Simon (He/they)
@simonstays.bsky.social
Hi, neurodivergent queer artist, 21+, finally made one of these after being off Twitter for over a year. Figured I should probably be aware of what’s happening in the world.
Editor for @GalavantPod.bsky.social
Editor for @GalavantPod.bsky.social
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Apple seeks to appeal £1.5bn ruling it overcharged UK customers
Apple seeks to appeal £1.5bn ruling it overcharged UK customers
If appeal fails, every person in the UK who made App Store purchases between 2015 and 2024 could be entitled to compensation
Apple is seeking to overturn a landmark £1.5bn court ruling on behalf of millions of UK customers, which found the company overcharged them for years in its App Store.
The iPhone maker has applied to the court of appeal to challenge a verdict that campaigners heralded as the start of a “tidal shift against big tech”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Apple seeks to appeal £1.5bn ruling it overcharged UK customers
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
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I bet you even normies are done with this shit. I haven't seen one declarative hed in forever. This wishy washy nonsense is dogshit and everyone knows it.
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I bet you even normies are done with this shit. I haven't seen one declarative hed in forever. This wishy washy nonsense is dogshit and everyone knows it.
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
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OK lemme take a break from being shitty to shitty people and ask you to please consider helping two wonderful humans and their equally wonderful dog.
If that means sharing the post because you aren’t in a position to donate, that’s still generous of you.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-christma...
If that means sharing the post because you aren’t in a position to donate, that’s still generous of you.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-christma...
Donate to A Christmas Miracle: Help Cover Tyrion’s Surgery Costs, organized by Jeff Feldman
Our little man, Tyrion, needed surgery for a torn ACL and MCL. He … Jeff Feldman needs your support for A Christmas Miracle: Help Cover Tyrion’s Surgery Costs
www.gofundme.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
OK lemme take a break from being shitty to shitty people and ask you to please consider helping two wonderful humans and their equally wonderful dog.
If that means sharing the post because you aren’t in a position to donate, that’s still generous of you.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-christma...
If that means sharing the post because you aren’t in a position to donate, that’s still generous of you.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-christma...
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Hi new accounts don't forget the boobs and butts setting
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hi new accounts don't forget the boobs and butts setting
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I’m a MAN
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’m a MAN
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
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Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
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I’ve managed to nail down the conditions to replicate this.
If you’re watching a video in full screen and START to swipe the video away to return to the feed but /don’t finish the swipe/, the video returns to full screen and you lose the ability to interact with a Bluesky at all until a force quit.
If you’re watching a video in full screen and START to swipe the video away to return to the feed but /don’t finish the swipe/, the video returns to full screen and you lose the ability to interact with a Bluesky at all until a force quit.
Weird bug I’ve been dealing with in Bluesky on iOS
sometimes videos will just get stuck in full screen with no way to close them or use the controls, and you have to fully kill the app to make it work normally again.
Has anyone else seen this?
sometimes videos will just get stuck in full screen with no way to close them or use the controls, and you have to fully kill the app to make it work normally again.
Has anyone else seen this?
December 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I’ve managed to nail down the conditions to replicate this.
If you’re watching a video in full screen and START to swipe the video away to return to the feed but /don’t finish the swipe/, the video returns to full screen and you lose the ability to interact with a Bluesky at all until a force quit.
If you’re watching a video in full screen and START to swipe the video away to return to the feed but /don’t finish the swipe/, the video returns to full screen and you lose the ability to interact with a Bluesky at all until a force quit.
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Sad that Costco *has to do this*, but cool that Costco is the kind of company that cares about the majority of it's membership such that *they're openly doing this*, despite it probably making some scalper dweebs incredibly pissy. This is $1.50 hot dog & soda (+ refill) thinking applied writ large.
It is hilariously pathetic that they have to do this because gigantic scalper manbabies wont let kids have fun
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sad that Costco *has to do this*, but cool that Costco is the kind of company that cares about the majority of it's membership such that *they're openly doing this*, despite it probably making some scalper dweebs incredibly pissy. This is $1.50 hot dog & soda (+ refill) thinking applied writ large.
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Anyone who chooses to remove Glaze from art in order to feed it to AI is saying …
“I am willfully, knowingly , and malicious subverting the intention of the copyright holder in favor of for my personal interests”
“I am willfully, knowingly , and malicious subverting the intention of the copyright holder in favor of for my personal interests”
For those who don’t know. Glaze in the context of AI is a technique of making art art confusing to AI while making it virtually unchanged to the human eye.
An Artist using Glaze on their work is effectively saying:
“I in no way consent to my copyrighted works being used by AI in any way”
An Artist using Glaze on their work is effectively saying:
“I in no way consent to my copyrighted works being used by AI in any way”
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Anyone who chooses to remove Glaze from art in order to feed it to AI is saying …
“I am willfully, knowingly , and malicious subverting the intention of the copyright holder in favor of for my personal interests”
“I am willfully, knowingly , and malicious subverting the intention of the copyright holder in favor of for my personal interests”
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For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
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I also don't think people are taking into account just how malicious AI proponents can be, and however much we might be angered by games sold to us with undisclosed AI, assets are being sold to developers with undisclosed AI also. This is something being done *TO* developers also!
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I also don't think people are taking into account just how malicious AI proponents can be, and however much we might be angered by games sold to us with undisclosed AI, assets are being sold to developers with undisclosed AI also. This is something being done *TO* developers also!
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If you're killing random Jews at a festival in a Australia in the name of anti-zionism, that *is* an attack on Jewish people as a group, because you've decided that Jews and Zionism are synonymous and killing the one is a blow against the other.
So the younger shooter, in a video submitted to the court, claims the shooting was aimed at the Zionist policies of Israel as a state. This is distinct from being an attack against Jewish people as a group. Once again the pro-Zionist coalition and right wing media jumped the gun and got it wrong.
December 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If you're killing random Jews at a festival in a Australia in the name of anti-zionism, that *is* an attack on Jewish people as a group, because you've decided that Jews and Zionism are synonymous and killing the one is a blow against the other.
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One of the late Obama scandals was his AG meeting with Bill Clinton briefly on a tarmac
December 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One of the late Obama scandals was his AG meeting with Bill Clinton briefly on a tarmac
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He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
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"Joshua's winnings don't even put him in the top 1%. That space is occupied by [list of billionaires], almost all of whom have specialist tax advisors to ensure they pay as little as possible, despite living here, using our roads, street lighting, emergency services... Who are the real parasites?"
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"Joshua's winnings don't even put him in the top 1%. That space is occupied by [list of billionaires], almost all of whom have specialist tax advisors to ensure they pay as little as possible, despite living here, using our roads, street lighting, emergency services... Who are the real parasites?"
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How does anyone put up with this
Absolutely abhorrent update just rolled out on twitter where you can freely edit any image using AI with the hit of a button that appears in the corner of every image thumbnail now 😂 In case there's an influx of people returning to your feeds for a bit.
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How does anyone put up with this
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I still contend that this is the greatest DOJ redaction of all time.
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I still contend that this is the greatest DOJ redaction of all time.
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
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This is the rhetoric that’s effectively dulled criticism from leading members of the Democratic Party, press, and legal establishment.
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the rhetoric that’s effectively dulled criticism from leading members of the Democratic Party, press, and legal establishment.
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I knew that historians and social science folks from a wide range of backgrounds and views were appalled at how Erika Chenoweth's stuff was recently taken as gospel, but it wasn't until editing this piece that I learned about their appalling views on armed resistance to the nazis. It's bad, y'all.
We're glad this powerful piece is drawing way more attention to how dubious some of these oft-invoked tropes from Chenoweth's writings are.
For example, most folks taking these at face value probably aren't aware that their views on anti-Nazi resistance amid the Holocaust are...not good.
For example, most folks taking these at face value probably aren't aware that their views on anti-Nazi resistance amid the Holocaust are...not good.
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I knew that historians and social science folks from a wide range of backgrounds and views were appalled at how Erika Chenoweth's stuff was recently taken as gospel, but it wasn't until editing this piece that I learned about their appalling views on armed resistance to the nazis. It's bad, y'all.
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This is just as much a quest for mass death as all the healthcare and antivax shenanigans
December 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is just as much a quest for mass death as all the healthcare and antivax shenanigans
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They released these Trump photos by accident yesterday and now they’re gone! 👀
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
They released these Trump photos by accident yesterday and now they’re gone! 👀
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Am I reading this right, a DDoS attack did this? In 2025? To a national postal service? Bloody hell.
www.euronews.com/2025/12/22/c...
www.euronews.com/2025/12/22/c...
Cyberattack knocks France's postal service and its banking arm offline
The same services affected on Monday — Colissimo parcel tracking and the Digiposte digital vault — were already disrupted on Saturday, though La Poste did not immediately confirm whether that incident...
www.euronews.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Am I reading this right, a DDoS attack did this? In 2025? To a national postal service? Bloody hell.
www.euronews.com/2025/12/22/c...
www.euronews.com/2025/12/22/c...