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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The restrictions are incredible - I’ve emailed you. Let’s seeing that works

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Right, they won’t let me message anyone here either because I haven’t uploaded my ID 🤦‍♂️

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Hey, if you follow me back we ca DM

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Hey @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social, have you heard of 'aphantasia'? I feel like this could be a great topic for one of your podcasts.✌️

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I just read a news report saying that the Ibiza Final Boss met Bonnie Blue. Imagine trying to explain that to someone 12 months ago.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The Online Safety Act is a disaster for harm reduction and drug-related education. I know someone who can no longer access r/stopdrinking as they don't want to upload their ID to a Californian fac rec company. They now have no access to the community that once helped them.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Is Talk to FRANK (the UK’s Government drug education campaign which has been running for over two decades) a useful resource? In the interest of journalism, I tried to find out by calling them and asking five basic questions. You can see the results here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbau...

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HackneyGreens.org.uk @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We love Hackney, but it needs to work for all of us. Rising rents. Mouldy homes. Foodbanks. Zoë Garbett is running Mayor of Hackney to change that - with Dylan as Deputy. But we need YOU. 💰Donate: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hackney-ma... 📲Share with your friends: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f4j...

youtube.com

A Green Mayor for Hackney - We Need You to Make History

YouTube video by Zoë Garbett

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Mark McCormack @markmccormack.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A good piece on the problems of Age Verification as has now rolled out in the UK. It's not just about accessing porn - and while I appreciate some of the humour on here re verifying age, I don't think access to DMs is worth using the tech on BSky theconversation.com/porn-website...

theconversation.com

Porn websites now require age verification in the UK – the privacy and security risks are numerous

Online age verification technology is not as mature and safe as government and regulators would like it to be.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Just witnessed a local homeless guy going to the off licence with three bags brimming with bottles of coke that people had presumably bought him yesterday. He sold them back to the shop. Gotta respect the hustle!

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Release: Drugs, The Law & Your Rights @releasedrugs.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Simon Jenkins hit it on the head. "The reality is that the divide in Britain is not between those “in favour” of cannabis and those against. It is between those who care about the impact of criminalisation and those who don’t" Cannabis change is needed NOW

theguardian.com

Sadiq Khan is right: Britain must decriminalise cannabis – or remain in the dark ages | Simon Jenkins

Criminalising drugs ruins lives and wastes police resources. Many other countries have realised this – so when will UK politicians, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Primavera Sound Barcelona confiscated water from festival-goers on the way in yesterday. Many then complained that they couldn't access any water on the site. I contacted their press office to offer them a right of reply. They chose not to comment.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Yes! The real crisis is also the War on Drugs

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The Loop @theloopuk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

📣♾📣 2 deaths last weekend in London were from pills confirmed as #nitazenes & similar to pills tested by The Loop. They looked like oxys BUT it is not known what they were bought as. Take care whatever pills you take. Carry #naloxone, check in on friends & test if you can.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

(2/2) When the popularity of the rapper 6ix9ine (FKA Tekashi69) peaked in 2019, beautifully-crafted ecstasy pills emblazoned with his face hit the market. As quickly as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, so too did a range of mask and Pfizer pills themed around the vaccine.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

(1/2) I wrote about the strange and secretive world of ecstasy pill design... READ: www.vice.com/en/article/dutch-candy-pill-designs-cultural-artifacts/

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Drug Science @drugscience.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Drug Science mourns the incredible loss of Hannah Deacon, who passed away suddenly on May 6. Her tenacious fight to treat her son's epilepsy was instrumental in transforming medical cannabis legislation in the UK. Dr. Anne Schlag reflects on Hannah’s remarkable legacy: ❤️ drugscience.org.uk/a...

drugscience.org.uk

A tribute to Hannah Deacon Supermum, Supercampaigner, Super-Beautiful Person.

