Simeon Whiting

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I finally did it. I've finally plucked up the courage to put some of my writing out into the world. If you fancy buying me a coffee for my trouble, that'd be lovely but I'm not expecting it. I hope you like what you read. Feedback very welcome!

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Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.
Russia isn't on Trump's tariff list.

Wow. Loop 2 still in progress and only 6 runners left. This is brutal. Last year was incredible but this one is compelling in a completely different way. #BM100

My March for Refugees Help Simeon Whiting raise money to support Refugee Action

I'm taking part in #MarchForRefugees to raise support for @refugeeaction.bsky.social.

I'm aiming to run 200 miles during March. Could you help me raise £1 a mile?

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Something people in UK need to wake up to is how racism affects whether or not you get a job, whether you will be promoted and how long you will stay promoted.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

When JD Vance can go to Dachau and immediately follow it by all but endorsing the far-right, Holocaust revisionist AfD, and Marco Rubio can go to Yad Vashem and immediately follow it by defending Vance's support for the AfD, we need to ask big questions about what Holocaust remembrance is even for.

So Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has finally spelled out the quiet part in neon letters for those who hadn’t got it yet.

This political moment isn’t about limiting protection to “genuine” refugees. It is about slamming the UK shut to people fleeing danger.

There’s no pretending you didn’t know.

Can hear Andrew Tate's head spinning from here.

NEW: A moment in Munich.

Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.”

He ends hoping for peace.

A long, standing ovation.

What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.

UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’ Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’

This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention.

No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country

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IT IS A COUP This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.

It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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Yes. This. This is exactly why I've jumped ship and joined @greenparty.org.uk. What's the point of a Labour government if all they give us is recycled Conservative policies?

Read a book today.

The fascists can't stand it when you read books.

I am so sick of Schroedinger’s adult man.
Men are strong and need to be in charge but when accountability and standards show up they’re just little babies who need to be protected.

Nigel Farage here, lasting a grand total of three sentences between claiming he's not a racist, and saying something racist

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! #ARSMNC

My recent internet search history includes, in no particular order:
Quaker beliefs; when my local railway station was closed; spells using ash twigs; the Reform UK manifesto; and 14th century executions for heresy.
Why yes, I am researching a novel. How did you guess?
#writingcommunity #amwriting

Despite the progress that's been made in the aviation sector to make it more sustainable, I’m simply not convinced that you can have hundreds of thousands of additional flights at Heathrow every year without a hugely damaging impact on our environment.

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Opinion | You have to perform contorted intellectual gymnastics to avoid the word "fascism" which explains the phenomenon we see in front of our eyes

🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social

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Research for novel number 2 has compelled me to download the Reform UK manifesto. I feel dirty inside. #amwriting #writingcommunity

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling We’ve all done it. Who hasn’t been innocently hanging out at the inauguration of a man dubbed by people in his own party as the next Hitler and accidentally performed a Nazi salute that could only be ...

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling. From @thedailytism.bsky.social:

thedailytism.com/the-autistic... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

No way! You're a novelist too? I only know you as a Hebrew Bible scholar. I loved your paper on monster theory!

Thanks! That's very helpful.

Comrades: a quick question. When querying a novel, is it frowned upon to approach several agents at once?
#writingcommunity #amquerying

Call me old fashioned, but I believe that stealing classified documents, encouraging espionage, inciting an armed insurrection, and being a convicted felon and rapist should disqualify any person from trying to be President of the United States.

Thank you! 😊

After nearly two years of writing, editing, fretting and dithering, The Novel is done. I'm sending out queries this afternoon, including to an agent I reeeeaaaaally want to work with. Thoughts, prayers and positive vibes all much appreciated. #booksky #amquerying

Publishers! All the advance money spent on terrible people writing their self-serving memoirs would fund a RAFT of new talent and might give you actual bestsellers. Let’s do that instead! 🥳