Nikki Coates
@nikkicoates.bsky.social
Someone told me the type of brain I have means I have a poor sense of self so expecting me to write this is very ableist actually. SE London. Some kind of regulator and that still surprises me.
I think he may have inferred the score from the noise from the Valley
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I think he may have inferred the score from the noise from the Valley
I will say one thing for them: this worked! The place bristles with signs for the infusion suite now. Admittedly they haven’t done as well at taking down the signs at sites that are not the infusion suite, but still
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I will say one thing for them: this worked! The place bristles with signs for the infusion suite now. Admittedly they haven’t done as well at taking down the signs at sites that are not the infusion suite, but still
Report from a grey December Monday in which I have not been engaged in employment, education or training. Worked on a present. As a result made use of my new Muji ‘point pressing ball’. Watched documentaries on Sister Wendy and Martin Parr and then ICE COLD IN ALEX.
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Report from a grey December Monday in which I have not been engaged in employment, education or training. Worked on a present. As a result made use of my new Muji ‘point pressing ball’. Watched documentaries on Sister Wendy and Martin Parr and then ICE COLD IN ALEX.
Sure, I had got the vegetable and the pharaoh wrong so perhaps this is not fair, but!!! Google used to be better than this and not spit in your eye while it was doing it. I could not be less interested in AI litcrit and yet
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Sure, I had got the vegetable and the pharaoh wrong so perhaps this is not fair, but!!! Google used to be better than this and not spit in your eye while it was doing it. I could not be less interested in AI litcrit and yet
A victory for analog records over the following Google searches:
Poems starting ‘they have taken’
Edward Thomas sonnets
Edward Thomas turnips Tutankhamen
Poems turnips
Edward Thomas Overwintering
Poems starting ‘they have taken’
Edward Thomas sonnets
Edward Thomas turnips Tutankhamen
Poems turnips
Edward Thomas Overwintering
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A victory for analog records over the following Google searches:
Poems starting ‘they have taken’
Edward Thomas sonnets
Edward Thomas turnips Tutankhamen
Poems turnips
Edward Thomas Overwintering
Poems starting ‘they have taken’
Edward Thomas sonnets
Edward Thomas turnips Tutankhamen
Poems turnips
Edward Thomas Overwintering
Perhaps Sir and Madam would care for a picture of a very handsome cat? We have just the thing in stock
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Perhaps Sir and Madam would care for a picture of a very handsome cat? We have just the thing in stock
Any day you go to an aquarium is a good day but I’ve come to realise that something is up with the marine biologists and we’ve got to get to the bottom of it. pics (not mine) display: a zebra shark, a stripey, a sexy shrimp
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Any day you go to an aquarium is a good day but I’ve come to realise that something is up with the marine biologists and we’ve got to get to the bottom of it. pics (not mine) display: a zebra shark, a stripey, a sexy shrimp
When we got to the door of St Paul’s in Mdina we found a sign telling us to buy tickets at the cathedral museum. So we did, and the helpful man at the counter recommended we go to the museum first as it closed first
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When we got to the door of St Paul’s in Mdina we found a sign telling us to buy tickets at the cathedral museum. So we did, and the helpful man at the counter recommended we go to the museum first as it closed first
Today I have had to reset the ‘days since last security incident’ sign on the cat food cupboard to zero once again.
On the upside, at least Bam! isn’t letting Bonfire Night stress him out too much
On the upside, at least Bam! isn’t letting Bonfire Night stress him out too much
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today I have had to reset the ‘days since last security incident’ sign on the cat food cupboard to zero once again.
