Simon Wellings
@simonwellings.bsky.social
In this world
We walk on the roof of hell
Gazing at flowers
We walk on the roof of hell
Gazing at flowers
I stood behind Bill Nighy at the bar in the Almeida Theatre.
He said "'scuse me" when he'd got his drinks, and I stood aside to let him get past. He said "thanks". Top bloke.
He said "'scuse me" when he'd got his drinks, and I stood aside to let him get past. He said "thanks". Top bloke.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I stood behind Bill Nighy at the bar in the Almeida Theatre.
He said "'scuse me" when he'd got his drinks, and I stood aside to let him get past. He said "thanks". Top bloke.
He said "'scuse me" when he'd got his drinks, and I stood aside to let him get past. He said "thanks". Top bloke.
Interesting how his fraudulent 'posh gent' schtick curdles without the borrowed gravitas of government.
March 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Interesting how his fraudulent 'posh gent' schtick curdles without the borrowed gravitas of government.
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Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing.
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.
www.londoncentric.media
March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing.
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Elon's selling another dog...
$TSLA - MUSK: TESLA TO BUILD 5,000 OPTIMUS ROBOTS IN 2025, TELLS STAFF NOT TO SELL SHARES Tesla plans to build 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots in 2025, using its self-driving tech for tasks like walking and catching objects, Elon Musk told employees. Production could reach 50,000
March 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Elon's selling another dog...
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The Telegraph, meanwhile, have gone for a dog who kills without reason. Why does this dog shoot men? Who knows. Who knows.
Dog shoots man in bed
Bullet grazes top of pet owner’s thigh after pit bull jumps on gun in Tennessee
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Telegraph, meanwhile, have gone for a dog who kills without reason. Why does this dog shoot men? Who knows. Who knows.
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Good read, but... were Conservatives ever really about conserving constitutional arrangements & the international order? Or has it really been about conserving existing structures of power & privilege? If the latter, then recent events in the US and UK would suggest evolution rather than revolution
NEW
By me
Thinking about a revolution
Some things are changing rather fundamentally and the way we think should perhaps change too
Includes Monty Python, Yeats, and C.S.Lewis
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/03/thin...
By me
Thinking about a revolution
Some things are changing rather fundamentally and the way we think should perhaps change too
Includes Monty Python, Yeats, and C.S.Lewis
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/03/thin...
Thinking about a revolution
Some things are changing rather fundamentally and the way we think should perhaps change too
emptycity.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good read, but... were Conservatives ever really about conserving constitutional arrangements & the international order? Or has it really been about conserving existing structures of power & privilege? If the latter, then recent events in the US and UK would suggest evolution rather than revolution
Mais qu'en pensez-vous vraiment, M le Sénateur?
French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine. (...) We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor" #3E #EndOligarchy
March 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Mais qu'en pensez-vous vraiment, M le Sénateur?
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The initial story was overhyped, but I fear this reading is too generous.
It shows that if you press people on what dictatorship really means, they get cold feet.
But they're drawn to the idea in principle & struggle to see the point of constraints.
That's a problem that goes far beyond "Gen Z" 🧵
It shows that if you press people on what dictatorship really means, they get cold feet.
But they're drawn to the idea in principle & struggle to see the point of constraints.
That's a problem that goes far beyond "Gen Z" 🧵
NEW: Just 6% of Gen Z say they actually want a dictator – not over half, as has been recently claimed.
Our study finds only a very small minority of 13-27-yr-olds really feel this way, when their views and interpretations are tested with different questioning approaches 🧵⬇️
Our study finds only a very small minority of 13-27-yr-olds really feel this way, when their views and interpretations are tested with different questioning approaches 🧵⬇️
February 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The initial story was overhyped, but I fear this reading is too generous.
It shows that if you press people on what dictatorship really means, they get cold feet.
But they're drawn to the idea in principle & struggle to see the point of constraints.
That's a problem that goes far beyond "Gen Z" 🧵
It shows that if you press people on what dictatorship really means, they get cold feet.
But they're drawn to the idea in principle & struggle to see the point of constraints.
That's a problem that goes far beyond "Gen Z" 🧵
Democracy dies in darkness but these gaslights will improve the mood
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Democracy dies in darkness but these gaslights will improve the mood
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That's the face of a man who sold his soul and gave up his Senate seat for a cabinet position he's probably going to get fired from sometime this year.
February 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
That's the face of a man who sold his soul and gave up his Senate seat for a cabinet position he's probably going to get fired from sometime this year.
The replies to this are genuinely heartwarming. Mr Colville should scuttle back to Twitler, where he will get a more sympathetic hearing
Me: We let in way too many low-paid workers and non-paying dependents, we need to reform the rules so that only those who genuinely contribute can stay here permanently.
Jonathan: EnOcH PoWeLL!!!!!!
Jonathan: EnOcH PoWeLL!!!!!!
"Hence the urgency of implementing now the second part of the Conservatives policy - the encouragement of re-emigration."
Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).
It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Wait - that's not @rcolvile.bsky.social below (though it's what he's arguing).
It's Powell's Rivers of Blood speech.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
February 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The replies to this are genuinely heartwarming. Mr Colville should scuttle back to Twitler, where he will get a more sympathetic hearing
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And then we all talk about “but why don’t the Greens or the LibDems or anyone even vaguely decent ever get any attention from the media??”
The answer is: demonising immigrants is the only thing these trash journalists consider news. #r4today
The answer is: demonising immigrants is the only thing these trash journalists consider news. #r4today
February 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
And then we all talk about “but why don’t the Greens or the LibDems or anyone even vaguely decent ever get any attention from the media??”
The answer is: demonising immigrants is the only thing these trash journalists consider news. #r4today
The answer is: demonising immigrants is the only thing these trash journalists consider news. #r4today
church
Went to a restaurant last night. With dread predictability the waitress' first words were: "Do you know how it works here?" And already then, at that precise moment, you know you're fucked.
February 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
church
I don't know... maybe he's a megalomaniac
Why did the richest man in the world, who has a publicly traded company that can fluctuate by billions of dollars daily without anyone batting an eye, a publicly traded company that can receive billion-dollar investments from anywhere in the world, choose to do this?
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I don't know... maybe he's a megalomaniac
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The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
February 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Little Marco
Secretary of State Rubio’s message to U.S. diplomats thanking them for their service and then terminating all remote work arrangements
January 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Little Marco
"Suella Braverman And Lawrence Fox Join Long List Of Opportunists In Denial That Their Moment Has Passed"
Suella Braverman And Laurence Fox Join The Exodus Of Right-Wingers Heading To Trump's Swearing-In
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella...
Suella Braverman And Laurence Fox Join The Exodus Of Right-Wingers Heading To Trump's Swearing-In
The former home secretary wore a Make America Great Again as she arrived in the US.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Suella Braverman And Lawrence Fox Join Long List Of Opportunists In Denial That Their Moment Has Passed"
Worth remembering that there were moments, around 12-18 months ago, when the deranged Tory party might conceivably have foisted this woman on the country as Prime Minister (without asking us first, obviously).
Kemi Badenoch refers to Rachel Reeves as "Keir Starmer's woman problem".
A despicably misogynistic comment.
A despicably misogynistic comment.
January 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Worth remembering that there were moments, around 12-18 months ago, when the deranged Tory party might conceivably have foisted this woman on the country as Prime Minister (without asking us first, obviously).
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A while ago, @wangleberry.bsky.social and I made a shocking discovery. By writing a caption, hiding that caption, and having another person draw an unrelated Thing, the caption and the drawing inevitably resolve into a perfect New Yorker cartoon. We've blown the whole thing wide open.
Thread:
Thread:
January 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A while ago, @wangleberry.bsky.social and I made a shocking discovery. By writing a caption, hiding that caption, and having another person draw an unrelated Thing, the caption and the drawing inevitably resolve into a perfect New Yorker cartoon. We've blown the whole thing wide open.
Thread:
Thread:
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So, let me get this straight--the call for more "masculine energy" in business is coming from a CEO whose own modal user is a 68-year-old grandma who posts inspirational memes and likes every single thing her friends post online.
January 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So, let me get this straight--the call for more "masculine energy" in business is coming from a CEO whose own modal user is a 68-year-old grandma who posts inspirational memes and likes every single thing her friends post online.
To be fair, Mark Zuckerberg knows more than most about not inventing anything.
Did he tell him in the metaverse?
January 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
To be fair, Mark Zuckerberg knows more than most about not inventing anything.
What's all this I hear about Liz Truss crashing the economy?
January 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What's all this I hear about Liz Truss crashing the economy?
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My today' Substack.
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
branko2f7.substack.com/p/to-the-fin...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
branko2f7.substack.com/p/to-the-fin...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
branko2f7.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
My today' Substack.
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
branko2f7.substack.com/p/to-the-fin...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
branko2f7.substack.com/p/to-the-fin...