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
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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:
Continuing a theme of "white boy spends too much time in the middle east" I now address almost everyone as "my friend."
February 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Continuing a theme of "white boy spends too much time in the middle east" I now address almost everyone as "my friend."
Having largely ignored it last year but seen it on a lot of best of 2025 lists, god Raye's WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Is just spectacular.
Properly propulsive, funny and full of energy, a real tour de force of sarcastic talent. The mash-up of RnB and jazz horns screams Bruno Mars at his best, I love it.
Properly propulsive, funny and full of energy, a real tour de force of sarcastic talent. The mash-up of RnB and jazz horns screams Bruno Mars at his best, I love it.
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Having largely ignored it last year but seen it on a lot of best of 2025 lists, god Raye's WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! Is just spectacular.
Properly propulsive, funny and full of energy, a real tour de force of sarcastic talent. The mash-up of RnB and jazz horns screams Bruno Mars at his best, I love it.
Properly propulsive, funny and full of energy, a real tour de force of sarcastic talent. The mash-up of RnB and jazz horns screams Bruno Mars at his best, I love it.
"The richest man in the world has created a machine to produce CSAM and our solution is to restrict access to it to 17 year olds and above." Is just not a serious policy response!
This has been sped up because of X's abhorrentness, but there's a reluctance to confront those issues head on.
We're instead approaching a bleak political consensus of "the internet is bad, corrosive and illegality is mainstream but we can't do anything about that other than banning u16s"
We're instead approaching a bleak political consensus of "the internet is bad, corrosive and illegality is mainstream but we can't do anything about that other than banning u16s"
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 AM
"The richest man in the world has created a machine to produce CSAM and our solution is to restrict access to it to 17 year olds and above." Is just not a serious policy response!
It's hard not to feel like a conspiracy theorist as we find out so many very senior people at our biggest companies do seem to have just accepted that genuflecting to a paedophile was just a part of the process?
Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler sought Jeffrey Epstein’s help to secure a top job at Facebook just months before the sex offender’s arrest, and advised him on how to respond to press coverage of his crimes. ft.trib.al/P3CyJeg
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
It's hard not to feel like a conspiracy theorist as we find out so many very senior people at our biggest companies do seem to have just accepted that genuflecting to a paedophile was just a part of the process?
To go one step further, what Mandelson did is effectively what the Big 4 did in Australia and that culminated in the resignation of all the leadership team, 10 partners getting canned, a sell off of parts of PwC Australia and massive increases in fines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PwC_tax...
February 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
To go one step further, what Mandelson did is effectively what the Big 4 did in Australia and that culminated in the resignation of all the leadership team, 10 partners getting canned, a sell off of parts of PwC Australia and massive increases in fines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PwC_tax...
Lisa Nandy fuming that Wigan is once again left behind as Barnsley surpasses the singularity.
"In the latest move in Labour’s drive to inject AI into Britain’s bloodstream, the government has announced three US tech companies ... have agreed to help as the council pushes to apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses in Barnsley" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push
Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Lisa Nandy fuming that Wigan is once again left behind as Barnsley surpasses the singularity.
Glup Shitto
The Book of Boba Fett - Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger premiered on this day 4 years ago.
A single episode of Star Wars TV that featured….
• Luke Skywalker
• Din Djarin
• Grogu
• Ahsoka
• Cad Bane
• R2-D2
• Boba Fett
• Fennec
• Cobb Vanth
• Krrsantan
A single episode of Star Wars TV that featured….
• Luke Skywalker
• Din Djarin
• Grogu
• Ahsoka
• Cad Bane
• R2-D2
• Boba Fett
• Fennec
• Cobb Vanth
• Krrsantan
February 3, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Glup Shitto
Look, all I'm saying is this does just become more true every day
The thing about Mandelson, is that we've all known what he is since about 1998 and every time he resigns or gets sacked in disgrace it is just the same thing again.
the fact it’s even a question whether Mandelson should still be a Labour member is kind of crazy making. do you take this stuff seriously or not? get rid!
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Look, all I'm saying is this does just become more true every day
Oh Mandy,
You went and you leaked information,
To a man locked away!
Oh Mandy,
You can't help but abuse your high station,
For your personal gains...
Oh Mandy.
You went and you leaked information,
To a man locked away!
Oh Mandy,
You can't help but abuse your high station,
For your personal gains...
Oh Mandy.
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein
Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Oh Mandy,
You went and you leaked information,
To a man locked away!
Oh Mandy,
You can't help but abuse your high station,
For your personal gains...
Oh Mandy.
You went and you leaked information,
To a man locked away!
Oh Mandy,
You can't help but abuse your high station,
For your personal gains...
Oh Mandy.
Yes, but what does the soothsayer say?
Betting market now suggesting Hannah Spencer, Green, more likely to win Gorton & Denton than not, 51% probability; Matthew Goodwin, Reform, 32%; Angeliki Stogia, Labour, 18% www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...
British Politics Gorton & Denton By-election Betting Odds | Politics
British Politics - Gorton & Denton By-election Betting Odds. Get the best available British Politics odds from all online bookmakers with Oddschecker, the home of betting value.
www.oddschecker.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Yes, but what does the soothsayer say?
Reposted by Tom Roberts
“There’s something uniquely American about stablecoins”
Make of that what you will
as.ft.com/r/a6803534-2...
Make of that what you will
as.ft.com/r/a6803534-2...
The stablecoin war: Wall Street vs crypto over the future of money
[FREE TO READ] Banks say rules governing the digital currency are a risk to financial stability. Are they just trying to stamp out competition?
as.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“There’s something uniquely American about stablecoins”
Make of that what you will
as.ft.com/r/a6803534-2...
Make of that what you will
as.ft.com/r/a6803534-2...
Stablecoins, are, at heart a way to try and avoid the losses or gains from a crypto transaction from ever crystallising by keeping the value of your speculative asset in something that looks like money, but isn't quite money, and in the process avoiding the potential capital gains tax that ensues.
“There’s something uniquely American about stablecoins”
Make of that what you will
as.ft.com/r/a6803534-2...
Make of that what you will
as.ft.com/r/a6803534-2...
The stablecoin war: Wall Street vs crypto over the future of money
[FREE TO READ] Banks say rules governing the digital currency are a risk to financial stability. Are they just trying to stamp out competition?
as.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Stablecoins, are, at heart a way to try and avoid the losses or gains from a crypto transaction from ever crystallising by keeping the value of your speculative asset in something that looks like money, but isn't quite money, and in the process avoiding the potential capital gains tax that ensues.
Also, the government provided government time to the bills such that they could be passed. They couldn't time out like this one might, it was why we say the Wilson government passed them even if they were PMBs.
Yes, Harold Wilson’s government passed major social reforms through PMBs. But crucially they worked out the details *first*, through parliamentary inquiries or commissions. This could’ve been done for assisted dying, but instead it was just skipped for a thrown together bill. 3/?
February 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Also, the government provided government time to the bills such that they could be passed. They couldn't time out like this one might, it was why we say the Wilson government passed them even if they were PMBs.
Spectacular reference to One Day, one of the worst books I've ever read.
What's that? Peter Mandelson resigning from something again? FIRE UP THE (OLD) SKETCH! thecritic.co.uk/oh-m...
February 1, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Spectacular reference to One Day, one of the worst books I've ever read.
Reposted by Tom Roberts
What's that? Peter Mandelson resigning from something again? FIRE UP THE (OLD) SKETCH! thecritic.co.uk/oh-m...
February 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
What's that? Peter Mandelson resigning from something again? FIRE UP THE (OLD) SKETCH! thecritic.co.uk/oh-m...
Imagine being too crooked for Weight Watchers.
my last Epstein scoop for the weekend:
Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers.
www.ft.com/content/8623...
Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers.
www.ft.com/content/8623...
Sarah Ferguson received $150,000 from Jeffrey Epstein after share sale
Transaction is latest evidence of extent of friendship that former Prince Andrew’s ex-wife forged with the sex offender
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Imagine being too crooked for Weight Watchers.
The thing about Mandelson, is that we've all known what he is since about 1998 and every time he resigns or gets sacked in disgrace it is just the same thing again.
the fact it’s even a question whether Mandelson should still be a Labour member is kind of crazy making. do you take this stuff seriously or not? get rid!
February 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The thing about Mandelson, is that we've all known what he is since about 1998 and every time he resigns or gets sacked in disgrace it is just the same thing again.
Reposted by Tom Roberts
the fact it’s even a question whether Mandelson should still be a Labour member is kind of crazy making. do you take this stuff seriously or not? get rid!
February 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the fact it’s even a question whether Mandelson should still be a Labour member is kind of crazy making. do you take this stuff seriously or not? get rid!
"It's not the day someone dies that's the worst, at least you have something to do, it's all the days they stay dead" is a really good insight into the pale succor of pretending it hasn't happened, and also now, apparently, a business model.
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"It's not the day someone dies that's the worst, at least you have something to do, it's all the days they stay dead" is a really good insight into the pale succor of pretending it hasn't happened, and also now, apparently, a business model.
An absolutely delightful little piece, perfect dressing for a book case (fittingly), and loads of NPU and clever SNOT.
February 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
An absolutely delightful little piece, perfect dressing for a book case (fittingly), and loads of NPU and clever SNOT.
Reposted by Tom Roberts
Ah absolutely spectacular mess of a film, a plot that you'd assume I'd made up and the single worst Bond theme ever created.
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Ah absolutely spectacular mess of a film, a plot that you'd assume I'd made up and the single worst Bond theme ever created.
I do envy John, truly one of the easiest jobs in politics, barely even needs to go Anywhere but Westminster just write "the people here (at midday on a tuesday) are angry and disappointed that things have changed."
In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle | John Harris
In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle | John Harris
The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I do envy John, truly one of the easiest jobs in politics, barely even needs to go Anywhere but Westminster just write "the people here (at midday on a tuesday) are angry and disappointed that things have changed."