Simon Gray
@simongray.bsky.social
I'm the real simon gray - you may know me from places such as Twitter, Facebook, and Usenet. I make post-jazz-rock-dub-persian-indian-techno with a santur, a trumpet, and Ableton Live. And things for the internet.
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Oh, you want the Transport Minister to make more transport happen, and the Minister of Investment to create more investment, but as soon as the Homelessness Minister starts increasing homelessness...
how the fuck do you take a job as homelessness minister and not think "hmm, maybe I should disclose my buy to rent property portfolio"
August 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Oh, you want the Transport Minister to make more transport happen, and the Minister of Investment to create more investment, but as soon as the Homelessness Minister starts increasing homelessness...
Is a match official wearing a Ralph Lauren Polo branded blazer rather than a Fred Perry branded blazer the tennis equivalent of going into Marks and Spencer and shouting ‘Woolworths’?
July 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Is a match official wearing a Ralph Lauren Polo branded blazer rather than a Fred Perry branded blazer the tennis equivalent of going into Marks and Spencer and shouting ‘Woolworths’?
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Begging companies to employ people with knowledge of internet lore
June 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Begging companies to employ people with knowledge of internet lore
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If you want to know how important pronouns are, try misgendering the invisible friend of a mad evangelical
June 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you want to know how important pronouns are, try misgendering the invisible friend of a mad evangelical
I filled in a terrible form, so you don’t have to. And then wrote about it. www.bigtown.star-one.org.uk/localgov-dig...
Surveying people's opinions and experiences, where nuance becomes a blunt instrument | BigTown Council
Tell me, on a scale of 0 to 7, how do you feel about this?
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June 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I filled in a terrible form, so you don’t have to. And then wrote about it. www.bigtown.star-one.org.uk/localgov-dig...
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Is Marlon Brando in Heat?
June 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Is Marlon Brando in Heat?
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People's opinions all blended together and shaped into a nutritious sentence?
Soylent Meaning.
Soylent Meaning.
June 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
People's opinions all blended together and shaped into a nutritious sentence?
Soylent Meaning.
Soylent Meaning.
News item right now about Jim Moir’s (Vic Reeves) major exhibition of his bird paintings he’s done over the years.
I wonder if the caption cards will include information about how he cooked them and how tasty they were?
(IYKYK)
I wonder if the caption cards will include information about how he cooked them and how tasty they were?
(IYKYK)
June 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
News item right now about Jim Moir’s (Vic Reeves) major exhibition of his bird paintings he’s done over the years.
I wonder if the caption cards will include information about how he cooked them and how tasty they were?
(IYKYK)
I wonder if the caption cards will include information about how he cooked them and how tasty they were?
(IYKYK)
If you’re one of those people who enjoys reading Hansard as a leisure activity, I offer the excerpt in the House of Lords yesterday where they had a nice chat about their £9,000,000 new front door. hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
Lords Chamber - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Lords Chamber' on Thursday 12 June 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
June 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
If you’re one of those people who enjoys reading Hansard as a leisure activity, I offer the excerpt in the House of Lords yesterday where they had a nice chat about their £9,000,000 new front door. hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...
So that’s my latest platter now available on Bandcamp and in all the streaming platforms. The purpose of it is to be 93 minutes of Drones and Ambient Sounds which if played on shuffle might help with sleep, so that’s what I decided to call it. thewintervalconspiracy.bandcamp.com/album/93-min...
93 minutes of Drones and Ambient Sounds which if played on shuffle might help with sleep, by the winterval conspiracy
11 track album
thewintervalconspiracy.bandcamp.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So that’s my latest platter now available on Bandcamp and in all the streaming platforms. The purpose of it is to be 93 minutes of Drones and Ambient Sounds which if played on shuffle might help with sleep, so that’s what I decided to call it. thewintervalconspiracy.bandcamp.com/album/93-min...
