Ed Simnett
@simnett.bsky.social
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
So Trump just received a $100M gift from a foreign politician?
That's the Emoluments Clause right there- no?
#groundstoimpeach
That's the Emoluments Clause right there- no?
#groundstoimpeach
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 AM
So Trump just received a $100M gift from a foreign politician?
That's the Emoluments Clause right there- no?
#groundstoimpeach
That's the Emoluments Clause right there- no?
#groundstoimpeach
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SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 PM
SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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just watch it
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
just watch it
#EnglishEnglish Are we coining enough new slang for this era? There should be a geoff of the World Cup would be more subversive and harder for the irony-free side of the pond to parse.
#geofftheWorldCup
#geofftheWorldCup
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
#EnglishEnglish Are we coining enough new slang for this era? There should be a geoff of the World Cup would be more subversive and harder for the irony-free side of the pond to parse.
#geofftheWorldCup
#geofftheWorldCup
Oil, as I understand it, is typically sold net 30 days. So how can the US Government already have *received* $500M for Venezuelan oil? Who has paid and why (and for what- is the oil delivered?)
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Oil, as I understand it, is typically sold net 30 days. So how can the US Government already have *received* $500M for Venezuelan oil? Who has paid and why (and for what- is the oil delivered?)
There is the true and the not true, and in between is the door I am going to slam in your *%#%ing face for making up numbers for clicks.
January 14, 2026 at 2:26 AM
There is the true and the not true, and in between is the door I am going to slam in your *%#%ing face for making up numbers for clicks.
It used to be that the pen was mightier than the sword. Sadly today the anecdote is mightier than the statistic.
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
It used to be that the pen was mightier than the sword. Sadly today the anecdote is mightier than the statistic.
Counting down to the *true New Year*- the perihelion (the point at which the earth is closest to the sun) in 7 hours. if you want to count rotations to me that (or the aphelion) is/are the only rational starting point(s)
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Counting down to the *true New Year*- the perihelion (the point at which the earth is closest to the sun) in 7 hours. if you want to count rotations to me that (or the aphelion) is/are the only rational starting point(s)
Do they call it "vibe coding" because it just makes you feel like something is happening? Solving coding-like logic challenges seems to be completely different from (say) connecting two or three systems and having them work together, for example
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Do they call it "vibe coding" because it just makes you feel like something is happening? Solving coding-like logic challenges seems to be completely different from (say) connecting two or three systems and having them work together, for example
@nordvpn.bsky.social your recent change to not let me turn off connection for more than one hour means I close the application instead. Annoying and less protection. If you sorted out all the sites that block you, that I use regularly, we could have a conversation #justsayin
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
@nordvpn.bsky.social your recent change to not let me turn off connection for more than one hour means I close the application instead. Annoying and less protection. If you sorted out all the sites that block you, that I use regularly, we could have a conversation #justsayin
Rebuild the East Wing!
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Rebuild the East Wing!
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
Personally I'm just glad Obama didn't win the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Imagine what Trump would be willing to do to win that.
September 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Personally I'm just glad Obama didn't win the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Imagine what Trump would be willing to do to win that.
seeing a few "what's going on???" posts from MAGA on the "other site" in reaction to polls and election results. It's almost as if a party that won with less than 50% of the vote, and then governs with extreme policies it barely ran on, is going to hit the rocks of reality fast?
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
seeing a few "what's going on???" posts from MAGA on the "other site" in reaction to polls and election results. It's almost as if a party that won with less than 50% of the vote, and then governs with extreme policies it barely ran on, is going to hit the rocks of reality fast?
I hope Julie is not waiting for Terry tonight:-(
RIP Terence Stamp
RIP Terence Stamp
August 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I hope Julie is not waiting for Terry tonight:-(
RIP Terence Stamp
RIP Terence Stamp
Slightly diminish a band: Jefferson Starship
Slightly diminish a band: The Who Cares?
Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media
August 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Jefferson Starship
Slightly diminish a band:
The Beetles
The Beetles
Slightly diminish a band:
Tom Petty and the Disappointers
Tom Petty and the Disappointers
slightly diminish a band:
Metallish
Metallish
August 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
The Beetles
The Beetles
The jeans/genes ad. So I looked at Twitter. There were 6 tweets on 7/26 against the search Sydney Sweeney Nazi. There were very many on 7/27, but by then there were already a very large number of "look at the dumb libtards" reactions to the "reaction".
Was this 80+% astroturfed?
Was this 80+% astroturfed?
August 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The jeans/genes ad. So I looked at Twitter. There were 6 tweets on 7/26 against the search Sydney Sweeney Nazi. There were very many on 7/27, but by then there were already a very large number of "look at the dumb libtards" reactions to the "reaction".
Was this 80+% astroturfed?
Was this 80+% astroturfed?
Very sad to hear the news, but I guess all the pigeons in all the parks will be feeling just a little safer today.
July 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Very sad to hear the news, but I guess all the pigeons in all the parks will be feeling just a little safer today.
important new news.
July 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
important new news.
Annoying mail today- some political messaging purporting to be from the Social Security Administration.
Reported as spam...
Reported as spam...
July 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Annoying mail today- some political messaging purporting to be from the Social Security Administration.
Reported as spam...
Reported as spam...
proposed definition: "Provocative platforming": when media amplifies the most extreme voices from the opposing side, then encourages audiences to assume these fringe positions represent mainstream opposition.
June 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
proposed definition: "Provocative platforming": when media amplifies the most extreme voices from the opposing side, then encourages audiences to assume these fringe positions represent mainstream opposition.
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Trump admits the Miller's deportations are bad economically and harming industries populated with immigrant workers. So, stop the deportations.
Every prominent Democrat in the country should jump on this immediately. Enough bullshit cowering on this issue. Get on this! Trump just handed you a massive weapon. Use it!
Trump just admitted that his mass deportations are bad for farmers and the economy, and crucially, also admitted that workers who are getting deported are "almost impossible to replace." That's a massive repudiation of MAGA ideology:
June 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump admits the Miller's deportations are bad economically and harming industries populated with immigrant workers. So, stop the deportations.
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Had a great response to the announcement of the pre-sale on Billy Bragg - A People's History due out in October. I'll be appearing in support of the book at Louder Than Words, the UK's biggest music literature festival, in Manchester in November.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/billy-brag...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/billy-brag...
BILLY BRAGG: A People's History. An in conversation
Join BILLY BRAGG in conversation as we celebrate the publication of 'A People's History' - an oral history by people moved by his music.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Had a great response to the announcement of the pre-sale on Billy Bragg - A People's History due out in October. I'll be appearing in support of the book at Louder Than Words, the UK's biggest music literature festival, in Manchester in November.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/billy-brag...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/billy-brag...