Tim Manwaring
@timmanwaring.bsky.social
Social account. Mainly photos and hope. Garden Centre Receptionist of the Year 1996. Driver Trainer, Forest of Bowland.
I wish Tom would write more about Barrow-in-Furness. All is definitely not as it seems. Black Combe looms over the town, the surrounding estuaries, dunes and salt-marshes, eyed jealously by the neighbouring King of Roe Island and protected only by spirits of monks in the Vale of Deadly Nightshade.
Being from the UK and a member of the late part of Generation X means having to live with the fact that every photo from your childhood resembles a still from a cultishly acclaimed but commercially disappointing folk horror film.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE: www.tom-cox.com/some-photos-...
ESPECIALLY IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE: www.tom-cox.com/some-photos-...
Some Photos From My Family's Archive And The Cult Low Budget Horror Films They Became
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November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I wish Tom would write more about Barrow-in-Furness. All is definitely not as it seems. Black Combe looms over the town, the surrounding estuaries, dunes and salt-marshes, eyed jealously by the neighbouring King of Roe Island and protected only by spirits of monks in the Vale of Deadly Nightshade.
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Just a heads up that we still have some remaining copies of Flow available if you haven't got hold of one yet.
60 pages of beautiful and original art and photography with all proceeds from sales going directly to supporting the visual arts on Dartmoor.
dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
60 pages of beautiful and original art and photography with all proceeds from sales going directly to supporting the visual arts on Dartmoor.
dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just a heads up that we still have some remaining copies of Flow available if you haven't got hold of one yet.
60 pages of beautiful and original art and photography with all proceeds from sales going directly to supporting the visual arts on Dartmoor.
dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
60 pages of beautiful and original art and photography with all proceeds from sales going directly to supporting the visual arts on Dartmoor.
dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
-These hobbits are cowards.
-Have you looked at our social media recently? The posts on our socials, have you looked at them?
-What? No, a bit?
-They've got Nazis on them.
-Mm?
-Have you noticed that our socials actually have Nazis on them?
-I haven't...
-er Elon - Are we the orcs?
-Have you looked at our social media recently? The posts on our socials, have you looked at them?
-What? No, a bit?
-They've got Nazis on them.
-Mm?
-Have you noticed that our socials actually have Nazis on them?
-I haven't...
-er Elon - Are we the orcs?
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
-These hobbits are cowards.
-Have you looked at our social media recently? The posts on our socials, have you looked at them?
-What? No, a bit?
-They've got Nazis on them.
-Mm?
-Have you noticed that our socials actually have Nazis on them?
-I haven't...
-er Elon - Are we the orcs?
-Have you looked at our social media recently? The posts on our socials, have you looked at them?
-What? No, a bit?
-They've got Nazis on them.
-Mm?
-Have you noticed that our socials actually have Nazis on them?
-I haven't...
-er Elon - Are we the orcs?
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Here is one month's worth of oil. ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Here is one month's worth of oil. ~AA
As someone with a vegan family member, who has always wondered why more people don't even consider meat free options, this is fascinating. (Even if you just scroll through to see the questions and the graphs of results, you might be surprised at how one simple barrier could be overcome.)
My new paper reveals how I used consumer insights to create the most effective nudge to increase sales of sustainable food 🙌
Share far and wide 🌱
Link to open access paper:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...
#sustainablefood #sustainability
#vegan #greennudge
Share far and wide 🌱
Link to open access paper:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...
#sustainablefood #sustainability
#vegan #greennudge
November 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
As someone with a vegan family member, who has always wondered why more people don't even consider meat free options, this is fascinating. (Even if you just scroll through to see the questions and the graphs of results, you might be surprised at how one simple barrier could be overcome.)
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Absolutely this. I remember reading once somewhere that the "marshmallow test" didn't actually show what people said it showed, but rather it correlated with a) poverty and b) kids whose adult authority figures lied to them. They took it now because they had no reason to believe they'd get a second.
they buy themselves treats because they know without drastic structural changes, those will be the only treats they get
the era of delayed gratification is over: the billionaires stole the gratification part, all they’re left with is delay
the era of delayed gratification is over: the billionaires stole the gratification part, all they’re left with is delay
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Absolutely this. I remember reading once somewhere that the "marshmallow test" didn't actually show what people said it showed, but rather it correlated with a) poverty and b) kids whose adult authority figures lied to them. They took it now because they had no reason to believe they'd get a second.
