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Nigel

@nigel0061.bsky.social
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Retired molecular biologist living on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, UK. Likes: nature, books, photography, archaeology.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area

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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction

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Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it

Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…

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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely 

[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over

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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat 

[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster

Minister:
I understand your concerns…

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Nurse:
Are you OK love?

Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters

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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian 

[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]

Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love

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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to

[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]

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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR

[woman looks baffled]

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woman:
I just want a bus service 

Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG 
[produces a St George's flag]

[ends]
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Trust the unqualified, incompetent, self-serving & profiteering idiots instead?
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The mythical Brexit benefits .....
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Sad news about the passing of Jane Goodall. My favourite story is about her and the cartoonist Gary Larson. He published this cartoon which her Institute objected to whilst she was away. On her return she said she loved it, and she and Larson became good friends. screenrant.com/far-side-con...
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Another Brexit Bonus ! (not) :-( Microsoft Windows 10 ESU to be free in EEA. www.theverge.com/news/785544/...
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Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe
You won’t have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I can't be the only Brit whose first thought when I saw the statue of Trump and Epstein in the US was "this looks like a statue of Morecambe and Wise!"
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Ospreys are my all time favourite bird!
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This is outrageous - #Dartmoor worst National Park for sewage outflows, and NPs are worse than rivers outside :-( www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them
Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes “Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 15/09/2025
It should be simple: people who cheer on violence in the UK can't enrich themselves with British taxpayers’ money. That means Elon Musk – no government contracts for you, no energy supply license for you.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
By Michael de Adder:
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
But I bet they won't :( .....
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Indeed!
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Absolutely this! Putin and Netanyahu have been emboldened by Trump's feeble responses to their atrocities :-(
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Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
It is with heavy heart (and, unfortunately, deep affection) that I must reshare a snippet from the 1980s masterpiece “Yes, Prime Minister”, in relation to Russia’s drone attack on a NATO ally.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Spotted 2 female #goosander near the dam of the Burrator reservoir, west #Dartmoor this morning - possibly the first time I've seen this species. #birding
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I forget who but someone was like "I post about fish because I study fish, when I post about Fish on Bluesky people ask me about fish, when I post about fish on X people say I and my family should be murdered because we're Jewish"
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Stunning atmospheric photo!
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out And, the feathers it would ruffle My lovely followers, you know what to do: nationaltvawards.com/vote 🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
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Vote | National Television Awards
Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Rather accurate sadly :-(
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Stolen from another website :-) I was telling friends last night that I might be forced to change my name by deed-poll at this rate :-(
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social I saw this and thought it might be of interest search.app/xTGGW
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A Man Noticed a Strange Shape on Satellite Images. It Turned Out to Be a 138-Year-Old Shipwreck in Lake Michigan
While sailing through a heavy blanket of fog, the "Frank D. Barker" went off course and ran into a limestone outcropping in October 1887
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
All this artificial media hysteria about Angela Rayner's house purchase reminds me of this Monty Python sketch (Arthur "two sheds" Jackson) ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS...
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Monty Python - Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson
YouTube video by thebrat307101
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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
British entrepreneurial, 'Sugar's apprentice' spirit.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Clearly a quiet news day! search.app/kFBRr
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Sycamore Gap tree image found under Northallerton patio
Howard Dawson says the marking has a
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
A photo of the Sun going down on Friday photobombed by a passing heron :-)
a  setting sun appears diffuse through some mid-altitude clouds. To the top right a heron in flight.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Gosh! What incredible naivety. Depressing.
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Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The fact that an indicted war criminal has been invited to the US to meet with the President to look at maps of the country he invaded tells you Putin has already won.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) over my house on the edge of #Dartmoor this morning. I never tire of watching them circling on the thermals.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I have often wondered myself about the authenticity of the route of the Abbott's Way shown on OS maps #Dartmoor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Campaign to change the route of Dartmoor's historic Abbot's Way
A Devon author claims a walk supposedly used by medieval monks is wrong and maps need changing.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Sunrise over #Dartmoor this morning at the beginning of August.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/07/2025
I’ve written to the Prime Minister urging him to use Trump’s visit to the UK to push for an end to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
A letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer on 25 July calls for urgent action on Gaza. He urges a ceasefire, says Trump could influence Israel, and wants Starmer to press him on ending the fighting and getting proper aid in.A follow-up section of Ed Davey’s 25 July letter to Keir Starmer. He urges Starmer to push Trump on a joint UK-US UN resolution for a Gaza ceasefire, reopening humanitarian corridors, and recognising Palestine. Davey says the UK must lead—even if it means challenging Trump—and calls on Starmer to show that leadership during Trump’s UK visit.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/07/2025
Ok Keir Starmer, let’s see the RAF leading the way.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Ghastly - I can't understand why the west isn't criticising Israel more :(
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Sun-warmed bridge granite underhand; River Walkham flowing gently to the sea from the heights of Dartmoor.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
For the first time ever I saw a roadkill mole today whilst walking around the Burrator :-( [data not shown, as we scientists say] Then a mile later I saw what looked like another one. Curious. Lots of butterfiles though :-)
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Interesting research that suggests that some species of gut bacteria may be associated with the development of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). @lomelindi12.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/scienti...
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Scientists think they found two key bacteria that cause multiple sclerosis
A study of twins reveals two gut bacteria linked to multiple sclerosis, offering new targets for future treatments.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Ox eye daisies in my front lawn late afternoon in the breeze, inspired by ‪@lomelindi12.bsky.social‬ 's photos.google.com/photo/AF1Qip...
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Ahh, yes, the annual gathering at Stonehenge to celebrate at the wrong time of year www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Thousands gather at Stonehenge for summer solstice celebration
Combination of weekend timing and good weather could make this year’s event one of the busiest in years
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
This is good news - long overdue. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
bbc.co.uk
MPs narrowly back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales by 23 votes - live updates
After several hours of emotional debate, MPs voted in favour of the bill, which will now be scrutinised by the House of Lords.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Gosh! A swimming mole?! @moleymole.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Swimming mole captured by Somerset photographer
Moles are
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Good article about Molinia grass which covers large parts of Dartmoor. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Superb article by Jeremy Bowen on the war in Gaza. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Not sure why you need to chase Reform voters when there are millions of disaffected voters who would quite honestly make do with a Labour party that showed a bit of compassion and vision.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
On Facebook they post endless warnings about Nigel Farage. Last week Starmer did a big giant speech about the dangers of Farage. All the while they're trying to be him. It would be like saying "I hate David Bowie, he's so shit" while sporting a red glitter lightning bolt over one eye.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Not Dartmoor sadly, but I wish it was. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bringing back the birds: the ‘ghost woodlands’ transforming England’s barren sheep fells
A groundbreaking tree-planting programme is uniting farmers and rewilders, as portions of common ground in the Yorkshire Dales national park are being restored to their ancient glory
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This would be wonderful.
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Nigel @nigel0061.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Ghastly news from the fallout of having a vaccine-phobic administration in the USA
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Jane Owen @ybarri.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Supreme Court backs wild camping on Dartmoor www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court backs wild camping on Dartmoor
The Supreme Court upholds the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Devon in a landmark case.
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