Steven Hirschorn
@milh0use.bsky.social
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Many of us would, I’m sure, like to think we’d be brave (and smart) enough to do something like this in an absolutely terrifying moment like that. But I can only imagine the mental and physical effects you have to overcome
Intense respect for this man, Ahmed Al Ahmed. An honest to goodness hero.
Intense respect for this man, Ahmed Al Ahmed. An honest to goodness hero.
Independent video (verified by the NYTimes) shows a local Bondi Beach unarmed bystander sneaking up behind one of the gunman today and tackling him to disarm him.
December 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Many of us would, I’m sure, like to think we’d be brave (and smart) enough to do something like this in an absolutely terrifying moment like that. But I can only imagine the mental and physical effects you have to overcome
Intense respect for this man, Ahmed Al Ahmed. An honest to goodness hero.
Intense respect for this man, Ahmed Al Ahmed. An honest to goodness hero.
Unsurprised to discover that targeted homophobia by a UK citizen against another UK citizen doesn't breach Facebook's community standards. 🙄
December 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Unsurprised to discover that targeted homophobia by a UK citizen against another UK citizen doesn't breach Facebook's community standards. 🙄
Have Google removed the option to sort Google Photos by size, helping to free up space?
"Don't be evil" is a very long time ago, isn't it?
"Don't be evil" is a very long time ago, isn't it?
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Have Google removed the option to sort Google Photos by size, helping to free up space?
"Don't be evil" is a very long time ago, isn't it?
"Don't be evil" is a very long time ago, isn't it?
These are the two nearest Lime bikes to me, a five minute walk from home. Neither is ridable, one has a completely flat tyre, the other has no chain. Lime know this because I tried renting both and ended both rentals immediately with a fault report. But screenshots were taken after the report.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
These are the two nearest Lime bikes to me, a five minute walk from home. Neither is ridable, one has a completely flat tyre, the other has no chain. Lime know this because I tried renting both and ended both rentals immediately with a fault report. But screenshots were taken after the report.
This is a brilliant book full of surprising and amusing stories of how the borders we take for granted ended up where they are. I feel like I understand the world a bit better having read it!
This Black Friday, instead of an air fryer, why not get a copy of A History of the World in 47 Borders for under a fiver? Buy a dozen, do your christmas shopping in one click, sorted
www.amazon.co.uk/History-Worl...
www.amazon.co.uk/History-Worl...
A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller
Explore the untold stories behind the world's borders in this Sunday Times bestseller praised for its novel, fascinating, and delightful insights into global history.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is a brilliant book full of surprising and amusing stories of how the borders we take for granted ended up where they are. I feel like I understand the world a bit better having read it!
I hate riding on the pavement. When I'm riding southbound across Kew Bridge, I stay in the carriageway because there is enough space (though I imagine it annoys some drivers).
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I hate riding on the pavement. When I'm riding southbound across Kew Bridge, I stay in the carriageway because there is enough space (though I imagine it annoys some drivers).
In case anyone is thinking of switching to the Three mobile phone network, it's one of those networks that when you call customer services, ensures that you can never speak to a human being. Steer clear!
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In case anyone is thinking of switching to the Three mobile phone network, it's one of those networks that when you call customer services, ensures that you can never speak to a human being. Steer clear!
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True, but the point here is that scrapping floating bus stops doesn't address the issue that Zebra Crossings across roads are the same danger, yet my campaign to replace all Zebra Crossings with instant response pelican crossings is getting no traction from the anti-bus stop bypass crowd.
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
True, but the point here is that scrapping floating bus stops doesn't address the issue that Zebra Crossings across roads are the same danger, yet my campaign to replace all Zebra Crossings with instant response pelican crossings is getting no traction from the anti-bus stop bypass crowd.
"Floating bus stops need to be banned because cyclists don't stop at crossings"
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Floating bus stops need to be banned because cyclists don't stop at crossings"
A really thought provoking article about river catchments and one of the reasons our rivers end up so polluted:
actforealing.org/2025/10/28/u...
actforealing.org/2025/10/28/u...
Urban Pollution impacts on Ealing's Rivers - ActforEaling Climate Action Hub
Fines for pouring coffee down the drain is unfair, but urban pollution is the biggest hurdle for healthy inner city rivers.
actforealing.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A really thought provoking article about river catchments and one of the reasons our rivers end up so polluted:
actforealing.org/2025/10/28/u...
actforealing.org/2025/10/28/u...
I've had to complain to Lime for the second time about an unhandled path in their rental terms. Ealing now has designated parking rules.
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I've had to complain to Lime for the second time about an unhandled path in their rental terms. Ealing now has designated parking rules.
This is why the police need to arrest tweeters, because Elon Musk will do fuck all to take down incitement to violence.
A very worrying escalation of online harassment.
Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"
x.com/EuropaIneffa...
Somebody has used a video of me saying "racism in football is a game of two halves" + put a fake voiceover on it saying "what I would say to the girls of Rotherham is it is a game of two halves"
x.com/EuropaIneffa...
Europa Ineffable on X: "In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match: "it's a game of two halves" 🥴 https://t.co/b5YNKyaQtu" / X
In a recent panel at what looks like Labour conference, Sunder Katwala, wearing an England shirt, appeared to compare the R🦍 GANGS to a football match
x.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is why the police need to arrest tweeters, because Elon Musk will do fuck all to take down incitement to violence.
