Michelle Nichols

After 30 years in hospitality, I went back to being a student and earned myself a degree in petroleum geology. Next is a PhD at Aberdeen University.

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

Carbon capture and mitigating climate change, is there a better way?

Industrial v Holistic? This will be the question behind my PhD study with the university of Aberdeen, which hopefully will start in September although I’ve already been doing a lot of research.

I have decided to use X as my platform to receive public opinion on each element of my study. The more holes you guys can pick in my research the stronger my research will become so thank you in advance. I look forward to everyone’s comments and opinions whether they be positive or negative.

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

@WMO @RGS_IBGschools Anyone else notice East to West wind arrows are going the wrong way🤷🏻‍♀️

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@StarmersSausage @LBC @NickFerrariLBC This is a really good point, people don’t want to see their local close down at the same time they stopped visiting it completely.

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

The pits closed when I was a child, it’s got nothing to do with industry. It’s got more to do with cost-of-living and the cost of overhead, especially minimum wage. It’s the wage bill that kills pubs, especially when people don’t have money to spend in them.

The new Licensing legislation really didn’t help anyone either. There was absolutely nothing wrong with happy hour.

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

The good survive and the bad ones will fail, this is true and there were far to many in Aberdeen where I run mine.
The bigger issue is in Aberdeen. There’s a shops with an off license within 20 minute walk of every single household which is astonishing.
It’s sad to see all these businesses close however there were a lot of bad operations out there.

Ps. ours is still open, it’s not been easy but we’ve managed to stay open

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

@Jenny_1884 The news in general makes me unladylike

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@Xmusknewsx Skin

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@BhattiLaib9960 Plate warming and keeping food warm

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@WorkElizab Hamlet and John player

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@Kristinartz Fizzy pop/jucie

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@darrengrimes Brown white blue olive are still eggs with shells - technically eggs do not have a CF they are eggs! And all come out of a chicken in the same way regardless of the chickens breed!

[University of Aberdeen @aberdeenuni]

New research from the University of Aberdeen highlights the case for prioritising UK oil & gas production over imports:
• ~4.7bn boe in West of Shetland
• Imports at 1970s levels
• Higher costs + emissions from LNG
• Challenging conditions need tailored fiscal policy

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

I just found out that I have the same birthday as James Hutton! It must be a rock thing! https://t.co/NVLTrsZ3Ii

[University of Aberdeen @aberdeenuni]

New University of Aberdeen spin‑out, Hychor, is on course to transform the future of clean energy with an innovative technology that produces green hydrogen directly from seawater, eliminating the need for freshwater and reducing the cost and infrastructure barriers that currently limit hydrogen adoption.

Founded by University of Aberdeen graduate Dr Jani Shibuya, Hychor aims to deliver low‑cost, on‑site hydrogen for off‑grid coastal communities and industries seeking to decarbonise. Following a successful equity investment round, the company officially spun-out and opened a new R&D facility in Aberdeen in early May 2026.

Hychor is now firmly embedded within Scotland’s growing energy‑transition ecosystem and is preparing to pursue global opportunities.

Dr Shibuya founded Hychor in 2024, serving as CEO, and he is now joined by co‑founder and COO Alex Colledge, along with three new staff. The company plans to begin industrial pilot projects in 2027.

🔗 https://t.co/LlE6kVJlCr

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

@FamersDog It’s my birthday treat, I’m soooo old I enjoy watching farming lol, and Jeremy is highly entertaining :)

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

If it’s not bolted down it will be pinched! Always has been this way, people simply don’t see a pub as someone else’s property they see it as a public venue 🤷🏻‍♀️
My first comment to anyone who behaves this way in my pub is to ask how they would feel if I behaved that way in their home, I remind them they are in my house and it’s my rules. This always works from putting their feet on the furniture to being abusive.

I will admit the cooking oil is a strange one.
Glasses going missing is usually down to the lack of swift glass collection, chat to your team about this :)

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

@JamesMelville Time management lol

[Michelle Nichols @Michell19797703]

Bottom line. The planet will always be fine, it will restore itself once we have reached a point where we can’t survive here, no matter how long it takes us to become extinct.
We are inconsequential to the planet, just consider what it’s been through in the last 4.3 billion years.
Speaking as a geologist :)

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@JamesMelville It’s really not productive and we do not need AI to think for us.
Has no one in government watched idiocracy 🤷🏻‍♀️
It’s a ridiculous film but makes a good point!
We already have the start of a loss generation

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@omgsidewalks Yes

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@ChisieWeirdo @BBCBreaking You just got me thinking, When the government were talking about national service how were they planning to cover the cost?
I have lots of other ideas which are less dramatic. After seeing the reaction to my rant, I should have maybe lead with some of those 🫣