Thomas Ogden
@tpo.bsky.social
I do Machine Learning at Spotify. I used to do Quantum Optics and Quantum Information theory.
Think deeply of simple things.
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Think deeply of simple things.
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I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The snail farmer of London, his mafia friends, and a £20m vendetta against the taxman
Terry Ball runs elaborate mollusc-based tax avoidance schemes that are costing London councils millions of pounds. Yet when London Centric tracks him down, an even stranger story emerges.
www.londoncentric.media
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...
The greatest lie of all.
They know very well that we’ll be going on a bear hunt every ten minutes for the next hour at least.
They know very well that we’ll be going on a bear hunt every ten minutes for the next hour at least.
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The greatest lie of all.
They know very well that we’ll be going on a bear hunt every ten minutes for the next hour at least.
They know very well that we’ll be going on a bear hunt every ten minutes for the next hour at least.
Great that the city council’s illustration of ‘amazing places to stretch your legs’ shows the reality of walking with a pram in the city: cars entirely blocking the pavement because the council won’t do anything about it
January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Great that the city council’s illustration of ‘amazing places to stretch your legs’ shows the reality of walking with a pram in the city: cars entirely blocking the pavement because the council won’t do anything about it
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It’s three months since I launched London Centric, so here’s what’s happened and a little bit on what’s next. open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
The best of London Centric, so far
The investigations, exclusives, and intrigue you might have missed.
open.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
It’s three months since I launched London Centric, so here’s what’s happened and a little bit on what’s next. open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
Beijing is closer to Dublin (~8,300 km) than it is to Canberra (~9,000 km).
December 18, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Beijing is closer to Dublin (~8,300 km) than it is to Canberra (~9,000 km).
Will Mauritius take control of .io?
October 3, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Will Mauritius take control of .io?
The first person I followed on here was @electricalwsop.bsky.social. So sad. Godspeed.
May 8, 2024 at 9:40 PM
The first person I followed on here was @electricalwsop.bsky.social. So sad. Godspeed.
Trey Nyoni, playing for Liverpool FC tonight, was born in June 2007 when Rihanna was at number 1 with Umbrella. Which makes me approximately 1000 years old
February 28, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Trey Nyoni, playing for Liverpool FC tonight, was born in June 2007 when Rihanna was at number 1 with Umbrella. Which makes me approximately 1000 years old
Would watch a biopic on the Heathrow crocodile
February 6, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Would watch a biopic on the Heathrow crocodile
Holiday reads (spending my work’s education budget before the end of the year)
December 23, 2023 at 2:23 PM
Holiday reads (spending my work’s education budget before the end of the year)
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The teenage twins of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Physicists don't usually get the peace prize ...
(link to BBC because that's where I read it just now)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
(link to BBC because that's where I read it just now)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
Teenage children of jailed Narges Mohammadi accept her Nobel Peace Prize
In a speech smuggled from prison and read out by her twins, Narges Mohammadi denounces "tyrannical" Iran.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM
The teenage twins of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Physicists don't usually get the peace prize ...
(link to BBC because that's where I read it just now)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
(link to BBC because that's where I read it just now)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-m...
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Out there in the deep cold of outer space, beyond the orbit of Neptune, something wonderful is happening. Tonight, as it reaches its aphelion, Halley's Comet begins banking back towards Earth. Mark your calendars for 6/9/61 when an old friend returns. 🧪 🔭 ☄️
www.space.com/halleys-come...
www.space.com/halleys-come...
Halley's Comet begins its 38-year journey back toward Earth tonight
Starting today, the world's most famous comet is on its way back through the solar system towards Earth.
www.space.com
December 9, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Out there in the deep cold of outer space, beyond the orbit of Neptune, something wonderful is happening. Tonight, as it reaches its aphelion, Halley's Comet begins banking back towards Earth. Mark your calendars for 6/9/61 when an old friend returns. 🧪 🔭 ☄️
www.space.com/halleys-come...
www.space.com/halleys-come...
Back to work today after three months of parental leave and very little sleep. My mind is a big rusty old cog
December 8, 2023 at 4:58 PM
Back to work today after three months of parental leave and very little sleep. My mind is a big rusty old cog
You may be familiar with the Gävle goat (Gävlebocken) but for me the real icon of Swedish Christmas is the Mjölby potato roundabout (Mjölbypotatisrondellen, if you’re asking)
December 2, 2023 at 9:10 PM
You may be familiar with the Gävle goat (Gävlebocken) but for me the real icon of Swedish Christmas is the Mjölby potato roundabout (Mjölbypotatisrondellen, if you’re asking)
I have been listening to the 8 disc live ‘REM at the BBC’ a lot
November 29, 2023 at 4:31 PM
I have been listening to the 8 disc live ‘REM at the BBC’ a lot
Twin moon halos at 22° and 44° seen now from my garden. The halos are moonlight refracted and reflected through still, floating ice crystals in the stratosphere (it’s -1C on the ground and still) And to the right of the full moon, Jupiter.
November 25, 2023 at 9:22 PM
Twin moon halos at 22° and 44° seen now from my garden. The halos are moonlight refracted and reflected through still, floating ice crystals in the stratosphere (it’s -1C on the ground and still) And to the right of the full moon, Jupiter.
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best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
November 8, 2023 at 3:48 PM
best package warning graphic i've ever seen 🪶
10 books I love, no repeat authors:
Wuthering Heights
Breakfast of Champions
Old School
The Secret History
No Country for Old Men
Tortilla Flat
The Left Hand of Darkness
Pachinko
Middlesex
A Pale View of Hills
Wuthering Heights
Breakfast of Champions
Old School
The Secret History
No Country for Old Men
Tortilla Flat
The Left Hand of Darkness
Pachinko
Middlesex
A Pale View of Hills
November 7, 2023 at 12:02 AM
10 books I love, no repeat authors:
Wuthering Heights
Breakfast of Champions
Old School
The Secret History
No Country for Old Men
Tortilla Flat
The Left Hand of Darkness
Pachinko
Middlesex
A Pale View of Hills
Wuthering Heights
Breakfast of Champions
Old School
The Secret History
No Country for Old Men
Tortilla Flat
The Left Hand of Darkness
Pachinko
Middlesex
A Pale View of Hills
Half the pavements in England and Wales are impassable with a wheelchair or pram because they’ve got cars parked on them but sure the homeless man outside tesco express is the real nuisance here
November 5, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Half the pavements in England and Wales are impassable with a wheelchair or pram because they’ve got cars parked on them but sure the homeless man outside tesco express is the real nuisance here
This episode is about CJ getting a threatening email but it made me laugh that the communications director of the West Wing would only have inbox 4 when she came into work. The good old days of email.
November 4, 2023 at 12:36 PM
This episode is about CJ getting a threatening email but it made me laugh that the communications director of the West Wing would only have inbox 4 when she came into work. The good old days of email.
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I had no idea icebergs could be so clear and blue until one flipped in front of me to reveal this. Fun fact: the black stripes you see are layers of ash deposited from past eruptions in the region.
November 2, 2023 at 5:26 PM
I had no idea icebergs could be so clear and blue until one flipped in front of me to reveal this. Fun fact: the black stripes you see are layers of ash deposited from past eruptions in the region.
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Since I'm home sick and X-Twitter may soon expect me to pay for access, I am going to recreate this here: 🎢 ⚛️
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
October 31, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Since I'm home sick and X-Twitter may soon expect me to pay for access, I am going to recreate this here: 🎢 ⚛️
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
A thing I note having lots of European colleagues is they often have a better idea of how big British cities are than people in the south of England.
Manchester and Birmingham are in the top 20 populated centres in Europe, bigger than Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Lisbon, Brussels.
Manchester and Birmingham are in the top 20 populated centres in Europe, bigger than Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Lisbon, Brussels.
October 31, 2023 at 1:53 PM
A thing I note having lots of European colleagues is they often have a better idea of how big British cities are than people in the south of England.
Manchester and Birmingham are in the top 20 populated centres in Europe, bigger than Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Lisbon, Brussels.
Manchester and Birmingham are in the top 20 populated centres in Europe, bigger than Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Lisbon, Brussels.
NHS WiFi has blocked lichess so I can’t play chess on my phone but I can happily stream sky sports
October 30, 2023 at 5:19 PM
NHS WiFi has blocked lichess so I can’t play chess on my phone but I can happily stream sky sports