Nicole Wilkins
@nicjwilkins.bsky.social
Publisher at Foresight News. Canadian in the UK. Long-suffering Leafs and QPR fan. Most opinions are just Simpsons references.
Exactly this. I've lived here since 2008 and haven't bothered getting citizenship because I don't have a spare £2k and I have settled status. I resent the hell out of paying it now just to avoid potentially getting deported and split up from my family under a patently insane policy.
this may be insane of me but I don't actually want to apply, on the basis that I almost certainly wouldn't want to stay in a country trying to deport me anyway
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Exactly this. I've lived here since 2008 and haven't bothered getting citizenship because I don't have a spare £2k and I have settled status. I resent the hell out of paying it now just to avoid potentially getting deported and split up from my family under a patently insane policy.
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We're on it. Issue incoming.
I feel like it's a mission for @garbageday.email and their team
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're on it. Issue incoming.
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yeah the solution is to stop telling your own voters to fuck off in favour of people who hate you.
May 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
yeah the solution is to stop telling your own voters to fuck off in favour of people who hate you.
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Island of strangers is grim, grim, language
Keir Starmer says immigration system is “almost designed to permit abuse” and that it risks “pulling the country apart”.
PM says UK needs tougher rules to reduce immigration significantly or it risks becoming “an island of strangers”.
PM says UK needs tougher rules to reduce immigration significantly or it risks becoming “an island of strangers”.
May 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Island of strangers is grim, grim, language
Took kids to play basketball earlier, kid who was already there asked to join us. Chatted for a bit, he was 13 and originally from Malawi. Some kids closer to his age turned up so he went off to play football with them. Thought how wholesome the random kids playing with shoes for goalposts thing was
May 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Took kids to play basketball earlier, kid who was already there asked to join us. Chatted for a bit, he was 13 and originally from Malawi. Some kids closer to his age turned up so he went off to play football with them. Thought how wholesome the random kids playing with shoes for goalposts thing was
I spend a lot of time Googling dates/timelines and its AI is so so so bad at this. I now automatically assume the AI answer is wrong, it is actively wasting my time.
Incidentally the Google AI thing at the top of the results gave me this, a load of complete nonsense referring mostly to phenomena observed in 2017, before a link to the BBC News piece I took the pic from
May 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I spend a lot of time Googling dates/timelines and its AI is so so so bad at this. I now automatically assume the AI answer is wrong, it is actively wasting my time.
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The Blue Origin women..."positioning themselves as aspirational models of femininity – have presented a profoundly antifeminist vision of what womankind’s future is: dependent on men, confined to triviality, and deeply, deeply silly." @moiradonegan.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan
The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Blue Origin women..."positioning themselves as aspirational models of femininity – have presented a profoundly antifeminist vision of what womankind’s future is: dependent on men, confined to triviality, and deeply, deeply silly." @moiradonegan.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the way i would be the smuggest little wench in the world if i got to hit send on this push alert
April 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
the way i would be the smuggest little wench in the world if i got to hit send on this push alert
New Hunger Games book looks 🔥
March 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
New Hunger Games book looks 🔥
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There’s always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. We made that person the National Security Adviser.
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There’s always that one person in the group chat who communicates 50% in emoji. We made that person the National Security Adviser.
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Hegseth calls Jeffrey Goldberg a "deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who's made a profession of peddling hoaxes."
Which, if you believe that, seems like a good reason not to include him in your secret war plans group chat?
Which, if you believe that, seems like a good reason not to include him in your secret war plans group chat?
March 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hegseth calls Jeffrey Goldberg a "deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who's made a profession of peddling hoaxes."
Which, if you believe that, seems like a good reason not to include him in your secret war plans group chat?
Which, if you believe that, seems like a good reason not to include him in your secret war plans group chat?
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Could a war with Canada help the economy? This University of Chicago economist thinks so.
March 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Could a war with Canada help the economy? This University of Chicago economist thinks so.
I support this if only because it will vindicate my decision to never bother getting a UK passport and relying on my Maltese one.
My next piece of geopolitical advice is for Britain and Malta to temporarily merge, as an easy way to reverse Brexit, which looks especially dumb just now.
Follow me for more whacky tips as the free world figures out how to deal with Trump!
Follow me for more whacky tips as the free world figures out how to deal with Trump!
This was my column on Why Canada should join the EU, from the start of the year.
Polling now shows nearly half of Canadians are in favour.
While I think Canada *actually* becoming a member is still far-fetched, the two sides could aim for a much closer alliance.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Polling now shows nearly half of Canadians are in favour.
While I think Canada *actually* becoming a member is still far-fetched, the two sides could aim for a much closer alliance.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
March 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I support this if only because it will vindicate my decision to never bother getting a UK passport and relying on my Maltese one.
Correct.
Mark Carney wins the race to become Liberal leader and next Prime Minister of Canada.
Aside: Canada has the best looking Prime Ministers? Discuss.
Aside: Canada has the best looking Prime Ministers? Discuss.
March 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Correct.
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Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race
Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race
Former central banker will be only second prime minister in Canadian history without a seat in parliament
Mark Carney, the former central banker who oversaw the response to financial crises in North America and the UK, will become the next prime minister…
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race
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The coming battle between social media and the state
https://www.ft.com/content/917c9535-1cdb-4f6a-9a15-1a0c83663bfd
https://www.ft.com/content/917c9535-1cdb-4f6a-9a15-1a0c83663bfd
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
www.ft.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The coming battle between social media and the state
https://www.ft.com/content/917c9535-1cdb-4f6a-9a15-1a0c83663bfd
https://www.ft.com/content/917c9535-1cdb-4f6a-9a15-1a0c83663bfd
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this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
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The Standard Error team wishes you happy end-of-year holidays
December 23, 2024 at 8:58 PM
The Standard Error team wishes you happy end-of-year holidays
I thought I liked Christmas but I agree with everything here except the doing nothing part so maybe it turns out I hate Christmas? (especially, especially, the ads and songs)
right, it has been published
15 reasons why Christmas is stupid and bad and should be stopped: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/15-reasons...
15 reasons why Christmas is stupid and bad and should be stopped: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/15-reasons...
December 13, 2024 at 10:01 AM
I thought I liked Christmas but I agree with everything here except the doing nothing part so maybe it turns out I hate Christmas? (especially, especially, the ads and songs)
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December 12, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Get in touch if this sounds like you! #journojobs
December 3, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Get in touch if this sounds like you! #journojobs
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November 29, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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"I have to break some news to you, whatever happens to the bill today, people with terminal illness will still take their lives. If the bill falls today we're consigning those people to take their lives in brutal violent ways, as they are doing at the moment."
November 29, 2024 at 11:25 AM
"I have to break some news to you, whatever happens to the bill today, people with terminal illness will still take their lives. If the bill falls today we're consigning those people to take their lives in brutal violent ways, as they are doing at the moment."