Simon Cooke

Retired. Write stuff that a handful of people read. Right but y'all ain't listening.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@KanishkaNarayan Perhaps leaving the EU was a good thing then.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@AltFemKG It works. And then they want to take your stuff because it worked.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

"Charles the Affable" ftw

[sanstitre (commissions closed) @sanstitre2000]

About 1500 years of Italian history

[Phil Magness @PhilWMagness]

Some basic, non-negotiable principles for a functional, winning political coalition:

- Reject Marxism
- Reject "democratic" socialism
- Reject postliberalism
- Reject bigotry

Note that there is a substantial Venn diagram overlap between those four things.

[Burnside @BurnsideWasTosh]

Poor Jensen Huang, down to his last $148bn and he didnt even know Jonathan Ross.

[Richard Morrison @RichardMorrison]

She fell on that carb grenade, saving me from eating them instead. Give her a metabolic medal.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

Burnham bounce

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Hindley Green (Wigan) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 49.5% (+16.8)
➡️ RFM: 36.6% (-15.8)
🙋 Ind: 5.1% (New)
⬛ RES: 4.4% (New)
🌳 CON: 2.3% (-2.5)
🌍 GRN: 1.7% (-5.5)
🔶 LDM: 0.4% (-2.6)

Labour GAIN from Independent.
Changes w/ 2026.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@electionmapsuk Mind you, the independent became the leader of Reform on the council.

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I assume this guy doesn't have a girlfriend

[Sophisticated Art Speculator @SpeculatorArt]

This is a MAJOR problem with Stay at Home Moms (SAHM) , and I'm sorry ladies but the problem is very likely YOU.

First off, it goes without saying that childbirth and breastfeeding is an incredible strain on the mother and women are amazing for doing it.

But, I'm sorry, NO childcare is not an equal trade for your husbands job.

I see this all the time with friends and other dads online.

The mom equates raising the kid with the man's job, and then believes the rest of the duties should be split.

Ur completely delusional.

Childcare is valued at $2000-$2500/mo. It's a minimum wage job.

A house cleaner is valued at $2800/mo. It's also around a minimum wage job.

So combine them both together and the value the SAHM is contributing to the household is around $60k/yr.

Guess what? If you are a SAHM, your husband is likely pulling in $150k/yr+.

So the market is saying your husbands work (after taxes) is TWICE as valuable as you raising the kid and doing ALL the house chores.

It's priceless that you get to raise your kid and give them a ton of attention that they wouldn't get at daycare.

It's priceless that you're husband makes enough that it's even possible for you to be a SAHM.

Meanwhile, I see dad's contributing more than ever.

I personally wake up, make the kids breakfast, take them to school, do a full-time job, and then try to help out around the house some when I get home. I take the kids to dance and sports after work.

And I know for many other dad's with SAHM, they are doing this too.

And it's so sad the amount of times I hear SAHM leave the laundry, the dishes, all the house chores to be done after the husband gets home from work.

Because "childcare is a full-time job" and the rest should be 50/50. No ladies, go get a $150k/yr+ job, put your kid in daycare, and then the rest can be 50/50.

This woman's example is extreme, at least how she's framing it, but sorry ladies, the problem is indeed you in about 80% of these situations.

[Harry Cole @MrHarryCole]

It’s amazing how little scrutiny the Restore sewer gets simply because so many otherwise noisy types are enjoying them denting Reform’s polling numbers.

[James Blunt @JamesBlunt]

Hold on. If my album goes to No.1 tomorrow, all I have to do is tell you my favourite cheese, and you’ll give £1000 to a charity of my choice and legally change your name to James Blunt?

Deal. People - let’s get to work.

https://t.co/ySCzhWQGcb

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@SartorialThug Well Huang

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@BristOliver My brother is a computer scientist* (and his daughter is a maths academic ftw). I assume he is hiding from all those women in his Bulgarian castle**.

*he'd say engineer obvs. **restored fortified farmhouse

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

So neither Neil Young or Bob Dylan can hold a tune. But Young, for all the great songs, has a nasal whine that is far more grating than Dylan's random approach to musical notes.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@OldRoberts953 Unless they are seriously nerdy, I don't trust any straight guy who refers to "sportsball" without irony.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

@RichardMorrison I wrote about it (some of the cultural references might not be Yank-friendly)
https://t.co/m4pGW7tDuQ

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

The gap between the Charlton and Neville brothers starting for England is 31 years.

If Jobe & Jude play together, then the gap between the Nevilles and Bellinghams will be 30 years.

So about the same gap. The Nevilles are as close to the Charltons as they are to the Bellinghams!

Did the game change more between 66 & 96? Or between 96 & 26?