Nathan Nelson
@nathannelson.bsky.social
Devon-dwelling biophiliac. Food systems (Food Studies Masters student at University of Exeter), farming and agroecology, trees, nature connection, cack-handed gardening, movies, dog servitude. Living in the liminal.
Picked up new glasses on Sunday. Bent them sitting on them today. That's a new personal best.
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Picked up new glasses on Sunday. Bent them sitting on them today. That's a new personal best.
I'm not saying our dog gives her love easily but she once ran off looking for a DHL driver who showed her a bit of love. She's currently got separation anxiety for my mother, who has temporarily gone upstairs.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm not saying our dog gives her love easily but she once ran off looking for a DHL driver who showed her a bit of love. She's currently got separation anxiety for my mother, who has temporarily gone upstairs.
Wessex Mill is doing 15% off flour until tonight in Black Friday-type deals I can get behind wessexmill.co.uk/shop/
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wessex Mill is doing 15% off flour until tonight in Black Friday-type deals I can get behind wessexmill.co.uk/shop/
Got chatting with the chap who was minding our dog at doggy daycare today, I think he usually works on the farm. We talked farms. I said I'd been farming over in the East. He said he went East once when they had a fodder shortage. Weird the size of the fields, he said. 60 acres some of them.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Got chatting with the chap who was minding our dog at doggy daycare today, I think he usually works on the farm. We talked farms. I said I'd been farming over in the East. He said he went East once when they had a fodder shortage. Weird the size of the fields, he said. 60 acres some of them.
Two more response papers to write this term, and it feels like this particular module has entirely gone over my head. I've struggled from the beginning to engage with it, and I'll be glad to see the back of it. Ah, well.
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Two more response papers to write this term, and it feels like this particular module has entirely gone over my head. I've struggled from the beginning to engage with it, and I'll be glad to see the back of it. Ah, well.
Currently in a 'could eat a handful of Lindor in one go' kind of place.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Currently in a 'could eat a handful of Lindor in one go' kind of place.
A friend has gone to Jamaica to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts. Was delighted to find her husband had never heard the old joke
"Kirsten's gone to the Caribbean to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts"
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went of her own accord"
"Kirsten's gone to the Caribbean to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts"
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went of her own accord"
a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat and crossbones playing drums
ALT: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat and crossbones playing drums
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November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A friend has gone to Jamaica to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts. Was delighted to find her husband had never heard the old joke
"Kirsten's gone to the Caribbean to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts"
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went of her own accord"
"Kirsten's gone to the Caribbean to support Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts"
"Jamaica?"
"No, she went of her own accord"
Do you have to be using the spray at the same exact time
Sex, or just touching your partner, seems to help wounds heal faster by reducing stress - but only if combined with a nasal oxytocin spray.
Sex could help wounds heal faster by reducing stress
Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their partner – but they cleared up even quicker if these individuals were also intimate with their other half
www.newscientist.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Do you have to be using the spray at the same exact time
Convinced I'd lost my wallet, just searched the car and marched Mrs N down the road to retrace my footsteps from this morning's dog walk, about to cancel all my cards then found said wallet in the trousers I was wearing yesterday and how are you this morning
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Convinced I'd lost my wallet, just searched the car and marched Mrs N down the road to retrace my footsteps from this morning's dog walk, about to cancel all my cards then found said wallet in the trousers I was wearing yesterday and how are you this morning
"Too many to put here" 🤌🏻
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Too many to put here" 🤌🏻
Still the best Trek movie, in fact, sod it, it's going on again this afternoon.
Star Trek: First Contact was released 29 years ago today.
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Still the best Trek movie, in fact, sod it, it's going on again this afternoon.
The new nature versus nurture - was that person always deep down a nasty piece of work or were they radicalised by social media, OK, basically Twitter, and you only now see their true character?
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The new nature versus nurture - was that person always deep down a nasty piece of work or were they radicalised by social media, OK, basically Twitter, and you only now see their true character?
#Dartmoor people, this training is really enjoyable, and really useful.
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#RuralSkills #Devon
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#RuralSkills #Devon
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#Dartmoor people, this training is really enjoyable, and really useful.
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#RuralSkills #Devon
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#RuralSkills #Devon
A snow-dusted good morning.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A snow-dusted good morning.
If Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights was made in 2025
I regret to inform you that generative AI is now good. Please update your records.
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Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
futurism.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights was made in 2025
Someone is offering some logs on Freecycle. I've asked them what species. I hope they don't think I'm being a dick.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Someone is offering some logs on Freecycle. I've asked them what species. I hope they don't think I'm being a dick.
Happy #InternationalMensDay to all the men trying to do better, and not be like the procession of absolute shithouses in Riot Women.
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy #InternationalMensDay to all the men trying to do better, and not be like the procession of absolute shithouses in Riot Women.
Today has been a very good day. Bottled 14 litres of sparkling cider and 10 litres still, and earlier today bagged up 780kg of bang tidy Cornovii wheat with some lovely people from #TamarGrowLocal.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today has been a very good day. Bottled 14 litres of sparkling cider and 10 litres still, and earlier today bagged up 780kg of bang tidy Cornovii wheat with some lovely people from #TamarGrowLocal.
Thinking of taking my website back to basics. Flash intro. Beatnik audio. Maybe a revolving mailbox gif. A carousel. A hit counter that looks like a digital clock.
*Looks for copy of Frontpage*
*Looks for copy of Frontpage*
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thinking of taking my website back to basics. Flash intro. Beatnik audio. Maybe a revolving mailbox gif. A carousel. A hit counter that looks like a digital clock.
*Looks for copy of Frontpage*
*Looks for copy of Frontpage*
This blister pack of button cell batteries says it's baby proof. It's also adult proof. Have many A&E departments have had to deal with people who've accidentally opened a vein trying to cut open blister packs of batteries?
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This blister pack of button cell batteries says it's baby proof. It's also adult proof. Have many A&E departments have had to deal with people who've accidentally opened a vein trying to cut open blister packs of batteries?
Reposted by Nathan Nelson
Latest from me: on Floods, Storm Claudia & the ones that are ignored, and why. We really have no idea what's about to hit us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Latest from me: on Floods, Storm Claudia & the ones that are ignored, and why. We really have no idea what's about to hit us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sloe gin done, but the sloes are getting a second go making sloe port. Just add a bottle of red wine and 100g sugar, shake and leave for a couple of months, drain, add 200ml brandy and bottle. Lush. www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/how...
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sloe gin done, but the sloes are getting a second go making sloe port. Just add a bottle of red wine and 100g sugar, shake and leave for a couple of months, drain, add 200ml brandy and bottle. Lush. www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/how...
A very low fi attempt to cold crash our cider
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A very low fi attempt to cold crash our cider
Refilled some laundry detergent at a local refillery - no cheaper but no more packaging used. There are very good deals on 5 litre refill packs of Ecover at the moment so we've gone for a bunch of those. More housekeeping news as I have it.
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Refilled some laundry detergent at a local refillery - no cheaper but no more packaging used. There are very good deals on 5 litre refill packs of Ecover at the moment so we've gone for a bunch of those. More housekeeping news as I have it.