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@simonthomsen.bsky.social
Journalist covering tech and startups who likes a bunch of things, including a kinder world. As Guru Adrian said: "Having fun is half the fun".
A decade ago I wrote an essay for Business Insider Australia about the Adam Goodes booing. It's something I'm most proud of writing, but alas it's gone (Nine deleted the entire site). Anyway, tried to Google, and, well, don't ever change AI. I hope Goodesy feels the same about my AFL career 🙄
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
A decade ago I wrote an essay for Business Insider Australia about the Adam Goodes booing. It's something I'm most proud of writing, but alas it's gone (Nine deleted the entire site). Anyway, tried to Google, and, well, don't ever change AI. I hope Goodesy feels the same about my AFL career 🙄
Shot! Well played Sunday Times
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Shot! Well played Sunday Times
This is the one that does it for me - David Moore, from 16,000ft, 1966 (he also did a follow up in 1992 from 20k ft)
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is the one that does it for me - David Moore, from 16,000ft, 1966 (he also did a follow up in 1992 from 20k ft)
Or going to her own...
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Or going to her own...
You’d be the only one who drinks it
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
You’d be the only one who drinks it
That moment you see dad down on the front lawn and realise he now knows you're growing personal use plants in pots on the roof.
August 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
That moment you see dad down on the front lawn and realise he now knows you're growing personal use plants in pots on the roof.
Imagine being the leader of the free world and making where 10 teaspoons of sugar in a can of Coke comes from a priority.
btw. More than half of US sugar production comes from sugar beets.
btw. More than half of US sugar production comes from sugar beets.
July 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Imagine being the leader of the free world and making where 10 teaspoons of sugar in a can of Coke comes from a priority.
btw. More than half of US sugar production comes from sugar beets.
btw. More than half of US sugar production comes from sugar beets.
He's just setting the scene for you to be the 21st century Max Dupain
June 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
He's just setting the scene for you to be the 21st century Max Dupain
Tuning out for 70 minutes, thanks to the ACO. Don’t let anyone dismantle the country in the meantime
May 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Tuning out for 70 minutes, thanks to the ACO. Don’t let anyone dismantle the country in the meantime
It’s an old trope
Nixon met with this bloke, who gave potus a gun
Nixon met with this bloke, who gave potus a gun
April 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s an old trope
Nixon met with this bloke, who gave potus a gun
Nixon met with this bloke, who gave potus a gun
He thinks he’s Elvis to Trump’s Nixon - just another troll
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
He thinks he’s Elvis to Trump’s Nixon - just another troll
"I just got a very strong letter from Chuck Schumer"
April 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"I just got a very strong letter from Chuck Schumer"
I think I’ve discovered the secret to always getting great customer feedback. Amiright @woolworths.bsky.social ?
April 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I think I’ve discovered the secret to always getting great customer feedback. Amiright @woolworths.bsky.social ?
Love this photo of the @heardislandgov.bsky.social DFAT building as Heard Island Treasury officials arrive to discuss reciprocal tariffs against the US.
April 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Love this photo of the @heardislandgov.bsky.social DFAT building as Heard Island Treasury officials arrive to discuss reciprocal tariffs against the US.
Colossal Biosciences marketing director Elizabeth Holmes has released the first photo of the dire wolf the company has revived, using DNA scraped from old DVD of series 1 of Games of Thrones.
April 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Colossal Biosciences marketing director Elizabeth Holmes has released the first photo of the dire wolf the company has revived, using DNA scraped from old DVD of series 1 of Games of Thrones.
OK, so I've finally found a justifiable use for ChatGPT's Ghibli rip-off, riffing on zero-tariff Russia and Brokeback Mountain.
Unfortunately it wouldn't let me add the Orange Swan event saying "I wish I knew how to quit you."
Unfortunately it wouldn't let me add the Orange Swan event saying "I wish I knew how to quit you."
April 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
OK, so I've finally found a justifiable use for ChatGPT's Ghibli rip-off, riffing on zero-tariff Russia and Brokeback Mountain.
Unfortunately it wouldn't let me add the Orange Swan event saying "I wish I knew how to quit you."
Unfortunately it wouldn't let me add the Orange Swan event saying "I wish I knew how to quit you."
Nah mate, as usual, you left a scalpel inside the patient and right now Lady Liberty is bleeding out.
April 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nah mate, as usual, you left a scalpel inside the patient and right now Lady Liberty is bleeding out.
A blue ribbon seat
March 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A blue ribbon seat
Space Karen, who runs to courts constantly seeking orders if he doesn't like a change in wind direction, now hates the justice system. And doesn't know enough about US politics to realise Reps have "the sole Power of Impeachment" & the Senate needs a 2/3rds majority (ie. 67/100) to impeach.
March 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Space Karen, who runs to courts constantly seeking orders if he doesn't like a change in wind direction, now hates the justice system. And doesn't know enough about US politics to realise Reps have "the sole Power of Impeachment" & the Senate needs a 2/3rds majority (ie. 67/100) to impeach.
How it started/how it’s going:
March 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
How it started/how it’s going: