Tomsprints
@tomsprints.bsky.social
Long time social media user. Anglo-Irish by birth. Ex local government. Enjoyed some good years as freelance photographer until the pandemic wrecked my business model. Also a reasonably successful Masters sprinter, but currently injured
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Can you spot the storm? 🌀
Claudia lacks the distinctive swirl of previous storms, instead bringing a broader area of cloud to Portugal and Spain at present
But its slow-moving nature could still bring notable disruption to the UK tomorrow with prolonged periods of heavy rain
Claudia lacks the distinctive swirl of previous storms, instead bringing a broader area of cloud to Portugal and Spain at present
But its slow-moving nature could still bring notable disruption to the UK tomorrow with prolonged periods of heavy rain
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Can you spot the storm? 🌀
Claudia lacks the distinctive swirl of previous storms, instead bringing a broader area of cloud to Portugal and Spain at present
But its slow-moving nature could still bring notable disruption to the UK tomorrow with prolonged periods of heavy rain
Claudia lacks the distinctive swirl of previous storms, instead bringing a broader area of cloud to Portugal and Spain at present
But its slow-moving nature could still bring notable disruption to the UK tomorrow with prolonged periods of heavy rain
So, now it’s to be “Storm Claudia” eh?
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So, now it’s to be “Storm Claudia” eh?
I have just watched, for two uninterrupted hours, Toby Jones in “Mr Burton”. A very good actor has, in my view, just become a great actor. Straight BAFTA material. Wow. Just wow.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I have just watched, for two uninterrupted hours, Toby Jones in “Mr Burton”. A very good actor has, in my view, just become a great actor. Straight BAFTA material. Wow. Just wow.
Not your average sky for 13 November today. Both photos taken while enjoying my customary stroll beside the River Medway. A big belt of nasty wet weather is due to arrive later, for which we have a yellow storm warning. This must be what the calm before the storm looks like!
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Not your average sky for 13 November today. Both photos taken while enjoying my customary stroll beside the River Medway. A big belt of nasty wet weather is due to arrive later, for which we have a yellow storm warning. This must be what the calm before the storm looks like!
Lots of thick scum gathering by the River Medway today.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lots of thick scum gathering by the River Medway today.
Mainly horizontals. (Oh, and a circle.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Mainly horizontals. (Oh, and a circle.)
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
Hooray. A position which mostly pandered to tories who could never hack it as straight up politicians, but who wanted to make their (often) unpalatable views on crime and punishment heard without come-backs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hooray. A position which mostly pandered to tories who could never hack it as straight up politicians, but who wanted to make their (often) unpalatable views on crime and punishment heard without come-backs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We’re being had, aren’t we? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'$230 for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online
Many took aim at the high price online, while others made fun of its striking likeness to a piece of footwear.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We’re being had, aren’t we? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bastards. Apologies are too little, way too late.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Southern Water apologises for catastrophic spill of plastic biobeads in Sussex
Resulting pollution on Camber Sands beach poses threat to wildlife including dolphins and seals
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bastards. Apologies are too little, way too late.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A huge belt of serious, heavy rain now being forecast by the Met Office, falling pretty much continuously over Wales and much of England, between midway through Thursday, until late on Sunday. I blame those complaining about droughts. Grab a look at the weather chart for your area for details. 🌂🐳☔️
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A huge belt of serious, heavy rain now being forecast by the Met Office, falling pretty much continuously over Wales and much of England, between midway through Thursday, until late on Sunday. I blame those complaining about droughts. Grab a look at the weather chart for your area for details. 🌂🐳☔️
‘kin ‘ell.
Trump: "I was recently at an event and I saw that France was celebrating Victory Day, but we didn't. And I saw France was celebrating another Victory Day for World War 2. And other countries were celebrating. They were all celebrating. We're the one that won the wars."
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
‘kin ‘ell.
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‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?
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Trump is hurtling into lame duck territory.
His ratings are off a cliff. It's his second term, and the next generation of Republicans are desperately distancing themselves from him, fearing wipeout.
Nigel Farage, meanwhile, clearly hasn't noticed and thinks it's all going to be happy days ahead.
His ratings are off a cliff. It's his second term, and the next generation of Republicans are desperately distancing themselves from him, fearing wipeout.
Nigel Farage, meanwhile, clearly hasn't noticed and thinks it's all going to be happy days ahead.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump is hurtling into lame duck territory.
His ratings are off a cliff. It's his second term, and the next generation of Republicans are desperately distancing themselves from him, fearing wipeout.
Nigel Farage, meanwhile, clearly hasn't noticed and thinks it's all going to be happy days ahead.
His ratings are off a cliff. It's his second term, and the next generation of Republicans are desperately distancing themselves from him, fearing wipeout.
Nigel Farage, meanwhile, clearly hasn't noticed and thinks it's all going to be happy days ahead.
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Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
I’ve just fired up the home central heating for the first time since 18 April this year. We switched it on two full weeks earlier last year. Touch wood, no problems. ☺️
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’ve just fired up the home central heating for the first time since 18 April this year. We switched it on two full weeks earlier last year. Touch wood, no problems. ☺️
Later this week, in the UK at least, a new film about the post WW2 Nuremberg trials is being released. It’s currently being heavily promoted. I’ve not seen it, but I’m guessing this guy will feature prominently in the portrayals. He’s buried in the grounds of the lovely Jevington church, in Sussex.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Later this week, in the UK at least, a new film about the post WW2 Nuremberg trials is being released. It’s currently being heavily promoted. I’ve not seen it, but I’m guessing this guy will feature prominently in the portrayals. He’s buried in the grounds of the lovely Jevington church, in Sussex.
I think this is the new road sign warning of a very low bridge:
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I think this is the new road sign warning of a very low bridge:
And proof from a Guardian headlines in 2020 of possible chronic White House overstaffing?
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
And proof from a Guardian headlines in 2020 of possible chronic White House overstaffing?
I’m having a bit of a clear-out of my photo archive. I found these screenshots of genuine Guardian headlines while doing so:
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m having a bit of a clear-out of my photo archive. I found these screenshots of genuine Guardian headlines while doing so:
A genuine headline from 2020, which time has rendered no less absurd:
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A genuine headline from 2020, which time has rendered no less absurd:
Great pavement art from outside London’s National Gallery, from about six or seven years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great pavement art from outside London’s National Gallery, from about six or seven years ago.
I first saw this in September 2019. These days there seems a touch of Starmer about it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I first saw this in September 2019. These days there seems a touch of Starmer about it.