Tom Watts
@tomwatts.bsky.social
Charity worker living in London
Everyone is talking about whether 100 grown men could fight a gorilla.
Let’s switch it up - could 10,000 ten year olds fight and win against a full grown silver back gorilla?
Let’s switch it up - could 10,000 ten year olds fight and win against a full grown silver back gorilla?
April 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everyone is talking about whether 100 grown men could fight a gorilla.
Let’s switch it up - could 10,000 ten year olds fight and win against a full grown silver back gorilla?
Let’s switch it up - could 10,000 ten year olds fight and win against a full grown silver back gorilla?
Reposted by Tom Watts
Reposted by Tom Watts
I can't believe this needs to be said but:
You do not owe it to anyone to spend the next four years on a social media website you hate, getting abused by algorithmically boosted Nazis, just because some Democratic consultant thinks a swing voter in Pennsylvania might see your tweets.
You do not owe it to anyone to spend the next four years on a social media website you hate, getting abused by algorithmically boosted Nazis, just because some Democratic consultant thinks a swing voter in Pennsylvania might see your tweets.
“Leaving X because you don’t like Elon is the kind of purity politics that landed Democrats in this mess to begin with.”
Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X
Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.
www.politico.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I can't believe this needs to be said but:
You do not owe it to anyone to spend the next four years on a social media website you hate, getting abused by algorithmically boosted Nazis, just because some Democratic consultant thinks a swing voter in Pennsylvania might see your tweets.
You do not owe it to anyone to spend the next four years on a social media website you hate, getting abused by algorithmically boosted Nazis, just because some Democratic consultant thinks a swing voter in Pennsylvania might see your tweets.
Bluesky has now broken 23m users!
November 27, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Bluesky has now broken 23m users!
Reposted by Tom Watts
FT cartoon by Banx
November 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
FT cartoon by Banx
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NGC 3256.
The result of two galaxies that collided ~500 million years ago.
Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
🔭 🧪
The result of two galaxies that collided ~500 million years ago.
Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
🔭 🧪
November 23, 2024 at 7:14 PM
NGC 3256.
The result of two galaxies that collided ~500 million years ago.
Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
🔭 🧪
The result of two galaxies that collided ~500 million years ago.
Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social
www.flickr.com/photos/19746...
🔭 🧪
Reposted by Tom Watts
Reposted by Tom Watts
This chart is pretty insane. More of an overnight social/political-type shift than typical tech adoption imo: techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
November 19, 2024 at 7:13 PM
This chart is pretty insane. More of an overnight social/political-type shift than typical tech adoption imo: techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
20 million BlueSky members now.
November 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
20 million BlueSky members now.
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Useful starter pack for news organisations on BlueSky (including us)!
go.bsky.app/Vat6XPc
@tomirwin.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Vat6XPc
@tomirwin.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Useful starter pack for news organisations on BlueSky (including us)!
go.bsky.app/Vat6XPc
@tomirwin.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Vat6XPc
@tomirwin.bsky.social
BlueSky now has 18million users. Adding roughly a million a day. Approaching critical mass
November 16, 2024 at 8:27 PM
BlueSky now has 18million users. Adding roughly a million a day. Approaching critical mass
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Here you go, a starter pack of Independent Record Shops to follow (pass it on, guessing they’d appreciate that) go.bsky.app/FFCkVXG
November 16, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Here you go, a starter pack of Independent Record Shops to follow (pass it on, guessing they’d appreciate that) go.bsky.app/FFCkVXG
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Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu
November 15, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu
Does anybody have any good starter packs for sport? I’m keen to find some non political people to follow
November 11, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Does anybody have any good starter packs for sport? I’m keen to find some non political people to follow
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Hey! 👋🏽 I’m back. Is anyone still here or seeing this?
November 11, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Hey! 👋🏽 I’m back. Is anyone still here or seeing this?
The type of message that generates stress for no good reason! Could be good, could be bad. Nothing I can do about it but yet will spend the next 3 hours worrying about it!
With more than four hours to go, more people have voted in Georgia than in 2020. Michigan also heading for record turnout
November 5, 2024 at 7:45 PM
The type of message that generates stress for no good reason! Could be good, could be bad. Nothing I can do about it but yet will spend the next 3 hours worrying about it!
First post on Bluesky. Not one for posting much on social media but can’t stand to be on X much longer. Tonight could be the final straw so need to help build a new community here.
November 5, 2024 at 6:21 PM
First post on Bluesky. Not one for posting much on social media but can’t stand to be on X much longer. Tonight could be the final straw so need to help build a new community here.