Pete Stokes

Pompey fan and secure data access geek. Working at the Bennett Institute/OpenSAFELY. Tweeting my views only.

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

So @skytv @SkySports - WHY does Sky Sports+ not work reliably for those of us who pay you a fortune, while people watch dodgy streams have no problems at all??

If I get a dodgy firestick I can watch more football AND save a fortune - but presumably you don't want that??!?

[Michael Eisner @Michael_Eisner]

Where has all the leadership gone?  If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment?  The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation.  Maybe the Constitution should have said, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.” By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@whedonesque The Prom.

Nothing tops "Buffy Summers - Class Protector", really...

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

I've spent today over on the other place, and it's like Twitter used to be, when we were nice to each other!

The relief is like when you're playing Silent Hill, and you get to do a bit in the daylight after a long level in the evil place!!

https://t.co/RDDii8y9no

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@stucrow So there should be proper checks on my consent, which the bill seems to include?

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

All that #Pompey effort to go up after 11 years out of the Championship, and we're going straight back down with a whimper - all because we didn't want to invest in a striker once Bishop was out. Shockingly poor - unforgiveable - decision by owners.

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

the guy who just mansplained The Handmaid’s Tale to the author of The Handmaid’s Tale

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

How to know you’ve truly angered a British person:

1. They beg for your pardon
2. They write you a strongly worded letter/email
3. They mutter “charming”
4. They say “you’re welcome” - which you can only just hear because they’ve waited for you to walk away a bit
5. They tut
6. They say “erm” and then pause before saying “excuse me”
7. They say “that was uncalled for”
8. They say “honestly, it’s fine”
9. Their email sign-off goes from “kind regards” to simply “regards”
10. They say nothing at all for three years then bring it up at Christmas dinner

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@pn_neil_allen Adam Newton looked incredible, in his first game at Fratton (a friendly - vs Leicester, I think), and was then entirely underwhelming in every competitive game I saw him play...

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

Yes, I definitely think the one thing missing at horribly low points in my mental health was firearms

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@Perky85uk @Exploding_Heads No... But Colin did INSIST on coming out to Mike Oldfield, which was a nice touch!

Not sure there were many in the audience from anywhere else...

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

Top top top top top top evening watching @Exploding_Heads and Colin from Portsmouth - really funny.

Actually come TO Pompey, so we dont need to endure Fareham next time, though, if possible?? It's too close to... the other place...

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@pn_neil_allen @Exploding_Heads Got to the bar and was surprised at the demographics of Colin's fans. Turns out there's a Michael Jackson thing in the other auditorium at same time :-)

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@pn_neil_allen @Exploding_Heads See you there, Neil!! I have a spare ticket, if you dont get these...

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

This is glorious!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

OMG. This is hysterical!

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@BoxingFanaticII and Robertson...

Anjorin would walk into this team, too.

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

#Pompey are in a LOT of trouble, this season. No pretending otherwise.

SO poor going forward, and no control in midfield. Game after game after game.

Summer recruitment now looks distinctly sub-standard. We are weaker than last season.

It's hard to see how it changes, really.

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@pompeytess I had a ST through all of them, and I don't think we looked so toothless going forward in any??

It can still turn, if and when we finally win a game, but we look in a LOT of trouble here at the moment. Fenwick levels of trouble...

[Pete Stokes @ptid1976]

@Tomeames4 @Brooke_Smedley I don't think Pack is better than Dozzell, honestly.

He is slow, and negative. He repeatedly gets the ball by the opposition's box, and works it back to our keeper.

He doesn't provide defensive cover.

I think his best days are gone, and he only plays because he's a #Pompey boy