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Tim Dixon

@timthefruit.bsky.social
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Apparently a " lefty,green, jobsworth cretin"! Badge of honour? Living in Scotland rather than England , thankfully.

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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 16h
When is it not that time of year? 🤔
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 21h
Ah, The Butchers Arms
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 22h
Reform have conducted an independent inquiry and announced they won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection.
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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 23h
I live in the same area as Laurie Lee. This captures autumn in these valleys so well.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 22h
Used to work in Sheepscombe for a while and you are absolutely right. "Slow drops the last wasp from the pear" what a line!
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 23h
The party of business and sound financial management? Give me a break Badenoch pamphlet seems to have made this ridiculous claim about net zero delivery by copying am erroneous spreadsheet from one of the right-wing junktanks www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 08/10/2026
Town (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 46.2% (+18.0) ➡️ RFM: 26.7% (-0.4) 🌍 GRN: 12.3% (-9.2) 🌳 CON: 11.8% (-4.3) 🔶 LDM: 2.9% (-4.0) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2026.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years and only start to reproduce at the age of 150 with $45 per heart bounty The plan has been dropped but there is momentum growing to kill the sharks Absolute evil - spread the word nypost.com/2026/10/07/w...
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Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years with $45 per heart bounty
Greenland sharks becomes sexually mature at the old age of 150 and are believed to gestate thier young for over a decade — meaning populations can take an extremely long time to recover.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thoughts and prayers Terry,thoughts and prayers
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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
wonderful young man with brilliant views
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There we have it. Reform officially ditches its pledge - or rather, its 2024 "contract" with voters - to back proportional representation. A clear breach of contract... Via Politico:
In other Reform news: Second-in-command Richard Tice finally admitted that now the voting system Farage has long railed against could help him win a general election, the party no longer wants to scrap it. Farage used to want first-past-the-post replaced with a form of proportional representation.

Here’s the line: “In order to rescue the country from the gravity of the chaos that we face, actually a proper majority is needed from a right of center, conviction-led Reform government,” Tice told Times Radio this morning. Asked whether that meant Reform no longer wants electoral reform, he said: “Yes, because the crisis is so great.”
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You couldn't make it up!
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Alister Clunas @alcatorda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good that disturbance of sea mammals, in this case dolphins is being taken seriously. 🐬
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bashed or not it's still very lovely.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ringo Starr, encountering an earlier version of Jeffrey Archer in the 1960s, described him as “the kind of bloke who would bottle your piss and sell it”. www.ft.com/content/5235...
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Jeffrey Archer, author and politician, 1940-2026
Best-selling novelist and Tory MP was defined both by his great successes and his headline-grabbing scandals
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨 Overfishing concerns have reached such intense levels that 58 of the world’s largest seafood businesses have just issued warnings to the UK Govt & the fishing industry to act sustainably. It's time to #EndOverfishing 🐟 insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
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Retailers Warn Europe’s Fishing Industry to Stop Overfishing - Inside Climate News
European supermarkets say the industry needs a long-term sustainable solution to keep mackerel and herring stocks healthy.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Persoally I wouldn't want to risk it.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I strongly disagree with Ben Goldsmith's political views, but he's very knowledgeable on British fauna! Here he gives some reasons as to why all these sheep are the wrong animals for our isles: spectator.com/article/jame...
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James Rebanks and the trouble with sheep farming
Millions of sheep limping across our barren hillsides are not an inevitable feature of rural Britain. So why do we tolerate it?
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bloody kids of today. They aren't satisfied with manglewurzels or turnips for their Haggedy-Raggedy lanterns. Oh no, they want something non-traditional, something a bit different. Something a bit too bloody orange if you ask me. The spirits won't like it. – Sam Buckle, 1982 #VOH
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They managed to effectively kill off a lot of Scottsh folk as well back in the day.
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Green Yes @greenyesscotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Unionists are deeply uncomfortable with Scots having any power over anything. Devolution is vulnerable to attack from Westminster whenever it suits them. Independence is the only way to protect our ability to make our own decisions.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just when you thought Reform UK Ltd had reached peak hypocrisy... 🤮 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Priceless. Ian Hislop always a star.
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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏
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martindvz.bsky.social @martindvz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This British Labour government is arresting peaceful British OAP’s as ‘terrorists ‘.
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Poor future offered by Tories www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I think that should be "no future" Mark
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/10/2026
From Reykjavík to The Hague, European governments are starting to prepare for a literal sea change that would end life as we know it on the continent.
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my favourite pubs ever. Spent many a happy night there back in the day. 🍺🍺🍺
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Dr. Janice @drrussell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bug facts
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🖼️ Tunnicliffe
Pine marten, conkers, autumn leaves, illustration.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good job it's a Control Zone.
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
wtf has it done to the photo caption, can't quite read it but it makes no sense. Mind you nether did you in those days.😀
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@naturescot.bsky.social exactly the same!
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ooh, I do like a well turned ankle!
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shaggy inkcap. There are four other mushrooms in this family: Velma inkcap, Fred inkcap, Daphne inkcap and Scooby inkcap.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight” (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL GrantWatson
A barn owl is perched on a wall in front of a small Village at sunset  
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A project aiming to re-establish Corncrake in Yorkshire has completed its second season of releases:
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Yorkshire reserve completes second year of Corncrake releases
Some 148 Corncrakes have been released at the Lower Derwent Valley NNR this summer.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Earlier this summer mosquitoes capable of transmitting Zika virus and dengue were found breeding in homes in east London" Oh joy! Another perk of global heating www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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Ailsa McLellan @ailsamcl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Foreign owned #salmon companies spend vast amounts of money on PR promoting their polluting basket case of an industry. Im proud to be a small part of this effort to cut through the bullshit and show the reality of factory farming salmon in Scotland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1i3...
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Gaslit: The hidden truth about salmon farming in the UK
YouTube video by Project Slingshot
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 02/10/2026
“… And then the creatures yanked him out of the ground, skinned him alive, boiled him, and ate him. The end. Now go to sleep!”
“… And then the creatures yanked him out of the ground, skinned him alive, boiled him, and ate him. The end. Now go to sleep!”
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A brilliant bunch of folk looking after my old stampig ground.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lichen, algae, funghi ‘Plants and how they Live’ (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt
An illustration from the book showing different sorts of funghi growing at the base of a large tree in autumn 
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Streets of Closed-down pubs: The unlit suplands
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

©Gary Larson/The Far Side
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Tim Dixon @timthefruit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a great thread. Well worth a read.
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