Purple Mouse
@purplemouse.bsky.social
Wurzel • Canuck • Norfolker
Biomedical Science Support Worker.
Very mature student, hoping to become a Biomedical Scientist.
I cycle for transport with a helmet camera.
I don’t eat animals.
Biomedical Science Support Worker.
Very mature student, hoping to become a Biomedical Scientist.
I cycle for transport with a helmet camera.
I don’t eat animals.
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Left work to discover I had a puncture. My workplace is not close to any people and I’m always the last to leave. Didn’t feel safe trying to fix it so walked to the main road to catch a bus. The service in Norwich is shite! Having to wait in the cold with no shelter for over 20 minutes, if I’m lucky
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Left work to discover I had a puncture. My workplace is not close to any people and I’m always the last to leave. Didn’t feel safe trying to fix it so walked to the main road to catch a bus. The service in Norwich is shite! Having to wait in the cold with no shelter for over 20 minutes, if I’m lucky
My partner rode my bike ahead of me last night so I was able to see the brake light function in my SeeMe300. I’m so glad I have it. I worry when I need to turn at the bottom of a hill but can’t signal because I need both hands to brake. Drivers who are right up my arse can see that I’m slowing down.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My partner rode my bike ahead of me last night so I was able to see the brake light function in my SeeMe300. I’m so glad I have it. I worry when I need to turn at the bottom of a hill but can’t signal because I need both hands to brake. Drivers who are right up my arse can see that I’m slowing down.
Any reasonably priced yet comfy recommendations for overnight accommodation in Manchester?
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Any reasonably priced yet comfy recommendations for overnight accommodation in Manchester?
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
www.vox.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
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I dunno, convert some of the endless paved space reserved for cars into green space that can absorb water, maybe?
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Is there anything we can do to alleviate flash floods in the West Midlands
Experts say housebuilding and concrete drives are making floods worse, but that there are things we can do.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I dunno, convert some of the endless paved space reserved for cars into green space that can absorb water, maybe?
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Selfish driver yesterday.
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Selfish driver yesterday.
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This week support small business #shopindie make it a #colourfriday
Apply coupon Welcome at the checkout for 10% off masato.co.uk #ukgiftam #justacard #savesmallbusiness
Apply coupon Welcome at the checkout for 10% off masato.co.uk #ukgiftam #justacard #savesmallbusiness
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This week support small business #shopindie make it a #colourfriday
Apply coupon Welcome at the checkout for 10% off masato.co.uk #ukgiftam #justacard #savesmallbusiness
Apply coupon Welcome at the checkout for 10% off masato.co.uk #ukgiftam #justacard #savesmallbusiness
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November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
A friend had spare tickets for The Fast Show at the London Palladium. Brilliant!
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A friend had spare tickets for The Fast Show at the London Palladium. Brilliant!
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It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas.
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas.
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Was enjoying a nice, quiet train journey. Then a gaggle of middle-aged women got on and sat on our table. Why do people have to talk so loudly about themselves? It’s utterly tedious to all around them. Thank god for noise cancelling headphones - they are *almost* working.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Was enjoying a nice, quiet train journey. Then a gaggle of middle-aged women got on and sat on our table. Why do people have to talk so loudly about themselves? It’s utterly tedious to all around them. Thank god for noise cancelling headphones - they are *almost* working.
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So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.
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Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
Woman calls for pavement parking ban after falling out wheelchair on school run
Aideen Blackborough was left lying in the road after being forced to manoeuvre her way around a vehicle blocking the pavement in Great Barr
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
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Looking for unique #Christmas gifts?
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
Christmas Gift Guide | Gail Myerscough
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift?
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looking for unique #Christmas gifts?
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
I miss the Wellington carnival so much!
The Somerset carnival circuit is one of the most underrated pieces of iconic British culture. Only when I moved away did I realise the rest of the country doesn't get to enjoy eccentric, OTT, lit up to the heavens, carnival floats crawling round town on a cold November night.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I miss the Wellington carnival so much!
There seems to be a trend for some male cyclists to pull in front of a female cyclist in an ASL with the assumption that we will be slower than them. Stop it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There seems to be a trend for some male cyclists to pull in front of a female cyclist in an ASL with the assumption that we will be slower than them. Stop it.
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Right then. It's mid-November and if you're thinking about #Christmas shopping, now's the time. All my products are designed here in Manchester and made in the UK.
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Right then. It's mid-November and if you're thinking about #Christmas shopping, now's the time. All my products are designed here in Manchester and made in the UK.
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
I cycle in a way to maximise my safety, not the convenience of motorists.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I cycle in a way to maximise my safety, not the convenience of motorists.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
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Anyone committing any driving offence should have their licence removed immediately and be forced to take a theory test before its given back. They're obviously not familiar with the law or the rules of the Highway Code so need to be reminded.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Anyone committing any driving offence should have their licence removed immediately and be forced to take a theory test before its given back. They're obviously not familiar with the law or the rules of the Highway Code so need to be reminded.
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Rain falling on leaves is a much nicer sound than rain falling on water or concrete.
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Rain falling on leaves is a much nicer sound than rain falling on water or concrete.
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From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...