Simon HB
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I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground
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What the fuck is this headline
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
What the fuck is this headline
Nice bit of nominative determinism here - check the name of the woman accused of foraging www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leicestershire officer committed gross misconduct over mushroom foraging report
Former PC Christopher Vickers was found to have committed gross misconduct over how he issued and recorded a community resolution report.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Nice bit of nominative determinism here - check the name of the woman accused of foraging www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Remember, don't flush Keir Starmer announcements on global politics as they can get stuck in the sewers and cause plumbing issues; please just bin them instead.
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Remember, don't flush Keir Starmer announcements on global politics as they can get stuck in the sewers and cause plumbing issues; please just bin them instead.
Looks like a shot from CorrieDale has leaked
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Looks like a shot from CorrieDale has leaked
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
The NC&E has improved its photo archive features, though, and this week brings us "Great Brington residents toast Princess Diana's birthday in June 1991 (a young Jo Whiley second from right)" (Presumably this was while she was working on The Word?)
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The NC&E has improved its photo archive features, though, and this week brings us "Great Brington residents toast Princess Diana's birthday in June 1991 (a young Jo Whiley second from right)" (Presumably this was while she was working on The Word?)
The Northampton Chronic had a big interview with Mark Arnull, West Northants Council's main character for its New Year edition. This is good, and depending on your pov, either Reform keeping their promise to be open or Arnull pushing his personal brand. But...
January 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The Northampton Chronic had a big interview with Mark Arnull, West Northants Council's main character for its New Year edition. This is good, and depending on your pov, either Reform keeping their promise to be open or Arnull pushing his personal brand. But...
Today's FT has some artful juxtaposition on the front page
January 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Today's FT has some artful juxtaposition on the front page
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My new year’s resolution was to give up performing stunts from cowboy movies but I’ve already fallen off the wagon.
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
My new year’s resolution was to give up performing stunts from cowboy movies but I’ve already fallen off the wagon.
Some a-grade photo library work here from the Northants BBC News pages www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
South Midlands mayor plan 'in deadlock', say Northamptonshire leaders
Northamptonshire remains frozen out of a plan for a South Midlands combined authority and mayor.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Some a-grade photo library work here from the Northants BBC News pages www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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100 years ago today, one of the only surviving recordings of the BBC in the 1920s - via America…
2 Jan 1926, Jean Lensen’s band were live from Ciro’s Club, Leicester Square, recorded by a US radio station. Listen:
youtu.be/K-MoA5qczHs?...
(pic via Andrew Barker, rec via Jonathan Holmes)
2 Jan 1926, Jean Lensen’s band were live from Ciro’s Club, Leicester Square, recorded by a US radio station. Listen:
youtu.be/K-MoA5qczHs?...
(pic via Andrew Barker, rec via Jonathan Holmes)
January 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
100 years ago today, one of the only surviving recordings of the BBC in the 1920s - via America…
2 Jan 1926, Jean Lensen’s band were live from Ciro’s Club, Leicester Square, recorded by a US radio station. Listen:
youtu.be/K-MoA5qczHs?...
(pic via Andrew Barker, rec via Jonathan Holmes)
2 Jan 1926, Jean Lensen’s band were live from Ciro’s Club, Leicester Square, recorded by a US radio station. Listen:
youtu.be/K-MoA5qczHs?...
(pic via Andrew Barker, rec via Jonathan Holmes)
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The copyright protection that Labour intends to remove from artists is the one that also protects people from having their holiday snaps turned into porn on twitter. If it is fair game for generative AI to slopify books, films and music, then your personal photos will also be fair game.
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The copyright protection that Labour intends to remove from artists is the one that also protects people from having their holiday snaps turned into porn on twitter. If it is fair game for generative AI to slopify books, films and music, then your personal photos will also be fair game.
