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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Probably the best thing about Strictly is back! "He dances with the urgency of the dribbling tap in a Nando’s toilet" Just perfect.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you almost kill a toddler, you shouldn't be back behind the wheel before that kid starts school.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Martin, an Orc: Well boys, looks like meat's back on the menu Niles, an Elf: Ooh, has the Altura resumed their delightful venison carpaccio? Frasier, also an Elf: He's talking about eating Hobbits, Niles N: Hobbits? Oh dad, you know they play merry hell with your digestion

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can't believe after a decade of Tory Brexit nonsense, it's a Labour government that has got me so frustrated I'm writing emails to my MP. First time it was Starmer's vile immigration speech. Now it's me asking them to consider maybe doing something - anything - about the fascist mobs on the streets.

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Magdalen Libraries & Archives @magdlibandarch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of Magdalen's most legendary figures, Martin Routh was born #OnThisDay in 1755. He served as our President for 63 years, between 1791–1854. This daguerreotype of Routh was taken on his 99th birthday on 18 September 1854, making him one of the earliest born people to be photographed.

Black-and-white daguerreotype portrait of an elderly man leaning forward and looking down, displayed behind glass in a distressed yellow mat speckled with blue and a red velvet frame.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Who the hell is giving their kids a fiver?! Mine get a pound and usually forget about it so quickly, they don't notice it's the same coin that's given to them the next time...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This is a truly remarkable development: A carbonized scroll, sealed since the eruption of #Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and successfully deciphered in its entirety. What informations will the other carbonized scrolls reveal? What an exciting project! scrollprize.org/firstscroll

scrollprize.org

An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Spent far too long looking at the woman on the left, trying to work out what her odd and horrifying face mask was about. Just her hair isn't it.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

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Nick Martin @banksyshrill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Great Half-Time analysis, there.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Leaving aside the weirdly selective history, it's a bit weird to boast about serving a tradition...how about serving, I don't know, people?

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Look, if the government is going to try to do something impossible for kids and parents, how about fixing the weather so it doesn't always rain at pick up and drop off time?

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

"well done they're 15 years old" but about the entire country of Curaçao

wikipedia screenshot of Curacao only becoming a country in 2010

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Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

What a ridiculous waste of money this would be.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn."

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

There are similar ones with Martin Lewis confronting Bailey instead, accompanied by a fake BBC news page. My parents were almost taken in by it.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This reminds me of a local company called "Bedford Batteries" whose tagline is "Not just batteries!"

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is pretty scandalous I think. The local mayor ran an overtly anti-EWR campaign, got elected by a few hundred votes, then spent thousands of pounds on spurious studies challenging the railway, and has now admitted he has a financial interest because the chosen route cuts across his family land.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One of the infuriating things about this government is they seem to view the political landscape like the weather, rather than something they can influence and reshape with the vast powers at their disposal.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Looking at my neighbours with their windows all wide open and wondering what exactly they're hoping to achieve. It's 34 degrees out there, my friends. It's not going to make your house any cooler.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Given the constraints Sam identifies, as well as Burnham's background, I wonder if something dramatic on electoral reform and devolution will be top of the agenda. Low cost and quick implementation compared to many reforms, and it'd appeal to disgruntled left wing voters and wonkish centrists alike.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fuel duty moves, Russian sanction tweaking and talk of voluntary supermarket price caps are just a total mess of a response to an energy price surge.

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joy

bbc.co.uk

UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise

The waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My David Attenborough story is that I nearly became the most hated man in Britain when I found myself walking behind him in central London, and he stopped so suddenly I nearly went into the back of him.

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

People who are critical of Zack Polanski (and I’m increasingly one of them) need to be able to recognise that, even if you think he’s handling antisemitism within his party really badly, he is himself a victim of antisemitism.

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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

"You ugly, hate-filled man." "Hey, hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I, um... What was the third thing you said?"

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Putin’s aims for Ukraine are textbook genocidal. He says Ukraine doesn’t get to exist, that Ukrainian language & culture doesn’t exist. His actions - civilian massacres, occupation, executing people who have Ukrainian symbols, the child abductions - all genocidal

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/04/2026

There is a very good, straightforward explanation of why we can't just put solar panels on roofs if we're taking decarbonisation seriously here.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 13/04/2025

The shoes of a toddler, one of the almost 1500 people who drowned on this date in 1912 when the Titanic sank. A small thread for a little kid. 🧵

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Treacle comes from an ancient Greek word for wild animal. Which then became a word for poisonous animals. Which then became a word for the antidote. Which then became a word for medicines more generally - which were often gooey syrups, so the word then became...

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Love reading reviews like this, thinking I'll maybe check it out, then getting to the end and discovering it's on another streaming service I've never even heard of.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I - tbf - also like to analyse films when I have fresh head injuries

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thankfully I graduated in 2006, so naturally I took the opportunity to kickstart my career while the going was good, and didn't at all fanny around for two years, then decide to do a masters degree, ensuring I emerged, finally ready to work in the go-go summer of 2009.

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Nick Clegg unveiled a portrait of himself at the National Liberal Club yesterday and it's hard to tell which one looks less like Nick Clegg, the portrait of Nick Clegg or the actual Nick Clegg

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I hate that this new coastal path of course has to be named after the king. Can't we have anything in this country that is for all of us, not implicitly, deferentially, cringingly some gift of the monarch?

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Must...resist... nostalgia for the obviously better times which happened to coincide with my childhood

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I've been lucky enough to read this and can't recommend it enough. Even if you think you're not interested in the Kennedy assassination, seek it out - it's about so much more than those few short seconds in Dallas.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Apparently, in the first football match between England and Scotland in 1870, there wasn't a Scottish-born player on the pitch. Most had Scottish parents or grandparents, which seems fair enough. But they must have been desperate when they let a guy play just because his cousin had married a Scot.

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My parents have gone on holiday and are complaining the hotel is "full of old people". They're in their mid-late 70s. Mum, dad, love you but you're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic.

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Labour keeps talking about saving the high street without naming the real problem. Car dependency. You cannot fix town centres while planning everything around driving. The internet is permanent. Retail only survives where footfall is dense, local, frequent, and cheap to access.

theguardian.com

Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets, study finds

Decay of town centres a top issue among voters especially Reform UK supporters and is fuelling resentment against Westminster

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William Simpson @williamsimpson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Still annoyed by that Traitors episode. They had to kill Faraaz, what were they thinking! Probably cost them the game that decision. Madness.

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