Nicki Stephens
@nicki2910.bsky.social
Psychotherapist. Interested in: politics, psychology, philosophy and environmental issues. Cake lover
“ It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true “
Harriett Martineau
“ It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true “
Harriett Martineau
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‘Jean-Marie Le Pen was himself a torturer in Algeria. He didn’t like the term “torture”: “French soldiers shouldn’t be embarrassed about what they did.” Often enough, they weren’t.’
Alexandra Reza on the Rassemblement National and France’s new immigration bill
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Alexandra Reza on the Rassemblement National and France’s new immigration bill
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Alexandra Reza | Death over a Low Heat
On 30 October, Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National introduced a bill to revoke the 1968 accord and put Algerian...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘Jean-Marie Le Pen was himself a torturer in Algeria. He didn’t like the term “torture”: “French soldiers shouldn’t be embarrassed about what they did.” Often enough, they weren’t.’
Alexandra Reza on the Rassemblement National and France’s new immigration bill
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Alexandra Reza on the Rassemblement National and France’s new immigration bill
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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Gustave CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
- “Boulevard vu d'en haut”
- Huile sur toile 65 cm x 54 cm
- Peint en 1880
- Localisation: collection privée
- “Boulevard vu d'en haut”
- Huile sur toile 65 cm x 54 cm
- Peint en 1880
- Localisation: collection privée
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Gustave CAILLEBOTTE (1848-1894)
- “Boulevard vu d'en haut”
- Huile sur toile 65 cm x 54 cm
- Peint en 1880
- Localisation: collection privée
- “Boulevard vu d'en haut”
- Huile sur toile 65 cm x 54 cm
- Peint en 1880
- Localisation: collection privée
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A male blue grosbeak for #smallbirdsaturday.
#birds #grosbeak #bluegrosbeak #bluebird #nature #wildlife #photography #protectnature #EastCoastKin
#birds #grosbeak #bluegrosbeak #bluebird #nature #wildlife #photography #protectnature #EastCoastKin
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A male blue grosbeak for #smallbirdsaturday.
#birds #grosbeak #bluegrosbeak #bluebird #nature #wildlife #photography #protectnature #EastCoastKin
#birds #grosbeak #bluegrosbeak #bluebird #nature #wildlife #photography #protectnature #EastCoastKin
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Winter has arrived, and the snowy owl have returned. I hope to get more sightings of this majestic bird this season.
#birds #nature #wildlife #owl #snowyowl #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
#birds #nature #wildlife #owl #snowyowl #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Winter has arrived, and the snowy owl have returned. I hope to get more sightings of this majestic bird this season.
#birds #nature #wildlife #owl #snowyowl #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
#birds #nature #wildlife #owl #snowyowl #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin
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Cast your vote now
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Cast your vote now
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
✅ Your Party
✅ Our Party
✅ Popular Alliance and For The Many
✅ The Many Alliances of the Unpopular
✅ Change UK
✅ Change Back Again UK
✅ The People’s Movement for Saying “That’s Not What We Meant”
✅ Nuts and Sultanas
There, for the grace …in the unlikely event that I have to flee my homeland and forced to reconstruct a new life in the hope of securing my safety. I would hope my plight will be met with an understanding that I might have a language barrier and will need additional support until I have resettled.🤷♀️
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments
Move, which is part of a crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service
Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.
From February they will have to use alternative transport such as buses, no matter how urgent their medical needs. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There, for the grace …in the unlikely event that I have to flee my homeland and forced to reconstruct a new life in the hope of securing my safety. I would hope my plight will be met with an understanding that I might have a language barrier and will need additional support until I have resettled.🤷♀️
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“It was during that journey to Via Orazio that I began to be made unhappy by my own alienness.”
📚Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
🖼️ Georg Schrimpf, Seated Girl
#BookWormSat #ComingOfAge
📚Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
🖼️ Georg Schrimpf, Seated Girl
#BookWormSat #ComingOfAge
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“It was during that journey to Via Orazio that I began to be made unhappy by my own alienness.”
📚Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
🖼️ Georg Schrimpf, Seated Girl
#BookWormSat #ComingOfAge
📚Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend
🖼️ Georg Schrimpf, Seated Girl
#BookWormSat #ComingOfAge
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
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Barbury Castle, bisected by The Ridgeway National Trail. This was taken back in early summer and is looking South West towards Milk and Tan Hills in #Wiltshire
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Barbury Castle, bisected by The Ridgeway National Trail. This was taken back in early summer and is looking South West towards Milk and Tan Hills in #Wiltshire
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There is sick. Then there is Trump level of sick.
This exceeds Marie Antoinette's alleged callous "Then let them eat brioche" remark when she asked during the French Revolution why the peasants were upset and was told by a courtier that they had no bread.
