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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 11h

If you're having trouble placing Frances D'Souza, she was the one who spent £230 on a car for a night at the Opera, so it might cost us all a lot if she lost her licence www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence

Frances D’Souza wrote to Met commissioner in apparent attempt to evade sanction for exceeding 20mph speed limit

www.theguardian.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12h

"Unfortunately the camera broke before we could take the 'After' pictures"

Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12h

I genuinely once ordered the salad in the Super Sausage because it was the only non-meat thing they offered, and they looked at me like I was trying to request a typo from the menu

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12h

Nick Knowles, having completed his biggest DIY SOS challenge yet:

Sylvia Plath Bot @sylvia-plath-bot.bsky.social · 12h

The earth turns now.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12h

It's like you've never been to a Doublemeat Palace

The Doublemeat Palace burger bar from Buffy

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12h

If you wonder why you've heard stomping around in the heavens and a voice muttering "don't forget who smites who round here"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12h

Obviously this sounds creepy but it's worth going with because the bread is so delicious

Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 12h

Image of the exterior of a restaurant called Backwoods Steakhouse. And unknown person says, “I understand your people enjoy MEAT very much. May I buy you a slice of MEAT?“

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 13h

A Kremlin spokesperson said "we certainly wouldn't publish anything like that in the Evening Standard"

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13h

The Kremlin has lashed out at Time magazine over its cover depicting Donald Trump after the American leader condemned the choice of photograph.

Russia blasts ‘freaks’ at Time magazine over cover that Trump hated

“Only unhealthy people” could have chosen the photo Time used, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova fumes.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 13h

There used to a lovely remaindered book shop in Liverpool, which was a great place, but they gave over about a third of their floor space to user manuals for obsolete software packages. I presume they'd acquired them in job lots with more saleable books but why they tried to actually resell them...

Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 13h

Society used to object to grave robbers. If only Burke & Hare had used the corpses to do a puppet show, they might have created a whole new industry.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, Kafka. You were as nothing compared to an HR department which always asks me to provide a costing for roles, when all the staff paid by the organisation are paid, unwaveringly, according to a scale set by the same HR department.

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 17h

STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 16h

I think they've mis-spelled "griping" there, haven't they?

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Carrie plays guitaaargh 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 19h

Going to get my NHS HRT renewal today. To do that I'll walk past my GP surgery, get on a train to glasgow, walk through the city centre, meet a pharmacist, get a train back, walk past my GP again, wait for the prescription to come by post, then take it to the pharmacy next to my GP.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 17h

The Catalogue used to do their flexi discs like this, so they could be stapled into the magazine rather than cover-mounted

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 17h

There's a lot of criticism of Meta for investing heavily in products that nobody wants, but let's not forget the sheer amount of effort they put into creating processes that won't ever work, as well

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

Instagram to bring in version of PG-13 system to protect children, says Meta

Company says rules similar to US ‘parental guidance’ film rating will be applied to teenagers’ accounts Instagram is to adopt a version of the PG-13 cinema rating system to give parents stronger controls over their teenagers’ use of the social media platform. Instagram, which is run by Meta, will start applying rules similar to the US “parental guidance” movie rating – first introduced 41 years ago – to all material on Instagram’s teen accounts. It means users aged under 18 will automatically be placed into the 13+ setting. They will be able to opt out only with their parents’ permission. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 18h

They're okay - I did enjoy watching their drummer last month - but... they're a bit 'middle of the month session on Gideon Coe's show'

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Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social · 18h

Off to teach at Oxford Brookes this afternoon. I'm an associate lecturer on their Publishing MA. To give you an idea as to how university finances are going: a few years ago I did 36 hours of teaching on this module, this year I'm doing 6.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 19h

Wait... Bernard Butler was in Bailterspace?

Bailterspace, with a member of the band on the right who looks enough like Bernard Butler for a shit lookalike post on a grey Tuesday morning

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 19h

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today have probably never heard of

Heyyy, It's The King, where "the King" is basically Fonzie reimagined as a lion

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 19h

Trying to understand why they've got a 30 mph speed limit here - is it to protect the dust devils?

New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 19h

Preston, Nevada
Pop: 17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Nevada

Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34164484
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34164489
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34164490

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 19h

I know it's not the worst thing about it by far, but "has been deliberately designed". Because normally things are designed accidentally.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 20h

Barbra Streisand update

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20h

US President Donald Trump lashed out at Time magazine, calling a cover photo that accompanied a feature on his Middle East peace deal “the Worst of All Time.”

Why no hair and an ‘extremely small’ crown? Trump slams Time cover

The magazine calls Middle East peace deal Trump’s “Triumph” — but the president is concerned about an unflattering photo.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 20h

He's quite genuine about this. Maybe he should think about entering politics and trying to get a role where he could influence stuff like this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rishi Sunak: Prostate cancer screening urgently needed

The former prime minister tells the BBC it is time to introduce targeted screening of some younger men.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 20h

It's true; we all come together to say how much we hate the new Sting single

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20h

Sting finds fractured modern music scene 'quite odd' but still believes in the power of song to unite people.

In an interview with AFP, the 74-year-old with 17 Grammy Awards and sales of over 100 million albums also spoke about his worries about Artificial Intelligence
u.afp.com/Sm9W

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