Ian Simpkins #FBPE ⭐ #FBPPR
@simmo42.bsky.social
Science, music, travel and opaque jokes. I prefer "progressive liberal" to "lefty".
I don't follow back people who push Crypto.
If you're really desperate to know more you can ready my autobiography..
I don't follow back people who push Crypto.
If you're really desperate to know more you can ready my autobiography..
I anticipate all the big medical insurance companies putting up some stiff opposition. They're the ultimate losers
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I anticipate all the big medical insurance companies putting up some stiff opposition. They're the ultimate losers
It's like the dot com bubble. Many people have made a fortune out of the Internet. But few of the companies that have even existed in the late 90s when the bubble happened. I suspect AI will follow a similar path.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's like the dot com bubble. Many people have made a fortune out of the Internet. But few of the companies that have even existed in the late 90s when the bubble happened. I suspect AI will follow a similar path.
Occasionally the displays on the Victoria line get confused. The destinations are either Walthamstow or Seven Sisters but Walthamsters has been seen.
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Occasionally the displays on the Victoria line get confused. The destinations are either Walthamstow or Seven Sisters but Walthamsters has been seen.
Saw Gary Numan at the Roundhouse recently. Watched Cars and Are Friends Electric through a small gap between about 6 phones videoing it. Don't do it, it'll be shit and you won't watch more than a couple of seconds of it.
Also, don't tut at me when I move into the large space in front of you.
Also, don't tut at me when I move into the large space in front of you.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Saw Gary Numan at the Roundhouse recently. Watched Cars and Are Friends Electric through a small gap between about 6 phones videoing it. Don't do it, it'll be shit and you won't watch more than a couple of seconds of it.
Also, don't tut at me when I move into the large space in front of you.
Also, don't tut at me when I move into the large space in front of you.
Make America Grunt Again,surely
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Make America Grunt Again,surely
Read the lot a very long time ago and remember loving them at the time, particularly the Ilearth war. I even read Mordant's Need and the Gap series (the best series, the Amnion are worse than the Borg in Star Trek). Then I attempted to reread Covenant and found I couldn't stand it..
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Read the lot a very long time ago and remember loving them at the time, particularly the Ilearth war. I even read Mordant's Need and the Gap series (the best series, the Amnion are worse than the Borg in Star Trek). Then I attempted to reread Covenant and found I couldn't stand it..
Labour won’t beat Reform by trying to be more like them. Show the nastiness of their policies, win with compassion.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Labour won’t beat Reform by trying to be more like them. Show the nastiness of their policies, win with compassion.
I imagine many Telegraph readers were children 50 years ago. Who wouldn't want to go back to their childhood years?
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I imagine many Telegraph readers were children 50 years ago. Who wouldn't want to go back to their childhood years?
I was thinking that - such a huge percentage for Reform suggests a low turnout but an organized Reform.
Plus, this is Lincolnshire..
Plus, this is Lincolnshire..
November 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I was thinking that - such a huge percentage for Reform suggests a low turnout but an organized Reform.
Plus, this is Lincolnshire..
Plus, this is Lincolnshire..
MAGA aren’t going away, I agree. They’re just a modern incarnation of a long standing state of mind in the US. But without Trump I’d hope the less insane members of the GOP can regain some control.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
MAGA aren’t going away, I agree. They’re just a modern incarnation of a long standing state of mind in the US. But without Trump I’d hope the less insane members of the GOP can regain some control.
Even though it's Miller running the show, Trump is the figurehead. Whether the house of cards will collapse when he dies, which surely can't be that long, remains to be seen.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Even though it's Miller running the show, Trump is the figurehead. Whether the house of cards will collapse when he dies, which surely can't be that long, remains to be seen.
The best bit is when Simon Jones turns up as an answering machine. The rest is just disappointing.
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The best bit is when Simon Jones turns up as an answering machine. The rest is just disappointing.
He looks like someone who might have opened for England in the Ashes in 1894
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
He looks like someone who might have opened for England in the Ashes in 1894
In my wife's case it was 66/33, though the "f-all" contingent appear very quickly when there are spoils to divide.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In my wife's case it was 66/33, though the "f-all" contingent appear very quickly when there are spoils to divide.
I blame a lot on that plane crash. Before it he was a minor leader of a fringe, crank party. Arguably he still is but just with a much larger profile.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I blame a lot on that plane crash. Before it he was a minor leader of a fringe, crank party. Arguably he still is but just with a much larger profile.
And ski boots. And something for the beach. And slippers. And running. And cycling.
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And ski boots. And something for the beach. And slippers. And running. And cycling.
Walked past a house with a fully decorated tree and everything this afternoon. It'll be up nearly two months.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Walked past a house with a fully decorated tree and everything this afternoon. It'll be up nearly two months.
Is there any chance we don't get a right wing headbanger to replace him?
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Is there any chance we don't get a right wing headbanger to replace him?
Where do we sign?
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Where do we sign?
We need Terry Pratchett's "reverse phrenologist" who had a bag of small hammers and would attempt to change your personality by introducing bumps onto your head.
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We need Terry Pratchett's "reverse phrenologist" who had a bag of small hammers and would attempt to change your personality by introducing bumps onto your head.
Coat 1 doesn't fit the model. Don't like the colour of coat 3 and coat 4 is the best as it's the only one that isn't double breasted. Coat 2 is probably the most expensive.
£20 in a second hand shop is enough for an overcoat.
£20 in a second hand shop is enough for an overcoat.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Coat 1 doesn't fit the model. Don't like the colour of coat 3 and coat 4 is the best as it's the only one that isn't double breasted. Coat 2 is probably the most expensive.
£20 in a second hand shop is enough for an overcoat.
£20 in a second hand shop is enough for an overcoat.
Buy on rumour, sell on fact. Also, hint a catastrophe so when only a disaster happens it doesn't seem so bad.
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Buy on rumour, sell on fact. Also, hint a catastrophe so when only a disaster happens it doesn't seem so bad.