Tom Freeman
@tomfreeman.bsky.social
Occasional editor and writer. Purveyor of half-baked opinions. Intermittently able to make my nieces laugh. (SnoozeInBrief on Twitter)
My blog on usage, editing and suchlike: https://stroppyeditor.wordpress.com
My blog on usage, editing and suchlike: https://stroppyeditor.wordpress.com
I've got a huge knife here, I could stab you to death easily. I'd be unstoppable, but I won't do that. I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force. All I'm asking for is your wallet and your phone.
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I've got a huge knife here, I could stab you to death easily. I'd be unstoppable, but I won't do that. I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I won't use force. All I'm asking for is your wallet and your phone.
Is this a Mitt Romney bit
January 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Is this a Mitt Romney bit
Notable non-reflexive "myself" from Alec Douglas-Home back in 1962. This is a longstanding Conservative minister, hereditary earl, Eton- and Oxford-educated, clearly punctilious about "whom" - so maybe those Traitors contestants aren't as far from established Standard English as critics suggest...
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Notable non-reflexive "myself" from Alec Douglas-Home back in 1962. This is a longstanding Conservative minister, hereditary earl, Eton- and Oxford-educated, clearly punctilious about "whom" - so maybe those Traitors contestants aren't as far from established Standard English as critics suggest...
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
Visiting the family, getting my regular dose of cat. Aphra and Ada very kindly took the same side of my bed, allowing me some space to move. Jasmine and Luna are still delightfully tiny, alternately manic and dozy.
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Visiting the family, getting my regular dose of cat. Aphra and Ada very kindly took the same side of my bed, allowing me some space to move. Jasmine and Luna are still delightfully tiny, alternately manic and dozy.
Feels like a bit of an overreaction
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Feels like a bit of an overreaction
Drill bit? Drill lot, more like
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Drill bit? Drill lot, more like
Let's not jump to conclusions, could be that McSweeney has finally managed to impress one of those fabled "hero voters"
January 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Let's not jump to conclusions, could be that McSweeney has finally managed to impress one of those fabled "hero voters"
...hence the expression "getting out of hand".
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 AM
...hence the expression "getting out of hand".
Given that any flat projection distorts in some way, the best way to look is on a round globe, or at least on a simulation of one
January 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Given that any flat projection distorts in some way, the best way to look is on a round globe, or at least on a simulation of one
This is good deadpan on Zahawi's consistency
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
This is good deadpan on Zahawi's consistency
Finally, after another half-hour, he moved back to the reservoir and they happily reunited ❤️ #NewRiverBirds
January 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Finally, after another half-hour, he moved back to the reservoir and they happily reunited ❤️ #NewRiverBirds
But they missed each other! Before he could make his way along to where she was, she flew over to the reservoir in search of him #NewRiverBirds
January 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
But they missed each other! Before he could make his way along to where she was, she flew over to the reservoir in search of him #NewRiverBirds
He eventually got fed up with the gulls and flew back to the river #NewRiverBirds
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
He eventually got fed up with the gulls and flew back to the river #NewRiverBirds
The female, meanwhile, was getting anxious about where he'd gone #NewRiverBirds
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The female, meanwhile, was getting anxious about where he'd gone #NewRiverBirds
The swans spent this morning apart. For some reason the male left the river and went onto the reservoir, where he ended up getting harassed by a rowdy gull #NewRiverBirds
January 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The swans spent this morning apart. For some reason the male left the river and went onto the reservoir, where he ended up getting harassed by a rowdy gull #NewRiverBirds
Hello, refugees from X! To make you feel at home, I asked Bluesky's highly sophisticated AI assistant, Blook, to put me in a bikini
January 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Hello, refugees from X! To make you feel at home, I asked Bluesky's highly sophisticated AI assistant, Blook, to put me in a bikini
"Anyone who asks me to make them some child porn will be in serious legal trouble, just as soon as I've finished making and publishing the child porn"
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"Anyone who asks me to make them some child porn will be in serious legal trouble, just as soon as I've finished making and publishing the child porn"