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Purple Mouse
@purplemouse.bsky.social
Wurzel • Canuck • Norfolker
Biomedical Science Support Worker.
Very mature student, hoping to become a Biomedical Scientist.
I cycle for transport with a helmet camera.
I don’t eat animals.
Buses cancelled and hazardous pavements. Cycle lanes not gritted. Don’t tell me that we don’t live in a car-centric society. I’ll be more than an hour late for work. This is embarrassing @norfolkcc.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
I guess not many people had "Stop being a cunty driver" down as a New Years resolultion judging by my commute for the first few days of 2026.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I’m in a quiet cul-de-sac. I’m having my breakfast and having to listen to neighbours run their engines for what feels like an eternity before they leave. I’ll be leaving for work on my bike in an hour and won’t disturb a soul.
Bikes are far nicer for society.
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
So much ice on the paths through the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social this morning, but not a grain of salt or sand in sight. Not very impressed.
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Rob Manuel's Anon Opin Live - where opinions meet chaos. Leicester: 12–13 Feb 2026. Join in and argue your case live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
December 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Is there any fate worse than getting stuck next to the table of drunk people on a relatively long train journey?
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My boiler has broken. Any recommendations for someone in the Norwich area to fix it?
December 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Paying a bit more in return for knowing that Bezos is getting none of my money is worth every fucking penny
December 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In a great pub but a dog is licking snacks off the bar. Gross.
December 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Exactly. My partner’s mum is in hospital and it’s too far to cycle. No public transport means he won’t be able to visit her on Christmas Day. The UK is too car-centric.
It is a day for spending with friends and family, so we make it impossible to get to them without a car.
As the UK completely shuts down it's public transport for Christmas, remember that other countries are sane. In #Melbourne, for example, not only is public transport running, but its free to use on Christmas Day transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-res...
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This is what we're up against... A driver of SH15ATN doing his online shopping for saws whilst driving his 1.6 tonne vehicle on busy roads. All in a country (Scotland) that has no online reporting system and little to no road policing. #DNRPoliceScotland
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”

* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
People often assume that because I’m vegan I must love cats and dogs. I don’t. I tolerate them on an individual level, but I dislike them in my space. I am happy for people who love them, but I wish they’d not expect me to as well.

My dtr brought her cat, Super Hans, to live with us. I am coping. 😬
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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My son Rory died suddenly in August. He was a wonderful boy: outward looking, funny & kind. He used to help homeless people so a local charity have set up “Rory’s gift” in his name. He would have been 19 today, if you’d like to make an internet stranger happy please consider donating, however small.
Rory's Gift
Rory was an incredibly kind and thoughtful young man. He would very often stop to give food to local people who were experiencing homelessness. In memory of his life, we have set up 'Rory's Gift', an...
www.justgiving.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
When Deliveroo drivers mistake themselves for a paramedic. "I have to park somewhere!" Parked diagonally in a cycle lane, no hazards, and utterly oblivious.
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Have you seen this @vannabartlett.bsky.social and @jeremybartlett.bsky.social ? Not sure where cyclists are expected to go now, but I refuse to dismount.
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
These people took issue with me cycling through the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social on a shared path. When I pointed out that they are asked to keep their dog on a lead I was told to "Go away".
I'm trying to get to work, and I'm so tired of having dogs running across my path endangering both of us.
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m on annual leave today, hoping to get my home a little tidier before Christmas.

Do I have to wait until after midday for a drop of Grand Marnier?
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Vital lesson in British politics - never support cancellation of an actual transport project in the hope of a hypothetical one instead, you'll jist get nothing.

Leeds/West Yorkshire is twice the population of Glasgow and 3 times the pop. of Sheffield, just to emphasise how bad this is.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We need more of this everywhere! Well done Vancouver people!
I'm loving every moment of this, especially the shit eating grins of the folks being interviewed. Guaranteed they were in on this. Good on them! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4m...
Unsanctioned roadway barriers installed in the dark of night on Gabriola Island
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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The greatest thing to happen in 2025 has been the return of Worcester Sauce flavoured crisps
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The world is full of drivers who pass you so they can wait at the traffic light directly in front of you instead of directly behind you.
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM