Reposted by James von Simsonironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 23hI said the other day: ‘if normal people don’t join political parties then the parties won’t be normal’ and I see the greens are today providing stunning evidence of this. 3436
Reposted by James von SimsonSoph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Somewhat inspired by @katebevan.com and the sense that I should be doing more cool stuff, I made some updates to Attenborough@100: ✏️ Rewrote methodology page 🌓 Dark mode toggle 💌 Contact page 🤹♀️ Multiple filters 🛣️ Added more features to the roadmap See it here 👉 attenborough-100.vercel.appattenborough-100.vercel.appAttenborough at 100 — A Nature Documentary ArchiveExplore nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, or theme. 1124
Reposted by James von SimsonRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 02/10/2026I was pretty cynical about Man City’s financial doping and didn’t like the idea of stripping titles etc, but seeing their utterly shameless response and desperate threats makes me want the book thrown at them. 581131207
Reposted by James von SimsonToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Find someone to love you like Paul Marshall loves burning cash on GB News pressgazette.co.uk/media_busine... 46112
Reposted by James von SimsonThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Commentators reading the Premier League ruling on Manchester City. 224347
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. 724845
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?? 219067
Reposted by James von SimsonRuairi Dubh @ruairidubh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026✨Bullet Shattered Cafe windows in Paris 1944 by Photographer Lee Miller✨🇨🇵💥 323754
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. 632781880
James von Simson @jvs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Interpretive ingenuity” is potentially interesting from a world leading expert, from an teenaged it sounds like an attempt to get out of detention… 010
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... 341127554658
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 25150253941
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
James von Simson @jvs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026One horse, Maresca will stumble over his ego. As much as I hate to say it Arteta is becoming like Mourinho, he knows how to win 100
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: 961916704
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. 1126478
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." 3338266
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!” 33321119
Reposted by James von SimsonEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton 24107163230
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 Simsonan appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @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... 36944
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 226773
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. 17455942065
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... 49372161667
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 SimsonMedia in my Downloads folder :steamhappy: @furry-hater.bsky.social · 06/08/2026 2665802582
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
