Simeon Whiting
@strangeworldofsim.bsky.social
SEN tutor, fiction writer, long distance runner, PhD in Hebrew Bible and trauma. Will be posting about all of the above plus other random stuff as the whim takes me. Also posting fiction at https://ko-fi.com/strangeworldofsim.
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Our statement on the government’s abhorrent plans for people seeking safety.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our statement on the government’s abhorrent plans for people seeking safety.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
Well done @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Your policies are now extreme enough to be endorsed by the hard right. Proud day.
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Well done @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. Your policies are now extreme enough to be endorsed by the hard right. Proud day.
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Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.
— Kurt Vonnegut
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
— Kurt Vonnegut
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.
— Kurt Vonnegut
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
— Kurt Vonnegut
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
Hell's teeth, this is bleak. A fascist rally in our capital and all the government can say is, 'Hooray for freedom of speech'. This isn't even Farage's lot, this is Tommy Robinson, Britain's highest profile racist and xenophobe. Can we not just call this what it is and agree that fascism is bad?
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hell's teeth, this is bleak. A fascist rally in our capital and all the government can say is, 'Hooray for freedom of speech'. This isn't even Farage's lot, this is Tommy Robinson, Britain's highest profile racist and xenophobe. Can we not just call this what it is and agree that fascism is bad?
NEW FICTION: A Meeting in the Library
I wrote this piece in response to a prompt for a story about a mysterious meeting. I don't often try to write humour (it's really hard!) but I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
What do you think?
#writingcommunity #fiction
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I wrote this piece in response to a prompt for a story about a mysterious meeting. I don't often try to write humour (it's really hard!) but I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
What do you think?
#writingcommunity #fiction
ko-fi.com/post/A-Meeti...
A Meeting in the Library
SimeonW published a post on Ko-fi
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September 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
NEW FICTION: A Meeting in the Library
I wrote this piece in response to a prompt for a story about a mysterious meeting. I don't often try to write humour (it's really hard!) but I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
What do you think?
#writingcommunity #fiction
ko-fi.com/post/A-Meeti...
I wrote this piece in response to a prompt for a story about a mysterious meeting. I don't often try to write humour (it's really hard!) but I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.
What do you think?
#writingcommunity #fiction
ko-fi.com/post/A-Meeti...
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Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
August 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about patriotism. This is partly because of the flags-on-lampposts saga and partly because I’ve been reading @carolinelucas.bsky.social excellent ‘Another England’. This thread is a response to both of those things. 1/
August 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about patriotism. This is partly because of the flags-on-lampposts saga and partly because I’ve been reading @carolinelucas.bsky.social excellent ‘Another England’. This thread is a response to both of those things. 1/
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'Is it time for the Government to drown innocent human beings for political advantage?' and other questions now apparently deemed acceptable in the British media
August 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
'Is it time for the Government to drown innocent human beings for political advantage?' and other questions now apparently deemed acceptable in the British media
August 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Welp, I did it: 12 short stories in 12 months with Deadlines for Writers. The monthly prompts have been really useful and the community is super encouraging. The next step for me is to find folks who can give me slightly more direct feedback. Who wants to tell me 3 things that suck about my writing?
August 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Welp, I did it: 12 short stories in 12 months with Deadlines for Writers. The monthly prompts have been really useful and the community is super encouraging. The next step for me is to find folks who can give me slightly more direct feedback. Who wants to tell me 3 things that suck about my writing?
NEW STORY
'Xylo Syndrome' is live and ready for your perusal now. Come and get it while it's hot.
Content warning: This one is a little sweary. I felt like it needed to be, to be true to the characters. I hope you'll see what I mean.
ko-fi.com/post/Xylo-Sy...
#writingcommunity #fiction
'Xylo Syndrome' is live and ready for your perusal now. Come and get it while it's hot.
Content warning: This one is a little sweary. I felt like it needed to be, to be true to the characters. I hope you'll see what I mean.
ko-fi.com/post/Xylo-Sy...
#writingcommunity #fiction
Xylo Syndrome
SimeonW published a post on Ko-fi
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August 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
NEW STORY
'Xylo Syndrome' is live and ready for your perusal now. Come and get it while it's hot.
Content warning: This one is a little sweary. I felt like it needed to be, to be true to the characters. I hope you'll see what I mean.
ko-fi.com/post/Xylo-Sy...
#writingcommunity #fiction
'Xylo Syndrome' is live and ready for your perusal now. Come and get it while it's hot.
Content warning: This one is a little sweary. I felt like it needed to be, to be true to the characters. I hope you'll see what I mean.
ko-fi.com/post/Xylo-Sy...
