SimonI
@simiwan.bsky.social
Cheesehead and general sports fan.
Early years guitar player and terrible cricketer.
Swindon, UK.
Early years guitar player and terrible cricketer.
Swindon, UK.
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Today's Observer.
Nearly 63 years on, Ray Cusack's iconic design can still hold a front page.
#DoctorWho
Nearly 63 years on, Ray Cusack's iconic design can still hold a front page.
#DoctorWho
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today's Observer.
Nearly 63 years on, Ray Cusack's iconic design can still hold a front page.
#DoctorWho
Nearly 63 years on, Ray Cusack's iconic design can still hold a front page.
#DoctorWho
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A roll-on anti-aging serum, call it Deolderant
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A roll-on anti-aging serum, call it Deolderant
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Caught two minutes of the BBC stuff on the news and feel sick at the idea of this pillar falling. Farage and the other cunts chomping at the bit will take the NHS next and we'll be sat listening to Third Reich FM hoping our minor injury infections take us sooner than later.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Caught two minutes of the BBC stuff on the news and feel sick at the idea of this pillar falling. Farage and the other cunts chomping at the bit will take the NHS next and we'll be sat listening to Third Reich FM hoping our minor injury infections take us sooner than later.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
9
CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
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2m UK pensioners live in poverty, 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
Neoliberals pushing to cut/freeze state pension.
Evidence: UK state pension is the worst among G7 nations, last on replacement rates, joint-last on state pension spending.
Britons receive pension for fewer years than most.
Neoliberals pushing to cut/freeze state pension.
Evidence: UK state pension is the worst among G7 nations, last on replacement rates, joint-last on state pension spending.
Britons receive pension for fewer years than most.
State pension generosity compared: how does the UK measure up? | Fidelity UK
Get all the latest news, views and opinions from Fidelity’s savings and investment experts on saving and investing for your retirement.
www.fidelity.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
2m UK pensioners live in poverty, 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
Neoliberals pushing to cut/freeze state pension.
Evidence: UK state pension is the worst among G7 nations, last on replacement rates, joint-last on state pension spending.
Britons receive pension for fewer years than most.
Neoliberals pushing to cut/freeze state pension.
Evidence: UK state pension is the worst among G7 nations, last on replacement rates, joint-last on state pension spending.
Britons receive pension for fewer years than most.
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Audit firm BDO fined £5,850,000.
Partners (now ex) faked audit evidence; in numerous
cases no, or insufficient audit evidence was obtained.
The firm had poor quality control procedures. Concerns about partner honesty and integrity received little attention.
Audit itself has become fraud.
Partners (now ex) faked audit evidence; in numerous
cases no, or insufficient audit evidence was obtained.
The firm had poor quality control procedures. Concerns about partner honesty and integrity received little attention.
Audit itself has become fraud.
FRC imposes sanctions against BDO LLP and two audit engagement partners
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed sanctions under the Accountancy Scheme against BDO LLP (BDO) and two former audit engagement partners, Mr John Everingham and Mr Kevin Cook (together,...
www.frc.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Audit firm BDO fined £5,850,000.
Partners (now ex) faked audit evidence; in numerous
cases no, or insufficient audit evidence was obtained.
The firm had poor quality control procedures. Concerns about partner honesty and integrity received little attention.
Audit itself has become fraud.
Partners (now ex) faked audit evidence; in numerous
cases no, or insufficient audit evidence was obtained.
The firm had poor quality control procedures. Concerns about partner honesty and integrity received little attention.
Audit itself has become fraud.
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme.
No one forced banks to sell dud products, they don't want to pay. Govt/Regulators line-up with banks.
Execs got bonuses, won't bear any cost, bank customers will.
Hurting victims is the norm - Post Office, Grenfell, mortgage prisoners
No one forced banks to sell dud products, they don't want to pay. Govt/Regulators line-up with banks.
Execs got bonuses, won't bear any cost, bank customers will.
Hurting victims is the norm - Post Office, Grenfell, mortgage prisoners
Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme, say claims firms
Financial Conduct Authority defends interest rate of 2.09% as critics describe proposals as ‘hypocritical’
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme.
No one forced banks to sell dud products, they don't want to pay. Govt/Regulators line-up with banks.
Execs got bonuses, won't bear any cost, bank customers will.
Hurting victims is the norm - Post Office, Grenfell, mortgage prisoners
No one forced banks to sell dud products, they don't want to pay. Govt/Regulators line-up with banks.
Execs got bonuses, won't bear any cost, bank customers will.
Hurting victims is the norm - Post Office, Grenfell, mortgage prisoners
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Dominic Grieve’s response to Nigel Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament is spot on.
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dominic Grieve’s response to Nigel Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament is spot on.
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Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households
New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
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"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Interesting post from a Kent cllr on *that* expletive-laden Reform meltdown
KCC leader: "We are the shop window in KCC. Nigel knows that. He is super aware that we are the flagship council"
Kent's constitution says: "The role of the Council is to improve the quality of life of the people of Kent."
KCC leader: "We are the shop window in KCC. Nigel knows that. He is super aware that we are the flagship council"
Kent's constitution says: "The role of the Council is to improve the quality of life of the people of Kent."
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Interesting post from a Kent cllr on *that* expletive-laden Reform meltdown
KCC leader: "We are the shop window in KCC. Nigel knows that. He is super aware that we are the flagship council"
Kent's constitution says: "The role of the Council is to improve the quality of life of the people of Kent."
KCC leader: "We are the shop window in KCC. Nigel knows that. He is super aware that we are the flagship council"
Kent's constitution says: "The role of the Council is to improve the quality of life of the people of Kent."
Here's how it pans out.
The government forces the situation, and the Maccabi fans come to Birmingham.
There's a series of violent disorder incidents in which the Maccabi fans are sometimes villains and sometimes victims.
The Police get the blame.
The government forces the situation, and the Maccabi fans come to Birmingham.
There's a series of violent disorder incidents in which the Maccabi fans are sometimes villains and sometimes victims.
The Police get the blame.
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here's how it pans out.
The government forces the situation, and the Maccabi fans come to Birmingham.
There's a series of violent disorder incidents in which the Maccabi fans are sometimes villains and sometimes victims.
The Police get the blame.
The government forces the situation, and the Maccabi fans come to Birmingham.
There's a series of violent disorder incidents in which the Maccabi fans are sometimes villains and sometimes victims.
The Police get the blame.