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
Why doesn’t the UK Government simply re-nationalise Thames Water whilst it has the opportunity to, since the Labour Party is supposed to be the party of public ownership of critical strategic infrastructure? ground.news/article/tham...
New York private equity giant KKR pulls out of Thames Water rescue deal
Britain's Thames Water said U.S. private equity firm KKR had pulled out from a plan to invest billions of pounds into the embattled utility, putting its fight to avoid financial collapse back into foc...
ground.news
June 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Why doesn’t the UK Government simply re-nationalise Thames Water whilst it has the opportunity to, since the Labour Party is supposed to be the party of public ownership of critical strategic infrastructure? ground.news/article/tham...
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Do you run a motel? Is it always full? Is it so busy you need to add a new room every time a new guest checks in? Have i got the contractor for you
June 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Do you run a motel? Is it always full? Is it so busy you need to add a new room every time a new guest checks in? Have i got the contractor for you
Anyways, if you're looking for a modern chamber ensemble arrangement of some Gregorian plainchant to listen to whilst you wait for the Doctor Who finale, The Winterval Conspiracy has got your back www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ny...
Kyrie - Missae Orbit Factor et Cum Jubilo - The Winterval Conspiracy
YouTube video by The Winterval Conspiracy
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May 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Anyways, if you're looking for a modern chamber ensemble arrangement of some Gregorian plainchant to listen to whilst you wait for the Doctor Who finale, The Winterval Conspiracy has got your back www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ny...
Well that’s a great start to Mayor Richard ‘taking back control’ of the region’s buses and no mistake — an 8.6% price hike from next week after the 7% price hike in January. Bastard Tories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Midlands bus passengers face hike in fares after review
Transport for West Midlands says monthly and annual bus passes will still be among England's lowest.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Well that’s a great start to Mayor Richard ‘taking back control’ of the region’s buses and no mistake — an 8.6% price hike from next week after the 7% price hike in January. Bastard Tories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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That’s not the rule and you know it.
May 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
That’s not the rule and you know it.
I don’t know what show B is watching on her phone in bed right now but I’ve just entered the room to hear a character say ‘I wish I had my own bunker’.
Same, mate, I thought, same.
Same, mate, I thought, same.
May 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I don’t know what show B is watching on her phone in bed right now but I’ve just entered the room to hear a character say ‘I wish I had my own bunker’.
Same, mate, I thought, same.
Same, mate, I thought, same.
This is what the wider Doctor Who RTD2 arc looks like at this point now
May 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is what the wider Doctor Who RTD2 arc looks like at this point now
Waiting to see whether petrol-bombing the prime minister’s front door is the most despicable act of despicable people or legitimate protest that only harmed property, depending on who it turns out is responsible.
May 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Waiting to see whether petrol-bombing the prime minister’s front door is the most despicable act of despicable people or legitimate protest that only harmed property, depending on who it turns out is responsible.
Another home — and in this instance, a family pet killed horribly — destroyed by a faulty lithium battery. Maybe it’s time there was a bit more regulation around them than ‘advice’ from the fire service to ‘use them properly’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lithium battery warning after Aldridge family home destroyed
A family says they have been left with
www.bbc.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Another home — and in this instance, a family pet killed horribly — destroyed by a faulty lithium battery. Maybe it’s time there was a bit more regulation around them than ‘advice’ from the fire service to ‘use them properly’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What’s local government actually for anyway? www.bigtown.star-one.org.uk/localgov-dig...
What is local government actually for? | BigTown Council
We have (roughly) 350 local councils all doing more or less the same things in the same way. Is there a better way to do this?
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May 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
What’s local government actually for anyway? www.bigtown.star-one.org.uk/localgov-dig...
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The reason behind the Spanish blackout. 😇
May 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The reason behind the Spanish blackout. 😇
Breaking news: councils already ‘have the auditors in’
May 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Breaking news: councils already ‘have the auditors in’