Tim Chaplin
@chapperstee.bsky.social
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Read It In Books
A Forest (Tree's and Wildlife)
Windpower There Is No Enemy
London Calling (UK)
Read It In Books
A Forest (Tree's and Wildlife)
Windpower There Is No Enemy
London Calling (UK)
I just sent a postcard to ask the Foreign Secretary to make the Ocean Treaty Law in the UK act.greenpeace.org/page/183797/...
Yvette Cooper: Don’t fail the whales, sharks and turtles
Send a postcard and tell the Foreign Secretary to make the Global Ocean Treaty UK law
act.greenpeace.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I just sent a postcard to ask the Foreign Secretary to make the Ocean Treaty Law in the UK act.greenpeace.org/page/183797/...
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social Hello! Here from a link from @thequietus.com review of Mark S.Williamson's album Three Days To Find Out. Music devoted to the presenters archaeologists of @timeteam.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social Hello! Here from a link from @thequietus.com review of Mark S.Williamson's album Three Days To Find Out. Music devoted to the presenters archaeologists of @timeteam.bsky.social
Not a resident of the USA but interesting www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.
www.eff.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Not a resident of the USA but interesting www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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A war cry buried for 2,000 year.
Archaeologists have uncovered a terrifying Celtic battle instrument near Thetford – possibly linked to Queen Boudica herself.
Read about it before tonight’s “Digging for Britain” on BBC 2 ⤵️
Archaeologists have uncovered a terrifying Celtic battle instrument near Thetford – possibly linked to Queen Boudica herself.
Read about it before tonight’s “Digging for Britain” on BBC 2 ⤵️
A historic find in Norfolk: the instruments of Iron Age war
A remarkable hoard in West Norfolk is exciting archaelogists and scholars who study the lives and battles of Boudica and her Norfolk Iceni
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
A war cry buried for 2,000 year.
Archaeologists have uncovered a terrifying Celtic battle instrument near Thetford – possibly linked to Queen Boudica herself.
Read about it before tonight’s “Digging for Britain” on BBC 2 ⤵️
Archaeologists have uncovered a terrifying Celtic battle instrument near Thetford – possibly linked to Queen Boudica herself.
Read about it before tonight’s “Digging for Britain” on BBC 2 ⤵️
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Did you know Tamil is the fourth most widely spoken language in Lewisham?
With Thai Pongal starting today, I wanted to shed light on the fact that January is Tamil Heritage Month.
Thank you to the Tamil community for your contributions to the borough.
With Thai Pongal starting today, I wanted to shed light on the fact that January is Tamil Heritage Month.
Thank you to the Tamil community for your contributions to the borough.
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Did you know Tamil is the fourth most widely spoken language in Lewisham?
With Thai Pongal starting today, I wanted to shed light on the fact that January is Tamil Heritage Month.
Thank you to the Tamil community for your contributions to the borough.
With Thai Pongal starting today, I wanted to shed light on the fact that January is Tamil Heritage Month.
Thank you to the Tamil community for your contributions to the borough.
First book finished this year. #blueskybooks #books
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
First book finished this year. #blueskybooks #books
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UPDATED – Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
UPDATED – Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
This Is A Love Story #ThisIsALoveProtest. St Norbert Road Brockley SE4. #WarChild
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This Is A Love Story #ThisIsALoveProtest. St Norbert Road Brockley SE4. #WarChild
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British politics is no longer left vs right—it’s bloc vs bloc.
Ben Ansell’s analysis shows voters are sorting into durable camps, not switching sides.
Labour’s strategy must change accordingly.
Stephen McNair reports
Ben Ansell’s analysis shows voters are sorting into durable camps, not switching sides.
Labour’s strategy must change accordingly.
Stephen McNair reports
Blocs not parties: the case for a new politics
Ben Ansell suggests that the emergence of “bloc politics" calls for a radical change in Labour’s electoral strategy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 AM
British politics is no longer left vs right—it’s bloc vs bloc.
Ben Ansell’s analysis shows voters are sorting into durable camps, not switching sides.
Labour’s strategy must change accordingly.
Stephen McNair reports
Ben Ansell’s analysis shows voters are sorting into durable camps, not switching sides.
Labour’s strategy must change accordingly.
Stephen McNair reports
This will keep the Daily Express readers happy.
Travel disruption expected as snow and ice forecast across UK
Travel disruption expected as snow and ice forecast across UK
Wintry weather likely to continue into the weekend across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Travel disruption is expected on Friday with snow and ice forecast across the UK.
Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are already in place for parts of the UK, ahead of amber snow warnings for northern Scotland that begin at midday on Friday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This will keep the Daily Express readers happy.
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The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
Why isn't Beryl Cook exhibited in Tate Modern? dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-con...
January 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Why isn't Beryl Cook exhibited in Tate Modern? dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/devon/wp-con...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Let's hope that the AI bubble will burst in 2026 bringing an end to #AISlop and the #brainrot of our youth perpetuated by tech companies and chancers.
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found.
The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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The Earth’s core has more power than humanity could ever use.
Clean heat, clean power, and even UK-sourced lithium to reduce our dependency on China.
The tech hurdles are big, but the payoff is bigger and Cornwall is showing the way
Clean heat, clean power, and even UK-sourced lithium to reduce our dependency on China.
The tech hurdles are big, but the payoff is bigger and Cornwall is showing the way
Unlimited energy: reaching for the heat beneath our feet
Deep below us, is a vast untapped source of sustainable energy waiting to be released. Slowly, we are finding ways to tap into it
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The Earth’s core has more power than humanity could ever use.
Clean heat, clean power, and even UK-sourced lithium to reduce our dependency on China.
The tech hurdles are big, but the payoff is bigger and Cornwall is showing the way
Clean heat, clean power, and even UK-sourced lithium to reduce our dependency on China.
The tech hurdles are big, but the payoff is bigger and Cornwall is showing the way
Statement by Lewisham Mayor on Government s Asylum Proposals @refugeeaction.bsky.social lewisham.gov.uk/articles/new...
Mayor's statement on Government's asylum proposals
Thursday 18 December marks the United Nation's International Migrants Day, highlighting the challenges faced by migrants globally. As the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, Lewisham proudly upholds the ...
lewisham.gov.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Statement by Lewisham Mayor on Government s Asylum Proposals @refugeeaction.bsky.social lewisham.gov.uk/articles/new...
Forever Dark an anti-dote to the usual Xmas Music www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
6 Music's Forever Dark - Massive Attack, Bjork, Pet Shop Boys, Fields of the Nephilim and more - BBC Sounds
A playlist featuring the finest goth, electronica and dark pop music.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Forever Dark an anti-dote to the usual Xmas Music www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
