Tom Nicholas | Watch BOOMERS on Nebula now!
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Writer and filmmaker working on politics, history and economics.
My debut feature-length documentary BOOMERS is out now on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/boomers?ref=tomnicholas
My debut feature-length documentary BOOMERS is out now on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/boomers?ref=tomnicholas
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🍄🟫 The last remaining treaty limiting the number of nuclear weapons the US and Russia can have pointed at one another expires next week.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
You can now also watch this video on YouTube!
🍄🟫 The last remaining treaty limiting the number of nuclear weapons the US and Russia can have pointed at one another expires next week.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
You can now also watch this video on YouTube!
🍄🟫 The last remaining treaty limiting the number of nuclear weapons the US and Russia can have pointed at one another expires next week.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
🍄🟫 The last remaining treaty limiting the number of nuclear weapons the US and Russia can have pointed at one another expires next week.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
It will be the first time since the '70s there is no legal limit on the US and Russia's nuclear arsenals.
I've made a whole video about it. Out on Nebula now.
Bruce Springsteen Minneapolis song vs. Billy Bragg Minneapolis song.
What a week for dad culture.
What a week for dad culture.
January 30, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Bruce Springsteen Minneapolis song vs. Billy Bragg Minneapolis song.
What a week for dad culture.
What a week for dad culture.
I keep getting served TikToks by the behind-the-scenes account of the Daily Mail Group New Media unit.
It does appear you can still have a cool Buzzfeed-esque media job if you're willing to work at the racism factory.
It does appear you can still have a cool Buzzfeed-esque media job if you're willing to work at the racism factory.
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I keep getting served TikToks by the behind-the-scenes account of the Daily Mail Group New Media unit.
It does appear you can still have a cool Buzzfeed-esque media job if you're willing to work at the racism factory.
It does appear you can still have a cool Buzzfeed-esque media job if you're willing to work at the racism factory.
I love that AI companies consistently try the "my biggest flaw is that I work too hard" line of promoting their tools.
January 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I love that AI companies consistently try the "my biggest flaw is that I work too hard" line of promoting their tools.
Enjoying the way the FT makes no bones about using the language of “bets” and “gamblers” to talk about Polymarket.
January 7, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Enjoying the way the FT makes no bones about using the language of “bets” and “gamblers” to talk about Polymarket.
It’s times like this that it’s great that Alistair Campbell hosts the biggest political podcast in the UK.
Because, if anyone’s gonna have an insight into shakily-justified invasions…
Because, if anyone’s gonna have an insight into shakily-justified invasions…
January 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It’s times like this that it’s great that Alistair Campbell hosts the biggest political podcast in the UK.
Because, if anyone’s gonna have an insight into shakily-justified invasions…
Because, if anyone’s gonna have an insight into shakily-justified invasions…
As long as they don’t do it on the therapy sofa.
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
As long as they don’t do it on the therapy sofa.
5 hours ago. Fascinated to know what he says, doubtful he’s got this kinda moment in him.
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
5 hours ago. Fascinated to know what he says, doubtful he’s got this kinda moment in him.
The Oxford English Dictionary lets you choose whether or not your month's access auto-renews or not.
Heroes.
Heroes.
January 1, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The Oxford English Dictionary lets you choose whether or not your month's access auto-renews or not.
Heroes.
Heroes.
It's a powerful example of the misaligned incentives of contemporary society that Jimmy Carr is currently talking politics and philosophy on podcasts rather than spending a month at a Corn Exchange somewhere doing Panto.
December 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's a powerful example of the misaligned incentives of contemporary society that Jimmy Carr is currently talking politics and philosophy on podcasts rather than spending a month at a Corn Exchange somewhere doing Panto.
Frankly embarrassing to believe that the solution to the Labour Party’s polling woes is…
…to carry on with exactly the same strategy which is obviously going down like a lead balloon.
…to carry on with exactly the same strategy which is obviously going down like a lead balloon.
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey.
Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Frankly embarrassing to believe that the solution to the Labour Party’s polling woes is…
…to carry on with exactly the same strategy which is obviously going down like a lead balloon.
…to carry on with exactly the same strategy which is obviously going down like a lead balloon.
My wife turned on Call The Midwife and the nuns were facing-off with the Triads in Hong Kong. Which was unexpected.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My wife turned on Call The Midwife and the nuns were facing-off with the Triads in Hong Kong. Which was unexpected.
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One thing I didn't manage to squeeze into my recent video about Christian Nationalism is that Reform UK advisor James Orr has (naturally) launched a podcast.
And no-one is listening to it.
Regularly struggling to break 1,000 views.
And no-one is listening to it.
Regularly struggling to break 1,000 views.
December 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One thing I didn't manage to squeeze into my recent video about Christian Nationalism is that Reform UK advisor James Orr has (naturally) launched a podcast.
And no-one is listening to it.
Regularly struggling to break 1,000 views.
And no-one is listening to it.
Regularly struggling to break 1,000 views.
I enjoy how this infographic from the European Commission's Digital Markets Act minisite takes the victory lap of trampling over Google's brand guidelines.
"Youtube" with no capital "T", but a capital on "Google Search". "Google Ads" just called "Google". "Google Android".
"Youtube" with no capital "T", but a capital on "Google Search". "Google Ads" just called "Google". "Google Android".
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I enjoy how this infographic from the European Commission's Digital Markets Act minisite takes the victory lap of trampling over Google's brand guidelines.
"Youtube" with no capital "T", but a capital on "Google Search". "Google Ads" just called "Google". "Google Android".
"Youtube" with no capital "T", but a capital on "Google Search". "Google Ads" just called "Google". "Google Android".
“A prediction market for short-form content”
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“A prediction market for short-form content”
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
The history of energy privatisation is fantastic.
Decades of the government and regulators trying to enthuse people about being able to switch energy suppliers, and the nation responding with a firm "no, thank you".
Decades of the government and regulators trying to enthuse people about being able to switch energy suppliers, and the nation responding with a firm "no, thank you".
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The history of energy privatisation is fantastic.
Decades of the government and regulators trying to enthuse people about being able to switch energy suppliers, and the nation responding with a firm "no, thank you".
Decades of the government and regulators trying to enthuse people about being able to switch energy suppliers, and the nation responding with a firm "no, thank you".
"Guy who thinks he's the only one who knows they're not renationalising the rolling stock" is becoming a real epidemic in the UK.
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"Guy who thinks he's the only one who knows they're not renationalising the rolling stock" is becoming a real epidemic in the UK.
If they make me the next Director-General of the BBC, I’ll demand that the Open University team on University Challenge appear via Zoom as a fun bit.
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If they make me the next Director-General of the BBC, I’ll demand that the Open University team on University Challenge appear via Zoom as a fun bit.
I'm taking Rachel Reeves discussing the budget whilst holding a DJI mic as a personal attack.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm taking Rachel Reeves discussing the budget whilst holding a DJI mic as a personal attack.
Going on Twitter these days is really funny because it's just endless apologia for the worst aspects of society.
"America might have terrible healthcare, but consider the upside: it's also home to extraordinary levels of inequality"
"America might have terrible healthcare, but consider the upside: it's also home to extraordinary levels of inequality"
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Going on Twitter these days is really funny because it's just endless apologia for the worst aspects of society.
"America might have terrible healthcare, but consider the upside: it's also home to extraordinary levels of inequality"
"America might have terrible healthcare, but consider the upside: it's also home to extraordinary levels of inequality"
I couldn't escape adverts for testosterone replacement therapy.
So I did what any sane person would do.
I took four blood tests and interviewed a doctor, a scientist, and a senior investigator for the Advertising Standards Authority.
All in my latest video...
So I did what any sane person would do.
I took four blood tests and interviewed a doctor, a scientist, and a senior investigator for the Advertising Standards Authority.
All in my latest video...
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I couldn't escape adverts for testosterone replacement therapy.
So I did what any sane person would do.
I took four blood tests and interviewed a doctor, a scientist, and a senior investigator for the Advertising Standards Authority.
All in my latest video...
So I did what any sane person would do.
I took four blood tests and interviewed a doctor, a scientist, and a senior investigator for the Advertising Standards Authority.
All in my latest video...
This year's attempt by Adobe to bump my Creative Cloud price by more than 10% year-on-year comes with the added fun of them subtly taking "All Apps" out of the tier name.
But, hey, I can't wait for that nebulous "new value".
But, hey, I can't wait for that nebulous "new value".
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This year's attempt by Adobe to bump my Creative Cloud price by more than 10% year-on-year comes with the added fun of them subtly taking "All Apps" out of the tier name.
But, hey, I can't wait for that nebulous "new value".
But, hey, I can't wait for that nebulous "new value".
The terrifying thing here is that any Labour MPs think Wes Streeting is going to be any more popular than Starmer.
When the Tories change leadership, they're very good at presenting it as if the party has changed beyond all recognition.
I can't see Wes Streeting pulling that off.
When the Tories change leadership, they're very good at presenting it as if the party has changed beyond all recognition.
I can't see Wes Streeting pulling that off.
A selection of fury from Labour MPs, ministers and advisors - “This is batshit crazy” “they are f-ing deluded” “did we watch the Tories and think, let’s have a bit of that?” “why are you slagging off your main rival and then putting him on the morning round to show everyone how much better he is”
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The terrifying thing here is that any Labour MPs think Wes Streeting is going to be any more popular than Starmer.
When the Tories change leadership, they're very good at presenting it as if the party has changed beyond all recognition.
I can't see Wes Streeting pulling that off.
When the Tories change leadership, they're very good at presenting it as if the party has changed beyond all recognition.
I can't see Wes Streeting pulling that off.