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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Here’s when I handed over the *wooden* (not glass!) trophy to @emrinke.bsky.social #ukrn2026

Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Enjoying the nuanced bridge metaphor throughout this keynote 🌉 @sparc-eu.bsky.social I'll try to do it justice in a later blogpost! #KEOS26 (Not every bridge looks like this)

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Was bought a book subscription thing for Christmas . First surprise delivery just arrived @adamroberts.bsky.social

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Sunniest Chevin Chase I’ve ever seen

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Don’t worry everyone, Elon and grok gonna fix info bias

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Presume inside a decoy dust jacket?

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Just frightened myself with Facebook memory from 2023 @katefoneill.bsky.social

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Just stubbed my toe at Ilkley Lido, distracted by this sign

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I realise Meta and Zuckerberg are evil incarnate…the only positive being memories, like these from 9 years ago

At the BMX track Noah was hanging out with the big boys at the top of a berm. Reported to me later that "Nathan", about 12, asked how old he was. "You're well good for 6!" said Nathan. "Is that you're little brother? He's well good too." (Obviously he missed the crash). Discussing later Noah said "I think I was accepted by the group." Like David Attenborough mingling with mountain gorillas.

At the BMX track: "Be careful Matthew!" Matthew careers down the start ramp and rockets over the first hump, still picking up speed down the dip and up the other side, momentarily leaving the earth like an ungainly chicken and wiping out in a cloud of dust. I've no idea why Emma gets nervous when I take the kids out.

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

My wife says I drink too much 🤷‍♂️

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

*chews stick in defiance of Death*

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Heading off for day 2 of #ManchesterOpenResearch sporting my lucky* @figshare.com socks *first time I’ve worn them so could be terribly unlucky 🤷‍♂️ #RepositoriesForFeet

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

“Good boy ponders his mortality”

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

You have been warned BEWARE OF THE LABRADOR

Goofy looking Raffy the Labrador smiling in front of a gate with the sign “Beware of the Labrador. Please close the gate”

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

List and late for work…went up the same hill three times 🤷‍♂️

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I was quite the mover in my younger days, like an Aardman animated John Travolta. At my brother’s wedding in 2012

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

3 years ago aged 5 months. Still an idiot.

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Ran a bath for my wife…actually it was for me. But I sent her the picture.

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Ran out of time to finish jet washing. Furious.

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Managed to (slowly) run over 30 miles this week…slipped and fell over in the last mile, which the dog thought was great fun. Tried to jump on me, no help at all. Idiot.

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Usually do 10-12 miles with the dog at the weekend, up to Armscliffe Crag (Millstone Grit I believe?). Slowly. #RunSky

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Finished product cc. @kellylloyd.bsky.social (Actually this one broke because laser focus was out and didn’t cut out all the holes properly, had to redo)

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My first lightburn project in the makerspace at Edward Boyle Library

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Did I tell you about the time I broke my shoulder blade? Or this?

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

About as big as I can get on my own. Dog won’t help

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

First Saturday jog up to Armscliffe Crag of 2025 was…cold🥶 I slipped on the way back down, rolled like a pro, but appear to have sprained my thumb 🤷‍♂️

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Wiki article is only C class…just sayin’

Screenshot of the talk page and rating for the Wikipedia article about the Arctic Circle

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

When the levee breaks… River Wharfe in Pool

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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Started this jigsaw Christmas 2022, just finished it. Well almost…there are two pieces missing 🤬

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