Simon Harris
@simondo65.bsky.social
Software engineer at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, doing research in orthopaedics.
Loves model trains, science fiction and vintage microprocessors, doesn't own an anorak. Also likes to cook and take photographs, not necessarily of my cooking.
Loves model trains, science fiction and vintage microprocessors, doesn't own an anorak. Also likes to cook and take photographs, not necessarily of my cooking.
When Trump’s ballroom is finished, is that where they will film Dancing With The Tsars?
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
When Trump’s ballroom is finished, is that where they will film Dancing With The Tsars?
Errr … has Trump looked at a map recently? Remind me what that big country is that starts about 50 miles west of Alaska.
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Errr … has Trump looked at a map recently? Remind me what that big country is that starts about 50 miles west of Alaska.
Are we in a ‘Wag the Dog‘ scenario, but with real bombs?
January 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Are we in a ‘Wag the Dog‘ scenario, but with real bombs?
Not the most auspicious start to the year
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January 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Not the most auspicious start to the year
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Is there actually any point in fact checking Trump?
The people who care already know he’s just spouting bollocks.
The people who he attracts don’t care whether it’s bollocks anyway.
The people who care already know he’s just spouting bollocks.
The people who he attracts don’t care whether it’s bollocks anyway.
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Is there actually any point in fact checking Trump?
The people who care already know he’s just spouting bollocks.
The people who he attracts don’t care whether it’s bollocks anyway.
The people who care already know he’s just spouting bollocks.
The people who he attracts don’t care whether it’s bollocks anyway.
Note to self: don’t cock it up tomorrow!
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Note to self: don’t cock it up tomorrow!
Had two of @benaaronovitch.bsky.social’s Rivers of London books lined up to tide me over the hours of EES queuing At Thessaloniki airport, and they hadn’t even switched the system on, so whizzed through immigration as normal.
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Had two of @benaaronovitch.bsky.social’s Rivers of London books lined up to tide me over the hours of EES queuing At Thessaloniki airport, and they hadn’t even switched the system on, so whizzed through immigration as normal.
Phew, indeed!
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October 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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While on a train today it occurred to me that if
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September 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
While on a train today it occurred to me that if
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actually was sorted, it would become
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actually was sorted, it would become
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This was happening 10 years ago when I was in Vienna. Why can’t we be more like Vienn?
September 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This was happening 10 years ago when I was in Vienna. Why can’t we be more like Vienn?
With the tube strike, it would probably have been easier to work from home this week. But I have a 60+ Oyster card, and I'm bloody well going to use it, even if I do have to get an extra bus to my nearest Overground station!
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With the tube strike, it would probably have been easier to work from home this week. But I have a 60+ Oyster card, and I'm bloody well going to use it, even if I do have to get an extra bus to my nearest Overground station!
The BBC is doing a live blog on the Zelinskyy summit at The White House, and are currently doing all the European leaders arriving. Whenever they do one of this leader-by-leader arrivals blogs I'm always reminded of 'Late arrivals at the Ball' from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
August 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The BBC is doing a live blog on the Zelinskyy summit at The White House, and are currently doing all the European leaders arriving. Whenever they do one of this leader-by-leader arrivals blogs I'm always reminded of 'Late arrivals at the Ball' from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Genius!
Behold the wood-block wonder of the Kilopixel display
Behold the wood-block wonder of the Kilopixel display
We're going out on a limb here... why not branch out from things like retina displays and get a little more fine grained?
Feature In a world where resolution, refresh rates, and frames per second can generate furious discussion, sometimes it's good to kick back and let a wood-flipping robot take the strain. Welcome to Kilopixel.…
dlvr.it
August 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Since the new neighbours moved in, I've noticed the number of ducks in the local park has diminished.
I think they're quack dealers.
I think they're quack dealers.
August 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Since the new neighbours moved in, I've noticed the number of ducks in the local park has diminished.
I think they're quack dealers.
I think they're quack dealers.
In What3Words, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity takes you to about 60km NNW of Auckland. You might have thought they'd have hard-coded that to the centre of Paris.
August 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In What3Words, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity takes you to about 60km NNW of Auckland. You might have thought they'd have hard-coded that to the centre of Paris.
On the workbench at the moment. A brass kit for a Midland Railway D418 milk van in 4mm scale EM gauge. The kit is from 51L.
July 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
On the workbench at the moment. A brass kit for a Midland Railway D418 milk van in 4mm scale EM gauge. The kit is from 51L.
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July 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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When Macron was giving his banquet speech and started on the Bayeux Tapestry, I was hoping he was going to mention the penises.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Historians dispute Bayeux tapestry penis tally after lengthy debate
Two Bayeux scholars at loggerheads over whether dangling shape depicts dagger or the embroidery’s 94th phallus
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
When Macron was giving his banquet speech and started on the Bayeux Tapestry, I was hoping he was going to mention the penises.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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July 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Screenshot from today's guardian.
Left: Gaza, Right: Kyiv. Basically the same picture yet we only have an arms embargo against Russia.
Left: Gaza, Right: Kyiv. Basically the same picture yet we only have an arms embargo against Russia.
July 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Screenshot from today's guardian.
Left: Gaza, Right: Kyiv. Basically the same picture yet we only have an arms embargo against Russia.
Left: Gaza, Right: Kyiv. Basically the same picture yet we only have an arms embargo against Russia.