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Tom Groat

@tomrg.bsky.social
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Reporter for my local newspaper, former teacher. Used to be Shazom123 on the bird site. History, politics, football, TV and plenty of random stuff.

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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OK, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I didn’t hear Sportsound tonight but can only imagine there was a 40 minute discussion on the precarious position of the Motherwell manager.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
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Optimus Prime Transformers Robot Transformation
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Actually, number one should be: The killing floor? fon’t be put off by the name, Timmy, it’s not so much as a floor, more of a sluice…
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
five Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most 5) you don’t snuggle with Max Power you strap in and feel the Gs 4) I don't understand it. That was nonalcoholic champagne 3) those stars up there never did no good for nobody 2) Taft you old dog 1) you don’t make friends with salad
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If someone was aggressive and unpleasant to people they didn’t know / never met, but also really nice to their close friends, I’m not sure the second thing makes the first thing OK. It’s a bit of a low fucking bar, to be honest. It’s hardly worth celebrating. “Was nice to eight selected people.”
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I have a joke about Scylla and Charybdis but you couldn’t pronounce it.
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Robert @clatchardcraig.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This Hallowe'en: The Muppet Tam O'Shanter. Kermit the Frog *IS* Tam O'Shanter. Fozzie Bear *IS* Souter Johnnie. Miss Piggy *IS* Cutty Sark. Andy Serkis *IS* The voice of Meg. Only in theaters.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/07/2026
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I still think this is basically the best analysis of American foreign policy/military leadership's attitude.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Heard somewhere recently that the London underground is so hot because of residual energy, and if they just shut it for 6 months it would be nearly freezing. Why didn’t they do this during lockdown, was it needed for essential workers?
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Watching Jurassic Park, and Sam Neil brings the perfect New Zealand sensibility to the film.
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Clownf1st @clownf1st.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Someone could make a fortune selling "Shut the fuck up, Sam Matterface" t-shirts
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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Arrested Development meme, Tobias and Lindsay talking
- "Teams love to deal with a low block by moving the ball slowly, making short passes into traffic and clogging up one side of the pitch."
- "Well did it work for those people?"
- "No, it never does, I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but... but it might work for us." with Tobias' face covered by the Germany MNT crest in the last panel
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Cheeses Of Nazareth @cominagetcha.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Two Finns go on holiday. They arrive and go out drinking, carry on all day in silence. Then the next day the same, not a word spoken. Finally on the third day one turns to the other and says "it's alright here isn't it?" His friend looks at him and says "Are we here to talk or are we here to drink?"
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The best description of Chis Evan’s I have ever heard. Get Phil to play him when they make the Jon Ronson biography.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You’ve shaken your last Alabama.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is a bit more like it. Had the let off, let’s see Ferguson send it to McKenna, knock down to Shankland or McLean. Goal made in Aberdeen.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Alright Scotland. Time to turn up, world stage, biggest team in the world, let’s show them what we can do. Live every moment of it.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Anyone seen analysis on strips with those little collars - see Uruguay - and how the teams perform. Got a feeling they might be the kiss of doom.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Loose to Brazil, by less than three goals and odds on we are through. This World Cup is weird.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This could be a typical Steve Clark game. Drab, poor football, Eamon Brophy pops up scores with the only shot on target. 1-1. We’re through.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Name a TV show you’re positive no on remembers but you
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Glonzo In Exile 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇬🇱 @glonzo-in-exile.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This tweet lives rent free in my head
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Okay. Scotland will go in to the final game needing something from Brazil. We’ll be convinced we can do it - talk for France, Spain and Denmark games. Brazil will be on 4 points with a positive goal difference, and effectively qualified. … Then we’ll go and beat them.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Creeping Scottish existentialist dread that this is not enough. We need to score again, because Morocco and Brazil will pop in a few past us.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
That pink strip seems to have been a banger of a seller for Scotland. Love it.
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Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"I have held high office: the highest in the land. I know doctors, dentists, and architects. I speak from a position of moral and political authority here, (Rachel) Reeves."
Graham ListerAndy "Andrew" Burnham
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
But they will be shackled to CR7 with all that creativity expected to plant a ball on his head/toe while he meanders around the edge of the box. It will make them slow and easy to play against.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Right, calling it now. There will be a winner before extra time.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We are excitingly close to a milestone number of subscribers to the Broken Veil Channel… Every supporter helps us make this magical, weird thing, and there is so much more to come. JOIN US!
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Tonights episode: No Going Back.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Pick a Bond villain from the photos you already have on your phone.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
That’s an absolute scunner.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Good to see Magnus doing well, even if Facebooks AI doesn’t seem to agree.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Hearts would have taken a draw at half time, but that is still a scunner.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
So am enjoying the Vic Reeves influence on Half Man.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
American beauty. Pretentious tosh then, and has aged even worse. What was anyone thinking? Adam and Joe managed to spoof it with the dancing bag. That stench should have killed it.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What I like about this thread is that I heard it in a Broken Veil voice, that slowly became more intense until the reveal. It is how I read all Joel Morris posts now.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Right. I’ve watched the first three minutes of Half Man and am convinced Richard Gadd is the man to make the drama of Raoul Mowat.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.
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a man in a suit and tie is driving a convertible car
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Caicedo lucky not to pick up a card there, #ChelseaVLeeds
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It’s probably the All Saints version of Under the Bridge, isn’t it? That or Waterfalls.
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Incredibly obvious, but in my experience, hardly thought about. Leave would be forced to argue that it’s all okay at the moment (or that the EU is a hell hole we need to avoid).
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A beast of a record, I Am The Mercury is exceptional.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NEW SERIES STARTS TOMORROW #BrokenVeil Patreon.com/brokenveil
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
post an image you saved because it makes you laugh
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Tom Groat @tomrg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is an important story that needs to be told. His allies will quickly spin his defeat as one orchestrated by the EU, it’s over reaching power, money and anti democratic impluses that used big media to brainwash the people. The populist right loves the ‘we are the outsiders fighting the power’
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futuredadOfTwo🙋🏻‍♂️ @lacroixboi.dadguy.pro · 11/04/2026
Lynyrd Skynyrd was all like “lord knows i can’t change” and then immediately changed tempos
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