Nicki Doyle (she/her)
@nickidoyle.bsky.social
Country mouse, quilter, builder, analyst, owned by horses, cats and a perpetually dirty puppers
Dolly ate half my lunch cheese plate today when I stepped away to pee so now we're outside in the rain while she works thru constipation and goooood thing she's the cutest kid ever.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Dolly ate half my lunch cheese plate today when I stepped away to pee so now we're outside in the rain while she works thru constipation and goooood thing she's the cutest kid ever.
Get to know your mutuals. list 10 random things you like
*Listening to horses eat
* Standing in a friend's kitchen with a glass of wine
* Learning a colleague has a weird hobby
*Baking bread and 1st slice with butter
*Plant shopping
*Finishing anything
*Bookstores
*Oral histories
*Grandmas
*Cheese
*Listening to horses eat
* Standing in a friend's kitchen with a glass of wine
* Learning a colleague has a weird hobby
*Baking bread and 1st slice with butter
*Plant shopping
*Finishing anything
*Bookstores
*Oral histories
*Grandmas
*Cheese
get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:
* having a woodstove
* grooming horses
* hot coffee & a chocolate biscuit
* documentaries
* candlelight
* being inside with a storm howling outside
* zero balances / zero inbox
* a very clean kitchen
* Xmas lights
* my kids laughing
* having a woodstove
* grooming horses
* hot coffee & a chocolate biscuit
* documentaries
* candlelight
* being inside with a storm howling outside
* zero balances / zero inbox
* a very clean kitchen
* Xmas lights
* my kids laughing
get to know your mutuals, list 10 random things you like:
* cats
* strawberries
* the sound of waves, esp as they roll over tiny pebbles at the beach
* good pens
* being very cold &then being warm again
* Diet Coke
* roasted marshmallows
* computer games
* Christmas
* used bookstores
* cats
* strawberries
* the sound of waves, esp as they roll over tiny pebbles at the beach
* good pens
* being very cold &then being warm again
* Diet Coke
* roasted marshmallows
* computer games
* Christmas
* used bookstores
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Get to know your mutuals. list 10 random things you like
*Listening to horses eat
* Standing in a friend's kitchen with a glass of wine
* Learning a colleague has a weird hobby
*Baking bread and 1st slice with butter
*Plant shopping
*Finishing anything
*Bookstores
*Oral histories
*Grandmas
*Cheese
*Listening to horses eat
* Standing in a friend's kitchen with a glass of wine
* Learning a colleague has a weird hobby
*Baking bread and 1st slice with butter
*Plant shopping
*Finishing anything
*Bookstores
*Oral histories
*Grandmas
*Cheese
Oh shit Freakonomics is doing a short series on horses.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Oh shit Freakonomics is doing a short series on horses.
Reposted by Nicki Doyle (she/her)
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Never heard of this!!!
46 years ago I woke up to massive explosions and a tower of fire 2 miles away. My Dad thought the Russians had attacked.
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
canadaehx.com/2024/11/05/t...
A train derailment and exploded tanker cars created a cloud of chlorine gas over the city, so we evacuated with 250,000 other Mississaugans.
canadaehx.com/2024/11/05/t...
The Mississauga Train Derailment
It’s a quiet Saturday night in 1979. Residents in Mississauga, Ontario are asleep. The next day is expected to be quiet for the thousands that live there. Many would be looking forward to a nice br…
canadaehx.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Never heard of this!!!
The nice thing about Dolly escaping and going to my mystery neighbour's house is we had the first nice chat since my horses escaped and went to their house which was obviously a MUCH bigger deal.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The nice thing about Dolly escaping and going to my mystery neighbour's house is we had the first nice chat since my horses escaped and went to their house which was obviously a MUCH bigger deal.
I spent an hour on my new girl today which was lovely but hooooooly shit I froze. It's time to never leave the house without gloves.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I spent an hour on my new girl today which was lovely but hooooooly shit I froze. It's time to never leave the house without gloves.
Oooh Annapolis Royal book sale is next weekend!!!! It's a blast.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oooh Annapolis Royal book sale is next weekend!!!! It's a blast.
250L a day per person???
Halifax area water restrictions still in place despite rainfall #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Halifax area water restrictions still in place despite rainfall
Halifax Water say despite the recent rainfall, they’re a long way from lifting mandatory conservation measures in Lake Major that have been in place since Sept. 10.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
250L a day per person???
