Nicola
@craftybookworm.bsky.social
Loves cats, the rain, books, making stuff, and mending old things.
Writes a bit, does some needlework, covered in ink and wrangles pain all the time. Will talk about Eddie the kitten, and Henry his predecessor at length.
Writes a bit, does some needlework, covered in ink and wrangles pain all the time. Will talk about Eddie the kitten, and Henry his predecessor at length.
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Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
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So here’s Bannon celebrating Theresa May’s ouster with George Galloway in 2019, and Farage thanking Bannon and Breitbart for making Brexit happen
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So here’s Bannon celebrating Theresa May’s ouster with George Galloway in 2019, and Farage thanking Bannon and Breitbart for making Brexit happen
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
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The fact that there has not been proper outcry at the transformation of WH Smiths into TG Jones tells me everything I need to know about where this country is at now. I am old enough to remember the Choco Krispies protests of 1998.
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The fact that there has not been proper outcry at the transformation of WH Smiths into TG Jones tells me everything I need to know about where this country is at now. I am old enough to remember the Choco Krispies protests of 1998.
I have been reading a series by this author who I just found out uses AI and is featured in this article, which is very revealing. She comes across as being quite smug about using it, so why not slap a ‘made with AI’ on the listing so I could avoid it.
www.theverge.com/c/23194235/a...
www.theverge.com/c/23194235/a...
Can AI write good novels?
Authors are getting a hand from machine learning tools — and some of them think it’s the future of writing.
www.theverge.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I have been reading a series by this author who I just found out uses AI and is featured in this article, which is very revealing. She comes across as being quite smug about using it, so why not slap a ‘made with AI’ on the listing so I could avoid it.
www.theverge.com/c/23194235/a...
www.theverge.com/c/23194235/a...
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Just as depressing as that other article. We’re accelerating towards a culture of sludge. Books cowritten by Ai, art where the emphasis is on how you can present it on TikTok. It’s all so depressing. www.theverge.com/c/23194235/a...
February 2, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Just as depressing as that other article. We’re accelerating towards a culture of sludge. Books cowritten by Ai, art where the emphasis is on how you can present it on TikTok. It’s all so depressing. www.theverge.com/c/23194235/a...
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What is your favourite song about the rain?
This is such a lovely video from 91 where Eddie Vedder goes ‘if we make it big’ lol
Also I had this audio on a bootleg recording
youtu.be/ge6GwsF_Ro8?...
This is such a lovely video from 91 where Eddie Vedder goes ‘if we make it big’ lol
Also I had this audio on a bootleg recording
youtu.be/ge6GwsF_Ro8?...
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What is your favourite song about the rain?
This is such a lovely video from 91 where Eddie Vedder goes ‘if we make it big’ lol
Also I had this audio on a bootleg recording
youtu.be/ge6GwsF_Ro8?...
This is such a lovely video from 91 where Eddie Vedder goes ‘if we make it big’ lol
Also I had this audio on a bootleg recording
youtu.be/ge6GwsF_Ro8?...
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Also - why are they the loudest?
Because they've been picked out and given platforms and loudspeakers by older conservatives with the power to do so. Older people with power and a vested interest in misrepresenting Gen-Z by distorting who has a voice from their generation.
Because they've been picked out and given platforms and loudspeakers by older conservatives with the power to do so. Older people with power and a vested interest in misrepresenting Gen-Z by distorting who has a voice from their generation.
7/🧵 The loudest voices aren't the most representative. Every generation has extremists, but social media amplifies fringe movements beyond their size. A handful of young white nationalists create viral moments that crowd out broader trends. We mistake the exception for the rule.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Also - why are they the loudest?
Because they've been picked out and given platforms and loudspeakers by older conservatives with the power to do so. Older people with power and a vested interest in misrepresenting Gen-Z by distorting who has a voice from their generation.
Because they've been picked out and given platforms and loudspeakers by older conservatives with the power to do so. Older people with power and a vested interest in misrepresenting Gen-Z by distorting who has a voice from their generation.
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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Umpty-dozen films, books, TV shows... have shown us that trying to use technology to "bring back the dead" always ends badly. But these chuds obviously tuned out after the first 30 minutes.
@greatdismal.bsky.social thought we needed the Turing Police. Maybe we need the ELIZA Police...?
@greatdismal.bsky.social thought we needed the Turing Police. Maybe we need the ELIZA Police...?
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Umpty-dozen films, books, TV shows... have shown us that trying to use technology to "bring back the dead" always ends badly. But these chuds obviously tuned out after the first 30 minutes.
@greatdismal.bsky.social thought we needed the Turing Police. Maybe we need the ELIZA Police...?
@greatdismal.bsky.social thought we needed the Turing Police. Maybe we need the ELIZA Police...?
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Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
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Yes it's a really important detail this.
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Yes it's a really important detail this.
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Back in 2015 Epstein & his associates predicted Trumps behaviour precisely.
In his words.
Because of the leverage they had.
In his words.
Because of the leverage they had.
![A document from Epstein evidence pile from 2015 between Epstein & his lawyer:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Michael Wolff:
12/16/20154:26:32 PM
jeffrey E. Ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re: Heads up
High
I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn't been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, hell say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.
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On Tue, Dee 15, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Michacl Wolff <
> wrote:
I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you--cither on air or in scrum afterwards.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Back in 2015 Epstein & his associates predicted Trumps behaviour precisely.
In his words.
Because of the leverage they had.
In his words.
Because of the leverage they had.
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Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Buried news of the day IMO
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
"Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations."
Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products
I’ve been thinking how the grandfather who was alive never talked about the war - despite clearly being proud of his service. No doubt being a girl was an issue, but I was the history buff who would’ve really appreciated it. Such a missed opportunity…
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’ve been thinking how the grandfather who was alive never talked about the war - despite clearly being proud of his service. No doubt being a girl was an issue, but I was the history buff who would’ve really appreciated it. Such a missed opportunity…
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
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The one thing every single one of us can count on in this life is that you will become disabled.
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The one thing every single one of us can count on in this life is that you will become disabled.
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
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Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Eddie saw the vet, who announced him in a big and booming voice as ‘Edward’
The lump is teething so that’s OK and he is 1.36kg. Neutering in 6 months time. 👍
And I did not cry in there and waited til I was in the car (I’m so glad Henry wasn’t pts there because that would have really messed me up)
The lump is teething so that’s OK and he is 1.36kg. Neutering in 6 months time. 👍
And I did not cry in there and waited til I was in the car (I’m so glad Henry wasn’t pts there because that would have really messed me up)
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Eddie saw the vet, who announced him in a big and booming voice as ‘Edward’
The lump is teething so that’s OK and he is 1.36kg. Neutering in 6 months time. 👍
And I did not cry in there and waited til I was in the car (I’m so glad Henry wasn’t pts there because that would have really messed me up)
The lump is teething so that’s OK and he is 1.36kg. Neutering in 6 months time. 👍
And I did not cry in there and waited til I was in the car (I’m so glad Henry wasn’t pts there because that would have really messed me up)