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Jim Hawkins

@jimallthetime.bsky.social
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I’m a good listener. I make Hello You the Shropshire podcast: intelligent, progressive, quirky conversation for Shropshire and the wider world. Ex BBC radio. Event/panel host, photographer, musician, empath, folk festival MC.

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 7m
Fuck off, Reform. And Restore Britain, too. We are better than this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform pledges to suspend asylum system for up to five years and deport claimants
All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 2h
🤣🤣🤣🐮🤣🤣🤣
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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 3h
Damned unBritish intimidation:- Right wing complaints - generally unfounded and vexatious - targeting likes of asylum and LGBT+ charities, wasting precious resources and ‘taking up bandwidth’; charitable trustees names having to be anonymised to avoid harassment… 🫠
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𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨 @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rustic tomfoolery from Bernard Miles – Over The Gate
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Rhys @rdpphoto.bsky.social · 19h
Goosander having a lovely splash around by Shrewsbury Weir this morning. #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding #birds #photography
Female Goosander stretching up in the water, with it's wings spread wide
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Shropshire Wildlife Trust @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🍄 Happy UK World Fungus Day! Four fungi facts to blow your mind: 💨 One giant puffball can release seven trillion spores. 🌈 Splitgill fungi have over 28,000 different sexes. 💚 Shaggy scalycap glows green under UV light. ✈️ Kerosene fungus thrives in aircraft fuel tanks!
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hilliatfields.bsky.social @hilliatfields.bsky.social · 4h
*sigh* 1st day back after 9 days off? *sigh* Yes. #MondayMotivation
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Shropshire lass 🌸 @loobee.bsky.social · 23h
Went to find the Aurora last night. Found light pollution from Shrewsbury & woke up a cow 😬
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 17h
Plumes singing to the world's largest rodents, the capybaras, is just what I needed for my first birthday gift today.🥹 The videos of him singing to animals are amazing. I'm grateful that there are people like him in this world.
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📸 A Novel Idea Bookstore
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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MondayMorning
Image of Batman, he is slumped but setting up against a yellow wall, his legs on the ground and spread while little Asterix around his head indicate he is disoriented.”
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Andrew Fusek Peters @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Clun Castle last night - incredible colours! @omsystem.bsky.social @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Charme, grace, nuance, kyndenesse, erudition, glamour, wit, learninge, expertyse, inclusivitye, camaraderie, creativitye, gratitude, humilitye -- all the sweetenesses of fellowship that kan not be boughte. These frustrate knaves who wisshe to be loved simplye by cause thei have moneye or power.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It ys the seasoun of decoratif gourdes, ye drastye knaves
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Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 18h
Here are the Northern Lights above Hopton Castle, near Craven Arms, last night. I arrived at about 8pm, just in time for the start of the show. Grateful to the driver whose car lights illuminated the medieval walls for me! #Shropshire
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Severed Ed @dwightwedding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monday
Emily off Emily's Wonder Lab flicking the V
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h
this fall, consider dressing like the man in gary bunt's paintings
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 22h
Haven't yet found a card showing Mrs. P.'s bung.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, working at a desk. A brain next to her says, "We need to take breaks!"
The second panel zooms in on Sarah's face. She is annoyed. She says, "What if I don't listen to you?"
The third panel shows the brain smiling.
The fourth panel shows the brain reaching towards a lever. The brain says, "I'LL MAKE YOU."
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I DONE IT SHIRLEY.
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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Man and his dog
A small drawing of an older gentleman in a pink shirt having his morning coffee next to his brown dog who is joining him on the table with his drinking bowl next to the man’s coffee cup
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Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre @sh-discoverycentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Who or What am I? Answer: Magpie The young begin learning to fly when they are about a month old, but many remain with their parents for at least a year before setting off in search of a mate. To combat the bad luck one magpie was thought to bring, people used to raise their hat.
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Have you chosen a cool name for our super swish spy car?” “Sure have boss, may I present the
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 23h
Boris Johnson endorsed Trump's re-election specifically on the basis that he wouldn't "ditch the Ukrainians". Now he wants praise for saying Trump has ditched the Ukrainians. Ukraine deserves much smarter friends than Johnson.
Guardian 19 January 2024:  This article is more than 2 years old
Boris Johnson says Trump back in White House is ‘what the world needs’

Ex-PM backs disgraced former US president ahead of election, saying he ‘won’t ditch the Ukrainians’Boris Johnson 11 October 2026: It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel. 

