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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

These two things can’t both be true:

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One of our primary design goals for CC4 is to remove friction from map design workflow, by providing real-time feedback on the current task, and allowing the user to adjust things on the fly. Here's an example for symbol placement. #CC4

A symbol being placed in CC4, with a sidebar which shows the current settings in an editable form.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am driving the train today. It’s a serious responsibility.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tobacco merchant’s house, Xanthi.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Disused agricultural silo, Lefkothea, Greece.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The purpose of the EHRC guidance isn’t to keep trans women out of women’s loos, it’s to force them into the men’s. For most large companies the best way to comply is unisex bathrooms. Sex Matters hate these - even single lockable cubicles, which gives their game away.

Single-user unisex toilets in fully
enclosed rooms, with washbasins
inside, opening onto an open corridor
Legal
Comfortable
Inclusive
Legal
Comfortable
Inclusive
the simplest solution
in most large buildings
slower to use
if no urinals, probably dirtier
disliked
risk of misuse

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I got a similar one from Thames Water.

Sometimes it can be tricky to tell if your butt has a leak. But we know what to look for. So grab your mobile and simply send us a short video of your butt.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky

Man shouting in the ear of bored women in nightclub.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've run Paragon Blade twice using Owlbear Rodeo as a VTT for two members of my 13th Age group. It's a one-2-one game with a choice of three protagonists. They both played Puc, a heist expert working for a spy master in a dark fantasy city.

A VTT with a dice box on the left (featuring the two 6s I just rolled) a city map, an Edge card and a Problem card.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I came up with the basic concept for a 13th Age mega-campaign which @mytholder.bsky.social has written. Annoyingly, I can't tell you what the concept is because it's a massive spoiler. I'll just leave you with the cover. #ttrpg #13thAge

Cover for a 13th Age book Prophet of the Pyre,l featuring three figures, someone in a horned helmet, a white-eyed elf leaning on a staff and smiling, and a ranger with an arrow knocked. They are all wreathed in flames.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This word cloud from Savanta gives a little insight.

Word cloud describing Starmer, with Liar, Good, Useless, Untrustworthy, Boring and Weak as the largest words.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

YouGov has Farage with a much lower rating than the polling average. Starmer is one of the most unpopular PMs of all time. Why Farage is so popular I have no idea - he is utterly dreadful.

Graph of relative polling popularity of UK party leaders:
https://www.pollcheck.co.uk/favourability-ratings

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Japanese-style stir fry with marinaded salmon with soba noodles.

A silver bow with asparagus, noodles and mushrooms and salmon on top.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I did a google search on site:sex-matters.org and there is an abundance of horrors:

Note that the Equality Act makes specific provisions recognising that a tendency to physical or sexual abuse of other persons, exhibitionism and voyeurism are behaviours which do not need to be tolerated at work. It is well-recognised in the medical literature that for some people (predominantly male), transgender identification can be linked to a paraphilia or sexual fetish such as autogynephilia, exhibitionism or interest in non-consensual sexual activity. Normal standards of workplace propriety, professionalism and safeguarding are a reasonable expectation and are not overridden by any protected characteristic.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Pool temperatures in Tooting Lido: Fri: 17° Sat: 19.8° Sun: 21° Now: 22.5°

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We managed the heat here in Tooting by opening all the windows at night, closing them and at 6:00am and drawing the curtains. Oh, and we have Tooting Lido within walking distance - a life-saver.

A 90m outdoor swimming pool lined with changing rooms with colourful doors.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Nationalisation is pretty much the most popular policy proposed by the left and got Starmer elected to the leadership. 82% of people believe water should be nationalised.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

What I find amusing about you recommending the previous article is the conclusion - it’s the comms:

However, the more pressing and important challenges - the questions which Starmer and Labour should be trying to answer - are how to change the reputation, perceptions, and general atmosphere that surround this Labour party in government. How to change the story that is being written about them? That will require far more work than changing
position(s) on policy issues.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A perfect conflation of my interests - a map of Jack Vance's Dying Earth created with Campaign Cartographer by forum member Wyvern. #CC4

A pastel coloured map of Jack Vance's Dying Earth.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The Four Tops implies the existence of the Four Bottoms.

B&W photo of The Four Tops on stage looking very dapper in pale dinner jackets.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Can this be a solution? media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Matera cat, sanguine despite squabbling kittens nearby.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Making preparations for the annual Migration of the Pelgranes for Dragonmeet. Huge quantities of cheese and wine, and ingredients for sticky toffee pudding have been purchased. 24 hours to diet amnesty and counting. If I am still alive, hope to see you at Dragonmeet!

Map of the Dragonmeet hall. Go straight ahead from the entrance to the end and Pelgrane's booth is on the right.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Labour's response to the loss of Caerphilly is "more of the same, but faster." They've learned nothing.

At first Thomas-Symonds said that he did not like responding to anonymous quotes, but that he accepted voters felt “frustration about the pace of change”.

When Justin Webb, the presenter, said that was exactly the point being made by the source who delivered the quote (associating “Starmerism” with change being too slow), Thomas-Symonds replied:

I don’t accept the point that’s being put in that quote at all.

I think politics is about what people face, the challenges they face in their everyday lives.

We always knew coming into government in July 2024, I think it’s an inheritance that’s probably the worst since 1945, in terms of the economic backdrop and the state of our public services together. We knew it was going to take time.

What the message that we’ve listened to on the doorsteps in Caerphilly is very much telling us is to really redouble our efforts on that delivery and making a difference in people’s everyday lives. And that’s exactly what we’re determined to do.

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Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I met this elderly, elegant specimen today.

Orange and white long furred mogster looking serenely at the viewer.

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