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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

What’s frustrating about us being so flat is just how beatable Southampton seem. Neither team look great. #ncfc

Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gunn definitely has - Chris Reeve talked about him stopping his car and phoning in to bbc radio Norfolk, also quoted here - www.pinkun.com/sport/265880.... And there’s a pic he’s posted on Twitter.

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Clement, Knapper and Webber pay respects to Wynn Jones

Philippe Clement, Ben Knapper and Zoe Webber all attended Carrow Road on Tuesday to pay their respects to Michael Wynn Jones.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Top tier set of films this, network the killer for me there (perennial on my Letterboxd top 4). What do you think of magnolia, adaptation, and black swan? (The others that I seem to swap in and out)

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Gah - it’s another 730 start. Looks like I’ll miss the first half once again. #ncfc

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I live in Manchester and am not attending for similar reasons. Last time I missed a local game here was the last time we beat United at old Trafford. Hoping it’s a thing, but probably isn’t.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Really hot take here, but I think this game has goals in it #ncfc

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Checked prime to find the movie actually on there. Have to admit, am slightly disappointed. #filmsky #letterboxd

Screenshot of Letterboxd email notifying me that gaslight is available on prime.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Even with a fourth I’m still not entirely confident 😁

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yes, figured after I sent it that “this” was not the word to use! Trigger’s broom, ship of Theseus etc 😅

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Nah, this is mostly since their goal. Always looked dangerous on attack but crumble every time we run at them.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Two years ago, this Burnley team went up with one of the best defensive records of all time. Wtf happened? #ncfc

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Really like what brooks gives us. Can see why Sheff U fans were upset they let him go. #ncfc

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hahaha, what was that defender doing? #ncfc

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Might actually get to an away match this season after all. Pity it will be like all of the other drubbings I’ve seen at that vacuous shithole of a stadium. (Yeah, “vacuous”, i know what I wrote) #ncfc

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Gah fuck, have an appointment at 7. Just gone from missing most of the first half to “I might catch the last 10 minutes”.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Woof, this is a really tough watch. #ncfc

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public". So I've been backing up all government code. For six years. Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised. github.com/uk-gov-mirro...

Deleted UK Government code repositories

Total deleted repositories: 1526
Organisations affected: 56

See RECENTLY_DELETED.md for the most recently deleted repositories.

Organisation Deleted Repos % Deleted
hmrc 195 9.8%
nhsdigital 169 33.8%
SkillsFundingAgency 154 22.7%
informatics-lab 154 100.0%
UKHomeOffice 101 7.5%
ministryofjustice 74 2.8%
ONSdigital 66 4.3%
moj-analytical-services 65 75.6%
ukwa 47 46.1%
dwp 46 6.7%
UKGovernmentBEIS 43 27.4%

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My observation is that the past 3 years have mostly seen companies consider teams purely a cost centre, and it sucks

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I think that’s where people go for cat calpol

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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I am all for saving Jodrell Bank, but please don’t lose sight of the fact that it is simply the most visible manifestation of a much bigger problem, which isn’t solved if someone magically finds the money to keep it going, simply to shut people up. 🔭🧪

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“Next time, how do these predictions compare to our TI-82 calculator’s random number function. Subscribe to find out…”

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

That’s annually, and given the context paints a picture of broader science cuts (if not directly, costs to run, which are impacted by inflation and energy cost rises). If the answer to all of these things is private individuals, we continue down the road of bezos & musk driving scientific innovation

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Truly the battle of who couldn’t care less. Turns out it’s France.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m not sure it’s as clear cut as that, he had part of a season with us in the championship pre twente loan and still wasn’t setting the world alight. I don’t think he was treated badly, but I do wonder if there is a world where he could have been managed better, especially following THAT penalty.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I had the same reaction scanning the ncfc feed last night, I’m guessing there’s some autopost rube Goldberg machine at play here meaning a future placeholder video has been linked a bit optimistically. Mega confusing though.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yup, there’s that feeling back. Hope followed by a brutal dose of reality.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

See also: Harry Kane’s short spell with us on loan 😄

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I was slightly too young for that one. But while a lot of our press goes back to the hand of God repeatedly, he followed that one up with one of the greatest individual goals ever scored, we don’t bring that one up quite so much 😄

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Brian Larkin @derrymanc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Colombia v Switzerland being referred to as Charlie v The Chocolate Factory.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Band name idea - The Load-Bearing Substrates

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

For once happy for my insomnia. No chance I was falling back sleep through that.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Decided to watch it in the morning when delay came in. Woke up at around the first hydration break though. We’ll see how it goes, doesn’t feel likely that the game will send me back to sleep.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

She’s here! Today is the start of this Couch to 5k for reading I’ve put together! Come and join us :-D open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

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let's do a 'couch to 5k' for reading

we're going to work ourselves back to good 'reading fitness' over the next eight weeks. come and join us.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Highlight of this game for me was when my partner asked if DRC players drank Um Bongo in the hydration break. I love that woman.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My intention to do a beer race and make the England game tonight is entirely in the air. 5 pints in and doing the calculus to figure out if it’s at all achievable. Either way, beer race was fun.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm unfortunately not by mine. I fit the stereotype of NPR/Xennial dad pretty much exactly. A lot of those questions I answered in the middle "because, it's nuaaaanced, isn't it???". Fuck me, I annoy myself.

Your results:

64% Woke
55% Techbro
53% Hopepilled
75% Davos

Closest match: Kier Starmer

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Cycle seems to be rumour starts on Twitter/itk account->jack does a ten minute video on how good they are and how bigtime it makes us->pink un writes article on how there’s no truth to the rumours. I find it oddly comforting.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Yeah, that’s my understanding - if your cave isn’t sulfurised, generation is as normal. Just a bunch less of them to find in aggregate.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You know if they’ve resolved the issue with those caves nerfing diamonds in caves yet?

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Apparently 🤷‍♂️ I imagine misogyny will be the root cause, but that’s a cynical guess

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I’ve seen zero blowback on the Emma hayes half time segment last night (I enjoyed it). I only know about it because of others’ editorialising about it. Am I living in a bubble? Absolutely But it’s entirely by design at this point and I have no desire for that to change.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I do like the refcam. Makes me wish everything was filmed like the smack my bitch up video.

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Nich Starling @nichstarling.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Tuchel says #England are playing a “high pressing team style like a premier league team”. Unfortunately, that premier league team is Tottenham.

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It already sits at 17k+ servers (source: fediverse.party/en/fediverse/) which seems like a fun game of cat and mouse, but what do the government ban when clued up young nerds are launching their own hetzner servers with these things on? entire protocols?

fediverse.party

About Fediverse - Fediverse.Party - explore federated networks

Let's make social media free, federated and fun! Fediverse.Party is your guide into the world of decentralized, autonomous networks running on free open software on a myriad of servers across the worl...

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Simon scarfe @simon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Pretty sure it won't happen (not at least until they manage to regulate consumer-grade VPNs), but what if the kids end up going all-in on the fediverse?

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