Tim Manwaring

Walked the hounds between weather warnings. #my400

bsky.app/search?q=dis... - so much fun today!

"[Our research] found: - Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality; - Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. " theconversation.com/big-us-style...

£10 spent on benefits isn't just £10 lost, it's £10 that will then be spent on food, or rent which keeps circulating in the economy. £10 given to big businesses in a tax cut just ends up in a profit margin, or a millionaire shareholders pocket. Its likely never spent again.

Morning. (Now with added Cardoon.) #my400

This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off

I'm partial to a bit of badly painted philosophical graffiti. Some years ago, on Botchergate in Carlisle, in six feet high rollered letters, the phrase "BUY LESS, WORK LESS!" was painted along the hoardings for a redevelopment site (now an Ibis hotel, I think). I am reminded of this truism often.

I had a fess published a few years ago about how I couldn't connect with my lifelong pals cos all they wanted to do was booze and take coke. I told them how I felt, turned out they thought the same and now we climb Munro's on Sundays. Lads, talk to your pals.

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

“Whatever the future of this dale, I hope it's created by the people of this place, not imposed on them. And I have a lot of faith in them to find their own way.” Yesterday I listened to the first episode of Another Country, the new James Rebanks doc Some thoughts 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

When the chap who has come to clear the wasps' nest from your attic exclaims "wow, that's friggin' huge", you begin to wonder whether nuking it from orbit may be the only way... (We've tried to ignore this for two years, but they were finding their way into the youngest's (wasp phobic) room daily.)

Rainbows. #my400.

Morning. #my400

Picklin'.

will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.

This is concerning. Some emergency services aren't able to locate OS grid references easily (and there aren't any obviously simple free apps to tell you this quickly without data even if they could). In rural areas w3w has unfortunately become the norm. Surely someone could design an alternative?

Misty morning hop to work today.

We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that don’t open anything. Join us for a one off installment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty but completely useless”. 🔑 🧵

I missed at least one bus taking these, but the light was perfect, and it was right next to the stop. How could I not? (Emphasis on the "was", it's all been razed now, less than a month later.) Kodak gold 200 in the Rolleicord Va. #photography #filmphotography

Bit of a misty morning hound wander today. #my400

If they gave out BAFTAs for PIFs, Ken Stott would have one in the bag for his incredible performance in 1988's DRINKING AND DRIVING WRECKS LIVES: A FIREMAN'S TALE...

Yup!

This looks fabulous!

Half of England's Grade 1 agricultural land is in the Fens, and almost all of it is already at or below sea level Our biggest breadbasket, home to 400,000 people, and it could be lost within decades Surely this deserves a bit more attention?

A positive AI story. As someone who has scoured eBay for vintage sets for a child obsessed, and who is firmly of the opinion that re-use > recycle, this local business has cheered me up! BBC News - AI machine 'helps save 25 million Lego bricks from landfill' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trees, with buzzard(?). #my400

I also love seeing the Pennine Tower. It pops out between hedgerows on the lanes around Lancaster, still surprising me because, as a child, it was only ever visible from the motorway. Seeing it from a little country lane is still a thrill. I have a @gailmyerscough.co.uk print of it!

The day job. #my400

I never see posts from my #my400 friends and it's p@##ing me off....hope you're all ok, to name a few.... Please tag anyone I may have missed @amandamugford.bsky.social @onlyindevon.co.uk @lomelindi12.bsky.social

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Even if you can't afford to donate, you can send a message of thanks. Let volunteers, who spend time and effort to make the seas safer for all of us know that you appreciate what they do and stand with them against hate and persecution.

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

Some days this is more important than others: rnli.org/support-us/g...

This is not a 'masculinity crisis', it's a misogyny crisis. This is not a problem with 'masculinity'-- millions of men model positive masculinity every day. This is a problem of male violence. Stop calling it 'masculinity'. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Thread (pls read it all) FUCK IT. I'm giving away another 5 signed copies of my latest novel, Everything Will Swallow You. To enter, simply repost this & pop a reply below. You might like it if you like any of these things: Community Knitting Folklore The sea Dorset Silliness Old records CONTD...

🥾 Experienced project manager? Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is looking for someone to help create a new accessible and family-friendly trail in one of the UK's most spectacular landscapes!

We had our honeymoon at a Landmark Trust 'castle'. We photographed the eldest (10 ish at the time) with, or in, every window/portal/arrowslit , including the one which was 9 feet above the floor of the main room. Windows, castles (and the www.landmarktrust.org.uk) are fabulous.

It's getting late. (I've made jam, chutney and beer with the plums from this tree. I'm not sure how to harvest butterflies.)

Morning.

I already have this, but haven't read it yet because I was too busy with 21st Century Yokel. Tom's writing is anarchic, immensely readable and wonderfully sensitive.

Just remember this message is aimed at your children not theirs.

Thought I'd get a bit technological with my eclipse photo!

Many years ago, when I had cash, I ate in Atrium, which was a revelation. Now I have no money and want a job with Anna as a fermenter!

The difference--

Arran.

...but it's not getting better at graphic design. A human designer would have put the spiky bits of the pencil shavings on the correct side.

Weather Report: oppressive heat. A roiling of clouds, a promise or tease? In town, a smattering of fat drops. People stop: hands out, exclaiming, cheering, faces to the heavens & each other in what looks like a mass epiphany. In the fields the horses gallop & buck. Emotional Weather: expectant

As someone who brews their own (I'm cheap and I like to know what's in my beer), just knowing a little of what 'proper' brewers do is fascinating. It also reminds us that swerving the big names, and seeking out something local and different, can be an adventure when you're out and about.