Simon Needham
@simon.needham.org.uk
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You boy, what colour are you?
December 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
You boy, what colour are you?
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Don't steal pies this Christmas.
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Don't steal pies this Christmas.
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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There's a Russian disinformation network operating from Mastodon to push content into BlueSky, it's a few hundred active accounts (they also exist directly on BlueSky natively too).
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])
I dunno if anybody has done a write up of it but there’s a pretty big Russian disinformation operation that runs on the Fediverse
If you search on Mastodon for t.me/RussianBaZa you’ll find some of i...
cyberplace.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
There's a Russian disinformation network operating from Mastodon to push content into BlueSky, it's a few hundred active accounts (they also exist directly on BlueSky natively too).
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
A movie seen more than 7 times with a GIF
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A movie seen more than 7 times with a GIF
If you see this, post a TV identifier
August 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you see this, post a TV identifier
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We're going to get massive tariffs on chicken aren't we?
May 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're going to get massive tariffs on chicken aren't we?
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RIP, Ed, you steely-eyed missile man
real heroes use duct tape
real heroes use duct tape
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
May 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
RIP, Ed, you steely-eyed missile man
real heroes use duct tape
real heroes use duct tape
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
May 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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Introduce random alcohol & drug testing within the House of Commons.
We want the government to introduce random alcohol and drug testing within the House of Commons.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
We want the government to introduce random alcohol and drug testing within the House of Commons.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
April 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Introduce random alcohol & drug testing within the House of Commons.
We want the government to introduce random alcohol and drug testing within the House of Commons.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
We want the government to introduce random alcohol and drug testing within the House of Commons.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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OK but only if you agree that I can take ownership of Starlink for nothing.
April 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
OK but only if you agree that I can take ownership of Starlink for nothing.
I’ve just found Andrew Crossland’s electricity tracker on blue sky 🥳
British electricity mix at 8pm on 30th Mar 2025
🔥Gas 33.2% Biomass 7.0%
🍃Wind 18.0% Solar 0.0% Hydro 3.2%
⚛️Nuclear 12.2%
➡️Imports 22.8% Other 0.0%
🔋Storage 3.6%
🔌Generation 31GW
Carbon intensity 205 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
🔥Gas 33.2% Biomass 7.0%
🍃Wind 18.0% Solar 0.0% Hydro 3.2%
⚛️Nuclear 12.2%
➡️Imports 22.8% Other 0.0%
🔋Storage 3.6%
🔌Generation 31GW
Carbon intensity 205 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
March 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’ve just found Andrew Crossland’s electricity tracker on blue sky 🥳
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Hey, @ox.ac.uk, how about an honorary degree for this woman pilot with a PhD in aviation safety, whose employer hired a crooked psychiatrist to label her mentally ill after she blew the whistle on safety practices? She fought (for years) and won.
www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...
www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...
Seattle pilot fought back after Delta ‘weaponized’ mental health rules
When Delta grounded her after securing a bogus bipolar diagnosis, Seattle-based pilot Karlene Petitt fought back. She resisted. And she won.
www.seattletimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hey, @ox.ac.uk, how about an honorary degree for this woman pilot with a PhD in aviation safety, whose employer hired a crooked psychiatrist to label her mentally ill after she blew the whistle on safety practices? She fought (for years) and won.
www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...
www.seattletimes.com/business/boe...
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Like me, this might be your first time reading the entire thing.
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
January 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Like me, this might be your first time reading the entire thing.
1. I’ll take ‘When do you know an industry regulator is not fit for purpose?’ for $100, please Bob
2. 🤔 I think I’ve seen this move before ….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2. 🤔 I think I’ve seen this move before ….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2024 at 11:17 PM
1. I’ll take ‘When do you know an industry regulator is not fit for purpose?’ for $100, please Bob
2. 🤔 I think I’ve seen this move before ….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2. 🤔 I think I’ve seen this move before ….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
November 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
Erm .. everyone this morning appears to have woken up and switched on Bluesky. Did I miss the memo?
November 18, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Erm .. everyone this morning appears to have woken up and switched on Bluesky. Did I miss the memo?
🎵But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it…….🎵
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it…….🎵
December 3, 2023 at 10:59 PM
🎵But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it…….🎵
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it…….🎵