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Tomas Wiik

@arnthor.bsky.social

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Frame from The Fast And The Furious showing the character Dominic Toretto. Caption below says “It doesn’t matter whether you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning.”

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

European policymakers are becoming increasingly hyperbolic about the threat Chinese producers pose to the continent's industrial base. As industrial giants such as Volkswagen restructure and slash jobs, fears of a new China shock are reaching fever pitch.

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Someone should tell Sky News

Screenshot from Sky News UK weather report showing a map of Europe with temperatures for major cities in degrees Celsius.

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Not to diminish the overall point about how screwed we are with the climate, but the forecast is quite different as of today. The Met's website also shows highs of 31 degrees C on Monday and Tuesday.

Weather map of the UK showing a grid of temperatures forecast for Monday June 22, as of June 18. The highest temperature on the map in the UK is 33 degrees C.

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It’s not quite the funniest thing he could have done. But it’s top 5.

BBC article says “Trump says US to 'blockade' Strait of Hormuz after talks failed over Iran's 'nuclear ambitions'”

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The moment the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute calls María Corina Machado to tell her she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Full video from NRK: www.nrk.no/video/nobeld...

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Hospital. London. Dinner. I’m baffled that one one thought to flag that serving a dinner of fish and chips heated in a sealed container was a very bad idea. The potato and fish swam in a pool of condensation. 🧵

Soggy fired fish, chips swimming in water, and mushy peas. At least the peas were meant to be mushy.

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Haven’t you heard?

Tweet from 2022 by @Froggenthusias1:

Minecraft proves that abolishing child labour was a mistake. The children yearn
for the mines.

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Apropos the talk of cutting benefits and services in the UK to save money, they key takeaway is: “just because you remove care, the need for it doesn't disappear.” Someone else bears the cost and nothing is saved. Great interview at @politicsjoe.bsky.social

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I don’t know why his reply got cut off in your screenshot but thought other people might want to see the rest of it. I mean, Trump’s back in power so the protests weren’t effectual but I figure he’s entitled to at least a full sentence. But yeah, congress is too old.

Post from Steve Cohen. Text includes: “No reason to think I'm not. Been on his case since 2016 protested his inauguration both 17 and 25 and his entire term and 17 to 21 and have not gotten off his case”

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Same! Walnuts, mushrooms, red lentils, quinoa, spinach and more. It was way better than I expected.

A picture of a beef-Wellington-style nut roast on a chopping board, with the top layer of dough in a sort of weave pattern.

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Picture with new and improved alt text..

Section from the book “How the railways will fix the future” by Gareth Dennis:

“The ultimate incentive: modal shift
To my mind, there's a simple answer to this question, and it provides the single unifying idea that everything else — organisational structure, lines of accountability, staff numbers, train lengths, number of tracks, levels of investment, you name it — can be quantitatively determined by.
That answer? Mode share.
The percentage of people and goods moved by rail versus other modes is a known, measurable and targetable value that can be determined at pan-national, national, regional, urban and indeed route levels. Setting a national target, allowing devolved authorities to set their own targets to deliver the national target, and in turn allowing transport authorities and railway managers to investigate and develop plans to deliver those targets at a service level shows us what the natural lines of communication need to be, which steers us towards an ideal structure for the railways.”

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Tomas Wiik @arnthor.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

@garethdennis.bsky.social this section… 🤯 it’s so straightforward and obvious, but also such a revelation. (The rest of the book is also fantastic so far)

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