Simon H
@simonh77.bsky.social
Frequently confusing irreverent with irrelevant. Also ethical investment (not allowed to call it sustainable), employee ownership, running and general sports burble
The BBC Sport app is a shambles. There's one men's rugby union game on today and it's not linked at all on any of the stories. Yet I can read months old articles. So much for the big "PREM" rebrand when the national broadcaster's sports editor doesn't think it's worthy of live coverage
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The BBC Sport app is a shambles. There's one men's rugby union game on today and it's not linked at all on any of the stories. Yet I can read months old articles. So much for the big "PREM" rebrand when the national broadcaster's sports editor doesn't think it's worthy of live coverage
Here's 30 seconds of the sea gently lapping at the shore for your Boxing Day enjoyment. Rosemarkie Beach in the Highlands.
December 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here's 30 seconds of the sea gently lapping at the shore for your Boxing Day enjoyment. Rosemarkie Beach in the Highlands.
14/16 for me. Quality quiz!
Boxing Day Quiz:
Nespresso Capsule or Italian Lower Division Football Team?*
1. Is Chiaro a:
-Nespresso pod?
-Italian team?
* Sixteen questions. Answers correct as of 2020, when I posted this on Twitter.
Nespresso Capsule or Italian Lower Division Football Team?*
1. Is Chiaro a:
-Nespresso pod?
-Italian team?
* Sixteen questions. Answers correct as of 2020, when I posted this on Twitter.
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
14/16 for me. Quality quiz!
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⬇️ Wins Boxing Day Bluesky
⬇️ Wins Boxing Day Bluesky
Se7en is a Boxing Day movie.
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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⬇️ Wins Boxing Day Bluesky
⬇️ Wins Boxing Day Bluesky
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#FM26 GIVEAWAY:
I completely forgot to do this yesterday with everything going on here at the moment (see previous posts), but I have a spare Steam key for Football Manager 26! Simply like and share this post, and I'll do a random draw and select a winner tomorrow.
Good luck!
I completely forgot to do this yesterday with everything going on here at the moment (see previous posts), but I have a spare Steam key for Football Manager 26! Simply like and share this post, and I'll do a random draw and select a winner tomorrow.
Good luck!
December 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#FM26 GIVEAWAY:
I completely forgot to do this yesterday with everything going on here at the moment (see previous posts), but I have a spare Steam key for Football Manager 26! Simply like and share this post, and I'll do a random draw and select a winner tomorrow.
Good luck!
I completely forgot to do this yesterday with everything going on here at the moment (see previous posts), but I have a spare Steam key for Football Manager 26! Simply like and share this post, and I'll do a random draw and select a winner tomorrow.
Good luck!
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It’s also yet another example of the ridiculousness of claims about sovereignty. If a foreign autocrat can do this to your citizens, what sovereignty do you really have?
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It’s also yet another example of the ridiculousness of claims about sovereignty. If a foreign autocrat can do this to your citizens, what sovereignty do you really have?
One for #Traitors fans here: with FIL having died recently, we decided to swerve cooking this year & have got heat n eat meals from Red Poppy Catering, who do the catering for the show. Will hopefully taste as good as it looks.....
December 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One for #Traitors fans here: with FIL having died recently, we decided to swerve cooking this year & have got heat n eat meals from Red Poppy Catering, who do the catering for the show. Will hopefully taste as good as it looks.....
Mrs H has pulled off an absolute blinder.... I saw this pair of swimming shorts in Salò in August but left them. Turns out while son & I went to a museum, she ran back before it shut & got them for me, and has successfully hidden them since!
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Mrs H has pulled off an absolute blinder.... I saw this pair of swimming shorts in Salò in August but left them. Turns out while son & I went to a museum, she ran back before it shut & got them for me, and has successfully hidden them since!
Merry Christmas All!
Looking forward here to continuing the modern tradition of running the Xmas Day parkrun and wishing you all a lovely day.
Looking forward here to continuing the modern tradition of running the Xmas Day parkrun and wishing you all a lovely day.
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Merry Christmas All!
Looking forward here to continuing the modern tradition of running the Xmas Day parkrun and wishing you all a lovely day.
Looking forward here to continuing the modern tradition of running the Xmas Day parkrun and wishing you all a lovely day.
I see your peanut worm and raise you whale cock. Happy Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I see your peanut worm and raise you whale cock. Happy Christmas!
Good morning all.... Trying to do justice to the cloud inversion covering Dingwall and Ben Wyvis rising high behind it
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Good morning all.... Trying to do justice to the cloud inversion covering Dingwall and Ben Wyvis rising high behind it
I've watched first 4 episodes (daughter's a big Swiftie, we went to the Eras Tour together, it's our dad & daughter thing) and this is a pretty churlish review. With a throwaway last sentence to deflect criticism like mine. Ofc she's ever the wise businesswoman yet she does show her human side
Bold docuseries or dull branding exercise? What The End of an Era really told us about Taylor Swift
Bold docuseries or dull branding exercise? What The End of an Era really told us about Taylor Swift
Swift’s six-parter charting her Eras tour began with some riveting revelations – but the drama ebbed away, leaving another piece of mere product for fans
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I've watched first 4 episodes (daughter's a big Swiftie, we went to the Eras Tour together, it's our dad & daughter thing) and this is a pretty churlish review. With a throwaway last sentence to deflect criticism like mine. Ofc she's ever the wise businesswoman yet she does show her human side
First instinct is to think this is part of a very deliberate laying of a trail
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
First instinct is to think this is part of a very deliberate laying of a trail
This kind of article about the drinking has emerged quicker than I thought it would
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This kind of article about the drinking has emerged quicker than I thought it would
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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I'm a broken record here, but if you're from a certain age cohort, it is THE human achievement of your lifetime, and it's not celebrated enough
December 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I'm a broken record here, but if you're from a certain age cohort, it is THE human achievement of your lifetime, and it's not celebrated enough
Stephan Shemilt follows this piece with another one of equal quality. And you suspect there may be still to come out: #Ashes #cricket 🏏
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
December 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Stephan Shemilt follows this piece with another one of equal quality. And you suspect there may be still to come out: #Ashes #cricket 🏏
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Genuinely no idea who wins #SPOTY tonight, it's such a strong field. Only Littler do I discount immediately. Given immensity of McIlroy's Grand Slam, I think it should be McIlroy - Kelly - Kildunne.
But I fear Kildunne won't make top 3 and Norris will. Hampton unlucky but my Lionesses pick
But I fear Kildunne won't make top 3 and Norris will. Hampton unlucky but my Lionesses pick
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Genuinely no idea who wins #SPOTY tonight, it's such a strong field. Only Littler do I discount immediately. Given immensity of McIlroy's Grand Slam, I think it should be McIlroy - Kelly - Kildunne.
But I fear Kildunne won't make top 3 and Norris will. Hampton unlucky but my Lionesses pick
But I fear Kildunne won't make top 3 and Norris will. Hampton unlucky but my Lionesses pick
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‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever
‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever
The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in the US, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever
Catching up on today's photography updates makes me wonder if his subjects feel like this
a man in a suit and tie is asking mr. anderson why
Alt: Scene from The Matrix: the chief bad dude is saying: Why, Mr Anderson? Why? Why? Why do you do it?
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Catching up on today's photography updates makes me wonder if his subjects feel like this
Urgh. Had to shut down work laptop and made the mistake of looking at my email before I did. And now I know I'm going to have to conduct a nuclear strike in the morning. #fortheloveofGod
December 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Urgh. Had to shut down work laptop and made the mistake of looking at my email before I did. And now I know I'm going to have to conduct a nuclear strike in the morning. #fortheloveofGod
Daughter just showed me a video of a Texas mega church getting Christmas with what looks like a circus style affair, trapeze artists and the like.
My first thought is Ripley:
My first thought is Ripley:
a man in a leather jacket says " i say we take off and make the entire site from orbit "
ALT: a man in a leather jacket says " i say we take off and make the entire site from orbit "
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Daughter just showed me a video of a Texas mega church getting Christmas with what looks like a circus style affair, trapeze artists and the like.
My first thought is Ripley:
My first thought is Ripley:
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The next round of Worst Person in Tech is live! Get in your votes to have your input on who will take the crown for 2025.
🚨 ROUND TWO STARTS NOW 🚨
We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The next round of Worst Person in Tech is live! Get in your votes to have your input on who will take the crown for 2025.
This is a really good journalism. Feels fair in its blunt assessment of Ashes so far and what's about to unfold. Come for the no punches pulled frankness, stay for the kicker line on Harry Brook. Imagine we may hear more about that if he doesn't properly turn up soon.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
The Ashes: 'Time for England to play like adults in third Test in Adelaide'
As England go into the third Ashes Test in Adelaide 2-0 down in the series, Stephan Shemilt examines what it will take for Ben Stokes' men to bounce back.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is a really good journalism. Feels fair in its blunt assessment of Ashes so far and what's about to unfold. Come for the no punches pulled frankness, stay for the kicker line on Harry Brook. Imagine we may hear more about that if he doesn't properly turn up soon.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
I've re-entered our Secret Santa this year after a break following the year when I got given..... nothing. Whoever drew me didn't even make a donation to charity (which was an option that year). You kind of assume if you choose to take part, you take part!
When Secret Santa goes disastrously wrong: ‘It was the most awful thing – I just wanted to cry’
When Secret Santa goes disastrously wrong: ‘It was the most awful thing – I just wanted to cry’
A game of solitaire accompanied by a nasty note, dog food for someone who just lost a puppy … Secret Santa is supposed to be fun, but when it’s not, it can lead to all kinds of trouble
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I've re-entered our Secret Santa this year after a break following the year when I got given..... nothing. Whoever drew me didn't even make a donation to charity (which was an option that year). You kind of assume if you choose to take part, you take part!