I know he tried to slip it out when everyone was trying to squeeze some joy out of New Year, but given the attention Trump sending troops in was given, I'd have expected to see a bit more coverage of the climbdown news.sky.com/story/trump-...
Trump issues warning as National Guard troops withdrawn from US cities
The deployment of the National Guard has been a controversial calling card of the Trump administration throughout 2025 - and the president has indicated 2026 could see further such orders.
news.sky.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I know he tried to slip it out when everyone was trying to squeeze some joy out of New Year, but given the attention Trump sending troops in was given, I'd have expected to see a bit more coverage of the climbdown news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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It's kind of hilarious shes saying she should be judged on what she does when the criticism of her is based on her actions of funding Gender critical lawsuits and signing open letters defending terfs www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism
Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
It's kind of hilarious shes saying she should be judged on what she does when the criticism of her is based on her actions of funding Gender critical lawsuits and signing open letters defending terfs www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Over Christmas, a bunch more Ingerlund and Onion Jax were put up around Shrewsbury. They look awful, as ever. Curiously, the Shropshire Star reports that people putting them up apparently travelled 200 miles to do it, which rather suggests less support than they’d like you to think.
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Over Christmas, a bunch more Ingerlund and Onion Jax were put up around Shrewsbury. They look awful, as ever. Curiously, the Shropshire Star reports that people putting them up apparently travelled 200 miles to do it, which rather suggests less support than they’d like you to think.
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Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
Sorry, Marks and Spencer, can you just repeat that?
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Sorry, Marks and Spencer, can you just repeat that?
It's funny how the 'don't give out personal information' advice started to disappear around the time businesses realised that they could make a mint selling personal information
I grew up as the internet was blossoming. The main two rules were simple; don't give out personal info and don't feed the trolls. What the fuck happened? Everyone, including my peers, seemed to have forgotten these two edicts. They've gotten complacent and it's dangerous.
January 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM
It's funny how the 'don't give out personal information' advice started to disappear around the time businesses realised that they could make a mint selling personal information
Tracking an Amazon order (when it's coming from China)
10.23: package carried from floor 3 to floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
10.24: package arrived on floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
Tracking an Amazon order (when it's coming from UK)
A day or two ago: package sent out, we think
10.23: package carried from floor 3 to floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
10.24: package arrived on floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
Tracking an Amazon order (when it's coming from UK)
A day or two ago: package sent out, we think
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Tracking an Amazon order (when it's coming from China)
10.23: package carried from floor 3 to floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
10.24: package arrived on floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
Tracking an Amazon order (when it's coming from UK)
A day or two ago: package sent out, we think
10.23: package carried from floor 3 to floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
10.24: package arrived on floor 1 Jishiba distribution facility
Tracking an Amazon order (when it's coming from UK)
A day or two ago: package sent out, we think
Stage Two: Defeat, Decline And Division announces plans to build a $1bn data centre on top of a wetlands nature reserve
Stage Three: Starmer hails "complete reset with our friends at DD&D
Stage Four: DD&D put in charge of SEND provision
Stage Five: DD&D drop data center plans
Stage Three: Starmer hails "complete reset with our friends at DD&D
Stage Four: DD&D put in charge of SEND provision
Stage Five: DD&D drop data center plans
January 1, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Stage Two: Defeat, Decline And Division announces plans to build a $1bn data centre on top of a wetlands nature reserve
Stage Three: Starmer hails "complete reset with our friends at DD&D
Stage Four: DD&D put in charge of SEND provision
Stage Five: DD&D drop data center plans
Stage Three: Starmer hails "complete reset with our friends at DD&D
Stage Four: DD&D put in charge of SEND provision
Stage Five: DD&D drop data center plans
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I saw Goody Proctor boogieing at the Hootenanny
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I saw Goody Proctor boogieing at the Hootenanny
Happy New Year. I reckon we’ve got another 34 minutes before it goes to shit.
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Happy New Year. I reckon we’ve got another 34 minutes before it goes to shit.