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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 7h

That's surprising given the Aviva is such a small stadium.

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 8h

Bin AUKUS

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 8h

New technology could leave few places for submarines to hide.

AI, drone ships and new sensors could leave submarines with few places to hide in the ocean

New technology could leave few places for submarines to hide.

tcnv.link

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

Oi Habeas! You missed a bit!

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

What do you call someone who has no concept of morality? A sociopath.

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately for Trump, he's just about smart enough to know he's the dumbest rock in the room. Just how low was your IQ score, Donny? Always the projection ...

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

Why staying in the gerrymandered URC makes zero sense for Welsh clubs exhibit #240,001

www.irishrugby.ie/2025/10/08/i...

Irish Rugby | IRFU Welcomes Additional Government Funding In Budget 2026

www.irishrugby.ie

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

The danger is social networks pumping out lies with impunity.

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

You mean the fella who investigated Trump’s opponent right in the middle of a campaign? That “critic”?

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! More deforestation, more labour abuses and more environmental degradation. Isn't the US great?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how much Musk's X is paying Jenrick for his presence?

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

Is this another gift? More corporate welfare from the LNP similar to when Scomo gave Qantas $2bn? Or does this mean we tax payers get an equity stake?

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 1d

This is why the right hates education ...

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

A recent Pew Research Center analysis found that in 2015, nearly half of college graduates (48%) held either consistently liberal (26%) or mostly liberal (21%) opinions about the role and performance of government, social issues, the environment and other topics.

By comparison, just 31% of those with less education had consistently (8%) or mostly (22%) liberal views.

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 2d

Breakfast … best meal of the day

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 2d

Reddin making decisions on financial & business matters is bizarre. How is he qualified to do that? He's a sports scientist. He's not a businessman. The clichéd nonsense he spouts only makes him look even more out of his depth. He has no experience in growing a sport. He's a coach.

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 2d

Americans fighting Americans.

a man in a suit and white shirt is sitting in front of a red wall .

ALT: a man in a suit and white shirt is sitting in front of a red wall .

media.tenor.com

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 2d

Some great research to produce that article, but CNN, can't you format the presentation any better? It looks like something scribbled on the back of a fag packet. Make an effort!

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider Video game chat platform Discord has suffered a data breach, informing users that their personal information – including identity documents of those required to prove their age – were compromised. The company stated last week that an unauthorised party had compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers, leading to the access of “a limited number of users” who had been in contact with the customer service or trust and safety teams. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Catriona Menzies-Pike @catrionamp.bsky.social · 3d

What’s this? Yet more research concluding that robust public investment in the arts yields economic benefits?

A great outcome for Ireland, and a rebuke to all those tired cliches about freeloading artists sapping the resources of the state.

But also, art enriches us all, economic benefits or no.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 2d

Breakfast with not one, not two but three king parrots.

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 3d

The colours in that shot .... breathtaking ...

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 3d

So, in order for the deaths to stop in Palestine, Trump must get the Nobel Peace Prize. If not, Palestinian deaths will continue. What a world we live in! It's the Nobel Peace Prize Committee who should get the Nobel Peace Prize as they're the ones with the power.

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder who owns those image rights?

Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 3d

The problem for Dave is, he’ll be gone soon enough, but those players will always be Welsh.

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Tom ⬛️ @drtomjones.bsky.social · 3d

He was in Vietnam …