Simon Smith MD ANT

cultural Marxist music-mad centrist dad. Ex @MENnewsdesk Current MD ANT.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

My man Bertie.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@thesundaysport Didn’t even get the harbour properly boiling first. Muppets.

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@mahaprakriti @BGatesIsaPyscho You know those are all people who work for him, don’t you?

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@jamesrbuk He won fair. But I do think the multiple bomb threats to polling stations in Dem-leaning areas needs to be talked about more.

(Mind you, the way it turned out, those areas probably all swung to Trump anyway).

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@spinal_bap @WorldFamousHot1 Bloody hell, he’s written a song called False Flags. Christ on a bike.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@spinal_bap @WorldFamousHot1 Bloody hell, he’s written a song called The Centre Cannot Hold. Christ.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@dcsandbrook RIHC today is largely about mediaeval mysticism and the divining power of turtles. Come back.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@WestminsterWAG If I click I’ll find you’ve presented some clear evidence that she ‘assumed’ this? I assume?

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Actually, I usually agree with the person ‘hitting back’… but it’s the idea that it’s the ‘final say’ or ‘the only five words that have to be said’ or has ‘shut down the debate’ that annoys me.

Clearly, as today proves, very few debates have been ‘shut down’.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

Sigh. I’m starting to think this kind of thing is part of the problem, not the solution. The lazy assumption that EVERYBODY agrees about ‘the perfect response/clapback/last word’.

It’s perfectly possible to argue that Clement doesn’t understand what ‘elites’ means these days.

[The Poke @ThePoke]

Jemaine Clement had the only response necessary for people saying Trump's win was a blow for the American 'elite'
https://t.co/yrnY5SVALB

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

Fair enough, it’s a comedy-based website, but the ‘all our readers have to agree with our take or we’ll pen scathing editorials/shame them on social media’ approach is too common in proper journalism as well.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@iainlee And if you type a lot, learn keyboard shortcuts that mean you don’t have to use the mouse/scroll so much.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@iainlee My money is on RSI from phone/keyboard use. If you’re not careful it can creep into your arm, shoulder and back. I was off work for weeks with it.

One very useful piece of advice I got was to exercise your fingers and thumb by stretching an elastic band with your hand.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@joeryan01 @monstroso @ricardoautobahn And then, weirdly, stopped selling records as soon as young people started buying them again.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@thomasforth But at least they could make the trains run on time. Ker-ching.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@ElbridgeColby Mate, you’re banging on about ‘the establishment’ and your name is Elbridge?!

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

Polls are beginning to close in the US and results are slowly starting to come in.

I'll be doing live fact-checking of viral false or misleading claims about the election throughout the night here on X.

Please flag any potentially false claims you come across via DM.

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@AffrenchFfrench @jimmy_viz @PsychedelicTony @Philak282 @heavenandthesea @GeoffNoizy @gavb1967 @EdHodgson @dickidot09 @JayneMoobs @djexplain @showbizwhines1 @DazzyJef @dreamfuel @Palmer1966Tre @jnanagarbha @DonkinGerardo @johngstyles @Daveyman19 @Charles30181053 @burt_cdburt @AGARR45 @WallyTBM @cardinalcanary @MrRodneyStreet @SlippyDj @unclewald @treeshrewmusic BARRYTOWN!

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@AffrenchFfrench @jimmy_viz @PsychedelicTony @Philak282 @heavenandthesea @GeoffNoizy @gavb1967 @EdHodgson @dickidot09 @JayneMoobs @djexplain @showbizwhines1 @DazzyJef @dreamfuel @Palmer1966Tre @jnanagarbha @DonkinGerardo @johngstyles @Daveyman19 @Charles30181053 @burt_cdburt @AGARR45 @WallyTBM @cardinalcanary @MrRodneyStreet @SlippyDj @unclewald @treeshrewmusic Oh, come on!!! … I’m trying to get some sleep :)

[Simon Smith MD ANT @smithsimonMEN]

@PsychedelicTony @AffrenchFfrench @heavenandthesea @GeoffNoizy @gavb1967 @EdHodgson @dickidot09 @JayneMoobs @djexplain @showbizwhines1 @DazzyJef @Philak282 @dreamfuel @Palmer1966Tre @jimmy_viz @jnanagarbha @DonkinGerardo @johngstyles @Daveyman19 @Charles30181053 @burt_cdburt @AGARR45 @WallyTBM @cardinalcanary @MrRodneyStreet @SlippyDj @unclewald @treeshrewmusic Simple Minds should do a powerful ballad about how evil he is. That would show him.