Oliver Savory
@oliverj0.bsky.social
Personal account tweeting mainly about life, politics, and Norwich City FC. SSEES graduate, so personal interest in Central & Eastern Europe.
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Oliver Savory
@oliverj0.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Beginning of my thread of films and plays I see in 2025. First up "We live in Time". Terrible name with a pretty competent first two thirds, but loses its way by the end and completely sanitises dying of cancer. Probably not worth seeing
Why stop there? Who needs lasers when Dave can just point a torch at the sky and waggle it for a bit? Why should anyone have any fun if it's not a thing you personally enjoy too?
Let's not do fireworks any more. We have lasers now. Just do laser shows without the bangs. Even loud music would be better than the bangs.
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Why stop there? Who needs lasers when Dave can just point a torch at the sky and waggle it for a bit? Why should anyone have any fun if it's not a thing you personally enjoy too?
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The other day at work I saw a woman bound up to a bloke sat over his computer like "Oh John, I didn't know you were back, how's everything going?" and he mumbled something back and she responded "yeah I'm doing well thanks."
He then spoke louder so I could hear "No, WHO are you?"
He then spoke louder so I could hear "No, WHO are you?"
"Never, ever say ‘nice to meet you’. To anyone. There’s a high percentage chance that you have met them"
This is true. I mess this up all the time
This is true. I mess this up all the time
It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide on.ft.com/3Kv91S4 #FTEdit
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The other day at work I saw a woman bound up to a bloke sat over his computer like "Oh John, I didn't know you were back, how's everything going?" and he mumbled something back and she responded "yeah I'm doing well thanks."
He then spoke louder so I could hear "No, WHO are you?"
He then spoke louder so I could hear "No, WHO are you?"
...Kier? Is that you?
Recently got conned into a promotion that I really didn't want and now I manage nine people against my will. I spend a chunk of the extra money they pay me visiting a Dominatrix twice a month just so someone else can be in fucking charge for a change.
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
...Kier? Is that you?
Can everyone stop clicking on these articles now? The "debate" has been going on at least a decade, everyone is bored of it, on both sides
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Can everyone stop clicking on these articles now? The "debate" has been going on at least a decade, everyone is bored of it, on both sides
Years and years ago I read a blog about how we should get rid of politics editors and have specialist reporters depending on the policy. As the the years go by I've only been more convinced
I wonder if it's time to retire the role of "political editor" altogether
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Years and years ago I read a blog about how we should get rid of politics editors and have specialist reporters depending on the policy. As the the years go by I've only been more convinced
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Could Starmer watch a video on his phone with volume on full blast, no headphones, on a train, next please?
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Could Starmer watch a video on his phone with volume on full blast, no headphones, on a train, next please?
"Trans: A memoir" by Juliet Jacques
Can anyone recommend any good autobiographies or edited collections featuring trans+ life writing?
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Trans: A memoir" by Juliet Jacques
The correct order to watch the Star Wars movies is: David Lynch's "Dune"
The correct order to watch the Star Wars movies is 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6. Turns the prequels into essentially an extended Vader backstory flashback sequence.
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The correct order to watch the Star Wars movies is: David Lynch's "Dune"
My wife, who took an instant dislike to Manning when she overheard one of his early interviews I was playing, said this guy sound good when she overheard this one. So that's it, he's taking us to the playoffs clearly #ncfc #otbc
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Why not go further and give out a free peace prize with every Happy Meal?
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Why not go further and give out a free peace prize with every Happy Meal?
I can't wait for him to be "like a new signing" for the bajillionth time in a couple of months.
Although seriously, very unlucky and you have to feel for him #ncfc
Although seriously, very unlucky and you have to feel for him #ncfc
Liam Gibbs has suffered a minor hamstring injury that's expected to keep him on the sidelines for around three to four weeks.
#NCFC
#NCFC
Canaries' injury nightmare goes on as Gibbs dealt fresh blow
Norwich City’s injury nightmare goes on, with Liam Gibbs the latest Canary to be ruled out by a hamstring injury.
www.pinkun.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I can't wait for him to be "like a new signing" for the bajillionth time in a couple of months.
Although seriously, very unlucky and you have to feel for him #ncfc
Although seriously, very unlucky and you have to feel for him #ncfc
Ironically this would probably deliver on Mamdani's promise to make housing cheaper
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ironically this would probably deliver on Mamdani's promise to make housing cheaper
Fireworks night seems to bring out more and more killjoys every year
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fireworks night seems to bring out more and more killjoys every year
It's all so predictable! This is one reason why I'm always so sceptical that "championship/English football" experience is "so important", it doesn't seem to be helping Manning get us out of this rut #ncfc
0-0 at HT, second half collapse, Manning actively make things worse, Hull score around 70 minutes, game over #ncfc
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's all so predictable! This is one reason why I'm always so sceptical that "championship/English football" experience is "so important", it doesn't seem to be helping Manning get us out of this rut #ncfc
A stone dealer once told me marble is the worst stone for a bathroom because it stains really easily
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A stone dealer once told me marble is the worst stone for a bathroom because it stains really easily
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I heard there was a secret mash
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
October 28, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I heard there was a secret mash
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
That turned into a graveyard smash
But you don't really care for monsters, do you?
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Hey, I've seen this zombie movie before!
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hey, I've seen this zombie movie before!
This is less than 4mph?! That's an eminently doable, and oerfecisafe, speed?!? What does Fico have against fast walkers?
Slovakia's parliament votes in a speed limit for pedestrians on sidewalks, 6 km/h, reports Denník N.
Poslanci schválili novelu od Ľubomíra Vážneho, ktorá stanovuje rýchlosť chôdze na maximálne 6 km/h
…. Cieľom je dať presnejší limit rýchlosti pre cyklistov, kolobežkárov či korčuliarov na chodníkoch. Zároveň sa zvyšuje veková hranica pre povinnú lekársku prehliadku vodičov zo 65 na 70 rokov. Zmeny,...
e.dennikn.sk
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is less than 4mph?! That's an eminently doable, and oerfecisafe, speed?!? What does Fico have against fast walkers?
This article on AI feels absurdly optimistic. AI regularly gets things wrong, as such pushes a lot of misinformation into the world. The Internet put a lot of experts in your pocket, AI risks hiding the experts behind slop, so could increase the info advantage again
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The end of the rip-off economy
From finance and medicine to used cars, artificial intelligence is radically improving market efficiency
www.economist.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This article on AI feels absurdly optimistic. AI regularly gets things wrong, as such pushes a lot of misinformation into the world. The Internet put a lot of experts in your pocket, AI risks hiding the experts behind slop, so could increase the info advantage again
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
This is priceless
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is priceless