Tom Pike
@tompike.bsky.social
Gardener, cyclist, scientist, engineer. Enjoys food and drink. Coeliac other half. Humanist. Net negative home by 2030. Stupidity and satire. Views mine.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Staff are united against course closures.
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
Nottinghamshire MPs have written to @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, urging the university to reconsider proposed course suspensions and potential closures, which would significantly impact staff, students, and our wider city and county.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Staff are united against course closures.
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
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Enrico Fermi, one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD in 1901. While most physicists focus on either experiment or theory, Fermi excelled at both.
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Enrico Fermi, one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD in 1901. While most physicists focus on either experiment or theory, Fermi excelled at both.
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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I think it’s revealing of the current trajectory of the UK political economy that universities are told they will be allowed to go bust despite employing significantly more people than JLR, and being the engine of many local economies.
‘Moral hazard’ warning after £1.5bn government loan guarantee for JLR on.ft.com/42iBMHf
‘Moral hazard’ warning after £1.5bn government loan guarantee for JLR
Carmaker receives official backing after cyber attack that has halted production
on.ft.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think it’s revealing of the current trajectory of the UK political economy that universities are told they will be allowed to go bust despite employing significantly more people than JLR, and being the engine of many local economies.
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Big news for dashcam/helmetcam users:
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
UK Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
A judge has ruled that motorists and cyclists can legally share videos with police, dismissing a lawsuit from a retired solicitor.
www.forbes.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Big news for dashcam/helmetcam users:
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.”
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.”
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Would the evidence that trans women have been using women's spaces for decades without any problems be sufficient?
🚨NEW | Green leader candidates Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns say they want trans women **banned** from women's spaces + sports.
In a Q&A, they said "gender and biological sex are not the same" and claimed "evidence" was needed for trans women to be allowed into women's spaces
In a Q&A, they said "gender and biological sex are not the same" and claimed "evidence" was needed for trans women to be allowed into women's spaces
July 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Would the evidence that trans women have been using women's spaces for decades without any problems be sufficient?
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This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
July 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
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We’re all trying to find the guy who did this
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world may be on the precipice of a "fraud crisis" because of how artificial intelligence could enable bad actors to impersonate other people.
Read more: cnn.it/3GVwPg7
Read more: cnn.it/3GVwPg7
July 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this
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He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
The billionaire and the tax evading gift shops
Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?
www.londoncentric.media
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...
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Ed Milliband is about the only reason to have faith in labour.
He is right.
We do need to continue to step up efforts to get to net zero and tackle the climate emergency.
Change has already happened, and UK weather is more extreme so we need to double down.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
He is right.
We do need to continue to step up efforts to get to net zero and tackle the climate emergency.
Change has already happened, and UK weather is more extreme so we need to double down.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations
Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Ed Milliband is about the only reason to have faith in labour.
He is right.
We do need to continue to step up efforts to get to net zero and tackle the climate emergency.
Change has already happened, and UK weather is more extreme so we need to double down.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
He is right.
We do need to continue to step up efforts to get to net zero and tackle the climate emergency.
Change has already happened, and UK weather is more extreme so we need to double down.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Ok, an update on the Bus Services (No.2) Bill, which some people and organisations were trying to use to ban the use of floating bus stops which would have ended the ability to build cycle tracks in England in many circumstances.
The committee stage has finished and in this specific area,
1/n
The committee stage has finished and in this specific area,
1/n
July 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Ok, an update on the Bus Services (No.2) Bill, which some people and organisations were trying to use to ban the use of floating bus stops which would have ended the ability to build cycle tracks in England in many circumstances.
The committee stage has finished and in this specific area,
1/n
The committee stage has finished and in this specific area,
1/n
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My public transport commute went up by more than 10% between last year & this. If this were happening to drivers, it would be presented by media as a national crisis. Instead, it is happening to people making a choice we should be encouraging and disproportionately to those least able to afford it.
In the last year, to May 2025, the average costs of running a car fell by 0.1% while the cost of public transport increased by 5%
How is inflation affecting your household costs? - Office for National Statistics
Use our inflation calculator to see how increases in the cost of living have affected you in the past year
www.ons.gov.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
My public transport commute went up by more than 10% between last year & this. If this were happening to drivers, it would be presented by media as a national crisis. Instead, it is happening to people making a choice we should be encouraging and disproportionately to those least able to afford it.
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Before making grand predictions about what Nigel Farage might do in power, a lot of excitable UK commentators and analysts might want to look at another West European state where a far right populist one-man band party actually tries and fails to develop the discipline needed to stay inpower
PVV-leider Geert Wilders stort Den Haag in chaos, kabinet vanmiddag bijeen www.nu.nl/politiek/635...
PVV-leider Geert Wilders stort Den Haag in chaos, kabinet vanmiddag bijeen
Het besluit van PVV-leider Geert Wilders om de stekker uit de coalitie te trekken heeft politiek Den Haag dinsdag in chaos en onzekerheid gestort. De fracties van VVD, NSC en BBB houden nu spoedberaad...
www.nu.nl
June 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Before making grand predictions about what Nigel Farage might do in power, a lot of excitable UK commentators and analysts might want to look at another West European state where a far right populist one-man band party actually tries and fails to develop the discipline needed to stay inpower
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Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
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This is a very good idea.
I've heard previously about proposed schemes that were abandoned because landowners either refused, or wanted silly money for strips of land for active travel.
We do it for roads, why not for AT schemes?
road.cc/content/news...
I've heard previously about proposed schemes that were abandoned because landowners either refused, or wanted silly money for strips of land for active travel.
We do it for roads, why not for AT schemes?
road.cc/content/news...
Councils would be able to buy land for cycling routes without owners' consent under MP's new proposal
Liberal Democrat MP urges amendment to government Planning and Infrastructure bill to enable English councils to override landowners to implement active travel routes
road.cc
May 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is a very good idea.
I've heard previously about proposed schemes that were abandoned because landowners either refused, or wanted silly money for strips of land for active travel.
We do it for roads, why not for AT schemes?
road.cc/content/news...
I've heard previously about proposed schemes that were abandoned because landowners either refused, or wanted silly money for strips of land for active travel.
We do it for roads, why not for AT schemes?
road.cc/content/news...