Tom Coates
@tomcoates.bsky.social
English technologist, founder and product designer living in San Francisco. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded things too. Currently trying to find something to get excited rather than angry about. http://www.plasticbag.org
Meanwhile here’s a quote from the ONS saying that the number of trans people is likely to be somewhere in 200-500k in the UK, with the higher number there representing around 1% of British adults.
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Meanwhile here’s a quote from the ONS saying that the number of trans people is likely to be somewhere in 200-500k in the UK, with the higher number there representing around 1% of British adults.
Again, you can’t even read the census correctly.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Again, you can’t even read the census correctly.
Interesting that he’d say the shutdown was a problem for Republicans. Is that an admission that they’re losing that particular political battle?
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Interesting that he’d say the shutdown was a problem for Republicans. Is that an admission that they’re losing that particular political battle?
Labeling laws in the EU are stricter. That section called “flavorings” is where most of the stuff you’re objecting to is contained. Meanwhile a UK sausage (for example) will have ingredients like this. It’s 98% pork, around 2% flour and “flavorings”.
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Labeling laws in the EU are stricter. That section called “flavorings” is where most of the stuff you’re objecting to is contained. Meanwhile a UK sausage (for example) will have ingredients like this. It’s 98% pork, around 2% flour and “flavorings”.
Quick clarification - $4200 is $80 a week to live on.
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Quick clarification - $4200 is $80 a week to live on.
Sorry, Orange and Cranberry. Never seen raspberry!
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sorry, Orange and Cranberry. Never seen raspberry!
Well this is fucking repulsive.
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Well this is fucking repulsive.
Guys, an intelligent Turkey is trying to login to my Coinsix account.
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Guys, an intelligent Turkey is trying to login to my Coinsix account.
No king but the king of the (Pacific) North (West)!
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
No king but the king of the (Pacific) North (West)!
Yeah, my constituency is strong for Labour and reform and conservatives are way down the list, so I *think* could vote lib dem or green without letting in reform or conservatives. I also think it’s unlikely that Labour won’t win, although god knows they don’t deserve to.
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Yeah, my constituency is strong for Labour and reform and conservatives are way down the list, so I *think* could vote lib dem or green without letting in reform or conservatives. I also think it’s unlikely that Labour won’t win, although god knows they don’t deserve to.
Current mini-project, using Sora to explain why Sora is deeply problematic.
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Current mini-project, using Sora to explain why Sora is deeply problematic.
Current mini-project, using Sora to explain why Sora is deeply problematic.
October 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Current mini-project, using Sora to explain why Sora is deeply problematic.
Current mini-project, using Sora to explain why Sora is deeply problematic.
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Current mini-project, using Sora to explain why Sora is deeply problematic.
The polling by the way is fairly inconsistent. Many more people think we should rejoin than stay out, but it’s still on average less than 50% who want to rejoin.
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The polling by the way is fairly inconsistent. Many more people think we should rejoin than stay out, but it’s still on average less than 50% who want to rejoin.
(2) here is the exchange, where I’m making it clear that something being asked to pay the *same amount of money* but for different reasons, one of which is approached as a punishment.
October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
(2) here is the exchange, where I’m making it clear that something being asked to pay the *same amount of money* but for different reasons, one of which is approached as a punishment.
This may be a shock for you, but traditionally right wing news organizations and their new insurgents that Bari Weiss is associated with have among the lowest trust. Highest trust is traditional organizations with the BBC the highest placing news organization.
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This may be a shock for you, but traditionally right wing news organizations and their new insurgents that Bari Weiss is associated with have among the lowest trust. Highest trust is traditional organizations with the BBC the highest placing news organization.
Here’s an hideous representation of fake me in a ticker tape parade
October 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Here’s an hideous representation of fake me in a ticker tape parade
This one, not going to lie, has given me a freaky Southern US accent and a super cross face, which I find more troubling than any of the others.
October 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This one, not going to lie, has given me a freaky Southern US accent and a super cross face, which I find more troubling than any of the others.
Another one - completely fake. Gets my eyebrows wrong but otherwise for many completely indistinguishable from reality.
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another one - completely fake. Gets my eyebrows wrong but otherwise for many completely indistinguishable from reality.
Here’s a completely fabricated video of me talking about Sora:
October 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s a completely fabricated video of me talking about Sora: