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Tom Rawstorne

@rawsty.bsky.social

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Journalism-loving journalist with a lifelong love of cricket, a new-found penchant for padel and an interest in rural affairs and politics.

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t help but worry for Malala’s fellow bong users, thinking, ‘shit, I’ve killed Malala!’

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 2d

The Grand Old Duke of Nought

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 2d

The Grand Old Duke of Nought

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MickDundee58 @lairdmickd.bsky.social · 3d

"A 9 year-old girl has disappeared after using a moisturiser that makes you look 10 years younger."

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 3d

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
13
A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
16
program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
17|
Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 5d

Just seen someone describe Robert F Kennedy Jr as ‘Ball-sac face’ and well…

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 9d

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall (not) inherit the rare earth

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 9d

How do you get a squirrel out of a wood burner?

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 11d

From FB:

Had the worst day ever. I paid a joiner to build me a double bed and he's done a bunk.

It's just one thing on top of another.

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Start off sensible...and then...

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Love the replies to this

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 20d

Despite my determination to join the AI world my only interaction thus far with the new world has been to ask Google AI how to turn off Microsoft Co-Pilot AI in Word because it was doing my head in.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 24d

Great. Adieu Sky for now

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 24d

Why the fxxx do we all sit around tutting when companies like Jaguar and M&S are hit by hackers, inflicting £100m + damage - where’s the response? Take them out a la cartel boats

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 24d

What’s the best way of watching the England cricket this winter - what’s the NZ tour on and Ashes? Do I need Sky cricket subscription??

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 26d

Havianas should release a flip flop called The Trump in honour of his ever-changing position on Ukraine

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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · Sep 19

What rot. Aside from it being very funny it doesn't exactly speak well of someone's judgment, trustworthiness, or morals that their previous job was being a woo merchant claiming they could enlarge breasts with the power of their mind.

Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · Sep 18

"what a magnificent moment, Raif" - might have that as a tattoo...

Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Sep 18

Oi, Martin Daubney. Get your tanks off Partridge's lawn.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · Sep 18

There are bigger things going on in the world but this was great FOI work by Andrew Ellson of the Times about how TfL chose not to not to release a study showing LTNs did not cut car use. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

TfL suppressed report showing LTNs don’t cut car use

Sadiq Khan and his mayoral officials have spent years saying low-traffic neighbourhoods deter motorists

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