Tom Pickard

Tabletop games, bad jokes. Occasional crosswords and @junimojis at @eveninferred . Computational linguistics and SLT at @SLTpickard .

He/him

[Tom Pickard @Oddtwang]

Balkan: one of those tubes they keep them in at the tennis #ISIHAC #UED

[kelsie @iPad_Latino]

Him: you better not be using the large chambers of your proboscis-like snout (which unfortunately leave you susceptible to respiratory infection)to filter dust and warm the freezing air you breathe on the harsh Mongolian steppe
Me:

[Brighton UCU @BrightonUCU]

Wearing sashes that say hands off our tutors & shouting 'no cuts, pay your staff' @uniofbrighton students showed their solidarity with us at graduation! They hold senior managers in contempt for the attacks on staff. Together we'll win #SaveBrightonUni #brightonforever #ucuRISING

[Alex Usher @Alex250175]

FAIRLY.

Coutts kept Farage DESPITE his reputation, anticipated the loss of criteria status, predicted his reaction, and STILL treated him fairly.

DAYS of coverage over a man having a hissy fit 'cos the private bank had no financial reason to go on stroking his ego.

9/9

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[parker lyons @tweetsbyparker]

i’m sorry i can’t think of a joke funnier than twitter failing to get the necessary permits to change their building signage and the police shutting it down just in time for “er” to remain

[Elaine Scattermoon @scattermoon]

"It's bad if the Tories oppose us" is the most succinct description of Starmerism I've ever seen.

[Will @wsebag]

Johnny Mercer is right, we don't want Parliament to become like the Inbetweeners.

Can you imagine if the government was made up of unlikeable, incompetent, idiot boys with problematic attitudes towards women who all went to school together?

[Tom Pickard @Oddtwang]

@PhantomArtsEnt Would Keyforge or Netrunner count? Less collectable but some similarities?

[Tom Pickard @Oddtwang]

@Wangleberry Chittle Lef, speeder mechanic at your service

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

If only somebody had explained that the Labour right are like this but sadly, nobody noticed it until July 2023

[Rob @thegallowboob]

The University of Kyoto in Japan allows students to wear anything they want for their Graduation ceremony. This is the way.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

STOP PRESS! I promise that as MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip I WILL move the hand dryer in the gents’ urinals at the Crown & Treaty to a more sensible position. TO PROVE IT, I have just signed a treaty with the Crown & Treaty, that if I win they will move it. I keep my promises!

[@emilymbender.bsky.social @emilymbender]

@_KarenHao 5. Finally, the piece ends with the reminder that constructing such a filter is continuing work. Not something that can be done once and reused as is. So "AI" has created a new kind of high-risk job, akin to the jobs that follow the creation of toxic waste.

[Tom Pickard @Oddtwang]

@shroom_king420 @noahfinnadams The same bullshit being repeated in a different odious right-wing shitrag doesn't make it any less bullshit

[seosamh 🇵🇸 @dayglowj0e]

whatever you think of the sufragettes this is just a horrible thing to do to the king on his special day

[Tom Pickard @Oddtwang]

@Pentadact If this turn I'd hope to be told "Final turn" or similar, to avoid the ambiguity