Nick
@badger0us.bsky.social
40 something guy from Nottingham, UK living aboard a narrowboat. Freelance sustainable web designer/developer, keen cyclist, soundsystem lover, crap scuba diver
https://nick-hayward.co.uk
Projects: https://econotts.org - https://bansuvs.org
https://nick-hayward.co.uk
Projects: https://econotts.org - https://bansuvs.org
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Nick
@badger0us.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hi - have been on Mastodon for a while but find it a bit dry, so checking this out. Will be posting about working on my narrowboat, sustainability, psychology, freelancing, web design and small business 🙂
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Bring your clothes, shoes and accessories you no longer wear and use them as currency to take home something you'll love!
FRIDAY, 27 JUNE 7pm - 9pm in Newark
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clothes-sw...
FRIDAY, 27 JUNE 7pm - 9pm in Newark
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clothes-sw...
June 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bring your clothes, shoes and accessories you no longer wear and use them as currency to take home something you'll love!
FRIDAY, 27 JUNE 7pm - 9pm in Newark
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clothes-sw...
FRIDAY, 27 JUNE 7pm - 9pm in Newark
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clothes-sw...
Lizzy is out of the water for 2pack blacking & new anodes - very relieved she only needs some minor welding
#narrowboat #boating
#narrowboat #boating
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Lizzy is out of the water for 2pack blacking & new anodes - very relieved she only needs some minor welding
#narrowboat #boating
#narrowboat #boating
Beautiful day for my first organised cycling event at velobelvoir.com with a mate.
Well deserved curry, cider and medal at the finish line!
#cycling
Well deserved curry, cider and medal at the finish line!
#cycling
May 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Beautiful day for my first organised cycling event at velobelvoir.com with a mate.
Well deserved curry, cider and medal at the finish line!
#cycling
Well deserved curry, cider and medal at the finish line!
#cycling
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On 1 May you can give your vote to a party that is principled, practical and cares about the same things you do.
Vote Green for real hope and real change.
Vote Green for real hope and real change.
April 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
On 1 May you can give your vote to a party that is principled, practical and cares about the same things you do.
Vote Green for real hope and real change.
Vote Green for real hope and real change.
Tried to vote and found out I wasn’t on the electoral roll any more as marina addresses are a nightmare.. impressed that a quick phone call sorted it 👌🏻
#bikesAtPollingStations #vote
#bikesAtPollingStations #vote
May 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Tried to vote and found out I wasn’t on the electoral roll any more as marina addresses are a nightmare.. impressed that a quick phone call sorted it 👌🏻
#bikesAtPollingStations #vote
#bikesAtPollingStations #vote
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Local elections are taking place today for councils and regional mayors. Find out why local government is so important for climate and nature action. https://foe.uk/jmz5c
Why local elections matter | Friends of the Earth
Council and mayoral elections are taking place this May. Find out why local government matters in the fight against climate breakdown.
foe.uk
May 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Local elections are taking place today for councils and regional mayors. Find out why local government is so important for climate and nature action. https://foe.uk/jmz5c
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Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
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Critical Mass Nottingham is taking place this Friday 25th April. Meet just by the cycle stands opposite The Bell Inn. Gather from 6.45pm, ride leaves at 7pm. #cycle #nottingham #criticalmass #criticalmassnottingham
April 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Critical Mass Nottingham is taking place this Friday 25th April. Meet just by the cycle stands opposite The Bell Inn. Gather from 6.45pm, ride leaves at 7pm. #cycle #nottingham #criticalmass #criticalmassnottingham
Sat 19th in West Bridgford - "Join.. Tesla Takedown, which works against Musk and his billionaire pals, to show solidarity for Americans and protect our own freedoms, at Nottingham's Tesla showroom."
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tesla-take...
#teslaTakedown #nottingham #protest
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tesla-take...
#teslaTakedown #nottingham #protest
April 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sat 19th in West Bridgford - "Join.. Tesla Takedown, which works against Musk and his billionaire pals, to show solidarity for Americans and protect our own freedoms, at Nottingham's Tesla showroom."
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tesla-take...
#teslaTakedown #nottingham #protest
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tesla-take...
#teslaTakedown #nottingham #protest
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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft dodged $278bn US corporation taxes over 10 years.
Paid 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average. Profits shifted to low/no tax jurisdictions.
Same companies operate in the UK, dodge taxes, create social squalor. Force companies to publish tax returns.
Paid 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average. Profits shifted to low/no tax jurisdictions.
Same companies operate in the UK, dodge taxes, create social squalor. Force companies to publish tax returns.
‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft dodged $278bn US corporation taxes over 10 years.
Paid 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average. Profits shifted to low/no tax jurisdictions.
Same companies operate in the UK, dodge taxes, create social squalor. Force companies to publish tax returns.
Paid 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average. Profits shifted to low/no tax jurisdictions.
Same companies operate in the UK, dodge taxes, create social squalor. Force companies to publish tax returns.
Got my first road bike recently and it's bloody lovely! Keep finding excuses to go out on it 😀
Bought from local charity 'Recycle4Rotary' who have saved hundreds of bikes from landfill and raised a fortune for local causes
#cycling #lycraGang #roadBike
Bought from local charity 'Recycle4Rotary' who have saved hundreds of bikes from landfill and raised a fortune for local causes
#cycling #lycraGang #roadBike
April 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Got my first road bike recently and it's bloody lovely! Keep finding excuses to go out on it 😀
Bought from local charity 'Recycle4Rotary' who have saved hundreds of bikes from landfill and raised a fortune for local causes
#cycling #lycraGang #roadBike
Bought from local charity 'Recycle4Rotary' who have saved hundreds of bikes from landfill and raised a fortune for local causes
#cycling #lycraGang #roadBike
Setting up providers in Music Assistant - cloud streaming Apple Music/Soundcloud & local MP3 library using a Mac Mini
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/04/musi...
#musicAssistant #homeAssistant #homeAutomation #openSource
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/04/musi...
#musicAssistant #homeAssistant #homeAutomation #openSource
Music Assistant for Home Assistant | Nick Hayward
Getting Music Assistant up and running has been fairly straightforward, and I can now play back all my music collections from one place.
www.nick-hayward.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Setting up providers in Music Assistant - cloud streaming Apple Music/Soundcloud & local MP3 library using a Mac Mini
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/04/musi...
#musicAssistant #homeAssistant #homeAutomation #openSource
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/04/musi...
#musicAssistant #homeAssistant #homeAutomation #openSource
Get Funded to Build Your Own Recycling Workspace
www.sustainabledesign.studio/changex-grant
#preciousPlastic #recycling #sustainability
www.sustainabledesign.studio/changex-grant
#preciousPlastic #recycling #sustainability
ChangeX Grant — Sustainable Design Studio - Recycling Machines, Design & Consultancy
www.sustainabledesign.studio
April 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Get Funded to Build Your Own Recycling Workspace
www.sustainabledesign.studio/changex-grant
#preciousPlastic #recycling #sustainability
www.sustainabledesign.studio/changex-grant
#preciousPlastic #recycling #sustainability
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In this workshop Mammoth becomes a pop-up clothing repair salon, a welcoming place to bring your missing buttons, holey socks, rips and tears.
mammothcinema.uk/Event/60106
#repairCafe #nottingham
mammothcinema.uk/Event/60106
#repairCafe #nottingham
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In this workshop Mammoth becomes a pop-up clothing repair salon, a welcoming place to bring your missing buttons, holey socks, rips and tears.
mammothcinema.uk/Event/60106
#repairCafe #nottingham
mammothcinema.uk/Event/60106
#repairCafe #nottingham
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April 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Democracy may be in decline. But we can still vote with our money. Divest away from banks that fund fossil fuels, tobacco and weapons companies.
Some of the most ethical UK banks are:
Triodos
The Co-operative Bank
Nationwide
A full list by country can be found here:
bank.green
Some of the most ethical UK banks are:
Triodos
The Co-operative Bank
Nationwide
A full list by country can be found here:
bank.green
Find Ethical & Sustainable Banks In Your Area - Bank.Green
Bank.Green is sounding the alarm on the climate-destroying activities of banks while recommending sustainable alternatives and empowering consumer action.
bank.green
March 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Democracy may be in decline. But we can still vote with our money. Divest away from banks that fund fossil fuels, tobacco and weapons companies.
Some of the most ethical UK banks are:
Triodos
The Co-operative Bank
Nationwide
A full list by country can be found here:
bank.green
Some of the most ethical UK banks are:
Triodos
The Co-operative Bank
Nationwide
A full list by country can be found here:
bank.green
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Are you a Manchester-based admin whizz? Fancy working for the UK’s longest-running alternative consumer organisation? Want to be part of a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder cooperative?
@ethical-consumer.bsky.social is looking for a Subscriptions Administrator
Full-time and permanent ⤵️
@ethical-consumer.bsky.social is looking for a Subscriptions Administrator
Full-time and permanent ⤵️
Subscriptions Administrator
The Subscriptions Administrator will be part of our Subscriptions team, to manage and support our thousands of subscribers, as well as other administrative tasks for Ethical Consumer, the UK’s ...
www.environmentjob.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Are you a Manchester-based admin whizz? Fancy working for the UK’s longest-running alternative consumer organisation? Want to be part of a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder cooperative?
@ethical-consumer.bsky.social is looking for a Subscriptions Administrator
Full-time and permanent ⤵️
@ethical-consumer.bsky.social is looking for a Subscriptions Administrator
Full-time and permanent ⤵️
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Some boffin is banging on at me about how “the carbon footprint of tree planting is bad” whilst I’ve just agreed to buy a bamboo bike from my friends at Bristol-based Netham Bamboo Bikes for trailer hauling stakes around the field to displace quad bikes. www.nethambamboobikes.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Some boffin is banging on at me about how “the carbon footprint of tree planting is bad” whilst I’ve just agreed to buy a bamboo bike from my friends at Bristol-based Netham Bamboo Bikes for trailer hauling stakes around the field to displace quad bikes. www.nethambamboobikes.co.uk
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🚨SHOCKING: By 2030, the amount of Coca-Cola’s plastic waste in our oceans could be enough to fill the stomach of 18 million whales!
We can’t recycle our way out this madness. It’s time to tackle the problem at the source.
We can’t recycle our way out this madness. It’s time to tackle the problem at the source.
March 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨SHOCKING: By 2030, the amount of Coca-Cola’s plastic waste in our oceans could be enough to fill the stomach of 18 million whales!
We can’t recycle our way out this madness. It’s time to tackle the problem at the source.
We can’t recycle our way out this madness. It’s time to tackle the problem at the source.
Details of how I set up Home Assistant & ESPHome on the narrowboat using a power efficient Raspberry Pi - now monitoring my battery banks too⚡
#homeAssistant #raspberryPi #narrowboat
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/03/home...
#homeAssistant #raspberryPi #narrowboat
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/03/home...
Home Assistant and ESPHome on a narrowboat using a Raspberry Pi | Nick Hayward
How I run the open-source Home Assistant, ESP32 and Sonos on my narrowboat using a low power Raspberry Pi computer
www.nick-hayward.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Details of how I set up Home Assistant & ESPHome on the narrowboat using a power efficient Raspberry Pi - now monitoring my battery banks too⚡
#homeAssistant #raspberryPi #narrowboat
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/03/home...
#homeAssistant #raspberryPi #narrowboat
www.nick-hayward.co.uk/2025/03/home...
Got this industrial strength shredder kit to process HDPE plastic (milk bottle tops) so we can make things out of it. Quality product from Sustainable Design Studio
www.sustainabledesign.studio
#preciousPlastic #recycling
www.sustainabledesign.studio
#preciousPlastic #recycling
March 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Got this industrial strength shredder kit to process HDPE plastic (milk bottle tops) so we can make things out of it. Quality product from Sustainable Design Studio
www.sustainabledesign.studio
#preciousPlastic #recycling
www.sustainabledesign.studio
#preciousPlastic #recycling
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We need your help, we’re up against the establishment.
Reform has had £2.3million in donations since the election, over 90% from oil and gas companies.
Donate to a real community campaign today - greensorganise.uk/donate
Reform has had £2.3million in donations since the election, over 90% from oil and gas companies.
Donate to a real community campaign today - greensorganise.uk/donate
March 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We need your help, we’re up against the establishment.
Reform has had £2.3million in donations since the election, over 90% from oil and gas companies.
Donate to a real community campaign today - greensorganise.uk/donate
Reform has had £2.3million in donations since the election, over 90% from oil and gas companies.
Donate to a real community campaign today - greensorganise.uk/donate
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"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?"
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out
Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
wrd.cm
March 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?"
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.
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Just saved a neighbour from this scam - fake site promoted by Facebook ad
malwaretips.com/blogs/parksi...
#lidl #parkside #scam
malwaretips.com/blogs/parksi...
#lidl #parkside #scam
Beware Fake PARKSIDE Stores Scamming Shoppers Online
Have you ever seen those tempting Facebook ads for Parkside tools at 90% off and thought, "this deal is too good to pass up!" Hold that thought - while it may
malwaretips.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Just saved a neighbour from this scam - fake site promoted by Facebook ad
malwaretips.com/blogs/parksi...
#lidl #parkside #scam
malwaretips.com/blogs/parksi...
#lidl #parkside #scam