Tim Hardy
@timbobaggins.bsky.social
Perpetually exhausted, dad, husband, tech. Doesn't write as much as he should. (he/him)
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This year, I'm taking part in the busted-halo.bsky.social Advent Photo Challenge, #BHAdvent25, buff.ly/6tYFMlq.
Yesterday's prompt was WREATH and, although it's not strictly a photo, this picture is usually my starter for ten.
(I've been unable to find an artist to credit.)
Yesterday's prompt was WREATH and, although it's not strictly a photo, this picture is usually my starter for ten.
(I've been unable to find an artist to credit.)
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I find it hard to draw birds because the damn things are small and simply won't keep still. However, that has not stopped me. Stuff on my website featuring birds…
worldofmoose.com/search?q=bird
worldofmoose.com/search?q=bird
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I find it hard to draw birds because the damn things are small and simply won't keep still. However, that has not stopped me. Stuff on my website featuring birds…
worldofmoose.com/search?q=bird
worldofmoose.com/search?q=bird
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🎶"... FIIIIIIVE GOLD RIIIIIINGS...
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves..."🎶
... But they were, all of them, deceived, for another ring was made...
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves..."🎶
... But they were, all of them, deceived, for another ring was made...
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🎶"... FIIIIIIVE GOLD RIIIIIINGS...
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves..."🎶
... But they were, all of them, deceived, for another ring was made...
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves..."🎶
... But they were, all of them, deceived, for another ring was made...
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Everyone knows Odin has a connection to ravens. But I'm pretty sure Loki has friends in the wider corvid community.
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Everyone knows Odin has a connection to ravens. But I'm pretty sure Loki has friends in the wider corvid community.
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The DM started describing a thieves cant symbol
I got this far into drawing it, at his instruction, before realising what it was and getting So Mad
I got this far into drawing it, at his instruction, before realising what it was and getting So Mad
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The DM started describing a thieves cant symbol
I got this far into drawing it, at his instruction, before realising what it was and getting So Mad
I got this far into drawing it, at his instruction, before realising what it was and getting So Mad
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Who are these folk who dress in green we hear the people say! 💚
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Who are these folk who dress in green we hear the people say! 💚
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Strange how all of these Reform characters keep turning out to be racists. Of course, it’s too early to say if there’s a pattern developing. Just bad luck I suppose.
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Strange how all of these Reform characters keep turning out to be racists. Of course, it’s too early to say if there’s a pattern developing. Just bad luck I suppose.
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The idols of the nations are copper and silicon,
made by human hands.
They generate, but cannot write;
imitate, but cannot create.
They give advice but cannot think,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
Psalm 135 (updated)
made by human hands.
They generate, but cannot write;
imitate, but cannot create.
They give advice but cannot think,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
Psalm 135 (updated)
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The idols of the nations are copper and silicon,
made by human hands.
They generate, but cannot write;
imitate, but cannot create.
They give advice but cannot think,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
Psalm 135 (updated)
made by human hands.
They generate, but cannot write;
imitate, but cannot create.
They give advice but cannot think,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
Psalm 135 (updated)
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Actually the saddest thing of all is that there is any need to debate any of this. Trans people are just people. Their lives, their very existence is not up for debate. There is no evidence AT ALL to back up ANY concerns that GC people have about trans women in "female spaces".
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Actually the saddest thing of all is that there is any need to debate any of this. Trans people are just people. Their lives, their very existence is not up for debate. There is no evidence AT ALL to back up ANY concerns that GC people have about trans women in "female spaces".
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Nothing says feminism like forcing women to do something they have been vocal about not wanting to do.
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Nothing says feminism like forcing women to do something they have been vocal about not wanting to do.
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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Let me reframe this: perhaps we should not discourage them, as it might also discourage disabled people from seeking accommodations out of fear that they will be accused of faking their disability; or, they will refrain from seeking accommodations out of fear of "not being disabled enough."
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Let me reframe this: perhaps we should not discourage them, as it might also discourage disabled people from seeking accommodations out of fear that they will be accused of faking their disability; or, they will refrain from seeking accommodations out of fear of "not being disabled enough."
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Fuck you if you support him.
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fuck you if you support him.
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🎶 Do You Wanna Build A Crowmaaaan 🎶 ☃️
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🎶 Do You Wanna Build A Crowmaaaan 🎶 ☃️
Slightly misleading headline - they haven't been scrapped yet, but the govt are planning to (which I knew but the headline made me think they'd passed the legislation).
Still, dreadful idea.
Still, dreadful idea.
I'm not planning to be tried for any such crimes, but, well fuck, this doesn't seem like a good idea.
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Slightly misleading headline - they haven't been scrapped yet, but the govt are planning to (which I knew but the headline made me think they'd passed the legislation).
Still, dreadful idea.
Still, dreadful idea.
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
I'm not planning to be tried for any such crimes, but, well fuck, this doesn't seem like a good idea.
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm not planning to be tried for any such crimes, but, well fuck, this doesn't seem like a good idea.
I named my fists loosey and tighty because an irritating rhyme supplanted what I actually learned in school.
I named my fists Athene and Nike because you can't have Justice without Conflict
I named my fists Genghis and Ögedei because they Khan cause massive devastation
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I named my fists loosey and tighty because an irritating rhyme supplanted what I actually learned in school.
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Away in a manger,
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet.
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet.
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Away in a manger,
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet.
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet.
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Hesitated pressing publish.
Did it anyway.
Did it anyway.
Suicide: The Not Quites and the Nearly Somethings
I suppose I’ve always wondered: what counts? If we fall in between, where do we land?
medium.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hesitated pressing publish.
Did it anyway.
Did it anyway.
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When I was a Subdeacon, one of the priests in the parochial house said his two main daily prayers started with: “Well Lord this is all a mess … “ and “Dear Lord, keep my fists by my side through this day’s ignorance and strife …” After a few months, I understood why.
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When I was a Subdeacon, one of the priests in the parochial house said his two main daily prayers started with: “Well Lord this is all a mess … “ and “Dear Lord, keep my fists by my side through this day’s ignorance and strife …” After a few months, I understood why.
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Loki in his natural habitat!
Very delighted to see this display at the Jorvik centre @louiestowell.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Loki in his natural habitat!
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
9
Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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it's nice they've got a clever puppet for the paddington play but in the old days you'd have brian blessed stomping around stage bursting through a duffel coat yelling MARMALADE at terrified children and isn't that a better world
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
it's nice they've got a clever puppet for the paddington play but in the old days you'd have brian blessed stomping around stage bursting through a duffel coat yelling MARMALADE at terrified children and isn't that a better world