Nicky Coates
@nickycoates.bsky.social
Lib Dem, former translator, potter, likes reading, walking, growing veg.
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#StainedGlassSunday #AdventAngels
One of earliest windows among medieval wonders in St Neot, Cornwall is the Creation, c.1480, w 95% original glass. Tracery lights feature degrees of angelic powers.
Bribery, plus 'liming' of the medieval windows, preserved them from 1650s Parliamentarian extremists.
One of earliest windows among medieval wonders in St Neot, Cornwall is the Creation, c.1480, w 95% original glass. Tracery lights feature degrees of angelic powers.
Bribery, plus 'liming' of the medieval windows, preserved them from 1650s Parliamentarian extremists.
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#StainedGlassSunday #AdventAngels
One of earliest windows among medieval wonders in St Neot, Cornwall is the Creation, c.1480, w 95% original glass. Tracery lights feature degrees of angelic powers.
Bribery, plus 'liming' of the medieval windows, preserved them from 1650s Parliamentarian extremists.
One of earliest windows among medieval wonders in St Neot, Cornwall is the Creation, c.1480, w 95% original glass. Tracery lights feature degrees of angelic powers.
Bribery, plus 'liming' of the medieval windows, preserved them from 1650s Parliamentarian extremists.
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Judge a character by the company he keeps:
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Judge a character by the company he keeps:
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I'm old enough to remember when FIFA was about kicking balls, not sucking them.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm old enough to remember when FIFA was about kicking balls, not sucking them.
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Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
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Ed Davey has raised one of the most serious questions in British politics: why have Nigel Farage and his senior team repeatedly aligned themselves with Kremlin-backed media and messaging?
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ed Davey has raised one of the most serious questions in British politics: why have Nigel Farage and his senior team repeatedly aligned themselves with Kremlin-backed media and messaging?
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Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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It told me, that america is so dependent on easily manipulated media, that they ignore reality itself in favour of fantasy delivered by a foreigner because they like how it sounds.
2024 election really was the end.
2024 election really was the end.
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It told me, that america is so dependent on easily manipulated media, that they ignore reality itself in favour of fantasy delivered by a foreigner because they like how it sounds.
2024 election really was the end.
2024 election really was the end.
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This sounds incredible: @aberuni.bsky.social leading the way for ancient #Celtic languages again 👏🏺
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This sounds incredible: @aberuni.bsky.social leading the way for ancient #Celtic languages again 👏🏺
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Please don’t call ICE and report Anne Frank hiding in your attic.
ICE tip line 866-DHS-2-ICE
ICE tip line 866-DHS-2-ICE
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please don’t call ICE and report Anne Frank hiding in your attic.
ICE tip line 866-DHS-2-ICE
ICE tip line 866-DHS-2-ICE
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I guess this is a normal thing for an otter to worry about?
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I guess this is a normal thing for an otter to worry about?
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I've finally found something that I've been looking for for years.
Yes, it's an old colander... but it's there's something special and historical about the artefact... can you tell what's so extra interesting about it?
Yes, it's an old colander... but it's there's something special and historical about the artefact... can you tell what's so extra interesting about it?
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I've finally found something that I've been looking for for years.
Yes, it's an old colander... but it's there's something special and historical about the artefact... can you tell what's so extra interesting about it?
Yes, it's an old colander... but it's there's something special and historical about the artefact... can you tell what's so extra interesting about it?
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The 30% support for Farage is being overtaken, finally, by the 70% of us who absolutely loathe him.
About time that happened.
About time that happened.
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The 30% support for Farage is being overtaken, finally, by the 70% of us who absolutely loathe him.
About time that happened.
About time that happened.
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Five years ago today!
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Five years ago today!
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
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Our voting system is broken.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our voting system is broken.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.
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Sean Duffy and Donald Trump: Make Pollution Great Again!
Sound up!
Sound up!
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sean Duffy and Donald Trump: Make Pollution Great Again!
Sound up!
Sound up!
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In a functioning society, the only people who would listen to the opinions of Liz Truss would be fellow passengers on a London night bus and many of them would get off at the next stop and walk the rest of their journey.
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In a functioning society, the only people who would listen to the opinions of Liz Truss would be fellow passengers on a London night bus and many of them would get off at the next stop and walk the rest of their journey.
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It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday!
A day to celebrate the brilliant businesses that give our high streets character.
This Xmas, please shop local, it matters.
I’ve run two small businesses; it’s 24/7 and tough.
I’ll keep campaigning for them. If you’re one, I’m your MP too, please reach out for support
A day to celebrate the brilliant businesses that give our high streets character.
This Xmas, please shop local, it matters.
I’ve run two small businesses; it’s 24/7 and tough.
I’ll keep campaigning for them. If you’re one, I’m your MP too, please reach out for support
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday!
A day to celebrate the brilliant businesses that give our high streets character.
This Xmas, please shop local, it matters.
I’ve run two small businesses; it’s 24/7 and tough.
I’ll keep campaigning for them. If you’re one, I’m your MP too, please reach out for support
A day to celebrate the brilliant businesses that give our high streets character.
This Xmas, please shop local, it matters.
I’ve run two small businesses; it’s 24/7 and tough.
I’ll keep campaigning for them. If you’re one, I’m your MP too, please reach out for support
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Wonder how much they charge.
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wonder how much they charge.
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Nearly 80% of early films created at the beginning of the 20thc were made in colour and one of the first careers in film production for artistic women was hand painting in film-colouring workshops #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Nearly 80% of early films created at the beginning of the 20thc were made in colour and one of the first careers in film production for artistic women was hand painting in film-colouring workshops #WomensArt
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