Simon Wheatley
@simonwheatley.co.uk
Coming to you from Manchester, UK. Product person at Pendo. Walker, cook, nerd.
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And one of my most radical beliefs is this is really worth doing even when you don't always succeed because it will protect YOU, yes you the leader, you the infra expert, you the DevEx lead, guess what your psychology also matters and this kind of work can help you feel less completely alone
You’d be amazed at how much leverage you can get via influence if you show up with curiosity, research, and an understanding of how humans work
One of my best pieces of preliminary evidence is “look I can’t prove it yet, but if you talk to people you’ll find them agreeing with me”
One of my best pieces of preliminary evidence is “look I can’t prove it yet, but if you talk to people you’ll find them agreeing with me”
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
And one of my most radical beliefs is this is really worth doing even when you don't always succeed because it will protect YOU, yes you the leader, you the infra expert, you the DevEx lead, guess what your psychology also matters and this kind of work can help you feel less completely alone
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
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i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i hope this email finds you well
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Post your warning label
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Post your warning label
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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The Romans had actual corn laws that distributed subsidised (and eventually) free corn as state welfare. Important parts of Roman history hinge on this and we still use the phrase "bread and circuses" which is a direct reference to this state welfare
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Romans had actual corn laws that distributed subsidised (and eventually) free corn as state welfare. Important parts of Roman history hinge on this and we still use the phrase "bread and circuses" which is a direct reference to this state welfare
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Plur1bus is an allegory for a future where LLMs dominate society isn’t it?
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Plur1bus is an allegory for a future where LLMs dominate society isn’t it?
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AI has transformed tech interviews into a game of cat and mouse.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
AI has transformed tech interviews into a game of cat and mouse.
BIAB, standing in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
BIAB, standing in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.
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I dunno, it gives it a GO
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I dunno, it gives it a GO
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Fifty-one years (and three days) since the Cleveland Browns "some asshole" letter was sent:
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fifty-one years (and three days) since the Cleveland Browns "some asshole" letter was sent:
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I would be very intrigued to know about the location of some of the more George Crossy accounts on X while we are at it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I would be very intrigued to know about the location of some of the more George Crossy accounts on X while we are at it.
I’m not sure this notification is anything other than noise. Sometimes it’s useful to be told when rain will start or stop, but knowing there’s a seven minute gap allows me to do… what? Nip across the road without an umbrella to post a letter? Seems un-useful.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I’m not sure this notification is anything other than noise. Sometimes it’s useful to be told when rain will start or stop, but knowing there’s a seven minute gap allows me to do… what? Nip across the road without an umbrella to post a letter? Seems un-useful.
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A former guest who knows him, once told me that Trump sees politics as a reality show. Whatever else happens, by Friday every week, he has to "win the episode", ensure he's the principal character, make the last shot.
Once you tune into that, everything begins to make a twisted sort of sense.
Once you tune into that, everything begins to make a twisted sort of sense.
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A former guest who knows him, once told me that Trump sees politics as a reality show. Whatever else happens, by Friday every week, he has to "win the episode", ensure he's the principal character, make the last shot.
Once you tune into that, everything begins to make a twisted sort of sense.
Once you tune into that, everything begins to make a twisted sort of sense.
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Friday: "Sign this by Thanksgiving or it's all over for you."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Friday: "Sign this by Thanksgiving or it's all over for you."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
Are you on the Plur1bus? If not, get on the Plur1bus.
(I made that up, but you can use it if you want.)
(I made that up, but you can use it if you want.)
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are you on the Plur1bus? If not, get on the Plur1bus.
(I made that up, but you can use it if you want.)
(I made that up, but you can use it if you want.)
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A little advance notice: we have a lovely episode of the Kitchen Cabinet coming up tomorrow, marking this week’s world children’s day. We’re at the Academy of St Nicholas in Liverpool and all our questions come young people in Yr 7 and up. 10.30am on BBC Radio 4
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A little advance notice: we have a lovely episode of the Kitchen Cabinet coming up tomorrow, marking this week’s world children’s day. We’re at the Academy of St Nicholas in Liverpool and all our questions come young people in Yr 7 and up. 10.30am on BBC Radio 4
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This truly is madder than Mad Jack McMad ...
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This truly is madder than Mad Jack McMad ...
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I am currently hatching a plan where it is the main part of a chicken wings marinade, along with garlic and chilli oil.
There is no earthly reason why this abomination should have ever been conceived, let alone developed and marketed. And even less rational justification for it being so unfathomably delicious or utterly addictive.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
It is crack in a bottle and must be regulated, before the whole country is lost to it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I am currently hatching a plan where it is the main part of a chicken wings marinade, along with garlic and chilli oil.
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we're working on getting search back up, hang tight
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
we're working on getting search back up, hang tight