Nicky Bond
@bondiela.bsky.social
YA author, blogger, and usually on socials when I’m supposed to be writing.
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Nicky Bond
@bondiela.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Time for a pinned post - pleased to meet you, I’m Nicky Bond. I write the Leeza McAuliffe Stories (the literary lovechild of Adrian Mole and Judy Blume) and I care far too much about Eurovision. Let’s go.
Mindfulness apps can't even hope to complete...
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a cartoon of snoopy laying in a red shack in the snow with the words trendreisst below him
Alt: Snoopy, the cartoon dog who is white with long black ears is lying on the top of his red kennel. He's facing the sky, which is grey. The white snow is falling on his face and onto the ground.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Mindfulness apps can't even hope to complete...
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Like other queer movies (e.g. All of Us Strangers), the brilliant Pillion looks likely to be overlooked at the Oscars this year - but bravo the BAFTAs, where it has been longlisted for 5 awards, including Best British Film.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Like other queer movies (e.g. All of Us Strangers), the brilliant Pillion looks likely to be overlooked at the Oscars this year - but bravo the BAFTAs, where it has been longlisted for 5 awards, including Best British Film.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are up for Actor and Supporting Actor.
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I hope Renee Nicole's bravery lights the blue touchpaper of mass civil resistance. Not just for the sake of America, but for the whole world. Murders like hers, especially caught on video, have a recent history of doing that.
She was a warrior. They are cowards killing, quite literally, The Good.
She was a warrior. They are cowards killing, quite literally, The Good.
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I hope Renee Nicole's bravery lights the blue touchpaper of mass civil resistance. Not just for the sake of America, but for the whole world. Murders like hers, especially caught on video, have a recent history of doing that.
She was a warrior. They are cowards killing, quite literally, The Good.
She was a warrior. They are cowards killing, quite literally, The Good.
Resolutions, Schmezolutions…
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Resolutions, schmezolutions...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Resolutions, Schmezolutions…
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A shitpost so great Billy Joel actually heard about it
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A shitpost so great Billy Joel actually heard about it
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In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder:
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
January 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder:
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
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People say it’s odd that governments still use Twitter/X to communicate, but it’s only like how the John Major government announced its ongoing Maastricht negotiations through the readers’ erotic stories pages in Men Only magazine.
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
People say it’s odd that governments still use Twitter/X to communicate, but it’s only like how the John Major government announced its ongoing Maastricht negotiations through the readers’ erotic stories pages in Men Only magazine.
The cassette of this was in a Freshers’ Week welcome back when I went to Uni in 1996. Pre- internet, with no telly in my room, I listened to it A LOT.
Oral history of ‘Knowing Me, Knowing Yule…with Alan Partridge,’ now 30!My contribution is me saying I can’t remember very much from then because I had a terrible head cold at the time and just wanted to go to bed. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Knowing Me, Knowing Yule at 30: ‘You can trace a lot of it back to Noel Edmonds’
To mark the special Alan Partridge episode turning 30, Simon Bland chats to Armando Iannucci, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front and more about the making of a Christmas classic
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The cassette of this was in a Freshers’ Week welcome back when I went to Uni in 1996. Pre- internet, with no telly in my room, I listened to it A LOT.
The sweet serendipitous joy of idly turning on the telly at the exact moment a Peter Ustinov Poirot is starting.
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The sweet serendipitous joy of idly turning on the telly at the exact moment a Peter Ustinov Poirot is starting.
2025? Completed it, Mate...
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2025? Completed it, Mate...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
2025? Completed it, Mate...
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This exposes the core lie on which the entirety of “gender-critical” transphobia is based.
The transphobes’ entire campaign is based on the false claim that they represent cis-women.
The number of signatories to this, is way higher the number of signatories to their transphobic WDI “declaration”.
The transphobes’ entire campaign is based on the false claim that they represent cis-women.
The number of signatories to this, is way higher the number of signatories to their transphobic WDI “declaration”.
We are now at 75k signatures, with many messages of support on Instagram, Facebook and here.
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
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December 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This exposes the core lie on which the entirety of “gender-critical” transphobia is based.
The transphobes’ entire campaign is based on the false claim that they represent cis-women.
The number of signatories to this, is way higher the number of signatories to their transphobic WDI “declaration”.
The transphobes’ entire campaign is based on the false claim that they represent cis-women.
The number of signatories to this, is way higher the number of signatories to their transphobic WDI “declaration”.
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
I’m about to go to bed, but I’m going to scroll through #duvetknowitschristmas because it fills my heart with joy. Happy Christmas gang.
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m about to go to bed, but I’m going to scroll through #duvetknowitschristmas because it fills my heart with joy. Happy Christmas gang.
This is excellent. My parents didn't push the 'he is real' stuff either, also because of money. Christmas was still the best time of year, and Santa was a fun fictional character.
One of the most fulfilling things I've done the last couple of years is attempt, incompetently, to be a mentor, whatever one of those is. Anyway, my mentee(?) @matt-taylor.bsky.social wrote this about why his kids don't believe in Santa for the Guardian yesterday and it's bloody good
My family has never believed in Father Christmas – I don't want to hurt my kids if the money ever runs out | Matt Taylor
I would never want them to feel that they had been naughty if I couldn’t afford their gifts one year, says writer and music producer Matt Taylor
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is excellent. My parents didn't push the 'he is real' stuff either, also because of money. Christmas was still the best time of year, and Santa was a fun fictional character.
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
My fringe from 1984 - enjoy, and Happy Christmas!
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a man is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone while another man looks on .
Alt: Dave Hill from Slade, a man with an overgrown bowl haircut is playing guitar on stage.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
My fringe from 1984 - enjoy, and Happy Christmas!
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It’s been a ‘two tangerines and handfuls of Quality Street’ kind of a day.
December 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s been a ‘two tangerines and handfuls of Quality Street’ kind of a day.
A yearly event in my house.
Since I posted the Spiced Peaches to go with my Christmas ham earlier, I thought I may as well do the decent thing and alert you to this Slow-Cooked Black Treacle/Molasses ham recipe which I’m planning to do this year. It’s just so very good, and so very easy. www.nigella.com/recipes/slow...
Slow-Cooked Black Treacle Ham
Nothing will ever take the place of my Ham in Coca-Cola from Bites — in my heart or on my table — but this slow-baked ham is a revelation of a different sort. The meat is astonishingly tender and carv...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A yearly event in my house.
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As we getting closer, a reminder:
The #JoinIn community is a wonderful network of folk around this time of year, for anyone who needs it.
The #JoinIn community is a wonderful network of folk around this time of year, for anyone who needs it.
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
As we getting closer, a reminder:
The #JoinIn community is a wonderful network of folk around this time of year, for anyone who needs it.
The #JoinIn community is a wonderful network of folk around this time of year, for anyone who needs it.
Excellent.
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter
Bestselling authors are lobbying for the adoption of a national library card scheme for every British child, writes Vanessa Thorpe
https://bit.ly/4j32Q4u
Bestselling authors are lobbying for the adoption of a national library card scheme for every British child, writes Vanessa Thorpe
https://bit.ly/4j32Q4u
Library card plan to help write newborns' first chapter | The Observer
Get full access to the app & website:
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Excellent.
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The great debate of our time is here.
Is DIE HARD a terrible movie that glorifies violence, with a hero who is the absolute worst? Or not?
Nicky and Phil work it out here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cR...
Is DIE HARD a terrible movie that glorifies violence, with a hero who is the absolute worst? Or not?
Nicky and Phil work it out here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cR...
a man in a bathtub with the words welcome to the party pal on the bottom
Alt: A dishevelled white man, wearing a dirty vest top, is looking through the broken glass of a window hole and saying, 'Welcome to the party, pal.'
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December 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The great debate of our time is here.
Is DIE HARD a terrible movie that glorifies violence, with a hero who is the absolute worst? Or not?
Nicky and Phil work it out here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cR...
Is DIE HARD a terrible movie that glorifies violence, with a hero who is the absolute worst? Or not?
Nicky and Phil work it out here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cR...
I loved recording this. Turns out, I had a LOT of thoughts.
This week's film is DIE HARD.
Don't worry, Nicky and Phil spend little time on the 'is it a Christmas film' debate. Life's too short for that.
However, the 'Is John McClane an absolute wrongun?' question gets much more air time.
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Don't worry, Nicky and Phil spend little time on the 'is it a Christmas film' debate. Life's too short for that.
However, the 'Is John McClane an absolute wrongun?' question gets much more air time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cR...
a man in a tank top is talking about himself .
Alt: A sweaty white man in a dirty white vest is looking at someone off camera and saying, 'Are you talking about me.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I loved recording this. Turns out, I had a LOT of thoughts.
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Lights, Camera... Aggro? Die Hard
YouTube video by Lights, Camera... Aggro?
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December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM