"Bark bark", said Teddy. Tsk tsk, kids today with their adulation of tyrannosauroid theropods! What next... unicorns? "I will tell the journalists at the Guardian newspaper!", I retorted with enthusiasm. Teddy rolled his eyes and looked for a new clump of grass to piss on. #WalksWithTeddy
March 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Tsk tsk, kids today with their adulation of tyrannosauroid theropods! What next... unicorns? "I will tell the journalists at the Guardian newspaper!", I retorted with enthusiasm. Teddy rolled his eyes and looked for a new clump of grass to piss on. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Maybe global economic excoriation and the death of transnational trade will lower atmospheric carbon. "It was 4D chess after all!", I said with a spry little jump. Teddy assumed the position, gritted his teeth, and forced out a giant Trump on the pavement. #WalksWithTeddy
April 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Maybe global economic excoriation and the death of transnational trade will lower atmospheric carbon. "It was 4D chess after all!", I said with a spry little jump. Teddy assumed the position, gritted his teeth, and forced out a giant Trump on the pavement. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Every tree removed, every smothering of the ground with concrete; it's environmental loss, but it's phenomenological abridgement, akin to removal of parts of your own brain. "But nice wide pavements!", I added gleefully. Teddy growled a long and low growl. #WalksWithTeddy
March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Every tree removed, every smothering of the ground with concrete; it's environmental loss, but it's phenomenological abridgement, akin to removal of parts of your own brain. "But nice wide pavements!", I added gleefully. Teddy growled a long and low growl. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A tiny, overbuilt, nature-depleted nation where average salary is less than most other European nations, the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand... "At least we have nationalised health", I said. Well duh, what kind of nation _wouldn't_? #WalksWithTeddy
March 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A tiny, overbuilt, nature-depleted nation where average salary is less than most other European nations, the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand... "At least we have nationalised health", I said. Well duh, what kind of nation _wouldn't_? #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Insouciasance for the titular majority, for an antidote to nature deficit, is ignored aaaand... looks like it will be in perpetuity. "But highest ever tree-planting rates!", I retorted. But Teddy knew that sticks in plastic tubes ≠ fail. #WalksWithTeddy
March 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Insouciasance for the titular majority, for an antidote to nature deficit, is ignored aaaand... looks like it will be in perpetuity. "But highest ever tree-planting rates!", I retorted. But Teddy knew that sticks in plastic tubes ≠ fail. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A Starmerist UK is an increasingly worrying prospect: a technocratic, pro-business lean, a hostility to socialism. "I guess in capitalist times, OG Labour remains unelectable", I retorted. Teddy stared blankly ahead; his brain was hurting. #WalksWithTeddy
April 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A Starmerist UK is an increasingly worrying prospect: a technocratic, pro-business lean, a hostility to socialism. "I guess in capitalist times, OG Labour remains unelectable", I retorted. Teddy stared blankly ahead; his brain was hurting. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. This road is quiet, but those nearby are not. A year on year increase in UK traffic (this was over 3% across 2022/23), even at this point in history. "But... but... e-scooters.. bike lanes!", I replied. Teddy did another of his rage vomits. #WalksWithTeddy
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. This road is quiet, but those nearby are not. A year on year increase in UK traffic (this was over 3% across 2022/23), even at this point in history. "But... but... e-scooters.. bike lanes!", I replied. Teddy did another of his rage vomits. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A grassy verge, the last vestige of ground-level greenery where every driveway has been paved. God forbid that we might have to deal with plants, soil... life. "But convenient off-street parking!", I opined. Teddy shook his head sadly, slowly. He liked life. #WalksWithTeddy
April 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A grassy verge, the last vestige of ground-level greenery where every driveway has been paved. God forbid that we might have to deal with plants, soil... life. "But convenient off-street parking!", I opined. Teddy shook his head sadly, slowly. He liked life. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. The UK national debt is £2.7 trillion, £40k per person. So, high governmental wages might be _lowered_ to account for overspent. Yet MPs, over 33% of which have second jobs, earn c £93k p.a. "Yeah. Weird", I said. Teddy puked like a champ. #WalksWithTeddy
April 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. The UK national debt is £2.7 trillion, £40k per person. So, high governmental wages might be _lowered_ to account for overspent. Yet MPs, over 33% of which have second jobs, earn c £93k p.a. "Yeah. Weird", I said. Teddy puked like a champ. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Tempting it may be to talk of Mesa Verde and General Collapse; but time to quit with the notion that a backwards regime needs a central role. "We left the EU in 2020, we know that feeling already", I retorted. But Teddy was busy sniffing fox urine again. #WalksWithTeddy