This exceeds Marie Antoinette's alleged callous "Then let them eat brioche" remark when she asked during the French Revolution why the peasants were upset and was told by a courtier that they had no bread.
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There is sick. Then there is Trump level of sick.
This exceeds Marie Antoinette's alleged callous "Then let them eat brioche" remark when she asked during the French Revolution why the peasants were upset and was told by a courtier that they had no bread.
This exceeds Marie Antoinette's alleged callous "Then let them eat brioche" remark when she asked during the French Revolution why the peasants were upset and was told by a courtier that they had no bread.
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The Children has finally found a place on the Madrid Review blog …been sitting around in the desk drawer for too long, glad it is out in the world…
Today's story is a memoir/story drawn from the author's work as a teacher and therapeutic educator in youth units, special schools and psychiatric hospital classrooms. It contains strong language.
@jerrysimcock.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #psychiatric #youth
themadridreview.com/f/the-saturd...
@jerrysimcock.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #psychiatric #youth
themadridreview.com/f/the-saturd...
The Saturday Story: 'The Children' by Jerry Simcock
Jerry Simcock’s 'The Children' is a vivid blend of memoir and storytelling drawn from his decades of work as a teacher and therapeutic educator in youth units, special schools and psychiatric hospital...
themadridreview.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Children has finally found a place on the Madrid Review blog …been sitting around in the desk drawer for too long, glad it is out in the world…
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The wonderful Jonathon Porritt arrested, again.
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
Among the many arrested in Bristol at today's @defendourjuries.bsky.social protest in support of Palestine Action - lifelong environmentalist and former director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The wonderful Jonathon Porritt arrested, again.
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
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Now, mr farage, let's see what's what, shall we?
And a big thank-you, please, for @alexproeu.bsky.social who set this up.
👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
And a big thank-you, please, for @alexproeu.bsky.social who set this up.
👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Now, mr farage, let's see what's what, shall we?
And a big thank-you, please, for @alexproeu.bsky.social who set this up.
👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
And a big thank-you, please, for @alexproeu.bsky.social who set this up.
👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Today's story is a memoir/story drawn from the author's work as a teacher and therapeutic educator in youth units, special schools and psychiatric hospital classrooms. It contains strong language.
@jerrysimcock.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #psychiatric #youth
themadridreview.com/f/the-saturd...
@jerrysimcock.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #psychiatric #youth
themadridreview.com/f/the-saturd...
The Saturday Story: 'The Children' by Jerry Simcock
Jerry Simcock’s 'The Children' is a vivid blend of memoir and storytelling drawn from his decades of work as a teacher and therapeutic educator in youth units, special schools and psychiatric hospital...
themadridreview.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Today's story is a memoir/story drawn from the author's work as a teacher and therapeutic educator in youth units, special schools and psychiatric hospital classrooms. It contains strong language.
@jerrysimcock.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #psychiatric #youth
themadridreview.com/f/the-saturd...
@jerrysimcock.bsky.social
#mentalhealth #psychiatric #youth
themadridreview.com/f/the-saturd...
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Gloom. Despair. Agony. Illustration from America: A Prophecy in 1795 but very current sentiment as well. By William Blake, born on this day in 1757.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Gloom. Despair. Agony. Illustration from America: A Prophecy in 1795 but very current sentiment as well. By William Blake, born on this day in 1757.
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The true academic method: open 12 papers, read none of them, feel intellectually intimidated
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The true academic method: open 12 papers, read none of them, feel intellectually intimidated
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lovers should rest on the tips of branches that always sway the same way, therefore never touching except for the few instances in which they've got to crash
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
lovers should rest on the tips of branches that always sway the same way, therefore never touching except for the few instances in which they've got to crash
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People should be strongly advised against doing features like this. Whatever the merits, the odds are you come across badly.
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
People should be strongly advised against doing features like this. Whatever the merits, the odds are you come across badly.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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It really bothers me how often trauma recovery narratives are, broadly speaking, so *nice*.
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
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And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It really bothers me how often trauma recovery narratives are, broadly speaking, so *nice*.
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
And it concerns me that some therapists may be expecting *nice* clients who will steadily work towards vulnerability and not give them too hard a time.
1/
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Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
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People have causes they care about. That's fine. To me, this petition is the most important UK one of all because it concerns 10+ years of sickeningly successful Russian interference in politics, law, media, the private sector, fiance, and even British society as a whole. So much we care about.
I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
People have causes they care about. That's fine. To me, this petition is the most important UK one of all because it concerns 10+ years of sickeningly successful Russian interference in politics, law, media, the private sector, fiance, and even British society as a whole. So much we care about.