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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 28m

Oooh, you need to do season 2 of Uk Traitors and then get back to us with notes :)

Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 35m

(whispers)

I love that line.

Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 1h

As an Assassin’s Creed fan, my only advice would be make sure you go deep into Red Dead Redemption 2, where you are very much encouraged to kill racist terrorist KKK scum.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 1h

Hmmm, not if you love crust.

Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 6h

Also, seems quite ‘light’ for Taylor to nip to Stockholm on days off from tour. Michael Jackson making an album seemed to be ‘heavy’. A big deal.

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 7h

The amount of time, money and effort they would put into trying to get the fourth single from the album into the charts - a year after album release - suggests you’re right.

All those b-sides and ‘versions’ are now the Taylor-style ‘expanded’ drop.

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 7h

Getting wound up by DuoLingo’s overly cynical attitude to candidates in mayoral elections. I should go out.

Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 15h

#TheTwen2ie5

Day 8.

Troye Sivan - The Rush (Australia 2023)

Just the simple act of ‘going out and being with people’ wouldn’t normally inspire such a brilliantly sexy communal sing-along celebration. But, you know, shit happened.

youtu.be/08HDlslcGu4?...

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 23h

Only in Alderley Edge would you get away with this grade-A tosser shit.

‘Kardashian of Cheshire’ paedophile jailed for luxury handbag fraud

Jack Watkin flaunted ‘millionaire’ lifestyle after defrauding victims including his father and friends of nearly £200,000

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

#TheTwen2ie5

Day 7.

Tyla - Water (South Africa 2023)

No, I can’t do the dance. Don’t be ridiculous.

youtu.be/XoiOOiuH8iI?...

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

#TheTwen2ie5

Day 7.

Tyla - Water (South Africa 2023)

No, I can’t do the dance. Don’t be ridiculous.

youtu.be/XoiOOiuH8iI?...

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

SARAH 2 are on my 20s list.

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Just admiring how T has turned a Sabrina Carpenter post into a conversation about The Sea Urchins. :)

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 2d

If she could just trim 10 seconds to get it under 3 minutes.

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 2d

#TheTwen2ie5

Day 6.

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (US 2024)

‘I tell them it’s just your culture and everyone rolls their eyes’ is a genuinely funny thing to sing about your boyfriend.

youtu.be/cF1Na4AIecM?...

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

#TheTwen2ie5

Day 5.

Dry Cleaning - Gary Ashby (UK 2022)

Mentions lockdown 👏
Well under 3 minutes 👏
About a missing tortoise 👏

youtu.be/N60YYbqenMc?...

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting to note that only one of those four things gets an ‘apparent’.

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago XII

Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

And winding down on the #RaveyardShift … because the dog needs walking. The Orb being dub.

youtu.be/Q2h5yNPBTPE?...

Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

I think it’s the Matt Aitken ‘actually quite a good guitar player’ thing.

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Stock Aitken Waterman haters look away now. #RaveyardShift

youtu.be/8GPANnPdKXk?...

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Well fucking said.

Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 3d

The Board of Deputies’ response to the Israeli government inviting Tommy Robinson to visit

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Hello #RaveyardShift … touching 30 here today, so the vibe is definitely Balearic.

youtu.be/gOGVyK38L1M?...

Gaya - Sing Your Soul ((D.S Ibiza Vocal Mix)1996))

YouTube video by skynet

youtu.be

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Simon Smith @simonsmith.bsky.social · 3d

A running theme of recent months is how people in extremist bubbles think they are far more representative of mainstream opinion than they really are. And how the centre is - slowly - starting to speak up.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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