Tom
@tomverse.bsky.social
Van building transport planner, mountaineer and enthusiastic new media consumer. Best known as the guy who farmed vexillology tiktok for likes. beacons.ai/tomverse
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Tom
@tomverse.bsky.social
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Why I've begun to carry a dictaphone on a daily basis and why this is not just mad hipster shit but an important tool in reclaiming attention spans from Big Tech.
Thanks to @parismarx.com for his "anti big tech christmas guide" which I think is what got me started
open.substack.com/pub/fairplay...
Thanks to @parismarx.com for his "anti big tech christmas guide" which I think is what got me started
open.substack.com/pub/fairplay...
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Misread these creme eggs (3rd January too early for easter eggs btw) as saying "WHITE EGG - SAME GOD" and was momentarily stopped in my tracks.
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Misread these creme eggs (3rd January too early for easter eggs btw) as saying "WHITE EGG - SAME GOD" and was momentarily stopped in my tracks.
Due to my epic procrastination skills I still have this book Radical Technologies by Adam Greenfield. Completely unread on my shelf. Published 2017. Smartphones, algorithms, bitcoin. But the glossary does not even have an entry for the term "AI." That's how new this whole thing is. #popthatbubble
December 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Due to my epic procrastination skills I still have this book Radical Technologies by Adam Greenfield. Completely unread on my shelf. Published 2017. Smartphones, algorithms, bitcoin. But the glossary does not even have an entry for the term "AI." That's how new this whole thing is. #popthatbubble
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
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Twenty years ago spent great effort in rescuing a loved one from a cult. Social services and the courts were involved. I see how society has become brainwashed by social media. The similarities are stark except there will be no one to rescue us.
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Twenty years ago spent great effort in rescuing a loved one from a cult. Social services and the courts were involved. I see how society has become brainwashed by social media. The similarities are stark except there will be no one to rescue us.
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The only mountain most people who wear North Face see is when they eat a Toblerone.
December 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The only mountain most people who wear North Face see is when they eat a Toblerone.
Spending Christmas day ill!
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Spending Christmas day ill!
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six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
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I am declaring war on 82% of bluesky with this
October 29, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I am declaring war on 82% of bluesky with this
Four years ago I was recovering from surgery and the shock of losing my dream job, sitting in the Cube Houses in Rotterdam reading @thefence.bsky.social . The COVID-edition hotel breakfast was some very weird processed foods in a paper bag.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Four years ago I was recovering from surgery and the shock of losing my dream job, sitting in the Cube Houses in Rotterdam reading @thefence.bsky.social . The COVID-edition hotel breakfast was some very weird processed foods in a paper bag.
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remember, the holiday season primer is context dependent! if you have cool lib parents you can treat yellow and maybe even orange as blue. if you've got psycho evangelical parents seek supplemental material that covers Tulsa King and Yellowstone
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
remember, the holiday season primer is context dependent! if you have cool lib parents you can treat yellow and maybe even orange as blue. if you've got psycho evangelical parents seek supplemental material that covers Tulsa King and Yellowstone
Let's make it 1,000,001 tonight (@ing my mam n dad)
Wake Up Dead Man has now joined the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club 🕵️♂️
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Let's make it 1,000,001 tonight (@ing my mam n dad)
Why I've begun to carry a dictaphone on a daily basis and why this is not just mad hipster shit but an important tool in reclaiming attention spans from Big Tech.
Thanks to @parismarx.com for his "anti big tech christmas guide" which I think is what got me started
open.substack.com/pub/fairplay...
Thanks to @parismarx.com for his "anti big tech christmas guide" which I think is what got me started
open.substack.com/pub/fairplay...
December 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why I've begun to carry a dictaphone on a daily basis and why this is not just mad hipster shit but an important tool in reclaiming attention spans from Big Tech.
Thanks to @parismarx.com for his "anti big tech christmas guide" which I think is what got me started
open.substack.com/pub/fairplay...
Thanks to @parismarx.com for his "anti big tech christmas guide" which I think is what got me started
open.substack.com/pub/fairplay...
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FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.
*eyes being prized open* I LOVE THE NATIONAL CYCLE NETWORK I LOVE THE NATIONAL CYCLE NETWORK
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
*eyes being prized open* I LOVE THE NATIONAL CYCLE NETWORK I LOVE THE NATIONAL CYCLE NETWORK
Enjoying this MAMMOTH sitcom.
December 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Enjoying this MAMMOTH sitcom.
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It was only posted to Twitter, so I grabbed it before it (hopefully) gets deleted.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It was only posted to Twitter, so I grabbed it before it (hopefully) gets deleted.
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I witnessed a miracle on my way to work this morning
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I witnessed a miracle on my way to work this morning
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Ian McEwan talked recently about the statistic that the number of people reading for pleasure has dropped by 40% over the last decade. But let's not focus on the negative side and instead try to remember that over the same period the number of people reading for displeasure has almost quadrupled.
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ian McEwan talked recently about the statistic that the number of people reading for pleasure has dropped by 40% over the last decade. But let's not focus on the negative side and instead try to remember that over the same period the number of people reading for displeasure has almost quadrupled.
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Great example of motonormativity
I think another weird facet to this is if you say "I was driving today & there are so many terrible, dangerous drivers," people tend to be like "ugh, I know" but if you say "I was cycling today & there are so many terrible, dangerous drivers," they furiously disagree & imply it was your own fault.
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Great example of motonormativity
First time getting a cheap bus Cardiff-London and back for a good while, I guess there's nothing anyone can do to stop the vape addicts vaping all the way and sharing that shite with the rest of us on here. This is just buses now. Sucks for the driver most of all.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
First time getting a cheap bus Cardiff-London and back for a good while, I guess there's nothing anyone can do to stop the vape addicts vaping all the way and sharing that shite with the rest of us on here. This is just buses now. Sucks for the driver most of all.
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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Nights at Osip, lunches at Mountain, ludicrously expensive handbags and cases of delicious wine – we've got some amazing prizes to be won in our festive prizedraw. Enter now, and help us turbocharge our growth for 2026.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fences-fig...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fences-fig...
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Nights at Osip, lunches at Mountain, ludicrously expensive handbags and cases of delicious wine – we've got some amazing prizes to be won in our festive prizedraw. Enter now, and help us turbocharge our growth for 2026.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fences-fig...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fences-fig...
Does it show you how far eBay has strayed from its original mission when it's advertising Black Friday Deals? Shouldn't everything always be cheaper second hand?
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Does it show you how far eBay has strayed from its original mission when it's advertising Black Friday Deals? Shouldn't everything always be cheaper second hand?