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Simon Bubb

@simonbubb.bsky.social
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London-based actor and audiobook narrator

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I first read about the death penalty as a child, I thought it was barbaric. Still do. A state that gives itself the judicial power to kill debases itself and everyone it involves in that repulsive business.
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I reckon City will be docked enough points to make relegation inevitable, so they’ll rest their best players in between Champions League matches and win the sodding thing.
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Saw Coyote vs Acme. Absolute joy from start to finish
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In case you missed this, most cinema tickets across the country are only £4 this weekend! www.cinemauk.org.uk/2026/08/nati...
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National Cinema Weekend announced for 5-6 September!!! - UK Cinema Association
The first ever UK National Cinema Weekend has been announced, taking place nationwide on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September, with participating cinemas offering tickets to all screenings for just £4.
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Yes this terrific and really important
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mcmh44.bsky.social @mcmh44.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name to this mass complaint: rebootfifa.com/sign?utm_sou...
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Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name now >>
Add your name to our mass complaint
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Telling friends about the search engine I use instead of Google: Ecosia. They hadn’t heard of it, so I thought I’d better the spread the word. It’s based in Germany and uses profits for environmental projects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosia
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Ecosia - Wikipedia
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas one and all! Just a health warning for those with allergies, if you find yourself scrolling through Netflix from January 1st, please be aware that this series may contain traces of Bubb: youtu.be/-qSZJD2CrQY?...
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Run Away | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Do yourself a favour and watch The Leopard on Netflix. It’s absolutely sumptuous from start to finish with outstanding performances
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Slightly confusing headline. Turns out it’s not referring to a member of Equity…
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‘Professional actor’ behind attacks that closed Danish airports, defence minister says
Drones overfly four more airports forcing Aalborg to halt traffic two nights after shutdown at Copenhagen terminals
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True North Strong and Free Kat @phoebe11.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Newcastle United's owner has a journalist executed for reporting on the dictator's family's corruption. Howay the lads. cpj.org/2025/06/saud...
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Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser on treason, terrorism charges  - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced the Saturday execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who had been detained for seven years on charges o...
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anishaimhasly.bsky.social @anishaimhasly.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Totally agree with @iandunt.bsky.social on the Elon / Trump tiny dick slapping contest, via his Substack today:
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 12/05/2025
Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit. The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots. Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare. 🧪🦜 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
A composite image of parrots calling each other on tablets. Image from Kleinberger et al., 2023.
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform. This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
A screengrab from Twitter.

HeatherLhaney @heather_l... asks:
“Why do you think we have so many more kids with Autism”

David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS quotetweets this reply:
“Probably for the same reason there are so many more planets in outer space now than there were before the telescope was invented”
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My letter was printed in the Guardian yesterday (bottom of page): tinyurl.com/3txpy7r4. Unfortunately they cut out the name of the charity I work with: www.malejourney.org.uk (I suspect because the mention of spirituality frightened the horses)
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Home | The Male Journey
The Male Journey affirms and supports men seeking a life-long journey of spiritual consciousness in order to transform themselves, and through these journeys, their relationships, families, workplaces...
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The proof is, and I cannot emphasise this enough, not in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is, emphatically, in the eating. Please stop looking for the proof in the pudding. You're just getting your fingers covered in custard.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
This is just great.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The ‘Narrator About To Ruin Your Audiobook’ Talent Agency
Title:
The 'Narrator About To Ruin Your Audiobook' Talent Agency

[There follows a series of cheesy black and white actors’ headshots, with names and descriptive captions]

Liz Chirpley
A very expressive narrator. Like, far too expressive really. We've asked her to dial it down.

Greg Mistake
Once read a whole book on Chernobyl, out loud, for money. Still can't pronounce the word 'nuclear’.

Sebastian Equality
Does a really committed ‘woman voice' for all his female characters. We’ve asked him to dial it down.

Brian Decanter
Will read your serious literary novel out *perfectly* apart from one (1) character which he will do in a sort of 'cartoon dog' voice and we simply do not know why.

British Voice 3
We found him in settings. Needs a charger but my god he's cheap.

Leonard Darling-Mwah
Really goes for the Indian accents!
Absolutely fearless. We've asked him to dial it down.

Chris
[Show an actor headshot of someone who is clearly a hand puppet]
The absolute king of trauma memoirs but when we give him biscuits they just fall out of his mouth onto the floor which makes us think he may be some kind of puppet.

Emily Lewis
[Show an actor headshot of a girl, eyes rolling up, clearly possessed]
Can do a very convincing 'man voice'. Needs restraints, and a priest.

J.C. Slurpee
Author with a really, really wet mouth who we had to let narrate his own book because he's famous.
Unlistenable.

Stuart Wilkinson
[Show an actor headshot of a duck] 
Great energy, can't read.
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
So depressing that WhatsApp is owned by meta. Is there a Bluesky-type alternative? Or please can someone make one?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Kinda like asking a drug dealer to remove the cocaine from their milk powder, but it's an idea - Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms | Johnny Ryan
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council...
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 01/01/2025
An Express poll needs more input. You know what to do... Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll. xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Must remember to renew my Annual Wank-Pass.
Annual Wank-Pass for Mount Wank.
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Evan @evanjeffries.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Please complete this survey. If I never hear about Musk again it will be too soon...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/11/2024
The experience at Twitter has been miserable for years because when you try to have an intelligent discussion, these assholes show up and start flinging their own feces. I have no interest in creating an echo chamber, but there’s no need to live like that. Mod lists like this one are priceless.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 14/11/2024
We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact. Some tips on how to customize your experience:
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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Excellent to see Robert here. Along with @guyshrubsole.bsky.social two very welcome arrivals and additions to @nicwilson.bsky.social 's Nature Writing starter pack.
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Given all the withdrawals from the England squad, there’s a strong chance Greece will beat us again tonight. In fact you could say it’s a “feta compli”.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Some big news this morning www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hello to all the new people migrating from X. I'm a BBC journalist and fact-checker. Please flag any potentially misleading viral claims either on Bluesky or any other social media platform that needs fact-checking via DM, and I'll do the rest. Thank you!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I'd be much more concerned by a politician who hasn't criticised Trump in the past than one who has. The use of this as a gotcha speaks volumes.
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I think this is true. The BBC has FUCKED UP more than once in very big, life-destroying ways. And yet, it is still better to have it there, discussing consensus reality, than letting it be destroyed and then only having the world described to us by tech and media billionaires.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
Following the budget, Keir Starmer’s approval rating is up 7 points. Another sign that the media narrative is wrong.
Chart showing Starmer’s approval rising steeply
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 30/10/2024
This is a barnstorming editorial endorsement. Kudos to #ElNuevoDia #PuertoRico #AmericaVotes www.elnuevodia.com/english/edit...
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Puerto Ricans should vote for Kamala Harris
Today, all of us who love this beautiful Garden of America, and of the world, our hearts ache and our hearts clench with rage and pain. This is a noble and peaceful people, who deeply love their islan...
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Just walked past a couple of women doing some work outside a house on our street, wearing uniform saying Women Plumbers. Only on the way back did I see the actual name of the company. Stopcocks. Brava.
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
Exactly my reaction too. The fear that somehow one of those two could end up as PM versus the realisation that they probably won’t
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Sorry to interrupt, but have we established why Americans pronounce Craig to rhyme with Greg?
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Lovely short film www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YUp...
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'Robin' Staring Amit Shah
YouTube video by Frazer Blaxland
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Simon Bubb @simonbubb.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
Yes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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British beer drinkers, face the truth: a pint is too big, a half is too small – all hail the two-thirds measure | Elle Hunt
Millions have always known it and now scientists agree that for health and pleasure, less is more, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt
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