If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
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MOD LANG SHOP LUDLOW / Paul Bradshaw @modlangshop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
we love you get up lewiswyndavies.substack.com/p/poem
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we love you get up
Sharing some favourite content from NYC
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
It’s Columbus Day … but should it be? Ten Hard Truths About Columbus thehumanityarchive.substack.com/p/columbus-v...
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Columbus vs. Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10 Hard Truths
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
Parents fear YouTubers are bringing ‘brain rot’ to Netflix. But are kids wising up to ‘slop’? As streamers poach viral creators to appeal to children, digital whack-a-mole has become a new kind of family challenge www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Parents fear YouTubers are bringing ‘brain rot’ to Netflix. But are kids wising up to ‘slop’?
As streamers poach viral creators to appeal to children, digital whack-a-mole has become a new kind of family challenge
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
Prince Harry has held up a mirror to loathsome journalistic behaviour In a 10-week courtroom battle, the Duke of Sussex and others have exposed the relentless intrusion and ethical blindspots of some tabloids alanrusbridger.substack.com/p/prince-har...
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Prince Harry has held up a mirror to loathsome journalistic behaviour
In a 10-week courtroom battle, the Duke of Sussex and others have exposed the relentless intrusion and ethical blindspots of some tabloids.
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
“Rock ’n’ roll is an old person’s game now – there’s still loads of people 10 years older than me who are doing it. I imagine they’ve got personal trainers and better health regimes than I do” The inimitable Robyn Hitchcock on the enigma of songwriting www.guitarworld.com/artists/guit...
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“Rock ’n’ roll is an old person’s game now – there’s still loads of people 10 years older than me who are doing it. I imagine they’ve got personal trainers and better health regimes than I do”: The in...
The psych-folk pioneer tells us about the “sprawling mess” of his songwriting, the hell of forgotten tunings, and the Telecaster that almost broke his back
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
Charity regulation being ‘weaponised’ through ‘vexatious’ complaints, event hears www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/charity...
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Charity regulation being ‘weaponised’ through ‘vexatious’ complaints, event hears
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
If only we didn’t need Black History Month – but we do thenewworld.substack.com/p/if-only-we...
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If only we didn’t need Black History Month – but we do
There have been Black people in Britain since the Roman period and yet people still struggle to understand what that really means
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sewing & Sanctuary youtu.be/ebHcEgnVloY?...
youtu.be
Hope is Community
YouTube video by Oxfam GB
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3h
The Rock’n’Roll Doctor is IN
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
One of the great album titles of all time, along with …
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘I can breathe again’. Readers share their experiences of a more balanced media diet We often talk about the impact journalism has on democracy, public debate and what we understand about the world. But what about its impact on how we feel? www.positive.news/society/medi...
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‘I can breathe again’. Readers share their experiences of a more balanced media diet - Positive News
We often talk about the impact journalism has on democracy and how we understand the world. But what about its impact on how we feel?
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warnings www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms
Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warnings
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Zelenskyy approval rating: 54% Trump approval rating: 32%
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
here you can go a long way for threepence
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hows things? Nothing very interesting happening here except for the thing I always like. Hoping for some tonight as well.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
IT IS LIKE A NUDIST COLONY & BOOZERS & SMOKERS PARADISE.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Make-up covered the cuts for the wedding day but everyone was shook up.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I should take advantage of the opportunity here to say that I have a book. It’s sold considerably more than 106 copies but I would definitely like to sell some more and if you hate everything Braverman stands for, you’ll enjoy it. geni.us/BreakingMicW...
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Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Out now!
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Detail from Ian Winwood’s excellent deconstruction of Braverman’s dire book www.thenewworld.co.uk/ian-winwood-...
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Suella Braverman’s book has sold only 106 copies. This is why
Patriot is a tapestry of bilious grievance from a politician whose star is very much declining
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Suella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.
Crack 'em while you can, though, because Suella's star might just be on the skids. Despite plugging her book on Question Time, on Tim Shipman's Spectator podcast, in serialised excerpts in the Daily Mail, and in a fawning interview with Allison Pearson in the Telegraph, in its opening weekend, Patriot sold precisely 106 copies.

— from Ian Winwood’s New World piece.
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Rhys @rdpphoto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shrewsbury Weir #Landscape #RiverSevern #Shropshire #Nature #Photography #Shrewsbury #LandscapePhotography
Long exposure photo of a weir
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Andy AVAV Systems @avavsystems.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Posies been Nice piece of ephemera** to hang in the Studio Ad for Philips CD 100, Gramophone Magazine, April 1983 Will look lovely framed, hanging above the machine ** that my word for it. The wife’s is “more bloody shit”
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Museum of Portable Sound @museumofsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Find out who we are, what we do + how to visit our museum in 2 minutes flat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieUQ... (You can also visit us online! Book visits NOW at museumofportablesound.com/visit) #museum #soundmuseum #listening #soundstudies
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What Is the Museum of Portable Sound?
YouTube video by Museum of Portable Sound
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've been told the "freelance pie advisor" is a famous chef who wrote a book about pies. I did not know. I also learned that he models for a friend's clothing store, Anglo Italian in London.
Calum Franklin wearing a navy double-breasted overcoat with a gray single-breasted suit, a light blue shirt, and a navy spotted tie. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.Calum Franklin wearing a navy track pullover, gray hoodie, and blue washed jeans. He's with a dog. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.Calum Franklin wearing an olive waxed field coat, with charcoal flannel trousers and a brown sport coat. He's holding a bag. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.Calum Franklin wearing a gray suit, stripe blue shirt, and striped blue tie. He's holding a gray cat. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.
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