Paul Lomax
@paullomax.co.uk
Chief Digital Officer in Media. Manc, leftie, foodie, cook, dad, feminist. Talks tech, science, politics, #mcfc, ADHD, gardening, transport, & data. Orange & natural wine fan. Lives in Hythe near Folkestone, Kent, UK. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦Opinions my own.
I was at the back of the room at a gig in Manchester & some lad - who said he was with the band on stage - asked me if I was an A&R man for a record label. I said I wasn’t. He didn’t believe me. He offered me a pint. I accepted, whilst continuing to assert I didn’t work in the music industry.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I was at the back of the room at a gig in Manchester & some lad - who said he was with the band on stage - asked me if I was an A&R man for a record label. I said I wasn’t. He didn’t believe me. He offered me a pint. I accepted, whilst continuing to assert I didn’t work in the music industry.
Good job I saw this or I’d have thought nothing of using this ground nutmeg refill just now…
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good job I saw this or I’d have thought nothing of using this ground nutmeg refill just now…
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This, from @aloner.bsky.social - one of my editors at Prospect - is typically preceptive and thought-provoking.
She really is an excellent follow.
She really is an excellent follow.
Reflections on a year of far-right mass deportation policies and the scapegoating of migrants going mainstream
(Full disclosure: I am an immigrant!)
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
(Full disclosure: I am an immigrant!)
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
The year of the migrant
Across the world, far-right mass deportation policies and the scapegoating of foreigners have gone mainstream
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This, from @aloner.bsky.social - one of my editors at Prospect - is typically preceptive and thought-provoking.
She really is an excellent follow.
She really is an excellent follow.
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump 🔽
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
December 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump 🔽
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
This is hysterical and sad at the same time.
Never seen this before. Amazing.
Someone needs to play this in ad breaks on Fox News.
Someone needs to play this in ad breaks on Fox News.
I'm once again politely asking Bluesky developers to allow us to attach multiple photos and videos in one post.
December 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Never seen this before. Amazing.
Someone needs to play this in ad breaks on Fox News.
Someone needs to play this in ad breaks on Fox News.
When people like Miller say “Third World” they mean non-white.
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When people like Miller say “Third World” they mean non-white.
At my left-footed 8-year-old’s football training, in the kick about before it starts.
Me, to the coach, after spooning a shot with my left foot: “I don’t have Luc’s left foot!”
Coach: “To be fair you don’t have his right foot either…”
🔥
Me, to the coach, after spooning a shot with my left foot: “I don’t have Luc’s left foot!”
Coach: “To be fair you don’t have his right foot either…”
🔥
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
At my left-footed 8-year-old’s football training, in the kick about before it starts.
Me, to the coach, after spooning a shot with my left foot: “I don’t have Luc’s left foot!”
Coach: “To be fair you don’t have his right foot either…”
🔥
Me, to the coach, after spooning a shot with my left foot: “I don’t have Luc’s left foot!”
Coach: “To be fair you don’t have his right foot either…”
🔥
My Christmas dinner earlier today. So much work. So much leftovers.
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My Christmas dinner earlier today. So much work. So much leftovers.
My brother and his two friends were camels. I guess a teacher got the hump with them.
Primary teacher here: If your kid is dressed as a donkey in the nativity, it's on purpose; they are an ass in the classroom. Equally, with angels - angelic for the majority of time. Wrote in a special cactus part one year for an odious little prick.
December 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My brother and his two friends were camels. I guess a teacher got the hump with them.
My friend @doctorchungie.bsky.social refused to believe that chillies were not native to Korea, such is their cultural importance.
“what was Italian food like without tomatoes?” “what was [any cold European country] peasant food like before potatoes?” old hat. but south/southeast Asian food before chili peppers?!
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My friend @doctorchungie.bsky.social refused to believe that chillies were not native to Korea, such is their cultural importance.
Russell Brand, Jenna Coleman, Paul Chuckle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian McKellen.
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Russell Brand, Jenna Coleman, Paul Chuckle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian McKellen.
How did we end up with a tradition where as parents we go to great expense and effort only to give all the credit to a bearded pagan demigod?
December 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
How did we end up with a tradition where as parents we go to great expense and effort only to give all the credit to a bearded pagan demigod?
When writing in his gospel in The Bible “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds”, I don’t think James had criminal court trials in mind.
He's a Christian like I'm a poorly baked lemon curd pie circling Pluto
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
When writing in his gospel in The Bible “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds”, I don’t think James had criminal court trials in mind.
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The BBC is reporting “The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing” in re Andrew, and I want to know whether “indicate” has a different connotation in British English?
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The BBC is reporting “The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing” in re Andrew, and I want to know whether “indicate” has a different connotation in British English?
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His wife isn’t Christian.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
His wife isn’t Christian.
It it turns out it’s literally impossible for a customer or a restaurant to phone Just Eat. If their driver doesn’t show up you have to accept they’ll charge you for food which hasn’t been delivered. You can’t even do live chat. You either wait when the time keeps moving on, or cancel and pay. 🤬
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It it turns out it’s literally impossible for a customer or a restaurant to phone Just Eat. If their driver doesn’t show up you have to accept they’ll charge you for food which hasn’t been delivered. You can’t even do live chat. You either wait when the time keeps moving on, or cancel and pay. 🤬
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A friend has sent me this photo from the website of the Sandringham Estate. That fireplace looks *remarkably* familiar, doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/jame...
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A friend has sent me this photo from the website of the Sandringham Estate. That fireplace looks *remarkably* familiar, doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/jame...
Love threads like this
Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Love threads like this
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"Whistleblowers have told ITV News that One Login is failing to meet the mandatory, minimum government cybersecurity standards"
I think most of this was already reported by Computer Weekly earlier this year, but here's more from whistleblowers on One Login.
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Whistleblowers have told ITV News that One Login is failing to meet the mandatory, minimum government cybersecurity standards"
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Looks like Elon is now following the EU laws
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Looks like Elon is now following the EU laws
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I think the big change here is from students living in halls of residence, where there were bars, facilities and opportunities to meet many other people, to flats as the predominant model of student living accommodation, where they may only interact with 5 or 6 others. Almost half highlight design.
"‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows"
‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows
Students blame reliance on phones plus pressure of accommodation costs for lack of social life
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I think the big change here is from students living in halls of residence, where there were bars, facilities and opportunities to meet many other people, to flats as the predominant model of student living accommodation, where they may only interact with 5 or 6 others. Almost half highlight design.