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I saw Nish Kumar interviewing Jimmy Wales yesterday at the Royal Geographic Society. Wales was asked for his favourite Wikipedia page and offered this one:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
Inherently funny word - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I saw Nish Kumar interviewing Jimmy Wales yesterday at the Royal Geographic Society. Wales was asked for his favourite Wikipedia page and offered this one:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
I saw Nish Kumar interviewing Jimmy Wales yesterday at the Royal Geographic Society. Wales was asked for his favourite Wikipedia page and offered this one:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
Inherently funny word - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I saw Nish Kumar interviewing Jimmy Wales yesterday at the Royal Geographic Society. Wales was asked for his favourite Wikipedia page and offered this one:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheren...
🤦♂️ Slow handclap, SNCF.
It's now official: Due to the French government withdrawing support & SNCF unsupportive, the Paris-Vienna & Paris-Berlin Nightjet sleeper trains will be discontinued from mid-December. presse-oebb.at/news-oebb-be...
The Brussels-Vienna Nightjet will continue, 3 times per week.
The Brussels-Vienna Nightjet will continue, 3 times per week.
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🤦♂️ Slow handclap, SNCF.
I've made the mistake of offering to help an elderly neighbour get her SkyTV working. It's reached the point where we've twice needed to reset her Sky Q mini box, so I believe the system is malfunctioning. Does anyone know how to speak to a human being at Sky?
September 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've made the mistake of offering to help an elderly neighbour get her SkyTV working. It's reached the point where we've twice needed to reset her Sky Q mini box, so I believe the system is malfunctioning. Does anyone know how to speak to a human being at Sky?
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Tomorrow is voting day in Switzerland, with proposals on the ballot at the federal, state & local level
Ever wondered how much power Swiss #directdemocracy gives to its voters? Just look at the city of Zurich, where citizens will decide whether to ban leaf blowers outside of fall season #Laubbläser
Ever wondered how much power Swiss #directdemocracy gives to its voters? Just look at the city of Zurich, where citizens will decide whether to ban leaf blowers outside of fall season #Laubbläser
September 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Tomorrow is voting day in Switzerland, with proposals on the ballot at the federal, state & local level
Ever wondered how much power Swiss #directdemocracy gives to its voters? Just look at the city of Zurich, where citizens will decide whether to ban leaf blowers outside of fall season #Laubbläser
Ever wondered how much power Swiss #directdemocracy gives to its voters? Just look at the city of Zurich, where citizens will decide whether to ban leaf blowers outside of fall season #Laubbläser
This Lime bike is missing a pedal but, despite me reporting it, Lime still leaves it available for the next customer's time to be wasted. @londoncentric.media
September 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This Lime bike is missing a pedal but, despite me reporting it, Lime still leaves it available for the next customer's time to be wasted. @londoncentric.media
@dashlane.com Why do you make it impossible for customers to speak to a human for support enquiries, while making it so simple for them to end up subscribing twice? Please get someone other than your chatbot (which is awful, by the way) to contact me.
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
@dashlane.com Why do you make it impossible for customers to speak to a human for support enquiries, while making it so simple for them to end up subscribing twice? Please get someone other than your chatbot (which is awful, by the way) to contact me.
I thought maybe they were demolishing it, or the scruffy scaffolding was some post-modern architectural statement, but after more than four years under wraps, the covers are finally coming back down off Arc Tower in Ealing. Have people been living in it the whole time?
September 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I thought maybe they were demolishing it, or the scruffy scaffolding was some post-modern architectural statement, but after more than four years under wraps, the covers are finally coming back down off Arc Tower in Ealing. Have people been living in it the whole time?
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10 yr old then comes downstairs and says look at this. It’s the video of Charlie Kirk being shot in the neck. When I tell him it’s real, he is genuinely upset and said he thought it was AI. Yes, he is using TikTok on restricted mode, but the parental restrictions are basically useless.
September 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
10 yr old then comes downstairs and says look at this. It’s the video of Charlie Kirk being shot in the neck. When I tell him it’s real, he is genuinely upset and said he thought it was AI. Yes, he is using TikTok on restricted mode, but the parental restrictions are basically useless.
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So that's a problem. Luckily for us, it's currently an American problem. But social media is undoubtedly corrosive of civility in any political system.
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So that's a problem. Luckily for us, it's currently an American problem. But social media is undoubtedly corrosive of civility in any political system.
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Of course there are idiots, as there will be on any site with millions of users.
But in the age of Musk's X, the idea that it's *this* site which is promoting extremism, radicalising opinion and driving political violence is a fantasy - and it's sad to hear a Today presenter casually pushing it.
But in the age of Musk's X, the idea that it's *this* site which is promoting extremism, radicalising opinion and driving political violence is a fantasy - and it's sad to hear a Today presenter casually pushing it.
September 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Of course there are idiots, as there will be on any site with millions of users.
But in the age of Musk's X, the idea that it's *this* site which is promoting extremism, radicalising opinion and driving political violence is a fantasy - and it's sad to hear a Today presenter casually pushing it.
But in the age of Musk's X, the idea that it's *this* site which is promoting extremism, radicalising opinion and driving political violence is a fantasy - and it's sad to hear a Today presenter casually pushing it.
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I'll merely note that today, like all days, is a great day to stop posting on Twitter, a platform whose owner force feeds this slop into people's brains with an algorithm designed to boost his views and trample yours.
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'll merely note that today, like all days, is a great day to stop posting on Twitter, a platform whose owner force feeds this slop into people's brains with an algorithm designed to boost his views and trample yours.
I think I might just have seen a video of someone being shot dead on Twitter and the "Report" functionality demands more evidence. "Are you sure they are actually dead?"
September 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I think I might just have seen a video of someone being shot dead on Twitter and the "Report" functionality demands more evidence. "Are you sure they are actually dead?"