Tom Black
@tomblack.uk
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are screaming directly into the gutter
he/him
he/him
I never thought I’d see “what’s it gonna take to bring him down? child porn?” actually tested in live conditions
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I never thought I’d see “what’s it gonna take to bring him down? child porn?” actually tested in live conditions
this is going to be really excellent - if you’re around and want to make a new thing, or have something half-formed in your head, come try it out with a bunch of other great people in the same boat
also it’s at the bridge command set, you don’t get to create art on a spaceship every day
also it’s at the bridge command set, you don’t get to create art on a spaceship every day
Immersive Makers Jam: a day-long free event on Mon 23rd Feb in London
Next month I'll be running (with the brilliant Gryph Griffin) an immersive makers jam - a low-pressure space to try things out, learn from others, and meet collaborators!
More info/bookings here:
ticketpass.org/event/ENGMTG...
Next month I'll be running (with the brilliant Gryph Griffin) an immersive makers jam - a low-pressure space to try things out, learn from others, and meet collaborators!
More info/bookings here:
ticketpass.org/event/ENGMTG...
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
this is going to be really excellent - if you’re around and want to make a new thing, or have something half-formed in your head, come try it out with a bunch of other great people in the same boat
also it’s at the bridge command set, you don’t get to create art on a spaceship every day
also it’s at the bridge command set, you don’t get to create art on a spaceship every day
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From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews SLP founder, editor and #author Tom Black ( @tomblack.uk ), also known for his work on #interactive #AlternateHistory and #ScienceFiction #theatre such as #BridgeCommand. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interview: Tom Black
Questions from Gary OswaldToday is the 7th Birthday of Sea Lion Press so to celebrate that I talked to Tom Black, SLP's Managing Director. He can be found either here or on twitter.Hello Tom, so first...
www.sealionpress.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews SLP founder, editor and #author Tom Black ( @tomblack.uk ), also known for his work on #interactive #AlternateHistory and #ScienceFiction #theatre such as #BridgeCommand. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
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happy New Year’s Eve! today I thought about how Howard Dean had to stop running for president because he made a weird noise. and now,
December 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
happy New Year’s Eve! today I thought about how Howard Dean had to stop running for president because he made a weird noise. and now,
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A reminder of SLP's recent #AlternateHistory #book releases as we close out 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026! #HappyNewYear www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/this-ye...
This Year's Releases
This year's seen the release of two novels from Sea Lion Press: a Cold War spy thriller in a world with a Nazi detente, and a political history in a world where Obama's time in office is delayed by tw...
www.sealionpress.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A reminder of SLP's recent #AlternateHistory #book releases as we close out 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026! #HappyNewYear www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/this-ye...
TimeSplitters Future Perfect THEN.
Battlefield 2 NOW.
I like gun go bang with friends
Battlefield 2 NOW.
I like gun go bang with friends
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2005, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
TimeSplitters Future Perfect THEN.
Battlefield 2 NOW.
I like gun go bang with friends
Battlefield 2 NOW.
I like gun go bang with friends
angering my friends, family and colleagues by consistently calling it Layer Cake: A Knives Out Mystery
December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
angering my friends, family and colleagues by consistently calling it Layer Cake: A Knives Out Mystery
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And Nicolae Ceauceacu ...
...who DID die!
...who DID die!
My father in law has done his traditional Christmas Day Facebook post to remind us of the true meaning of the day:
Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu
Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And Nicolae Ceauceacu ...
...who DID die!
...who DID die!
she knows me! (the masculine urge to chop)
December 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
she knows me! (the masculine urge to chop)
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every wiki article about classic UK comedy like "Father and Sons was a comedy duo comprised of Reg Father and Tommy Sons, who appeared on a record breaking 18,450 episodes of The Light Applause Hour. Reg Father died in 1988 of Cigarette Fever. Tommy Sons remains alive in prison since 1997"
February 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
every wiki article about classic UK comedy like "Father and Sons was a comedy duo comprised of Reg Father and Tommy Sons, who appeared on a record breaking 18,450 episodes of The Light Applause Hour. Reg Father died in 1988 of Cigarette Fever. Tommy Sons remains alive in prison since 1997"
it’s the time of year when I remember that I didn’t know how gas ovens worked until a few years ago so I always thought Sylvia Plath cooked her head
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
it’s the time of year when I remember that I didn’t know how gas ovens worked until a few years ago so I always thought Sylvia Plath cooked her head
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You're laughing at this but you won't be when your shitty Tesla gets sunk by a U-Boat.
I’ve been on the road in the new all-electric Jaguar
I’ve been on the road in the new all-electric Jaguar
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You're laughing at this but you won't be when your shitty Tesla gets sunk by a U-Boat.
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old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing
My pleases-nobody sense of Return To Twitter Discourse is that the place can never return to what it was, and can never return to the idealized past version we imagine either, nor can that idealized past version be constructed anywhere else because it was always romantic self-regarding bullshit
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing
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It’s Animal Farm, Liz. I play Moses the Raven and have a really cool rap parody about leaving my droppings on people’s cars.
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It’s Animal Farm, Liz. I play Moses the Raven and have a really cool rap parody about leaving my droppings on people’s cars.
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I don’t think I’ve ever fully recovered from the time when @tomblack.uk said that the fictional politician I most resemble is the guy who mugs “Carry on, nurse” in one very brief montage clip from House of Cards.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever fully recovered from the time when @tomblack.uk said that the fictional politician I most resemble is the guy who mugs “Carry on, nurse” in one very brief montage clip from House of Cards.
not a shot at Julianna but the implication that this has aged badly feels off. like, yes, people did actually do that?
maybe my expectations were on the floor but my own view was “lmao Italy just told everyone to stay inside forever, we are simply never going to do that” and then we just… did
maybe my expectations were on the floor but my own view was “lmao Italy just told everyone to stay inside forever, we are simply never going to do that” and then we just… did
Every now and again I think about how, about two weeks into lockdown, it was popular to say that the pandemic had proved everything about cynical post-apocalyptic fiction wrong, and people were actually banding together blah blah blah
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
not a shot at Julianna but the implication that this has aged badly feels off. like, yes, people did actually do that?
maybe my expectations were on the floor but my own view was “lmao Italy just told everyone to stay inside forever, we are simply never going to do that” and then we just… did
maybe my expectations were on the floor but my own view was “lmao Italy just told everyone to stay inside forever, we are simply never going to do that” and then we just… did
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
yes
YES
the Christmas crisps are out
YES
the Christmas crisps are out
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
yes
YES
the Christmas crisps are out
YES
the Christmas crisps are out
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So orgs have no agency over their admissions, and are are being forced to oprress people against their own and their members' wishes. If trans women making jam makes you angry please know you're a contemptible degenerate, disliked by everyone with an actual soul
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So orgs have no agency over their admissions, and are are being forced to oprress people against their own and their members' wishes. If trans women making jam makes you angry please know you're a contemptible degenerate, disliked by everyone with an actual soul
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
holy shit the last time this happened was kohl?? the guy who started being chancellor before the wall came down? we live in a Europe
The first German State Visit to the UK in 27 years gets underway tomorrow!
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
holy shit the last time this happened was kohl?? the guy who started being chancellor before the wall came down? we live in a Europe
I, a person who wants Rachel Reeves to not be chancellor of the exchequer, am increasingly tired of the number of shitty ways that the press are trying to stop her being chancellor of the exchequer
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I, a person who wants Rachel Reeves to not be chancellor of the exchequer, am increasingly tired of the number of shitty ways that the press are trying to stop her being chancellor of the exchequer