Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Makes sense as BBC has nowhere near enough income due to previous cumulative govt cuts, increased obligations, fewer license fees. Thus needs immediate deep cuts, just about enabling them to uphold min. charter obligations. Privatisation's neither cause nor effect, tho may be a downstream outcome . 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🔥Absolute *god-tier* beer snacks spotted for the first time in years on UK soil. In a world where so much is going to shit, it’s the little joys that matter. Muled back a load of these from Brooklyn in 2023 after they’d disappeared from UK shelves. Now, I need a pint to complete the experience… 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Some pubs can be unprofitable simply because they're tied and owned by large pubs (which I assume is the reasoning for the predatory landlord line). It's not always the pub site which is unprofitable, sometimes the business model which dictates the overheads and margins. 001
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Silent spring (and summer, and probably autumn too). The omission of public discourse is jarring and dissonant. 020
Reposted by Joby CattoAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Marco Rubio on 23 June: "No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway. That's existing international law." 761206420
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I've seen streets with Israeli, Confederate, loyalist paramilitary, Parachute Regiment and Christian flags in a fairly short stretch. It's like tribal bigotry jackpot 🎰 0553
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026*immediate flashback to that skit in Chris Morris's Jam where Robert Kilroy Silk lost his mind, going naked and feral around a shopping mall* 000
Reposted by Joby CattoRobert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The prospect of Nigel Farage fighting a people vs the establishment by-election in which the only other candidate is Count Binface - is too hilarious for words. 892175343
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Toadface vs Binface. Everyone else sits on the sidelines, crossing their arms and biding their time. 1182
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Troubling, powerful testimony from @otoolematthew.bsky.social and deep, level-headed historical parallels perspective in this Half Pint from the ever-excellent @passportirish.bsky.social Thanks for recording and sharing this. 054
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Listen more, say less, lads… Wading in, full cowboy boot-deep into a complex part of the world with overlapping, nuanced, highly sensitive issues *really* is not a good look… Pure Trump 2.0 MAGA-centric vibes though, so no surprise… 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026What kind of buffer / lead would Burnham need to comfortably compensate for the 'secret / ashamed to admit' demographic which could reasonably be expected to be under-represent in polling like this? Do psephologists use a reference margin, weighted for different parties, for such a thing? 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Calculated opportunism on the part of him and his backers. Always keen to shift the window, given the chance. 000
Reposted by Joby CattoJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Nigel Farage’s claim that he paid for a £1.4mn house with his fee from a reality TV show has been challenged by corporate accounts that appear to show that the income remained on his company’s balance sheet after the property purchase. www.ft.com/content/88ce...ft.comNigel Farage’s accounts challenge claim that he paid for £1.4mn house with TV feeReform UK leader has said he did not use £5mn gift from crypto billionaire to buy Surrey property 79945430
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Bias aside, I just can't get over that errant double space… 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I bloody love trig points www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comCampaigners seek listed status for historic trig points that mapped BritainPillars at Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and Thorny Gale, Cumbria, bookended the project that modernised mapping 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026🇭🇺 First visited in summer 1990, last visited in 2010. Time to go back for lángos, beer and a side portion of democratic retribution, methinks… 030
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026IP vs process knowledge. You can monetise/exploit the former (but also exist without it) , but you'll really rue the lack of the latter when you need it most. This thread reinforces what I've learned over my professional / creative lifespan. Intangible, accreted, contextual knowledge is king. 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 03/04/20263D gaussian splat of Orchan Rocks near Todmorden. Data set from last year, but newly reprocessed using the new MRNF strategy in LichtfeldStudio v0.5.1. #gaussiansplat #lichtfeldstudio #3DGS #outcrop superspl.at/scene/23c50045 020
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Amazing… that's a wild total! Congrats and keep up the great work🔥 110
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This whole thread suggests good UX is (unsurprisingly) a key determinant. Companies should take note. It’s unlikely they will, based on the collected experiences in this thread. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 000
Reposted by Joby CattoEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/03/2026First images from those meetings 191274253
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I've been using Macs for three and a half decades and I can (a) confirm cut, copy paste existed then in System 7, along with drag and drop and (b) dread to think who's paying this twin short plank agglomeration for their so-called Mac knowledge so they can ostensibly make a living 🤦🏻♂️ 040
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Glorious thread, thanks. 🍆 also I’m getting strong Clockwork Orange attack scene vibes… was Kubrick’s production designer tangenitially inspired by this theatrical protuberance, I wonder? Or were all oversized cock and balls equally svelte, streamlined and stylised at the time? 110
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026There’s an overwhelming amount of news (and noise) in these times… and this means some of the best and worst discourse gets submerged. If you read one thing today, it should be this; highlighting both ends of the spectrum, and underscores values we should collectively cherish and protect. 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Forget happy hump day, it's happy midweek Pellicle publication day, and this one's a doozy. A characteristically informative, thought-provoking and balanced piece by Tim Anderson 🍵💚 001
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026This heritage Irish stout recipe from 1883 by @kernelbrewery.bsky.social and Boundary Brewing Co-op elevated a St Patrick's Day tea very nicely. Sláinte! ☘️ 031
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 16/03/2026As oil doesn't mix with water, simply spill all the oil onto the Gulf's surface, wait for the tide to take it out past the Strait, and scoop it up again. Easy. And as a bonus, it'll lubricate that tight passage for future incursions. The Marine Expeditionary Force will love that. 1530
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Pidgeon English? That would *really* hack off the swivel-eyed brigade… 000
Reposted by Joby CattoBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/03/2026Ed Zitron's a fantastic journalist, capable of turning a close read of AI companies' balance-sheets into an incandescent, exquisitely informed, eye-wateringly profane rant: www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl... 1/ 114837
Reposted by Joby CattoThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The juxtaposition of the first and second items of business for this Privy Council meeting is hilarious. privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u... 1119343
Reposted by Joby CattoH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Brilliant sweepthestrait.com 1537185
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026That caption + the slightly furtive expression of the photo of HRH suggests he's using the throne for an emergency chocolate weasel moment… 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Richie from @weare1of100.bsky.social consistently collabs with incredibly talented (and tastefully-curated) creators. I've been pining for this one for weeks since it was first teased. Made up I managed to get my usual number today 🎛️🔥 I lost control, I sold my soul I sold my soul, I lost control 131
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🟪🟦 Oh, this is great. Beguiling simple, frustratingly compelling. Congrats @chrisroguerobot.bsky.social Just lost a good chunk of my early morning getting lost in pastel-coloured futurist strategic gamesmanship. Extra points for the name too. Shall we play a game? 010
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Oh yes! Pavlovian response just conjured up the theme from the deepest recesses of my younger self’s mind. 000
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Remember Operation Rolling Thunder? This is Operation Rolling Bullshit. Excellent piece joining the dots between Surkov’s doctrine, Bannon’s gameplay, and the current US / Israeli strategy of shoot first, spin later, retcon always. 46433
Reposted by Joby CattoNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Next time anyone you speak to says, 'yeah but family voting', make sure you've read this and have it up your sleeve. @jamesgraham.theliberati.net 👏 www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...theliberati.netThe baseless innuendo of “family voting”The extraordinary decision by Democracy Volunteers to shroudwave about “family voting” for the Gorton and Denton by-election has damaged both trust in the political system and harmed ra… 1310849
Joby Catto @cattotonic.bsky.social · 04/03/2026🍊Third year making Negroni marmalade in the pressure cooker… and this is the best batch yet. Improving the recipe, technique & method* annually. Kaizen. *First time using Method 1 from the definitive Modern Pressure Cooking by @catherinephipps.bsky.social (takes longer but prefer it to method 2) 020
Reposted by Joby CattoThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/03/2026As Russia’s full-scale war enters its fifth year, the fighting is erasing art that was meant to be indestructible. Photographer Oleg Petrasiuk has captured not just images of endangered artwork, but evidence of a cultural landscape in the process of disappearing in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast.kyivindependent.comRussia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics — this is why it mattersThe mosaics covering the facades of factories, cultural centers, and apartment blocks across eastern Ukraine were designed with a specific kind of permanence in mind. They survived the Soviet collapse... 212738