Nicola Steadman

Forget wondering, start wandering 🌎✈️☀️

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

Check @gregjames out, making it into the EasyJet magazine with his Pitbull world record attempt! 💁🏻‍♀️

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

Who even am I getting into the snooker?! 🙈

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

WHAT TO DO IN THE FIRST 60 SECONDS OF AN EMERGENCY:

1. Someone collapses – Shout their name and tap their shoulders hard. No response? Call for help immediately and start CPR.

2. Fire breaks out – Don't grab your things. Stay low under the smoke. Touch the door before opening,a hot door means fire is right behind it.

3. Someone is choking – Give 5 sharp back blows between the shoulder blades. If that fails, do 5 abdominal thrusts. Keep alternating until the object comes out.

4. Severe bleeding – Press your palm directly onto the wound with full pressure. Don't lift it. Use cloth, a shirt anything available. Pressure is what saves a life.

5. Car accident – Don't move anyone unless there's fire. Turn off the engine. Turn on hazard lights. Call emergency services before doing anything else.

6. Electric shock – Never touch the person directly. Cut the power first. Use a wooden object to push them away from the source.

7. Someone is drowning – Don't jump in unless trained. Throw a rope, belt, or any long object. Pulling them out is safer than swimming in.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Christina Koch was a firefighter at the South Pole at -111°F before she ever applied to be an astronaut. That was maybe the fourth most interesting line on her resume. She grew up in North Carolina, got three degrees from NC State, and her first real job was building deep-space instruments at NASA.

Then she left for Antarctica. Spent three and a half years bouncing between the Arctic and Antarctic as a research scientist, including a full winter at the South Pole base. That means going months without sunlight or fresh food, with a crew of about 50 people and no way out until flights resume. While she was down there, she also joined the glacier search-and-rescue team.

After coming back, she went to Johns Hopkins and built instruments for two NASA missions (one of them is still orbiting Jupiter right now). She figured out how to start a tiny vacuum pump that NASA designed for a future Mars rover. Johns Hopkins nominated it for their Invention of the Year in 2009. Then she went back to the field. More time in Antarctica and a stretch up in Greenland. A government research station in northern Alaska, near the top of the world. Then she ran another one in American Samoa, near the equator.

In 2013, NASA selected her from 6,300 applicants. Eight people got in. Her first space mission was supposed to be a normal rotation on the International Space Station, but NASA extended it. She ended up staying 328 straight days and orbiting Earth 5,248 times, covering about 139 million miles (roughly 291 round trips to the Moon). Up there, she ran over 210 experiments, including tests of cancer drugs in zero gravity and 3D printers that can build structures close to human tissue. Six spacewalks, 42 hours floating outside the station. She learned Russian for the training. She flies supersonic jets.

Right now, Koch is on Artemis II, heading for a flyby behind the far side of the Moon. The crew launched on April 1 and is on track to travel about 252,000 miles from Earth, which would break the all-time human distance record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in 1970. That record has stood for 56 years, and it was set during a disaster that nearly killed the crew. Fred Haise, one of the Apollo 13 astronauts, is 92 now. He told Koch: "I heard you're going to break our record."

Nobody had left Earth's neighborhood since December 1972. Koch and her three crewmates are the first in 53 years, and they are coming home at about 25,000 mph. That is faster than any crewed spacecraft has ever come back through the atmosphere.

[ᴹᵘᵛᵃ ᥫ᭡ @TvkeOfff]

I came across this post that said, “Dating is optional. Her bills are paid. Her home is peaceful. Her bed is big. You’re not competing with other men. You’re competing with how comfortable she is by herself.” And I really had to pause, because that’s the part people don’t talk about. When a woman has built a soft, stable life on her own, it’s not about impressing her, it’s about adding to her peace. She’s not lonely, she’s selective. If you step into her world, it has to feel better than the calm she’s already created for herself.

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

Hi @EmiratesSupport please can someone reply to my DM - thank you!

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

@EmiratesSupport Can you please confirm whether full refunds will be given if passengers choose to cancel if flying 5th March. The online form says that the cancellation will be in accordance with original booking terms which means no refund would be due in my case. Thank you.

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

So glad Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show is back! Absolutely howling!! 😂

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

Oh wow this was next door to my Halls!

[Tyneside Flashback @TyneFlashback]

“That's All Folks" The Warner Brothers multiplex Cinema at Manors, #Newcastle, closed in 2004, incredibly it had been open for just 15 years!

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

Good riddance!

[Sky Sports F1 @SkySportsF1]

Ferrari announce that Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer Riccardo Adami has moved to a new role, within the Ferrari Driver Academy 🔴

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

Never been skiing, never had any real desire to ski and yet I love watching Ski Sunday! 🤷🏻‍♀️⛷️🎿

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

What I'll be doing for the first few weeks

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

@Bobby_Seagull What a great achievement - well done, I’m super chuffed for you!

[Magpie 24/7 @Magpie24_7]

⚓️ On This Day: The Legend of "The Boat" Began! 🚢

​On this day in 1983, Newcastle’s nightlife changed forever as the Tuxedo Princess officially opened its doors!

​Parked right under the Tyne Bridge, this former car ferry was transformed by Michael Quadrini into a floating palace of neon lights and 80s glamour. For decades, it was the place to be seen on the Quayside.

​✨ ​The Princess hosted icons like Kevin Keegan and the cast of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. It even provided a start for a young Cheryl Tweedy, who worked on board before her rise to fame in Girls Aloud.

​🌀 ​If you spent a night on "The Boat," you definitely remember:

​🧗 The Gangplank: A true test of balance after a few cocktails.
​🕺 The Revolving Dancefloor: A legendary feature that claimed many victims!
​💨 The Tyne: That unmistakable river smell as you headed for the exit.

​It’s been 17 years since she sailed away for the last time, but the Tuxedo Princess remains a massive piece of Geordie history.

​What are your wildest memories from the revolving dancefloor? Let us know in the comments! 👇

​#Newcastle #Geordies #TuxedoPrincess #OnThisDay #NewcastleHistory #TheBoat #80sNightlife

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

A small reminder, especially if you struggle with low mood in the winter, that this is just 8 or 9 weeks away, fewer in some cases 👇🏼🌱🌱

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

@BoothsCountry Galaxy is a favourite at the moment

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

😂

[Dave Tickner @tickerscricket]

First rule of Ashes catastrophe Down Under. There should never be sympathy for those on a massive holiday in Australia; the real heroes are shivering in the freezing cold at home trying to operate at home and work on 90 minutes' sleep.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Someone just asked me if I was “ready for Christmas.”

It is the 24th of November. I'm not even ready for this afternoon.

[Nicola Steadman @nicstead1]

@currys Home Alone #CurrysPurpleFriday

[SoulshineHealing @SoulshineHeali1]

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