Nick by the Woods
@nick-by-the-woods.bsky.social
Trying to strengthen my roots and connection to nature. Throwing in the odd attempt at spiritual growth while I'm at it.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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It's even more useless than the Useless Box, because the box doesn't make an activity less enjoyable whereas the swimsuit does.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRX...
MAD Useless Box
YouTube video by The MAD Museum
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October 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It's even more useless than the Useless Box, because the box doesn't make an activity less enjoyable whereas the swimsuit does.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCRX...
As a friend of mine puts it: "It's not a spectator sport".
October 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
As a friend of mine puts it: "It's not a spectator sport".
Nope. Welcome to the club.
October 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Nope. Welcome to the club.
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Same thing in Sweden. Then tops came from nowhere and took over.
September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Same thing in Sweden. Then tops came from nowhere and took over.
From limited experience, I guess that the feet were the coldest part? 🥶🧊❄️
September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
From limited experience, I guess that the feet were the coldest part? 🥶🧊❄️
My first clothing optional beach visit was on a Danish one, which is more than 3 km long. So 6+ km round trip. 🌞
At the turn-back-point, I wondered whether my clothes would still be where I left them...
At the turn-back-point, I wondered whether my clothes would still be where I left them...
September 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My first clothing optional beach visit was on a Danish one, which is more than 3 km long. So 6+ km round trip. 🌞
At the turn-back-point, I wondered whether my clothes would still be where I left them...
At the turn-back-point, I wondered whether my clothes would still be where I left them...
Ah, the countless times I've ridden my adventure bike on rainy gravel roads and twin tracks.
And then, when the rain stops, there's that wonderful smell of wet forest drying up in the sun 🥰
And then, when the rain stops, there's that wonderful smell of wet forest drying up in the sun 🥰
September 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ah, the countless times I've ridden my adventure bike on rainy gravel roads and twin tracks.
And then, when the rain stops, there's that wonderful smell of wet forest drying up in the sun 🥰
And then, when the rain stops, there's that wonderful smell of wet forest drying up in the sun 🥰
Viewed from afar, America seems so bewildering: there's insane levels of gymnophobia, but then there's also Bare to Breakers and Fremont Solstice (I'd love to see something like Fremont Solstice in Europe).
September 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Viewed from afar, America seems so bewildering: there's insane levels of gymnophobia, but then there's also Bare to Breakers and Fremont Solstice (I'd love to see something like Fremont Solstice in Europe).
-> All ages bared it, from 20 to 80. What's more, there were all body types, so nobody was intimidated by the idea of others "looking better".
September 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
-> All ages bared it, from 20 to 80. What's more, there were all body types, so nobody was intimidated by the idea of others "looking better".
Maybe a glimmer of hope: I went to a somewhat spiritual event in Denmark this summer. The people there are not quite representative of mainstream Denmark, but they're not on the fringes either. The beach on the event grounds was ca 90% nude which is an improvement from 5 years ago. ->
September 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Maybe a glimmer of hope: I went to a somewhat spiritual event in Denmark this summer. The people there are not quite representative of mainstream Denmark, but they're not on the fringes either. The beach on the event grounds was ca 90% nude which is an improvement from 5 years ago. ->
Are they less prude in Canada? Here, most young folks don't even shower after the gym.
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Are they less prude in Canada? Here, most young folks don't even shower after the gym.
Maybe the youngest generations see it differently. The getting pruder and pruder.
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Maybe the youngest generations see it differently. The getting pruder and pruder.
Maybe a cultural thing? I haven't heard people connect swinging and naturism often in Sweden, except in the gutter press.
Ever since I was a kid, newspapers have run articles about naturist clubs in the summers. So, my prejudices about naturism are about volleyball and camper trailers.
Ever since I was a kid, newspapers have run articles about naturist clubs in the summers. So, my prejudices about naturism are about volleyball and camper trailers.
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Maybe a cultural thing? I haven't heard people connect swinging and naturism often in Sweden, except in the gutter press.
Ever since I was a kid, newspapers have run articles about naturist clubs in the summers. So, my prejudices about naturism are about volleyball and camper trailers.
Ever since I was a kid, newspapers have run articles about naturist clubs in the summers. So, my prejudices about naturism are about volleyball and camper trailers.
I found it helpful to look at who the large and serious naturist accounts follows, and then follow what they follow.
That gave me a good Following-feed and reposts from followed accounts helped in discovering what other accounts to follow.
That gave me a good Following-feed and reposts from followed accounts helped in discovering what other accounts to follow.
September 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I found it helpful to look at who the large and serious naturist accounts follows, and then follow what they follow.
That gave me a good Following-feed and reposts from followed accounts helped in discovering what other accounts to follow.
That gave me a good Following-feed and reposts from followed accounts helped in discovering what other accounts to follow.
They allow it if you pay them 66 euro/year.
September 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
They allow it if you pay them 66 euro/year.
I see what you did there 😄
September 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I see what you did there 😄
bsky's AI has a very dirty imagination. It reads sexuality into the most innocent pictures of naked people. Also from angles that not even Discovery censors in Naked and Afraid.
Gerardo made a satirical filter-experiment here: bsky.app/profile/gcsn...
Gerardo made a satirical filter-experiment here: bsky.app/profile/gcsn...
Far enough to avoid gratuitous labeling from Bluesky's AI? 🤔
@nakedhiker.bsky.social
@nakedhiker.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
bsky's AI has a very dirty imagination. It reads sexuality into the most innocent pictures of naked people. Also from angles that not even Discovery censors in Naked and Afraid.
Gerardo made a satirical filter-experiment here: bsky.app/profile/gcsn...
Gerardo made a satirical filter-experiment here: bsky.app/profile/gcsn...
In Denmark, the contrast is bigger because in the 80s-90s you saw a varying percentage of nude people on almost every beach. Now, even topless is a minority, with local variations of course.
It's like a new Victorian age.
It's like a new Victorian age.
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In Denmark, the contrast is bigger because in the 80s-90s you saw a varying percentage of nude people on almost every beach. Now, even topless is a minority, with local variations of course.
It's like a new Victorian age.
It's like a new Victorian age.
I often think about the change here in Sweden. I was young in the 80s and 90s. Topless was the norm on beaches, even common in parks. Fast forward and today every woman wears a bikini top.
It seems nobody really knows why they started wearing them, but theories are cheap, so there are many.
It seems nobody really knows why they started wearing them, but theories are cheap, so there are many.
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I often think about the change here in Sweden. I was young in the 80s and 90s. Topless was the norm on beaches, even common in parks. Fast forward and today every woman wears a bikini top.
It seems nobody really knows why they started wearing them, but theories are cheap, so there are many.
It seems nobody really knows why they started wearing them, but theories are cheap, so there are many.
Oops, too explicit for my taste, although it's on topic.
September 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oops, too explicit for my taste, although it's on topic.