Andy Tomlinson
@andytomlinson.bsky.social
Public Policy guy in Europe for Electronic Arts, Board member at Ukie. Living in France. Video games, politics, tech, often getting distracted by sport.
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FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
I switched to New Outlook a while back because some little thing wouldn't work with Old. I've tried sticking with it for a few months. It's... so bad? So many things work worse than they did before, in a hundred tiny ways and for no obvious reason other than to look different.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I switched to New Outlook a while back because some little thing wouldn't work with Old. I've tried sticking with it for a few months. It's... so bad? So many things work worse than they did before, in a hundred tiny ways and for no obvious reason other than to look different.
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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I've mentioned this quietly, but - since the summer my hobby has been making this ambitious murder mystery podcast. A story. Narrated by me, with a mouthwatering cast. Partly interactive. Trailer is coming tomorrow but if you like the sound of this, please follow @murderbastard.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've mentioned this quietly, but - since the summer my hobby has been making this ambitious murder mystery podcast. A story. Narrated by me, with a mouthwatering cast. Partly interactive. Trailer is coming tomorrow but if you like the sound of this, please follow @murderbastard.bsky.social.
I've been exploring lost eras of the Smashing Pumpkins lately, like a young and relevant person would do. Anyway: this song kicks ass.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=pxqZ...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=pxqZ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Freak
YouTube video by MrMoskvic
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've been exploring lost eras of the Smashing Pumpkins lately, like a young and relevant person would do. Anyway: this song kicks ass.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=pxqZ...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=pxqZ...
"The cloud is just someone else's computer" proving pretty true today, I see.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"The cloud is just someone else's computer" proving pretty true today, I see.
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At the hospital and a chap just asked someone if Endoscopy was at the main entrance. Was dying to chip in with, "Not necessarily."
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
At the hospital and a chap just asked someone if Endoscopy was at the main entrance. Was dying to chip in with, "Not necessarily."
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Father McKenzie
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Father McKenzie
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
Dammit but "Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation" is a hell of a line
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dammit but "Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation" is a hell of a line
Fuuuuuuuuck sake
EXCL:
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fuuuuuuuuck sake
No no you don't get it, when he said "do you want to go back to the jungle" he just meant that he's really excited about Guns n Roses touring again.
Elon Musk’s father on the prospect of the U.S. becoming a minority-white country:
“This will be very very bad. You want to see the U.S. go dark? You don’t like electric cars and technology? Do you want to go back to the jungle?”
“This will be very very bad. You want to see the U.S. go dark? You don’t like electric cars and technology? Do you want to go back to the jungle?”
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
No no you don't get it, when he said "do you want to go back to the jungle" he just meant that he's really excited about Guns n Roses touring again.
Seems: dumb.
Here's a chart of the marginal tax rate for someone with two kids. They pay 53% tax on every £ they earn between £60k and £80k. 62% on every £ they earn between £100k and £125k.
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
9% more if they've a student loan
This is from our tax calculator: buff.ly/CFoExUX
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Seems: dumb.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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I don't know why it pleases me so that this is important to somebody. But it does.
McFly need to stop propping up Busted - and it's definitely that way round - with joint novelty tours.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I don't know why it pleases me so that this is important to somebody. But it does.
Sounds like a great opportunity for criminals to do some smuggling. If only they could get organised...
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sounds like a great opportunity for criminals to do some smuggling. If only they could get organised...
"Brexit was even worse for the economy in the long term than predicted" if you don't want to read a whole paragraph.
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Brexit was even worse for the economy in the long term than predicted" if you don't want to read a whole paragraph.
Cooked a pretty good roast chicken. Opened a very, very nice bottle of Chablis. Sunday: tick.
Take the good days when they come.
Take the good days when they come.
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cooked a pretty good roast chicken. Opened a very, very nice bottle of Chablis. Sunday: tick.
Take the good days when they come.
Take the good days when they come.
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out
I was just thinking about cow tools earlier today. Spooky.
Unlike cow tools themselves, which are entirely normal and need no further explanation.
Unlike cow tools themselves, which are entirely normal and need no further explanation.
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I was just thinking about cow tools earlier today. Spooky.
Unlike cow tools themselves, which are entirely normal and need no further explanation.
Unlike cow tools themselves, which are entirely normal and need no further explanation.
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer