Tim in Bath
@timinbath.bsky.social
Used to be an HIV immunology researcher. Now works on life science patents with a side interest in archaeological science
Green, left, secular, cynical
Green, left, secular, cynical
Alastair ("45 minutes") Campbell is partly responsible for normalising political lying
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Alastair ("45 minutes") Campbell is partly responsible for normalising political lying
WFT is a "would-be illegal migrant". Seeking asylum is not illegal.
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
WFT is a "would-be illegal migrant". Seeking asylum is not illegal.
...I also remember being told to keep their diagnoses a secret. The seriousness in my Dad's face when he said this meant that I did.
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
...I also remember being told to keep their diagnoses a secret. The seriousness in my Dad's face when he said this meant that I did.
I was 11 at the time and remember the news reports which led to my parents telling me me that I knew two men living with AIDS (a schoolfriend's uncle and an African in-law). In the midst of the hatred and misinformation, I still remember the kind way they regarded all of these people as humans.
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I was 11 at the time and remember the news reports which led to my parents telling me me that I knew two men living with AIDS (a schoolfriend's uncle and an African in-law). In the midst of the hatred and misinformation, I still remember the kind way they regarded all of these people as humans.
Not sure that is the media's fault. It is the word used in the legislation. "shared cultural property" or some-such would be better.
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Not sure that is the media's fault. It is the word used in the legislation. "shared cultural property" or some-such would be better.
Smaller than a micro-cow, it must be a µ-cow.
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Smaller than a micro-cow, it must be a µ-cow.
IIRC, there is also a coal seam ("Low Main") under Durham Cathedral which they did at least have the good sense not to mine unlike every other coal seam in the county.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
IIRC, there is also a coal seam ("Low Main") under Durham Cathedral which they did at least have the good sense not to mine unlike every other coal seam in the county.
With a VPN my location is hidden from websites I visit because the VPN acts as a go-between, but TalkTalk still knows my router is connecting to a VPN because that leg of the data-journey is carried down a piece of copper installed by the GPO in 1950 in a known location.
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With a VPN my location is hidden from websites I visit because the VPN acts as a go-between, but TalkTalk still knows my router is connecting to a VPN because that leg of the data-journey is carried down a piece of copper installed by the GPO in 1950 in a known location.
Our A-level chemistry practical involved making methyl salicylate with marks for purity and yield. teacher took 30 tubes of white powder (labelled with name and candidate number) to Exam Board meeting in Manchester. He was stopped by police (cos he was a black man in a BMW) and samples confiscated.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our A-level chemistry practical involved making methyl salicylate with marks for purity and yield. teacher took 30 tubes of white powder (labelled with name and candidate number) to Exam Board meeting in Manchester. He was stopped by police (cos he was a black man in a BMW) and samples confiscated.
Something electrical next to an metal container is suspicious.
Battered metal art tin packed next to a battery-powered menstrual-cramp heat belt caused us problems at Berlin Airport. Really scared them - police called & 40 mins of questioning before they were willing to open the bag and look!
Battered metal art tin packed next to a battery-powered menstrual-cramp heat belt caused us problems at Berlin Airport. Really scared them - police called & 40 mins of questioning before they were willing to open the bag and look!
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Something electrical next to an metal container is suspicious.
Battered metal art tin packed next to a battery-powered menstrual-cramp heat belt caused us problems at Berlin Airport. Really scared them - police called & 40 mins of questioning before they were willing to open the bag and look!
Battered metal art tin packed next to a battery-powered menstrual-cramp heat belt caused us problems at Berlin Airport. Really scared them - police called & 40 mins of questioning before they were willing to open the bag and look!
Some "pregnant people" are 13 year old girls who have been raped. Describing them as "women" rather than "children" or "girls" does them no favours.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Some "pregnant people" are 13 year old girls who have been raped. Describing them as "women" rather than "children" or "girls" does them no favours.
Also why are the subsidies paid thru electrificity bills? Surely it would make more sense to load those costs onto fossil energy (gas, petrol etc) as a means of incentivesing users of those dirty energy sources to electrify
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Also why are the subsidies paid thru electrificity bills? Surely it would make more sense to load those costs onto fossil energy (gas, petrol etc) as a means of incentivesing users of those dirty energy sources to electrify
Confused about the avoided infrastructure spending. Surely that would be paid by private capital and then passed onto consumers in higher energy bills but you have already accounted for that in your equation????
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Confused about the avoided infrastructure spending. Surely that would be paid by private capital and then passed onto consumers in higher energy bills but you have already accounted for that in your equation????
Or electrolyte water to hydrogen and use that to reduce iron ore. That might be a better way to address inter
mittancy because hydrogen can be stored.
mittancy because hydrogen can be stored.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Or electrolyte water to hydrogen and use that to reduce iron ore. That might be a better way to address inter
mittancy because hydrogen can be stored.
mittancy because hydrogen can be stored.
The way to export it is of course to use the "free" electricity to make something energy intensive like ammonia fertiliser, aluminium or hydrogen and then sell that as an export. Better than exporting coal. The challenge is to reconfigure those industries to work intermittently.
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The way to export it is of course to use the "free" electricity to make something energy intensive like ammonia fertiliser, aluminium or hydrogen and then sell that as an export. Better than exporting coal. The challenge is to reconfigure those industries to work intermittently.
Thus demonstrating the all-to-common nasty sexual element to violence against women from inadequate 'men"
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thus demonstrating the all-to-common nasty sexual element to violence against women from inadequate 'men"
THEY STILL DON'T GET IT! When Starmer won no one minded that he was a bit cold and boring. He isn't haemorrhaging support now because folk have just discovered he is dull, it's because folk have discovered that he is a genocide-supporting, benefit-cutting authoritarian, Reform-enabling Tory
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
THEY STILL DON'T GET IT! When Starmer won no one minded that he was a bit cold and boring. He isn't haemorrhaging support now because folk have just discovered he is dull, it's because folk have discovered that he is a genocide-supporting, benefit-cutting authoritarian, Reform-enabling Tory
I think I have always been moderate, democratic left (thanks to my Methodist upbringing). In the 90s I was in the LibDems because Labour seemed too extreme. Joined Labour thinking Starmer was boring but not a twat. Left 3 years ago after realising I was wrong. On cusp of joining the Greens.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think I have always been moderate, democratic left (thanks to my Methodist upbringing). In the 90s I was in the LibDems because Labour seemed too extreme. Joined Labour thinking Starmer was boring but not a twat. Left 3 years ago after realising I was wrong. On cusp of joining the Greens.
Under appreciated post.
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Under appreciated post.
