Purple Larley
@purplelarley.bsky.social
Interested in climate change, sustainable economics, equality and fair societies. Passionate about music and family. I remain stubbornly enthusiastic about all life has to offer.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
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Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
![the real fight is actually with the progressive left. The flag-waving is, yes, a deliberate hostile response to what Reform sees as “dangerous and transgressive ideas”. These fall under “the panoply we call ‘woke’”, he explains, “a word that trivialises quite a substantial set of ideas that are not to be treated flippantly. Everything from BLM [Black Lives Matter], to trans, to the Palestinian agenda, to DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] in the workforce, to all the ideas that are undermining traditional associations of family, community and nation. Those ideas are hostile to the inherited understandings of how we belong, and how we relate to each other in society.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ygvvtokrezoev7nol4wgxjc/bafkreihqr2gwyz5fbwdghaov6gqscud2utw4oexvxlxtm6hlfyt24ubbkq@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
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You don't play Queensbury rules in a fist fight.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You don't play Queensbury rules in a fist fight.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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This is the biggest issue we face in the north, and beyond.
The #ClimateEmergency is going to change everything, and in truly terrible ways.
There is time to change the course we are on, and put millions of people before a handful of super-rich.
The #ClimateEmergency is going to change everything, and in truly terrible ways.
There is time to change the course we are on, and put millions of people before a handful of super-rich.
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is the biggest issue we face in the north, and beyond.
The #ClimateEmergency is going to change everything, and in truly terrible ways.
There is time to change the course we are on, and put millions of people before a handful of super-rich.
The #ClimateEmergency is going to change everything, and in truly terrible ways.
There is time to change the course we are on, and put millions of people before a handful of super-rich.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This can't happen soon enough. So many fans have missed out on seeing their favourite acts as tickets have become unaffordable and buying them has become a scrum against tout employees.
This can't happen soon enough. So many fans have missed out on seeing their favourite acts as tickets have become unaffordable and buying them has become a scrum against tout employees.
Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by government
Ministers are expected to announce the plan to tackle touts and resale sites offering tickets at several times face value.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This can't happen soon enough. So many fans have missed out on seeing their favourite acts as tickets have become unaffordable and buying them has become a scrum against tout employees.
This can't happen soon enough. So many fans have missed out on seeing their favourite acts as tickets have become unaffordable and buying them has become a scrum against tout employees.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
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Personally think the interesting thing here is 21% actively wanting their income tax to go up. That's a number that I would have expected to be in single figures. Electorate may actually be more grown up than I had feared ...
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Personally think the interesting thing here is 21% actively wanting their income tax to go up. That's a number that I would have expected to be in single figures. Electorate may actually be more grown up than I had feared ...
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well done, Sam - small music venues are the best but currently struggling to survive.
#livemusic
Well done, Sam - small music venues are the best but currently struggling to survive.
#livemusic
Sam Fender gives £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to small music venues
The singer donates all of his Mercury prize money to the Music Venue Trust to protect grassroots music.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well done, Sam - small music venues are the best but currently struggling to survive.
#livemusic
Well done, Sam - small music venues are the best but currently struggling to survive.
#livemusic
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Great observation and good thread this. You would lose part of what makes the British Traitors British if the class divisions didn’t play out so sharply *but* the final episode would feel less brutal if they only let rich people play for charities.
Usual rules with reality / constructed TV. The financial security of the subjects is the difference between battery farmed entertainment and free range trash.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Great observation and good thread this. You would lose part of what makes the British Traitors British if the class divisions didn’t play out so sharply *but* the final episode would feel less brutal if they only let rich people play for charities.
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I honestly wish that cancel culture was real. I want to live in a world where racism is completely taboo and any expression of racism leads to genuine material consequences and social ostracisation
November 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I honestly wish that cancel culture was real. I want to live in a world where racism is completely taboo and any expression of racism leads to genuine material consequences and social ostracisation
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Today, Nigel Farage is proposing a Bill for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.
I will be voting against Farage and his disgusting politics that attack human rights and freedoms.
I will be voting against Farage and his disgusting politics that attack human rights and freedoms.
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Today, Nigel Farage is proposing a Bill for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.
I will be voting against Farage and his disgusting politics that attack human rights and freedoms.
I will be voting against Farage and his disgusting politics that attack human rights and freedoms.
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It's getting hard to keep track of these expulsions, defections, and suspensions...
It’s hard to believe but Reform has expelled another *three* councillors from their #Kent County Council group….for dishonesty and deceptive behaviour.
Totally unfit to lead a major authority.
www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/re...
Totally unfit to lead a major authority.
www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/re...
Reform expels three more councillors for ‘dishonest and deceptive’ behaviour
Reform UK has expelled another three county councillors from the party this afternoon after a meeting called by its KCC leader.
www.kentonline.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's getting hard to keep track of these expulsions, defections, and suspensions...
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"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.