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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 14/08/2026

A solar eclipse and Farage being spotted in Clacton. What a week for once-in-30-year events.

Screenshot from the BBC News website with a picture of Nigel Farage in Clacton yesterday

Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 25/07/2026

Happy birthday emails from companies should be banned unless they’re giving you a box of chocolates. Thank you, Sprüngli!

Email from Sprüngli giving me a box of chocolates for my birthday

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 22/06/2026

And apparently the UK shouldn’t have PR because First Past The Post leads to more stable governments.

Graph of number of leaders since the start of 2016, G7 nations. UK leads on 6, France and Canada on 2.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 17/05/2026

Getting up at 2am to book the boat ticket a few weeks ago was definitely worth it for a boat trip in the beautiful Takachiho Gorge

In a narrow gorge, waterfall coming down the rock face, rowing boat in front of the waterfall

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 13/05/2026

Spent the day in Nagasaki, incredibly humbling place. All the warmongers in these times would do well to pay a visit.

Statue of a man pointing to the sky from where the bomb came and to the hypocentre of the Nagasaki bomb

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 10/04/2026

It’s not true that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. The lad is 10 and yesterday I taught him to jump over stiles instead of going round. Here he jumping over it today! It also happens to be his gotcha day, 6 years today ☺️ Happy gotcha day, Jags!

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 12/10/2025

And there I was thinking the hiking season was behind us this year. Not quite!

Dog in a patch of snow itching to get back on the trail and search for mice, looking out onto the summits with patchy snow on them.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 04/10/2025

My friend asked me to take care of his @microlino.bsky.social while he's away. I don't know who loves it more - me or the dog. When we're driving he sits with his head on my arm, happy to be up front with me rather than having to sit in the back seat away from the hoomans.

Dog sitting in the driver's seat of a microlino car with the front door (which is on the front of the car, and includes the front windscreen) open.

Microlino car parked in a parking space that could fit two of them comfortably.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 08/09/2025

Good morning and happy Monday #bluesky!

Sunrise over Zurich, with a smattering of small cloud drifting across the sky

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 23/06/2025

Thinking back to 9 years ago today, cycling through the French Alps on the day of the Brexit referendum. I remember watching the results come in in a b&b tucked away on the Swiss border as if it were yesterday. What a deceitful failure the whole thing has been.

Photograph in Vallorcine, France, mountains and reddish clouds in the background with the b&b "Belle Vue" in the foreground, with its illuminated sign.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 19/05/2025

Here's my cute not puppy enjoying his first morning walk with his human after a couple of weeks away.

Mouse hunting black terrier enjoying a short break from not finding any, basking in the sunrise sun

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 18/04/2025

Genetic modification has gone too far

Photograph of a packet of pumkin seeds with a picture of a pumpkin with a Halloween pumpkin face cut out of it on the front

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 08/03/2025

Dissolvable coffee paste. This sounds so wrong.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 07/03/2025

"These shoes make me look ridiculous, I refuse to go out in them."

Dog with shoes on front paws, front legs outstretched, looking very unhappy about wearing them.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 25/02/2025

"yes this corner of the room is the most comfortable place to sit" #dogsofbluesky

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 01/02/2025

Apparently this is a comfortable bedtime position #dogsofbluesky

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 25/01/2025

Beautiful sunrise walkies

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 18/01/2025

And I even played Monkey Island

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 18/01/2025

First snowboarding of the season! I'm so lucky to live in such a beautiful country.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 11/01/2025

Loving my little holiday project come to life with a traffic light colours "when to leave for the tram" on my programmable clock. (The soaked Rishy Sunak picture in the background is a hangover from when the clock had an election countdown timer and that as motivators)

A Ulanzi Smart clock with the numbers 9 and 14 in yellow and red to denote whether to leave for a tram.

In the background a picture of a drowned Rishi Sunak going back into Number 10 Downing Street after announcing the General Election.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 03/01/2025

Trying to explain to the dog that the robot vacuum isn't evil but in fact means I can spend the time I would've been vacuuming petting him. He still thinks it's evil.

Robot vacuum cleaner ominously close to dog bed, recently vacated by scared dog.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 15/12/2024

Just walked past this house on the pavement and what I think was the doorbell announced "Hi, you are currently being recorded." What is this hell? I'm mot sure what's worse - that it's recording me or that it's interrupting my walk to tell me it is.

Front door of a house taken from the street

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 14/12/2024

I wish it was socially acceptable for hoomans to do this when our heads get too heavy and we want a rest #dogsofbluesky #headrest

King Charles spaniel sat on the side of a sofa with his head resting on a side table

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 10/12/2024

oooh, a great use for NotebookLM: loading all policy motions from the policy paper archive on libdemnewswire.com! thanks for the excellent index of policy papers, @markpackuk.bsky.social

Screenshot of NotebookLM with a prompt "Summarise policy on constitutional reform". The partial response is shown in the screenshot, which reads

"This response summarizes the Liberal Democrat's stance on constitutional reform as detailed in the provided sources.
Liberal Democrats and Constitutional Reform
The Liberal Democrats believe the UK needs a new constitutional settlement to reconnect people with local democracy. This settlement should be completed by 2005 and include a written constitution, a bill of rights guaranteeing citizens’ rights, a strong freedom of information act, a comprehensive network of community councils, and elected regional assemblies in England.
The Liberal Democrats see the current government's proposals for local government reform as flawed, criticizing them for centralizing power rather than devolving it.
The party advocates for decentralizing power from central government to the most appropriate local level (regional, district, or community), arguing that inner cities, often deprived areas, need a redistribution of resources best implemented by a closer, more in-touch level of government. Devolution of power to the regional tier is viewed as highly important for the revitalization of urban areas.
Liberal Democrats support the establishment of urban development corporations to aid regeneration where needed."

The response includes citations for the source of each statement.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 24/11/2024

In April 2025, state pensions will increase by 4.1% yet benefits and tax credits will only increase by 1.7%. The real value of benefits and pension were the same 50 years ago, now the state pension is nearly double that of unemployment benefits. It's so unfair that the two are pegged differently

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 24/11/2024

Oops, someone got too excited in the snow and misjudged how deep it was #dogsofbluesky #snowdogs

Dog jumping through the snow getting stuck in a deep bit

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 18/11/2024

I've not been posting enough of my doggo here, so fixing that. Here he is on our wedding day upstaging the grooms #dogsofbluesky

Black terrier dog looking very handsome in a rainbow bow tie

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 17/11/2024

Had the joy of watching this cute greater bamboo lemur chomp away on some bamboo for lunch yesterday. There are only about 500 left in the wild, so it was really special to see one.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 12/11/2024

Everyone needs to see baby lemurs on their timeline occasionally, especially in these times.

Two Verreaux's Sifaka lemurs, a baby sitting on the back of its mother in a tree.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 07/10/2024

Here's the person that controls the algorithms that decide what content to boost on Txitter. How can Tixtter be afforded protections under Section 230 and not be treated as a publisher?

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 11/08/2024

What a fantastic hike at Äugsten, Jags was very happy to cool down in the snow at the top.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 26/05/2024

Countdown timer and motivational poster installed!

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 16/02/2024

Good morning! And what a beautiful morning it is too.

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 27/12/2023

After another fun night train from Zurich, this time to Ljubljana, a wonderful late afternoon sun in the beautiful northern mountain region

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 08/12/2023

If you’re tabling legislation that disapplies the Human Rights Act, maybe it’s time to step back and question what you’re doing

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Tom McAdam @tomm.org · 25/09/2023

At the end of the taxi ride to the station after talking to the driver about being in Bournemouth for #LDConf he asked “how do I join?” #alwaysrecruiting #bollockstobrexit

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