Reposted by Simon RanceMac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Okay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality. 4151811333
Simon Rance @simonrance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you tolerate this America, your children will, most definitely, be next. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysThe US Defence Secretary says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain". 010
Reposted by Simon RanceRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Troops leaked photos of their wrecked bases to CBS, saying they're "standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face" One soldier's words: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." 1181298829
Reposted by Simon RanceRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You listening, Burnham? 1636276
Reposted by Simon RanceDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 26/08/2026I'm not an economist but my back of the envelope math suggests that Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI can't all simultaneously sell $30 trillion dollars worth of enterprise solutions to a global economy where the sum total of all economic activity currently adds up to under $120t. 491100258
Reposted by Simon RanceDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I have a modest proposal for a new tax. It involves a deck of cards and a monkey throwing darts. Here are the rules: 41885384
Reposted by Simon RanceCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out. 114137652875
Reposted by Simon RanceMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It's ok to eat a "test grape" in the produce section but take one bite of a rotisserie chicken and it's "Ma'am, you need to leave." 1552770220
Reposted by Simon RanceGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"alright lads, what's got 2 thumbs and just received the Légion d’honneur?" "moi" 3408
Reposted by Simon RanceCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 579152753460
Reposted by Simon RanceJana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 07/07/2026#OTD #RedDevils #Belgium🇧🇪 01567439
Reposted by Simon RanceBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/06/2026EU citizens in the UK are our friends and neighbours. They have built their lives here and contribute to our economy and society every day. Reform UK's plan to target them is appalling. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/ju…theguardian.comReform UK plan to target EU nationals based in Britain ‘absolutely outrageous’Exclusive: Rights group says Nigel Farage’s party is reneging on promises made during the Brexit referendum campaign 45439169
Reposted by Simon RanceSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 18/06/2026Greenland gotta be pissed we didn’t invade there, think of the deal they could have gotten 1041263
Reposted by Simon RanceThe Donk @thedonk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I dunno why he's so upset. Redacting his name is kinda his thing 0164
Reposted by Simon RanceRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026You can't claim you're not a publisher when you decide what people see, pay people to create content, and build the AI tools that generate it. That's editorial control. That's publishing. And publishers can be held responsible for what they distribute. Shut down X unless it complies with UK law. 15507155
Reposted by Simon RanceMartin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 05/06/2026THEY ARE BASTARDS 16525161
Simon Rance @simonrance.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Jesus H Christ! Have Labour taken leave of their senses? 010
Reposted by Simon RanceSusan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026"everyone" = men with money 12552071293
Reposted by Simon RanceSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue.... 3473246711
Reposted by Simon RanceAngus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Off to Beverley for this weekend’s long read. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/the-tale-o...aqyoung61.substack.comThe tale of the town hall that never wasMunicipal mayhem in Beverley 162
Reposted by Simon RancePaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 08/04/2026How Trumps war with Iran is going 😎🤬🍊💩 1331789767
Simon Rance @simonrance.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Morning, looks like we’re all still here. What does the ceasefire agreement say about Lego videos? 000
Simon Rance @simonrance.bsky.social · 31/03/2026news.sky.com/story/iran-w... So can we talk about jet fuel supplies to Fairford, Mildenhall and Lakenheath then?news.sky.comIran war latest: Tehran gives deadline for attacks on US firms - as Trump tells UK 'get your own oil'Iran's military has warned it will launch attacks on US firms in the region from tomorrow. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has told the UK and other countries unable to get jet fuel that the US "won't be ther... 000
Reposted by Simon RanceJohnny Nice Painter @ Eurosky! @johnnynicepainter.eurosky.social · 31/03/2026If you are thinking of stockpiling food for the forthcoming apocalypse don't forget your pets! An average size cat for example could easily make 10-12 portions of bolognese if used sparingly. 198315
Reposted by Simon RanceMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Can we please rip up the US/UK trade deal and get back to our roots in the EU. Enough of this Brexit madness pushing us into Trump's world. 25115
Reposted by Simon RanceKristian Kiehling @kristian-kiehling.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026People tend to forget that on 8 January 2020, Iran's IRGC shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, killing all 176 people on board. They did not allow investigators to enter the country and lied about the incident. They also constantly lied about supplying Russia with drones. 02716
Simon Rance @simonrance.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Last few bottles of this in the world…not a huge name, but IYKYK… 000
Reposted by Simon RanceThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026This should be put to a House of Commons vote. 231092276
Reposted by Simon RanceShihab S Joi @shihabsjoi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Eid Mubarak to everyone from this part-Muslim, part-Hindu, part-Christian, part-Jewish, all - atheist family. Eid isn't just about God, but about coming together. One love to all x 99010
Reposted by Simon RancePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026As a gauge of where the world is at, funding yourself explaining who Caligula was to a child over breakfast feels like a pretty bad one 😬 12947
Reposted by Simon RanceAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 19/03/2026We did it. We defeated Mandelbrot 22779122
Reposted by Simon RanceKori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Just a reminder that the Washington Treaty defines the geography of NATO’s mutual defense pledge — at U.S. insistence in 1949 — to prevent allies from committing us to their wars outside of Europe. 351754551
Reposted by Simon RanceGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 16/03/2026torn between thinking it's objectively hilarious that literally nobody wants to help Trump open the straits (it is) & feelings of impending doom because evidently 1/Trump can't do it 2/if it's not open v soon we are screwed, cannot run an economy on schadenfreude alone. (although: sooo renewable!) 2351169
Reposted by Simon RanceJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet. 7161482956
Reposted by Simon RanceJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Donald Trump was not shot and Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself. 1232807493