On the upside, at least Bam! isn’t letting Bonfire Night stress him out too much
On the upside, at least Bam! isn’t letting Bonfire Night stress him out too much
Important not to over-interpret the signs and portents but it does worry me quite a bit that while I have never before listened to an audiobook on Spotify, it thought I might want to start with the Unabomber manifesto:
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Important not to over-interpret the signs and portents but it does worry me quite a bit that while I have never before listened to an audiobook on Spotify, it thought I might want to start with the Unabomber manifesto:
You, a fool: I am going to get the highly-regarded Roland S-1 and use it to craft sonic landscapes and banging tunes
Me, smiling serenely: I am going to use these blinky boxes I have no business owning for self-hypnosis
Me, smiling serenely: I am going to use these blinky boxes I have no business owning for self-hypnosis
October 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
You, a fool: I am going to get the highly-regarded Roland S-1 and use it to craft sonic landscapes and banging tunes
Me, smiling serenely: I am going to use these blinky boxes I have no business owning for self-hypnosis
Me, smiling serenely: I am going to use these blinky boxes I have no business owning for self-hypnosis
Omg you guys I’m on a new dlr train and as you know by now ‘new transport thing’ is the most exciting thing that can happen in a Londoner’s life
October 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Omg you guys I’m on a new dlr train and as you know by now ‘new transport thing’ is the most exciting thing that can happen in a Londoner’s life
Not entirely sure which film is being reenacted in my living room. Maybe Cape Fear.
September 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Not entirely sure which film is being reenacted in my living room. Maybe Cape Fear.
New conference call survival strategy
August 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New conference call survival strategy
A felon and his felony
August 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A felon and his felony
Here, have a picture of a crazy broken rainbow taken on the way to Birzai
July 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Here, have a picture of a crazy broken rainbow taken on the way to Birzai
Devastated that we were unaware of the Vilnius Pink Soup Fest Train when planning for our Hanseatic Holiday, but taking the opportunity to console myself with some delicious pink soup. ltglink.lt/en/pink-soup...
July 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Devastated that we were unaware of the Vilnius Pink Soup Fest Train when planning for our Hanseatic Holiday, but taking the opportunity to console myself with some delicious pink soup. ltglink.lt/en/pink-soup...
In Kiel, where the big municipally-provided banner reading FEEL SAFE is prompting a lot of questions answered by the etc etc etc
July 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In Kiel, where the big municipally-provided banner reading FEEL SAFE is prompting a lot of questions answered by the etc etc etc
Had to get our handsome boy a collar as part of the long drawn-out preparations for Liberation Day, when he can go out and make friends with all of the other psycho neighbour cats. We are waiting till his sister is sedated for a planned vets visit to even attempt it in her case.
July 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Had to get our handsome boy a collar as part of the long drawn-out preparations for Liberation Day, when he can go out and make friends with all of the other psycho neighbour cats. We are waiting till his sister is sedated for a planned vets visit to even attempt it in her case.
and went to go and see the slightly unsettling area around the sound mirror (which thing itself I could not take a picture of because of a combination of fence, sun, cheap camera)
July 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
and went to go and see the slightly unsettling area around the sound mirror (which thing itself I could not take a picture of because of a combination of fence, sun, cheap camera)
A couple of days before our cross-channel jaunt we’d driven to Dungeness, and I took the half frame camera:
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A couple of days before our cross-channel jaunt we’d driven to Dungeness, and I took the half frame camera:
While I’m lying on the floor of my study I may as well do something to cheer me up so let’s look at some pics that I eventually remembered to download the scans of. Taking colour pics on film with a point’n’shoot is in one sense obviously dumb & bad value but here’s what it did for Lille in March
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While I’m lying on the floor of my study I may as well do something to cheer me up so let’s look at some pics that I eventually remembered to download the scans of. Taking colour pics on film with a point’n’shoot is in one sense obviously dumb & bad value but here’s what it did for Lille in March
These guys are still here and frankly not one little bit concerned about either of our health
July 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
These guys are still here and frankly not one little bit concerned about either of our health
Absolutely LOVED Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge and it deserved 20x the energy it was getting back from its audience this afternoon. Well good.
June 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Absolutely LOVED Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge and it deserved 20x the energy it was getting back from its audience this afternoon. Well good.