Dr Thom Oliver

BBC asks how to solve space debris, God I hope in a lab somewhere they are cross-breeding a clanger and a womble.

Very final call for @RUKWales voters, for an academic study on the Welsh Election, we are seeking voters intending on voting Reform UK across Wales, uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eU… #Reform #VoteReform #Wales

BREAKING NEWS: @SCCCBrianTheCat back at the CACG and gearing up for #SOMvYOR Day Two ❤️ #YouAreSomerset

. @SmallStatesQM, @UMmalta and @UWEBristol are delighted to announce that the latest issue of #SmallStatesandTerritories features papers from and inspired by the April 2025 conference "Referendums in Small States and Territories". Check it out here: um.edu.mt/sst/currentiss….

“Godden again allez, allez!” 🎶 #cafc

Personal View: BBC journalism is disgracefully maligned by my old newspaper world, by Trump and commercially-focussed idealogues, yet here at home I just watched @BowenBBC on Iran, followed by @FrankRGardner, followed by the wonderful @VitalyBBC from Kyiv…. I was in US last week… let me tell you NO news organisation is as good as this, no journalists as clear and free, the new DG needs to fill the newsroom with confidence and….defiance…. it is time to wave the BBC flag.

Josh Laqeretabua has joined @BathCity_FC on loan until the end of the season 🤝 Best of luck, Josh! 👊 🔗bit.ly/3P6c0lS #cafc | @ValleyGold

Two possible things going on here: 1) Trump, the man-child, was manipulated into this war by people around him with their own political (Rubio), financial (Witkoff/Kushner), religious (Hegseth) agendas. 2) Trump is trying to divert the blame for this unpopular war onto others.

With a little bit of help from Claude Code I've made a UK Constituency app that lets you look at descriptive data about British constituencies through a variety of maps and graphs. A short thread... 1/n

Behind every helicopter built in Yeovil there's a network of almost 70 UK businesses making it possible, each bringing something unique to the table. This £1 billion deal doesn't just secure 3,300 jobs at one site, it backs UK industry across all nations from the ground up. 🇬🇧

💡How can the next @WelshGovernment work with local government to support a sustainable future for Welsh local government? 🧑‍💻Our third pre-election webinar, hosted by @IWA_Wales will build on our work on sustainable future local government with @WelshLGA and Welsh local authority leaders 📲READ and sign up 🔗bit.ly/WCPPLocalGovIWA

@NeilMaggs2 21 U-turns to go

Good to finally see So Solid Crew have representation at Government level

The fact vastly more commentators in my old world, British popular journalism, attacked Pep Guardiola for his politics last week than Jim Ratcliffe for his politics this week, is depressing, alarming and a disgrace all at the same time.

I hope I’m not telling tales out of school, but Adam said this morning ‘I’ll live-tweet the budget meeting, if nothing else to keep myself awake’. It’s actually a masterclass in informing & entertaining us all about something dull-but-important, so follow his thread here 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

POSTCODES Screenings at Watershed in March. Book here : watershed.co.uk/whatson/13808/…

If no one follows Sarwar over the top, he's going to look very silly. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hammer-b…

Spoke on @BBCRB yesterday about the political fallout from the Mandelson appointment and the pressure now facing Keir Starmer. When controversy hits, voters quickly turns to questions about judgement, competence and trust. Listen @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… [Starts: 52:45]

A first away win since Ipswich Town at the end of October. Bosh. #cafc

Newsnight are bonkers to mention an opinion poll in Gorton & Denton with a sample of just 143. 1,000 is the normal respectable sample size.

Bristol Post website sees 42% drop in unique visitors and 51% drop in page views YoY in December. Seems AI Overviews putting a big dent in the traffic (and thus business model) of regional news holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2026/news/ipso…

I *think* - thanks to @Moreincommon_ and @LukeTryl - the @HolyroodSources podcast has become the first place to broadcast the results of a focus group, this one was carried out in Falkirk. Stream it now on your podcast app and on YouTube.