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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 2h

If only human drivers were that upright and attentive at the wheel

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 5h

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Andboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Content Strategy”

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 01/10/2026

This is Fesshole not Couns-hole

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 30/09/2026

You wouldn’t want to be doing the paperwork For either the marriage or the arrest

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 30/09/2026

If only they would stop trying to challenge my belief that only the list system can provide the worst possible public representatives

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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

conversational-leadership.net/event/offloa...

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Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today

Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in the bookstore scene in 1946’s The Big Sleep

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 29/09/2026

Add lime chutney to anything with egg and cheese, so omelette or even a toastie. I'm hankering for wife and kids to be away so I can have a corned beef toasted sandwich.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 29/09/2026

You're welcome. FWIW I'm going to have "super dodge" stuck in my head for a long time now.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 29/09/2026

Just to think, a week ago, they'd have been referring to it as artificial dodge

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 26/09/2026

Teenage me assumed Ludlow was a lot bigger than it really is

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I always feel somewhat grimy asking folks to chip in to support Ada Lovelace Day, but am hoping that the community will step in given that businesses have stepped away. And if you can't support directly, a share would be awesome!

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Horror stories for designers - 10 words or less: " it's just lift and shift"

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 24/09/2026

Retro one: I’ve been told I need a website

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 24/09/2026

Have you heard of the three* click rule? * or possibly some other number

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 23/09/2026

I will forever be tickled by this idea

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 23/09/2026

Yes, I would instead spend my days wiring up buttons and, according to some ancient lore, occasionally labelling them

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 22/09/2026

Yeah, people say they want order...

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Kirk Hamilton @kirkhamilton.com · 20/09/2026

The newest episode of Strong Songs is about “Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads - now available in the main feed! This is an *incredible* song, and I’m very happy with this episode. I hope you enjoy it - thanks, as always, for listening.

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S08E09 - "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads

It's time to return to Talking Heads, and their inimitable 1980 song "Once In A Lifetime." The subject of this episode was selected by the annual Strong Songs Patreon bracket vote. Thanks to everyone ...

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 20/09/2026

I always wonder if any ordinary human has ever used “row back” in conversation

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 18/09/2026

Well, they* certainly have range *as much as I object to they-ifying people #smartarseResponseToPostWithoutAltTextOrSubstackLink

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 18/09/2026

More gravel pits, crossing over with other SF shows that specialise in gravel pits

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 17/09/2026

Sad to say that makes sense for a business. Thanks for sharing that

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 17/09/2026

Thanks for mentioning Revive IT - we've got some laptops that might be better recycled

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 17/09/2026

Oh, the time I spent perfecting the thumbnail slide to give the illusion I was flicking the phone open

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 17/09/2026

Unhealthy perception in culture wars.

YOU MUST PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THINGS
Human perception generally works best when ignoring anything which isn't usable. Paying attention to everything is painfully draining.
YOU MUST HAVE A SET OPINION ON ALL THINGS
Having an opinion is part of being sentient. A person in a place/time with a past. Yet, like perceiving everything, there is a strain in holding opinions over time.
YOUR OPINION MUST BE CLEARLY BINARY
ON ALL THINGS
Binary opinions are a clarity trap that are exploited to make people be in one group or another. The blurriness of reality enables conversations not fights.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 16/09/2026

Having spent a while yesterday trying to get my head around Digital Object Identifiers – I would have welcomed this introduction / perspective

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 16/09/2026

That's a shame, I suppose he doesn't like mirmilid sindwitches even if he doesn't exist [apologies to South Africans, but mirmilid might be the best sound I have ever made]

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 16/09/2026

Interesting update for the Ealing classic: Passport to Piddington

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 15/09/2026

Not sure why the OP didn't admit to making the original deposit

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 15/09/2026

My dislike for Microsoft is nuanced and it ebbs and flows. It's also held in a field of opposing forces (it pays the bills, and it drives me mad)

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 14/09/2026

It’s the wrong downpipe Gromit!

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This made me smile, attached to an ordinary cast iron drainpipe on a house in Durham. #TinyJoys

A cast iron drain pipe going down the side of a white-painted house. A crest of red feathers and a bright orange beak made from something solid have been attached around it. It looks remarkably like "Feathers McGraw", the evil criminal penguin from The Wrong Trousers.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 14/09/2026

Seeing the Canary Wharf photos a moment ago, I’m now thinking about 2 things: Andor locations in CW the falafel salads from the Garbanzo’s hut

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dot Black @wedge.black · 13/09/2026

Neither the Gambling Commission or the Advertising Standards Authority can stop these scum scam gambling ads. It’s all Facebook; it’s just what happens. Impossible to stop 🤷‍♂️

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Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads

Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via ads

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Problematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is sincerely one of the dumbest jokes I've seen in quite awhile and I cannot stop giggling

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m doing a podcast called The Rest is the Rest where I talk about every subject not covered by all The Rest Is podcasts. So please subscribe if you want a weekly podcast about shoes, clouds, Tuesdays and otters.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 09/09/2026

I spider what you did there!

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So the pareidolia is strong today, eh?

back of a round plastic clock that looks like a frowny face because of the dials.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 07/09/2026

Staying on the formed puffed corn theme, the most consistently satisfying crisp-ish snack are M&S Cheese Tasters.

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