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Tim Purches

@timpurches.bsky.social
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Overwhelmingly a consumer of content rather than a contributor, but the occasional post related to things progressive, environmental, botanical or bryological, or anything that appeals to my sense of humour.

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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 6h
Never cross a crow
countryfile.com
Crows can hold grudges for multiple generations - and the way they handle them is bizarre | Countryfile.com
Don't be surprised if you upset a crow for life, they have a tendency to carry a grudge as long as possible.
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’ll second that, in particular Everyday Sexism
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m sorry, that must have been deeply unpleasant
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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The Haunting of Moose Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"You will never defeat us" is a very funny thing to say after you've just bailed everyone who was involved in whatever the fuck this was
All five men arrested in RAF base plot are British nationals
The five men who were arrested and subsequently released on bail are all British citizens, home secretary Shabana Mahmood has just told the Labour party conference.

She adds that the scene is “now safe” and the residents living near to the RAF base are now able to return home.

“Let this be a reminder: you will never defeat us,” he says.
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a little beauty, thanks for sharing
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet
5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy looks at a laptop and says “boy o boy! I wonder what my comedy hero’s up to”

Panel 2: A tweet from John Cleese that reads “This is where the Arabs were ahead of us

By castrating all their slaves, they made sure that there were no descendants who could claim reparations”

Panels 3-5: Purple Guy slowly closes laptop with a mystified look of revulsion
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have pre-ordered, really looking forward to reading it
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A worrying sign of how the spread of hatred in society and the loss of tolerance is affecting young people
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
theguardian.com
The Bayeux Tapestry of Fascism: The Stephen Collins cartoon
Contemporary British political life is a rich tapestry indeed
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I just can’t get my head around what’s going on in the minds of these tech million and billionaires
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/09/2026
again, the knowledge that coverage like this now happens because of some people who call themselves feminists drives me insane - must everyone who happened to have been born a girl be seen through the lens of "but what about breastfeeding"? is that really what we're doing, again?
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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Twenty is plenty
theguardian.com
Dear culture-war motorists, look to the future. We'll all be driving at 20mph soon | Christian Wolmar
There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow, says transport writer and podcaster Christian Wolmar
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had my first dose of the vaccine recently, so this is very good to hear! www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
theguardian.com
Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication
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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You have to be a better reader than a lot of people are lately to glean from this article the extent to which Finland's housing-first policy was wildly successful until a racist right-wing government derailed it by gutting funding and services. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Finland tried to end homelessness. What can we learn from its runaway success – and recent failures?
The Housing First policy led to the number of homeless people in Finland dropping by half. Those with firsthand experience explain why it worked
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Not that I'm aware of
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’m saddened by how many writers whose works were important to me on my journey to humanism have turned out to be so, um, ‘disappointing' that I've removed their books from my shelves because I no longer want to be in any way associated with them.
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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
Bloody hell. We don't deserve this planet.
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Tom Hirons @hironstom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🤔
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026
This is absolute rookie stuff. There is just absolutely no way that a headline like this should ever make the BBC News website. It being the weekend is no excuse, either: political news *always* drops on Saturday night, for the Sunday papers.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
independent.co.uk
Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
😲
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In light of the devastating drought and heatwave we’re experiencing, what are the chances of the government implementing any of these policies? Sadly, I suspect they’re slim #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now
Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sadly you're not wrong. I'm astonished that, as the effects of climate change are hitting us so hard (and far earlier than I ever expected) we seem as a society to be burying our heads and pretending it’s not happening.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/08/2026
realise this is both off-topic and makes me sound like Germaine Greer but I'm just not convinced a society that thinks women wearing shoes like this is normal is in any way a sane society
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sophiacollins.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So the Home Office think “The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy”, when it’s violent racists. But not when it’s pensioners holding signs. Got it.
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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sorry, BBC, this is not journalism. You can‘t say “a property was stormed amid fears it hosts asylum seekers”. Why is there a fear a house hosts asylum seekers?
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 04/08/2026
"It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone," writes @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. "The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties."
theguardian.com
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 04/08/2026
The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant'
The Times full page - ‘Brilliant, provocative, inimitable’
Rod Liddle, who has died aged 66, combined a serious intellect with razor-sharp wit, writes Alex Farber
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A prime example of entitled dog owners
A pile of dog poor bags at the base of a National Trust sign asking people, amongst other things, not to leave litter
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I saw it for the first time myself yesterday, growing on the edge of a pavement in Plymouth
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m massively impressed she keeps going in this weather. I’ve long since given up and am waiting until autumn (and hopefully some rain) to restart
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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When I heard "Andy Burnham is holding cross-party talks today about..." for a moment I thought it was going to be about THE HEATWAVES AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/07/2026
oh so some cool vibes from Germany there, nice, good
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
BREAKING: the climate. "July is on course to be the driest on record in Wales for nearly 200 years." But please, let's expand oil drilling in the North Sea 🤪 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Drought declared in parts of Wales as July on course to be driest in nearly 200 years
Government agency confirms status in north Wales and Upper Severn after series of heatwaves and lack of rainfall
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It’s a perfectly decent action film, if that’s your thing, but hasn’t really got much more depth that. However, as you say, if you want to understand a bit more about the culture war that’s going on around it and how much of what is being said is nonsense, it is worth going to see.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
just heard a foundation declare its mission as reducing "polarization" as though there's some sweet spot halfway between white supremacy/radical inequality/climate denial and the opposite we should all aim for. There isn't. Been railing against it forever.
theguardian.com
Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo | Rebecca Solnit
The notion of a neutral and moderate middle is a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it’s not
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Politicians, whatever their views on trans rights, should be concerned about this. A small group of dedicated & influential campaigners, bankrolled by a billionaire, are aggressively going after the rights of a minority group, & after anyone who dares question their actions. Wildly anti-democratic
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s a great piece, thank you for writing it
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
An insightful analysis of what young people in the UK really think, and a timely (and positive) counter to the many uninformed opinions out there - well worth reading (you can sign up to read it for free)
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Tim Purches @timpurches.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
An informative threat on how lawfare is used to suppress criticism of groups hostile to trans rights
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“These record-breaking heatwaves show once again that the climate crisis isn’t a future threat. The impacts are here with us today with extreme heat having an impact on our nation’s health, economy and public services.”
ft.com
More than 2,700 deaths linked to UK heatwaves
For the first time on record temperatures of 35C or higher had been recorded in May, June and July of the same year in UK
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