Nicholas Nicola
@nicolasnicola.bsky.social
etching,writing,politics,culture,ec/archeology, stars,anti-palm oil/humanitarian issues[...also have a strong tendency to repost many missives...life is 'Catch-22'...]. Apologies if no follow back.All the best.
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If you need a slow, intelligent, compassionate nature documentary that is not about death & blood & major predators in distant desert, etc - try this, it's lovely www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... and still up on iPlayer for 28 days
BBC Two - Natural World, 2011-2012, My Life as a Turkey
For a year, biologist Joe Hutto plays mother to the strangest family in the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you need a slow, intelligent, compassionate nature documentary that is not about death & blood & major predators in distant desert, etc - try this, it's lovely www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... and still up on iPlayer for 28 days
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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Cletus Black - You As You [USA, Psyche](1981): Cletus Black is monumentally underrated, and he deserves to be far better known. His music is wildly eclectic, fascinating, and unique. Take this woozy, psychedelic opus from 198
https://redd.it/1oqb2er
https://youtu.be/fVkx89Wn7AE
https://redd.it/1oqb2er
https://youtu.be/fVkx89Wn7AE
Cletus Black - You As You [USA, Psyche](1981): Cletus Black is monumentally underrated, and he deserves to be far better known. His music is wildly eclectic, fascinating, and unique. Take this woozy, psychedelic opus from 1981 as a perfect example of that.
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cletus Black - You As You [USA, Psyche](1981): Cletus Black is monumentally underrated, and he deserves to be far better known. His music is wildly eclectic, fascinating, and unique. Take this woozy, psychedelic opus from 198
https://redd.it/1oqb2er
https://youtu.be/fVkx89Wn7AE
https://redd.it/1oqb2er
https://youtu.be/fVkx89Wn7AE
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Yesterday was Holodomor Memorial Day. And I wanted to post something about it, but couldn't force myself. From all the events throughout the history when Russia tried to wipe out the whole Ukrainian nation, Holodomor remains for me as one of the most horrific, cruel and inhumane.
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yesterday was Holodomor Memorial Day. And I wanted to post something about it, but couldn't force myself. From all the events throughout the history when Russia tried to wipe out the whole Ukrainian nation, Holodomor remains for me as one of the most horrific, cruel and inhumane.
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
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#StaircaseSaturday
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#StaircaseSaturday
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
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🔭 The Observable Universe
Illustration Credit & Licence: Wikipedia, Pablo Carlos Budassi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Illustration Credit & Licence: Wikipedia, Pablo Carlos Budassi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 The Observable Universe
Illustration Credit & Licence: Wikipedia, Pablo Carlos Budassi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
Illustration Credit & Licence: Wikipedia, Pablo Carlos Budassi
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25112...
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Have seen a lot of focus and press about the high potential for tropical reforestation. All well and good, but *primary tropical forests* continue to be felled at astronomical rates almost everywhere. Safeguarding these is where the focus needs to be. 🌎 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Satellite imagery identifies strange phenomenon occurring in forests around the world — here's what scientists are saying
"The people who live there should be in charge of what happens there."
www.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Have seen a lot of focus and press about the high potential for tropical reforestation. All well and good, but *primary tropical forests* continue to be felled at astronomical rates almost everywhere. Safeguarding these is where the focus needs to be. 🌎 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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A helmet of a Thraex (Thracian) #gladiator found in the gladiatorial barracks in #Pompeii.
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A helmet of a Thraex (Thracian) #gladiator found in the gladiatorial barracks in #Pompeii.
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
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Yul Brynner arriving to the New York premeire of "The Ten Commandments" 1956
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yul Brynner arriving to the New York premeire of "The Ten Commandments" 1956
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"Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order,” writes Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS), in this op-ed.
When superpowers break the rules
Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order.
Since its founding, the People's Re...
kyivindependent.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order,” writes Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS), in this op-ed.
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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff — a real estate mogul with no diplomatic background before his appointment — has emerged as one of the central architects of a new Washington peace proposal that Ukrainian officials say revives the Kremlin's most sweeping demands.
How Steve Witkoff pushed Ukraine sympathizers out of White House, and led the US into Russia's arms
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials, the Kyiv Independent has learned.
Witkoff — a real estate mogul w...
kyivindependent.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff — a real estate mogul with no diplomatic background before his appointment — has emerged as one of the central architects of a new Washington peace proposal that Ukrainian officials say revives the Kremlin's most sweeping demands.
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„Trump's peace plan is not a plan, but a list of Putin's wishes."
Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
„Trump's peace plan is not a plan, but a list of Putin's wishes."
Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas
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Stonehenge Free Festival 1980 with Hawkwind, Crass, The Mob, Poison Girls, Epileptics, and Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Stonehenge Free Festival 1980 with Hawkwind, Crass, The Mob, Poison Girls, Epileptics, and Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit
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cursed medieval andalite stede @ghostalservice.bsky.social
(walters museum MS w.88 folio 115v)
(walters museum MS w.88 folio 115v)
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
cursed medieval andalite stede @ghostalservice.bsky.social
(walters museum MS w.88 folio 115v)
(walters museum MS w.88 folio 115v)
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Popping up the shop, want anything...?
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Popping up the shop, want anything...?
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Egyptian rock crystal scarab.
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Private collection
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Private collection
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Egyptian rock crystal scarab.
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Private collection
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Private collection
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.