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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

As a bonus it will give more room for tattoo parlours and nail bars.

Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Road near Walkmills #Shropshire was closed this morning and couldn't even get my bicycle through. Had an off road adventure on an assault course with mud, brambles, locked gates on right of way and this excellent double stile. @lakesstiles.bsky.social

Two wooden step stiles either side of a bridge over a small stream.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Blake's 7 of 9, "you will be recruited".

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Your gig in Shrewsbury last weekend was very good, thank you. Highly recommended!

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is good but it really should have EV charging rates and price per kWh too (for car parks, at the roadside, etc. as well as filling stations). Is that being looked at? Of course another way to reduce fuel (+ parking) costs is to walk or cycle those shorter journeys, or use the capped bus fare.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Voting should be a civic responsibility. Mandatory in Australia for ~100 yrs with 90% turnout. Valid reasons for not voting (e.g. illness) should be accepted and penalties need only be very small fines. Worth having a "none of the above" option as choosing not to speak is an element of free speech.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Am no fan of Reform, quite the opposite, but would be good to see comparable stats for the other parties. 51 certainly seems like alot but is it way out of line with what usually happens anyway? I suspect it is but the message is much stronger if that is confirmed.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don't often charge away from home in UK but have always managed to just use credit card. Not sure if that is typical though. Suspect it might be bit cheaper if I have an account and app for each charging supplier but prefer to keep my inside leg measurement private.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Who is their Prince and the next in line?

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

and too often the coverage would be positioned as "vehicle mows down", or "hit by a car". They'll be sending driverless cars to jail soon I expect.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Possibly the ones that don't bother to vote are even dumber. Or "dummer" as POTUS might say?

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Can't afford the full £36million but have chipped in a few quid to a less fascist party instead.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nobody should have enough wealth to be able to donate these huge sums to ANY political party. They are massively more than vast majority of people will earn or spend in a lifetime.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Were the workers wearing togas or something more Neolithic?

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks for reposting that. Cover of Clampdown was very good and Streets of Minneapolis is powerful and moving.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Legitimate cricketing concerns reported today over protesters at the hotel where the U19 Pakistan team were staying. Reform Councillor said, "It’s not because the protestors and crowds are bad people. Local residents just want to protect the city they love in the best way they know how.”

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Superb! It's a pity the varieties generally available here are so limited. Chosen for shelf life and ease of transport rather than taste I suspect.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our earlies were good with spring rain but mains were worst ever too. Second crop planted in July seem to be doing well with all the wet now so should be able to dig some for Christmas dinner.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Getting a bag of quinces from Attingham Park.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We had to make do with skateboarding in the Borough Gardens (when Parkie wasn't around).

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Also used by me, my bros, friends and many others for sledging in the snow late 1970s. Maiden Castle was also good for that of course but a hard hike to get there pulling a sledge.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Will the Reform Youth be expected to sing, "Engerland, Engerland über alles"?

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was happy to share my location - once a fortnight using the phone box down the street.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I think Step 1 is to make sure it is correctly identified and not a Jack O'Lantern!

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Wtf is an "Olympic World Title"?

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Lovely sunrise over Caer Caradoc #Shropshire at six o'clock this morning. Grey and rainy by the time I got out with Monty Dog. Everything is starting to green up a bit after the weeks of dry heat though.

Red sky sunrise over hill with black silhouette of trees on either side in the foreground.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Kiwi colleague was telling us about her time working on a big yacht, where she had enjoyed being a "dick hand".

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Read the text and thought I know who this will be referring to. Scrolled down to the image and I wasn't wrong.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Pissed as a fart" is another common one, meaning very drunk, but makes no sense really. I always got confused when US colleagues said they were "pissed", meaning angry rather than than drunk.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Read that as "america fails" at first glance, and that seemed about right.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We knew our weekly free newspaper as the "Fascist on Sunday" even twenty years ago. It closed down in 2017. The back page coverage of the local Championship Rugby team whose home matches we always attended was excellent but the rest was best avoided.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This should be the "Abbatoir Live!" album cover. [local tribute band playing in the park]

Abba tribute band playing on outdoor stage.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Not the smartest hound though. Scoffed some fruit cake yesterday and I had to rush him to vet to get a jab to make him throw it all up as dried grapes are highly toxic and potentially lethal for dogs. He's right as rain today thankfully.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes, from footpath off Heighways in All Stretton.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

That'll be the dog that was found in the freezer of the Chinese restaurant in my town in the 1970s.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Be interesting to look at this the other way - are most killers Reform voters, or "lefties"?

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I see there is a hefty North Sea levy already but suppose a significant proportion of Big Oil's profit in UK come from fuels imported from elsewhere. How might that be taxed I wonder.

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Nick Hickman @nickhickman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I think the exchequer will get a bit more VAT on increased price at the pump, but fuel duty is a fixed amount and not a percentage so no change there. Must be a good case for a windfall tax on Big Oil?

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