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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I thought it was in there but barely affected game play. E.g. one or two missions where you had to work out first, or increase your driving skill; but nothing fundamental that forced you to endlessly tend stats.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Sigh. If you can’t build high density housing in close proximity to a good transport interchange, shopping and other facilities on a dilapidated shopping centre and it’s low-use car park, where can you build it? Very disapointing decision.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

It’s also pretty much nonsense because the voters cluster in certain demographic groups. Which the original poster obviously knows, but, you know, that’s accuracy when there’s engagement to farm?

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Amazingly (unsurprisingly?) this is not far from where - 24 years ago - a paediatrician fled her home after vandals thought her job title meant she was a “paedo”, during a period in which the tabloids where whipping up hysteria about sex offenders.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

That’s too generous: they didn’t even google the couple to verify even one fact.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I’d have thought target audience for Mario Kart is 35+ year old professionals who played it in their youth and now have more disposable income than they do time.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Yeah but it took us a season more in the prem to get to the 99, so you are comfortably winning on wins per season...

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

My experience is that the reverse is true: pension funds and insurance companies have very long outlooks and/or have to internalise climate risk through payouts. Fossil fuel company senior management bonuses and stock options incentivise the <10 year profit maximisation more directly.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

As per James O'Brien: Do the gesture in your office to your boss, or down the pub and see how people react.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Yeah and the "Musk gesture ignites social media speculation" type reporting which seems to require amazing mental gymnastics to avoid calling a spade a spade. We are literally watching the deterioration of institutions and decades of social and political norms before our very eyes.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It's a highly effective "flood the zone" approach: Do so much, so quickly, that it's almost impossible to keep up with it all and any one thing that does get focussed on, means many more things are slipping through without meaningful checks.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

There was/is also a subdivision in the PMC between those whose career is supported by social media and those who just enjoy it. Typically the former say things like "look, I get as much reach as twitter, isn't Blue Sky great" and the latter just wanted a nice place to be.

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AFC Wimbledon @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Yellow & Blue Sky! 👋 #AFCW 🟡🔵

General view of the Cherry Red Records Stadium on a Matchday. The view is looking out from the east stand towards the main stand. Fans are in view as well as players and the pitch.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I think a lot of people go through that phase and after a few weeks they are bored of it and return to whatever it is they normally do on social media. Just wait it out and ignore for a bit.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

I'd love to hear your views on this stealth NIMBY proposal from Southwark that seems to substantially restrict the ability for residents to extend their properties with dormers or mansards. engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projec... Local hot take: www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/353108...

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

I'd go a step back even: affordable childcare and a school/care system that is designed around two parents working. Part of the reason people are waiting longer for children is simply economics.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

“A region better known for centrist politics”…?! Oh dear. Show me a columnist in the Westminster bubble without telling me.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Isn’t this a legacy of the ‘pasty tax’ debate, and the same reason you Greggs food is ‘cooling’ from a recent bake rather than served ‘hot’? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty_tax

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Pasty tax - Wikipedia

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Sounds all a bit: “The dog ate my homework”

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

I love how they get called “villagers” like this is somewhere quaint in the Cotswolds and not Zone 3 North London.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

I suspect criticising the Starmer government from the left but audience collapse unless there is a major policy u-turn in the next ~12 months (akin to Lib Dems and tuition fees). Pivot to hating reform would be counter productive, bringing them into the debate more than they deserve.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

Please do The Aylesham Centre in Peckham as part of your series. A similar story to this - where developers wanted to build ~1,000 homes on a car park in South East London, amongst other tower blocks, a short walk from a high-capacity rail station and next to dozens of shops. Cue NIMBY outrage.

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The future of The Aylesham – Peckham

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

This is a complete mess - they host surf competitions here every year but apparently the Olympics needs an air conditioned judging tower rather than the wooden one normally used.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

The lack of introspection, let alone remorse, tells you all you need to know about Liz and Kwasi.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

I think the world is owed a 'how good is Coal Drops Yard?' article for every 'how bad is Oxford Street?' article.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

So Apple learning the lessons of the EU forcing them to adopt USB-C charging by starting to do the obvious things on their own schedule.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

I would be shocked if this wasn’t 100% internalised, has been obvious for months. Most of Rishi’s recent actions seem to be setting political traps for a new Labour government as much as anything else.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

I sure hope Microsoft know that this may feel exciting for them but it’s killing the value of LinkedIn for the rest of us on.ft.com/3RZstHK

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Influencers and CEOs take their brands to LinkedIn

Once purely a jobs board, users say the platform is now more valuable than rivals

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Well curated set of Substack subscriptions is where I get the best quality, independent internet content these days. Similar to my experience of Twitter in the early 2010s, but long form.

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Tom Savory @tomsavory.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

As a Brit living in UK but married to an American I really loved this. On the pull string lights in bathrooms - we do know why, it's health and safety keeping wet hands away from electricity. Same reason you can only have low voltage 'shaving' outlets in bathrooms.

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