Tom Slatter
@tomslatter.bsky.social
Constantly bewildered. Singer-songwriter under my own name, 'High Wire Act' and 'Ashfeathers'.
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Tom Slatter
@tomslatter.bsky.social
· Dec 5
To Risk Your Heart, by High Wire Act
9 track album
highwireact.bandcamp.com
Today is release day for To Risk Your Heart by my band High Wire Act.
It's 9 songs about feelings and loud guitars, and possibly a secret alien but that might be a metaphor.
Please have a listen over on bandcamp (or wherever you like to stream music)
highwireact.bandcamp.com/album/to-ris...
It's 9 songs about feelings and loud guitars, and possibly a secret alien but that might be a metaphor.
Please have a listen over on bandcamp (or wherever you like to stream music)
highwireact.bandcamp.com/album/to-ris...
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Happy birthday, Chuck.
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Happy birthday, Chuck.
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
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It’s Leslie Nielsen’s birthday & this is still the greatest gag in the history of comedy.
February 11, 2026 at 7:44 AM
It’s Leslie Nielsen’s birthday & this is still the greatest gag in the history of comedy.
No they aren't
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
No they aren't
Haven't read the article, but I assume he is talking about the Romans, or possibly the Anglo Saxons. Or the beaker folk.
Either way, these days, get back in the sea you finned cunt etc etc.
Either way, these days, get back in the sea you finned cunt etc etc.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Haven't read the article, but I assume he is talking about the Romans, or possibly the Anglo Saxons. Or the beaker folk.
Either way, these days, get back in the sea you finned cunt etc etc.
Either way, these days, get back in the sea you finned cunt etc etc.
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Labour's problem isn't merely one of personnel. It's that the main factions of the party lack an analysis of capitalism, & therefore an awareness that boosting growth (the answer to many problems) requires a lot of work. Here's one I wrote 5 years (!) ago: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/starmer-an...
Starmer and the C-word
Starmer's Labour is incurious about the nature of capitalism.
chrisdillow.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Labour's problem isn't merely one of personnel. It's that the main factions of the party lack an analysis of capitalism, & therefore an awareness that boosting growth (the answer to many problems) requires a lot of work. Here's one I wrote 5 years (!) ago: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/starmer-an...
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
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I scream
You scream
We all scream
It’s Tuesday
You scream
We all scream
It’s Tuesday
February 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
I scream
You scream
We all scream
It’s Tuesday
You scream
We all scream
It’s Tuesday
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“The Prime Minister is under increasing pressure to resign”
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“The Prime Minister is under increasing pressure to resign”
With another Olympics happening, pointlessly filled with proper skilled sportspeople, I renew my call for a good Olympics with the athletes chosen at random.
It should be a lottery/jury service thing, followed by a medical check and 2 weeks training. No pros allowed.
It should be a lottery/jury service thing, followed by a medical check and 2 weeks training. No pros allowed.
February 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
With another Olympics happening, pointlessly filled with proper skilled sportspeople, I renew my call for a good Olympics with the athletes chosen at random.
It should be a lottery/jury service thing, followed by a medical check and 2 weeks training. No pros allowed.
It should be a lottery/jury service thing, followed by a medical check and 2 weeks training. No pros allowed.
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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Doing art badly is good and sacred
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Doing art badly is good and sacred
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Over the years, people have asked me why I am always saying that Slimer, from the Ghostbusters franchise, is a bisexual icon (I am always saying this). To me, the answer is so self-evident that I have never and will never explain.
November 14, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Over the years, people have asked me why I am always saying that Slimer, from the Ghostbusters franchise, is a bisexual icon (I am always saying this). To me, the answer is so self-evident that I have never and will never explain.
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A story in three parts
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A story in three parts
96% of you are really weird.
'for an estimated 4% of people, this mental imagery is weak or absent. When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations might come to mind, but they describe their mind’s eye as dark or even blank.'
Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
96% of you are really weird.
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I am going to be a bridesmaid.
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I am going to be a bridesmaid.
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My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”
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This is deeply insulting to my people.
That is not what that word means.
That is not what that word means.
Grindcore is the new hustle culture ft.trib.al/Yq5N8YC | opinion
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
ft.trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This is deeply insulting to my people.
That is not what that word means.
That is not what that word means.
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Ever tried boiled pasta? Not as crunchy but still good
January 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Ever tried boiled pasta? Not as crunchy but still good
This is the music of my people
The Good Old Days (27th January 1977). Mike Reid tackles The Marrow Song.
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is the music of my people
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Hit me Paul Shane one more time
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Hit me Paul Shane one more time