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@TomChivers

Science writer, BuzzFeed UK. Once thrown out of Faith No More backstage party for stealing cheese. Far too nice to be a journalist, according to Terry Pratchett

Middle of the media bubble
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  1. 2 hours ago

    this is absolutely bonkers. (It's about Trump, obviously.)

    This is incredible. *in-cred-i-ble* ... Read this right now. via
    1 reply 16 retweets 12 likes
  2. 17 hours ago

    I’d like to hear from the vast numbers of nice liberal people who loudly - proudly - said that Clinton & Trump were “as bad as each other”.

    66 replies 496 retweets 1,029 likes
  3. 19 hours ago

    Dropping the mic on funny British tweets with The 100 Funniest British Tweets OF ALL TIME. Enjoy.

    4 replies 21 retweets 51 likes
  4. 21 hours ago

    in which Corbyn, attempting to explain an embarrassing but relatively minor error, contrives to swallow his own foot whole

    Did he mean to say “I’m happy to commemorate all those who *nearly* died fighting for an independent Ireland” at that pro-IRA event in 1987?
    1 retweet 1 like
  5. 22 hours ago

    some philosopher dude. I think possibly an American, conservative-leaning one; vague memories from my MA. Google has so far been unhelpful

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  6. 22 hours ago

    Who said something like "The existence of twilight does not negate existence of day & night"? i.e. blurred categories are still categories?

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  7. 22 hours ago

    it's the dictionaries, sir. they've become sentient. I think they're rebelling

    & yep, that there's an oxford comma y'all
    1 reply 6 retweets 13 likes
  8. 22 hours ago

    even to the point that when someone pointlessly complains about that perfectly acceptable use of "literally" I'll still be pretty cheery

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  9. 22 hours ago

    the kid in this comic is literally me

    3 replies 4 retweets 22 likes
  10. 23 hours ago

    there but for the grace of god, and all that

    1 reply
  11. 23 hours ago

    this is pretty brutal

    "Writer and broadcaster"?
    2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
  12. Jan 25

    sorry to be the bearer of bad news but people seemed to be getting disproportionately excited about it

    6 replies 3 likes
  13. Jan 25

    The half-onion currently has less than 2% of Trump's numbers, so I'd say it's probably not going to happen (430,000/21,900,000)*100 = 1.96%

    What if this account that is simply half an onion in a Ziploc bag ended up with more followers than ?
    7 replies 10 retweets 10 likes
  14. Jan 25

    Male receptionist sent home for not wearing codpiece

    4 replies 136 retweets 216 likes
  15. Jan 25

    Scientists have accused tabloid papers of irresponsible journalism over an "eating vegan to cure cancer" story

    4 replies 8 retweets 8 likes
  16. Jan 25

    this is interesting and a bit scary by on London air pollution

    4 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
  17. Jan 24

    One last push for this story if you missed it - with the unexpected subtext that, quietly, the Daily Express is doing brilliantly online.

    Here's a thing: Fake news hasn't taken hold in UK politics because our traditional newspapers are already so biased.
    8 replies 30 retweets 38 likes
  18. Jan 24

    Thanks to David Cameron, the EU has gone from an issue which hardly anyone cared about to something that now dominates everything.

    36 replies 304 retweets 209 likes
  19. Jan 24

    Important work by &

    Scientists Accuse Media Of Irresponsible Journalism Over Vegan Diet “Cancer Cure” Story
    2 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
  20. Jan 24

    great on dinner parties in late 20s in mid-30s it's "leave at 10 cos parenting with a hangover is awful"

    2 retweets 3 likes

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