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@tomaustin.bsky.social
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Deeply unimportant and unimpressive NHS-working, non-wingnut, left-ish, film-/music-/book-obsessed, Brit-Kiwi IT guy, based in London. Anti-Brexit, anti-hate, anti-stupid; so, I dunno: probably "liberal", "leftist", "woke" or something. Who knows.

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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 1h
Basically, my working day
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. But give a monkey a beer and some fireworks, and the weekend starts here.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
youtu.be
Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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1,129 Bastards @john3ners.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
life comes at you fast when you're a gobshite
tweet by nigel farage, 1658, 27.09.2026:
"i have been warning both in and out of parliament for many months about iranian agents coming into the uk vis small boats across the channel.

"we deserve to be told the truth about the fairford bomb plotters' identities"snip from the Guardian just now:

"Five men arrested over suspected bomb plot are all British nationals, police say
The five men arrested over the suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford are all British nationals from London and are all men in their 20s, Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) has said.

In a statement, the CTP said they were detained on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and preparation of a terrorist act contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act. They are a 24-year-old from Camden, north London; three men aged 23, 24 and 25 from Westminster, and one aged 24 from Willesden, north-west London."
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike
weownit.org.uk
Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have discovered something
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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Slow Horses. Like getting back with old friends.
Gary Oldman
Slow Horses
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looking at YOU, microwave that I've replaced twice.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
100% the vibe that Lanterns poster gives off
A two panel cartoon the first showing someone peeing at a urinal, and a second person walking past.  Second panel shows rhe second person peeing at the Urinal next to the first.  Underneath that is the Lanterns poster with Hal Jordan looking straight forward and John Stewart giving him the angry side eye, the ol’ hairy eyeball.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 16/09/2026
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The puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 15/09/2026
Peak
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@kcg.bsky.social
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
To all retail outfits: — I ordered a jigsaw. For my other half. — I ordered a yellow ink cartridge. For my printer. I don’t need repeated emails, weeks later, asking to review the fucking purchase and service quality.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/09/2026
LAST CHANCE to experience The Onion's 9/11 issue the same way a terrified nation did 25 years ago—in print. Become a member, and get your very own copy of this historic edition. membership.theonion.com/totepromo/?…
LAST CHANCE to experience The Onion's 9/11 issue the same way a terrified nation did 25 years ago—in print. Become a member, and get your very own copy of this historic edition.
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JD @jag032507.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Netanyahu is a murderous tyrant and Israel is acting like a terrorist state. If you think that makes me antisemitic then go ahead and block me.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Don't forget that if you don't like something you probably shouldn't repost it.
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My meme is making it's debut for the Burnham government.
An infographic titled "No10 spokesperson fails to condemn an obviously bad thing," which maps out a four-step political news cycle in a circle around a central image of the 10 Downing Street front door.The steps proceed clockwise, starting from the top:Top: No10 spokesperson fails to condemn an obviously bad thingRight: MPs express outrage at No10 for not condemning obviously bad thingBottom: Someone finally checks in with the PM if obviously bad thing is badLeft: No10 condemn obviously bad thing three days later
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Listening to a mix of three albums by the late William Orbit. It's like revisiting a personal 1990s soundtrack. Just need my old Mazda and an open New Zealand highway and I could almost be there.
William Orbit, "Strange Cargo III"William Orbit as Torch Song, "Toward The Unknown Region"William Orbit as Strange Cargo, "Hinterland"
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Well, this is a surprise - says no-one whatsoever www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says
Meteorologists say average mean temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisis
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I feel a wee bit “seen”
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This. Seriously. Stop doing it. You might have found something enraging. You think we should all know so you take a screenshot. WE FUCKING DON’T.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still unbeaten. RIP
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another 70s paranoia par excellence film. Haven’t seen it in decades, damn it’s good.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh no. It's always the good ones.
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
'Invasion': LATEST No wonder Refuk and the Tories have shifted focus onto hating on foreigners already living in the UK legally.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Silo, Season 3. I've hit episode 4, or is it 5, I'm really starting to not care... ...does this get any better than its current dumb-as-fuck "oh I've forgotten everything" plotline?
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is one of my often-visited melodramas. Evry time, my god is it lovely to watch. Adjani at her most luminous, French history at one of its bloodiest.
La Reine Margot
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Excalibur. Expository shouting, hammy acting by nearly everyone from Rada, 80s lens flare, oversaturated colour, all the homo-eroticness you could shake a stick at, and Helen Mirren… …I’m in hog heaven.
Excalibur
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Of course, Bluesky is a bubble and long may it continue. I don't invite the local knuckle dragging racist when planning a night out with friends.
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Alan Griffiths @alanji.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I mean, I’m just so sick and tired of him. His face. His voice. His very fucking existence. Yes, this can be applied to quite a number of absolute cunts at the moment.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Looking at USians on this site. It's been ... lots of years now. And I'm sympathetic, really. But this is, basically, "move fast, break things" -- writ large. Like it was telegraphed it was going to be. All these calls to "impeach" and constitutional stuff ... it's not happening, is it?
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
May this exchange remain ever-green
Musk: Believe what you see, not what you're told

Reply: Ok. I've been told you're a genius but I've only ever seen you behave like a fucking moron
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I think it's probably time to post this again ... www.change.org/p/replace-ch...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Replace Chris Mason with a neutral voice
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I do similar: when I've emptied a wine bottle into my other half's glass, I "wring" it out for any last drops. Will only stop doing it when she stops laughing.
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Helpful update from the BBC here if you need advice after staring at the sun.
“Eclipse warning: The key signs you may have damaged your eyes”, but blurred
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Wraithe @wraithe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Really? Nobody? Fine, I’ll do it myself:
Eight panel comic from Oglaf
All of the panels depict hobbits flying on giant eagle first panel shows hobbit with Gandolf
2nd panel: Hobbit:IF YOU COULD CALL GIANT EAGLES ALL ALONG WHY DID WE DO ALL THAT FUCKING WALKING?
3rd Panel: gandalf: EAGLES ALL ALONG WHY DID WE DO ALL THAT FUCKING WALKING?
THE EAGLES ARE A PROUD, MAJESTIC PEOPLE, NOT TO BE SUMMONED ON A WHIM
Panels 4-7 show one of the other eagles pulling a hobbit from its back and devouring it screaming
Panel 8: 
Gandalf: ALSO, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RIDING ONE WHEN IT GETS HUNGRY 

Hobbit: HA HA HAAA!
LAND THIS BABY!
IT'S FUCKING
WALK O'CLOCK!
Original at: https://www.oglaf.com/ornithology/
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Travelodge are arguably absolute cunts but look, they gave one of the women a £30 refund afterwards.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Apparently there’s some accolades for the hateful ex-prick we’re expected to lap up before this rag is finished with him.
Rod Liddle, hateful ex-prick, has some accolades were expected to lap up.
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 07/08/2026
I saw someone refer to homeschooling as “trickle down stupidity.” Immediate addition to my lexicon.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Finally. This baby has been needing the 4K love for what feels like forever.
bfi.org.uk
Ken Russell’s The Devils definitive 4K restoration to launch ahead of major BFI retrospective
BFI Distribution and Warner Bros. Clockwork unveil a 30 October 2026 cinema release and a major BFI Southbank retrospective celebrating Ken Russell’s work in summer 2027.
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tomaustin.bsky.social @tomaustin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
RIP, king, your stuff was part of my personal soundtrack from the late 90s onwards.
theguardian.com
William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69
Musician’s projects included Madonna’s Ray of Light, Blur’s 13 and All Saints’ chart-topping singles Pure Shores and Black Coffee
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Obsolete Sony @obsoletesony.com · 06/08/2026
I just think they're neat
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