Simon Huddlestone
@huddy99.bsky.social
Interested in all sorts.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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This is what is so frustrating- this is an excellent sensible policy, that I’d expect from a Labour government. But the immigration policies and announcements are so horrific I can’t support them or vote for them in the future.
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is what is so frustrating- this is an excellent sensible policy, that I’d expect from a Labour government. But the immigration policies and announcements are so horrific I can’t support them or vote for them in the future.
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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Reminder
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Reminder
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
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Labour MPs waking up this morning ...
a man in a military uniform is talking to another man in a dark room .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is talking to another man in a dark room .
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November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Labour MPs waking up this morning ...
But then, Kevin intones, an unexpected twist…
I walked up and down my house, which is now almost finished, there being nothing to do but the glazier and furniture to put up.
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
But then, Kevin intones, an unexpected twist…
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Back in the 80’s I read a classic sci-fi short story from 60’s:
A harassed father lives & works on the moon. Over a week a loan broker keeps hassling him by phone….
eventually, worn down by it all, he agrees the new loan….
Signing over the future lifetime earnings of his infant son.
A harassed father lives & works on the moon. Over a week a loan broker keeps hassling him by phone….
eventually, worn down by it all, he agrees the new loan….
Signing over the future lifetime earnings of his infant son.
WOULD A 50-YEAR MORTGAGE MAKE HOMES MORE AFFORDABLE? The Trump administration is considering 50-year mortgages, which could lower monthly payments but sharply raise total interest costs. A $360,000 loan at 6.25% might save about $250 a month compared with a 30-year mortgage,
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Back in the 80’s I read a classic sci-fi short story from 60’s:
A harassed father lives & works on the moon. Over a week a loan broker keeps hassling him by phone….
eventually, worn down by it all, he agrees the new loan….
Signing over the future lifetime earnings of his infant son.
A harassed father lives & works on the moon. Over a week a loan broker keeps hassling him by phone….
eventually, worn down by it all, he agrees the new loan….
Signing over the future lifetime earnings of his infant son.
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The last Chancellor committed to tax simplification was Lawson. Brown, whatever his other virtues, started the current obsession with using detailed tax policy as a political tool. Osborne carried that to new heights and came unstuck. Reeves will do the same.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The last Chancellor committed to tax simplification was Lawson. Brown, whatever his other virtues, started the current obsession with using detailed tax policy as a political tool. Osborne carried that to new heights and came unstuck. Reeves will do the same.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.
I am in a bar, waiting for a (always late) friend… having a nice beer and reading book reviews in The Economist, brought from home. Life is somehow easier when you are older and not trying to be 😎
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I am in a bar, waiting for a (always late) friend… having a nice beer and reading book reviews in The Economist, brought from home. Life is somehow easier when you are older and not trying to be 😎
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Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
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What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
I was right not to set up the new dishwasher to connect to the internet
October 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I was right not to set up the new dishwasher to connect to the internet
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Anyone want to buy a couple of tiaras, couple of brooches, a few earrings and two necklaces? DM for details.
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Anyone want to buy a couple of tiaras, couple of brooches, a few earrings and two necklaces? DM for details.
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A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
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Pessimism incoming! 👇👇👇
The centre & left seem to have lost political ambition. It needs a wholesale shift in perspective to stop something that is beginning to look inevitable now. 🧵
The centre & left seem to have lost political ambition. It needs a wholesale shift in perspective to stop something that is beginning to look inevitable now. 🧵
October 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Pessimism incoming! 👇👇👇
The centre & left seem to have lost political ambition. It needs a wholesale shift in perspective to stop something that is beginning to look inevitable now. 🧵
The centre & left seem to have lost political ambition. It needs a wholesale shift in perspective to stop something that is beginning to look inevitable now. 🧵
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MAGA Jenrick. The right in the UK is full on MAGA . I’m sure they’re being funded from the US.
October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
MAGA Jenrick. The right in the UK is full on MAGA . I’m sure they’re being funded from the US.
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When I am King and Emperor, one of my first acts will be to ban ice-breakers, introductory games, rôle play and pseudo psychology from all professional development courses. The introductory dross is particularly bad. Energy is highest at the start. People want to get on with it. Not play games.
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
When I am King and Emperor, one of my first acts will be to ban ice-breakers, introductory games, rôle play and pseudo psychology from all professional development courses. The introductory dross is particularly bad. Energy is highest at the start. People want to get on with it. Not play games.
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
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If you think Tylenol is bad for children’s health what until you see what guns do.
September 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you think Tylenol is bad for children’s health what until you see what guns do.
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
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This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.
Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.