Simon Hildrew

It would be something to see Iran get through the group stages and go on to win the World Cup. Imagine if opposing teams chose to let them, a positive protest, a shared statement...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Very much up your street I think @daviddark.bsky.social

BREAKING: Sources confirm Trump's "very good" Iran nuclear talks were actually with Melbourne radio duo Hamish & Andy, who spent three hours pretending to be Khamenei. Iran: "We have had zero contact with the United States." Trump: "The Ayatollah said I have the best hands he's ever seen."

For a lot of the last year I’ve wondered if the UK would be better off forging close connections with China and starting to rollback connections with the US. Stability, leader in green technology, global influence via belt and road. What future does the US offer? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Glad to hear that @cajardinemp.bsky.social and others have jumped from X at last. My "last straw" was a long time ago now, but hopefully this will mark another exodus from the utterly toxic platform Twitter has morphed into.

I really hope that @ryanairofficial.bsky.social never asks for a doctor to make themselves known on a flight where there is a medical emergency. How incredibly heartless. Another reason I try extremely hard to avoid flying with them. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

If there is one writer the @theguardian.com could greatly benefit from replacing with an LLM it is Adrian Chiles. Based on the latest column, I suspect this is already happening. #aislop www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... This on the other hand is spectacular: bsky.app/profile/adri...

Interesting observation from @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social. Having looked at the data, the Greens are already beating Labour in the under-50 demographic. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The PSU of my real pen plotter went yesterday, when I wanted to test a new app I was writing to drive it. So I wrote this mock pen plotter which can be connected to via a TCP socket and interpret Gcode just like my iDraw v2. It was fun to build and flawlessly ran my existing Gcode files. #penplotter

@daviddark.bsky.social I sense that you would have an interesting and insightful reflection on Thiel's recent lectures. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Enjoying seeing transparent explanation of LLM usage in journalism in what seems like a great application of the technology by @porcelinad.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I no longer read or see the Economist, but my throwaway thread on how I feared this unfolding back in 2023 has turned out to be depressingly accurate.

Petition rejecting Digital ID cards in the UK has reached 1m shortly after it was announced. Labour can't win 🤷 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

“The tyranny of the veto sabotages the very reason for the UN’s existence.” - Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The video in this piece is terribly brilliant.

The gaping hole in this interesting piece by @jasperjolly.bsky.social and Dan Milmo is the extent to which this extends to the OTA systems that every recent JLR car on the road connects to. Could motivated attackers have shipped malicious updates to cars? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

My opinion of Nick Clegg continues to worsen - I'm not sure I need to read this book, but I do worry about those with power who do and decide to take what he says at face value 😨 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Wow. Microsoft Teams is just bad right? Is it because I'm using it on macOS via Chrome or is it just terrible?

"What Was Israel Supposed To Do After October 7?" Is Asking The Wrong Question A much more useful and interesting question is “What were Palestinians supposed to do in response to all of Israel’s abuses prior to October 7?” www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/what-was-i...

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... The image at the top of this live blog makes me sick to my stomach. Enough is enough.

First time I’ve had an Amazon delivery stripped of the contents. Frustratingly Amazon are unable to replace it and can only offer a refund of the 21% off price (a price that is no longer available). That’s kind of annoying given that this is a problem in their supply chain. #firstworldproblems

@jessicaelgot.bsky.social I’d really like to see some exploration into how many people who threatened to leave Massachusetts as a result of the wealth tax, actually left? Or similar wealth taxes elsewhere.

It seems that totaluptime.com (and the DNS service they offer) is errrr, down.

I'm more excited about the release of this later this week than I have been about any TV for a long time 🤖

I'm honestly starting to wonder if we'll see the extinction of both the UK's main political parties in the next election cycle. I didn't vote for Labour, but didn't expect them to be as hapless as the Tory government they replaced. Who or what has this hold over Starmer? Maybe he's not sleeping. 😖

If you want to read something to rejuvenate you hope in humanity then cast your eyes over this: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Hey #penplotter Bluesky 👋 I won an UUNA TEK A0 pen plotter in a Christmas competition and I’ve made a video about unboxing it and using it for the first time to plot the famous Schotter. A lot of assembly, use of vpype to generate gcode, and a floor that isn’t flat. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VwX6...

@teslatakedown.co.uk you should share www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/... It’s an excellent review of the latest Tesla. “At a glance Pros: good battery efficiency, AWD model is properly quick, great charging network Cons: uncomfortable ride, irritating cabin ergonomics, everyone will hate you”

So @everyonehateselon.bsky.social's Tesla smashing event went well: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A question that I honestly think is in the public interest for Kier Starmer to be asked (we live in a new normal where he is cosying up to an authoritarian leader): “what will you do when Trump insists that the UK deploys troops to help the USA invade Greenland or Canada?”

This letter in the Guardian misunderstands tech companies as benevolent or at worst inert. In reality children are a source of profit, and by having an age limit they don’t enforce can simultaneously make profits and point to the age limit when it all goes wrong. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Went along and held a sign at Edinburgh's #teslatakedown protest this morning. Friendly bunch of around 15 people. Lots of support from passing traffic; I'd say 40-50% of traffic that passed honked or gave thumbs up. About 5% obscene gestures. And two nazi salutes... really.

Seems plausible.

Just asked for our portfolio to be divested of a couple of iShares and Pictet funds that hold Tesla. At 0.6%, Tesla wasn’t a big portion of the portfolio, but I feel a little lighter for it. p.s. You should follow @teslatakedown.co.uk or it’s local kin

This is a really excellent economy focused episode of Planet Critical. Strongly recommend.

To be absolutely clear: Boycotting Tesla is boycotting Elon Musk, not boycotting EVs. Here's a great flier we remixed to leave under Tesla driver's windscreens with some suggestions of alternative EVs to buy in the UK. Please print and carry around! #TeslaTakedown www.teslatakedown.co.uk/flyers

If nothing else, this seems like a compelling reason not to use Revolut bank. Really intrigued to not see Monzo on the list. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m... Nice work @porcelinad.bsky.social et al.

Meeting our local (Scotland) minister to talk about preemptive steps in the local community in response to the looming rise of authoritarianism that we're seeing in many countries. Interested in hearing about other conversations, perhaps a year or 2 back & what worked/didn't @daviddark.bsky.social ?

Fast forward four years by which time landlords will have successfully lobbied the red tories such that the impact of this is almost meaningless... www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

I’m glad that they are pursuing this. I knew a couple of those on the list when I was a more impressionable age and attending a church in London. Whilst horrifying, I am surprised at how not at all shocked I am about this. Funny how certain impressions are given. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This, and the stories with the “don’t buy a swasticar” stickers being put on Teslas make me joyful. Props to Sheryl Crow and others who make that stand. #toxifymusk www.theguardian.com/technology/2...