Reposted by James von SimsonThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22hCommentators reading the Premier League ruling on Manchester City. 223345
Reposted by James von SimsonJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026I think the story of our era will be of a political class that were not only not up to the times they faced, but often wilfully blind to them. 724745
Reposted by James von SimsonLuca Tiratelli @lucatiratelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it?? 219065
Reposted by James von SimsonRuairi Dubh @ruairidubh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026✨Bullet Shattered Cafe windows in Paris 1944 by Photographer Lee Miller✨🇨🇵💥 323654
Reposted by James von SimsonKate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hey you guys, Weizenbaum called and he said: "how easy it is to create and maintain the illusion of understanding, hence perhaps of judgment deserving of credibility. A certain danger lurks there." 04915
Reposted by James von SimsonJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632778877
Reposted by James von SimsonRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 340127454647
James von Simson @jvs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Remember kids, private bankers respond to incentives… www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 020
Reposted by James von Simsonelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150203938
Reposted by James von SimsonJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026AI can now detect, automate, and chain together exploits faster than any human hacker can. That is significant. Which means that the system vulnerabilities once considered not so low hanging fruit are actually very low hanging. 466290
Reposted by James von SimsonColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this: 961916705
Reposted by James von SimsonDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/09/2026I know this isn't the main point but: The Transformers are famously undocumented immigrants hiding in America (among other places) having fled the consequences of a civil war. Do these chuds think Megatron was in the US on an O-1 talent visa? 529366
Reposted by James von SimsonAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Well, only until Far Right parties start to figure out how to get votes from migrant communities and diasporas they need to achieve national dominance 5313
Reposted by James von SimsonLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We have made a full documentary about what really happened at Reform conference. If you only watch a bit of it please make it these 39 seconds. You won't regret it. 2092638875
Reposted by James von SimsonThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026My meme is making it's debut for the Burnham government. 1126578
James von Simson @jvs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The best way to counter this bunch of total losers would be to have them followed by an open top bus of women and children pointing fingers and laughing at them… 110
Reposted by James von SimsonRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 31/08/2026I think "full review" is politicalese for "this is probably actually a good idea, and there aren't many votes in completely reversing it, but I want the votes of people who think I might reverse it." 3338367
Reposted by James von SimsonGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026“And she pulls my head down to her enormous breasts and starts gently patting my back, going, ‘I know, honey. I know. Just let it out.’ “Can you believe it?! Dolly Parton comforted me through the experience of meeting Dolly Parton!” 33322119
Reposted by James von SimsonEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton 24107183227
Reposted by James von SimsonDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 23/08/2026New, from me. Losing a prestigious stage or affiliation is not the same thing as being censored or deplatformed, and we should stop letting terrible people pretend otherwise. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/youre-not-...dmitryopines.substack.comYou’re Not Censored, But Get Off My StageIt’s not "deplatforming" when security won’t let me rap with Kendrick. 928365
Reposted by James von Simsonjesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026one of the worst trends over the past few years is the thinkpiece right deciding that "illiberalism" is equivalent to "any argument I don't like" 418519
Reposted by James von SimsonJon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026As at April 2026, 67% of Reform’s funding to date has come from "donors with financial interests in fossil fuels, totalling more than £24 million. A further £2.4 million has been donated by individuals who have disputed basic scientific facts about climate change." www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r... 36943
Reposted by James von SimsonHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 17/08/2026Bet you didn't imagine the Well Actually Humorless Killjoy would be one of the first Bluesky jobs lost to A.I. 432871659
Reposted by James von SimsonToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🚨 What does it take to make the global leaderboard of biggest trading losses of all time? www.ft.com/content/340b... 34110
Reposted by James von SimsonRuth Aylett @ruthaylett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026How many times must one point out that this technology gives false positives? Even more so for people with dark skin. Yet it is deployed without any safeguards. 53111
Reposted by James von SimsonLeft Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Many good friends work for the economist but funny to do "is this Jew a traitor?" as clickbait the same week you do "eugenics, the helping hand we all need?" Err lads, you haven't even done a print edition this week. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...economist.comIn praise of designer-ish babiesCouples should be allowed to select embryos on the basis of both disease resistance and IQ 33111
Reposted by James von SimsonHourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Gigantic jet TLE above Mexico (crop) - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2rhxUhJ 227074
Reposted by James von SimsonKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455962065
Reposted by James von SimsonMartin Heneghan @martinheneghan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He’s been prime minister for five minutes and he’s already playing with the emergency alert. 13837230
Reposted by James von SimsonMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/08/2026headline made me want to instinctively side with her but one paragraph in and I am now a Charlie Ultra 4226418
Reposted by James von SimsonBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r... 49372171666
Reposted by James von SimsonMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10/08/2026reading this post is what I assume having a stroke feels like 1223527
Reposted by James von SimsonHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Pick your version of the good life 45011
Reposted by James von SimsonMatthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Public use of AI is doing weird, unpredictable and damaging things to the state. A dive into how Grok lawyering is upending the employment tribunals www.economist.com/britain/2026... 22238106
Reposted by James von SimsonGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 04/08/2026Elon is talking about using robots to build a mass accelerator on the moon in support of an economy 1000x to 1 million times the current earth economy. It's a bad sci fi novel not an earnings call. 2564680
Reposted by James von SimsonDaniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026As a cyclops truther I like that Homer’s Odyssey is listed as non-fiction 418143
Reposted by James von SimsonJohn Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 30/07/2026When Honest Bob is too extreme even for GB News… 1116649
Reposted by James von SimsonGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 30/07/2026An 8 employee hedge fund that was up hundreds of percent and used aggressive leverage is asking investors for more cash to meet margin calls. The tropes in this particular bull market couldn’t get any lazier. www.ft.com/content/2803...ft.comLeopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness seeks to raise capital after AI routHedge fund has held talks with existing investors and lenders in recent days 61870148
Reposted by James von SimsonAndy 'Legal BA' @legalba.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Amazon offered for me to "subscribe" to the author, Homer. Presumably in case he published anything new. 1395
Reposted by James von SimsonStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Indeed. I’m dubious that Starmer ever had a PM inside him, give how flat his 2024-6 learning curve was. But his *whole political career thus far* is shorter than “Tony Blair, doomed by-election candidate” than “Tony Blair giving the causes of crime soundbite”. 717015
Reposted by James von SimsonDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 25/07/2026Nope. No, you haven’t. 40895881365
Reposted by James von SimsonTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Pretty funny to see the party responsible for the state of British prisons 2010-24 joining in though. Ok, Chris Philp, let’s pretend Broadmoor is like a holiday camp? Which is why you shut it down? Which is why you changed the law that allowed people to be sectioned there? No? Chris? Are you there? 319231
Reposted by James von SimsonDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026See ya Keir economist.com/britain/2026... 17214
Reposted by James von SimsonCholingo @cholingo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026no worries, the only Argentines who care about the Malvinas are the ones who have a lot of explaining to do about their grandparents 124723
