Tom Pine
@poputchik1979.bsky.social
Woke in Stoke. Port Vale / Civil Society stuff / Russian history, Tsars to Tsoi. Personal account, opinions my own.
There's at least four people on this train listening to Darren Moore's post match interview. A weird cacophony of erms ringing out like Christmas bells #pvfc
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
There's at least four people on this train listening to Darren Moore's post match interview. A weird cacophony of erms ringing out like Christmas bells #pvfc
'If you have ever experienced this, you might recall the feeling of confusion after opening such a document—Wait, what is this exactly?—before you begin to wonder if the sender simply used AI to generate large blocks of text instead of thinking it through.'
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
'If you have ever experienced this, you might recall the feeling of confusion after opening such a document—Wait, what is this exactly?—before you begin to wonder if the sender simply used AI to generate large blocks of text instead of thinking it through.'
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
Reposted by Tom Pine
Reposted by Tom Pine
Well fucking played, Caerphilly 😂
October 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Well fucking played, Caerphilly 😂
Reposted by Tom Pine
The Sun in 2014 calling Farage what he is. In some ways a saner time
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
This May 2014 editorial in The Sun about Nigel Farage said is not racist" to worry about the scale of immigration but it is "racist" to smear Romanians to say you wouldn't want to live next door to a Romanian & "you know the difference" [between a German and a Romanian neigbour]
September 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Sun in 2014 calling Farage what he is. In some ways a saner time
bsky.app/profile/sund...
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Reposted by Tom Pine
The right makes it easy…
They hand people a scapegoat (migrants) and promise to make them disappear
Our govt could do the same
They could name the real culprits behind stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, and soaring bills
But they won’t
Because they haven’t got the balls.
They hand people a scapegoat (migrants) and promise to make them disappear
Our govt could do the same
They could name the real culprits behind stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, and soaring bills
But they won’t
Because they haven’t got the balls.
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The right makes it easy…
They hand people a scapegoat (migrants) and promise to make them disappear
Our govt could do the same
They could name the real culprits behind stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, and soaring bills
But they won’t
Because they haven’t got the balls.
They hand people a scapegoat (migrants) and promise to make them disappear
Our govt could do the same
They could name the real culprits behind stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, and soaring bills
But they won’t
Because they haven’t got the balls.
Reposted by Tom Pine
Der militarisch-industrielle Komplex vergangener Jahrzehnte war ein Witz gegen das, was gerade in den USA entsteht: die allumfassende Herrschaft eines oligarchischen politisch-techindustriellen Bündnisses.
September 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Der militarisch-industrielle Komplex vergangener Jahrzehnte war ein Witz gegen das, was gerade in den USA entsteht: die allumfassende Herrschaft eines oligarchischen politisch-techindustriellen Bündnisses.
Reposted by Tom Pine
you can condemn political violence without asking me to believe that charlie kirk was just an ordinary decent pundit who believed in the liberal project--believed in pluralism, freedom, and equality. he didn't. his whole thing was that he hated those ideas and wanted to destroy them
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
you can condemn political violence without asking me to believe that charlie kirk was just an ordinary decent pundit who believed in the liberal project--believed in pluralism, freedom, and equality. he didn't. his whole thing was that he hated those ideas and wanted to destroy them
Reposted by Tom Pine
Reposted by Tom Pine
I find it absolutely ridiculous that the GOP is screaming bloody murder about the senseless death of Irina Zarutska, while simultaneously plotting to ship over 120K refugees back to Ukraine, to face the risk of being bombed and murdered by Putin.
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I find it absolutely ridiculous that the GOP is screaming bloody murder about the senseless death of Irina Zarutska, while simultaneously plotting to ship over 120K refugees back to Ukraine, to face the risk of being bombed and murdered by Putin.
Reposted by Tom Pine
All sounds very “I’ll end the Ukraine war in 24 hours”
Farage promise to "stop the boats within two weeks of winning gov't" unravelling.
Apparently, it means "after passing laws", "as quickly as possible", he "believes", the boats will still cross, but all will be deported "if necessary" and "sensible", "unless we have a duty of care".
Bravo, Beth! 👏🏽
Apparently, it means "after passing laws", "as quickly as possible", he "believes", the boats will still cross, but all will be deported "if necessary" and "sensible", "unless we have a duty of care".
Bravo, Beth! 👏🏽
September 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
All sounds very “I’ll end the Ukraine war in 24 hours”
Reposted by Tom Pine
Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
🚨An important reminder of the trauma faced by asylum seekers.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
August 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
Reposted by Tom Pine
July 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reposted by Tom Pine
The in yer face abject hypocrisy of Reform
Lately, Reform UK have claimed that their hostility to migrants stems from an overwhelming desire to keep women safe.
But have they been equally concerned when the threat to women comes from someone they see as on "their side"?
I took a quick peek at their recent record. ~AA
But have they been equally concerned when the threat to women comes from someone they see as on "their side"?
I took a quick peek at their recent record. ~AA
August 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The in yer face abject hypocrisy of Reform
Reposted by Tom Pine
"Can this be real?"
Reader, you will believe a carbon monoxide alarm shark can fly.
Reader, you will believe a carbon monoxide alarm shark can fly.
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Can this be real?"
Reader, you will believe a carbon monoxide alarm shark can fly.
Reader, you will believe a carbon monoxide alarm shark can fly.
Suddenly all I want for Christmas is a Burslem Port Vale away kit.
#PVFC Vale make it into a Half Man Half Biscuit song ... yesss! 😎
#hmhb #HalfManHalfBiscuit #BirmosInTheCowshed #ValeAway
#hmhb #HalfManHalfBiscuit #BirmosInTheCowshed #ValeAway
June 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Suddenly all I want for Christmas is a Burslem Port Vale away kit.
Reposted by Tom Pine
Reposted by Tom Pine
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
June 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.
The walk from Etruria Locks down to Hanley Park is a little gem too.
June 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The walk from Etruria Locks down to Hanley Park is a little gem too.
Popped down to the #sot100 People's Parade. The axolotl breaking out of the Sideway Incinerator - which I loved - was apparently the brainchild of some Haywood High School students 👌
June 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Popped down to the #sot100 People's Parade. The axolotl breaking out of the Sideway Incinerator - which I loved - was apparently the brainchild of some Haywood High School students 👌
It could revolutionise Teams meetings. You could literally play it between your fingernails in full view of everyone, and people would just think you were flossing bits of breakfast out of your teeth like everyone else 👌
Science, with its usual dry wit and impeccable timing, has done it again—presenting us, at our hour of dire need, with the world’s smallest violin.
BBC News - Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has
www.bbc.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It could revolutionise Teams meetings. You could literally play it between your fingernails in full view of everyone, and people would just think you were flossing bits of breakfast out of your teeth like everyone else 👌
Good shirts, and also Grace Geyoro running the midfield 👌
May 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Good shirts, and also Grace Geyoro running the midfield 👌
I went to some cricket. It lasted nine balls before a dispute about the pitch stopped play. What kind of idiot invents a sport this delicate for an English summer anyway? Reader, we went to The Congress instead = result.
May 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I went to some cricket. It lasted nine balls before a dispute about the pitch stopped play. What kind of idiot invents a sport this delicate for an English summer anyway? Reader, we went to The Congress instead = result.
Never loved a support band more than BIG SPECIAL, though they are kind of like Walsall (A) in musical form
May 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Never loved a support band more than BIG SPECIAL, though they are kind of like Walsall (A) in musical form