Earth's Nearest Star, the Tom
@tomodaighre.bsky.social
Member of villainous team
Hey, new Stargate!
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hey, new Stargate!
The government shouldn't be picking winners in the economy. Who's to say the next boom won't come from the authentic stupidity sector?
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The government shouldn't be picking winners in the economy. Who's to say the next boom won't come from the authentic stupidity sector?
"AI companies must have the first choice of the chocolates in the Celebrations tin, and you all can whatever's left."
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"AI companies must have the first choice of the chocolates in the Celebrations tin, and you all can whatever's left."
When I was involved in planning union conferences, I looked up once that it actually would have been cheaper for us to have held the conference in Croatia and pay for everyone's flights than it was for us to hire the Brighton conference centre. So anyway Your Party should have done that.
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
When I was involved in planning union conferences, I looked up once that it actually would have been cheaper for us to have held the conference in Croatia and pay for everyone's flights than it was for us to hire the Brighton conference centre. So anyway Your Party should have done that.
The weather is going to be in the negatives tomorrow, which means everyone's going to clip through the floor.
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The weather is going to be in the negatives tomorrow, which means everyone's going to clip through the floor.
Most science fiction is pretty pessimistic about the long term prospects of television, but I'm a dissenting voice on this; I think TV shows will outlast the human race.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Most science fiction is pretty pessimistic about the long term prospects of television, but I'm a dissenting voice on this; I think TV shows will outlast the human race.
"Whoa, I just felt the mandela effect that there was such a thing as the mandela effect." - guy from the dimension where there's no such thing as the mandela effect
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Whoa, I just felt the mandela effect that there was such a thing as the mandela effect." - guy from the dimension where there's no such thing as the mandela effect
I'm sick of the UN.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm sick of the UN.
This map shows a clear civilisational border.
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This map shows a clear civilisational border.
The government should pay me to run a secret department. Me and my team of analysts will run some investigations.
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The government should pay me to run a secret department. Me and my team of analysts will run some investigations.
Your Party is performance art at this point.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Your Party is performance art at this point.
lol
So Your Party are randomly selected 1,000 people from their sign-up list to attend their conference despite no actual knowledge if those people are capable of attending (an event that's only 10 days away) or would even want to.
What world do they live in where they thought this would work?
What world do they live in where they thought this would work?
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
lol
Imagine being the UK's #2 Shrek tribute band.
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Imagine being the UK's #2 Shrek tribute band.
I think what I don't get is if krill is so plentiful in the ocean that all whales have to do to meet their hefty calorific requirement is every now and then just open their mouths and the amount of krill will passively wash in will be enough to sustain them, then why isn't every fish doing this?
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I think what I don't get is if krill is so plentiful in the ocean that all whales have to do to meet their hefty calorific requirement is every now and then just open their mouths and the amount of krill will passively wash in will be enough to sustain them, then why isn't every fish doing this?
Imagine how bizarre it must have been to have lived in the Nile valley in ancient times. Your whole civilisation was just a line. The only directions were left or right.
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Imagine how bizarre it must have been to have lived in the Nile valley in ancient times. Your whole civilisation was just a line. The only directions were left or right.
Just used a hammer to tap open a chocolate orange. That's pretty macho of me I think.
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just used a hammer to tap open a chocolate orange. That's pretty macho of me I think.
Bill Clinton got Donald Trump pregnant.
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Bill Clinton got Donald Trump pregnant.
Customer: Can I have the Stranger Things Burger.
KFC server: Eurgh. What? No.
KFC server: Eurgh. What? No.
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Customer: Can I have the Stranger Things Burger.
KFC server: Eurgh. What? No.
KFC server: Eurgh. What? No.
I think the government should give everyone £1,000.
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I think the government should give everyone £1,000.
When Irish media interviews an Irish celebrity their first question is always "so what's it like being Irish?".
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
When Irish media interviews an Irish celebrity their first question is always "so what's it like being Irish?".
My version of getting uncomfortable when things get "too political" is when people start criticising leaders of any of the 20th century socialist bloc countries.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My version of getting uncomfortable when things get "too political" is when people start criticising leaders of any of the 20th century socialist bloc countries.
13th century ancestor: You mean to say you have devices installed in your hovels that can create consistent warmth?
Me: Yes, but it costs a couple of quid to turn them on, so we mostly just stay cold.
Ancestor: I can only imagine how much of a fortune two of these quids of yours must represent.
Me: Yes, but it costs a couple of quid to turn them on, so we mostly just stay cold.
Ancestor: I can only imagine how much of a fortune two of these quids of yours must represent.
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
13th century ancestor: You mean to say you have devices installed in your hovels that can create consistent warmth?
Me: Yes, but it costs a couple of quid to turn them on, so we mostly just stay cold.
Ancestor: I can only imagine how much of a fortune two of these quids of yours must represent.
Me: Yes, but it costs a couple of quid to turn them on, so we mostly just stay cold.
Ancestor: I can only imagine how much of a fortune two of these quids of yours must represent.
Thinking of attending the auction to bid for this property. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this Property for sale on Rightmove
Property for sale in Berwick Lane, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 for £20,000. Marketed by David Plaister Ltd, Auctions
www.rightmove.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thinking of attending the auction to bid for this property. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
I think I'd thrive living underground.
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I think I'd thrive living underground.
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Wife: Please listen.. I am tired… The chores are piling up
Husband: (looking up from Conan the Barbarian novelette) By Crom! You hector me like a Kushite copper merchant! Though you yourself are as comely as a Hercanian courtesan.. Aah, you flee from me like a Shemite sellsword.. Babe.. Woman..
Husband: (looking up from Conan the Barbarian novelette) By Crom! You hector me like a Kushite copper merchant! Though you yourself are as comely as a Hercanian courtesan.. Aah, you flee from me like a Shemite sellsword.. Babe.. Woman..
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wife: Please listen.. I am tired… The chores are piling up
Husband: (looking up from Conan the Barbarian novelette) By Crom! You hector me like a Kushite copper merchant! Though you yourself are as comely as a Hercanian courtesan.. Aah, you flee from me like a Shemite sellsword.. Babe.. Woman..
Husband: (looking up from Conan the Barbarian novelette) By Crom! You hector me like a Kushite copper merchant! Though you yourself are as comely as a Hercanian courtesan.. Aah, you flee from me like a Shemite sellsword.. Babe.. Woman..