Simon Hawthorn

We are approaching the weekend and it's been a while since I last did a shenanigan. Well, I have an Interrail ticket burning a hole on my phone, a bag full of clothes and a bottle opener. Time for a thread of threads. Which will be this thread.

People who hate any group of women will hate all women

Is it too early to plan my own kidnapping?

I look forward to hearing the sigh from @raaleh.bsky.social when he inevitably has to read this and then torture the rest of the hogs with it. I've already put the money aside for the live show.

Rather pleased that my amazing colleague, David Leboff, someone who has spent over four decades making the Underground more accessible and inclusive, has won the Life Time Achievement Award this evening If you like London Underground, go get one of his books. Well worth it!

it's not the only problem in the world but it seems very clear to me that better ADHD support leads to better real-world outcomes, and that the delta between outcomes for the well-supported and unsupported is frequently enormous

I've had one of those work days that has left me exhausted. Not from anything particularly physical, but from the constant draining feeling that I am fighting a loosing battle.

I love that work have decided to start removing computers and replacing them with docking stations for us to use laptops etc with. In other news I'm on the fifth blue screen of death so far this morning. I tried to raise a service request to report it and crashed again.

She was murdered by transphobia 😥😥😥

I watched the first episode of Visionquest and it is always a delight to see James Spader turn up, apparently doing a turn as "what if Alan Shore was also a murderous robot". I genuinely expected him to call Vision "Denny" at least once.

100 years ago today, and very little has changed. #WarOnCars

Went for a lovely amble earlier, some beautiful autumnal colours starting to appear in Cheam and Nonsuch Park. Ground still absurdly dry and cracked though, I do hope we get some decent months of rain. Until then, I'll enjoy the colours and cooler air.

This totally isn't true (it is)

If you've got an opinion you want on here - submit it to the form: https://forms.gle/1gNMupaNHQf8xeRE6

"Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is FALSE. buff.ly/Pa7fvr8

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

It has suddenly, and finally, cooled down enough that I actually put a jumper on when I went out to the gym this morning.

How does Green Party Conference work? You asked, I answered. Full video live now.

"NHS Impose requirement to live in your desired neurotype for 2 years before being able to seek treatment"

Goddamnit, this world sucks.

“you still got my support, but you gotta do something” 🐆💀

Awesome.

Oh god ... A friend (only works overnight) makes a joke about being a nighthawk. I send a picture of a certain Edward Hopper painting "What's that?" *Sigh*

when ai leaves u behind

Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

@wolfp.bsky.social I am skeptical on this

With the final report of the autism, ADHD and mental health review expected soon, here's a reminder of what their interim report actually said. We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead. Let's not do that again.

I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.

#enshittification

Do you know what would create and support many thousands more jobs and be better for the country? Proper electrification.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that)

The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.