Nicky Rowlands
@nickyrowlands.bsky.social
By day, I'm a queer feminist writer and mother. By night, I'm a queer feminist writer and mother with insomnia. Fueled by tea and books. She/her
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Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sorry to everyone who thinks there should be fewer romances involving grief, but we all just lived through a mass death/disabling historical event with absolutely zero public rhetoric about it (or the fact that it’s ongoing) and grief romances is one big way we’re all Working That Out
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
TIL Benedict Cumberbatch's favourite version of his name is "Bendydick Cumonmybaps."
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
TIL Benedict Cumberbatch's favourite version of his name is "Bendydick Cumonmybaps."
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When you say only the “genuinely disabled” should receive support, you’re aiding fascism.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
When you say only the “genuinely disabled” should receive support, you’re aiding fascism.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
When you say people are scamming the system, you’re aiding fascism.
Many disabilities are invisible and it’s hard to get support.
People aren’t scamming. That’s “useless eater” rhetoric designed to divide.
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Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
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The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The phrase "trans activist" is goofy because like 95% of the time it's used it refers to a trans person simply existing.
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
Media, pointing at a woman buying a coffee: behold, a trans activist.
Woman: buying coffee is not activism stop being so fucking weird
Media: trans activist criticizes media
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oh you’re a nihilist? name zero things that matter
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
oh you’re a nihilist? name zero things that matter
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saw this quote “Children are being slaughtered, on a daily basis, for almost two years."
the other day someone asked when the war in gaza start and several people said "1948"
children have been slaughtered for over 75 yrs, yet choose to frame around the deaths of israelis at a music festival
the other day someone asked when the war in gaza start and several people said "1948"
children have been slaughtered for over 75 yrs, yet choose to frame around the deaths of israelis at a music festival
October 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
saw this quote “Children are being slaughtered, on a daily basis, for almost two years."
the other day someone asked when the war in gaza start and several people said "1948"
children have been slaughtered for over 75 yrs, yet choose to frame around the deaths of israelis at a music festival
the other day someone asked when the war in gaza start and several people said "1948"
children have been slaughtered for over 75 yrs, yet choose to frame around the deaths of israelis at a music festival
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Unsolicited wicks pic
October 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Unsolicited wicks pic
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A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
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Some entertainment site should publish an article at three AM one night called "The Cast of Star Trek: TNG: Where Are They Now?"
And when you click on the headline it just says, "They're probably in bed. It's really late!"
And when you click on the headline it just says, "They're probably in bed. It's really late!"
September 8, 2023 at 7:17 AM
Some entertainment site should publish an article at three AM one night called "The Cast of Star Trek: TNG: Where Are They Now?"
And when you click on the headline it just says, "They're probably in bed. It's really late!"
And when you click on the headline it just says, "They're probably in bed. It's really late!"
On October 3rd, he asked me what day it is.
It's new Taylor Swift album day!
It's new Taylor Swift album day!
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
On October 3rd, he asked me what day it is.
It's new Taylor Swift album day!
It's new Taylor Swift album day!
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Relieved more people are clocking onto the state of overt US fascism.... but it will forever be weird to me that a class of people needed Jimmy Kimmel to get cancelled before noticing, like the bipartisan rolling imperial genocide machine wasn't enough
September 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Relieved more people are clocking onto the state of overt US fascism.... but it will forever be weird to me that a class of people needed Jimmy Kimmel to get cancelled before noticing, like the bipartisan rolling imperial genocide machine wasn't enough
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Charlie Kirk spent his life making people like me unsafe. His followers sent me death threats for years and threatened my employer if they didn’t terminate me.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life making people like me unsafe. His followers sent me death threats for years and threatened my employer if they didn’t terminate me.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
His work was NEVER about free speech. It was about hate and emboldening violent people. The dishonesty of the past 24hrs is disgusting.
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Y’all don’t hate white supremacy enough for me.
You’ll befriend it, have beers with it, even call it a difference of opinion…you’ll do everything but eradicate it.
White supremacy is not a stance. It is not a position. It is poison. And you’d rather be sick than keep your Black friends safe.
You’ll befriend it, have beers with it, even call it a difference of opinion…you’ll do everything but eradicate it.
White supremacy is not a stance. It is not a position. It is poison. And you’d rather be sick than keep your Black friends safe.
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Y’all don’t hate white supremacy enough for me.
You’ll befriend it, have beers with it, even call it a difference of opinion…you’ll do everything but eradicate it.
White supremacy is not a stance. It is not a position. It is poison. And you’d rather be sick than keep your Black friends safe.
You’ll befriend it, have beers with it, even call it a difference of opinion…you’ll do everything but eradicate it.
White supremacy is not a stance. It is not a position. It is poison. And you’d rather be sick than keep your Black friends safe.
A doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
but not by much
but not by much
September 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
but not by much
but not by much
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if you have nazis openly marching in your country you're in a nazi country.
August 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
if you have nazis openly marching in your country you're in a nazi country.
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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My favourite episode is the one where Poirot gets a shoulder-mounted cannon.
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My favourite episode is the one where Poirot gets a shoulder-mounted cannon.
I am so genuinely annoyed by the move away from physical media. I just want to own my favourite movies on DVD!
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I am so genuinely annoyed by the move away from physical media. I just want to own my favourite movies on DVD!
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If your writing didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be going after our books and our stories and desperately trying to rewrite them and/or destroy them.
Language is power.
Language is power.
February 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If your writing didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be going after our books and our stories and desperately trying to rewrite them and/or destroy them.
Language is power.
Language is power.