Dan Papworth
@thelivesaroundus.bsky.social
#Bikeability Instructor #BookCrossing poet/author of The Lives Around Us, born at 324.23ppm seeking +ve #ClimateEmergency action https://t.co/Rn5XIEOFIz
An example of how #capitalism colonises and corrupts ideas and language. How is a loyalty card in any way a gift?
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
An example of how #capitalism colonises and corrupts ideas and language. How is a loyalty card in any way a gift?
You have clearly not yet encountered Meridian Yeast Extract.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
You have clearly not yet encountered Meridian Yeast Extract.
A lovely day to be teaching #Bikeability in Cheltenham, England.
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A lovely day to be teaching #Bikeability in Cheltenham, England.
What was the reasoning behind this? #screenaddiction
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
What was the reasoning behind this? #screenaddiction
Whenever I see a list I wonder who decided the order of importance and why.
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Whenever I see a list I wonder who decided the order of importance and why.
We use an old beach mat someone threw out. What do you use? #climateaction
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We use an old beach mat someone threw out. What do you use? #climateaction
We suffered a #breadmaker fail this morning. Any idea why this happened, #panasonic?
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
We suffered a #breadmaker fail this morning. Any idea why this happened, #panasonic?
I just dug out this "degradeable" plastic bag from under 2-year-old compost. #plastic #plasticemergency #plasticcrisis
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I just dug out this "degradeable" plastic bag from under 2-year-old compost. #plastic #plasticemergency #plasticcrisis
Entrée du village de Voisins, 1872 via Wikimedia Commons. Camille Pissarro set up an art group in 1873, encouraging fellow members and learning from them.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Entrée du village de Voisins, 1872 via Wikimedia Commons. Camille Pissarro set up an art group in 1873, encouraging fellow members and learning from them.
This is it from the road. Note the imposing gatehouse and the looming keep with its great hall and chapel.
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is it from the road. Note the imposing gatehouse and the looming keep with its great hall and chapel.
Thank you, Gloucestershire County Council Highways, for doing the right thing by repainting the vandalised road markings. #ImmigrantsWelcome
October 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thank you, Gloucestershire County Council Highways, for doing the right thing by repainting the vandalised road markings. #ImmigrantsWelcome
The original fab four.
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The original fab four.
Every now and then #Bikeability delivers a sweet moment. I call this "The #bicycle of M.C. Escher's Daughter"
October 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Every now and then #Bikeability delivers a sweet moment. I call this "The #bicycle of M.C. Escher's Daughter"
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I mean, everyone knows, don't they? So is this a real mistake or another example of the cyber world disconnecting us from #nature?
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I mean, everyone knows, don't they? So is this a real mistake or another example of the cyber world disconnecting us from #nature?
Great article in @nytimes.com 13 August about how #Spain is bucking the general trend by opening its doors to #immigrants, including recognition of its #colonial past.
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Great article in @nytimes.com 13 August about how #Spain is bucking the general trend by opening its doors to #immigrants, including recognition of its #colonial past.
And therein is the very problem @nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
And therein is the very problem @nytimes.com
These wonderful Tintin models cost 20 💶 brand new on the Ile de Re in France. People are selling them for over a hundred on eBay.
August 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
These wonderful Tintin models cost 20 💶 brand new on the Ile de Re in France. People are selling them for over a hundred on eBay.
I'm inclined to agree. It was the same with XR and JSO. Opponents who want to avoid the issue will take the opportunity to open a discussion about legitimate protest. Here's something I threw together in 2023.
July 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm inclined to agree. It was the same with XR and JSO. Opponents who want to avoid the issue will take the opportunity to open a discussion about legitimate protest. Here's something I threw together in 2023.
#Duolingo have ignored my repeated feedback about this #climateemergency #flightfree - what is the next step?
July 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#Duolingo have ignored my repeated feedback about this #climateemergency #flightfree - what is the next step?
We had this magnetic folding #moon and it occurred to me that it sounds like a #What3Words location, so I tried it and it turns out it's in a roadside woodland in #Vermont.
And that's it.
And that's it.
July 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We had this magnetic folding #moon and it occurred to me that it sounds like a #What3Words location, so I tried it and it turns out it's in a roadside woodland in #Vermont.
And that's it.
And that's it.
Goodbye gas. Shut the door on your way out. #netzero #climateemergency
July 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Goodbye gas. Shut the door on your way out. #netzero #climateemergency
I lost count some time ago of the number of times I've asked Duolingo not to teach me phrases to do with flying #climateemergency #flightfree
July 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I lost count some time ago of the number of times I've asked Duolingo not to teach me phrases to do with flying #climateemergency #flightfree