Tim Bell
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Tim Bell
@timb07.bsky.social
DOB: 329ppm CO₂ (http://CO2.earth). Banner pic: #WarmingStripes for Melbourne, Australia by @edhawkins.bsky.social

A.k.a. “timpoliti” on Xitter (and also “timb07” for Python/Django/tech stuff)

Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
@weissmann.substack.com, FYI there’s an account impersonating you that I’ve just reported after it followed me.
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Here’s a fake pic of a fake wallaby (with a fake joey in its fake pouch) I took on the weekend in Brisbane (which is a fake city, btw):
August 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
But please note this map:
July 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Emirates and Etihad (and a few other airlines) are still flying through Iranian airspace. Most other airlines are using Iraqi airspace for flights between Europe and Asia. E.g.
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Was @theguardian.com going to go with “Elongate” before someone decided against it?
#Elongate
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As seen on my timeline just now:
February 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Same here :(
January 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I visited the Buchenwald concentration camp 23 years ago today.

I know what I saw yesterday, and I know what it means.

“Never again” means never again.
January 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
👀
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
January 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
BlueSky is giving internal server errors, but the status page says everything is operational. 🤷‍♂️

status.bsky.app
December 13, 2024 at 10:48 PM
The way I read it (including my speculation on the second point):

• non-grand-jury material should be disclosed by Jack Smith
• “ultimately” Congress could pass a law specifically allowing grand jury material to be released in this case.
December 9, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Welcome to #PyConAU
November 22, 2024 at 10:09 PM
November 11, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Sure does
November 11, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Sorry, there’s one more essential thing you need to know.
November 11, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Meanwhile… (from Terrible Maps on other sites):
November 11, 2024 at 3:20 AM
I’ll be hanging out on Bluesky more than the other place now.

I’ve switched over my profile pic so you can see I’m a real person (wearing a hat and standing on a NZ glacier).

To help people coming from the other place, this is what my profile pic looked like there:
November 9, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Sky Follower Bridge works pretty well. I did a bit of culling and skipped obvious mismatches, ending up by following about half of the accounts it found.
October 18, 2024 at 10:22 AM