Nicola
@gardennicola.bsky.social
Posts about gardening,🌱 history, food & art. Occasional rants about the state of the world.
LGBT+ 🏳️⚧️ ally 🏳️🌈 State pensioner so please don’t ask me for money. She/her
No DMs thanks. Will block accounts without bios.
Leicester, UK.
LGBT+ 🏳️⚧️ ally 🏳️🌈 State pensioner so please don’t ask me for money. She/her
No DMs thanks. Will block accounts without bios.
Leicester, UK.
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If you need a smile today this is it.
Stormzy wanted to show you something he’s been working on ❤️
Stormzy wanted to show you something he’s been working on ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you need a smile today this is it.
Stormzy wanted to show you something he’s been working on ❤️
Stormzy wanted to show you something he’s been working on ❤️
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Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Am having to limit what I read about #Covid19inquiry because the reminders make me so mad and sad it can’t be good for me. 😡
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Am having to limit what I read about #Covid19inquiry because the reminders make me so mad and sad it can’t be good for me. 😡
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“Sorry” isn’t the hardest word.. when you don’t mean it.. eh voila👇🏼
Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture 😡🙄🤷🏼♂️
Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture 😡🙄🤷🏼♂️
Michael Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture
The ex-senior minister apologises for mistakes in the pandemic, but defends some of the previous government's actions.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Sorry” isn’t the hardest word.. when you don’t mean it.. eh voila👇🏼
Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture 😡🙄🤷🏼♂️
Gove apologises after Covid report alleges 'toxic' culture 😡🙄🤷🏼♂️
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Quick reminder that on average, an email costs an average of USD $0.35 in hosting, device lifespan, and manhours.
They probably spent more than 50% of the cost of the book sending you emails.
They probably spent more than 50% of the cost of the book sending you emails.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Quick reminder that on average, an email costs an average of USD $0.35 in hosting, device lifespan, and manhours.
They probably spent more than 50% of the cost of the book sending you emails.
They probably spent more than 50% of the cost of the book sending you emails.
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Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
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👋 How confident are you in your museum’s welcome for Deaf visitors?
1 in 3 UK adults are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus - and for Deaf families, an inclusive welcome makes all the difference.
💷 £25 per place:
1 in 3 UK adults are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus - and for Deaf families, an inclusive welcome makes all the difference.
💷 £25 per place:
Deaf Awareness Training for museums by Kids in Museums on cademy.io
Thursday 4 December, 10am-12pm Are you interested in learning basic language skills to enable simple communication with Deaf children, young people and families in your museum? About this training…
kids-in-museums.cademy.io
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
👋 How confident are you in your museum’s welcome for Deaf visitors?
1 in 3 UK adults are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus - and for Deaf families, an inclusive welcome makes all the difference.
💷 £25 per place:
1 in 3 UK adults are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus - and for Deaf families, an inclusive welcome makes all the difference.
💷 £25 per place:
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BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
An F.B.I. Trainee Hung a Pride Flag Near His Desk. He Says He Was Fired for It.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Love how some people are giving you advice Christina! 😂
Just got my (private) Covid jab from Boots. Not cheap, but I hope it will protect my Xmas from infections! (already have the flu jab)
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Love how some people are giving you advice Christina! 😂
Retailer:1. Thank you for your order.
2.Your order is being prepared. 3.Your order has been sent to the courier.Courier:
1. We have received your order.
2. We are preparing your order.
3. We are dispatching your order
4. We will deliver your order on….(wrong) Aaaargh! All for a £4 secondhand book?
2.Your order is being prepared. 3.Your order has been sent to the courier.Courier:
1. We have received your order.
2. We are preparing your order.
3. We are dispatching your order
4. We will deliver your order on….(wrong) Aaaargh! All for a £4 secondhand book?
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Retailer:1. Thank you for your order.
2.Your order is being prepared. 3.Your order has been sent to the courier.Courier:
1. We have received your order.
2. We are preparing your order.
3. We are dispatching your order
4. We will deliver your order on….(wrong) Aaaargh! All for a £4 secondhand book?
2.Your order is being prepared. 3.Your order has been sent to the courier.Courier:
1. We have received your order.
2. We are preparing your order.
3. We are dispatching your order
4. We will deliver your order on….(wrong) Aaaargh! All for a £4 secondhand book?
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Meanwhile, on X - Grok is denying the Holocaust... and all our institutions and politicians and media giants just stay there like that's perfectly OK.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
a close up of a man 's face with the words just leave written in white
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words just leave written in white
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Meanwhile, on X - Grok is denying the Holocaust... and all our institutions and politicians and media giants just stay there like that's perfectly OK.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
Also thanks to @scalzi.com for the line - ‘the failure mode of clever is asshole’
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Also thanks to @scalzi.com for the line - ‘the failure mode of clever is asshole’
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I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I quit the former Twitter two years ago this week, and I am here to tell you that my online life got a lot better for having left it. In two years I've not been tempted to go back, and I haven't felt any penalty in either career or community for not being there. It's nice to be here and not there.
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I won't consider Starlink for the same reason I won't buy a Tesla and why I'm no longer on the former Twitter: I won't willingly give money to (or be an advertising base for) a Nazi salute-throwing fascist who actively tried to destroy our democracy
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I won't consider Starlink for the same reason I won't buy a Tesla and why I'm no longer on the former Twitter: I won't willingly give money to (or be an advertising base for) a Nazi salute-throwing fascist who actively tried to destroy our democracy
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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We are all one war, one hurricane, one military coup, one wildfire, one drought, one economic collapse away from becoming an "asylum seeker".
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We are all one war, one hurricane, one military coup, one wildfire, one drought, one economic collapse away from becoming an "asylum seeker".
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We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
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We were not asylum seekers, but nearly 50 years on, my mum still wistfully talks of the jewellery she had to sell to pay for the plane tickets that got us here.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We were not asylum seekers, but nearly 50 years on, my mum still wistfully talks of the jewellery she had to sell to pay for the plane tickets that got us here.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
Aside from this policy being unconscionable, it does make me wonder how many asylum seekers will have any such belongings to confiscate.
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The current raft of measures is the only thing that Shabana Mahmood will be remembered for in years to come. It’s no coincidence either that the poisoned chalice was handed to the daughter of immigrants.
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The current raft of measures is the only thing that Shabana Mahmood will be remembered for in years to come. It’s no coincidence either that the poisoned chalice was handed to the daughter of immigrants.