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Dr Nuits de Young

@nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social

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Historian/art historian (12C & 18C esp), lover of Old Roses, literature, art, music, pigeons & other cute creatures! Trans-inclusive egalitarian #FBPE #UKEUFriend #Aspie GilchristHeritage at the Other Place. Posts in personal capacity. She/They

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 1h

Poor wee man, I can see how much beak he's lost in profile! But he has such a pretty face – lovely bright eyes!

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Heather @hceedee.bsky.social · 7h

Linton, 12 Oct '25. One of his favourite places to hang out. #PigeonSky 🪶

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1h

A band of pirate cats led by a tailless cat called Wang terrorises a neighbourhood. New York Times, 1916.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

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Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social · 1h

#BookshopWednesday
Wigtown

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 1h

Awwww!

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 2h

A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously.

Or just put some underpants on it.
Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 2h

He's adorable & cuddly.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 2h

@damedianajohnson.bsky.social I am disgusted by this govt's treatment of my trans friends. Not what I had expected of a Labour government.
Shame on the lot of you.

Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 3h

Council of Europe’s Commissioner letter to UK Parliament calling for full protection of trans people’s rights, urging legal clarity, dignity, and inclusion, not exclusion.

Governments must ensure laws match lived realities, not feed prejudice.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️‍⚧️

rm.coe.int

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 17h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

goodlaw.social

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 2h

Yes. I had a (2nd hand) Silver Cross when I was a baby.

Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

Old pram-chassis were often used for go-carts. These remind me of the old big prams.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

Yes: they wd make brilliant go-carts.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

Mortcloth perhaps once draped over it.
The Howden one doesn't have a canopy, just side-rails.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

It needed someone who was better at jigsaws.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

Rejoining simply means joining again.
Never wanted any of the opt-outs in 1st place: I always thought it degrading & disgusting of govts here to keep asking for them. I want equality of membership, single currency incl.

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

Millions of us never wanted to leave in 1st place: you think we're non-persons?

Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 3h

And surely the best way to oppose them is to hammer agst Brexit.

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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 6h

The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message:

"Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again"

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 4h

He also hasn't considered those of us whose families & selfhood he wants to break into bits. I am not halves of a person.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 5h

1938 French socialist aid for Spain poster. "To send milk, bread, blankets, buy the socialist relief solidarity card in Republican Spain. 1 franc. Get solidarity cards from the local relief committee.".

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 4h

FT.
Am European first, British second & damned if anyone, even Zack, will break me into smaller pieces. Nation-states shd be abolished, not exhumed. Fuck separatism.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 5h

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

leftfootforward.org

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Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social · 4h

At my age, they'd better get a fucking move on. It's no use to me if I'm dead or decrepit.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 12h

It all started with 📱💻🖱️🎧📷 speaking the same USB-C language.

Now it's time for your charger to catch up ↓

link.europa.eu/bHCDng

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