Simon Hendy
@simonhendy.bsky.social
Bristol, UK
📷 Enthusiast photographer (including film)
🏉 Northampton Saints fan
🍷 Wannabe foodie and wine snob
🏹 Archerist
🍑 Naturist
🚲 Theoretical cyclist
Sometimes I combine various of these activities.
📷 Enthusiast photographer (including film)
🏉 Northampton Saints fan
🍷 Wannabe foodie and wine snob
🏹 Archerist
🍑 Naturist
🚲 Theoretical cyclist
Sometimes I combine various of these activities.
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Simon Hendy
@simonhendy.bsky.social
· Apr 3
I'm going to experiment with a Substack blog in place of the underused blogs on my main website - let's see how it goes.
This first post is about how my dad's photos have been used in disinformation in Spain, and how Spanish media organisations are fact-checking it.
open.substack.com/pub/simonhen...
This first post is about how my dad's photos have been used in disinformation in Spain, and how Spanish media organisations are fact-checking it.
open.substack.com/pub/simonhen...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend drinking tea, reading books, and eating a scandalous amount of croissants.
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend drinking tea, reading books, and eating a scandalous amount of croissants.
We have bought a new bed, which arrived yesterday.
We upgraded from an Ikea king size to a definitely-not-Ikea super king size.
It's fabulous, @lunacytowers.bsky.social seems miles away.
Sorry, what's that? Shouldn't I have put those two statements together?
We upgraded from an Ikea king size to a definitely-not-Ikea super king size.
It's fabulous, @lunacytowers.bsky.social seems miles away.
Sorry, what's that? Shouldn't I have put those two statements together?
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We have bought a new bed, which arrived yesterday.
We upgraded from an Ikea king size to a definitely-not-Ikea super king size.
It's fabulous, @lunacytowers.bsky.social seems miles away.
Sorry, what's that? Shouldn't I have put those two statements together?
We upgraded from an Ikea king size to a definitely-not-Ikea super king size.
It's fabulous, @lunacytowers.bsky.social seems miles away.
Sorry, what's that? Shouldn't I have put those two statements together?
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Top notch, from the Dangerous Minds FB page.
One for Disney fans.
One for Disney fans.
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Top notch, from the Dangerous Minds FB page.
One for Disney fans.
One for Disney fans.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
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"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 AM
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
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Austin Hodges.
www.core77.com/posts/84203/...
www.core77.com/posts/84203/...
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Austin Hodges.
www.core77.com/posts/84203/...
www.core77.com/posts/84203/...
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I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
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![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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On 2nd thoughts, the cowhide rug was not the right rug for the bathroom...
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
On 2nd thoughts, the cowhide rug was not the right rug for the bathroom...
Those lyrics are pretty direct!
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Those lyrics are pretty direct!
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“I just saw a boat full of scouts go speeding past”
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“I just saw a boat full of scouts go speeding past”
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
“How many knots were they doing?”
“All of them”.
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We're putting your opinions into a LIVE SHOW. Catch the full show in Leicester (12–13 Feb 2026), and Glasgow (17th March 2026) Come argue your bollocks opinion - live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 AM
We're putting your opinions into a LIVE SHOW. Catch the full show in Leicester (12–13 Feb 2026), and Glasgow (17th March 2026) Come argue your bollocks opinion - live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
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January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Just seen on Reddit - we have been well and truly beaten on the "lots of stamps" game.
533 apparently.
533 apparently.
January 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Just seen on Reddit - we have been well and truly beaten on the "lots of stamps" game.
533 apparently.
533 apparently.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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The Cathedral of Reims https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488846
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The Cathedral of Reims https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488846
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The amazing churches of Pierre Pinsard
No 3: Église Notre Dame de la Plaine, Oyonnax
Designed 1965. Completed 1970 #PinsardChurch
No 3: Église Notre Dame de la Plaine, Oyonnax
Designed 1965. Completed 1970 #PinsardChurch
January 24, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The amazing churches of Pierre Pinsard
No 3: Église Notre Dame de la Plaine, Oyonnax
Designed 1965. Completed 1970 #PinsardChurch
No 3: Église Notre Dame de la Plaine, Oyonnax
Designed 1965. Completed 1970 #PinsardChurch
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Canyonlands in Utah. Salted paper print on Arches Platine paper. #alternativephotography #printmaking #panorama
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Canyonlands in Utah. Salted paper print on Arches Platine paper. #alternativephotography #printmaking #panorama
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The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
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The existence of Nosferatu implies the existence of a more formal Nosferavous
Can I watch Nosferatu without seeing the original Nosfera?
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The existence of Nosferatu implies the existence of a more formal Nosferavous
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is quite the read
I know that no one needs any more reasons to clutch their head in horror over breakfast, but this account of the last 12 months at the FBI is off the scale. I’m off to punch some walls and emit piercing shrieks
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say (Gift Article)
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This is quite the read