims. 020
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I don't think they got the $15M unfortunately, that was the claim not the settlement. Sounds like they mostly just agreed for SpaceX to stop trespassing, and got little if any compensation 030
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 03/08/2026As someone who follows you, this is genuinely awful. The graphics are nonsensical and convey no useful information. Can't believe you would put your name to this honestly 030
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Hate to break it to you but that's almost certainly AI generated 100
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Sometimes you walk past a business class and the professor is writing 'shareholder value = 3 eggs' on the board and the students are taking notes like it's actual school 1100
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 17/04/2026That's basically true because their weight is distributed over 4 legs rather than 2, it's math 010
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 10/01/2026One downside of erasing something completely from your memory is that you no longer remember not to press play 0200
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 28/11/2025People who enjoy this sort of thing should also check out Girt from Australia, it's great: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBUn...youtube.comTiny Men are Inside Everything. 1 Expert vs 10 Skeptics. Girt. YouTube video by Ben Russell 090
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 13/11/2025we should really have some sort of error code display instead of having to do trial and error 010
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025That's my point! People in this thread are implying that asking individuals to voluntarily wear a mask is the same thing as demanding 'universal masking'. It would only be universal masking if everyone did so voluntarily, in which case there's surely no problem. 170
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Oh, so you're asking everyone to wear oven mitts every time they go outside? 200
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The problem is that a substantial amount of transmission occurs before symptoms appear. This is a key point that many people on the left don't want to grapple with, because it makes things less convenient. 1140
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025It's not purely performative unless you think masks don't work. You can show solidarity while engaging in effective action. You think picketing is purely performative? 2160
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025But how do you know when you're sick? It's very common for transmission to occur before symptoms appear. And I think you're overstating what is usually being asked for - voluntary masking in places vulnerable people can't avoid. You can just say 'no thanks', no need to strawman or pathologise 0170
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Since you've the word-knower, when you say 'universal masking' do you take it to mean voluntary or mandated? Because I don't see a problem with universal voluntary masking 240
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 11/10/2025And if you exercise your freedom to wear a mask nowadays, the freedom-lovers tend to get real annoyed 000
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Non-fiction tip: every paragraph should end with 'of course, this is just my opinion'. 160
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Wild how it's essentially government policy to put 'people whose immunity to covid has waned' and 'people who think they currently have covid' in the same location, and then to also be like 'no need to wear a mask 💕' 170
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Outflanking my bully by inflicting more harm on myself than they would, thus owning them. 030
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Any zoomer who finds themselves talking to Noah Smith about erectile dysfunction has already demonstrated a severe lapse of judgement, and is thus not a credible source, ipso facto, I rest my case. 000
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Describing this as a 'u-turn' is disgusting victim blaming 091
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This is a great example of how social pressures, lack of testing, and the language we use lead to abandonment of perfectly reasonable mitigation measures. 010
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Whenever someone says 'fully debunked' without citing or linking to the debunking, I am disinclined to believe them 090
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 22/08/2025I respect them giving reviewers a year or so to really get to grips with the game. Shame about the exclusive pre-order bonuses though. I'll probably wait until the review embargo ends even if it means missing out on the Luminescent Swamp level. 000
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I still can't tell if the point here is 'things are broadly getting better, but social media is distorting that fact', or 'these high profile incidents rightly undermined an overly confident narrative'. 020
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 11/08/2025What if they're in the *same* car and you need to drive really fast so that the constant acceleration keeps them pinned back in their seat until you launch off a ramp and dive out at the last moment. Did you think of that 020
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 11/08/2025The way she sits is so casual and informal, I bet she has some really relatable opinions about immigration 1820
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Can you imagine celebrating an endorsement from a group affiliated with an organisation that would later(!) go on to say something true that we disagree with? 070
Reposted by SimonPeter Vogel @psvbluemts.bsky.social · 09/07/2025BIG NEWS! SafeWork Australia has just published a Model Code of Practice for health facilities. Note on page 101 it says facilities MUST (not optional) ensure there is enough ventilation to avoid WHS risks including airborne pathogens. www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/model-co...safeworkaustralia.gov.au 0113
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The most common enemies you face are, to quote from the wiki, 'hostile cargo thieves driven by an irrational obsession with delivery work' 170
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 10/06/2025The so-called tolerant left is making it illegal for a man to tolerate his wife 030
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Realising with horror that politicians write the laws: oh no Realising with even greater horror that most politicians are lawyers: oh fuck 070
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 16/05/2025To add, not wanting to eat in restaurants or travel is totally understandable especially for those with immune deficiencies, chronic illness or other risk factors. Unfortunately this person is using it as a bullshit excuse not to engage at all through any medium. 0100
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Ed it's actually rude to talk about the affairs of a private company. That's between the shareholders, no need to intrude 0190
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Libs love nothing more than an extremely low bar to define themselves against 040
Reposted by SimonLiving Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Submission close midnight tonight. haveyoursay.covid19lessons.royalcommission.nzhaveyoursay.covid19lessons.royalcommission.nz Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 - Citizen Space Find and participate in activities run by Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 152
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Thanks for the reminder. I submitted a brief comment, here's what I wrote in case anyone wants a starting point 020
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 03/04/2025'We have to stop helping people now, otherwise we might be forced to stop helping people at some undetermined point in the future' I think I'd take the latter, even though this isn't how economics works (see women like Stephanie Kelton, Mariana Mazzucato, and Pavlina Tcherneva) 020
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I remember her consistently minimising long covid and the cumulative risk of reinfections, and getting into feuds with scientists who suggested the possibility of immune dysfunction. 000
Simon @becomeunsure.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Before podcasts we never would have thought of putting the world's most suggestible person in a room with its most confident bullshitters. Technology is amazing 000
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panel 1
situation: there are [111 mayors of new York city]
panel 2:
[111]?! Ridiculous! We need to [elect] one universal [mayor] that covers everyone's use cases.
Yeah!
panel 3
soon:
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