Mark Purvis
@markpurvis.bsky.social
River restorer, fly fishing guide, clean water champion, loves mountains, rides bikes
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Mark Purvis
@markpurvis.bsky.social
· Dec 6
Four pictures to introduce myself. I am a #flyfisherman and guide living in the #Cotswolds in the UK, I do voluntary habitat restoration on local trout streams, I despise the #pollution of our streams for profit and I'm walking the #southwestcoastpath with my wife and our photogenic spaniel.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"As a new generation of Labour MPs grapple with their unease...Taverne’s example reminds us of the importance of having independently minded MPs with the shrewdness and elegance of the 'Victor of Lincoln'."
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Tribute to Lord Taverne: the resilient rebel who was 'too hot to handle'
In becoming the first post-war independent victor of an English by-election, Dick Taverne helped break the dominance of the main parties in 1973. W...
www.politicshome.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"As a new generation of Labour MPs grapple with their unease...Taverne’s example reminds us of the importance of having independently minded MPs with the shrewdness and elegance of the 'Victor of Lincoln'."
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social!
shorturl.at/BeTPd
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Vous assistez, quasiment en direct à la formation d'un cratère sur la Lune, avec un impact filmé ce matin !
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Vous assistez, quasiment en direct à la formation d'un cratère sur la Lune, avec un impact filmé ce matin !
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BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
It seems this Government is determined to miss just about every opportunity to actually make life better for the country.
Have Reeves and Starmer missed the chance to ditch stealth taxes? | Phillip Inman
Have Reeves and Starmer missed the chance to ditch stealth taxes? | Phillip Inman
Retreat from plans to increase income tax means Labour is unlikely to make system fairer and more coherent
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It seems this Government is determined to miss just about every opportunity to actually make life better for the country.
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In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @[email protected]
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @[email protected]
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How do we, as a society, let companies get away with this behaviour?
I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands
A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitat
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How do we, as a society, let companies get away with this behaviour?
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The Panorama edit was poor journalism, not sure how it happened (more than 15 yo when I worked there we all had to go on a course because someone made the Queen look grumpy about something in the wrong order). But of all of it, this is the only piece I’ve read that properly nails the issue…
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Panorama edit was poor journalism, not sure how it happened (more than 15 yo when I worked there we all had to go on a course because someone made the Queen look grumpy about something in the wrong order). But of all of it, this is the only piece I’ve read that properly nails the issue…
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4,000 m below the surface lives the Casper octopus — fragile, unseen, irreplaceable.
Machines are being built to mine its world.
Protect the unseen ocean before it’s too late.
World View article in Nature:
🔗 rdcu.be/eIQyN
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#DeepSea #OceanImpact #30x30
Machines are being built to mine its world.
Protect the unseen ocean before it’s too late.
World View article in Nature:
🔗 rdcu.be/eIQyN
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#DeepSea #OceanImpact #30x30
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
4,000 m below the surface lives the Casper octopus — fragile, unseen, irreplaceable.
Machines are being built to mine its world.
Protect the unseen ocean before it’s too late.
World View article in Nature:
🔗 rdcu.be/eIQyN
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#DeepSea #OceanImpact #30x30
Machines are being built to mine its world.
Protect the unseen ocean before it’s too late.
World View article in Nature:
🔗 rdcu.be/eIQyN
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#DeepSea #OceanImpact #30x30
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Even in these most challenging times river restoration in Ukraine is ongoing: freshwaterblog.net/2025/11/04/u...
Ukrainian river restoration project during wartime wins major award
The Bilyi River after the removal of an obsolete dam. Image: Danube-Carpathian Programme Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought death and destruction not only to towns and cities, but als…
freshwaterblog.net
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Even in these most challenging times river restoration in Ukraine is ongoing: freshwaterblog.net/2025/11/04/u...
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Monarchs need milkweed. Bees need flowers. Solar fields can provide both – while generating renewable power. 🌞🦋🐝
Solar farms can bloom with life, not just energy » Yale Climate Connections
By planting wildflowers instead of grass, developers are creating habitat for bees, butterflies, and birds.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Monarchs need milkweed. Bees need flowers. Solar fields can provide both – while generating renewable power. 🌞🦋🐝
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Our Comms Director, Tessa, and Eva from @beavertrust.bsky.social met the Senior Special Advisor for the Policy Unit at No.10.
We’re asking Government to help #farmers undertake essential work required to help our #rivers heal.
Will you? 🙏 Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We’re asking Government to help #farmers undertake essential work required to help our #rivers heal.
Will you? 🙏 Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Our Comms Director, Tessa, and Eva from @beavertrust.bsky.social met the Senior Special Advisor for the Policy Unit at No.10.
We’re asking Government to help #farmers undertake essential work required to help our #rivers heal.
Will you? 🙏 Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We’re asking Government to help #farmers undertake essential work required to help our #rivers heal.
Will you? 🙏 Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Extract from more recent Goodwin post. He really should never be allowed on the BBC - or any other reputable broadcaster - again.
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This is for Trump.
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This is for Trump.
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Polluting waterways is a crime. However, it is a remarkable state of affairs that it is a crime that is overlooked when the people doing so are water company executives earning millions in annual salaries (paid for by the public). And it is government policy to turn a blind eye.
Good LORD ! A crime? Even I didn’t know that and I was a criminal lawyer for years.
“Burcu Yesilyurt…said she thought she was acting "responsibly" when she poured out a small amount of coffee from her reusable cup down the drain rather than risk spilling it on the bus she was about to catch“
“Burcu Yesilyurt…said she thought she was acting "responsibly" when she poured out a small amount of coffee from her reusable cup down the drain rather than risk spilling it on the bus she was about to catch“
So does this mean washing car in street when water goes into street drain is a crime?
BBC News - Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Polluting waterways is a crime. However, it is a remarkable state of affairs that it is a crime that is overlooked when the people doing so are water company executives earning millions in annual salaries (paid for by the public). And it is government policy to turn a blind eye.
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The Conservative Party cannot be considered a responsible party of government again until and unless Ms Lam is forced to drop her Idi Amin migration proposal and apologise to those it threatens, or has the whip removed. It is as simple as that.
Breaking promises made to people the government thinks unpopular, and saying bad luck with health or unemployment is as reprehensible as criminality, is bad not just for those facing deportation but for all of us who care about Britain as a country that believes in fair play, decency and honesty.
Lam says on air the policy is to remove those "because" they broke the rules/conditions under which they came
But her policy is to retrospectively change the rules/conditions under which they came!
Lam knows this will be perceived as unfair: she will feel "great personal sympathy" for deportees
But her policy is to retrospectively change the rules/conditions under which they came!
Lam knows this will be perceived as unfair: she will feel "great personal sympathy" for deportees
October 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The Conservative Party cannot be considered a responsible party of government again until and unless Ms Lam is forced to drop her Idi Amin migration proposal and apologise to those it threatens, or has the whip removed. It is as simple as that.
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Inspiring things happening in Cutteslowe, north Oxford: "restore and reopen Cutteslowe’s historic greenhouses to create a thriving community space where people connect with nature, food, and each other."
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
Cutteslowe Greenhouse | Restore, Support, Engage Today
Join us in restoring and revitalizing Cutteslowe Greenhouse, a community space for nature, food, and connection. Support our mission through volunteering and donations.
www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Inspiring things happening in Cutteslowe, north Oxford: "restore and reopen Cutteslowe’s historic greenhouses to create a thriving community space where people connect with nature, food, and each other."
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
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This is so wrong. Ministers should protect the public interest, not a handful of creditors clinging on to their bad investments
@ofwat.bsky.social and the government must prioritise households and the environment, cut Thames Water's debt in half right now with Special Administration
@ofwat.bsky.social and the government must prioritise households and the environment, cut Thames Water's debt in half right now with Special Administration
October 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is so wrong. Ministers should protect the public interest, not a handful of creditors clinging on to their bad investments
@ofwat.bsky.social and the government must prioritise households and the environment, cut Thames Water's debt in half right now with Special Administration
@ofwat.bsky.social and the government must prioritise households and the environment, cut Thames Water's debt in half right now with Special Administration
Back on the #southwestcoastpath #devonandcornwall
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Back on the #southwestcoastpath #devonandcornwall
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By 2050, the UK is predicted to be short an estimated 4-5 billion litres of water a day. Clearly, Thames Water's desalination plant hasn't proven an efficient way of making us water secure. But which approaches might work?
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£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years
Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was built
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
By 2050, the UK is predicted to be short an estimated 4-5 billion litres of water a day. Clearly, Thames Water's desalination plant hasn't proven an efficient way of making us water secure. But which approaches might work?
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...