Reposted by Andy Tomlinsonironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 8hIn the simplest and most reductive way, the Uk political class seems to have resolved to pay 4% of gdp a year to investors to avoid raising taxes by 2% if gdp a year. It sounds mental when you put it like that but that’s actually the situation. 1357
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Chucky sequel about this is going to be GREAT. 010
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Strange news this morning for anyone following the EU KIDS Act: the Commission have opened a public consultation on it, AFTER they published the bill and sent it to EP/Council: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Pretty sure it doesn't normally happen like that.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission - Have your sayEuropean Commission - Have your say 021
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Anyone know yet if Spain is about to have a snap election? 200
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If antagonists antagonise, does that mean a protagonist can protagonise? 000
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonNeal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good piece on prices but doesn’t really mention the other side: transactions. Turnover has collapsed in London, especially central areas. That means the price evidence is based on thin volumes and most people are sitting it out (thanks high rents!). That’s prevented further price falls. 32411
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I, for one, welcome our new frog overlords. 000
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026Breaking News from @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Manchester City have been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges relating to breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations, according to people briefed on the matter. nyti.ms/4Azb7Wbnyti.msManchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breachesCity were charged by the Premier League in February 2023. 126821
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hey look it's "Everybody secretly enjoyed the B Plot in Attack of the Clones: The Motion Picture" (Complimentary) youtu.be/VL-xjzQFWsY?...youtu.beRay Gunn | Official Trailer | NetflixYouTube video by Netflix 000
Reposted by Andy Tomlinsonᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This genuinely made me laugh out loud today 104037817
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just finished Jasper Fforde's RED SIDE STORY. A mysterious dystopia filtered through twee English village cutesiness, with regular silly jokes. Expands the ideas from the first book delightfully. Lovely stuff, like Pratchett wrote The Prisoner. 010
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's nice that other religions get to do insipid Thought For The Day platitudes too. 000
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm at the Triumphal Arch. I'm at the Sniper Drone Plaza. I'm at the combination Triumphal Arch Sniper Drone Plaza. 438451
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The popularity of moustaches is a leading indicator of world wars. 2399
Reposted by Andy Tomlinsonfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Less of a fess, more of an exposé. I work for the security services and the percentage of colleagues who have 007 as the code on their locker beggars belief. One in three, I'd say. 1427015
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oxford United have apologised for releasing a clothing collection with the slogan ‘United 93’, after the club’s founding date in 1893. United Airlines flight 93 was one of those hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11. OUFC say “we are reviewing our approval processes”. 0177
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The EU KIDS Act (social media ban) has leaked. Big implications for games, lots of work to do. But my first reaction is dismay that the Commission has Americanised and used an acronym title, "EU Keeping Internet Digital Spaces Accountable and Trustworthy." How could they? 231
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The plan: "John Connor, I have arrived from the future to termina-jesus lad, put it away, is that what you people do? Ooh I've gone all nauseous, I'm stepping outside for a minute." 000
Reposted by Andy Tomlinson ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ 🌝 @daddyxanax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Her baby is about to set the Guinness world record for the fastest time a baby said their mother's name 6712148
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonMinna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This is the most counterintuitive part of NATO cooperation for the US to stay out of, because hunting these subs has always been about US homeland security - the Russian idea used to be to sneak through the GIUK gap and continue towards US East Coast. Try to find them in the Atlantic, good luckpolitico.comNATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the USAllied forces gathered near Iceland to practice hunting for Russian submarines, with a key member missing. 1421469
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/202613-year anniversary of Subway getting really mad at us.theonion.comNew Subway Promotion To Honor Subtember 11MILFORD, CT—Citing a wide range of deals customers will “never forget,” fast food chain Subway announced an exciting new promotion this week to honor and commemorate Subtember 11. “With a number of te... 183119542009
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonMan in Business Suit Levitating @dfeldman.org · 11/09/2026Just in case you ever have impostor syndrome, remember that in 2011, workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory brought six kilograms of plutonium together to take a picture to show their management. The amount was enough to start a chain nuclear reaction if they had been slightly closer. 351149356
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/09/2026The thing to watch will be Labour fundraising: at the moment they simply cannot *afford* a 2027 election. They're tens of millions short, with no general secretary and no director of fundraising. If those gaps get plugged and they go in a huge fundraising tear, *then* maybe we're on. 105112
Reposted by Andy Tomlinson👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026FUN FACT: The reason we sell petrol by the litre but measure performance by mpg is because in the 1970s oil shock, British pumps had exactly the same issue and it was easier to put stickers over the word "gallon" rather than retrofitting all the dials. 1618444
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You know I think England might win this test match. 100
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.eurogamer.net/untangling-m... Very nice Donlan piece. I've long been intrigued by the way our memory builds much more realistic versions of digital places we've visited. Goldeneye 64 was basically photo-realistic, I could swear.eurogamer.netI'm trying to untangle my response to how the Ocarina of Time remake looksThe new Ocarina of Time remake reveal felt like a description of a daydream I once had, except the daydream had been mine, and the description someone else's. 000
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My wife used to work there and it was a weird, hugely impractical mess inside. But this is still wild to see. 110
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to WOAH what the fuck is that mate, jesus" 000
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonAdam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Reposting this because 65185874234
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Scrolling down my feed after a busy morning to eventually find this and understand why everybody is annoyed this time. 010
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonLee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 07/09/2026this is how we win, not by fighting what we hate but by giving walkies to those we love 118110
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonRiker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 07/09/2026who lives in a pineapple under the sea 1023834
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonNoah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Massive increase in voter participation in Saxony-Anhalt compared to previous elections. Could be good. Could be bad. We’ll know at 6pm local time. www.wahlrecht.de/news/2026/la...wahlrecht.deLandtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt am 6. September 2026Wahlberichterstattung zur Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt am 6. September 2026: Hochrechnungen und Prognosen, Ticker-Meldungen, vorläufiges und endgültiges Wahlergebnis mit der Sitzverteilung sowie wei... 2185
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonJon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists 2261761062
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonRhys Elliott @superhys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Steam has generated $15 BILLION in gross revenue so far this year (Alinea estimates) Valve's functional monopoly on the PC market really is a behemoth, already up 15% on the same period last year. This year will almost certainly end well above $20 billion for the first time. Article:alineaanalytics.substack.comSteam has already generated $15B in gross revenue this yearWe look at the top-contributing new 2026 games, then evaluate whether or not mid-budget games are truly capturing Steam's middle class. 071
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026a) lol, rofl, etc b) why the hell does James Patterson feel like he needs to stick his name on this? Dignity clearly hasn't ever been a priority of his but good God, man. 020
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonHenna Virkkunen @hennavirkkunen.wsocial.eu · 31/08/2026We designated ChatGPT as a VLOSE and Reddit and Roblox as VLOPs under the DSA. These services indicated that they reach at least 45M average monthly users in the EU and thus meet the threshold for designation. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...ec.europa.euCommission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services ActToday, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 17928
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times. 131365640
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet 2642471264
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Luv 2 feel validated. (It's insurance for the bad times, really) 010
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Phil Foden is the Nicolas Cage of footballers. Is he a world class talent or does he mostly produce rubbish? Impossible to tell. 000
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Do you like hearing guitars make good noises? You're in luck - there's a new Dinosaur Jr album out today. open.spotify.com/album/4x9eup...open.spotify.comThere Near - Album by Dinosaur Jr. | SpotifyDinosaur Jr. · album · 2026 · 11 songs 000
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonEurope Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Norway: Monarch, Harald V, has died aged 89, following a period of illness. His son, Haakon VIII, succeeds him as King of Norway. Harald V was the country’s head of state for a period of over 35 years, ascending the throne in 1991. 45818
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonThe Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026Lawyers Say Andrew Tate Rented Brother To Appear Loved Online theonion.com/lawyers-say-andrew-tat… 202514354
Reposted by Andy TomlinsonJames Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Absolute longshot: I'm looking for Euan Smith who drew artwork for White Dwarf magazine in the mid 1980s and therefore is probably British and probably in his late 50s or 60s. Do you or did you know him? 18143217
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How has nobody given the Hot Shots treatment to Mission Impossible yet? 000
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Such a tragic irony that we're the rainiest island in the world but we never developed the technology to store that rain for use later. 030
Andy Tomlinson @andytomlinson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I knew exactly when the eclipse peaked because the crowd of watchers on Streatham Common broke into applause. Bless this town. 020