Reposted by Tom NewtonSam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 20hPain Lethargy Abscesses Gland swelling Unconsciousness Expiration Mnemonic plague 17722
Reposted by Tom NewtonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002201780
Reposted by Tom NewtonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725113399
Reposted by Tom NewtonDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As I keep pointing out, does no one understand Ricardian comparative advantage anymore. FACT: China produces over 1 million engineering graduates per year FACT: To date, China has not produced a single internationally marketable game show format Where does it look like our advantage lies? 37652182
Tom Newton @tdnewton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This month I have taken up the challenge of doing 10 pull ups per day, for a total of 310. My baseline mid July was 2, I'm up to 6 consecutively! I'm doing this in aid of cancer research UK, if you are feeling generous, donate here fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/toms-gi...fundraise.cancerresearchuk.orgTom's Giving PageYes, again. In 2024, my awesome colleague Francois and I did the "3000 push up challenge" and raised a substantial amount for cancer research. This time, the numbers are lower, only(?) 310, but the ba... 000
Reposted by Tom NewtonJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"A decision that made sense in a British Rail spreadsheet does not in a regional economy." In praise of inefficiency.jonn.substack.comDrought conditionsThis week: southern Britain has too little water; this map projection has far too much. But first: in praise of inefficiency. 910026
Reposted by Tom NewtonDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Buses, famously for the richer classes and upper orders. 1032474441
Reposted by Tom NewtonHughster @hughster.bsky.social · 20/07/2026From Liz Kendall's cabinet departure letter, posted on… you guessed it… X 13342106
Reposted by Tom NewtonSorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Pro tip: If, despite your best efforts, you end up with a Harry Potter child you can take them to Glastonbury high st. instead of Wizarding World. There are multiple apothecaries, places to buy wands, crystal balls, spell books & other magical paraphernalia. Better a neopagan than a Potterhead! 051
Reposted by Tom NewtonDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 19/07/2026One thing I'm noticing from a lot of people here, and the media reports surrounding the arrest of the Tates, is how many are using the term "child pornography" Children cannot consent and therefore it is not pornography It is Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM and it's vital to call it that 483427944
Reposted by Tom NewtonTommy @tommy-lufc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Looking forward to a new season for Leeds United so it can provide a timely distraction from German managers misjudging their tactical approach in the long awaited Semi-Final of a Cup competition oh wait hang on. #lufc 5424
Reposted by Tom NewtonSteve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan · 12/07/2026 2754961722
Reposted by Tom NewtonJonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 12/07/2026I never thought I’d feel protective of the England team but this visceral anti-England BSky discourse is pissing me off. Somehow England’s ethnically diverse team represents the arrogance of the Brexit right but France’s ethnically diverse team represents progressive values? Come on 2029637
Reposted by Tom NewtonDan Raven-Ellison @danravenellison.bsky.social · 12/07/2026What if it was easier to find the best paths and routes? Good Ways is our new citizen project and app to make that happen for 🚶🏃🏾♀️👩🏻🦽🛶🏊🏽♀️🚴🏇🏾 Sound good? We are looking for people across 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇯🇪🇬🇬🇮🇲 to help and would love for you to join in. Please take a look and share goodways.org Happy to answer questions. 22221
Reposted by Tom NewtonAdam Spiers @adamspiers.org · 21/06/2026I started wondering which soccer leagues feed the most players into #WorldCup squads, and ended up building this little app to answer it: boots.toboots.toHave Boots, Will Travel — World Cup 2026 leaguesAll 1,248 World Cup 2026 players earn their living at a club somewhere — and for many, that somewhere isn't home. 302
Reposted by Tom Newtontara 🏳️⚧️ @tarabomp.bsky.social · 21/06/2026British politics is so fucking stupid that we can be in the second extreme heatwave of the year, in the middle of the second major oil/gas crisis in 5 years, and one of the biggest union leaders will be briefing against ed milliband cause net zero bad and middle class 528787
Reposted by Tom NewtonTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This is just describing a pogrom. 8861270
Reposted by Tom NewtonJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Same-sex marriage is an instructive analogy here, but not for the reasons Streeting thinks. “Trans women can still use toilets - just not women’s toilets” is just like “gay people can still get married - just not to other men”. 141017280
Reposted by Tom NewtonStephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 02/06/2026Ernst Röhm, distracted by sight of a face-eating leopard approaching. 1933. Teachable moment to media fetishists of Ein Britisher Volk: 'One of us' is a goalpost on castors to them. If you don't know who the next 'foreigner' will be, then it's you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_o...en.wikipedia.orgNight of the Long Knives - Wikipedia 38715
Reposted by Tom NewtonBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/ 6592244
Reposted by Tom NewtonPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026And kicking overseas students kicks U.K. students even more. Still people don’t get this. Overseas students create places for U.K. young people. 47229
Reposted by Tom NewtonBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes 5793053867
Reposted by Tom NewtonNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This headline is fuel for the right-wing anti-migrant reaction machine, but the article reveals the employer knowingly brought her to the UK under a visitor visa to employ her, then denied her a work permit—and most importantly!—refused to pay her any wages. This looks approximate to modern slavery 302262624
Reposted by Tom NewtonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.independent.co.ukElon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey castingLupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem 23564001145
Reposted by Tom NewtonJoe Beda @h.olysh.it · 15/05/2026If a Croque Madame talked to another Croque Madame about anything other than a Croque Monsieur Would they have passed the Béchamel test? 482460688
Reposted by Tom NewtonSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Hundreds of thousands of people attend anti-genocide protests every weekend. If there are incidents of antisemitism on those marches they should be seriously dealt with. "Anti-immigration" protests frequently feature Nazi salutes but Starmer has never suggested banning THOSE marches. 2811174
Reposted by Tom NewtonSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 22/07/2025lol you’ve got an AI girlfriend?? ur putting techbros in charge of your relationship??? ok buddy lmfao ok champ 6079242146
Reposted by Tom NewtonREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026✨we do not need to hear from these people✨ 17812
Reposted by Tom NewtonJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/04/2026"If only men wield weapons, then all tombs with weapons are male. If only men are ever found interred with weapons, then it’s unlikely women ever wielded them. We only imagine some version of what we’ve seen. It takes a lot of unlearning to learn history." Great guest post from @isabelleroughol.comjonn.substack.comWe’ve been very wrong about Stone Age women“Never assume” is a golden rule – especially when looking at 10,000-year-old human remains 5348135
Reposted by Tom NewtonChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 25/04/2026almost everything he says is the boldest of lies and nonsense, with almost no pushback whatsoever, and he should be in a prison barge orbiting the moon 2193
Reposted by Tom Newtonlibby watson @libbycwatson.com · 25/04/2026on their fucking minibikes again the neighborhood teens are. call the police i have. 253828815
Reposted by Tom NewtonBrian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026@glutelord.bsky.social is essentially giving a PhD dissertation in under two minutes on how modern incel culture is coopting a very narrow and weirdly specific gay sub-culture. 8531171
Reposted by Tom NewtonAndrew Cogswell @joyboygenius.bsky.social · 14/04/2026So I was just laid off from Vicariously. If you‘ve got an opening in PR/marketing and want to hire someone who does good work and has a family to support, I’m your guy. Any reposts super appreciated. 22244223
Reposted by Tom Newton👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant 84138983541
Reposted by Tom Newtons. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick. 8352451438
Reposted by Tom NewtonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2026GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through. 2039125403624
Reposted by Tom NewtonGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This morning’s electricity generation. Now imagine a nation with twice the clean energy capacity and most of its transport and heating also electrified. True energy independence. A vision 100% opposed by the Tories and Reform. 77023
Reposted by Tom NewtonDeth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My money's on it being a really big wooden horse. 1233
Reposted by Tom NewtonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Robert Jenrick calling Palm Sunday 'Psalm Sunday' reminds us once again that dim witted rage baiting populists never know the slightest thing about what they are purporting to defend. 971852455
Reposted by Tom NewtonGore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 16/03/20269 out of 10 people will keep scrolling and not repost my plea to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. I know my Real Friends will like and share 327641
Reposted by Tom NewtonBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Officials are normally presented with ceremonial swords or paintings or whatever. But these guys are so fucking stupid that foreign intelligence agencies can literally give them an "Honorary Electronic Communications Device for a Very Special Boi" and they fall for it every time. 18554331606
Reposted by Tom NewtonInternet Watch Foundation (IWF) @iwf.org.uk · 11/03/2026“These disturbing findings shine a light on a problem which we must all, as a society, urgently confront. The internet has opened a door into every home in the world," says our CEO Kerry Smith. www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...standard.co.ukPolice arrest record number of paedophiles as 81k seek help in LondonForces say society’s misconceptions around offenders contributes to failure of some 1,200 safeguarded children each month 013
Reposted by Tom NewtonZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives. 24348681780
Reposted by Tom NewtonChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 28/02/2026you wake in the morning and think to yourself, does boydy still hate tech guys and their LLMs? and the answer will be yes. it's midday and you're doing a shopping run. does your banana hat pal still despise the lake evaporation fanclub? guess what, the answer is yes. you're putting the bins out, 1477
Reposted by Tom NewtonAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 25/02/2026How does he sleep at night? 1023667630