Nicola
@gardennicola.bsky.social
Posts about gardening,🌱 history, food & art. Occasional rants about the state of the world.
LGBT+ 🏳️⚧️ ally 🏳️🌈 State pensioner so please don’t ask me for money. She/her
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Leicester, UK.
LGBT+ 🏳️⚧️ ally 🏳️🌈 State pensioner so please don’t ask me for money. She/her
No DMs thanks. Will block accounts without bios.
Leicester, UK.
Dried fruit is soaking for Christmas cake. Didn’t want leftovers so am now doing homemade mincemeat. New gadget works a treat on Bramley apples!
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Dried fruit is soaking for Christmas cake. Didn’t want leftovers so am now doing homemade mincemeat. New gadget works a treat on Bramley apples!
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I ♥️ Lush ✌️🇵🇸
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I ♥️ Lush ✌️🇵🇸
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World AIDS Day: Honour the Past, Power the Future.
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
World AIDS Day: Honour the Past, Power the Future.
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
On #WorldAIDSDay, we wear the red ribbon to remember tens of thousands of lives lost to AIDS-related illnesses in the UK, and to honour LGBT+ activists who built a response powered by community, love & courage. [1/7]
Chard just picked from a pot outside the back door. Will be growing every year this way from now on. So easy and economical.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Chard just picked from a pot outside the back door. Will be growing every year this way from now on. So easy and economical.
Thanks again to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social for a lovely morning’s listening as ever. Some of my favourites - Pat Metheny, Fergus McCreadie and Prof @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social all in one show? Just brilliant! ❤️
Cerys Matthews (@cerysmatthews.bsky.social)
Food.Action.Music.Books. Happy on the end of a rope.
Programme BBC radio shows -write books, make music and get out and about.
cerysmatthews.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Thanks again to @cerysmatthews.bsky.social for a lovely morning’s listening as ever. Some of my favourites - Pat Metheny, Fergus McCreadie and Prof @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social all in one show? Just brilliant! ❤️
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Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
Watching ‘The Ipcress File’ from 1965. Last saw it when it first came out. Was never a fan of Michael Caine but I recall that scenes of a man cooking or making ‘real’ coffee were SO cool. Totally forgot the casual sexism and women being called ‘birds’. *shudders*
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Watching ‘The Ipcress File’ from 1965. Last saw it when it first came out. Was never a fan of Michael Caine but I recall that scenes of a man cooking or making ‘real’ coffee were SO cool. Totally forgot the casual sexism and women being called ‘birds’. *shudders*
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Some excellent gift ideas for your chronically ill pal/friends & family:
#BookSky
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#BookSky
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Books by Authors with ME/CFS and Related Chronic Illnesses – Chronic Market
chronic.market
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some excellent gift ideas for your chronically ill pal/friends & family:
#BookSky
chronic.market/chronic-illn...
#BookSky
chronic.market/chronic-illn...
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What a wonderful antidote to the rampant commercialism of this time of year … “The darkness around me feels inhabited, companionable.” Lovely stuff from @nicwilson.bsky.social
Country diary: My Black Friday? A night-time skulk in the woods | Nic Wilson
Purwell Ninesprings, Hertfordshire: A chilly evening spent interpreting rustles and admiring the silhouetted trees – now that’s what I call a bargain
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What a wonderful antidote to the rampant commercialism of this time of year … “The darkness around me feels inhabited, companionable.” Lovely stuff from @nicwilson.bsky.social
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I'd put it the other way: mainstream politicians don't understand basic economic principles: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/politics-v...
Politics vs Econ101
Politicians are ignorant of basic concepts in economics
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I'd put it the other way: mainstream politicians don't understand basic economic principles: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/politics-v...
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Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on:
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
Combi boiler repairs £200. Goodbye Winter Fuel Payment. 😭
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Combi boiler repairs £200. Goodbye Winter Fuel Payment. 😭
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
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Chartist Lives fresh out of the box
#Chartism #C19th #BritishHistory #BookSky 🗃️
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
#Chartism #C19th #BritishHistory #BookSky 🗃️
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Chartist Lives fresh out of the box
#Chartism #C19th #BritishHistory #BookSky 🗃️
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
#Chartism #C19th #BritishHistory #BookSky 🗃️
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Freezing tax thresholds really punishes those of us on low incomes. Plenty of pensioners like me are unlikely to see 2031. Call themselves a Labour Government. 😡
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Freezing tax thresholds really punishes those of us on low incomes. Plenty of pensioners like me are unlikely to see 2031. Call themselves a Labour Government. 😡
Duol*ngo thinks I might like to learn the German for my dog is unemployed and only has one eye (really useful sentence) and does your grandmother have a computer? (wonder where that idea came from?)
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Duol*ngo thinks I might like to learn the German for my dog is unemployed and only has one eye (really useful sentence) and does your grandmother have a computer? (wonder where that idea came from?)
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Things I'm loving in the garden at the moment...Holly & Pyracantha covered in berries for birds, Mahonia & Fatsia flowers giving vital nectar and pollen, crisp frosty mornings and splashes of purple as Violets start appearing everywhere...
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Things I'm loving in the garden at the moment...Holly & Pyracantha covered in berries for birds, Mahonia & Fatsia flowers giving vital nectar and pollen, crisp frosty mornings and splashes of purple as Violets start appearing everywhere...
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Labour were meant to be better than this, and the fact they aren't is a choice.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Labour were meant to be better than this, and the fact they aren't is a choice.
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It's not a coincidence that the four most damaging politicians of the last two decades (Cameron, Osborne, Johnson and Farage) are all the products of English public schools.
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It's not a coincidence that the four most damaging politicians of the last two decades (Cameron, Osborne, Johnson and Farage) are all the products of English public schools.
Nearly 673 million people in the world go to bed hungry. Food insecurity is both a driver and a consequence of conflict. There can be no peace without food.
Famine was declared twice this year (Gaza & Sudan). Both were flagged early by @theipcinfo.bsky.social. Created by @fao.org in 2004, it provides neutral, verified evidence to guide humanitarian action in 30+ countries. Without food, there's no peace. My briefing at @UNSC_Reports
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Conflict-related food insecurity: Framing the global dialogue: addressing food insecurity as a driver of conflict and ensuring food security for sustainable peace - Security Council, 10045th meeting
Conflict is the main driver of hunger and starvation in conflict-affected countries. Armed conflicts disrupt food production and distribution, displace populations and destroy livelihoods. They also u...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Nearly 673 million people in the world go to bed hungry. Food insecurity is both a driver and a consequence of conflict. There can be no peace without food.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea