Chris Nicolson
@nicolson.org.uk
Dad to toddler, software engineer, cyclist, rugby and ice hockey watcher
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
WTAF!? In what way to DuckDuckGo and Sainsbury's think this is in any way acceptable?
I suggest Aldi creates a big fuss about this rank dishonesty!
I suggest Aldi creates a big fuss about this rank dishonesty!
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
WTAF!? In what way to DuckDuckGo and Sainsbury's think this is in any way acceptable?
I suggest Aldi creates a big fuss about this rank dishonesty!
I suggest Aldi creates a big fuss about this rank dishonesty!
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BOO!-lean.
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BOO!-lean.
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Remember that whole year you had to have Piketty on your coffee table to be accepted in polite society?
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September 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Remember that whole year you had to have Piketty on your coffee table to be accepted in polite society?
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@malcolmcombe.bsky.social Have you seen this one? www.highland.gov.uk/news/article...
Important Planning Update from The Highland Council
Important Planning Update from The Highland Council - Important Planning Update from The Highland Council
www.highland.gov.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@malcolmcombe.bsky.social Have you seen this one? www.highland.gov.uk/news/article...
One for @dieworkwear.bsky.social ?
With apologies for the "Ian is bored on a train" tweet, why does every shirt I own have a button for even narrower wrists? I'm already pretty slim for my height. Who's my height but with notably skinnier wrists? The Grim Reaper is the only one that comes to mind
September 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
One for @dieworkwear.bsky.social ?
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Imagine going in a shop and seeing a sandwich labeled "£1.99 or £4.50 depending what time it is. You'll be punished as a thief if you pay the wrong amount but we won't tell you what time the prices change". That's the UK rail system that is
"Traveling without a ticket is THEFT!" wails a poster on this EMR train. Whereas operating a deliberately obscure and overcomplicated ticket system that encourages people to overpay is...fine?
September 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine going in a shop and seeing a sandwich labeled "£1.99 or £4.50 depending what time it is. You'll be punished as a thief if you pay the wrong amount but we won't tell you what time the prices change". That's the UK rail system that is
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fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
July 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
The chimpanzees at #EdinburghZoo must be proper boisterous this evening, that's the first time we've heard them from the house!
July 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The chimpanzees at #EdinburghZoo must be proper boisterous this evening, that's the first time we've heard them from the house!
April 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
*flips calendar over to April*
3yr old, with great hope in his voice: "We go to Copenhagen this month?"
And so begins month 5 of his obsession with returning to the, admittedly very fine, city.
No son. We don't have a trip to Copenhagen planned.
3yr old, with great hope in his voice: "We go to Copenhagen this month?"
And so begins month 5 of his obsession with returning to the, admittedly very fine, city.
No son. We don't have a trip to Copenhagen planned.
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
*flips calendar over to April*
3yr old, with great hope in his voice: "We go to Copenhagen this month?"
And so begins month 5 of his obsession with returning to the, admittedly very fine, city.
No son. We don't have a trip to Copenhagen planned.
3yr old, with great hope in his voice: "We go to Copenhagen this month?"
And so begins month 5 of his obsession with returning to the, admittedly very fine, city.
No son. We don't have a trip to Copenhagen planned.
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There can be lots of gatekeeping in the cycling community so just remember that when it comes to biking there are only two rules: Wear what you want. Ride what you want.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There can be lots of gatekeeping in the cycling community so just remember that when it comes to biking there are only two rules: Wear what you want. Ride what you want.
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We'll fuck you WBD! I don't want to throw ridiculous money at Premier League Football, boxing or UFC just to watch cycling. In just 14 months we've gone from GCN to this extortion www.cyclingnews.com/news/uk-cycl... #UKCyclingIsDead #BringBackPiracy
British cycling fans wave goodbye to Eurosport as racing coverage moves to more expensive TNT Sports package
Subscribers face likely streaming price hike to more than £30 per month from February 28
www.cyclingnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We'll fuck you WBD! I don't want to throw ridiculous money at Premier League Football, boxing or UFC just to watch cycling. In just 14 months we've gone from GCN to this extortion www.cyclingnews.com/news/uk-cycl... #UKCyclingIsDead #BringBackPiracy
I should get one of those high speed camera YouTube channels to film my toddler and see if there is a moment they can catch of him not moving in some way*
*Apart from when he's in Law Patrol zombie mode.