April 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Tempting it may be to talk of Mesa Verde and General Collapse; but time to quit with the notion that a backwards regime needs a central role. "We left the EU in 2020, we know that feeling already", I retorted. But Teddy was busy sniffing fox urine again. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. The ecocidal hegemony of 2024, consequential as it was, will be superseded by the events of 2025; we're in April and temperature records have already been smashed. "Yay, me no need me coat!", I said on our night walk. Teddy shitted extra big that night. #WalksWithTeddy
April 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. The ecocidal hegemony of 2024, consequential as it was, will be superseded by the events of 2025; we're in April and temperature records have already been smashed. "Yay, me no need me coat!", I said on our night walk. Teddy shitted extra big that night. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A country with among the highest cost of living, declining life expectancy, decreased freedom of movement, adrift, bereft of hope, an inauspicious future. "But.. take back control! Straight bananas!", I retorted. Teddy stared a hard stare. #WalksWithTeddy
April 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. A country with among the highest cost of living, declining life expectancy, decreased freedom of movement, adrift, bereft of hope, an inauspicious future. "But.. take back control! Straight bananas!", I retorted. Teddy stared a hard stare. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. If you lack inherited wealth, what hope is there for escape from these urban surrounds, what hope in an economy where wages are so low, where cost of living exceeds income? "Aspirations must be... avoided, I guess", I opined. Teddy nodded. #WalksWithTeddy
March 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. If you lack inherited wealth, what hope is there for escape from these urban surrounds, what hope in an economy where wages are so low, where cost of living exceeds income? "Aspirations must be... avoided, I guess", I opined. Teddy nodded. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Is it odd that people in a nation that celebrates its egalitarian principles -want- a dictator? "I guess they watched movies, and found the villains aspirational", I said. Teddy sighed, for he feared that aspirations, the good ones, would soon be gone... #WalksWithTeddy
February 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Is it odd that people in a nation that celebrates its egalitarian principles -want- a dictator? "I guess they watched movies, and found the villains aspirational", I said. Teddy sighed, for he feared that aspirations, the good ones, would soon be gone... #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. But 30 years ago, an interlocutor might argue that Freeden's decontested ideology would have birthed a fair system: one where a permanent cost of living crisis did not exist. "And where the Internet worked?", I said. Teddy rolled his eyes. #WalksWithTeddy
April 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. But 30 years ago, an interlocutor might argue that Freeden's decontested ideology would have birthed a fair system: one where a permanent cost of living crisis did not exist. "And where the Internet worked?", I said. Teddy rolled his eyes. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Starmerist policy requires that what remains of nature can go; let's develop _more_. If the beasts are gone, man will die from loneliness of spirit. "Enjoy it while you can, I guess", I said. Teddy knew little of death. For he was a dog. #WalksWithTeddy
April 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. Starmerist policy requires that what remains of nature can go; let's develop _more_. If the beasts are gone, man will die from loneliness of spirit. "Enjoy it while you can, I guess", I said. Teddy knew little of death. For he was a dog. #WalksWithTeddy
"Bark bark", said Teddy. With the majority's cost of living outstripping earnings every month, what hope is there for improved standards, for aspiration, for optimism? "It's like it always has been, it is the lot of the peasantry", I said. Teddy puked. Loudly. #WalksWithTeddy
April 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"Bark bark", said Teddy. With the majority's cost of living outstripping earnings every month, what hope is there for improved standards, for aspiration, for optimism? "It's like it always has been, it is the lot of the peasantry", I said. Teddy puked. Loudly. #WalksWithTeddy
Teddy and I walked the streets. "Bark bark" said Teddy, for the Tory government was touting inflation of 7% as a sign of economic success. "Surely some politicians are invested in a liveable future, Teddy", I said. Teddy wanted to bark. But his throat was too dry. #WalksWithTeddy
September 20, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Teddy and I walked the streets. "Bark bark" said Teddy, for the Tory government was touting inflation of 7% as a sign of economic success. "Surely some politicians are invested in a liveable future, Teddy", I said. Teddy wanted to bark. But his throat was too dry. #WalksWithTeddy
June 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Bark bark", said Teddy, in a part of the city that now suffers from flooding. Profligate abandon in civic economy is going to cost us now; good luck in a town where the business centre is underwater. "But _we_ live on a hill", I said. Teddy sighed a long sigh. #WalksWithTeddy
April 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Bark bark", said Teddy, in a part of the city that now suffers from flooding. Profligate abandon in civic economy is going to cost us now; good luck in a town where the business centre is underwater. "But _we_ live on a hill", I said. Teddy sighed a long sigh. #WalksWithTeddy
June 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The first picture is from this morning's walk. Next three are from tonight's walk. #walkinghobbyist #walking #taphophile #walkswithteddy
June 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The first picture is from this morning's walk. Next three are from tonight's walk. #walkinghobbyist #walking #taphophile #walkswithteddy
June 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM