Author: SimonD

I wasn't expecting to get much from it, having watched the whole thing live. But it was worth the time, definitely.

— Simon Dickson (@simond) October 21, 2021

NI was ultimately unlocked by a political system where neither side can 'win'. You have to wonder if the winner-takes-all nature of UK FPTP and US two-party voting might be part of the problem here.

— Simon Dickson (@simond) October 21, 2021

I'm from Northern Ireland - a place built on echo chambers of school, church, sports club, housing estate. It took decades but people eventually realised that 'the other lot' held their 'wrong' beliefs as sincerely as 'we' held ours - and probably weren't going to be persuaded.

— Simon Dickson (@simond) October 21, 2021

I've been thinking a lot about this quote, picked up from @charlesarthur via @mmasnick earlier this week. Social media didn't create echo chambers, it breaks them down. From https://t.co/7Ij0KmNyeR pic.twitter.com/6PnV6wSZJ4

— Simon Dickson (@simond) October 21, 2021

There are already systems in place to deal with the vast majority of criminal misuses of unattributed speech or online anonymity. The question is why they are not being used to their full extent. (8/9)

— Open Rights Group (@OpenRightsGroup) October 19, 2021

If you're lucky enough to have GCN or Eurosport digital subscriptions: turn on now for midweek women's cyclocross from the USA. Almost all the big names. If it's anything like Sunday's battle between Vos, Brand & Betsema it'll be epic. And the weather is filthy.

— Simon Dickson (@simond) October 13, 2021

Just for a minute there, I hoped Adam Bird was a Tory gov minister I hadn't heard of.

— Simon Dickson (@simond) October 13, 2021