The whole Drug Science Team is shocked and incredibly saddened by the news of Hannah Deacon’s passing on May 6th, 2025, after ‘a short and brutal illness’

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The strange and secretive world of ec𝓈ta𝓈y branding is something that artists Adam Fierman and Peter Andrew Lusztyk are obsessed with. FULL PODCAST: rb.gy/77jqq6

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This is especially true with pans

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Haha yes! It’s gen z slang for sure but it has caught on somewhat. There’s even tunes about it, it’s fully in the zeitgeist… www.youtube.com/watch?v=05uU...

youtube.com

Central Cee - Pinging (6 Figures) [Music Video]

YouTube video by Central Cee

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I should really explain the word pinger! Its causing confusion for my US-based TikTok followers too. It’s an ecstasy pill. The verb is to “ping” (i.e. under the influence of MDMA). ✌️

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"Did you pack your own bag, sir?"

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Remember smash (the food)? What the hell was that?

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

(2/2) In fact, he has 🔫 pointed at him several times in this documentary; the fact that he is subject to many of the confrontations and intimidations that the Palestinians face daily, makes it a sobering but compelling watch indeed.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

(1/2) The new Louis Theroux documentary, about the military rule that the Palestinians are living under, is perhaps his finest work. At one point, Theroux, his camera man, and their fixer are doing an interview with a Palestinian man and the building is surrounded by IDF troops with 🔫 drawn.

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NUJ London Freelance @nujlfb.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

#NUJDM25: "Journalism is at risk of being criminalised - because we film things people don't like. We say things people don't like - but that's our job." - Pennie Quinton on #mediafreedom. A call for written advice for members on what to do if asked to hand over your video footage or photos.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Nobody loves the sesh more than the Fuengirola police 😂

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

These are the most popular pill designs in Berlin atm. But never forget: the design/branding bears no relation to quality. Learn more on my YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zey... ✌️

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

If a crime has no victim, is it really a crime?

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Even years on from quitting smoking, seeing someone with a cig and a pint in the sun is like unexpectedly bumping into your ex

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Putting the ‘HELL’ into CoacHELLa…

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I was once hungover and I used Uber Eats to order a Maccies breakfast. It just never turned up! I still think about that. The one that got away.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Fantastic read, I learned so much from that

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The most impressive thing about social media is that people managed to sell living in a second-hand van as an aspirational lifestyle.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Can people who refuse to stop talking about AI not just talk to an AI about it? Just a thought.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Your AI images and AI copy marks you out as a cheap brand. Is it a million-pound company or is it an A-Level Business Studies student in a tattered garden shed? It's hilariously indistinguishable now.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Poems work better with strong accents… right?

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Are more people taking drugs at work? If so, why?

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

[4/4] The box contained a loaded firearm, further investigation revealed. Another box standing by the waste container contained a 'sink' made of nearly 4kg of 💊. That's right! The ENTIRE SINK was made of solid 💊. The 33-year-old woman was arrested.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

[3/4] The officers then drove to the residence, where the arrested man had left. At the scene, the occupant left the house with a box in her hand, which she placed near a waste container.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

[2/4] Officers from the National Expertise and Operations Unit saw a car driving away from a residence in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. The officers decided to check the car, where 6 kg of ampⓗet was found. The 35-year-old driver from Nijmegen was immediately detained.

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

[1/4] The story of how the police in the Netherlands busted 4kg 💊 disguised as a kitchen sink!

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

[2/2] In this top-secret operation, codenamed 'Moneybags', the Army had spiked their own serviceman. And this was far from an isolated incident. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fov0...

youtube.com

The British Army Gave Their Own Troops LSD

YouTube video by Simon Doherty

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Simon Doherty @simondoherty1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

[1/2] The year is 1953. Donald Webb, a 19-year-old airman in the Royal Marines, was invited to participate a “cushy" role in a study aiming to treat the common cold. He was in fact, without his consent, given L🆂D several times over the course of a week resulting in "nightmarish hallucinations".

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