*Apart from when he's in Law Patrol zombie mode.
January 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I should get one of those high speed camera YouTube channels to film my toddler and see if there is a moment they can catch of him not moving in some way*
*Apart from when he's in Law Patrol zombie mode.
*Apart from when he's in Law Patrol zombie mode.
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This is the trans athletic scare that has half the nation in a tizzy. It’s manufactured fear, playing off of ignorance and bigotry.
December 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
This is the trans athletic scare that has half the nation in a tizzy. It’s manufactured fear, playing off of ignorance and bigotry.
Lying in bed waiting for the 3 year old to remember it's Christmas morning...
December 25, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Lying in bed waiting for the 3 year old to remember it's Christmas morning...
When @nicolalkelly.bsky.social noticed that the QI titles rolled quick I recalled the data bursts after kids TV programmes. You recorded them on VHS then played a frame at a time with the pause button. I can't immediately find a mention of it in a web search. Now I'm being accused of making it up!
December 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
When @nicolalkelly.bsky.social noticed that the QI titles rolled quick I recalled the data bursts after kids TV programmes. You recorded them on VHS then played a frame at a time with the pause button. I can't immediately find a mention of it in a web search. Now I'm being accused of making it up!
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Studies repeatedly find that retail business operators overestimate the % of their customers who travel by car.
In Berlin, retailers estimated that 22% of their customers drove. In fact it was only 7%.
In Bristol, retailers thought 41% of their customers came by car, when it was actually 22%.
In Berlin, retailers estimated that 22% of their customers drove. In fact it was only 7%.
In Bristol, retailers thought 41% of their customers came by car, when it was actually 22%.
The theory is that customers who arrive by car often make that known to restaurant owners, managers, and staff. "Traffic was terrible" or "Ugh, it's so hard to find parking." Meanwhile, people who walk, bike or take transit don't say anything. That skews perceptions about how their patrons travel.
Do restaurant owners in Midtown and Lower Manhattan really think their customers arrive in private cars?
December 19, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Studies repeatedly find that retail business operators overestimate the % of their customers who travel by car.
In Berlin, retailers estimated that 22% of their customers drove. In fact it was only 7%.
In Bristol, retailers thought 41% of their customers came by car, when it was actually 22%.
In Berlin, retailers estimated that 22% of their customers drove. In fact it was only 7%.
In Bristol, retailers thought 41% of their customers came by car, when it was actually 22%.
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You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why, Santa Claus despises weakness
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why, Santa Claus despises weakness
December 8, 2023 at 8:24 AM
You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why, Santa Claus despises weakness
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why, Santa Claus despises weakness
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An image of a transport truck with a failed elevator dropping a $300k Lamborghini Diablo is good enough as it is, but it is made perfect by the kindly old man standing next to it and laughing with his bicycle
November 26, 2024 at 10:04 PM
An image of a transport truck with a failed elevator dropping a $300k Lamborghini Diablo is good enough as it is, but it is made perfect by the kindly old man standing next to it and laughing with his bicycle
Note to future self: when traveling with a toddler, always bring a universal travel bath plug!
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Note to future self: when traveling with a toddler, always bring a universal travel bath plug!
My new favourite game is Airports. I get to lie on the floor and be a runway!
November 16, 2024 at 7:53 PM
My new favourite game is Airports. I get to lie on the floor and be a runway!
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For too long, the importance of car parking spaces being available to shops has been overstated.
But in fact, a new report out today shows that pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales.
www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...
But in fact, a new report out today shows that pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales.
www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...
People Walking Spend More In U.K. Shops Than Motorists, Finds ‘Pedestrian Pound’ Research
The third iteration of The Pedestrian Pound shows that people on foot spend more money than people arriving by car.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:08 PM
For too long, the importance of car parking spaces being available to shops has been overstated.
But in fact, a new report out today shows that pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales.
www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...
But in fact, a new report out today shows that pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales.
www.livingstreets.org.uk/press-media/...