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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · 6d

Shout out to @thesecretdj.bsky.social who helped me to see Spotify for what it is. His books are great too.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · 12d

Is all behaviour mimicry?

Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · 15d

They could try to ban cruising on the heath, but then where would all the MP’s go cottaging?

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · 19d

First they came for the frame by frame animators, and I said nothing…

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Sep 18

“I pray, Mr Adams, that the United States does not suffer unduly from its want of a Monarchy.” – King George III to John Adams, on the occasion of Adams' audience with the King on 1st June, 1785.

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One World 🌍 @onewor1d.bsky.social · Sep 18

Democracy is under attack worldwide. Only education can save it.
Please fight for your local library. 🙏

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Sep 18

Isn’t that what Bob McNamara whispered to LBJ?

Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Sep 15

Brutally speaking the company is losing a customer so there is less incentive for them to be administratively efficient.

A useful piece of legislation could be to mandate that companies dedicate resources equivalent to their rate of customer attrition.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’ll marry him when you’re done, dear!

Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Jul 16

Sweden had TV licenses until a few years ago then decided to switch to funding via income tax. Job done, zero fuss.

Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Jul 13

SoundCloud’s new T’s&C’s are fairly terrifying to me.
I have no intention to ever knowingly consume AI generated music. What a lot of power these companies will have when they can generate lyrics and create moods to suit their own interests.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Jun 30

Two working parents has not doubled a couple’s spending power.

Instead one salary usually goes entirely to pay for childcare.

I moved from the UK to Sweden a decade ago. Here childcare costs around £100pm for each child and child poverty is much lower.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Jun 25

Every generation thinks they invented sox.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Jun 19

Requiring a physical attribute of a partner in order to feel better about oneself is such a great self-own.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · Jun 13

I’ve attached a bucket hat to a wall with duct tape.

£100 or near offer, unless you’re in crypto, then it’s £4.3m

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The Secret DJ. @thesecretdj.bsky.social · May 29

I've had enough.

I'm fighting back against the Far Right.

Danny Rampling thought he could scare us into silence but I am going to countersue.

Help me take these nutcases to court.

Every little helps. A like and a share costs nothing at all.

gofund.me/c43dcaef

Donate to Help us fight the Far Right., organised by Secret DJ

Reform UK Ltd are backing a surge in the UK music industry and recently The Secret DJ's campaig… Secret DJ needs your support for Help us fight the Far Right.

gofund.me

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 30

These rich guys just want a spanking from Daddy for their greed.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · May 27

Cartoon strip by Stephen Collins for the guardian.

[Scene is a CAR DEALERSHIP, complete with balloons etc. On the forecourt is ELON MUSK, stood next to a 2007 NISSAN QUASHQAI]

MUSK:
Uh, hi

That's right it's me uh

back selling cars

So uh, today I’m announcing the new Tesla for just $9,999!

You’re probably thinking uh, “hey that looks like a 2007 Nissan Qashqai”

That's because it's in Incognito Mode

[Musk presses a button on his mobile and the Nissan magically transforms into a Tesla Cybertruck]

MUSK:
We’ve also added a Paranoid Mode to detect judgy looks from nearby liberals

[Show screen inside vehicle - cameras detecting pedestrians’ faces and labelling them ‘Woke Mind Virus’]

MUSK:
And expanded the range of EV warning sounds for pedestrians,

[Show Car making a ‘Vroom vroom’ sound]

MUSK:
by adding: “Just Read Aloud Newspaper Columns By Journalists Who Are Sad They Own A Tesla”

[Presses button - ‘Bip’]

[Car now broadcasting a voice from its external speakers, saying]:

“My politics couldn’t be further from Musk’s. But now people look at my car and-”

MUSK:
Best of all, Threat Mode can follow live Tesla stock prices

and instantly detect if the CEO has done a seig heil or whatever

Then auto-drive you right back here to sell up!

[Show Cybertruck returning Musk to the dealership he started at]

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 27

Short the internet until it learns how to behave.

Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 24

Summer of sausages!

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 20

Forgive me if you understood that I was telling you to do anything. I was merely questioning.

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 19

Is that not the essence of the conversation, though? I myself have no media presence, long may that continue but in my opinion, you as a recognised media presence do have enough influence to be able to move the zeitgeist and as such is it not your responsibility to promote music as a positive force?

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 15

Robert De Niro’s speech at Cannes is class

youtu.be/JCw7swctq1M?...

Emozionante discorso di Robert De Niro al festival di Cannes 2025

YouTube video by Dream Night

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 11

@johndigweed.bsky.social Hey John, I bought four of your mix albums on iTunes between 2012 and 2015, and steadily the tracks and mixes are disappearing.
Apple support just told me to do one
Can you tell me where the music that I paid for is?

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Thommy @thommywares.bsky.social · May 3

The punishment does not fit the crime. Shame on anyone who upholds this state of affairs.

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