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Mark Purvis

@markpurvis.bsky.social
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River restorer, fly fishing guide, clean water champion, loves mountains, rides bikes

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Mike Blackmore @blacky-himself.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
##ChalkStream #RiverRestoration restoring a hiddeous old "fish stew" back to a thriving chalk stream. River Test, Hampshire
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
I must say that not flying for ten years was not as transformative as selling the car and getting the e-MTB. 1600 kilometres with it, often in remote places. The first issue was a blown inner tube just now. No other mechanical issues. This is life-changing. A car cannot do this. #eMTB #Sufficiency
My e-MTB on a forest road with full packing gear.My e-MTB in the forest.
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
They would shake up the board to ensure they keep on doing the same things. Spending customers' 💰 on interest payments and carry on polluting.
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Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Road block 🐄
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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#Trout in the shadow of trees - from Charles Tunncliffe #sketchbook at Oriel Môn #YnysMôn #Anglesey #Wales #Cymru #FishFriday #WelshArt #naturalhistory #envhist #ichtyology #watercolour #stream #river #fish #fishing
Water colour study of two trout against stream bed in the shadow of trees with notes on colouration.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Animaris Rex is an 18-metre-long walking 'beach animal' propelled by the wind, created by Theo Jansen as a fusion of art and engineering. Original post
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Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 @earhart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
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Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming
A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This stuff really does amount to an intellectual and moral collapse. It’s a rejection of the absolute basics of scientific understanding, risk management principles, economic and technological transitions, and even conservative values, all masquerading as pragmatic realism.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Enjoy some photos of agrivoltaics.
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On a Colorado farm, solar panels bring shade for plants, power – and cash: in pictures
More than 3,000 solar panels power Jack’s Solar Garden, cool the land and help it turn a profitThe Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation. The Guardian’s co...
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It is just disgusting ... pigs at the trough! I suppose it was ever thus in the organised crime sector.
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 15/07/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
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Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Best three weeks of the year and this blog is the unmissable guide #bicycling
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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Lithuania just launched the world’s first commercial tanker (42 m) to replace diesel with 100% electricity from batteries and H2 fuel cells, where the H2 is produced on the dock from WindWaterSolar Ship can run 10h and is collecting sewage+sludge from other ships www.autonocion.com/us/lithuania...
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Lithuania just launched the world's first commercial tanker with zero diesel on board, a 42-meter ship running on green hydrogen made right on the dock, and its job is collecting the sewage and sludge...
Lithuania just christened Rasa, the world's first commercial tanker running entirely on green hydrogen and batteries — here's how the propulsion actually works.
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nationalisation would / should cost nothing. The equity is effectively worthless and the debt (ie current debt holders) simply remains as a liability attached to the assets. Obvious precedent are the various banking crisis nationalisations.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.
We must not allow the tragic murder of a
young woman turn into attacks on men
and attacks on the police
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Lightsource expects to deliver a biodiversity net gain of nearly 64% for habitats and 72% for hedgerows across the site." Once again, solar farms can be far better for the environment than monoculture grass fields www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-planni....
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Lightsource bp planning approved at 57MW solar-plus-storage site
Located in Wrexham, North East Wales, the company selected the site due to its proximity to a point of connection with the grid at the Legacy Substation.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/06/2026
Using generative AI for imagery is **directly harmful** to artists, graphic designers, photographers etc. This isn't a vague moral argument: this is just normal, standard theft, except at a completely new scale and social acceptability. We need to reverse that. www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-g...
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Ewan McGaughey @ewanmg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🚴‍♂️Cycling benefits the economy, driving harms it, mainly due to saving health costs. 🌳Also positive benefits to “security, comfort, branding/tourism, transport times”. ☠️In the UK air pollution kills 40,000 people a year, costing the NHS £6bn a year: Royal College of Physicians (2016)
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WindrushWASP @windrushwasp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If you want to do something tangible to make the government listen to you about the Dirty Business privatised water scandal, please sign and share. Over 50K have already and we need about 50K more to for a debate, but we want a million. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The system is broken. Public ownership is the only solution. That’s why I’m backing the Sewage Campaign Network’s petition for a referendum on water ownership. If you agree we should all have a say on bringing water into public hands, add your name here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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Plasticfree NW Leeds- Climate Kirsty 🐟🐝🇪🇺 @plasticfreenwleeds.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Please please sign and share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public should decide who owns and controls it.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 08/04/2026
Feargal Sharkey is absolutely bang on the money. 💩Gov't thinks that if it quotes nonsense figures on costs the water scandal will go away. 🙉It's ignoring public opinion. 📣Time to shout louder. Sign the parliament petition. We want a referendum on public ownership of water. 👇Link in comments
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‘Government needs to recognise failure of water privatisation’ – Feargal Sharkey
We spoke to the singer and prominent environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey, and began by asking him to tell us more about the campaign to nationalise water companies
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Perfect succinct reporting
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Fergi Jo Lisa 🏳️‍🌈 👻💀🎃 @lolafaglana.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The events of the last few hours, written down in one place, by the great chronicler of the US @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Morse Code "coin". Not particularly useful for learning but the "receive side" is interesting. See if you can figure it out.
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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Didn’t want to get affected like this giving evidence. Caught me by surprise. We all lost so much. We have to act on the inquiry’s recommendations. We have to be better now, so that we can be better next time.
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Andrew Prosser @andrewprosser.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Fish killed off in yet another stream in Oxfordshire.
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Most offending sewage site is in Oxfordshire, report reveals
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Government needs to realise more regulation won’t fix our broken water system. We need to kick financial predators out & take it back into public control. But don’t just take it from me. Listen to a sewage campaigner who inspired Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Business’. @windrushwasp.bsky.social
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Lyme Disease UK @lymediseaseuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ticks next to a 5p coin - that’s the scale. Nymphs (poppy-seed sized) are so easy to miss! Check skin after being outdoors, especially hidden spots and remove ticks promptly. Awareness prevents Lyme. #TickAware #LymeDiseaseAwareness
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Trump's tireless efforts to destroy the series of alliances forged by generations of American leaders of both parties are as striking as his relentless pursuit of the favor of Vladimir Putin. The story behind this will be told at some point.
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Some thoughts - Shed no tears for Khamenei et al - Islamic Republic has been brutal at home and scourge regionally - Revolted at Bibi/Trump reckless and self interested adventurism - UK has little alternative re use of Fairford and Diego Garcia - defence of GCC is a thin but defensible line /1
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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Talisker bay, Isle of Skye #Scotland #Talisker #IsleofSkye www.damianshields.com
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 28/02/2026
Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal
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Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal
There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse
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Lara Williams @lararhiannon.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
After countless public campaigns, petitions, hefty fines and even a government inquiry, can three-part docudrama Dirty Business really make a difference? www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Can a TV Show Solve the UK’s Sewage Crisis?
My advice: Tune into Dirty Business, Channel 4’s new “factual drama” about the UK’s water pollution scandal — but don’t watch it while eating. There are simply too many shots of raw sewage to make a T...
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Excellent piece by @sandralaville who did so much of the early work to unocver this stinking scandal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Channel 4’s Dirty Business is a clarion call to nationalise the water industry
As the drama shows, private firms no longer able to pollute the coast of England of Wales just switched to rivers instead
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Jan is too modest. It's been 5 years since the hydrogen ladder came out. And at least 3 years since his conclusive meta-study of hydrogen studies. We were clear that hydrogen as a fuel was a terrible idea. Hydrogen promoters owe us billions in wasted money & years we can never recover.
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very excited about this factual drama which will bring to our screens two of my real life heroes Ashley Smith and Peter Hammond. It will be strange to see them portrayed by actors but the story is a great one although the villains, as with the PO scandal, have not yet been brought to justice.
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great insight here into the disastrous state of our politics today, and the role played by oligarchs and media moguls in corrupting government. One man may be the focus but the rot is set much deeper.
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I yield to nobody in my hatred of these blockchain tokens, but this isn't quite right. There is no "con", nor is it "pyramid scheme" nor are the buyers "rubes." If any of that were true, the value would have hit zero years ago. /1
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Lennart Jonasson @lennson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Flooding: it’s a ‘full waterproof’ kinda day. ICYMI when we ran them, we have two, very different articles on flooding in Oxfordshire. The first about the causes of flooding… oxfordclarion.uk/flooding-in-...
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Flooding in Oxfordshire: what can we do?
Oxfordshire has a flooding problem – and it’s getting worse. We are not talking Florida-style flooding. Oxfordshire is about as far as it’s possible to get from the sea in England – and although that...
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Mark Purvis @markpurvis.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This is such a scandal - why are water companies not subject to the law? This has to end.
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