@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.
Think we can safely count on his idea of “stability” to mean “simply make no movement at all”.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Think we can safely count on his idea of “stability” to mean “simply make no movement at all”.
Shame it can’t be for us adults, eh?
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Shame it can’t be for us adults, eh?
Came in here to add to the upcoming “bit bloody late” list of comments
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Came in here to add to the upcoming “bit bloody late” list of comments
"Yes, he could be -- " [pausing to shine torch under the chin] " -- a SOCIALIST."
[Cue gasps of pant-wettering.]
[Cue gasps of pant-wettering.]
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"Yes, he could be -- " [pausing to shine torch under the chin] " -- a SOCIALIST."
[Cue gasps of pant-wettering.]
[Cue gasps of pant-wettering.]
Waste of perfectly good motorcycles
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Waste of perfectly good motorcycles
At least 18,500 dead Palestinian children we know about.
Look, I don't even like children that much, but seriously: fuck off now.
Look, I don't even like children that much, but seriously: fuck off now.
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
At least 18,500 dead Palestinian children we know about.
Look, I don't even like children that much, but seriously: fuck off now.
Look, I don't even like children that much, but seriously: fuck off now.
Ah, there's a copy of my old copy of Ken Macleod's.
Still love his stuff.
Still love his stuff.
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Ah, there's a copy of my old copy of Ken Macleod's.
Still love his stuff.
Still love his stuff.
It's not him, Robinson insists, it's just those pesky “news avoiders”.
(I'm one of those million listeners he shed.)
(I'm one of those million listeners he shed.)
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It's not him, Robinson insists, it's just those pesky “news avoiders”.
(I'm one of those million listeners he shed.)
(I'm one of those million listeners he shed.)
No joke, but when I bought his "Cult Movies" book (and then th rest in the series) as an 18yo, it's safe to say Danny Peary shaped me for films from then on out.
My collection probably has over 90% of the films he wrote about.
My collection probably has over 90% of the films he wrote about.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
No joke, but when I bought his "Cult Movies" book (and then th rest in the series) as an 18yo, it's safe to say Danny Peary shaped me for films from then on out.
My collection probably has over 90% of the films he wrote about.
My collection probably has over 90% of the films he wrote about.
Am sure this is apocryphal, but still: what a cunt.
And what a bullet-miss for those that left.
And what a bullet-miss for those that left.
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Am sure this is apocryphal, but still: what a cunt.
And what a bullet-miss for those that left.
And what a bullet-miss for those that left.
And the ever-supercilious Nick Robinson will say their dropping ratings are down to us "just avoiding bad news".
It's apparently all our fault, as listeners.
It's apparently all our fault, as listeners.
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
And the ever-supercilious Nick Robinson will say their dropping ratings are down to us "just avoiding bad news".
It's apparently all our fault, as listeners.
It's apparently all our fault, as listeners.
To think since 2000 to last year I used the radio alarm to wake me up with the Today programme...
...it's fucking unbearable now.
...it's fucking unbearable now.
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
To think since 2000 to last year I used the radio alarm to wake me up with the Today programme...
...it's fucking unbearable now.
...it's fucking unbearable now.
Really think they could just stop now. It's not working.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Really think they could just stop now. It's not working.
Yeah, up on the hill
This shit is timeless
This shit is timeless
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yeah, up on the hill
This shit is timeless
This shit is timeless
Good to see some love for Peter Watts. Discovered the guy a few years back, "Firefall", and it knocked my socks off.
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Good to see some love for Peter Watts. Discovered the guy a few years back, "Firefall", and it knocked my socks off.
Some heroes don't need capes
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Some heroes don't need capes
That ... that ... poem.
Thanks for this. I think I enjoyed every word.
Thanks for this. I think I enjoyed every word.
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
That ... that ... poem.
Thanks for this. I think I enjoyed every word.
Thanks for this. I think I enjoyed every word.
That ... poem.
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
That ... poem.
"...harder to retire"?
Those two clowns lost me a third of my pension value, and yet somehow it's Labour that's made it "harder to retire"?
Those two clowns lost me a third of my pension value, and yet somehow it's Labour that's made it "harder to retire"?
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"...harder to retire"?
Those two clowns lost me a third of my pension value, and yet somehow it's Labour that's made it "harder to retire"?
Those two clowns lost me a third of my pension value, and yet somehow it's Labour that's made it "harder to retire"?
Kiwi here -- that's putting him too close to New Zealand.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Kiwi here -- that's putting him too close to New Zealand.
Never mind that being the final 60 seconds that bloke had.
That was probably the longest 60 seconds he ever had.
That was probably the longest 60 seconds he ever had.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Never mind that being the final 60 seconds that bloke had.
That was probably the longest 60 seconds he ever had.
That was probably the longest 60 seconds he ever had.