Els Nicol 🕊️
@elsnicol.bsky.social
Dutch woman, married to Scot. Living in beautiful Argyll, Scotland. Yes4Indy and Pro EU. Climate concerned Christian, Pacifist & Oma to neuro-diverse grandchildren. Love learning, reading, poetry & crafts. Known for drinking a lot of tea!
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Els Nicol 🕊️
@elsnicol.bsky.social
· Nov 17
An old time favourite of mine, for giving hope when times feel dark 👇
#Tolkien
#Tolkien
Getting ready for Carols by Candlelight in the local church. First time we have done this. I hope the community will join us.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Getting ready for Carols by Candlelight in the local church. First time we have done this. I hope the community will join us.
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We have chocolate letters and we have marzipan. I think we're totally ready for Sinterklaas tonight!
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December 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We have chocolate letters and we have marzipan. I think we're totally ready for Sinterklaas tonight!
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I love Advent time:
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It's dark outside, the candles are burning, music to listen to. Just bliss.
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It's dark outside, the candles are burning, music to listen to. Just bliss.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I love Advent time:
❤️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️❤️🙏
It's dark outside, the candles are burning, music to listen to. Just bliss.
❤️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️❤️🙏
It's dark outside, the candles are burning, music to listen to. Just bliss.
I have no faith what so ever in Trump & his team doing the right thing by Ukraine. The Cold War is over & Putin beat Trump! Trump plays Ludo, while Putin plays chess. What an idiot! I have a huge dislike of Trump. The most evil man, next to Putin. It's all about money, stuff people's lives.😡
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November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I have no faith what so ever in Trump & his team doing the right thing by Ukraine. The Cold War is over & Putin beat Trump! Trump plays Ludo, while Putin plays chess. What an idiot! I have a huge dislike of Trump. The most evil man, next to Putin. It's all about money, stuff people's lives.😡
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If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
A talk by George Monbiot: Capitalism, Power and Environmental Justice
George Monbiot will discuss some surprising histories of exploitation, and explore what a new radical politics might look like.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
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Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948.
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Scotland Futures: Future Voices", a publication just out yesterday from the Scottish Land Commission www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
See also the sister document "What we Heard": www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
See also the sister document "What we Heard": www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
www.landcommission.gov.scot
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Scotland Futures: Future Voices", a publication just out yesterday from the Scottish Land Commission www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
See also the sister document "What we Heard": www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
See also the sister document "What we Heard": www.landcommission.gov.scot/downloads/69...
Amazing!!! 😍
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Amazing!!! 😍
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Opnieuw relevant | Het zijn niet zozeer de drones die voor de dreiging zorgen, als wel het feit dat we niet weten waar ze vandaan komen en wat ze van plan zijn. Zulke onzekerheid is zowel een middel als het doel in een hybride oorlog.
De drones boven de Europese vliegvelden wijzen ons op de echte dreiging: de onzekerheid in hybride oorlogsvoering
Het zijn niet zozeer de drones die voor de dreiging zorgen, als wel het feit dat we niet weten waar ze vandaan komen en wat ze van plan zijn. Zulke onzekerheid is zowel een middel als het doel in een…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Opnieuw relevant | Het zijn niet zozeer de drones die voor de dreiging zorgen, als wel het feit dat we niet weten waar ze vandaan komen en wat ze van plan zijn. Zulke onzekerheid is zowel een middel als het doel in een hybride oorlog.
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Please join in & sign.
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Please join in & sign.
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An MSP has demanded the Ministry of Defence (MoD) come clean with the public about radioactive pollution on the Clyde after it emerged officials attempted a 'cover up'
MoD accused of 'cover up' by MSP after legal threats over nuclear pollution emerged
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
An MSP has demanded the Ministry of Defence (MoD) come clean with the public about radioactive pollution on the Clyde after it emerged officials attempted a 'cover up'
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Trump peace plan would ‘sell out European security’ – German politician
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
Trump peace plan would ‘sell out European security’ – German politician
We spoke to senior German Politician and former chair of the Bundestag foreign affairs committee Norbert Roettgen from Friedrich Merz's CDU party and began by asking him whether the EU's response to T...
www.channel4.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Trump peace plan would ‘sell out European security’ – German politician
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Orkanen worden door de opwarmende oceaan steeds krachtiger
met windsnelheden zelfs rond de 300 km per uur.
Dat past niet meer in de zwaarste categorie 5. Er is nu discussie in de wetenschap om een zesde categorie toe te voegen.
Good lord!
met windsnelheden zelfs rond de 300 km per uur.
Dat past niet meer in de zwaarste categorie 5. Er is nu discussie in de wetenschap om een zesde categorie toe te voegen.
Good lord!
Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’ www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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We have a great line-up for this event on Friday. Do please come if you're in the area.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-for-r...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-for-r...
TIME FOR REAL CHANGE: democracy and climate justice
A live conversation about our shared future, with insights from distinguished speakers and activists.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We have a great line-up for this event on Friday. Do please come if you're in the area.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-for-r...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-for-r...
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Join Scotland's Climate March
📍Glasgow Green
📅Saturday 15th November
⏰From 11am
📍Glasgow Green
📅Saturday 15th November
⏰From 11am
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join Scotland's Climate March
📍Glasgow Green
📅Saturday 15th November
⏰From 11am
📍Glasgow Green
📅Saturday 15th November
⏰From 11am
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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The state of the US summed up in a single image...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The state of the US summed up in a single image...
My Advent reading sorted!!!
Nothing like a bedside book for Advent. I can't believe I haven't read this one yet.
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Nothing like a bedside book for Advent. I can't believe I haven't read this one yet.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My Advent reading sorted!!!
Nothing like a bedside book for Advent. I can't believe I haven't read this one yet.
❤️📚❤️📚❤️
Nothing like a bedside book for Advent. I can't believe I haven't read this one yet.
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