Tom Roberts
@tpgroberts.bsky.social
One of the most consistent principles in his life is to become unbelievably partisan in every conflict he encounters, and then to win the conflict using a barrage of extreme verbal force.
He/Him
https://www.instagram.com/tpgeats
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Tom Roberts
@tpgroberts.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Going to keep plugging this for now, but after years of just food posting into the ether I have made an Instagram of my food pictures as well as tips for recipes etc.
www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
A friend used to run what he called "deranged book club" where he would buy a load of second hand stuff for pennies and get us to read them and feed back.
The most truly bizarre was "The One Minute Father" by Spencer Johnson with the author inscription "Dear Frank, congratulations on the birth."
The most truly bizarre was "The One Minute Father" by Spencer Johnson with the author inscription "Dear Frank, congratulations on the birth."
"Which author signed copy most devalues the book?" - the greatest thread in the history of Waterstones.
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A friend used to run what he called "deranged book club" where he would buy a load of second hand stuff for pennies and get us to read them and feed back.
The most truly bizarre was "The One Minute Father" by Spencer Johnson with the author inscription "Dear Frank, congratulations on the birth."
The most truly bizarre was "The One Minute Father" by Spencer Johnson with the author inscription "Dear Frank, congratulations on the birth."
He's right, the rise in ethical non-monogamy risks hurting the proud catholic tradition of unethical non-monogamy with the postman or her from accounts.
Vatican warns against rise in polyamory, saying ‘succession of faces’ does not rival exclusive union
Vatican warns against rise in polyamory, saying ‘succession of faces’ does not rival exclusive union
Rome (CNN) — The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman.
www.channel3000.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He's right, the rise in ethical non-monogamy risks hurting the proud catholic tradition of unethical non-monogamy with the postman or her from accounts.
I asked how much and he just begged me to take it?
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I asked how much and he just begged me to take it?
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I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
And few who are sympathetic to us, some who are friendly with me on here, will ever stick their head above the parapet
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
So, there are basically a few purposes of taxation in society.
The first and obvious is to provide a counter to government spending.
The second is to incentivise of disincentivise certain behaviours.
The third is to reduce inequality.
This is a secret fourth thing: fucking with people.
The first and obvious is to provide a counter to government spending.
The second is to incentivise of disincentivise certain behaviours.
The third is to reduce inequality.
This is a secret fourth thing: fucking with people.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So, there are basically a few purposes of taxation in society.
The first and obvious is to provide a counter to government spending.
The second is to incentivise of disincentivise certain behaviours.
The third is to reduce inequality.
This is a secret fourth thing: fucking with people.
The first and obvious is to provide a counter to government spending.
The second is to incentivise of disincentivise certain behaviours.
The third is to reduce inequality.
This is a secret fourth thing: fucking with people.
Winter flannels don't have to be dull
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Winter flannels don't have to be dull
Oh they got this all wrong..
Your party?
No, factionalism!
Your party?
No, factionalism!
There will come a day when I tire of reading about the Your Party uncivil war.
Today is not that day.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Today is not that day.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Oh they got this all wrong..
Your party?
No, factionalism!
Your party?
No, factionalism!
Inform, explain and entertain.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Inform, explain and entertain.
My home town, medium sized commuter belt outside London, has never got Uber.
This is, in part, that it's arguably too small, but it's also that the historically terrible local cab companies fought back... by getting mobbed up.
They care less about the food though, so you can get uber eats.
This is, in part, that it's arguably too small, but it's also that the historically terrible local cab companies fought back... by getting mobbed up.
They care less about the food though, so you can get uber eats.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My home town, medium sized commuter belt outside London, has never got Uber.
This is, in part, that it's arguably too small, but it's also that the historically terrible local cab companies fought back... by getting mobbed up.
They care less about the food though, so you can get uber eats.
This is, in part, that it's arguably too small, but it's also that the historically terrible local cab companies fought back... by getting mobbed up.
They care less about the food though, so you can get uber eats.
Very similar issues, a few years ago, around the manufacture of rail stock. A succession of short termist approaches that end up hurting growth.
"We have built factories that could start making equipment tomorrow. But we can’t until an order is placed”
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Worked with @estwebber.bsky.social on a sad tale about Britain's defence industry, waiting to hear if the government will ever pour money into the sector
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Starmer promised to spend big on defense but Britain’s arms industry is still waiting
Six months after a major inquiry into how the U.K. would meet geopolitical threats, many in the industry complain they haven’t received the certainty they need about where the British government pl…
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Very similar issues, a few years ago, around the manufacture of rail stock. A succession of short termist approaches that end up hurting growth.
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I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA
I WANNA DRESS YOU IN THE GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA, GAY BAAA
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Jon Stone was very wise here
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Jon Stone was very wise here
Imagine praising "Latino parents are now so afraid to be seen out and about that they have a rota to walk the Latino children" and not wondering where your humanity went?
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Imagine praising "Latino parents are now so afraid to be seen out and about that they have a rota to walk the Latino children" and not wondering where your humanity went?
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My favourite Star Wars film is Brick
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My favourite Star Wars film is Brick
1. The Last Jedi
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5.
6. The Force Awakens
7. Rogue One
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Solo
10.
11.
12. Phantom Menace
13. Attack of the Clones
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20. Rise of Skywalker
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5.
6. The Force Awakens
7. Rogue One
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Solo
10.
11.
12. Phantom Menace
13. Attack of the Clones
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20. Rise of Skywalker
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
1. The Last Jedi
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5.
6. The Force Awakens
7. Rogue One
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Solo
10.
11.
12. Phantom Menace
13. Attack of the Clones
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20. Rise of Skywalker
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. Star Wars
4. Return of the Jedi
5.
6. The Force Awakens
7. Rogue One
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. Solo
10.
11.
12. Phantom Menace
13. Attack of the Clones
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20. Rise of Skywalker
I think people assume Enron must have been complicated and not just "they managed to convince the government to let them recognise infrastructure construction as a financial product, and then shuffled money around to make it look like it worked."
look, to be clear, nvidia is not enron. there's actual value in the business (they make chips! innovative!), unliek enron which was basically all just gimmicks and accounting fraud on top of the boring pipeline business and somewhat-sexy energy trading/finance biz [both of which are commodities]
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I think people assume Enron must have been complicated and not just "they managed to convince the government to let them recognise infrastructure construction as a financial product, and then shuffled money around to make it look like it worked."
Yes, but the average Briton doesn't understand anything.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yes, but the average Briton doesn't understand anything.
Okay, not to defend Fashworth here, because he's misunderstood the problem because he's an idiot, but there's a kernel of accuracy here.
The reason that threshold exists is to reduce friction below the point it's worth collecting the revenue, this may be bad policy because it reintroduces that.
The reason that threshold exists is to reduce friction below the point it's worth collecting the revenue, this may be bad policy because it reintroduces that.
The shipping would, in this case already be more than the value of the book...
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Okay, not to defend Fashworth here, because he's misunderstood the problem because he's an idiot, but there's a kernel of accuracy here.
The reason that threshold exists is to reduce friction below the point it's worth collecting the revenue, this may be bad policy because it reintroduces that.
The reason that threshold exists is to reduce friction below the point it's worth collecting the revenue, this may be bad policy because it reintroduces that.
Can you tell what it is yet?
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Can you tell what it is yet?
Fucking Americans, man.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Fucking Americans, man.
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayhglimve4fbwilzyfjedpa56xwmjq4oriqqs62atkospprs6x5y@jpeg)
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Mood of UK political Bluesky, 2 days before the Budget: We're discussing about how we guarantee our own deaths in a nuclear war.
Things are going well.
Things are going well.
Yes, as a zone one dweller, I am maybe...against nuclear power if it takes away the central London guarantee of 'ending up a shadow on the wall' quite frankly.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mood of UK political Bluesky, 2 days before the Budget: We're discussing about how we guarantee our own deaths in a nuclear war.
Things are going well.
Things are going well.
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A friend of my dad was an extra in Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A friend of my dad was an extra in Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
He said he traipsed through a post-apocalyptic city, full of decaying ruins and populated by feral, mutated children. Then he got off the bus to Sheffield and went to film Threads.
Another pretty good reason the Government should get off Twitter.
it is extremely funny that given the PPP of the dollar relative to other currencies X's payments to bluechecks have essentially made every foreign influence operation targeting MAGA from a country with a weaker currency self-funding or profitable
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Another pretty good reason the Government should get off Twitter.
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it just didn't have the legs 😢
Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
it just didn't have the legs 😢