#writingcommunity #fiction
I finally did it. I've finally plucked up the courage to put some of my writing out into the world. If you fancy buying me a coffee for my trouble, that'd be lovely but I'm not expecting it. I hope you like what you read. Feedback very welcome!
ko-fi.com/strangeworld...
#writingcommunity #fiction
ko-fi.com/strangeworld...
#writingcommunity #fiction
Support SimeonW
Welcome to the Strange World of Sim - home of the surprising, the off-beat and the slightly strange.
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August 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I finally did it. I've finally plucked up the courage to put some of my writing out into the world. If you fancy buying me a coffee for my trouble, that'd be lovely but I'm not expecting it. I hope you like what you read. Feedback very welcome!
ko-fi.com/strangeworld...
#writingcommunity #fiction
ko-fi.com/strangeworld...
#writingcommunity #fiction
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Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
April 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Wow. Loop 2 still in progress and only 6 runners left. This is brutal. Last year was incredible but this one is compelling in a completely different way. #BM100
March 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wow. Loop 2 still in progress and only 6 runners left. This is brutal. Last year was incredible but this one is compelling in a completely different way. #BM100
I'm taking part in #MarchForRefugees to raise support for @refugeeaction.bsky.social.
I'm aiming to run 200 miles during March. Could you help me raise £1 a mile?
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'm aiming to run 200 miles during March. Could you help me raise £1 a mile?
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
My March for Refugees
Help Simeon Whiting raise money to support Refugee Action
www.justgiving.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm taking part in #MarchForRefugees to raise support for @refugeeaction.bsky.social.
I'm aiming to run 200 miles during March. Could you help me raise £1 a mile?
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'm aiming to run 200 miles during March. Could you help me raise £1 a mile?
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Something people in UK need to wake up to is how racism affects whether or not you get a job, whether you will be promoted and how long you will stay promoted.
Fraser Nelson blocked me on Twitter because he wrote an article about how the UK is the best place to be Black so I sent him a picture of the all white Spectator staff in LONDON and asked if this was you he said “I hire on ability” LOOOOOL
February 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Something people in UK need to wake up to is how racism affects whether or not you get a job, whether you will be promoted and how long you will stay promoted.
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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
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When JD Vance can go to Dachau and immediately follow it by all but endorsing the far-right, Holocaust revisionist AfD, and Marco Rubio can go to Yad Vashem and immediately follow it by defending Vance's support for the AfD, we need to ask big questions about what Holocaust remembrance is even for.
February 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When JD Vance can go to Dachau and immediately follow it by all but endorsing the far-right, Holocaust revisionist AfD, and Marco Rubio can go to Yad Vashem and immediately follow it by defending Vance's support for the AfD, we need to ask big questions about what Holocaust remembrance is even for.
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So Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has finally spelled out the quiet part in neon letters for those who hadn’t got it yet.
This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger.
There’s no pretending you didn’t know.
This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger.
There’s no pretending you didn’t know.
February 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has finally spelled out the quiet part in neon letters for those who hadn’t got it yet.
This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger.
There’s no pretending you didn’t know.
This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger.
There’s no pretending you didn’t know.
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NEW: A moment in Munich.
Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.”
He ends hoping for peace.
A long, standing ovation.
What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.
Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.”
He ends hoping for peace.
A long, standing ovation.
What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.
February 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
NEW: A moment in Munich.
Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.”
He ends hoping for peace.
A long, standing ovation.
What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.
Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.”
He ends hoping for peace.
A long, standing ovation.
What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.
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This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Yes. This. This is exactly why I've jumped ship and joined @greenparty.org.uk. What's the point of a Labour government if all they give us is recycled Conservative policies?
In The Observer, @robfordmancs.bsky.social makes an important point that is not heard often enough in the current political debate.
February 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Yes. This. This is exactly why I've jumped ship and joined @greenparty.org.uk. What's the point of a Labour government if all they give us is recycled Conservative policies?
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Read a book today.
The fascists can't stand it when you read books.
The fascists can't stand it when you read books.
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Read a book today.
The fascists can't stand it when you read books.
The fascists can't stand it when you read books.
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I am so sick of Schroedinger’s adult man.
Men are strong and need to be in charge but when accountability and standards show up they’re just little babies who need to be protected.
Men are strong and need to be in charge but when accountability and standards show up they’re just little babies who need to be protected.
February 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I am so sick of Schroedinger’s adult man.
Men are strong and need to be in charge but when accountability and standards show up they’re just little babies who need to be protected.
Men are strong and need to be in charge but when accountability and standards show up they’re just little babies who need to be protected.