Talis Kimberley🇪🇺
@taliskimberley.bsky.social
Songwriter, Performer, Wordsmith. Pen4hire: Doggerel, Limericks. She/her. Folklore/yarncraft/pagan Organ donor, European. No AI.
www.talis.net
Booking 2026 gigs: (Hey, bookshops & yarnshops!)
Re-enchantment is resistance.
We are all made of stories.
www.talis.net
Booking 2026 gigs: (Hey, bookshops & yarnshops!)
Re-enchantment is resistance.
We are all made of stories.
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Hello friends. I mostly share here things intended to bring solace & a little joy.
I’ll also talk about my work (contemporary story-songs & geek-folk, interfaith, history, folklore & nonsense).
I encourage you to seek out beauty, dwell in wonder, practice kindness & be thankful (& use alt-text!)
I’ll also talk about my work (contemporary story-songs & geek-folk, interfaith, history, folklore & nonsense).
I encourage you to seek out beauty, dwell in wonder, practice kindness & be thankful (& use alt-text!)
So Labour criticise @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the Greens for offering ‘simple solutions’
Step 1 for a compassionate new Govt for the 99% not the 1%:
STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE
2: Low-hanging fruit that would improve lives & establish direction
3: Complex integrated solutions (see Green policies)
Step 1 for a compassionate new Govt for the 99% not the 1%:
STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE
2: Low-hanging fruit that would improve lives & establish direction
3: Complex integrated solutions (see Green policies)
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
So Labour criticise @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the Greens for offering ‘simple solutions’
Step 1 for a compassionate new Govt for the 99% not the 1%:
STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE
2: Low-hanging fruit that would improve lives & establish direction
3: Complex integrated solutions (see Green policies)
Step 1 for a compassionate new Govt for the 99% not the 1%:
STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE
2: Low-hanging fruit that would improve lives & establish direction
3: Complex integrated solutions (see Green policies)
Wealth & power for the few, at the expense of the wellbeing & lives of others: that’s the rule:
And it’s wrong. Inhumane. Counter-productive, selfish, shallow-hearted, cruel, & disastrous.
We have to break this system.
In England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is leading the party of change🍃
And it’s wrong. Inhumane. Counter-productive, selfish, shallow-hearted, cruel, & disastrous.
We have to break this system.
In England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is leading the party of change🍃
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Wealth & power for the few, at the expense of the wellbeing & lives of others: that’s the rule:
And it’s wrong. Inhumane. Counter-productive, selfish, shallow-hearted, cruel, & disastrous.
We have to break this system.
In England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is leading the party of change🍃
And it’s wrong. Inhumane. Counter-productive, selfish, shallow-hearted, cruel, & disastrous.
We have to break this system.
In England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social is leading the party of change🍃
May I never grow too old to be interested in bits of stone & old china that I’ve found in the garden & elsewhere.
#PocketMuseum
#Geology #BlueAndWhiteChina #GardenTreasures
#PocketMuseum
#Geology #BlueAndWhiteChina #GardenTreasures
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
May I never grow too old to be interested in bits of stone & old china that I’ve found in the garden & elsewhere.
#PocketMuseum
#Geology #BlueAndWhiteChina #GardenTreasures
#PocketMuseum
#Geology #BlueAndWhiteChina #GardenTreasures
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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If you haven’t already:
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
If you haven’t already:
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Go on then, the Game of Wool on catch-up. His bad can it be?
1. I spotted Janie Crow’s ‘Mystic lanterns’ blanket in the opening credits. I hope she gets a namecheck & credit.
🧶
1. I spotted Janie Crow’s ‘Mystic lanterns’ blanket in the opening credits. I hope she gets a namecheck & credit.
🧶
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Go on then, the Game of Wool on catch-up. His bad can it be?
1. I spotted Janie Crow’s ‘Mystic lanterns’ blanket in the opening credits. I hope she gets a namecheck & credit.
🧶
1. I spotted Janie Crow’s ‘Mystic lanterns’ blanket in the opening credits. I hope she gets a namecheck & credit.
🧶
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18 - 24 year olds. ** Take Action! **
Reform want to scrap the minimum wage for young people. For your sake and the country's PLEAD WITH your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts not to vote Reform, do not vote for a party that will make you poorer!
#VoteGreen #JointheGreens
Reform want to scrap the minimum wage for young people. For your sake and the country's PLEAD WITH your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts not to vote Reform, do not vote for a party that will make you poorer!
