Notices by Nick (nickiquote@mstdn.social)

Cormorant statues at sunset, Morecambe.

Female chemist makes an amazing discovery.

Nobel committee: “We’re awarding the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to the test tube”.

“A Bunsen burner will work with humans to make a Nobel Prize winning discovery…”

This is excellent news and a great idea. So many heroic blood clots, kamikaze internal organs and daring cyanide pills have hitherto gone unrecognised by history.

1. Lock yourself in an airtight fridge.

Your Fucking AI Poster Is Fugly As Fuck and other graphic design advice.

Me, finally finding a parking space.

@amiserabilist I frequently say “like a glove” after parking and my kids have so much disdain.

Another “we’ve just now decided tomorrow is a non-uniform day and decided to set all parents a fucking sidequest” email from school this morning.

Food is good for you. Try Food today.

Just as an aside, in Scotland when you sit in at a chip shop you can order a “fish tea”. This is fish, chips, a pot of tea and buttered bread, essentially inviting you to make chip butties.

http://outlandish-spirits.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-hell-is-fish-tea.html

I’m concerned that you might be running out of chip shop related matters to argue about, so here’s an article about Irish chip shop delicacies.

https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/food/2025/0929/1502941-how-many-of-these-local-chip-shop-delicacies-have-you-tried/

ACAB (all cops anger bees)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/massachusetts-beekeeper-jailed-eviction

@skinnylatte @IcooIey Crows are really smart, I trust them to have a good reason for this.

I deeply regret living in a country where “the Royal Family’s press office has released 1 (one) posed photo” is considered front page news.

@TheBreadmonkey Does it play a weird little tune when it’s finished? Mine does. I’d rather it didn’t.

@deirdrebeth @TheBreadmonkey Manuals are for cowards.

Okay but, is it… meant to look like that?

Not to agree with the misogynistic, homophobic, oppressive, theocratic government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but he fucking *does*, doesn’t he?

#Trump #iranwar

@TheBreadmonkey That’s why they don’t invite you on, you keep turning up for last week’s.