Tikkido--Nikki Wills
@tikkido.bsky.social
The creative force behind Tikkido.com. American in England. Author of Gingerbread for Beginners. Loves public radio, making stuff, baking stuff, and geekery of all sorts. She/her.
Yikes, I should have guessed this was coming, but...yikes.
The annual toy safety report added a new threat category, filing artificially intelligent teddy bears under “psychological hazards” after researchers determined that traditional warnings like “choking risk” & “toxic materials” did not adequately cover. Read more below...
#AI #chatgpt #toys #OddNews
#AI #chatgpt #toys #OddNews
AI Teddy Bears Fail Turing Test, Pass Predator Test
Finally, a teddy bear that can both mispronounce “Snuggle” and ruin your will to parent.
oddnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Yikes, I should have guessed this was coming, but...yikes.
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I started learning to ring the bells at the St Albans cathedral exactly four years ago, and have wanted to make this cookie set since that day. I finally had a chance when our tower hosted the St Albans district meeting a few weeks ago!
#bellringing #stalbans #sugarcookies #cookiedecorating
#bellringing #stalbans #sugarcookies #cookiedecorating
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I started learning to ring the bells at the St Albans cathedral exactly four years ago, and have wanted to make this cookie set since that day. I finally had a chance when our tower hosted the St Albans district meeting a few weeks ago!
#bellringing #stalbans #sugarcookies #cookiedecorating
#bellringing #stalbans #sugarcookies #cookiedecorating
Sending this to all of my fellow immigrant friends here in the UK, and casting this call for help wide here, too. It's awful that Dr Fitzharris wasn't allowed back home in the first place, and outrageous that it hasn't been resolved in over two weeks.
The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to [email protected]. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sending this to all of my fellow immigrant friends here in the UK, and casting this call for help wide here, too. It's awful that Dr Fitzharris wasn't allowed back home in the first place, and outrageous that it hasn't been resolved in over two weeks.
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#HeathrowExpansion will disconnect the internationally-rare chalk streams of the Chilterns from the #Thames. For Eels and other migratory fish to get to #StAlbans, #Hemel, #Chesham, #Amersham etc etc (or back to the Sargasso Sea) this is catastrophic.
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/heathrow-pos...
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/heathrow-pos...
Heathrow Expansion – the Colne Valley Regional Park’s position - Colne Valley Regional Park
We remain publicly and determinedly opposed to the plans to expand Heathrow Airport, which will cut the Park in two, changing it for ever. 1200 acres of Green Belt will be lost and many more hundreds ...
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk
July 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#HeathrowExpansion will disconnect the internationally-rare chalk streams of the Chilterns from the #Thames. For Eels and other migratory fish to get to #StAlbans, #Hemel, #Chesham, #Amersham etc etc (or back to the Sargasso Sea) this is catastrophic.
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/heathrow-pos...
www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/heathrow-pos...
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Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
You know those funny "why is my toddler crying" posts? I'm here to inform you that it doesn't end. My 16 year old is furious with me for getting her a hair dye exactly the color she asked for. Except it's more excruciating and not funny now
June 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You know those funny "why is my toddler crying" posts? I'm here to inform you that it doesn't end. My 16 year old is furious with me for getting her a hair dye exactly the color she asked for. Except it's more excruciating and not funny now
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I generally don’t take a stance on the question of leadership in the Church; I’m not Anglican and it’s not for me to have an opinion.
But the position of Archbishop of Canterbury affects every person in England, Christian or no. And this is a massive failure when the church needs… not that
But the position of Archbishop of Canterbury affects every person in England, Christian or no. And this is a massive failure when the church needs… not that
This is an awful & to me genuinely shocking, story. It’s not that Jay was let down by the safeguarding *system*, tho of course that’s never acceptable, it’s the personal role played in the failure by the Bishop of Leicester, which raises serious questions of judgement
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leicester Church of England: A preacher asked me out and then started stalking me
When Jay Hulme complained about the harassment to a bishop he was accused of witchcraft.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I generally don’t take a stance on the question of leadership in the Church; I’m not Anglican and it’s not for me to have an opinion.
But the position of Archbishop of Canterbury affects every person in England, Christian or no. And this is a massive failure when the church needs… not that
But the position of Archbishop of Canterbury affects every person in England, Christian or no. And this is a massive failure when the church needs… not that
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This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.
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This wrapping paper turns everything into bread 🥖
Created by Japanese designer Ippei Tsujio
Created by Japanese designer Ippei Tsujio
May 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This wrapping paper turns everything into bread 🥖
Created by Japanese designer Ippei Tsujio
Created by Japanese designer Ippei Tsujio
Evidently Lancelot loves lettuce??! #dogsofbluesky #maltese
April 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Evidently Lancelot loves lettuce??! #dogsofbluesky #maltese
What's your family's Easter meal? We started making Easter pizza after I built a brick pizza oven in our back yard in 2009 (when I was pregnant with our youngest--I nest with power tools!) #pizzaoven #pizza #easterpizza
April 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What's your family's Easter meal? We started making Easter pizza after I built a brick pizza oven in our back yard in 2009 (when I was pregnant with our youngest--I nest with power tools!) #pizzaoven #pizza #easterpizza
Throwback to the most fussy yet humble-looking dessert I've ever made. Peeps whoopie pies in all the classic colors, made with homemade soft sugar cookies and homemade marshmallow filling. They were worth it. #peeps #whoopiepies #Easter #baking
April 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Throwback to the most fussy yet humble-looking dessert I've ever made. Peeps whoopie pies in all the classic colors, made with homemade soft sugar cookies and homemade marshmallow filling. They were worth it. #peeps #whoopiepies #Easter #baking
Sometimes you just need a miniature bouquet of flowers to cheer up your desk. #miniatures #flowers
April 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sometimes you just need a miniature bouquet of flowers to cheer up your desk. #miniatures #flowers
In Paris for the coffee festival! Every over-caffinated twitch is worth it. #pariscoffeefestival #coffee
April 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In Paris for the coffee festival! Every over-caffinated twitch is worth it. #pariscoffeefestival #coffee
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Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
March 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
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personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad
March 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad
Trying to find an ev charger for the electric rental car. Budget didn't give me a home adapter. Three strike outs so far. I'm stopping for emotional support tacos and horchata.
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trying to find an ev charger for the electric rental car. Budget didn't give me a home adapter. Three strike outs so far. I'm stopping for emotional support tacos and horchata.
Oh, to have the emotional security of a zonked, belly-up puppy. Not likely today, or for the next 4 years. #dogsofbluesky #maltese
January 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Oh, to have the emotional security of a zonked, belly-up puppy. Not likely today, or for the next 4 years. #dogsofbluesky #maltese
A Goldilocks trio of dogs at the pub. Lower red lion is a brilliant place for dogs! #dogsofbluesky #pubpups #stalbans
January 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A Goldilocks trio of dogs at the pub. Lower red lion is a brilliant place for dogs! #dogsofbluesky #pubpups #stalbans
January 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM