Tom Black
@tomblack.uk
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are screaming directly into the gutter
he/him
he/him
not just doing a plug here, but this was foretold in Andy Cooke’s The Fifth Lectern, which @sealionpress.co.uk published all the way back in 2015: www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
not just doing a plug here, but this was foretold in Andy Cooke’s The Fifth Lectern, which @sealionpress.co.uk published all the way back in 2015: www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
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Re-upping for the morning crowd: I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London for 8-9th May 2026!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
Pre-announcing my Jubensha Convention
Come to my Jubensha convention in London on 8-9th May 2026!
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November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Re-upping for the morning crowd: I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London for 8-9th May 2026!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
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In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books it's the one that started it all. @tomblack.uk and @jacktindale.bsky.social explore #WhatIf there been any truth to the (wrong) #conspiracytheory that #HaroldWilson was a #communist #spy. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
AGENT LAVENDER | Sea Lion Press
www.sealionpress.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books it's the one that started it all. @tomblack.uk and @jacktindale.bsky.social explore #WhatIf there been any truth to the (wrong) #conspiracytheory that #HaroldWilson was a #communist #spy. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
SEVEN TICKETS LEFT now for this jubensha-inspired mystery game, all of them at 8pm this Saturday (1st November). We don't know if this case will come back so don't miss what might be your only chance to come and crack it. Audiences are loving it!
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects and one of you is the killer - in this Halloween murder mystery game.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
SEVEN TICKETS LEFT now for this jubensha-inspired mystery game, all of them at 8pm this Saturday (1st November). We don't know if this case will come back so don't miss what might be your only chance to come and crack it. Audiences are loving it!
@chloemashiter.bsky.social do your thing
Hear me out Slow Horses but Muppets, Jackson Lamb the only human
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@chloemashiter.bsky.social do your thing
Only a handful of tickets left for this now! It’s shaping up to be a fast paced and twisty evening.
NEW LISTING
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2
everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2
everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
everythingimmersive.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Only a handful of tickets left for this now! It’s shaping up to be a fast paced and twisty evening.
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NEW LISTING
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2
everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2
everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
everythingimmersive.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW LISTING
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2
everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...
Alibi: Dead Air
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2
everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...
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people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
I found where the reform party keeps its respect
October 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I found where the reform party keeps its respect
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and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.
October 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.
the last man to give up being Duke of York became KING. see the whole board, sheeple!
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
the last man to give up being Duke of York became KING. see the whole board, sheeple!
oh the grand old Duke of York [the Duke of York is in red like a broken Wikipedia link, for the purposes of this joke]
October 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
oh the grand old Duke of York [the Duke of York is in red like a broken Wikipedia link, for the purposes of this joke]
I’m on a TRAIN and I can SLEEP on the TRAIN and the TRAIN gets on a FERRY and at the other end if GOES BACK ON THE RAILS and then it TAKES ME TO SIRACUSA and I’m GIDDY
October 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’m on a TRAIN and I can SLEEP on the TRAIN and the TRAIN gets on a FERRY and at the other end if GOES BACK ON THE RAILS and then it TAKES ME TO SIRACUSA and I’m GIDDY
“Half are arriving late”
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“Half are arriving late”
NEW SHOW: Dean Rodgers and I have made a jubensha-inspired interactive murder mystery experience, just in time for Hallowe'en. Come down to @theatredeli.bsky.social to play one of 12 intricately-crafted suspects, each with their own secrets to uncover.
www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/enddat...
www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/enddat...
Alibi: Dead Air - 28/10/2025 19:30:00
Twelve suspects and one of you is the killer - in this Halloween murder mystery game.
www.theatredeli.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW SHOW: Dean Rodgers and I have made a jubensha-inspired interactive murder mystery experience, just in time for Hallowe'en. Come down to @theatredeli.bsky.social to play one of 12 intricately-crafted suspects, each with their own secrets to uncover.
www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/enddat...
www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/enddat...
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Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.
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Back to the Stars: Odysseus Awaits
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October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding.
Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b...
Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter
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maybe because I’m in a naively good faith mood but yeah if I were trying to make “ai” win hearts and not just investor cash, I would say “hey there’s this tech that I can apply to making a very good intuitive feature for your inbox” rather than “I have grown you a girlfriend and she loves em dashes”
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
maybe because I’m in a naively good faith mood but yeah if I were trying to make “ai” win hearts and not just investor cash, I would say “hey there’s this tech that I can apply to making a very good intuitive feature for your inbox” rather than “I have grown you a girlfriend and she loves em dashes”
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feels like the British press used to talk about Tobruk a lot more
October 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
feels like the British press used to talk about Tobruk a lot more
to summarise how politics has changed in the last 20 years, if Doctor Who whispered “don’t you think s/he looks tired” as an attempt to undermine a national leader now, the logical next story beat would be the Doctor being bundled into a van or simply shot by one of the leader’s supporters
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
to summarise how politics has changed in the last 20 years, if Doctor Who whispered “don’t you think s/he looks tired” as an attempt to undermine a national leader now, the logical next story beat would be the Doctor being bundled into a van or simply shot by one of the leader’s supporters
I've made a 'jubensha-lite' with the excellent @chloemashiter.bsky.social @arlohoward.bsky.social and @hannahraymondcox.bsky.social (aka Incog). there's strictly 6 players per run and we have ONE TICKET LEFT on 26/9 at COLAB's Invitational Theatre Festival! tickets.colabtheatre.co.uk/event/45126?...
tickets.colabtheatre.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I've made a 'jubensha-lite' with the excellent @chloemashiter.bsky.social @arlohoward.bsky.social and @hannahraymondcox.bsky.social (aka Incog). there's strictly 6 players per run and we have ONE TICKET LEFT on 26/9 at COLAB's Invitational Theatre Festival! tickets.colabtheatre.co.uk/event/45126?...
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
people kept insisting the blairites were not in fact back, but here we are again, on another good day to bury bad news,
September 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
people kept insisting the blairites were not in fact back, but here we are again, on another good day to bury bad news,
quite apart from “why the fuck hasn’t he been sacked yet” on principle alone, how is he supposed to do the job of *our ambassador to the world’s largest economy*?
“hi thanks for taking the meeting, just to clarify a couple of things you might’ve seen-“
“hi thanks for taking the meeting, just to clarify a couple of things you might’ve seen-“
September 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
quite apart from “why the fuck hasn’t he been sacked yet” on principle alone, how is he supposed to do the job of *our ambassador to the world’s largest economy*?
“hi thanks for taking the meeting, just to clarify a couple of things you might’ve seen-“
“hi thanks for taking the meeting, just to clarify a couple of things you might’ve seen-“