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.
This is absolutely true. And the fact that we no longer have insect carnage on windscreens after a drive is seriously worrying.
Anecdotal, but in June a pal returned from Glastonbury and Wimbledon, comically sunburned from both. "Ha!" I said, "remember when we were kids, every year it was mudbaths at the main stage and rain-stopped play on centrecourt? That was the *whole* deal with both those things- oh right jesus fuck".
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is absolutely true. And the fact that we no longer have insect carnage on windscreens after a drive is seriously worrying.
A spot on take on where the two main political parties are. It’s all really quite simple.
My uncontroversial opinion is that Brexit ruined the Conservative Party, an antiracist organisation dedicated to fiscal security by driving out everyone who wasn't mental and leaving them with only cranks.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A spot on take on where the two main political parties are. It’s all really quite simple.
Something really i treating about the news conference was how Mamdani conducted himself. He was the first person I’ve seen to be disengaged from Trump’s playing to the gallery. No jokes. No laughing at Trump’s weak humour. No smiling. He was above it all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Something really i treating about the news conference was how Mamdani conducted himself. He was the first person I’ve seen to be disengaged from Trump’s playing to the gallery. No jokes. No laughing at Trump’s weak humour. No smiling. He was above it all.
Post of the day 👏👏👏
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Post of the day 👏👏👏
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Palestine Action are multiple things. Hardcore, evil activists are one. Another is a leadership who were magically able to organise big demonstrations immediately after Oct 7.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
In August of last year, six members of Palestine Action broke into a factory near Bristol, #UK.
Now that they are on trial, we are getting the grisly details of what happened.
1/4
Now that they are on trial, we are getting the grisly details of what happened.
1/4
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Palestine Action are multiple things. Hardcore, evil activists are one. Another is a leadership who were magically able to organise big demonstrations immediately after Oct 7.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
Last are well meaning people who genuinely care about ordinary Palestinians. Working out who to proscribe is awkward.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle. The Greens. Oh.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lloyd Russell-Moyle. The Greens. Oh.
Post of the day👏👏👏
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Post of the day👏👏👏
Post of the day 👏👏👏.
It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
As a man, nothing will turn you into a radical feminist faster than the first time you're shown the twitter mentions and DM requests of literally any woman on the internet.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Post of the day 👏👏👏.
It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
It’s easy not to be a tot jerk, so I don’t get why so many men fail so abysmally.
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Post of the day 👏👏👏
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Post of the day 👏👏👏
If somebody comes from say Somalia, or Myanmar, who knows what constitutes their cultural equivalent of a “wedding ring”. Even in Europe we can’t agree on which finger/hand to place it.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
If somebody comes from say Somalia, or Myanmar, who knows what constitutes their cultural equivalent of a “wedding ring”. Even in Europe we can’t agree on which finger/hand to place it.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
The chance somebody working for immigration understands what is meaningful to an asylum seeker is near zero.
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt.
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt.
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Hey @nigella.bsky.social , we have a guest tomorrow who would love chicken and pasta. I have in mind egg linguine turned in olive oils and a bit of garlic or maybe porcini. For the chicken I have in mind a baked breast. Any lovely ideas?
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hey @nigella.bsky.social , we have a guest tomorrow who would love chicken and pasta. I have in mind egg linguine turned in olive oils and a bit of garlic or maybe porcini. For the chicken I have in mind a baked breast. Any lovely ideas?
Spats is always with us at dinner time.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Spats is always with us at dinner time.
To all my American friends, please note that @scaramucci.bsky.social recently learned, on The Rest is Politics podcast that we have a very different meaning of “horny” in the UK.
Each year we will make a hornier Frankenstein adaptation until morale improves
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
To all my American friends, please note that @scaramucci.bsky.social recently learned, on The Rest is Politics podcast that we have a very different meaning of “horny” in the UK.
Totally agree. Cruelty was something I never voted for, and importantly, I never will vote for it.
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
I've been very soft on this Labour government. They inherited a booby-trapped nightmare and even though they're even now probably still the best of all our shitty options, the immigration thing is draconian, stupid and deliberately cruel.
Starmer and McSweeney must go. Now.
Starmer and McSweeney must go. Now.
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Totally agree. Cruelty was something I never voted for, and importantly, I never will vote for it.
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
What will happen to children of asylum seekers born here ? Will they be forcibly removed to a country they don’t know now deemed to be safe ? What will happen to older children who came with parents and doing well in education ? Will refugee parents be removed from British partners and children?
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What will happen to children of asylum seekers born here ? Will they be forcibly removed to a country they don’t know now deemed to be safe ? What will happen to older children who came with parents and doing well in education ? Will refugee parents be removed from British partners and children?
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
Thousands Protest Across Israel Calling for Oct. 7 Comission of Inquiry, Release of All Slain Hostages
“We will not stop until a state commission of inquiry is established, the guilty are held accountable.”
Photo: Aviv Atlas
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
“We will not stop until a state commission of inquiry is established, the guilty are held accountable.”
Photo: Aviv Atlas
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thousands Protest Across Israel Calling for Oct. 7 Comission of Inquiry, Release of All Slain Hostages
“We will not stop until a state commission of inquiry is established, the guilty are held accountable.”
Photo: Aviv Atlas
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
“We will not stop until a state commission of inquiry is established, the guilty are held accountable.”
Photo: Aviv Atlas
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Such a beautiful photo.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Such a beautiful photo.
Interesting thread on the BBC/Trump legal thing.
A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC.
(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
>
(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)
>
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Interesting thread on the BBC/Trump legal thing.
Post of the day 👏👏👏
In January of 2021, photos started bouncing round the internet of this deeply weird thing happening in the sky above Glasgow, Scotland. Photoshop trickery?
The bizarre truth:
- yes, everyone really saw these
- no, they're not faked or manmade
- they absolutely don't exist.
1/
The bizarre truth:
- yes, everyone really saw these
- no, they're not faked or manmade
- they absolutely don't exist.
1/
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Post of the day 👏👏👏
Reposted by Simon Ziegler
Le 13 novembre 2015, Paris était frappée en plein cœur.
Des vies furent violemment fauchées à la terrasse des cafés, dans une salle de concert, dans l’insouciance d’une soirée ordinaire.
Dix ans plus tard, la France se recueille.
Nous nous recueillons avec elle.
link.europa.eu/frHtNX
Des vies furent violemment fauchées à la terrasse des cafés, dans une salle de concert, dans l’insouciance d’une soirée ordinaire.
Dix ans plus tard, la France se recueille.
Nous nous recueillons avec elle.
link.europa.eu/frHtNX
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Le 13 novembre 2015, Paris était frappée en plein cœur.
Des vies furent violemment fauchées à la terrasse des cafés, dans une salle de concert, dans l’insouciance d’une soirée ordinaire.
Dix ans plus tard, la France se recueille.
Nous nous recueillons avec elle.
link.europa.eu/frHtNX
Des vies furent violemment fauchées à la terrasse des cafés, dans une salle de concert, dans l’insouciance d’une soirée ordinaire.
Dix ans plus tard, la France se recueille.
Nous nous recueillons avec elle.
link.europa.eu/frHtNX