Simon HB
@norock.bsky.social
I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground
Eastenders: Bond was whisked away at the last moment & put in witness protection
Hollyoaks: That wasn't James Bond, though, it was Jake Bond, his identical twin
Coronation St: Two weeks in Weatherfield General and he was right as rain again
The Archers: You only heard the bang, not a death
Hollyoaks: That wasn't James Bond, though, it was Jake Bond, his identical twin
Coronation St: Two weeks in Weatherfield General and he was right as rain again
The Archers: You only heard the bang, not a death
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Eastenders: Bond was whisked away at the last moment & put in witness protection
Hollyoaks: That wasn't James Bond, though, it was Jake Bond, his identical twin
Coronation St: Two weeks in Weatherfield General and he was right as rain again
The Archers: You only heard the bang, not a death
Hollyoaks: That wasn't James Bond, though, it was Jake Bond, his identical twin
Coronation St: Two weeks in Weatherfield General and he was right as rain again
The Archers: You only heard the bang, not a death
Don't think it's that surprising. He's a man who climbs up the greasy pole and then has the pole chopped down, so there's less competition at the top
Just watched Farage talking about Trump and BBC and it makes me so miserable that his career has been so helped by an institution he is committed to destroy - I am bewildered
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Don't think it's that surprising. He's a man who climbs up the greasy pole and then has the pole chopped down, so there's less competition at the top
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Well this is a bit of a dream meeting – 3:16 of gothic pop excellence:
thequietus.com/news/charli-...
thequietus.com/news/charli-...
Charli XCX & John Cale Unveil Noisy Wuthering Heights Collab | The Quietus
Charli XCX and John Cale have released a video for gothic pop dirge belter ‘House’, written to appear on the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming adaptation of Emily Brontē’s novel Wuthering H...
thequietus.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well this is a bit of a dream meeting – 3:16 of gothic pop excellence:
thequietus.com/news/charli-...
thequietus.com/news/charli-...
Godawful piece in the Australian Spectator from the heart of "I never liked David Bowie" slush piles, with the amazing detail of comparing him unfavorably to Leo Sayer www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/davi...
David Bowie was no starman | The Spectator Australia
No one has a bad word to say about David Bowie, but it’s about time they did. The pop star’s…
www.spectator.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Godawful piece in the Australian Spectator from the heart of "I never liked David Bowie" slush piles, with the amazing detail of comparing him unfavorably to Leo Sayer www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/davi...
Oh, look, just look how institutionally biased the BBC are against the right, with their 'ooh, the crackdown worked' stories www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Chaos has gone’ - quiet streets on Texas border after Trump crackdown
Parts of El Paso that were once teeming with migrants now lay largely silent as border crossings hit a 50-year low.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oh, look, just look how institutionally biased the BBC are against the right, with their 'ooh, the crackdown worked' stories www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's odd, there's usually a lot of coverage of Bob Vylan related stuff but struggling to see much about this
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's odd, there's usually a lot of coverage of Bob Vylan related stuff but struggling to see much about this
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
It'd be hilarious if Trump manoeuvres himself into having to defend his conduct on January 6th in front of the London High Court
BREAKING: Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with legal action.
The US president sent a letter to the corporation, which has confirmed it will “respond in due course”
The US president sent a letter to the corporation, which has confirmed it will “respond in due course”
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It'd be hilarious if Trump manoeuvres himself into having to defend his conduct on January 6th in front of the London High Court
*1971*
"So, Yoko, what do you think?"
"I like the line 'Imagine there's no heaven/I wonder if you can', John, but I think needs work on 'that's a lot of potential flat conversions/that would mostly sell off-plan'"
"So, Yoko, what do you think?"
"I like the line 'Imagine there's no heaven/I wonder if you can', John, but I think needs work on 'that's a lot of potential flat conversions/that would mostly sell off-plan'"
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
*1971*
"So, Yoko, what do you think?"
"I like the line 'Imagine there's no heaven/I wonder if you can', John, but I think needs work on 'that's a lot of potential flat conversions/that would mostly sell off-plan'"
"So, Yoko, what do you think?"
"I like the line 'Imagine there's no heaven/I wonder if you can', John, but I think needs work on 'that's a lot of potential flat conversions/that would mostly sell off-plan'"
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Such a shitty scam. Make a big pledge to a project then do some standard promo offer bullshit, then cancel the pledge when the creator doesn't bite. Just fucking rude.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Such a shitty scam. Make a big pledge to a project then do some standard promo offer bullshit, then cancel the pledge when the creator doesn't bite. Just fucking rude.
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Why is the BBC News going live to Nigel Farage's comments on the BBC resignations when they have broadcast nothing from the LibDems, who have more than 14 times as many MPs or the SNP who have almost double? If the BBC wants to stop accusations of bias they should stop actively promoting Reform.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Why is the BBC News going live to Nigel Farage's comments on the BBC resignations when they have broadcast nothing from the LibDems, who have more than 14 times as many MPs or the SNP who have almost double? If the BBC wants to stop accusations of bias they should stop actively promoting Reform.
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This as not simply populism, it's an extreme assault on public institutions and structures. The last week has been about the BBC, but comes alongside mounting attacks on judicial independence/the European Court of Human Rights. Treating each issue in isolation will see them killed off one by one.
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This as not simply populism, it's an extreme assault on public institutions and structures. The last week has been about the BBC, but comes alongside mounting attacks on judicial independence/the European Court of Human Rights. Treating each issue in isolation will see them killed off one by one.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
I think this is the thing, isn't it? It's hard to watch the constant coverage of "small boats" leading the news, or the 'we're going across live to hear what Nigel Farage has to say' and believe that BBC News is being run by a bunch of lefties
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I think this is the thing, isn't it? It's hard to watch the constant coverage of "small boats" leading the news, or the 'we're going across live to hear what Nigel Farage has to say' and believe that BBC News is being run by a bunch of lefties
There’s any number of reasons he should have resigned but… not this one
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There’s any number of reasons he should have resigned but… not this one
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This morning, Sunday, Radio 4's religiously inclined cousin to the Today programme casually revealed the 1970s post boy charged with handling the rats in formaldehyde that the Boomtown Rats wanted to distribute across the US as a publicity stunt is now Pope Leo XIV. I'm sure I didn't dream this.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This morning, Sunday, Radio 4's religiously inclined cousin to the Today programme casually revealed the 1970s post boy charged with handling the rats in formaldehyde that the Boomtown Rats wanted to distribute across the US as a publicity stunt is now Pope Leo XIV. I'm sure I didn't dream this.
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The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
The BBC was right about the Capitol riots. In a sane world, Trump would be in jail
The US President faced impeachment over the violence, and in a world where Republicans had more courage, he would have been found guilty
inews.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The BBC is apologising for its Panorama edit. It shouldn’t. First, the narrative is true: Donald Trump *did* incite the Capitol riot. Second, the apology won’t appease those attacking it. So why not at least stand for something?
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Wrote this on it earlier this week:
inews.co.uk/news/world/b...
Another bubble pops
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Another bubble pops
(What you gonna do when you get out of jail?)/
I'm gonna have some fun/
(What do you consider fun?)/
Being in a gang called the disciples/
High on crack, toting a machine gun
I'm gonna have some fun/
(What do you consider fun?)/
Being in a gang called the disciples/
High on crack, toting a machine gun
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
(What you gonna do when you get out of jail?)/
I'm gonna have some fun/
(What do you consider fun?)/
Being in a gang called the disciples/
High on crack, toting a machine gun
I'm gonna have some fun/
(What do you consider fun?)/
Being in a gang called the disciples/
High on crack, toting a machine gun
This is what a reply guy phone looks like
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is what a reply guy phone looks like
Might treat myself to a Saint Etienne ringtone
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Might treat myself to a Saint Etienne ringtone
"Tesla without Elon is like pizza without cheese"
The cheese:
The cheese:
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Tesla without Elon is like pizza without cheese"
The cheese:
The cheese:
Suede robbed again
Grammy nominees for album of the year:
Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Justin Bieber - Swag
Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend
Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
Lady Gaga - Mayhem
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Leon Thomas – Mutt
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
Bad Bunny - Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Justin Bieber - Swag
Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend
Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
Lady Gaga - Mayhem
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Leon Thomas – Mutt
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Suede robbed again
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"I was wondering if maybe you could put directly in the newspaper that I'm mad?"
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"I was wondering if maybe you could put directly in the newspaper that I'm mad?"