Tom Firth 🏴
@tlfirth.bsky.social
Cymro. Amateur writer. Private STEM tutor. Fan of Doctor Who, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Prog Rock, Sci-Fi Novels, British Comedy, Rugby, Skiing and Karate.
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Tom Firth 🏴
@tlfirth.bsky.social
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a man in a vest and tie is making a surprised face
Alt: Fourteenth Doctor played by David Tennant wearing a navy waistcoast over a white, collared shirt and a lighter-blue tie. He is dancing from foot to foot with ecstatic glee in the TARDIS.
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Excited to say that I am making progress on a writing project I've been dreaming of publishing since I was 10 years old. The third draft of my science-fiction novel is underway and I can't wait to release it into the world the end of next year.
#booksky #newauthor #sci-fi #debutnovel
#booksky #newauthor #sci-fi #debutnovel
I know I'm talking uselessly to the blue sky on here, but come on! It should be blatantly obvious that mitigating the causes of crime in the first place requires vast societal changes (such as improving welfare, financial security and accessibility), not removing the basic rights of people.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I know I'm talking uselessly to the blue sky on here, but come on! It should be blatantly obvious that mitigating the causes of crime in the first place requires vast societal changes (such as improving welfare, financial security and accessibility), not removing the basic rights of people.
Possibly the most welcoming thing ever spoken. If I were a football fan, I'd be packing my bags for the flight already...
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Possibly the most welcoming thing ever spoken. If I were a football fan, I'd be packing my bags for the flight already...
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
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A centenary celebration today of the late 🏴Welsh-born stage, film, radio and television actor and narrator #RichardBurton CBE born #OnThisDay 100 years ago in Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A centenary celebration today of the late 🏴Welsh-born stage, film, radio and television actor and narrator #RichardBurton CBE born #OnThisDay 100 years ago in Pontrhydyfen, Neath Port Talbot
Talk about a guilt-riddled headline. Truthful headline: “I was caught doing something I shouldn’t and I need someone else to blame. Who is blamed for everything? Ah yes!”
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk about a guilt-riddled headline. Truthful headline: “I was caught doing something I shouldn’t and I need someone else to blame. Who is blamed for everything? Ah yes!”
Rachel Reeves could do one of the most progressive things a British government has done in years and increase the additional tax rate by at least 1% in the Budget. There's no moral reaon for increasing basic rate - and as all politicians like popularity these days, it wouldn't be popular either!
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Rachel Reeves could do one of the most progressive things a British government has done in years and increase the additional tax rate by at least 1% in the Budget. There's no moral reaon for increasing basic rate - and as all politicians like popularity these days, it wouldn't be popular either!
Just goes to show that these big media corporations and companies are just flimsy pieces of paper in water. To kowtow to the likes of Donald Trump and his ilk is pathetic. Lex deserves better!
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Just goes to show that these big media corporations and companies are just flimsy pieces of paper in water. To kowtow to the likes of Donald Trump and his ilk is pathetic. Lex deserves better!
Men are too emotional for positions of authority. How is anyone meant to feel safe with these monsters as “law enforcers”.
WTF 🤬
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Men are too emotional for positions of authority. How is anyone meant to feel safe with these monsters as “law enforcers”.
Fascists can't handle the pressure of someone questioning their actions and so resort to violence and unlawful retaliation in the blink of an eye. I am behind Kat and all who protest ICE all the way!
BREAKING: Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Indicted Over Chicago ICE Protest
Details: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Details: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fascists can't handle the pressure of someone questioning their actions and so resort to violence and unlawful retaliation in the blink of an eye. I am behind Kat and all who protest ICE all the way!
Impeach this guy! A President should not be saying that and getting away with it! We're one policy away from him pointing at someone and asking for them to be killed on the spot.
Trump on ICE agents: "Now I understand why they should wear masks. I think it's very dangerous for them not to wear masks. They can do whatever they want."
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Impeach this guy! A President should not be saying that and getting away with it! We're one policy away from him pointing at someone and asking for them to be killed on the spot.
If there weren't guns, this wouldn't be a problem.
One problem made even more of a problem by incompetent higher-ups investing in problematic technology. Imbecility on a monumental scale, and people need to be held accountable - immediately!
One problem made even more of a problem by incompetent higher-ups investing in problematic technology. Imbecility on a monumental scale, and people need to be held accountable - immediately!
“An artificial intelligence system apparently mistook a high school student’s bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.”
US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for firearm
Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If there weren't guns, this wouldn't be a problem.
One problem made even more of a problem by incompetent higher-ups investing in problematic technology. Imbecility on a monumental scale, and people need to be held accountable - immediately!
One problem made even more of a problem by incompetent higher-ups investing in problematic technology. Imbecility on a monumental scale, and people need to be held accountable - immediately!
Corruption, corruption, corruption. Get him and his sycophants out, America - for god's sake - before he makes himself a lasting dynasty of billionaires in a "Gold House".
Trump admin favors Paramount buying Warner Bros
“Warner needs to think really hard about the odds of success getting the deal cleared with players outside of Paramount”
— Senior official
Paramount is owned by the Ellisons — whom Trump recently helped secure the U.S. TikTok deal
(via NY Post)
“Warner needs to think really hard about the odds of success getting the deal cleared with players outside of Paramount”
— Senior official
Paramount is owned by the Ellisons — whom Trump recently helped secure the U.S. TikTok deal
(via NY Post)
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Corruption, corruption, corruption. Get him and his sycophants out, America - for god's sake - before he makes himself a lasting dynasty of billionaires in a "Gold House".
Da iawn Caerffili! Mwy o bobl yn bleidleisio, mwy o bwyslais ar y blaid sydd a synnwyr ac nid anrhefn.
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Da iawn Caerffili! Mwy o bobl yn bleidleisio, mwy o bwyslais ar y blaid sydd a synnwyr ac nid anrhefn.
Misogynistic idiot.
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Misogynistic idiot.
Blue Lights is such a brilliant show, underrated even though it won the Bafta the year just gone!
October 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Blue Lights is such a brilliant show, underrated even though it won the Bafta the year just gone!
Scary stuff! The United States has gone from Trump being prosecuted for felonies in May last year (without the consequences) to an unashamed fascistic state in just over a year. That fateful election in 2016 has all been leading to this.
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Scary stuff! The United States has gone from Trump being prosecuted for felonies in May last year (without the consequences) to an unashamed fascistic state in just over a year. That fateful election in 2016 has all been leading to this.
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One step closer to Westworld. As always I fear the purpose of science-fiction (to discourage these self-destructive pursuits) is being completely ignored.
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One step closer to Westworld. As always I fear the purpose of science-fiction (to discourage these self-destructive pursuits) is being completely ignored.
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Drummer Anika Nilles, who previously played with Jeff Beck, will join Lee and Lifeson for a 50th anniversary tour dedicated to the memory of the late Neil Peart.
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Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Will Tour as Rush in 2026
Drummer Anika Nilles will join Lee and Lifeson for a 50th anniversary tour dedicated to the memory of the late Neil Peart
www.rollingstone.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Drummer Anika Nilles, who previously played with Jeff Beck, will join Lee and Lifeson for a 50th anniversary tour dedicated to the memory of the late Neil Peart.
Details ↓
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