Simon HB
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I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground
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The British Museum posted Al slop and quietly deleted it. Here's what it was and why it matters.
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The British Museum posted Al slop and quietly deleted it. Here's what it was and why it matters.
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
#archaeology🏺#musuem #culture #heritage #history
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March 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you can’t be in the crowd when Brett Anderson plunges into them, the next best place to be is watching the reaction of @suedehq.bsky.social fans when it happens
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
If you can’t be in the crowd when Brett Anderson plunges into them, the next best place to be is watching the reaction of @suedehq.bsky.social fans when it happens
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My only argument with Heaven 17 is that I do not believe fascism capable of having any sort of “groove thang”.
February 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
My only argument with Heaven 17 is that I do not believe fascism capable of having any sort of “groove thang”.
Sam Fox here, calling Paul McCartney “good for his age”. That age being 42.
1986:
smash hits 16 29 july 1986, page 58
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-16-29-july-1986#page/n57
smash hits 16 29 july 1986, page 58
Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/smash-hits-16-29-july-1986#page/n57
February 1, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Sam Fox here, calling Paul McCartney “good for his age”. That age being 42.
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we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
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I love that Prince Andrew had a codename email address to avoid suspicion and all the emails are like 'Had to spend the weekend at Balmoral, Mother wants me to look after the corgis, my brother's here too - not Edward, but Charles, you know the heir apparent.'
February 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I love that Prince Andrew had a codename email address to avoid suspicion and all the emails are like 'Had to spend the weekend at Balmoral, Mother wants me to look after the corgis, my brother's here too - not Edward, but Charles, you know the heir apparent.'
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the theater is screening DOS Boot
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
the theater is screening DOS Boot
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As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
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10 years since we lost the great Terry Wogan who, if you didn't know, was the first person to play reggae music on mainstream radio in the UK. I mentioned him in this piece about Dawn Penn's No No No for the @thequietus.com a couple of years back thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 AM
10 years since we lost the great Terry Wogan who, if you didn't know, was the first person to play reggae music on mainstream radio in the UK. I mentioned him in this piece about Dawn Penn's No No No for the @thequietus.com a couple of years back thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.'
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 AM
On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.'
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Guardian report on how people are supporting Reform because their local High Street is becoming an abandoned wasteland and they think Farage's gang will help
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Chronicle report on how Saints coffee shop in Northampton was forced to close by Reform hiking rents by 50%
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Chronicle report on how Saints coffee shop in Northampton was forced to close by Reform hiking rents by 50%
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Guardian report on how people are supporting Reform because their local High Street is becoming an abandoned wasteland and they think Farage's gang will help
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Chronicle report on how Saints coffee shop in Northampton was forced to close by Reform hiking rents by 50%
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Chronicle report on how Saints coffee shop in Northampton was forced to close by Reform hiking rents by 50%
Side point: the factory that Trump is talking about in the Chyron? 150 jobs. Just 150 jobs. Less than 0.1% of the unemployed of NC will benefit from this investment.
Brooke Rollins: "The American dream is not being on a food stamp program. The American dream is not being on all these programs. That should be a hand up, not a handout. As of yesterday, we have moved 1.75 million people off of SNAP."
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Side point: the factory that Trump is talking about in the Chyron? 150 jobs. Just 150 jobs. Less than 0.1% of the unemployed of NC will benefit from this investment.
3.5 million sq foot, and it's largely going to be cleaned by hand
That's a lot of money to feed hungry lizard people or shelters for the illuminati, but officials swear it's necessary — and cheap.
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-airport-tunnels-to-undergo-major-cleaning-40836367/
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-airport-tunnels-to-undergo-major-cleaning-40836367/
Denver Airport's Spooky Tunnels to Undergo $11.75 Million Cleaning
That's a lot of money to feed hungry lizard people or shelters for the illuminati, but officials swear it's necessary — and cheap.
www.westword.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
3.5 million sq foot, and it's largely going to be cleaned by hand
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Damn that person close to Mandelson must feel stupid now the email has been released.
January 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Damn that person close to Mandelson must feel stupid now the email has been released.
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Appalachian contrôlé, premier cru
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Appalachian contrôlé, premier cru
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interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
If you're curious about that Archers 'you are the scriptwriter' game, it's on archive.org although looks like George Grundy's got to the emulation archive.org/details/The_...
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
If you're curious about that Archers 'you are the scriptwriter' game, it's on archive.org although looks like George Grundy's got to the emulation archive.org/details/The_...
This reminds me I have still got £3 in Farmfoods vouchers dating from when I lived in Anfield which was... not recently.
Someone just emailed because they had found an unused P&C gift voucher from 2018.
Our vouchers don't expire, because we know what those kitchen drawers can be like.
Our vouchers don't expire, because we know what those kitchen drawers can be like.
January 30, 2026 at 11:43 AM
This reminds me I have still got £3 in Farmfoods vouchers dating from when I lived in Anfield which was... not recently.
Pictured: Matthew Pennycook with his arm around the person who will take action to ensure that adjustment happens
London’s high house prices need ‘market adjustment’, says minister ft.trib.al/x1aDmof
London’s high house prices need ‘market adjustment’, says minister
Matthew Pennycook says far-reaching reform is needed to ‘get more volume out of the system’ and deliver more homes
ft.trib.al
January 30, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Pictured: Matthew Pennycook with his arm around the person who will take action to ensure that adjustment happens
I don't really care for Fat White Family, but I am really enjoying the Insecure Men session on Riley & Coe www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Riley & Coe - The Damned and Insecure Men play live - BBC Sounds
Marc Riley plays his music loves from every era and genre.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I don't really care for Fat White Family, but I am really enjoying the Insecure Men session on Riley & Coe www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Not that this is a great surprise, but the scale of some of the grifting is still quite something: SIX BILLION DOLLARS OF GRAVEL.
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Not that this is a great surprise, but the scale of some of the grifting is still quite something: SIX BILLION DOLLARS OF GRAVEL.
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?