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Tom Hughes

@tomjhugh.bsky.social

International Politics & Military History graduate. Trekkie πŸ––. Mediocre infantryman. Formerly Senedd staff, now Lib Dem HQ. Views own πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί He/Him. Duw a gadwo'r Brenin.

68 Followers  |  68 Following  |  24 Posts  |  Joined: 06.11.2024  |  1.7344

Latest posts by tomjhugh.bsky.social on Bluesky

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I suppose a small silver lining to Musk's misinformation logorrhoea is that it highlighted a good charity to donate to.

14.01.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We can't let British democracy turn into a plaything for overseas billionaires with short attention spans.

At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.

08.01.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3141    πŸ” 775    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 66
Screenshot of a post by Ed Davey on a pink-gold gradient background, with the Liberal Democrats logo at the bottom. Ed's post reads "People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain. It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown. This dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric is further proof that the UK can’t rely on the Trump administration. It’s in our national interest to rebuild trade and security ties with our allies in Europe."

Screenshot of a post by Ed Davey on a pink-gold gradient background, with the Liberal Democrats logo at the bottom. Ed's post reads "People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain. It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown. This dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric is further proof that the UK can’t rely on the Trump administration. It’s in our national interest to rebuild trade and security ties with our allies in Europe."

People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain.

It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.

06.01.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 775    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 20
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Absolutely this from Ed Davey πŸ‘

06.01.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7715    πŸ” 2142    πŸ’¬ 217    πŸ“Œ 119

My Facebook fact check is β€œif some dummy you knew in high school posted it it’s false.” Works pretty well.

08.01.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1049    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 4
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After many delays due to not feeling 100% about my painting skill, I finally got my Gabriel Angelos model painted and had my first game of 10th Edition with it to boot.

26.12.2024 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My totally grown-up response when this happens is just to return fire. So far, nothing bad has happened. So far.

26.12.2024 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished a small Desolation Squad (joint-silliest looking SM models with their t-Shirt cannons), and been trying out using texture paints for bases on my other models.

Still need to do their shoulder transfers, but that'll have to wait until this weekend.

04.12.2024 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glad to see Richard Tice taking such care over UK fishing. It is just a shame that neither he nor any of his Reform colleagues could be bothered to show up this afternoon to my debate... on UK fishing.

28.11.2024 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 326    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6

I was looking into this earlier today while I was on my silly little mental health stroll (working from home in a virtually lightless flat is grand). I'd love to know how effective it is because light boxes look pretty spenny!

28.11.2024 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been given the heads up thst my ACL reconstruction will be in January, which is very exciting as it means I can start the process of getting my life back on track.

Very much longing to be back in the field again!

25.11.2024 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished off these Heavy Intercessors. Up next, Desolation Squad.

23.11.2024 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I routinely get vibe checked by cadets who think I'm *at least* ten years older than I am

23.11.2024 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somewhere between 5-10% (I'm very bad at this)

23.11.2024 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brits over on the old app (I say Brits, but Ruzzian trolls isn't off the cards) are just straight up pro-Musk/Putin quislings at this point.

22.11.2024 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two down, three to go

22.11.2024 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This film absolutely doesn't need a live-action remake, but I am thoroughly unprepared to be emotionally bullied by it once again (I can't wait to see it)

20.11.2024 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Phoebe being what I suppose she believed was a big help at the desk today.

19.11.2024 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

1000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion.
1000 days of death and destruction at Putin's hands.
1000 days of Ukraine's brave resistance.
The UK is standing with Ukraine today and every day.

#StandWithUkraineπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

19.11.2024 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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"We are going to fight for our rural communities. We're gonna fight for farmers, we're gonna fight to stop this family farm tax.

"I have just one ask of you. I want you to continue to do what you are the best in the world at doing: producing high quality food for our country."

- Ed Davey

19.11.2024 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 5
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Chuffed to get my first bit of @saintjavelin.bsky.social merchandise!

Can't wait to pour out a brew in this beast 😁

15.11.2024 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm helping out the cadets at their shooting competition!

Got to resist going full infantry-brained with the Sea Cadets, mind πŸ˜‚

15.11.2024 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excuse the window reflections, but God I adore this view (if I go on my tip toes I can also see Fishguard Bay)

14.11.2024 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have any of my followers completely turned off the other app yet, or looking to in the near future? If so, what were/are the goalposts for doing so?

I'd quite like to totally withdraw my custom, but there's still too much (content and people) over there that I know I'd miss.

14.11.2024 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
TNG movie. We're having a fancy party, starfleet folks in white dress uniforms are dancing with others in party casual clothes. There's maybe mountains in the background and trees. Beyond the dancing couples is a band playing music, and Data is standing in front, holding a microphone stand at an angle and singing jazzy style. He's holding out an arm and really giving the partygoers the ol' razzle dazzle. Closed caption reads, "🎡 Nothin' but blue skies🎡"

TNG movie. We're having a fancy party, starfleet folks in white dress uniforms are dancing with others in party casual clothes. There's maybe mountains in the background and trees. Beyond the dancing couples is a band playing music, and Data is standing in front, holding a microphone stand at an angle and singing jazzy style. He's holding out an arm and really giving the partygoers the ol' razzle dazzle. Closed caption reads, "🎡 Nothin' but blue skies🎡"

13.11.2024 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 822    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13
5 Space Marine Heavy Intercessors from Warhammer 40K, partially painted and still mostly disassembled.

5 Space Marine Heavy Intercessors from Warhammer 40K, partially painted and still mostly disassembled.

Might just lean into my full geek side on this site. Anyway, here's my latest 40k WIP.

12.11.2024 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried giving Threads another crack a couple weeks ago, but for some reason it just feels like a really awkward app to use.

Anyway, just hoping I can connect with a decent portion of the same people I did on Twitter.

12.11.2024 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It took me two and a half days to realise my display name was still the default.

Off to a characteristically good start on this app. πŸ˜…

12.11.2024 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the biggest sign that the time is right to start moving onto this app was seeing a tweet saying 'AH was bad' and the comments section was full of people calling that an extremist view and going through mental gymnastics to defend the man.

Utterly, utterly vile. That's the legacy of Musk.

12.11.2024 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome! It's like the other place before it took a downward dive.

12.11.2024 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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