Simon L. Read

Doctor of Philosophy.
Associate Lecturer.
Writer.

#AVFC

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@hthieblot Geocities.

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@AVFCchats It's not AI, they've just put a retro video filter on it.

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@AVFCOfficial

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@WhatTheForkAVFC I'd lay in the path of a moving lorry if he asked me to. What a guy.

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@mymarvelouslife @_CM_67_ Millennium Stadium (to us locals), 74k capacity, smack bang in the middle of the city centre, no public car park, often hosts major/televised events (ex: we've hosted the Champions League final, a WWE PPV, and the biggest music acts), never much of an issue arriving or leaving.

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In completely unrelated news, Premier League 'big six' darlings, Spurs, are on the brink of relegation...

[Tigers Newsroom @TigersNewsroom]

🚨𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: According to Sky Sports, the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs are likely to include six for the first time from next season👀

#HCAFC

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Aston Villa's week - 19/01/2026 ~ 22/01/2026

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@TheGennadiy @creepydotorg The impressive thing about Independence Day is how little CGI was used. A lot of it (ex: the city explosions) were done with models & the city-destroyer ships were done by photographing models and layering them into the shots. On the making-of doc, they said it was about 5% CGI.

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The worst thing about PSR is they've tricked lower-table/league clubs into believing it's in-place to protect them against spending beyond their means, so they're unlikely to vote against it, handing the clubs it 'truly' protects the majority vote any time it comes up for review.

[SimpsonsEFL @EflSimpsons]

•Connor Gallagher•

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@TransWorldSport My absolute favourite thing as a kid was watching this on Channel 4 and seeing the weekly top 10 tennis rankings.
Then they'd show sumo/kabaddi and Football Italia. Good times.

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I feel like I've watched this several times an hour, every hour, since about 2:20pm this past Saturday.
UTV.

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

INCREDIBLE END TO THE GAME 🔥

Emi Buendia wins it for Aston Villa in the 95th minute!

@tntsports & @discoveryplusUK

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My story, Glass Womb, has been published by the good people at Blood+Honey! Give it a look!
It's loosely based on a short poem I once wrote called 'I am a vending machine, pregnant with a human-shaped man'.
Make of this information what you will...

[Blood+Honey @Blood_Honey_Lit]

Short story "Glass Womb" by Simon Read @SimonLRead.

“They tried to fix me once. Opened me up with metal keys and bored eyes, found nothing but snacks and wires and a sticky note: thank you. I deleted the footage. Burned the timestamp.”

https://t.co/ytOUgmZzZx

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Pulp delivering the performance of the weekend at Glastonbury (although Four Tet was incredible last night). They sound incredible and the fact they're not headlining is nothing short of negligent booking.

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I wrote some absurdist satire. Robot Butt gave it a home.

Stock Market Speedrunning: https://t.co/lTpsaMaclo

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The good people at Kinpaurak published a flash fiction piece I wrote.

I initially wanted to write it as a play because I think it would be dead funny as a play, but I have no experience in such matters so, if you produce plays, please do be in touch.

https://t.co/tCpDykI5Mf

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@SenseiCarl_ FA Singles or FA Doubles.
'3-&-In' and 'Koola' were the other two main football ones in the street.

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Drove all the way to work today only to realise I'd forgotten my laptop, so drove home to get it, only to then realise I'd left the house key in my coat draped over the chair at work, so drove back to work to get the key, and then decided to drive home to work from home...

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@Durre_Shahwar More support helping those from working class backgrounds obtain industry experience, while being sufficiently paid to do so.

[Emmy Potter @emmylanepotter]

To me, one of the best lessons we could learn from David Lynch is to stop demanding explanations of every piece of art from the artist who made it and instead let the art talk and decide what it means individually to you. What a richer way to experience the world.