Simon Ziegler
@simonziegler.bsky.social
Founder of 2 tech startups. Ex investment banker. Politically centre/lefty. Dad to the most wonderful man and woman on the planet.
A counter thought. Given that this is blowing up in real time, do you expect the BBC to successfully have an emergency change of guests so fast and for, say, the PM, Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary to drop what they’re desperately trying to fix in order to be on this show? Not gonna happen.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
A counter thought. Given that this is blowing up in real time, do you expect the BBC to successfully have an emergency change of guests so fast and for, say, the PM, Foreign Secretary or Defence Secretary to drop what they’re desperately trying to fix in order to be on this show? Not gonna happen.
Don’t forget the Inuit Culture wing.
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Don’t forget the Inuit Culture wing.
Nope, that’s a totally useless spoon. And I should know given that I’m probably one myself.
"The Spootle is a hybrid of a spoon and a spatula," our Wirecutter expert writes. "Since joining my collection, it’s become an everyday cooking essential." nyti.ms/4aZZNbm
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Nope, that’s a totally useless spoon. And I should know given that I’m probably one myself.
I think “like” is the wrong term. The film failed straight into an emotional nerve centre for my wife, son and me. The prospect of the tragedy at the film’s centre is extraordinarily painful.
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I think “like” is the wrong term. The film failed straight into an emotional nerve centre for my wife, son and me. The prospect of the tragedy at the film’s centre is extraordinarily painful.
You do indeed, getting yourself a 12 out of 10 score.
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 AM
You do indeed, getting yourself a 12 out of 10 score.
Even I’m not that creepy, Dinah.
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Even I’m not that creepy, Dinah.
I’ll give you that scene as a negative, but otherwise I’m sorry to say that you’re just plain wrong. And I don’t disagree with you lightly.
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I’ll give you that scene as a negative, but otherwise I’m sorry to say that you’re just plain wrong. And I don’t disagree with you lightly.
Something told me that I’d get a class reply from you to this post.
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Something told me that I’d get a class reply from you to this post.
We have two cats. Small beasties. One of them can pretty much make the bid uninhabitable for my wife and me.
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM
We have two cats. Small beasties. One of them can pretty much make the bid uninhabitable for my wife and me.
This makes for grim, fascinating reading. Of course it’s about ICE but it also explains ICE in terms of patterns of male violence most often arising from seeking male approval and acceptance.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM
This makes for grim, fascinating reading. Of course it’s about ICE but it also explains ICE in terms of patterns of male violence most often arising from seeking male approval and acceptance.
Post of the day 👏👏👏
🤬 How old does this academic journal publisher think I am? Five? And they're actually paying someone to come up with the idea and then someone else to execute it. I despair.
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Post of the day 👏👏👏
Volvos are cool and you pretty cool too. So I hope that ugly blue lump does nothing stupid.
January 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Volvos are cool and you pretty cool too. So I hope that ugly blue lump does nothing stupid.
I used to take this view until my wife, rightly told me in no uncertain terms never to park too close to other vehicles, and to stop being a general numpty*.
* I’m not accusing you of being a numpty
* I’m not accusing you of being a numpty
January 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I used to take this view until my wife, rightly told me in no uncertain terms never to park too close to other vehicles, and to stop being a general numpty*.
* I’m not accusing you of being a numpty
* I’m not accusing you of being a numpty
We, what happens when that dude returns and wants to open his door versus your rather lovely Volvo being in the way?
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
We, what happens when that dude returns and wants to open his door versus your rather lovely Volvo being in the way?
This is pretty scandalous. Sarah’s first comment to this post is painfully amusing.
In just three years my pre-booked Clacton to London trains have risen from £34 to £42 to £47 to £67. Plus tube. It's DOUBLED. For the low low price of just £47 I now leave home at 5.30am and get back at 9pm. Pricing workers and tourists off transport in a tourist-reliant town with no work is mad.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 AM
This is pretty scandalous. Sarah’s first comment to this post is painfully amusing.
Acting as president of the USA too.
January 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Acting as president of the USA too.
And windmills. You need windmills.
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
And windmills. You need windmills.
I missed that. My bad. Then it’s a dumb position.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I missed that. My bad. Then it’s a dumb position.
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I missed that. My bad. Then it’s a dumb position.
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I missed that. My bad. Then it’s a dumb position.
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I missed that. My bad. Then it’s a dumb position.
We agree on that. The Badenoch problem isn’t that she necessarily wants the wrong thing, it’s that she lacks intellectual depth and is permanently floundering. She would have been smarter to make this call alongside banning X.
January 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM
We agree on that. The Badenoch problem isn’t that she necessarily wants the wrong thing, it’s that she lacks intellectual depth and is permanently floundering. She would have been smarter to make this call alongside banning X.
I interpret it differently, and since she’s doesn’t mention X I’m not inferring her view on that either way.
January 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I interpret it differently, and since she’s doesn’t mention X I’m not inferring her view on that either way.