Tim Aldrich
@timaldrich.bsky.social
Regulator, policy person, writer, runner, school governor. Not necessarily always in that order.
If you’re a writer looking for inspiration for a short story, starting with one of these wouldn’t be a bad place to start…
January 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
If you’re a writer looking for inspiration for a short story, starting with one of these wouldn’t be a bad place to start…
Flash fiction this morning from @pastpostcard.bsky.social 👇
I wish you were on the mountains with us in rain, wind, fog, lost and frightened.
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Flash fiction this morning from @pastpostcard.bsky.social 👇
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I think that one of my major projects for 2026 is to escape from falling into the trap of seeing everything as doom and overall terminal decline. Specific things might be proper shit, but declaring everything as the end times just plays into the hands of very right wing wrong 'uns
January 2, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I think that one of my major projects for 2026 is to escape from falling into the trap of seeing everything as doom and overall terminal decline. Specific things might be proper shit, but declaring everything as the end times just plays into the hands of very right wing wrong 'uns
You wait years for a play about Mary Todd Lincoln to hit the London stage etc etc…
January 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
You wait years for a play about Mary Todd Lincoln to hit the London stage etc etc…
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Alastair Sim as Scrooge in Scrooge (1951). The meme daddy.
So you *can* do it. Film & TV producers have made enough adaptions of Scrooge at the window to fill a whole advent calendar. They can do anything they like. Of course they can.
You there boy! What day is this?
To-day! Why, CHRISTMAS DAY!
So you *can* do it. Film & TV producers have made enough adaptions of Scrooge at the window to fill a whole advent calendar. They can do anything they like. Of course they can.
You there boy! What day is this?
To-day! Why, CHRISTMAS DAY!
December 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Alastair Sim as Scrooge in Scrooge (1951). The meme daddy.
So you *can* do it. Film & TV producers have made enough adaptions of Scrooge at the window to fill a whole advent calendar. They can do anything they like. Of course they can.
You there boy! What day is this?
To-day! Why, CHRISTMAS DAY!
So you *can* do it. Film & TV producers have made enough adaptions of Scrooge at the window to fill a whole advent calendar. They can do anything they like. Of course they can.
You there boy! What day is this?
To-day! Why, CHRISTMAS DAY!
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Christmas Eve in Ukraine
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Christmas Eve in Ukraine
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Peter Sellers once told Kermit the Frog, "There is no 'me'... there used to be a me but I had it surgically removed."
Had he forgotten that a dozen or so years earlier he had been 'Imperial Me' in Rod Serling's Carol For Another Christmas?
We're covering it this week!
pod.link/1569929507
Had he forgotten that a dozen or so years earlier he had been 'Imperial Me' in Rod Serling's Carol For Another Christmas?
We're covering it this week!
pod.link/1569929507
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Peter Sellers once told Kermit the Frog, "There is no 'me'... there used to be a me but I had it surgically removed."
Had he forgotten that a dozen or so years earlier he had been 'Imperial Me' in Rod Serling's Carol For Another Christmas?
We're covering it this week!
pod.link/1569929507
Had he forgotten that a dozen or so years earlier he had been 'Imperial Me' in Rod Serling's Carol For Another Christmas?
We're covering it this week!
pod.link/1569929507
Ready at my first Smithfield’s Christmas Eve meat auction…
December 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Ready at my first Smithfield’s Christmas Eve meat auction…
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Elegant couple at goldsmith’s shop for a ring, in 1449. But what about those 2 men in the mirror? And what is luring us? Wonderful wares, wonderful painting, Petrus Christus. It’s his day today.
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Elegant couple at goldsmith’s shop for a ring, in 1449. But what about those 2 men in the mirror? And what is luring us? Wonderful wares, wonderful painting, Petrus Christus. It’s his day today.
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I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I've stuck randomly generated conspiracies onto Matt from the Telegraph's cartoons to create "Tinfoil Matt"
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
(Not AI, me writing templates, the good old fashioned way to do these things with a strong degree of authorship.)
Follow @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social NOW.
A Venn Diagram courtesy of my pre-Christmas Farm Direct order. Enjoy…
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Venn Diagram courtesy of my pre-Christmas Farm Direct order. Enjoy…
Just love this. Endlessly fascinating in so many ways…
The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Just love this. Endlessly fascinating in so many ways…
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In London this Tuesday evening?
Want to kick of the festivities with a bang?
Come to Liars' League! I'll be your host for "Blessed and Cursed" - five stories read by actors, with mince pies and a book quiz (infamous).
Grab one of the last remaining tickets! It'll be a ho-ho-hoot...
#LiveLit
Want to kick of the festivities with a bang?
Come to Liars' League! I'll be your host for "Blessed and Cursed" - five stories read by actors, with mince pies and a book quiz (infamous).
