Nick Harleigh-Bell
@nhbfromnr3.bsky.social
Middle-aged and menopausal.
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ veteran keyboard warrior and professional mangler of words.
Still Gothic 🦇 at heart but aspires to Scots Baronial (for all you architecture nerds out there)
Woke as fuck - and proudly so.
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ veteran keyboard warrior and professional mangler of words.
Still Gothic 🦇 at heart but aspires to Scots Baronial (for all you architecture nerds out there)
Woke as fuck - and proudly so.
Spent 10mins on a scam call from an Indian call centre attempting to persuade the young chap at the other end of the line that he was worth more than a job that steals from trusting people. To his credit, he didn't hang up immediately. I doubt he'll quit, but maybe he'll reflect.
September 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Spent 10mins on a scam call from an Indian call centre attempting to persuade the young chap at the other end of the line that he was worth more than a job that steals from trusting people. To his credit, he didn't hang up immediately. I doubt he'll quit, but maybe he'll reflect.
Had a Proustian moment this morning. We'd run out of milk and had to use the dusty UHT carton for my cuppa. First waft of steam from the mug and I was back at my Nan's prefab, in front of the Parkray.
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Had a Proustian moment this morning. We'd run out of milk and had to use the dusty UHT carton for my cuppa. First waft of steam from the mug and I was back at my Nan's prefab, in front of the Parkray.
It is too warm and humid. I realise this isn't exactly breaking news, but it's breaking me. 'Mon the autumn.
August 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It is too warm and humid. I realise this isn't exactly breaking news, but it's breaking me. 'Mon the autumn.
*Alanis Morrissette warming up her vocals* 🎶 An old man aged 98...🎶
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
*Alanis Morrissette warming up her vocals* 🎶 An old man aged 98...🎶
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June 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Watching #Glastonbury on the telly. Alanis Morrisette isn't exactly up there when it comes to harmonica players, is she? She's had years to practice, and yet...
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June 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Watching #Glastonbury on the telly. Alanis Morrisette isn't exactly up there when it comes to harmonica players, is she? She's had years to practice, and yet...
'Phobes can't stand whimsy.
June 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
'Phobes can't stand whimsy.
How's your day going? I've just spent 5 minutes looking for my phone... WHICH WAS IN MY HAND.
#PerimenopauseIsFun
#PerimenopauseIsFun
June 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
How's your day going? I've just spent 5 minutes looking for my phone... WHICH WAS IN MY HAND.
#PerimenopauseIsFun
#PerimenopauseIsFun
I do like a parliament that has poetry literally embedded into its walls & soul.
www.parliament.scot/about/news/n...
www.parliament.scot/about/news/n...
New quotes unveiled on Canongate Wall
www.parliament.scot
June 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I do like a parliament that has poetry literally embedded into its walls & soul.
www.parliament.scot/about/news/n...
www.parliament.scot/about/news/n...
How bitter and fragile is Laurence Fox? See exhibit A below!
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How bitter and fragile is Laurence Fox? See exhibit A below!
Not Enid Blyton's best work...
May 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Not Enid Blyton's best work...
Fucking hell. That's a bit close.
The regional newspaper has a live feed going, btw. Might be geolocked, but if it isn't you can see the progress (or lack of it) pretty well.
Direkte: Containerskip på grunn utenfor Byneset
Vi sender direkte fra Byneset der et containserskip har gått på grunn.
play.adressa.no
May 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Fucking hell. That's a bit close.
At least Eurovision won't be in Tel Aviv next year...
May 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At least Eurovision won't be in Tel Aviv next year...
Today has been a dreadful day. Not because of anything specific, just generally terrible. Rampant transphobia and dogwhistle racism, the rise of Reform, that orange shitler and all his minions, poor bastard Gaza, some pro-life wifey getting more airtime than she deserves. - where did civility go?
May 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Today has been a dreadful day. Not because of anything specific, just generally terrible. Rampant transphobia and dogwhistle racism, the rise of Reform, that orange shitler and all his minions, poor bastard Gaza, some pro-life wifey getting more airtime than she deserves. - where did civility go?
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🇺🇸The first 100 days - souvenir exquisite art-prints. Limited editions (only 25 of each available) signed, numbered and stamped. Free high res download also available!
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May 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🇺🇸The first 100 days - souvenir exquisite art-prints. Limited editions (only 25 of each available) signed, numbered and stamped. Free high res download also available!
👇👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/category/ltd...
👇👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/category/ltd...
Comforting to know that French courts' sketch artists are as inscrutable as those in the UK. Guess who it is...
May 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Comforting to know that French courts' sketch artists are as inscrutable as those in the UK. Guess who it is...
Should I be concerned that the Swirling Restart of Misery is in red, rather than the more usual white? Has my PC been possessed by demons?
May 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Should I be concerned that the Swirling Restart of Misery is in red, rather than the more usual white? Has my PC been possessed by demons?
One of my longtime acquaintances (of over 30 years) has become a somewhat irrational terf. I'm reminding myself of the zero tolerance moral of The Specials' "Racist Friend"...
youtu.be/gqH_0LPVoho...
youtu.be/gqH_0LPVoho...
The Specials - Racist Friend (Official Music Video)
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April 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
One of my longtime acquaintances (of over 30 years) has become a somewhat irrational terf. I'm reminding myself of the zero tolerance moral of The Specials' "Racist Friend"...
youtu.be/gqH_0LPVoho...
youtu.be/gqH_0LPVoho...
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Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
Paddington Bear scores a hat trick!
April 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Paddington Bear scores a hat trick!
I'm not admitting I've eaten an entire Easter egg in one go, but I feel a bit queasy and my burps taste of Cadbury's. Jus' sayin'...
April 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm not admitting I've eaten an entire Easter egg in one go, but I feel a bit queasy and my burps taste of Cadbury's. Jus' sayin'...
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If Vance dies unexpectedly in the next week or so I'm counting that as his first miracle for the process of beatification
April 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If Vance dies unexpectedly in the next week or so I'm counting that as his first miracle for the process of beatification
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I have learned something that brings me deep joy. My long son (5'7" at 12yo, one of the tallest kids in Y8) has in his friendship group an even taller kid they call Burge. I assumed his name was Burgess or something? No. They don't call him Burge at all, they call him Burj, after the Burj Khalifa.
September 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM
I have learned something that brings me deep joy. My long son (5'7" at 12yo, one of the tallest kids in Y8) has in his friendship group an even taller kid they call Burge. I assumed his name was Burgess or something? No. They don't call him Burge at all, they call him Burj, after the Burj Khalifa.
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jk rowling: just gonna post a photo that makes it clear i’m the good person in this situation
the photo:
the photo:
April 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
jk rowling: just gonna post a photo that makes it clear i’m the good person in this situation
the photo:
the photo: