Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 15hExactly! Were it standard TC fare I’d not be interested. I mean, he’s great fun and all, but not really worth a cinema trip these days. But at your urging (not to mention J&J’s implicit 👍👍) it’ll be worth the adventure. 110
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 23hIntriguing! Sounds like at the very least it deserves to be given a chance. We must try to give it a go. 120
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 04/10/2026They should give acting masterclasses on "The Art of Dramatic Stillness When You Have Nothing to Say or Do". Quite a trick.🐈🐈⬛ 011
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 01/10/2026HCR often talks about mischiefs so flagrant that she says they "set my hair on fire". Is Jake willing to endure that level of outrage? 140
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 01/10/2026Finally! The wisdom and reassurance of a Heather Cox Richardson (aka @hcrichardson.bsky.social ) for the UK in its hour of need! Politics Cat twice a week? 140
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 30/09/2026Just caught Kate Walsh’s unmistakable continuity voice on #BBC1 , introducing The Candyman. Pure honeyed menace… 😱 @katevoice.bsky.social 😱 010
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 29/09/2026Scared little black & yellow guy bottom left: "What the hiss? Just me and a bunch of angry snakes? HEEEEEEEEELLLLP!!!" Great teamwork!👏👏 011
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 28/09/2026📖 "Looking at Each Other", my cycling-meets-mythology epic, is available from: Amazon £9.60/US$12.69; Audible £3.65/US$6.36, narr Kate Walsh @katevoice.bsky.social Or read it in chunks (which may or may not be in the right order, but 🤷 ) at #LAEO. #books #booksky #poetry #cycling #mythology 092
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 28/09/2026Missed this one—I was busy storming the Bastille (or was that a different year? French numbers can be so confusing)—but we look forward to seeing you in conversation with the great Mary Beard on Oct 17 at the Wimbledon Book Fest. Loving Orator! (Who would have thought it? Cicero a human being!) 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 28/09/2026Les Vacances de M Hulot [Tati] La leggenda del pianista sul oceano [Tornatore] Ποτέ την Κυριακή (Never on Sunday) [Dassin] Volver [Almadóvar] 010
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 27/09/2026Ah yes, the good old bad old days! I remember those. But not with nostalgia. 010
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026What victory? I claim no victory, except over my own occasional suicide fantasies. And just to be clear, I'm not the one here suggesting what we should *all* call people. This is my personal coping strategy for dealing with and defying a child-murdering monster and his regime. 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Certainly not deliberately. And I doubt if people are that easily confused, especially as I (almost) only refer to him prefaced as the "US SoD" in periodic posts linking to a clip of his disgusting "not a fair fight" spiel in March. And, er, I did fact-check his full name first. Then there's this: 100
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Touché. But I don't discriminate indiscriminately. 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Then it's not a great look. And I'm sorry but I'm not going to apologise. (And it's not what I'm saying. I don't agree that nomenclature is a *basic* human right, up there with clean water, free speech, freedom from discrimination etc etc. Names are not mere labels; they have context.). 200
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Hateful. Just like his owner. By the w, I wouldn't want anyone to think that by putting quotes around "man", I was implying femininity in him. Absolutely not: that would be promotion. No, I only meant to suggest a level of degradation that makes him undeserving of any sort of human label! 110
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026This is all very well—and I don't disagree in broad principle—but I refuse to think of or refer to the US SoD as anything other than *Peter* Hegseth. Even that turns my stomach. And if it hurts his feelings, too bad, but he ain't my good old buddy buddy "Pete". 410
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Pete H? Wow — not THE Peter H, the US SoD who cheerfully slaughters schoolgirls in the name of an unfair fight? 🤔 Nah, you can’t fool me! You’re José, the golden-voiced queen of commentary! What gave you away? That sod would never use a woke word like “kind”. Not this “man”: youtu.be/lqxYdhYohGY?...youtu.beHegseth: "This was never meant to be a fair fight"YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle 100
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Really? Has it come to this? Makes me weep! (Oops, I forgot… biological boys don’t cry.) 110
Reposted by Simon J. ReynoldsJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Never before has a turtle turtled this hard. Zoom in and appreciate The Foot 551258278
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Beautiful. (And that’s just the ALT text!) Like something out of Katherine Rundell, such is the sense of heroic power and movement: “Never fear, Captain T is here.” I can almost hear Ride of the Valkyries. 🎶 7am in London and my day is complete! Thank you.🙏 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 24/09/2026Saddam Insane really is furious that the sobriquet “Donald Chump” is being used of him. And when Insane is mad, watch out… 🤭 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 23/09/2026Joe clearly has the indomitable stage presence of an Olivier; Jake, though, appears to be allowing his attention to wander a little. Probably the effect of hunger... 120
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 23/09/2026👏 which is the British way of sayingstatic.klipy.comSaved By The Bell Audience Clapping & CheeringAlt: Saved By The Bell Audience Clapping & Cheering 010
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 23/09/2026Access to the White House is “a privilege, not a right”? Oh sure! Tell that to DT! Seriously. Somebody he respects needs to explain it to him! 🤔 Hmmm, yes, I see the difficulty. 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 22/09/2026[Prompt 1882] Who turned on that light? And me looking such a fright, My makeup half done! #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #haikuhorrorprompt #flicker 030
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 22/09/2026Can't say I'm not flattered, though it is a little over-familiar—normally only my brothers are allowed to call me Si. 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 22/09/2026"Whaddya mean extra ordinary? You calling me an even more ordinary loser than yourselves? I'm the greatest loser the world has ever seen. If losing was an Olympic sport I'd come home with the gold medal! (Not by winning it, obviously.) Thank you for your inattention to this mutter." 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 22/09/2026My earnest commiserations, from the heart. My late brother suffered the torment of a long, slow decline to the point where the only person he recognised—and that probably only emotionally—was his wife. Consider yourself hugged, embraced and, if possible, comforted. 110
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026Perhaps he thought people would spoil the fun he was having with perspective? Not to mention the pleasure I take in contemplating it. 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026The dominance of that chandelier draws the eye and rather consigns the huddle to peripheral vision, making them seem all the more sinister and furtive. First, Second and Third Murderers? Princes, beware! 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026Dear @jbf1755.bsky.social , As a secular Christian, I want to thank you for last night’s Thoughts, which I do appreciate. I was all adream so missed the live stream, but Rosie appears well-focused and content. And Ialso see having fun as an act of defiance! www.youtube.com/live/Zp-Roni...youtube.comA Few Thoughts For Those Who Can't Sleep -- Sepetmber 20 EditionYouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman 021
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026I guess you didn't want to be held in contempt of court... 020
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026Me too! I cancelled my subscription yesterday, with a sharply worded note. The arrogance of these people! 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026Not the same, I agree, but still liable to bring tears to the eyes, depending on thickness of shirt. 120
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026In Richard 3 (or III, but I need to save on character-count), Richmond slays the king and declares "The day is ours, the BLOODY dog is dead." At least, that's how I delivered the line in primary school—got quite a laugh, I'm told. None of this woke pandering to "public sensibility" in Shakespeare! 230
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 21/09/2026I can certainly believe that, having been a keen rider bareback in the day. 110
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 20/09/2026Bitcoin mining! I'd bet any money you like - even crypto - that Dr HCR (or, as some people call her, @hcrichardson.bsky.social ) is right about the true purpose of "data centres". It makes perfect sense -- the complaints of noise, the power/water use. (±minute 29.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fTE...youtube.comWhat the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and JoanneYouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 20/09/2026Okay, so instead of idly speculating (see repost), I roused myself to DuckDuckGo it. The results showed that, post-stabbing, Salman Rushdie's sales did indeed surge, if not soar. And I was part of that! Talk about unintended consequences... #books #booksky #rushdie londondaily.com/uk-sales-of-...londondaily.comUK sales of The Satanic Verses surge after Rushdie stabbing - London DailyPublisher Vintage has ordered a reprint following rush to buy the 1988 novel in the wake of the attack on the author earlier this month 040
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 20/09/2026It's scary, isn't it! Let's hope we all survive long enough to play your game. Good luck!🐈⬛ 011
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 20/09/2026Only 100%? Well, 1000% of doubters, deniers and dumbos agree that so-called statistics is some kind of leftist witchcraft, because their spokespresident (who unarguably won by a landslide of money) says it is. Trumped again, "ex-perts"! 000
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 20/09/20262080s, huh? You might want to shorten that timeline by, I don't know... say two thirds? Just saying.🫣 110
Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 20/09/2026It would be interesting to know how much the attack stimulated sales of “The Satanic Verses”, thereby putting the assailant himself ironically in breach of the fatwa he thought to obey. Very funny book, by the way. #books #booksky #rushdie youtu.be/0TmWA2qDmMU?...youtu.be‘Tell the damn story’: Salman Rushdie on free speech & new doc on recovery from 2022 knife attackYouTube video by MS NOW 070