@timsharrock.bsky.social
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Wassail! Join us for one of our final shows of the year and sing along!
20 Dec - Manchester - Hallé St Peter’s
21 Dec - London - King’s Place
22 Dec - Cambridge - Junction
Windbornesingers.com/concerts
🎶Somerset Wassail, arr. Windborne
20 Dec - Manchester - Hallé St Peter’s
21 Dec - London - King’s Place
22 Dec - Cambridge - Junction
Windbornesingers.com/concerts
🎶Somerset Wassail, arr. Windborne
December 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wassail! Join us for one of our final shows of the year and sing along!
20 Dec - Manchester - Hallé St Peter’s
21 Dec - London - King’s Place
22 Dec - Cambridge - Junction
Windbornesingers.com/concerts
🎶Somerset Wassail, arr. Windborne
20 Dec - Manchester - Hallé St Peter’s
21 Dec - London - King’s Place
22 Dec - Cambridge - Junction
Windbornesingers.com/concerts
🎶Somerset Wassail, arr. Windborne
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Hello, UK fans! HEMLOCK & SILVER is out today! Waterstones even has a special edition!
August 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hello, UK fans! HEMLOCK & SILVER is out today! Waterstones even has a special edition!
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Things are awful right now (saw some news), so here are 5 (uncached) US Kindle copies of @tkingfisher.com's A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking, which is a very fine book about how to deal with an attempted treason by an asshole trying to keep a hold of power.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
August 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Things are awful right now (saw some news), so here are 5 (uncached) US Kindle copies of @tkingfisher.com's A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking, which is a very fine book about how to deal with an attempted treason by an asshole trying to keep a hold of power.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Hesketh Park Sensory Garden 2021 and now.
Today was judging day for Britain In Bloom and Southport has entered in for the best coastal town.
Differences happening like this all over Southport and it’s all down to our amazing volunteer groups. I think they deserve it.
Today was judging day for Britain In Bloom and Southport has entered in for the best coastal town.
Differences happening like this all over Southport and it’s all down to our amazing volunteer groups. I think they deserve it.
August 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hesketh Park Sensory Garden 2021 and now.
Today was judging day for Britain In Bloom and Southport has entered in for the best coastal town.
Differences happening like this all over Southport and it’s all down to our amazing volunteer groups. I think they deserve it.
Today was judging day for Britain In Bloom and Southport has entered in for the best coastal town.
Differences happening like this all over Southport and it’s all down to our amazing volunteer groups. I think they deserve it.
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In case this is of interest to people on here or people they know - we're looking for a software developer. A chance to do software stuff to help fight climate change - and less excitingly to work with me! Remote/hybrid working very possible. Please share!:
retrofit.coop/blog/are-you...
retrofit.coop/blog/are-you...
Are you our next software developer? — Blog — People Powered Retrofit
retrofit.coop
August 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In case this is of interest to people on here or people they know - we're looking for a software developer. A chance to do software stuff to help fight climate change - and less excitingly to work with me! Remote/hybrid working very possible. Please share!:
retrofit.coop/blog/are-you...
retrofit.coop/blog/are-you...
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🎉📚 Exciting news!
My new book — Clearing the Air — will be published in the UK in September.
50 of the most common questions I get about how we tackle climate change. 50 short, data-driven answers.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...
My new book — Clearing the Air — will be published in the UK in September.
50 of the most common questions I get about how we tackle climate change. 50 short, data-driven answers.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...
July 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🎉📚 Exciting news!
My new book — Clearing the Air — will be published in the UK in September.
50 of the most common questions I get about how we tackle climate change. 50 short, data-driven answers.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...
My new book — Clearing the Air — will be published in the UK in September.
50 of the most common questions I get about how we tackle climate change. 50 short, data-driven answers.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...
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I would appear to have won the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame award for Best Author
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
June 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I would appear to have won the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame award for Best Author
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
I, hum, am going to need a minute and possibly a drastic reassessment of my self image
(Thx @effjayem.bsky.social for tagging me)
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Thank you to the many people who kindly voted in this! Tomorrow, I’m off on not one, but two adventures from this list. One topped the poll…the other didn’t. But I’m doing it anyway due to a limited commitment to democracy.
So - join Mrs Turtle and I tomorrow afternoon for #ContinentHop24!
So - join Mrs Turtle and I tomorrow afternoon for #ContinentHop24!
June 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you to the many people who kindly voted in this! Tomorrow, I’m off on not one, but two adventures from this list. One topped the poll…the other didn’t. But I’m doing it anyway due to a limited commitment to democracy.
So - join Mrs Turtle and I tomorrow afternoon for #ContinentHop24!
So - join Mrs Turtle and I tomorrow afternoon for #ContinentHop24!
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In January, the BBC wrote an article fear mongering about pylons "springing up" across the country
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
May 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In January, the BBC wrote an article fear mongering about pylons "springing up" across the country
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BALTIC STATES EXPRESS!
I’ve been asked to say a few words at the @RailBaltica Conference in Tallinn on Thursday. Say no more! Setting off on a 1,930 mile train journey from London to Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn (you didn’t think I’d fly, did you? 😉) #BalticStatesExpress
I’ve been asked to say a few words at the @RailBaltica Conference in Tallinn on Thursday. Say no more! Setting off on a 1,930 mile train journey from London to Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn (you didn’t think I’d fly, did you? 😉) #BalticStatesExpress
May 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
BALTIC STATES EXPRESS!
I’ve been asked to say a few words at the @RailBaltica Conference in Tallinn on Thursday. Say no more! Setting off on a 1,930 mile train journey from London to Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn (you didn’t think I’d fly, did you? 😉) #BalticStatesExpress
I’ve been asked to say a few words at the @RailBaltica Conference in Tallinn on Thursday. Say no more! Setting off on a 1,930 mile train journey from London to Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn (you didn’t think I’d fly, did you? 😉) #BalticStatesExpress
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"Even if it does work as a strategy for winning the next election, there’s a question: why bother?"
A bit by me on the sheer, infuriating pointlessness of a Labour leadership that sees governing in a progressive way as a distracting from fighting the next election.
A bit by me on the sheer, infuriating pointlessness of a Labour leadership that sees governing in a progressive way as a distracting from fighting the next election.
The government is stuck in campaign mode
Even with a large majority, policies are decided on popularity not principle.
www.newstatesman.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Even if it does work as a strategy for winning the next election, there’s a question: why bother?"
A bit by me on the sheer, infuriating pointlessness of a Labour leadership that sees governing in a progressive way as a distracting from fighting the next election.
A bit by me on the sheer, infuriating pointlessness of a Labour leadership that sees governing in a progressive way as a distracting from fighting the next election.
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Today I had lunch with the wonderful team for this year’s Novacon and realised I had an amazing amount of UK SFF experience in front of me. So I asked the vital question:
Is Diana Wynne Jones’ extremely funny 1997 novel Deep Secret set at a specific SFF convention? And if so… which?
Is Diana Wynne Jones’ extremely funny 1997 novel Deep Secret set at a specific SFF convention? And if so… which?
April 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today I had lunch with the wonderful team for this year’s Novacon and realised I had an amazing amount of UK SFF experience in front of me. So I asked the vital question:
Is Diana Wynne Jones’ extremely funny 1997 novel Deep Secret set at a specific SFF convention? And if so… which?
Is Diana Wynne Jones’ extremely funny 1997 novel Deep Secret set at a specific SFF convention? And if so… which?
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It's publication day for Gesture: A Slim Guide
If you have been wanting to think about gesture in your own research, bring it into your teaching or connect with the field of Gesture Studies, this is for you. It's under 50k words and has a nifty glossary too.
If you have been wanting to think about gesture in your own research, bring it into your teaching or connect with the field of Gesture Studies, this is for you. It's under 50k words and has a nifty glossary too.
March 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It's publication day for Gesture: A Slim Guide
If you have been wanting to think about gesture in your own research, bring it into your teaching or connect with the field of Gesture Studies, this is for you. It's under 50k words and has a nifty glossary too.
If you have been wanting to think about gesture in your own research, bring it into your teaching or connect with the field of Gesture Studies, this is for you. It's under 50k words and has a nifty glossary too.
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Oh hey, my novel SORCERESS COMES TO CALL is now my Nebula-nominated novel SORCERESS COMES TO CALL! How cool is that?! nebulas.sfwa.org/8528-2/
SFWA Announces the 60th Annual Nebula Awards® Finalists! - The Nebula Awards®
March 12, 2025 – The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 59th Annual Nebula Awards®! Our congratulations go out to each and every finali...
nebulas.sfwa.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oh hey, my novel SORCERESS COMES TO CALL is now my Nebula-nominated novel SORCERESS COMES TO CALL! How cool is that?! nebulas.sfwa.org/8528-2/
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The Telegraph’s been reproducing versions of this same story for years. Wokeness and a ‘recipe for a crisis’ in membership. But National Trust member retention is higher than comparator organisations despite the cost of living crisis, and visitor numbers have been increasing.
March 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Telegraph’s been reproducing versions of this same story for years. Wokeness and a ‘recipe for a crisis’ in membership. But National Trust member retention is higher than comparator organisations despite the cost of living crisis, and visitor numbers have been increasing.
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One of the depressing findings in Origin Story research is that in many cases things only get better when somebody terrible and powerful dies. Not to be all Great Man Theory but it happens a lot
March 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
One of the depressing findings in Origin Story research is that in many cases things only get better when somebody terrible and powerful dies. Not to be all Great Man Theory but it happens a lot
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Recovering from surgery and saw high praise for how a neurodivergent character was written. Being high enough on the ADHD spectrum to "be someone's thesis subject," I read it even though it's not at all in my usual lane. LOVED IT. Thank you, @tkingfisher.com. Sequel? (Since it was set up for one.)
February 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Recovering from surgery and saw high praise for how a neurodivergent character was written. Being high enough on the ADHD spectrum to "be someone's thesis subject," I read it even though it's not at all in my usual lane. LOVED IT. Thank you, @tkingfisher.com. Sequel? (Since it was set up for one.)
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Off on what may prove - for various odd reasons - to be the first of several trips to Moravia this year.
It is quite hard dressing efficiently for both balmy London and chilly Mitteleuropa.
It is quite hard dressing efficiently for both balmy London and chilly Mitteleuropa.
February 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Off on what may prove - for various odd reasons - to be the first of several trips to Moravia this year.
It is quite hard dressing efficiently for both balmy London and chilly Mitteleuropa.
It is quite hard dressing efficiently for both balmy London and chilly Mitteleuropa.
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I would like to tell the Bluesky community about an article I have just had published, which reads an ancient poem through a 21st-century lens. It's about a time when a young man tried to drive the chariot of the sun, which went horribly badly and burnt the earth.
ovidiusjournal.org/ojs/index.ph...
ovidiusjournal.org/ojs/index.ph...
Ovid’s Phaethon: Anthropogenic Global Heating, Ancient and Modern
| Ovidius: Journal of the International Ovidian Society
ovidiusjournal.org
January 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I would like to tell the Bluesky community about an article I have just had published, which reads an ancient poem through a 21st-century lens. It's about a time when a young man tried to drive the chariot of the sun, which went horribly badly and burnt the earth.
ovidiusjournal.org/ojs/index.ph...
ovidiusjournal.org/ojs/index.ph...
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The paperback of A History of the World in 47 Borders comes out in just under six weeks! Here are three chapters we cut for space reasons.
Firstly: what the suspicious similarities between "central Russia", "central China" and the "midwest" tell us about imperial expansion
Firstly: what the suspicious similarities between "central Russia", "central China" and the "midwest" tell us about imperial expansion
What the “midwest” and manifest destiny teach us about imperialism
Another offcut from the book.
jonn.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The paperback of A History of the World in 47 Borders comes out in just under six weeks! Here are three chapters we cut for space reasons.
Firstly: what the suspicious similarities between "central Russia", "central China" and the "midwest" tell us about imperial expansion
Firstly: what the suspicious similarities between "central Russia", "central China" and the "midwest" tell us about imperial expansion
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Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
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All robots should be taught good manners. Today I ordered a robot grocery delivery & @davidho.bsky.social & I biked out to follow it home. I didn't know whether to be more impressed by the Mars rover tech to navigate kerbs, obstacles & gaps, or by it very politely asking for help when stuck.
December 26, 2024 at 6:37 PM
All robots should be taught good manners. Today I ordered a robot grocery delivery & @davidho.bsky.social & I biked out to follow it home. I didn't know whether to be more impressed by the Mars rover tech to navigate kerbs, obstacles & gaps, or by it very politely asking for help when stuck.
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What happens when techno-optimism meets energy system realism? My latest for @BloombergNEF is a long read on AI, called The Power and the Glory. So that's Boxing Day sorted!
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
Liebreich: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory | BloombergNEF
This year will go down in history as the year the energy sector woke up to AI. This is also the year AI woke up to energy. Is the data center power frenzy just the latest of a long line of energy sect...
about.bnef.com
December 25, 2024 at 7:28 PM
What happens when techno-optimism meets energy system realism? My latest for @BloombergNEF is a long read on AI, called The Power and the Glory. So that's Boxing Day sorted!
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
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New study shows majority of people who voted to leave EU would now accept return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market & similar support for a reciprocal youth mobility scheme.
So when will the government catch up? @europeanmovement.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
So when will the government catch up? @europeanmovement.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:15 AM
New study shows majority of people who voted to leave EU would now accept return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market & similar support for a reciprocal youth mobility scheme.
So when will the government catch up? @europeanmovement.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
So when will the government catch up? @europeanmovement.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...