Simon
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Life is made of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. (he/him)
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Britain is like this because our national politics is a shrivelled husk of democracy: a country where the world’s most poisonous media outlets fill a great gaping void empty of actual politics with relentless fear, incitement and hatred.
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Britain is like this because our national politics is a shrivelled husk of democracy: a country where the world’s most poisonous media outlets fill a great gaping void empty of actual politics with relentless fear, incitement and hatred.
Feel like if I was Noni Madueke I’d be a bit sad at that reaction from my manager. Goal of the season contender and he barely looks up from having a chat.
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Feel like if I was Noni Madueke I’d be a bit sad at that reaction from my manager. Goal of the season contender and he barely looks up from having a chat.
I’m not clear why - if it was outside the box - Thiaw didn’t get a red card.
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I’m not clear why - if it was outside the box - Thiaw didn’t get a red card.
Tip for Jamie Carragher. Any apology which goes “I apologise, but…” isn’t an apology.
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Tip for Jamie Carragher. Any apology which goes “I apologise, but…” isn’t an apology.
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You know the intense parasocial relationships people have with podcasters? Well, hear me out, what if we replaced the podcasters with robots
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You know the intense parasocial relationships people have with podcasters? Well, hear me out, what if we replaced the podcasters with robots
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Anon Opin Live is nearly here. Come to the Leicester shows (12–13 Feb 2026). Bring your opinions - and your nerve. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Anon Opin Live is nearly here. Come to the Leicester shows (12–13 Feb 2026). Bring your opinions - and your nerve. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
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I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
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December 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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I might be alone in this but I’m not in the slightest surprised that Salah has come out with this interview. If he believes that he has an axe to grind, he’s never been shy of grinding the fucking thing in public.
Nobody should be surprised he’d go nuclear 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t think less of him, though.
Nobody should be surprised he’d go nuclear 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t think less of him, though.
December 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I might be alone in this but I’m not in the slightest surprised that Salah has come out with this interview. If he believes that he has an axe to grind, he’s never been shy of grinding the fucking thing in public.
Nobody should be surprised he’d go nuclear 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t think less of him, though.
Nobody should be surprised he’d go nuclear 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t think less of him, though.
“if fans accept what could prove to be the hounding of a legend of Salah’s calibre out of their club, it might be time to assess their own belief in the validity of their ethos, and whether they really do prevent their players from walking alone”
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Liverpool fans have an obligation to defend scapegoated Mohamed Salah after the forward's treatment
There is no doubt Mohamed Salah has been scapegoated by Liverpool and his manager this season
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December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“if fans accept what could prove to be the hounding of a legend of Salah’s calibre out of their club, it might be time to assess their own belief in the validity of their ethos, and whether they really do prevent their players from walking alone”
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Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
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Typing "Sandie Peggie" into Google will give an array of news orgs proclaiming her victory. They seemingly don't care that she mostly lost, the magic of the journo class is such that they can simply will another reality into being.
I think at this stage we should point out: kicking up a huge legal fuss, losing hugely on all the merits, and playing up a ruling in your favour over a minor technical or procedural point, is a well established strategy in the UK *because* the press will absolutely 100% play along with it.
Two ways to read this. One is “she lost on every substantive claim, completely failed in her attempts to ban trans staff from the workplace, and won mild procedural victories against her employers handling of her case”.
The other way is, I guess, “point one is longer so it must be more important”
The other way is, I guess, “point one is longer so it must be more important”
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Typing "Sandie Peggie" into Google will give an array of news orgs proclaiming her victory. They seemingly don't care that she mostly lost, the magic of the journo class is such that they can simply will another reality into being.
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It's very telling how "trans people" became "Trans activists" and now they're knocking at the next door "People with ADHD" have become "ADHD activists".
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's very telling how "trans people" became "Trans activists" and now they're knocking at the next door "People with ADHD" have become "ADHD activists".
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I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
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Spot on.
American Men Are Flocking To Get Breast Reduction Surgery—And Everyone's Making The Same Powerful Point
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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Spot on.
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It's only been five years, but it's amazing how quickly we've forgotten that the people who really affect ours lives positively are medics, farmers, shop workers, etc, and not entrepreneurs, billionaires, etc
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's only been five years, but it's amazing how quickly we've forgotten that the people who really affect ours lives positively are medics, farmers, shop workers, etc, and not entrepreneurs, billionaires, etc
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HR slip ups are 10-a-penny, it’s just most people don’t have the time or resources to go to tribunal about it
It seems like - not for the first time - the pro-trans inclusion side in an employment tribunal has basically been undermined by HR slip-ups?
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HR slip ups are 10-a-penny, it’s just most people don’t have the time or resources to go to tribunal about it
Well that makes him look totally innocent. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Brighton ban Guardian from stadium over reporting on Tony Bloom
Reporters and photographers have been banned by the Premier League club, as a Guardian spokesperson said the reporting was in the public interest
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Well that makes him look totally innocent. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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This is the key paragraph in the Sandie Peggie decision.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is the key paragraph in the Sandie Peggie decision.
I find the xT charts provided by @markstatsbot.bsky.social a really useful way of checking my reflection on a game. These are the charts from Liverpool’s “disastrous” game at City and their “much improved” game at Leeds.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I find the xT charts provided by @markstatsbot.bsky.social a really useful way of checking my reflection on a game. These are the charts from Liverpool’s “disastrous” game at City and their “much improved” game at Leeds.
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Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
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One step away from Gianni Infantino coming out with a T-shirt cannon during breaks that says "Today I feel Rich" on them
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One step away from Gianni Infantino coming out with a T-shirt cannon during breaks that says "Today I feel Rich" on them
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Another day, another rival in the political newsletter space: this time from the prime minister. Some thoughts on why political leaders *should* write newsletters, but also on why the execution of this one is bad in today's newsletter.
Keir Starmer’s Substack is a good move poorly executed
While direct media channels are politically useful, PM’s attempt lacks an overarching argument and obvious audience
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December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Another day, another rival in the political newsletter space: this time from the prime minister. Some thoughts on why political leaders *should* write newsletters, but also on why the execution of this one is bad in today's newsletter.