Read. This.
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Read. This.
I made French onion soup tonight for the first time in about a decade and I promise it's worth it for smell in the kitchen.
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I made French onion soup tonight for the first time in about a decade and I promise it's worth it for smell in the kitchen.
Okay what did this province do to my library.
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Okay what did this province do to my library.
We should mandate that these signs just declare instead "WE ARE NOT A THIRD SPACE" even tho we fucking pay for these spaces.
But yeah that stick man looks rad. I'd loiter with him.
But yeah that stick man looks rad. I'd loiter with him.
It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We should mandate that these signs just declare instead "WE ARE NOT A THIRD SPACE" even tho we fucking pay for these spaces.
But yeah that stick man looks rad. I'd loiter with him.
But yeah that stick man looks rad. I'd loiter with him.
In these troubled times it's more important than ever to take care of yourself so you have gas in the tank to be there for others.
So I sent 3 emails today about horse semen because hobbies are weird.
So I sent 3 emails today about horse semen because hobbies are weird.
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In these troubled times it's more important than ever to take care of yourself so you have gas in the tank to be there for others.
So I sent 3 emails today about horse semen because hobbies are weird.
So I sent 3 emails today about horse semen because hobbies are weird.
I'm sick to death of American news but this shit absolutely rules.
I am fucking dying
A ballistic vest meant to stop a bullet “is definitely going to keep you safe from a sandwich thrown at you," Sean Dunn's defense attorney argued.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm sick to death of American news but this shit absolutely rules.
Lantsman is a vacuous tool. But I'm all about her haircut.
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Lantsman is a vacuous tool. But I'm all about her haircut.
Reposted by Nicki Doyle (she/her)
Again,
the governing ethos of Ford and his crew right here.
Handing public money to their friends and benefactors.
That's it. That's all there is.
the governing ethos of Ford and his crew right here.
Handing public money to their friends and benefactors.
That's it. That's all there is.
So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Ford government supervisors can charge $350K per year to school boards | Globalnews.ca
Several school boards in Ontario, including Toronto public, Toronto Catholic and Ottawa-Carleton, have been under the management of supervisors for months.
globalnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Again,
the governing ethos of Ford and his crew right here.
Handing public money to their friends and benefactors.
That's it. That's all there is.
the governing ethos of Ford and his crew right here.
Handing public money to their friends and benefactors.
That's it. That's all there is.
My MP is doing what now????
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My MP is doing what now????
So that's 2 cops who can't drive in one event?
We are aware of an arrest gone horrifically wrong. After a person was tased by police, a TPS officer exited his vehicle without parking it, it hit the person & another officer. Cop entered the SUV & instead of stopping it hit the gas, making the situation worse. We will be watching this closely.
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So that's 2 cops who can't drive in one event?
This was the best day. I know the light at night is a bummer but the difference in the mornings makes me so happy.
Quick 7 week countdown until it winds back up again!
Quick 7 week countdown until it winds back up again!
November 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This was the best day. I know the light at night is a bummer but the difference in the mornings makes me so happy.
Quick 7 week countdown until it winds back up again!
Quick 7 week countdown until it winds back up again!
Dude was elected for pretty much one reason and this ain't it.
Q: Did you apologize to Donald Trump about Ontario's anti-tariff ad?
CARNEY: I did apologize to the President. The President was offended by the ad... I'm the one who is responsible, in my role as PM, for the relationship with the President of the United States.
CARNEY: I did apologize to the President. The President was offended by the ad... I'm the one who is responsible, in my role as PM, for the relationship with the President of the United States.
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Dude was elected for pretty much one reason and this ain't it.
I've been sitting on my porch for hours waiting for kids and no one showed until just now when the entire cast of the Wizard of Oz came. Worth it!
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I've been sitting on my porch for hours waiting for kids and no one showed until just now when the entire cast of the Wizard of Oz came. Worth it!
Last morning the kids have to walk to the bus in the dark. Always worth the hour we lose at night.
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Last morning the kids have to walk to the bus in the dark. Always worth the hour we lose at night.
My God I hated the Cosmo piece that's been shared around. I'm not linking to it. Nothing personally gained from reading anything like that again.
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My God I hated the Cosmo piece that's been shared around. I'm not linking to it. Nothing personally gained from reading anything like that again.
Reposted by Nicki Doyle (she/her)
Legend
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Legend