Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Fantastic, so far. In Switzerland until Sunday - Lucerne as a base, from yesterday, but a day trip to Interlaken and Grindelwald today. Really good views of the Alps from the train. Walked a good few miles today (approx 7?). Diet is very meat-, cheese- & bread-heavy. We leave for Trieste on Sunday. 120
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I have, it has to be said, had worse views for a beer. 1160
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great! Looking forward to them. The podcast sent me down the continuation novel rabbithole - have now read all the recent adult Bond books, except latest Higson, and the pre-80s ones, so I'm now staring down the barrel of a whole load of Gardner & Benson... Very interested to hear the ep on Solo! 110
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Your podcast made me finally read the SWLM novelisation, and I'm so glad I did. Absolutely loved it. Any more JB Book Club episodes lined up? 110
Reposted by Simon Harpersteph @stephthorpe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For our wedding favours I wanted to make my own Birmingham collectible pin badge 😍 Celebrating another iconic Birmingham building ✨️ Designed by me, printed on acrylic by Sticker Mule. International Day of Birmingham 042
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"What did you get up to this weekend?" "Not much." Well, in a change from the usual, @stephthorpe.bsky.social & I tied the knot on Saturday. We had a wonderful day, surrounded by our families & friends. It was a bit of a whirlwind & we're still recovering but looking forward to our honeymoon now. 🥂 8190
Reposted by Simon HarperMillions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover 31996334
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026To date, my only GBV live experience remains Leeds Festival 2002. 010
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If memory serves, GBV were due to headline but cancelled. Replaced by Afghan Whigs. 100
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026LOL how did you guess? They played the day after Slayer IIRC. 100
Reposted by Simon HarperJack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026a real advert on UK TV currently: Oi! Grown ups! Save some water for us kids! ADULTS! stop having such long showers! GARDENERS! stop using so much water for your plants! WATER COMPANIES WHO HAVE DRIVEN RESERVOIR INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE GROUND: Keep up the good work! PENSIONERS: stop drinking tea! 2239579
Reposted by Simon HarperAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953728313400
Reposted by Simon HarperBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 230113141300
Reposted by Simon HarperCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145161509
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I need to watch Only Two Can Play - I actually have the Blu of that (won it in a Chortle comp when it was released as a standalone)! 100
Reposted by Simon HarperDaniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Announcing my new album/full length documentary, The Witness Tree, out October 2nd at Bandcamp and YouTube. The Witness Tree | Daniel Bachmandanielbachman.bandcamp.comThe Witness Tree, by Daniel Bachman16 track album 46322
Reposted by Simon HarperBruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 21/08/2026sorry but "not using LLM chatbots at all" *is* the pragmatic middle ground. you are not making a practical decision by engaging with an addictive system largely designed in ways meant to make you worse off by people who do not have your best interests in mind 12663135
Reposted by Simon HarperJeff Conklin @thetrailhead.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New newsletter is out. Read that shit. open.substack.com/pub/ambienta...open.substack.com#86: Frequency ModerationAlex Amen | Real Young & Lazy Horse | Wet Tuna in the Sand 052
Reposted by Simon HarperGary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Ach, you know what? Why not. Here’s Alan Bennett’s closing monologue from ‘On the Margin’, missing for nearly 60 years, and found on a Sony CV2000 tape in the Galton and Simpson archive You, dear viewer, are one of the few people ever to have seen this. Enjoy! discover.york.ac.uk/collections/... 19399144
Reposted by Simon HarperMarc Masters 🌵 @marcissist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026“There is no ethical use of generative AI. The labour of working creatives has already been steadily devalued over the years, and now it has arrived at a place where it only holds financial merit when fed to the machine.” www.anxietyshark.ca/an-empty-bit...anxietyshark.caAn empty bit of good.Let the machine work and drain and sputter and purge, may we dance and clap at what meagre pleasures it can conjure. 25117
Reposted by Simon HarperDaniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I keep thinking about a part of this interview where they talk about how increasingly, popular culture/underground arts don’t reflect what we’re living through. Its like an amalgamation of past culture with a thin veneer of contemporary life without engaging with the tragedy/hardship of our times. 2182
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026If you ordered direct from Galley Beggar, the package is worth the wait. Beautifully wrapped, and some postcards included. Almost didn't want to tear it open. 110
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Monday morning mail delivers the goods. Signed paperback copy of @markabowles.bsky.social's new book, How Do People Stay the Same. Absolutely loved All My Precious Madness, so looking forward to this. 2192
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I'm a sucker for repetition in both music and books (I love what I've read by Thomas Bernhard, for example), so it's all good for me. Hopefully I'll crack on with Book 2 soon. 080
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Haha, oops! To be fair, I think most of that repetition was in the first half to two-thirds of the book, so maybe doesn't extend to the rest of the series. Intending to read more of the series, hopefully in parallel with my fiancee (she did the audiobook and I've been playing catch-up). 000
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Thank you for all the shows, Jeff! Hope you and your family have a fantastic summer. 🙏 010
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Just finished reading On the Calculation of Volume Book 1. It's obviously a really good novel, and I got a lot out of it, but (and I'm sure I'm not the first person to think or say this) the heavy repetition of the phrase, "No one had died," just made me think of this every single time... 150
Reposted by Simon HarperJohn Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 02/07/2026static.klipy.comGarth Marenghi Garth Marenghi'S DarkplaceALT: Garth Marenghi Garth Marenghi'S Darkplace 05912
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Mini Stag assemble! Fun day w/ best man, brother-in-law & nephew (who's too young for the whisky tasting lined up for the main stag do). Ice-free curling (!), electric darts & mini golf, followed by pizza & some cold drinks. 👍🙏🎉 (Bold move to have a stag do before the invitations have gone out?!) 070
Reposted by Simon HarperJason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 07/06/2026In much the same way that Stuart Pearce got to banish the demons of his penalty miss years later at Euro 96, I do hope Diana Ross is afforded the same chance at redemption at this upcoming World Cup. 25510
Reposted by Simon HarperJeff Conklin @thetrailhead.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Playing chill music for chill people on the radio air & streams from 10am-Noon ET. Hudson Valley folk hit 91.3FM, everyone else tune in at a link wvkr.org Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...wvkr.orgWVKR 91.3 FM – Independent Radio 261
Reposted by Simon HarperMutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 25/05/2026a horse walks into a bar and says to the barman, "on a right angled triangle with sides x, y and z, if x and z are perpendicular which side is opposite the right angle?", and the barman says "y, the long face" 11512155
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Don't tell anyone I liked this or members of my extended family will never speak to me again. 040
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The only Kehlmann I've read is Me & Kaminski but I really liked that so have been meaning to read this. (That sounds... not ideal, though. 😬) 110
Reposted by Simon Harpersteph @stephthorpe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Another great day at the #GreatBirminghamRun New 10k PB achieved of 51:12 🥳 Convinced @onesharper.bsky.social to do it this year 💕 Also what a medal this year! A nod to Birmingham’s musical history 💜💿 041
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 03/05/2026We ran together for 2/3 of the race. As to who sped off from whom at that point, I couldn't possibly comment... 010
Simon Harper @onesharper.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I'm not a Capital 'R' Runner, merely Someone Who Runs, but today I did my first ever race, running the Birmingham 10k with @stephthorpe.bsky.social in the year we're getting married. I'm now quite tired & achey but I might have... enjoyed it? Yeah, I'm disturbed by that as well. Playlist helped. 🏃♂️🎧 2130
Reposted by Simon HarperJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 02/05/2026If we can move past having usable peripheral sockets on a laptop, we can move past the Boiling Hot Lying And Stealing Machine That Only Helps Billionaires. 2524