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Life in Common @arthursmid.bsky.social · 1d

"We articulated the vision for the movement that we hoped to build. Each day, we would work to embody the values of a better world." - Elle Bisgaard-Church

www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...

How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser

The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.

www.cityandstateny.com

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · Dec 15

Literary critic John Cowper Powys, testifying in defense of publisher Margaret Anderson (photo), says Joyce's style is too "obscure" to "deprave and corrupt the public," and likens it to a cubist painter's approach. 3/4

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Azure Emerald Empire @azureemeraldempire.bsky.social · Jul 21

There’s this nutty book Porius by John Cowper Powys that I feel like I keep mentioning to people who should know it already, like a Ulysses set during a day in 499 AD in sub-Roman Wales. All kinds of crazy stuff about prehistoric religions and peoples who got left out of the historical record

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william_ leonard @williamleonard.net · Jun 5

John Cowper Powys writes like an obsessive god of his own tiny novel-length universe who knows and adores and exalts every single molecule of it. what a guy

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Remy Dean 🎃 @remydean.bsky.social · Dec 9

once the house of author John Cowper Powys (the left of these two cottages) is a local place of interest, looking suitably seasonal in the recent snows...

(I hear that @davegraney.bsky.social enjoys his works.)

Two semi-detached cottages in a heavy snowfall, one has a black door, the other a blue one, there are four window with each cottage having one window for each of their two storeys - the road and roof are white with snow.

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@dlp. @umadlp.bsky.social · Jun 23

“Strange how few people make more than a casual cult of enjoying Nature. And yet the earth is actually and literally the mother of us all. One needs no strange spiritual faith to worship the earth.”

John Cowper Powys

ph. Michael Schlegel
Fanal IV
Madeira 2019

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3h

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder to vote each day (until 15 October) for Baudin's black cockatoo as Australia’s bird of the year.

Its jarrah habitat in Western Australia is about to be cleared for bauxite mining. Every bit of attention this endangered bird gets could help it continue to exist 🪶 🇦🇺🧪

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 8d

The origins and functions of bowers in the Bowerbirds: a review and synthesis | doi.org/10.1080/0158... | Emu | #ornithology 🪶

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 6d

Kudos to the editors @funecology.bsky.social for their suitably October cover 🕸️🎃🐠

This toothy alien is a Threadfin dragonfish (Echiostoma barbatum), a deep-sea hunter from the actual twilight zone

Cover of the October 2025 issue of the journal Functional Ecology. The image shows a dark, eel-like head rearing up and opening its mouth to show unevenly sized and very pointy white teeth. Its eye is light coloured and blank and a lure dangles from its chin. It’s a dragonfish auditioning for the next Alien film.

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Life in Common @arthursmid.bsky.social · 3h

"Scripted, it comes out wooden; impromptu, too rambling. The best way, we found, is to script it, then throw the script away and record from memory. The pattern is still there, but the flow has to be freshly found."

On John Boorman and The Newcomers

festivalofideas.substack.com/p/the-newcom...

The Newcomers 1: Meet the Smiths (and Others)

ACH Smith

festivalofideas.substack.com

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V M Wald @vmwald.bsky.social · 5d

10. critter. i’d never drawn a badger before and i don’t know why.

#art #animalart #illustration #painting #peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25critter #badger #critter #digitalart #sciart

illustration of a badger looking through a hole made of earth. it’s looking at us in the hole.

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alphallamallama.bsky.social @alphallamallama.bsky.social · 7d

Skylvanian Family Skaters #3 -tober

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

Cartoon by Dave Brown of @the-independent.com.

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alphallamallama.bsky.social @alphallamallama.bsky.social · 5d

Finished it off. Well, it’s a little messy, but apparently people value the human touch, so I won’t clean it up too much.

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alphallamallama.bsky.social @alphallamallama.bsky.social · 4d

Go little dude! You’re doing great 😊

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 4 (7175)

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alphallamallama.bsky.social @alphallamallama.bsky.social · 21h

Finally finished this one off.

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dollgirls @ fulfillment hell 📦 @dollgirls.bsky.social · 2d

two birds - acorn woodpecker and red-whiskered bulbul. one bird for each place that i miss

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V M Wald @vmwald.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, my name is vanessa.

i like to paint portraits and nature.

you can see more on www.vmwald.com

hit me up if you want to work together.
#portfolioday

illustration of a greek vase with lilies in it.

illustration of a landscape. a mountain range and a poppy field are pictured.

illustration of a marble statue with a colorful marbling effect on it

illustration of a badger looking through a hole.

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Jedidiah Ayres @maybejed.bsky.social · 29d

POINT BLANK - based on THE HUNTER by Richard Stark, directed by John Boorman

So exquisitely hard boiled and simultaneously outrageously arty, maybe THE spiritual progenitor of Jonathan Glazer's SEXY BEAST in that regard.

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kenny brown @kennybrown131.bsky.social · 27d

Just watched on Prime UK
Point Blank (1967) dir. John Boorman.
This was a quality movie all down to the taut script, cinematography and direction. All the characters have major flaws but somehow it doesn’t matter as the narrative pounds away on your senses

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Víctor Martínez @germen3.bsky.social · 16d

165) A quemarropa (1965)
John Boorman 🎬

Me dejó bastante locatis este noir sesentero, con una puesta en escena muy atrevida y un montaje modernísimo.

Muy a favor de las localizaciones escogidas (¡Alcatraz!), de la trama de venganza que avanza a codazos y de la banda sonora que la viste.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 14h

On 26 October with @swsilents.bsky.social we are showing two films about Bristol. In the newsletter I’ve now launched, ACH Smith - featured in one of the films, The Newcomers - writes about the experience and about John Boorman. There’s more coming on The Newcomers so do subscribe. It’s free.

The Newcomers 1: Meet the Smiths (and Others)

ACH Smith

festivalofideas.substack.com

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 15d

Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin, and Carroll O'Connor “POINT BLANK” (1967) dir. John Boorman

🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Life in Common @arthursmid.bsky.social · 4h

Working from an adaptation of a Richard Stark (Parker) novel and introducing creative and technical advances to the gangster genre, John Boorman makes his first Hollywood picture, POINT BLANK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mk...

Point Blank (1967) | The Documentary

YouTube video by The Tapes Archive