@tomaustin.bsky.social
Deeply unimportant NHS-working, non-wingnut, left-ish, film-obsessed, Brit-Kiwi IT guy, based in London.
Anti-Brexit, anti-hate, anti-stupid; so very probably "liberal", "leftist", "woke" or something. Who knows.
Anti-Brexit, anti-hate, anti-stupid; so very probably "liberal", "leftist", "woke" or something. Who knows.
I've stuck with Firefox for what feels like forever.
But if it gets any slower my loyalty is going to be revealed for what it is: laziness.
An epic laziness going back decades.
And all because I can't be arsed working out how to shift everything over to Chrome or Opera or Edge of whatever.
But if it gets any slower my loyalty is going to be revealed for what it is: laziness.
An epic laziness going back decades.
And all because I can't be arsed working out how to shift everything over to Chrome or Opera or Edge of whatever.
December 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I've stuck with Firefox for what feels like forever.
But if it gets any slower my loyalty is going to be revealed for what it is: laziness.
An epic laziness going back decades.
And all because I can't be arsed working out how to shift everything over to Chrome or Opera or Edge of whatever.
But if it gets any slower my loyalty is going to be revealed for what it is: laziness.
An epic laziness going back decades.
And all because I can't be arsed working out how to shift everything over to Chrome or Opera or Edge of whatever.
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🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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It’s unbelievable that Starmer, Reeves and Streeting are doing this…🚨
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It’s unbelievable that Starmer, Reeves and Streeting are doing this…🚨
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
RIP Jimmy Cliff and Udo Kier, two icons of my youth for two different reasons, and this is not a good day for my heroes.
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff and Udo Kier, two icons of my youth for two different reasons, and this is not a good day for my heroes.
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My self-image is constantly oscillating between I’m the dumbest human being ever or I ought to be a thought leader
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My self-image is constantly oscillating between I’m the dumbest human being ever or I ought to be a thought leader
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I’m not a great political analyst, but I do feel Labour have made a tactical error by opting to be cunts.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m not a great political analyst, but I do feel Labour have made a tactical error by opting to be cunts.
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
"governing by flinch"
The Bear, on point as usual.
The Bear, on point as usual.
At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
An Island of Strangers, Led by a Party of Strangers
A Labour government with a historic majority has somehow decided the best way to beat the far right is to imitate its homework. Badly.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"governing by flinch"
The Bear, on point as usual.
The Bear, on point as usual.
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Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
Maybe Labour can distract from all this BBC kerfuffle by announcing another “kick the immigrants” policy.
Not as if anything more important going on.
Not as if anything more important going on.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Maybe Labour can distract from all this BBC kerfuffle by announcing another “kick the immigrants” policy.
Not as if anything more important going on.
Not as if anything more important going on.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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HOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST
[SOUND ON 🔊]
[SOUND ON 🔊]
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
HOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST
[SOUND ON 🔊]
[SOUND ON 🔊]
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November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I can't help but think that capybaras would be immensely chill overlords
Which mammal would make the best benevolent ruler of Earth?
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I can't help but think that capybaras would be immensely chill overlords
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Maybe I read too much Gibson and other cyberpunk and, well…
…I didn’t think AI would be quite … this disappointing.
…I didn’t think AI would be quite … this disappointing.
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Maybe I read too much Gibson and other cyberpunk and, well…
…I didn’t think AI would be quite … this disappointing.
…I didn’t think AI would be quite … this disappointing.
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
Whatever the fuck this virus is going around London at the moment, it is now my firmly held belief that all you should STAY THE FUCK AWAY from it.
I always thought hot-sweating through to cold-shivering was movie exaggeration.
Not now.
I think I just gave myself a full-body shuddering.
I always thought hot-sweating through to cold-shivering was movie exaggeration.
Not now.
I think I just gave myself a full-body shuddering.
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Whatever the fuck this virus is going around London at the moment, it is now my firmly held belief that all you should STAY THE FUCK AWAY from it.
I always thought hot-sweating through to cold-shivering was movie exaggeration.
Not now.
I think I just gave myself a full-body shuddering.
I always thought hot-sweating through to cold-shivering was movie exaggeration.
Not now.
I think I just gave myself a full-body shuddering.
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Just checking Dick Cheney’s dead
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just checking Dick Cheney’s dead
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If you can’t think of anything good to say about a politician who has recently passed away, just say nothing, and express your feelings through the medium of nude interpretive dance.
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you can’t think of anything good to say about a politician who has recently passed away, just say nothing, and express your feelings through the medium of nude interpretive dance.