Ottilie Nichols
@comicdomino.bsky.social
Observing the comedy of life, through the arts, mostly. Measure my age in elf-years now.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... Alas! Alack! 😭😭😭
Tom Lehrer, acclaimed musical satirist of cold war era, dies aged 97
A child prodigy in mathematics who graduated Harvard at just 19, his darkly prophetic and cynical show tunes won him a cult following in the 50s and 60s
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July 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... Alas! Alack! 😭😭😭
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Lula: A veto for the Amazon!
I just signed a petition to stop Brazil's 'devastation bill' – a reckless law that opens the Amazon to destruction. Lula has the power to veto it – let's show him the world is watching. Join me and sh...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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I’ve seen a Palestinian father tenderly cradle and stroke the decapitated head of his toddler through my screen this morning while blogging about tax cuts and Australian politics and I’m not sure I’ve ever been more outside my body.
How can anyone still defend what Israel is doing? How???
How can anyone still defend what Israel is doing? How???
March 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I’ve seen a Palestinian father tenderly cradle and stroke the decapitated head of his toddler through my screen this morning while blogging about tax cuts and Australian politics and I’m not sure I’ve ever been more outside my body.
How can anyone still defend what Israel is doing? How???
How can anyone still defend what Israel is doing? How???
Reposted by Ottilie Nichols
The Turd Reich
March 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Turd Reich
I thought, wrongly of course, that all the monsters were a thing of history; that we'd learnt and become more civilised. What a recipe for disaster, a perfect storm the US is, now with a psychopathic liar at the helm, and all in the name of freedom 😣
January 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I thought, wrongly of course, that all the monsters were a thing of history; that we'd learnt and become more civilised. What a recipe for disaster, a perfect storm the US is, now with a psychopathic liar at the helm, and all in the name of freedom 😣
For shame, they persecute her for asking for compassion! secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
She called Trump out
People all around the world are standing with Bishop Budde in the face of Trump's attacks.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
For shame, they persecute her for asking for compassion! secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Hooked on Michael Spyres at the mo! What an eye-opener: youtu.be/-bhlWgyjEQs?...
Baritenor Michael Spyres sings a blistering Rossini ‘Largo al factotum’ | Classic FM Live
YouTube video by Classic FM
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December 22, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Hooked on Michael Spyres at the mo! What an eye-opener: youtu.be/-bhlWgyjEQs?...
December 20, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I find this reflects Tchaikovsky's intensely sensitive, sometimes anguished personality. I imagine quiet tears from him when conducting it. Sublime.
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: II. Andantino in modo di canzona
YouTube video by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Topic
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December 4, 2024 at 3:39 AM
I find this reflects Tchaikovsky's intensely sensitive, sometimes anguished personality. I imagine quiet tears from him when conducting it. Sublime.
youtu.be/cH8G5K6tBzo?...
youtu.be/cH8G5K6tBzo?...
If one could put time in a bottle, which tipple would it be? 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
It’s my birthday, so you have to read my poem. I don’t make the rules. ‘Elderflower Cordial’
November 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
If one could put time in a bottle, which tipple would it be? 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
