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@nikiw124.bsky.social
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New glasses. Housing bod. Space Tweep. Mass Observer. Cross-Stitcher. Setter of comedy quizzes. Likes cheese. Loves a good mindful colouring book. Personal account.

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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 18h
Don't know much about the celebs in the danceoff but I don't want either of the pro dancers to go #Strictly
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ana 🏴‍☠️⚔️ @edwarbteach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
💋🏴‍☠️
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We had the party for the five year old and her best friend (who just had her last preschool day) brought her a framed picture. A picture she made from the pressed flowers she had collected on her walks home from their school days together
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is that what Khrushchev did? #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
His hands don't know what they're doing but the rest of him did very well I thought #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have decided that Kai must be Going Somewhere with having longer hair and we're seeing him partway through, and that next year we will see the full effect. #Strictly
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Solar panels cut school bills by £70,000 a year. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Solar panels save East Yorkshire schools more than £70,000
The solar panels on three schools in East Yorkshire were paid for by a £218,000 government grant.
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Disaster Ship Blonde @disastershipblonde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Baby Stede vs Baby Izzy
Screenshot of two tweets.

First reads: "Doing my lunch duty and 2 year 7s have just rolled out a picnic blanket, sat down, got out 2 actual mugs, filled them with tea from a flask and got a pack of biscuits out. Incredible."

The second replies: "I once caught a year 7 having a fag and a can of fosters at lunch time. Our catchment areas may differ."
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 28/09/2026
We have something very cute to share with you today 🦉 This summer, a pair of barn owls successfully reared four owlets at Kedleston Hall, marking Kedleston's first known breeding success in over two decades.
Four young barn owls jostle onto the small wooden ledge of their nest box, fixed to a huge oak tree behind themA young barn owl in flight, its wings stretched up above it against a blurry green background, its white heart-shaped face facing the cameraA young barn own in flight, a blurry oak tree behind it, its huge white and brown wings beating downwards as it looks at the cameraA barn owl swooping down with its wings fanned wide across a field of long purplish grass
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Nancy and Lottie @nancyandlottie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ll never guess who has the treats
Three dogs attempt to mug a man who made the rookie error of showing weakness (having dog treats)
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still thinking Kai's curls remind me of Michael Palin's character in A Fish Called Wanda.
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A few little mistakes there but he was impressively light on his feet #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He was very good but I didn't think it was a very quicksteppy quickstep #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I was looking forward to seeing Bethany & Nancy the most and they did not disappoint ❤️ #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh that's a good start! #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jojo you look amazing in vivid pink 🩷 #Strictly
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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
China’s Tiangong Space Station crosses in front of Jupiter in this remarkable astrophotography shot. Just hundreds of kilometres above Earth, Tiangong appears in front of Jupiter, a world hundreds of millions of kilometres away. Captured by 沈老思347
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So much of Bluesky #Strictly is people complaining they've never heard of any of the celebs. Yes many people haven't heard of *all* of them. But they've heard of music, football, daytime TV, EastEnders, Emmerdale, the Olympics, the Paralympics. That's the point, they're from different backgrounds.
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Every time I will hear John speak I will be thinking of Kristian Nairn too ❤️ #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bethany & Nancy are already adorable #Strictly #StrictlySpoilers
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Has Kai been starring in a remake of A Fish Called Wanda over the summer? #Strictly
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just back into the living room. Are these the newbie pro dancers? They look so young #Strictly
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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Exciting news (well we think so)! We are looking for new people to regularly contribute to our archive! We accept applications from anyone based in the UK who has an interest in sending us their thoughts and opinions about life in the UK. #Skystorians massobs.org.uk/write-for-th...
massobs.org.uk
Write for the archive - Mass Observation Archive
Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When you weigh 500 lbs and walk on legs that look like stilts, it's no small thing to lie down. As this elk was kind enough to do right in front of our trail camera. Look at those antlers! #mammals #nature #deer #love #trailcam #Seattle #BeKind #wildanimals #goodnight #PNW #nokings #wildlife #elk
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British Comedy Guide @britishcomedy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
[Recap:] What was the tagline of Dawn French's Chocolate Orange adverts? The British Comedy Quiz: www.comedy.co.uk/quiz/425/
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Quiz 425 - British Comedy Quiz - British Comedy Guide
There are some good location-based questions in this quiz from Niki Walton.
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
4-nil down at home. No wonder some of the fans are going home early.
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Candice Birkin @candiceberken.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Showdown” (year u/k), oil on canvas, #JuliAdams , Seattle #Caturday #Cats #BlackCats #Art #Illustration #Painting
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It looks like www.colourlovers.com is functional again after over a year of trouble? Rearranged site - you have to search for how to do stuff and there's no option to download patterns as wallpaper, just the tile.
colourlovers.com
Color Palettes, Named Colors & Patterns :: COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers is a creative community where people create, name and share colors, palettes and patterns — twenty years of them. All in the spirit of love.
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Jenn overboard! @self-induljennt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I want a physical copy of Our Flag Means Death so bad. With bloopers and bts and interviews and concept art galleries. And a fold out case. And an extra disc with the soundtrack and score. I want a menu screen with A Pirate's Life playing on repeat. 😤
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Sam Smith. Not That One. @scsmith4.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Crikey. Also 😍😍😍😍😍😍 HT @phyphor.one-dash.org
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Papa Bushtit with one of his sons. #Bushtitoftheday #birds #nature
Two small fluffy gray birds perched closely together on a branch against a dark green background.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
Behind one of history's most consequential decisions was a Met Office weather forecast. PRESSURE is in cinemas today, telling the true story of the D-Day forecast and the meteorologists behind it. More than 80 years later, trusted weather intelligence remains as relevant as ever. #PressureMovie
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:

[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]

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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 

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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.

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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free 
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-

BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister 

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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?

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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill

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HITLER:
What we are proposing -

CHURCHILL:
Hang on

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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -

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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here

BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate

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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate 
You don't debate fascists

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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!

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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...

CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-

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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!

BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak

[ends]
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Antpittas are the epitome of #borbs This is the Crescent-faced Antpitta that I was able to spend some quality time with at Hacienda el Bosque #Colombia #birds #antpittas #birdoftheday
Small brown bird with a dark head, pale facial markings, and bold black-and-tan streaking on its chest, standing on a mossy log.
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Halloween creep is worse than Christmas creep.
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It seems I talk more like people from New England (I'm from the middle of Old England) than from Oklahoma or Kansas, who according to the questions may be too busy covering their houses with toilet paper or throwing knives at each other in their gardens to care. mydialect.us/quiz-full.html
Dialect map shows I speak mostly like people from New England and least like people from Oklahoma or Kansas. I'm from Old England.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
From 2019 I don't think I ever posted this one. It's interesting how the golden age of TV in 2019 now seems as distant as the Tudors . . . #comedy #sketch #cartoon #history #comic
[SCENE: The court of Henry VIII. The King sits on his throne. An ADVISOR approaches him.]

ADVISOR: Your majesty, the kingdom is bankrupt!

HENRY VIII: Damn this costly war...

ADVISOR: Not the war, sir. Ir’s your jester subscriptions.

HENRY VIII: But they’re only 7 groats 95 a month!

ADVISOR: They really add up, your highness

ADVISOR:  The palace doth o’erflow with well-reviewed jesters you’ve never even watched

[Show lots of jesters sitting round, bored]

HENRY VIII: Well there’s just so many ‘unmissable jesters’ these days... 

HENRY VIII: I always think, I must watch that new jester everyone’s talking about... but then I just end up watching repeats of Johnny Arse

[Show a clearly lowbrow jester, baring his buttocks and shouting “JOHNNY ARRRSE!”]

ADVISOR:  We even found an unopened jester-by-post from 1509!
[Show a skeleton in a box with ‘LoveJester’, like the LoveFilm logo, on the side]

ADVISOR:  So - let’s cancel some subscriptions:

ADVISOR:  NowJester?

HENRY VIII: I’m not missing Game of Jesters

[Ends]
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 02/09/2026
From the European Premiere of PRESSURE🎬 We caught up with Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Damian Lewis and director Anthony Maras to discuss the film, which tells the story behind what is arguably the most important weather forecast in history In cinemas Sept 9 #PressureMovie @studiocanal.com
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Five Star Rik Mayall David Baddiel & Rob Newman Eric Clapton & his band Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band (x2, different band lineups) London Symphony Orchestra The Specials The Rolling Stones Chris Hadfield
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Watching the Wham! 10 Days In China documentary. Lots of focus on the Chinese fans, general public and their reactions to the music. Also expecting to see things I read about at the time but have forgotten since (like Trevor the breakdancer).
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Somehow it is 8 years today since we posted this Twitter thread, about a very, VERY old document from our Archive. Now it's another year older and we're still keeping it safe. It was written 624 years ago. No really. Archives are amazing. 👇
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Does silly synchro swimming in a pool count? Jojo Rabbit. I think Taika Waititi just likes acting under water.
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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Edmonton’s Angel takes its name from a former pub, the Angel Tavern, which was demolished in 1968. Interestingly, Edmonton Green Bus Station features canopy covers that resemble angel wings, complete with a bus roundel halo So Andreya posed an angel wearing classic bus Moquette
Bus angel
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Queen's Silver Jubilee. All the neighbourhood kids were invited to wear fancy dress and join the Scout's parade and then go back to their HQ for tea.
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
imaginationlibrary.com/uk/ Dolly’s #ImaginationLibrary serves the UK too 🤗
Screenshot from the above website which has a picture of Dolly and reads 

 THANK YOU TO ALL
OUR PARTNERS! Together, we've mailed 7 MILLION
BOOKS to children in the UK! 
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, United Kingdom
Our Book Gifting Programme
In December 2007, Dolly Parton travelled to London to announce that her Imagination Library was launching in the UK!
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting programme devoted to inspiring a love of reading in the hearts of children everywhere. With help from our local partners, the first Imagination Library book was gifted in the UK in 2008 and we’ve grown every year since then, reaching more and more children each month.
The books are carefully selected, and full of variety. They include traditional stories and rhymes, books by beloved authors and illustrators, non-fiction content, and newly published titles.
How It Works
Each month we post a high quality, age appropriate book to children from birth to age five. The books are specially wrapped and addressed to the child, and are delivered at no cost to the family.
The Dollywood Foundation works with Local Partners who help bring the Imagination Library to communities across the UK.
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Cagle Cats @caglecats.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The rest of you weren't even getting a bottle before Root Beer showed up, now you are total babies!!
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25/08/2026
Someone in a big blonde wig with a big heart on their chest handing out books to kids with the words “always be more Dolly”
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Niki @nikiw124.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The humble toothbrush has many uses 🪥
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