#VoteGreen #JointheGreens
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
18 - 24 year olds. ** Take Action! **
Reform want to scrap the minimum wage for young people. For your sake and the country's PLEAD WITH your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts not to vote Reform, do not vote for a party that will make you poorer!
#VoteGreen #JointheGreens
Reform want to scrap the minimum wage for young people. For your sake and the country's PLEAD WITH your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts not to vote Reform, do not vote for a party that will make you poorer!
#VoteGreen #JointheGreens
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Someday, I'd like an MP to stand up in parliament and ask why the *opinions* of a small subset of cisgender people matter more to this government than the safety, health, and dignity of every transgender person in the country.
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Someday, I'd like an MP to stand up in parliament and ask why the *opinions* of a small subset of cisgender people matter more to this government than the safety, health, and dignity of every transgender person in the country.
Desperately moving & informative words from asylum seekers currently housed in hotels.
Please do read.
(The first comment links to another version of this letter, I’m sorry there’s no alt text.)
#WelcomeRefugees
Please do read.
(The first comment links to another version of this letter, I’m sorry there’s no alt text.)
#WelcomeRefugees
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Desperately moving & informative words from asylum seekers currently housed in hotels.
Please do read.
(The first comment links to another version of this letter, I’m sorry there’s no alt text.)
#WelcomeRefugees
Please do read.
(The first comment links to another version of this letter, I’m sorry there’s no alt text.)
#WelcomeRefugees
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"I’m pleased Keir Starmer is going to COP — but Rosebank’s emissions are equivalent to 28 of the lowest-income countries combined, and this government still won’t rule it out.”
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"I’m pleased Keir Starmer is going to COP — but Rosebank’s emissions are equivalent to 28 of the lowest-income countries combined, and this government still won’t rule it out.”
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
Reposted by Talis Kimberley🇪🇺
🎉 I’ll be appearing live on #TheLastLeg tomorrow night. 10pm on Channel 4.
🎤 Reply below or text The Last Leg on 07956 175 908 with any questions you’d like me to answer on the show!
🎤 Reply below or text The Last Leg on 07956 175 908 with any questions you’d like me to answer on the show!
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🎉 I’ll be appearing live on #TheLastLeg tomorrow night. 10pm on Channel 4.
🎤 Reply below or text The Last Leg on 07956 175 908 with any questions you’d like me to answer on the show!
🎤 Reply below or text The Last Leg on 07956 175 908 with any questions you’d like me to answer on the show!
Reposted by Talis Kimberley🇪🇺
In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
The whole thread’s a beaut😊
Joyfulness & laughter, warm human curiosity about our fellow beings, *connecting* & adding goodness to each others’ days & surroundings SHOULD BE the stuff of politics.
It’s on us all to seek, support, & be those things. For me, that’s the Green Party & Zack Polanski🍃
Joyfulness & laughter, warm human curiosity about our fellow beings, *connecting* & adding goodness to each others’ days & surroundings SHOULD BE the stuff of politics.
It’s on us all to seek, support, & be those things. For me, that’s the Green Party & Zack Polanski🍃
8. The same goes for system-justifying establishment stiffs across the world. Starmer, Reeves and McSweeney come to mind, here in the UK. They are the ghost of politics past. We need a vibrant politics future.
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The whole thread’s a beaut😊
Joyfulness & laughter, warm human curiosity about our fellow beings, *connecting* & adding goodness to each others’ days & surroundings SHOULD BE the stuff of politics.
It’s on us all to seek, support, & be those things. For me, that’s the Green Party & Zack Polanski🍃
Joyfulness & laughter, warm human curiosity about our fellow beings, *connecting* & adding goodness to each others’ days & surroundings SHOULD BE the stuff of politics.
It’s on us all to seek, support, & be those things. For me, that’s the Green Party & Zack Polanski🍃
The environment isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s where we all live. We need to elect people who understand that the house *is* on fire.
Starmer disappoints again.
Join the Greens, elect more people like Carla, & #BackZack for environmental, social, racial & economic justice.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Starmer disappoints again.
Join the Greens, elect more people like Carla, & #BackZack for environmental, social, racial & economic justice.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The environment isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s where we all live. We need to elect people who understand that the house *is* on fire.
Starmer disappoints again.
Join the Greens, elect more people like Carla, & #BackZack for environmental, social, racial & economic justice.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Starmer disappoints again.
Join the Greens, elect more people like Carla, & #BackZack for environmental, social, racial & economic justice.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Can some of you please watch ‘V for Vendetta’ for me tonight please, to be seasonal and topical?
I would, but I don’t think I have the heart-resilience for it just at the moment 🫤
I’m going for ‘reassure the cats & watch something fluffy’.
I would, but I don’t think I have the heart-resilience for it just at the moment 🫤
I’m going for ‘reassure the cats & watch something fluffy’.
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Can some of you please watch ‘V for Vendetta’ for me tonight please, to be seasonal and topical?
I would, but I don’t think I have the heart-resilience for it just at the moment 🫤
I’m going for ‘reassure the cats & watch something fluffy’.
I would, but I don’t think I have the heart-resilience for it just at the moment 🫤
I’m going for ‘reassure the cats & watch something fluffy’.
Can’t do justice to the strange light here. Tried anyway.
I’m sitting on cushions on the floor, cuddling a post-surgery cat. She’s purring, & thankfully, she’s leaving her stitches alone.
There are good things in the world, & one of them is hope.
I’m sitting on cushions on the floor, cuddling a post-surgery cat. She’s purring, & thankfully, she’s leaving her stitches alone.
There are good things in the world, & one of them is hope.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Can’t do justice to the strange light here. Tried anyway.
I’m sitting on cushions on the floor, cuddling a post-surgery cat. She’s purring, & thankfully, she’s leaving her stitches alone.
There are good things in the world, & one of them is hope.
I’m sitting on cushions on the floor, cuddling a post-surgery cat. She’s purring, & thankfully, she’s leaving her stitches alone.
There are good things in the world, & one of them is hope.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
Reposted by Talis Kimberley🇪🇺
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
Sunday afternoon, I’m crafting with Marple again.
I’ve reduced my fix-up & mend pile LOTS recently & finished some yarn projects, so I’m havering between the big job of assembling a #crochet granny square jumper & the lure of something new.
Anyone want a little knitted, unassembled Dino? #knit
I’ve reduced my fix-up & mend pile LOTS recently & finished some yarn projects, so I’m havering between the big job of assembling a #crochet granny square jumper & the lure of something new.
Anyone want a little knitted, unassembled Dino? #knit
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Made the most of the afternoon sun with a bit of garden work. Didn’t need a coat or even a cardy. Stood to gather my tools & was rewarded with this bit of visual treasure!🍁
#AutumnColours #HazelLeaves
#AutumnColours #HazelLeaves
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Made the most of the afternoon sun with a bit of garden work. Didn’t need a coat or even a cardy. Stood to gather my tools & was rewarded with this bit of visual treasure!🍁
#AutumnColours #HazelLeaves
#AutumnColours #HazelLeaves
What my songs did this week:
‘Uffington Hill’ was sung at an SCA event
‘There is Only Love’ was sung at OVFF, the big Ohio filk con
‘It Has Already Started’ was sung at a church shanty supper in Canada
Another US friend wants to use ‘Sunflowers’ in a protest project.
#songwriter #folk #ripples
‘Uffington Hill’ was sung at an SCA event
‘There is Only Love’ was sung at OVFF, the big Ohio filk con
‘It Has Already Started’ was sung at a church shanty supper in Canada
Another US friend wants to use ‘Sunflowers’ in a protest project.
#songwriter #folk #ripples
November 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What my songs did this week:
‘Uffington Hill’ was sung at an SCA event
‘There is Only Love’ was sung at OVFF, the big Ohio filk con
‘It Has Already Started’ was sung at a church shanty supper in Canada
Another US friend wants to use ‘Sunflowers’ in a protest project.
#songwriter #folk #ripples
‘Uffington Hill’ was sung at an SCA event
‘There is Only Love’ was sung at OVFF, the big Ohio filk con
‘It Has Already Started’ was sung at a church shanty supper in Canada
Another US friend wants to use ‘Sunflowers’ in a protest project.
#songwriter #folk #ripples
Settle in for a bit of a read, or bookmark it for later.
This is a wonderful true tale of quiet heroism. Recommended!
This is a wonderful true tale of quiet heroism. Recommended!
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Settle in for a bit of a read, or bookmark it for later.
This is a wonderful true tale of quiet heroism. Recommended!
This is a wonderful true tale of quiet heroism. Recommended!