Tom Ward
@tomafro.net
Full stack developer for Go Free Range, GDS, Basecamp and now Head of Engineering at Farillio. Based in Leyton, interested in everything. https://signal.me/#eu/VYEdXcif6akF_w3m3s8gNgLfTn9BKVuEDGp8joQCC3ch-oiK7wVJl4hpzc8foJQm
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
My son asking for a Funko Pop for his birthday is one of the only occasions I’ve flat out refused to get him something for reasons other than cost or age appropriateness. Can’t stand the things.
An excellent second mention, but also: if the tariffs take out Funko Pop that will at least be one positive benefit for humanity. God, how I hate those banal, witless, overpriced lumps of plastic junk, taking up space on your shelves until inevitably they must take up space in landfill, for eternity
November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My son asking for a Funko Pop for his birthday is one of the only occasions I’ve flat out refused to get him something for reasons other than cost or age appropriateness. Can’t stand the things.
I don't remember it being like that in the city centre, but this wasn't even near that, just a group of random boys hanging wandering around suburbia at about 11pm. Didn't even look old enough to drink (and I was only 18). Anyway, glad my kids are less likely to have that happen to them.
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I don't remember it being like that in the city centre, but this wasn't even near that, just a group of random boys hanging wandering around suburbia at about 11pm. Didn't even look old enough to drink (and I was only 18). Anyway, glad my kids are less likely to have that happen to them.
Yes, completely unprovoked. A group of boys hanging around just down the road from your house.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes, completely unprovoked. A group of boys hanging around just down the road from your house.
I was headbutted in the late 90s in Winchester. WINCHESTER FFS. Group of lads just hanging around, hassled me and @drjennings.bsky.social on our way back from the pub, and the leader bust my nose with his head. Just random violence. Does this not happen any more?
yeah I was a teenager in the 1990s and there was a level of possible casual violence - of, say, getting headbutted by a random group of dickheads on the way home from school, as happened to me one time - that largely seems to have disappeared from British life. I blame videogames.
Violent crime peaked in 1995 according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales..
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I was headbutted in the late 90s in Winchester. WINCHESTER FFS. Group of lads just hanging around, hassled me and @drjennings.bsky.social on our way back from the pub, and the leader bust my nose with his head. Just random violence. Does this not happen any more?
It was striking to me that in 2024 my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social had her vote fall 16%, all of which went to the greens. She’s a hard working popular MP so I don’t think she’s under any threat, but I could definitely see her share fall further. If she wasn’t the Labour candidate, who knows?
Younger people who voted Labour are going Green, young people who couldn't vote or didn't vote are going Green. Many uncertainties in politics but here's one sure thing: this group will be bigger at next GE than now - voting age going down and more people becoming eligible.
Where is the Green vote coming from? Only 4 in 10 current Green voters backed the Party last July. 1 in 5 opted for Labour while a similar number didn’t/couldn’t vote in a mirror of Reform UK’s attraction of previous non voters.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It was striking to me that in 2024 my MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social had her vote fall 16%, all of which went to the greens. She’s a hard working popular MP so I don’t think she’s under any threat, but I could definitely see her share fall further. If she wasn’t the Labour candidate, who knows?
I've still got that somewhere. For some reason it wasn't a seller in our local jumble trail.
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I've still got that somewhere. For some reason it wasn't a seller in our local jumble trail.
Amazing, I’m sure the travel will have added a few minutes to your time.
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Amazing, I’m sure the travel will have added a few minutes to your time.
I did a great job not reading ANYTHING about it beforehand which made it better. Would definitely warrant a second viewing.
October 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I did a great job not reading ANYTHING about it beforehand which made it better. Would definitely warrant a second viewing.
Used my extra hour to watch One Battle After Another. Really enjoyed it, fantastical, though a little too believable and prescient at times. The car chase one of the best sequences I’ve seen in years. Definitely worth seeing at the cinema.
October 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Used my extra hour to watch One Battle After Another. Really enjoyed it, fantastical, though a little too believable and prescient at times. The car chase one of the best sequences I’ve seen in years. Definitely worth seeing at the cinema.
Good to hear there will be no more FPTP, but why won't there be by-elections any more?
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good to hear there will be no more FPTP, but why won't there be by-elections any more?
Fair enough. And any hint that reform might not be set for a landslide is always welcome.
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Fair enough. And any hint that reform might not be set for a landslide is always welcome.
For me this seems more like an argument *for* electoral reform. When every election you have to vote to prevent something, rather than for what you believe in it, it can only make you more apathetic and cynical.
Fear (and tactical voting) in Caerphilly.
Yesterday's by-election shows voters don’t *need* electoral reform to get the outcome they want (or, at least, prevent the one they most want to avoid).
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Yesterday's by-election shows voters don’t *need* electoral reform to get the outcome they want (or, at least, prevent the one they most want to avoid).
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My newsletter, out now.
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For me this seems more like an argument *for* electoral reform. When every election you have to vote to prevent something, rather than for what you believe in it, it can only make you more apathetic and cynical.
Exciting to see things moving in jj land. Best of luck!
October 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Exciting to see things moving in jj land. Best of luck!
Come and work with me! If you've got a background in a language other than clojure and are interested in picking up a new language, give me a shout.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Come and work with me! If you've got a background in a language other than clojure and are interested in picking up a new language, give me a shout.
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Farillio is searching for: Mid-level Full Stack #Clojure Developer #RemoteWork #London 🇬🇧 #elasticsearch #wfh #react
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October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Welcome. Sorry about the weather
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcome. Sorry about the weather
This AWS outage sucks. Can't work because sites are broken, can't procrastinate because other sites are broken.
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This AWS outage sucks. Can't work because sites are broken, can't procrastinate because other sites are broken.
I’m a big fan of ULEZ, but that 200 years figure must be bollocks right? Or so heavily caveated as to be meaningless.
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I’m a big fan of ULEZ, but that 200 years figure must be bollocks right? Or so heavily caveated as to be meaningless.
Yeah, it would feel different. Using quid makes it sound less serious, more playful. There's still speculation as to whether they actually burnt it, which all plays into that.
October 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yeah, it would feel different. Using quid makes it sound less serious, more playful. There's still speculation as to whether they actually burnt it, which all plays into that.
Don't think it's related to the amount or quality, more who's saying and the audience. It's slang. People tend not to use slang for larger more serious amounts, but it's not a rule? The British band KLF famously burnt a million quid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Found...
K Foundation Burn a Million Quid - Wikipedia
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October 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Don't think it's related to the amount or quality, more who's saying and the audience. It's slang. People tend not to use slang for larger more serious amounts, but it's not a rule? The British band KLF famously burnt a million quid: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Found...
100%. He doesn’t regard some of my friends and colleagues as “native brits”, and thinks my city is the worse for them. I can’t expect them to ignore that, so I won’t ignore it either.
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
100%. He doesn’t regard some of my friends and colleagues as “native brits”, and thinks my city is the worse for them. I can’t expect them to ignore that, so I won’t ignore it either.
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Good post Tekin, thanks for writing it. He's said some awful shit, particularly since the start of this year, but this London post really pissed me off. Feels more personal when it's the city you live in and love, the people he wants gone are your friends and neighbours.
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good post Tekin, thanks for writing it. He's said some awful shit, particularly since the start of this year, but this London post really pissed me off. Feels more personal when it's the city you live in and love, the people he wants gone are your friends and neighbours.