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Nicola

@gardennicola.bsky.social

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Posts about gardening,🌱 history, food & art. Occasional rants about the state of the world. LGBT+ 🏳️‍⚧️ ally 🏳️‍🌈 She/her No DMs. Will instantly block. Leicester, UK.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 19h

🚨Jim Carrey’s fresh out of fucks, and we are here for it!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13h

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 13h

Excuse me but, what the f*** is the point of targets to build homes that only the wealthy can afford? How does it help anyone who is not a property developer? And why does Labour care more about property developers than families? liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target

A requirement for developers to build affordable housing in London is set to be cut from 35% of new homes to 20%, in a move councils fear will spread across Britain

liveapp.inews.co.uk

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 2d

Alright period drama lovers 📺

I'm coming up to an extended period of recuperation stuck in bed, probably without *too* much brain power at my disposal. I've previously enjoyed The Great, Outlander, Wolf Hall, Bridgerton, War & Peace, The Crown.

What do I need on my list?

a woman sitting on a couch with the words we are going to have so much fun on the bottom

ALT: a woman sitting on a couch with the words we are going to have so much fun on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you I’m very chuffed!

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 2d

It was that song! I could scarcely believe it.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 2d

I'd heard the Range might have cheap plant pots! There were very few and none big enough unfortunately. Had to shell out a tenner at B&Q!

A Chusan palm in a stone coloured pot.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 2d

I did. Asked a few of them how they were coping.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 2d

Retail hell. It dances and sings, very badly but I've saved you from witnessing that.

A model Santa about 1.5m high

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 2d

Morning all. Fresh bed linen was yesterday! Off out in search of a pot for this beauty. A Chusan palm given to me by a dear friend.

A palm type tree aka trachycarpus fortunei in a large bag.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 4d

Ivy flowering next to the River Soar, Leicester, this morning, before the fog cleared. #WildflowerHour

Lower half of the photo, foreground, shows ivy flowers growing on the bank of the River Soar, Leicester. In the background the river and a former textile factory are shrouded in fog.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful!

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 4d

Oh dear, so sorry.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 4d

True

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Madeleine @maudiemanding.bsky.social · 5d

open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...

I went to space and discovered an enormous lie

What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.

open.substack.com

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 4d

Watching #RiotWomen. Joanna Scanlon is one of the best actors ever. Great cast in general. No questions. 😂

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 6d

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Several bright blue flowers of Morning Glory trailing above a garden shelter

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 6d

www.map.org.uk/news/archive

As Gaza ceasefire deal is reached, MAP calls for aid, access and accountability. - Latest News & Developments - Medical Aid for Palestinians

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) welcomes the announcement of the first phase of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas as a vital and long-overdue step that will bring hope and relief to th...

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 7d

My pleasure.

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Regina @ranyc.bsky.social · 7d

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Ouvertüre ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Tarmo Peltokoski

YouTube video by hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 7d

👀 this is amazing I love it!

Felicity Keefe @felicitykeefe.bsky.social · 7d

Another large painting from the studio this week - wild winter lakes and misty hillsides.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations!

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 9d

Enjoy a story about the end of a tyrant!

James Coverley @jamescoverley.com · 9d

#ancientbluesky #history #skystorians #archaeology #domitian

Here, in all its finger-shredding, eye-gouging, blood-soaked, assassin-screaming, enraged-emperor glory, is the final day of the emperor Domitian!

No terrified slave boys were terrified in the making of this terror

tinyurl.com/25d64z6h

The Death of Domitian

The thing about tyrants, autocrats, power-mad demagogues and political bullies is that, in the end, someone will always come for you.

Nicola @gardennicola.bsky.social · 9d

Ouch! Hope it heals quickly Guy.