Grab one of the last remaining tickets! It'll be a ho-ho-hoot...
#LiveLit
🔔CAST ANNOUNCED for #BlessedAndCursed Tue 9 Dec!
• David Mildon: Victorian opium-fiend
• Aisha Kent: @hannahdownes.bsky.social's Precious Cargo
• Clareine Cronin: @rhystimson.bsky.social's subeditor
• Silas Hawkins: @amy-c-author.bsky.social's sorcerer
& @alexcuddles.bsky.social: Prince Harry! 🎄
• David Mildon: Victorian opium-fiend
• Aisha Kent: @hannahdownes.bsky.social's Precious Cargo
• Clareine Cronin: @rhystimson.bsky.social's subeditor
• Silas Hawkins: @amy-c-author.bsky.social's sorcerer
& @alexcuddles.bsky.social: Prince Harry! 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In London this Tuesday evening?
Want to kick of the festivities with a bang?
Come to Liars' League! I'll be your host for "Blessed and Cursed" - five stories read by actors, with mince pies and a book quiz (infamous).
Grab one of the last remaining tickets! It'll be a ho-ho-hoot...
#LiveLit
Want to kick of the festivities with a bang?
Come to Liars' League! I'll be your host for "Blessed and Cursed" - five stories read by actors, with mince pies and a book quiz (infamous).
Grab one of the last remaining tickets! It'll be a ho-ho-hoot...
#LiveLit
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Breathtaking, but now expected.
1/US stepping up attacks on the EU. This has left many in Europe scratching their heads but it is part of the neo-royalist agenda. The EU stands for the rules based order and stands in the way of a new order based not on rules but clique interests.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Top US official says EU regulation ‘undermines’ NATO ties
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said Europe’s policy agenda was hurting its credibility in Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Breathtaking, but now expected.
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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👻It's a fine tradition to read ghost stories in winter, but why not rest your eyes instead & listen to #HauntedAndHunted, our latest podcast feat. @carriecohen01.bsky.social @timlarkfield.bsky.social @timaldrich.bsky.social @davemcgrath.bsky.social You're welcome🎅
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December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
👻It's a fine tradition to read ghost stories in winter, but why not rest your eyes instead & listen to #HauntedAndHunted, our latest podcast feat. @carriecohen01.bsky.social @timlarkfield.bsky.social @timaldrich.bsky.social @davemcgrath.bsky.social You're welcome🎅
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Starmer won’t like the analogy (he’s a Gooner, after all) but he shares a lot in common with Arne Slot: won big last year, spent lots of money, seriously underperforming in the league table/polls
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Starmer won’t like the analogy (he’s a Gooner, after all) but he shares a lot in common with Arne Slot: won big last year, spent lots of money, seriously underperforming in the league table/polls
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The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
There’s something about crises that prompts excellent writing. This is particularly good and heartily dismaying. Change Starmer for another MP and unless they get this, nothing changes
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
There’s something about crises that prompts excellent writing. This is particularly good and heartily dismaying. Change Starmer for another MP and unless they get this, nothing changes
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New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
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Rachel Reeves has no good choices left.
After this week's income tax u-turn, is there any way she can salvage the Budget?
www.edrith.co.uk/p/reeves-in-...
After this week's income tax u-turn, is there any way she can salvage the Budget?
www.edrith.co.uk/p/reeves-in-...
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Rachel Reeves has no good choices left.
After this week's income tax u-turn, is there any way she can salvage the Budget?
www.edrith.co.uk/p/reeves-in-...
After this week's income tax u-turn, is there any way she can salvage the Budget?
www.edrith.co.uk/p/reeves-in-...
@ecwestcott.bsky.social in case you’ve not seen…. 👏👏👏
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@ecwestcott.bsky.social in case you’ve not seen…. 👏👏👏
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<Phone rings>
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
<Phone rings>
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
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Huzzah for @markmiodownik.bsky.social! Bring your broken or damaged possessions to the UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate in Stratford on Friday, 7th November! www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
Repair Café
Bring your broken or damaged possessions to our UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate on Friday, 7th November.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Huzzah for @markmiodownik.bsky.social! Bring your broken or damaged possessions to the UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate in Stratford on Friday, 7th November! www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
I generally tolerate email marketing at best but this from BackMarket is rather good:
![Headline: Can you spot the difference? [two pictures: one of a Canadian lake taken by an iPhone 15 and the same image but with the lake dried up purportedly by an iPhone 92]
Text: What will the iPhone 92 look like? We've no idea. But we do know what the planet could look like if fast tech continues to release new “upgrades” year after year.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g4d7dyepzxp2tghuk3graqgp/bafkreig4hvisz7fclp2sfso4ujfb6weyzvk3gzdqrxazvnhpzawokm7mnu@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I generally tolerate email marketing at best but this from BackMarket is rather good: