Simon Wood
@simongwood.bsky.social
Broadcast Executive Producer, Shooting Director, Editor, Writer.
How did Americans manage to bastardise the phrase "I couldn't care less" into "I could care less"? By any literal reading of "I could care less", the phrase means "I care a lot, and, though it's possible for me to care less, I don't." There's really no other way to read it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
How did Americans manage to bastardise the phrase "I couldn't care less" into "I could care less"? By any literal reading of "I could care less", the phrase means "I care a lot, and, though it's possible for me to care less, I don't." There's really no other way to read it.
Time for people in the UK to boycott chain restaurants and support smaller, chef-owner establishments. Stop making rich people even richer by letting them overcharge you for average-quality, factory-produced food. Insist on fresh, high quality, local produce prepared from scratch entirely in-house.
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Time for people in the UK to boycott chain restaurants and support smaller, chef-owner establishments. Stop making rich people even richer by letting them overcharge you for average-quality, factory-produced food. Insist on fresh, high quality, local produce prepared from scratch entirely in-house.
And here it is: the evidence many of us knew was the inevitable consequence of irresponsibly launching new products that were far from ready for market, untested in any meaningful way and unfit for many of the tasks to which they were applied. The tech industry is a very real danger to society.
Don’t let ‘AI workslop’ drag your company down
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Don’t let ‘AI workslop’ drag your company down
twp.ai
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And here it is: the evidence many of us knew was the inevitable consequence of irresponsibly launching new products that were far from ready for market, untested in any meaningful way and unfit for many of the tasks to which they were applied. The tech industry is a very real danger to society.
Extraordinary. Trump has serious questions to answer over this bizarre action.
BBC News - Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
The former investment manager was convicted of defrauding thousands of investors.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Extraordinary. Trump has serious questions to answer over this bizarre action.
BBC News - Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's time to redesignate social media companies as publishers, licensed to operate by Ofcom, legally liable for the messages they carry and subject to Ofcom regulations. This is the only solution to the catastrophe that social media has created in UK society. Yes, it'll kill their business 1/2
August 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
It's time to redesignate social media companies as publishers, licensed to operate by Ofcom, legally liable for the messages they carry and subject to Ofcom regulations. This is the only solution to the catastrophe that social media has created in UK society. Yes, it'll kill their business 1/2
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Can someone explain to me how it is in any way democratic to have a system that allows 9 unelected judges to overturn the decisions made by 535 elected representatives? This is a mystery to me.
August 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can someone explain to me how it is in any way democratic to have a system that allows 9 unelected judges to overturn the decisions made by 535 elected representatives? This is a mystery to me.
Donald Trump says the second Russia-Ukraine meeting will be the most important one because "that's where they'll divvy it all up". It's just another transaction to him. There's no morality, no concern for the stability of Europe, no desire to deter a dangerous dictator or punish him for the 1/2
August 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Donald Trump says the second Russia-Ukraine meeting will be the most important one because "that's where they'll divvy it all up". It's just another transaction to him. There's no morality, no concern for the stability of Europe, no desire to deter a dangerous dictator or punish him for the 1/2
Is it time to put UK and European troops on the ground in Ukraine under the banner of the EU? Trump cannot be trusted and our future freedom may well rest on driving Putin firmly back behind Russian borders and making it clear he must never advance again. We have to start thinking the unthinkable.
August 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Is it time to put UK and European troops on the ground in Ukraine under the banner of the EU? Trump cannot be trusted and our future freedom may well rest on driving Putin firmly back behind Russian borders and making it clear he must never advance again. We have to start thinking the unthinkable.
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Newspaper gives misleading impression of the percentage of sexual crime committed by foreign nationals
August 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Newspaper gives misleading impression of the percentage of sexual crime committed by foreign nationals
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The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
Almost 90% Of Americans Are Worried About The Cost Of Groceries
The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
www.forbes.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
Can any Norwegian tell me whether the series Occupied has any credibility? I understand it was probably mostly made before the Russian annexation of Crimea but, even so, would a Norwegian govt ever react this way to blatant Russian interference in its internal affairs?
August 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can any Norwegian tell me whether the series Occupied has any credibility? I understand it was probably mostly made before the Russian annexation of Crimea but, even so, would a Norwegian govt ever react this way to blatant Russian interference in its internal affairs?
Are Americans the world's most irrational people? They won't ban guns despite 10s of 1000s dying each year, they won't regulate media despite it causing utter chaos that threatens democracy and they openly allow gerrymandering. It's like a kindergarten where the playground bully runs the school.
August 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Are Americans the world's most irrational people? They won't ban guns despite 10s of 1000s dying each year, they won't regulate media despite it causing utter chaos that threatens democracy and they openly allow gerrymandering. It's like a kindergarten where the playground bully runs the school.
I've reached the conclusion that this platform is rife with angry, ill-considered opinions and almost entirely devoid of wisdom.
July 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I've reached the conclusion that this platform is rife with angry, ill-considered opinions and almost entirely devoid of wisdom.
"Our politics and the electorate have still to grasp the scale and seriousness of these challenges. This is not a matter of fixing a £20bn ‘black hole’...Neither tidying up the current systems, nor ‘burning them down’, will address the big structural issues. And nor will a one-off wealth tax."
The real crisis isn’t the budget, writes Stephen McNair.
It’s that no one — not voters, not MPs — wants to face reality.
The UK is smaller, older, poorer, sicker, more indebted, and less productive than it wants to admit.
It’s that no one — not voters, not MPs — wants to face reality.
The UK is smaller, older, poorer, sicker, more indebted, and less productive than it wants to admit.
How dire is our situation? It’s worse than you thought
People are disappointed by this government. But the financial situation is much worse than most people realise. Does government dare tell us?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Our politics and the electorate have still to grasp the scale and seriousness of these challenges. This is not a matter of fixing a £20bn ‘black hole’...Neither tidying up the current systems, nor ‘burning them down’, will address the big structural issues. And nor will a one-off wealth tax."
Ignorance and stupidity has been unleashed on the world in an unprecedented epidemic of dumb ineptitude. Everything that knowledge and learning promised for the future of humanity is being undone by uneducated dullards at the behest of wealthy, manipulative psychopaths. Welcome to the 21st Century.
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ignorance and stupidity has been unleashed on the world in an unprecedented epidemic of dumb ineptitude. Everything that knowledge and learning promised for the future of humanity is being undone by uneducated dullards at the behest of wealthy, manipulative psychopaths. Welcome to the 21st Century.
As far as I can see BlueSky is now a hotbed of hard left extremists, just as Twitter became a hotbed of hard right extremists. If you care about truth, accuracy and well considered opinion there's just nowhere left to go.
July 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As far as I can see BlueSky is now a hotbed of hard left extremists, just as Twitter became a hotbed of hard right extremists. If you care about truth, accuracy and well considered opinion there's just nowhere left to go.
'Lost' on Netflix started out well but by the middle of season two I'm skipping flashback scenes because they're so damn boring and utterly pointless. Just there for padding to get more commercials in front of eyeballs. Why is American TV drama so predictable? Always falls apart in season two.
July 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
'Lost' on Netflix started out well but by the middle of season two I'm skipping flashback scenes because they're so damn boring and utterly pointless. Just there for padding to get more commercials in front of eyeballs. Why is American TV drama so predictable? Always falls apart in season two.
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The latest admissions data shows a 14% rise in American applications for undergraduate courses starting this autumn. https://on.ft.com/4m2G39l
July 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The latest admissions data shows a 14% rise in American applications for undergraduate courses starting this autumn. https://on.ft.com/4m2G39l
Yes, and sadly those precious people are becoming increasingly rare in a deeply cynical and unpleasant world.
July 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Yes, and sadly those precious people are becoming increasingly rare in a deeply cynical and unpleasant world.
Four episodes into Apple's 'Suspicion' and I'm already laughing out loud at its frequent absurdities. It's riddled with gaping plot holes, silly tech, police incompetence, faulty procedure and impossible events. Can I be bothered to watch the rest when they couldn't be bothered to make it credible?
July 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Four episodes into Apple's 'Suspicion' and I'm already laughing out loud at its frequent absurdities. It's riddled with gaping plot holes, silly tech, police incompetence, faulty procedure and impossible events. Can I be bothered to watch the rest when they couldn't be bothered to make it credible?
If we dig deep into the real reasons people are so short of money is it because our national wealth has been purloined by global corporations and the super-wealthy? It certainly feels that way.
July 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If we dig deep into the real reasons people are so short of money is it because our national wealth has been purloined by global corporations and the super-wealthy? It certainly feels that way.
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More than 100 U.K. advertising organizations representing over 1,000 advertisers have joined forces to back a nationwide ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, ahead of a parliamentary debate.
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
U.K. Ad Agencies Call For Total Ban On Fossil Fuel Marketing
British ad industry organizations have launched a campaign calling on the government to treat fossil fuels much as it treats tobacco products.
www.forbes.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
More than 100 U.K. advertising organizations representing over 1,000 advertisers have joined forces to back a nationwide ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, ahead of a parliamentary debate.
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
Somewhat stunned by how American thriller series so often destroy a potentially good idea with lazy, idiotic writing. Apart from leaning heavily on a premise that scientifically is laughable bullshit (that a race can become genetically immune to radiation), The 100 is set on an Earth that is 1/2
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Somewhat stunned by how American thriller series so often destroy a potentially good idea with lazy, idiotic writing. Apart from leaning heavily on a premise that scientifically is laughable bullshit (that a race can become genetically immune to radiation), The 100 is set on an Earth that is 1/2
Anyone in the prediction business should take a long, hard look at the history of human attempts to foretell the future. It's lamentable.
June 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Anyone in the prediction business should take a long, hard look at the history of human attempts to foretell the future. It's lamentable.