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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 1d

Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Petition: Ban the public sale of fireworks!

Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 3d

Ha! Very good

Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 3d

Well into his old age, WG Grace was still prone to randomly acting out his more memorable moments at the crease much to the intense ennui of those around him.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 3d

Too late Gladys realised that she’d sat next to one of those annoying bloody buskers that pretend to be statues.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliant! Especially love the mummies (it’s the eyes)

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 10d

Well, thought Tarquin, Schafernaker had said it might be a little inclement today but failed to mention the plagues of pestilence, frogs, boils and darkness in his weather forecast this morning.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 10d

Tarquin is a such a bloody drama queen, thought Cecily as she feigned unconsciousness rather than have to indulge him in his thespian tendencies once again.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks Moose!
Tricky for AI to do (at the moment) but amongst other things, I make wire sculptures.

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Two deer made from woven wire in a garden

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 15d

Happy birthday! Age is but a number….
Clint Eastwood when asked about ageing said ‘Don’t let the old man in’, so I’m adapting that advice and not letting the old woman in!

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 17d

After Agnes broke off their engagement due to her sheep farming ambitions, her fiancé was mistakenly comforted when she told him that she’d probably never find another ewe.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 18d

The scene may have initially appeared bucolic, but neither of them had spotted ferocious attack lamb approaching from the right.
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · Oct 4

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 25d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 24d

After sampling a glass of Horace’s homebrewed Mescal, Mildred spent the next six hours attempting conversation with a cactus.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Oct 5

The Captain was unsure how to tell Mrs Wilberforce that she had a gannet impaled in her head.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Oct 5

Midshipman Brown had brought along his crossbow in case Mrs Wilberforce needed a little encouragement to board the tender.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Oct 4

This bit from an interview with Lionel Ritchie in The Guardian this morning made me laugh a lot

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · Oct 1

You don't need to sign up for all their bs or give them your email to vote. Just click submit.

Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · Oct 1

The express poll asking whether reforms migrangt visa plan is racist is about 91% "no" so it REALLY needs your help - this is a direct link to poll

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POLL: Is Reform's migrant visa plan racist?

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 21

As our model here shows, this year’s fashionable farmer about the field will be mostly wearing corduroy and moleskin. Optional accessorises to complete the look include a battered trilby and a big stick.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 21

Yes, Millicent was sure of it - Squire Tomkinson was once again off his tits and hallucinating witches on broomsticks after consuming some of his latest crop of rye.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 19

Ah, I see your dilemma!

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 19

That’s one weird looking geranium 🤔

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Gerald had caught his heel in a drain but he felt sure the ladies hadn’t noticed.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Wargrave was best known for hosting the National Stare Out Championships.
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