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Nic
@herringnic.bsky.social
390 followers 350 following 720 posts
Husband, father, ttrpg-er, care-worker, Science enthusiast, good with my hands.
(Havn't proved my age, so can't access DMs)
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herringnic.bsky.social
Yeah yeah, we've all seen at least some of Iron Sky.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Acquire xAI, Creating World’s Most Valuable Private Company

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Acquire xAI, Creating World’s Most Valuable Private Company
SpaceX has acquired xAI, the company announced on Monday, merging two of Elon Musk’s most ambitious companies. “This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission,” a ...
ground.news
February 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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princess-vimentin.bsky.social
You know public health systems worked as intended when outbreaks of preventable disease don’t make headlines every week.

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@kevinfenton
No one Will thank you for the disease they didn't get. Dr William H. Foege Public health works best when nothing happens. No outbreak. No crisis. No headlines. That invisibility is both its strength and its challenge. Prevention rarely gets applause, yet vaccines, clean air, safer roads, and early intervention quietly save millions of lives. If no one notices, the system worked. Kevin Fenton
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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br5494321.bsky.social
😎
January 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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kaseygifford.bsky.social
How is this justified?

Artists are record keepers. They don't just capture history, they preserve the visceral feeling of an emotional moment in time. Fascists despise them for good reason.
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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xkcd.com
Early Arthropods

xkcd.com/3199/
3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
Not so far the booing won't carry, am I right? Up top 🙏

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Trump will not attend Super Bowl because it’s ‘too far away,’ he tells NY Post
By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — From UFC matches to the US Open, President Donald Trump has had box seats at some of the most high-profile sporting events in the country during his second term. But the pres...
ground.news
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
#StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrekStarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek
#ParamountPlus
#StarTrekFamily
#Starfleet
#VitusReflux
Gotta say, I'm likeing Cap'n Ake more and more. This episode felt very american highschool with a dash of heist movie. So she stood out as moral compass/tactician.
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
ELASTIGIRL?!
#StarfleetAcademy
#StarTrekStarfleetAcademy
#StarTrek
#ParamountPlus
#StarTrekFamily
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
goodlaw.social
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
When will this regression end? Conversion therapy? It was someone who was on the board of sex matters who played a major part in me resigning from Monkey Cage because they like to bully people into silence
Stop Sex Matters lobbying for conversion therapy In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQI+ people. But Sex Matters is infiltrating the vote. Sex Matters have set up a tool for transphobes to email the MPs that are on the Council, asking them to vote against a ban on this cruel practice. We have to stop this. Here's what you can do - it only takes two minutes. 4/4 Email the MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don't have to bend down to Sex Matter's transphobic threats. They can stand up for what's right. Comment to get the tool in your DMs. We only have a week but, together, we can stop hate.
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
Furthermore - FUCK cancer.
January 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
For my dear friend Holly, who passed away recently from cancer aged 46.
I hadn't seen her in a few years, happy to know this wonderful person was just out there in the world.
Now I know my future dosn't have more of her in it, I'm disturbed beyond reason.
#cancer #bereavement
Goodnight sweet friend
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
Wow, Trump must REALLY be worried abbut the Epstein files.
#Trump #twat #Venezuela #Canada #Greenland #Epstein
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
#TTRPG #Numenera
I was figuring out what type I am, as a thought excercise.
I think I'm a glaive. I tend to throw myself in to physical tasks, even to injury sometimes. Lots of knacks for doing things efficiently.
Surprised I'm not as another type. I'm a little nano or delve. But. 🤷‍♂️
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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artisteroi-rlsh.bsky.social
An earlier post that was immediately deleted. I got a screenshot of it
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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jonburkeuk.bsky.social
American commentators and right wing politicians are expressing shock that countries they have repeatedly threatened with invasion, disrespected on the international stage, and economically bullied are forging new alliances.

Sorry guys, but it’s FAFO time.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
herringnic.bsky.social
Wanted so much to comment on @mauratwit.bsky.social bluesky 🚫'd me to.an impressive degree. Thank you for the post, excellent photo.
Definate nomine for World Press Photo of the Year
​Robert Capa Gold Medal
​Pictures of the Year International (POYi)
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January 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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iododds.bsky.social
This meme accidentally reveals the silliness of gender critical arguments about “two sexes”!

“Humans, as a species, are bipedal” — Sure, that’s true

“Every human has two legs and should be treated as such, but also we must not tolerate prosthetic legs in our society ” — Sorry, are you high?
poisonjr.bsky.social exfauna @poisonjr.bsky.social · 18d
every time i see this it takes me awhile to remember that it's being cruel, not advocating
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
Donald Trump being given someone else's non transferable nobel peace prize.
a cartoon drawing of a man in a striped shirt with the words bullsex written in yellow letters
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a man in a striped shirt with the words bullsex written in yellow letters
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
OMG! My wife just got a malteaser that was ALL chocolate. I'm unreasonably excited.
#mars
January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
herringnic.bsky.social
Uk priminister: grok can be used to make kiddie porn?! 😵🤢
US: 🙄 If you're even THINKING of banning X, we will sanction the f*ck of of all o' y'all 💅 YOU just hate free speech absolutism.
Me: grok- make a Starmer nude.
Grok: sure thing! 😃🫡👍🍆

www.msn.com/en-gb/news/n...

@ukparliament.parliament.uk
A censored pic from grok. Which easily showed me a pic of naked keir starmer lifting weights, peen out and everything. No questions asked. Did I ask for the muscle tone, weight lifting and tan? Admittedly yes, but Elon programmed it to work so there.
January 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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bluewavesurfer.bsky.social
Please follow and follow back. Let's help the #Resister community grow. #StrongerTogether
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
The mask dropped sometime ago, but the true face of the brutality of the Trump administration and their lickspittles screams louder every day and remember Farage is made in this image #poetry #reneegood #politics #justice #farage
Media Notes for Justification of the Orphan Makers Do not be quick to put the boot in Those accused of shooting A peaceful mother in the face (three times) Her demise may well be justified Our population now is radicalised have you noticed how women often fail To even obey the voices of the male?) And this was no run of the mill "mum" She was a deviant one A lesbian And we cannot dismiss How the sapphic can put men with pistols Into a panic She may not have committed the sin of being brown But her profile page declared a pronoun! A typical trait of an enemy of the state But wait A little more She called herself a "poet" too And women like that are often shrews To take language and create a rhythm Another clue to domestic terrorism So I say again From autocue to you The world is surely a better place If we shoot love and peace and protest in the face
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM