Tom Pike
@tompike.bsky.social
Gardener, cyclist, scientist, engineer. Enjoys food and drink. Coeliac other half. Humanist. Net negative home by 2030. Stupidity and satire. Views mine.
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In honour of President Trump I am renaming my anus. It will now be known as the Donald Trump Stinkhole. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In honour of President Trump I am renaming my anus. It will now be known as the Donald Trump Stinkhole. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Show of hands if you've ever submitted evidence of a traffic offence to an online portal in England or Wales and been fobbed off with a response like the one in the screenshot I received.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Show of hands if you've ever submitted evidence of a traffic offence to an online portal in England or Wales and been fobbed off with a response like the one in the screenshot I received.
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This Christmas millions of children will get presents they can wheel, scoot or ride to school and around their community. It is an inescapable fact that 30mph motor speeds on community roads will kill and maim some of them. UK Gov should give children the gift they need - a national default 20
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This Christmas millions of children will get presents they can wheel, scoot or ride to school and around their community. It is an inescapable fact that 30mph motor speeds on community roads will kill and maim some of them. UK Gov should give children the gift they need - a national default 20
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The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The car industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
The NHS would LIKE you to cycle because you cease to be a customer
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Born #OnThisDay in 1815 was mathematician Ada Lovelace. She is known for her work on the Analytical Engine with mathematician Charles Babbage, an early proposed mechanical computer for which she wrote one of the first algorithms. #WomenInSTEM
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1815 was mathematician Ada Lovelace. She is known for her work on the Analytical Engine with mathematician Charles Babbage, an early proposed mechanical computer for which she wrote one of the first algorithms. #WomenInSTEM
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Reform UK’s Leader of Staffordshire Council Ian Cooper - white supremacist.
Reform UK’s leader of the council has earned his badge as a top fan of the Facebook page The European Race. Earned for regularly liking and commenting on pages’ content.
Reform UK’s leader of the council has earned his badge as a top fan of the Facebook page The European Race. Earned for regularly liking and commenting on pages’ content.
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Reform UK’s Leader of Staffordshire Council Ian Cooper - white supremacist.
Reform UK’s leader of the council has earned his badge as a top fan of the Facebook page The European Race. Earned for regularly liking and commenting on pages’ content.
Reform UK’s leader of the council has earned his badge as a top fan of the Facebook page The European Race. Earned for regularly liking and commenting on pages’ content.
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DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.
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If only the pros outweighed the cons.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Staff are united against course closures.
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
Nottinghamshire MPs have written to @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, urging the university to reconsider proposed course suspensions and potential closures, which would significantly impact staff, students, and our wider city and county.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Staff are united against course closures.
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
Students are united against course closures.
Community members are united against course closures.
When will this university listen?
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
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Enrico Fermi, one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD in 1901. While most physicists focus on either experiment or theory, Fermi excelled at both.
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Enrico Fermi, one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD in 1901. While most physicists focus on either experiment or theory, Fermi excelled at both.
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)
Image: New York Public Library
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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I think it’s revealing of the current trajectory of the UK political economy that universities are told they will be allowed to go bust despite employing significantly more people than JLR, and being the engine of many local economies.
‘Moral hazard’ warning after £1.5bn government loan guarantee for JLR on.ft.com/42iBMHf
‘Moral hazard’ warning after £1.5bn government loan guarantee for JLR
Carmaker receives official backing after cyber attack that has halted production
on.ft.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think it’s revealing of the current trajectory of the UK political economy that universities are told they will be allowed to go bust despite employing significantly more people than JLR, and being the engine of many local economies.
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Big news for dashcam/helmetcam users:
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
UK Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
A judge has ruled that motorists and cyclists can legally share videos with police, dismissing a lawsuit from a retired solicitor.
www.forbes.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Big news for dashcam/helmetcam users:
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
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“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.”
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.”
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Would the evidence that trans women have been using women's spaces for decades without any problems be sufficient?
🚨NEW | Green leader candidates Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns say they want trans women **banned** from women's spaces + sports.
In a Q&A, they said "gender and biological sex are not the same" and claimed "evidence" was needed for trans women to be allowed into women's spaces
In a Q&A, they said "gender and biological sex are not the same" and claimed "evidence" was needed for trans women to be allowed into women's spaces
July 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Would the evidence that trans women have been using women's spaces for decades without any problems be sufficient?