simon allison (he/him/his)

@Matthew_Hodson Preach! #vito ❤️

People who think I only watch #Strictly for Layton and Nikita don’t know me.

@JaneyGodley What have you learned? Please put this in your next show 🥰❤️

Husband & I STUPIDLY decided to take the oven door apart & clean the THREE glass panels it contains. We lost a screw, almost smashed all the glass,had to look up YouTube to figure out how to release the clip (we were sweating and arguing) and now I don’t want an oven or a husband

@sacha_coward I was thinking more that they might DM novella you back… 🥰

@Simon_AllisonOG Restraining order?

There's about 7 of you on here, that every time you like one of my tweets, I'm so close to sending you a full DM novella about how obsessed I am with you, and how funny you are, and how desperate I am for you to like me ... but I don't because that would possibly be terrifying.

Robert De Niro’s full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts: I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly. I see an evil one. Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped. Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

From 2011-2015, 435 new turbines were approved. From 2016-2020, it was 16. Today, 9/10 homes'd welcome a local turbine if it meant cheaper energy. The end of the ban will make it far easier to build the cheap, green power people are crying out for 👏 octo.ps/ban-lifted-ons…

@sacha_coward Where can we preorder?

So.... *Melodramatic Drum Roll* Queer As Folklore is coming out late Summer 2024!!!

Our inflation rate is 6.8%. In Spain, it's 2.3%. Here's some of how Spain did that: - Proper caps on energy prices - Lowered public transport costs - Taxed excess profits - Rent caps We don't need more interest rate hikes. We need to take on corporate power like Spain has.

The science of global warming is so very simple. Please spare a few short minutes to watch Carl Sagan explain it beautifully clearly nearly forty years ago.

I often wonder what the world would be like now if Al Gore had become president…

@carolvorders No one of us alone, is greater than all of us together.

The great philosopher Bertrand Russell a year before I was born, giving two messages to future generations. Intellectual...study only the facts, do not be distracted Moral...love is wise, hatred is foolish. Mine : Always be curious....dig deep.... What would you say?

Woken up with Brian Blessed... #Newsnight #Lionesses 👍🏼

@Matthew_Hodson ❤️

The ‘No obits’ headline came less than 5 months after I was diagnosed with #HIV. Aged 30, I gave myself a life-expectancy of another 20 years, getting me as far as 50. I turned 56 last week.

25 years ago today, two years after the arrival of effective #HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s #LGBT newspaper ran ‘No Obits’ as its front page headline. It was the first edition not to report an #AIDS death in almost 15 years.

If the UK leaves the ECHR, then *people in the UK* lose all the protections listed below. (Nobody else does, because no other country is leaving!) It would be a massive act of self-harm, and a huge victory for a government bent on repression and fear. gov.uk/government/col…

Every single word Andrew says is factual and he expresses the sense of despair so many of us on the frontline feel… This govt do not deserve to be guardians of our NHS! Pls RT the hell out of this!

Contrary to what some who claim to speak for LGB people would have you believe, lesbians, gay men and bisexuals have a positive view of trans people. We are #LGBWithTheT! 💜 Share and let the truth shine! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💪

Leaving the ECHR because you want to send migrants to Rwanda... Is like burning your house down because you don't like a patch of carpet. ECHR provided justice for Hillsborough, stopped criminalisation of homosexuality Don't let this Govt throw your rights away @JeremyVineOn5

The fossil fuel industry has started to say the quiet part out loud a little more often: they want to continue pumping fossil fuels forever. And, of course, they are still pushing phony ‘solutions’ intended to delay real climate action. I explain in my latest from @TEDTalks. ted.com/talks/al_gore_…

The fossil fuel industry's hold over our political and financial systems blocks ambitious action on the climate crisis at every turn. We can't afford to put their false solutions ahead of a just transition to clean energy. Learn why in my latest @TEDTalks. ted.com/talks/al_gore_…