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Woodcut print by Eline Brontsema, Blue Swimming Hall , Fincknsteinallee 2024. Size 67.8 x 51 cm.
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Woodcut print by Eline Brontsema, Blue Swimming Hall , Fincknsteinallee 2024. Size 67.8 x 51 cm.
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
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Who doesn't love maps? (As a kid brought up on fantasy novels, I went through a phase where I wouldn't buy a book unless it had a map...)
I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win.
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Who doesn't love maps? (As a kid brought up on fantasy novels, I went through a phase where I wouldn't buy a book unless it had a map...)
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Precisely this👇👇👇👇
Repost!
Repost!
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Precisely this👇👇👇👇
Repost!
Repost!
The view from afar. (The three dots let you translate the post and the link will be translatable on most browsers.)
Warum Maga sich im UK schon jetzt deutlich machtvoller einmischt als im Rest Europas. Und warum Grossbritannien gegen diese Art der 'foreign interference' sehr viel schlechter gewappnet ist als andere Länder in Europa.
My latest analysis für die @blaetter.bsky.social
Enjoy. 👇
My latest analysis für die @blaetter.bsky.social
Enjoy. 👇
Regimechange leicht gemacht
Zur Zeit des „Empire“ veranstaltete die britische Kolonialregierung in Indien regelmäßig prachtvolle Zeremonien, bei denen die Thronbesteigung eines britischen Monarchen mit großem Prunk und aufwändig...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The view from afar. (The three dots let you translate the post and the link will be translatable on most browsers.)
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Autumn's Fingers.
A new post on Substack. Grateful for the RT's.
open.substack.com/pub/intotheh...
#photography #autumn
A new post on Substack. Grateful for the RT's.
open.substack.com/pub/intotheh...
#photography #autumn
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Autumn's Fingers.
A new post on Substack. Grateful for the RT's.
open.substack.com/pub/intotheh...
#photography #autumn
A new post on Substack. Grateful for the RT's.
open.substack.com/pub/intotheh...
#photography #autumn
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I've got (for those in the UK) a few signed paperbacks of this with a lovely free postcard of the map my dad illustrated for it. £9.99 RRP plus p&p. Drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com and a reply here if you'd like one.
Hills, folklore, psychedelic music, social history, magic, rivers, ghosts.
Hills, folklore, psychedelic music, social history, magic, rivers, ghosts.
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I've got (for those in the UK) a few signed paperbacks of this with a lovely free postcard of the map my dad illustrated for it. £9.99 RRP plus p&p. Drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com and a reply here if you'd like one.
Hills, folklore, psychedelic music, social history, magic, rivers, ghosts.
Hills, folklore, psychedelic music, social history, magic, rivers, ghosts.
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Thanks so much for the kind words, Tim (and, of course, the Eliot reference).
Full film is up now on our YouTube ICYMI:
youtu.be/5L3wsAdqwec
Full film is up now on our YouTube ICYMI:
youtu.be/5L3wsAdqwec
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thanks so much for the kind words, Tim (and, of course, the Eliot reference).
Full film is up now on our YouTube ICYMI:
youtu.be/5L3wsAdqwec
Full film is up now on our YouTube ICYMI:
youtu.be/5L3wsAdqwec
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The one thing the Green Party really really need to do is rebrand. Clamp down on the weird fluorescent green cardboard signs that pop up, have one solid identity, and stop it looking like a hangover from head shops and hippy shit from the 1970s and 80s.
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The one thing the Green Party really really need to do is rebrand. Clamp down on the weird fluorescent green cardboard signs that pop up, have one solid identity, and stop it looking like a hangover from head shops and hippy shit from the 1970s and 80s.
The Revolution is here. (But we still need people to paint the walls.)
October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Revolution is here. (But we still need people to paint the walls.)
Mists and mellow wossnames. (With apologies to Mr Kipling. (And Keats.))
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Mists and mellow wossnames. (With apologies to Mr Kipling. (And Keats.))
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“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
www.thenerve.news
October 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
If you think that's rude, you should hear what pigeons are saying to themselves as they take to the air and realise they shouldn't have raided that last bin...
Every pheasant runs like it's frantically saying "shit shit shit" to itself.
October 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you think that's rude, you should hear what pigeons are saying to themselves as they take to the air and realise they shouldn't have raided that last bin...
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Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...