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Dion Winton-Polak

@dionwintonpolak.bsky.social

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Mentor for neurodivergent students / previously editing as The Fine-toothed Comb / AuDHD father, husband and geek. He/Him. A work in progress.

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · Feb 15

A sticker of Lying Vincent Price reassures the reader the 'Everything is going to be all right.' The sticker advertises the podcast, Strange Studies of Strange Stories.

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 9d

Saying hi to Bosch at Wolf Watch UK where I volunteer! He’s looking a little trim here but that’s because he was sporting his summer coat at the time!

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 10h

Daily bunny no.3107 doesn't need a kitchen

A bunny in the wilderness cooks a stir-fry over a portable stove. It is evening, and he's hung up a tarpaulin nearby for a campsite. A chipmunk and a raccoon wait eagerly for their food.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 9h

Käthe Kollwitz, Mother with a Child in her Arms, (Mutter mit Kind auf dem Arm), 1916 #WomensArt

Sketch of a a white woman, upper half. holding her child lovingly smiling, while the child touches the mother's face

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 8h

Coldfinger

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 20h

This week's Oktobersketch vignette. All quiet on the front.

A scene of various animals wearing roughly WW2 kit, relaxing with tea and cigarettes. A platypus, scorpion, barn owl, ourang-outan, jumping spider, crab and monitor lizard.

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The Running Man Movie @runningmanmovie.com · 1d

Play the game or the game plays you. Watch the New Trailer for The #RunningManMovie – Only in theatres November 14

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 23h

The new trailer for THE RUNNING MAN is up. My IT guy will post it. I don't "get" posting on Bluesky. That's okay. I've seen the movie, and it's a balls-to-the-wall thrill ride. The feel is like a modern-day DIE HARD.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

It has been a bit quiet today. I know yesterday was very good, but we are not funded yet so I am going to have to keep pestering you until we are. If you have already backed it, why not share it with your friends? www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 1d

I’d rather hug it out x

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 1d

Coffee Cremes
Grave of the Fireflies
I Got Bills

Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Sushi
Cocktail
Stairway to Heaven

mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 2d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

-creamed spinach
-Watership Down
-"Wild Boys"

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Lisa Marie @lisamarietea.bsky.social · 1d

Me, every day of my life.

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 1d

Parker. (Pronounced Par-kour)

Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 1d

I, Robot

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

'Blinding Light: Whatever might rise I' by contemporary US painter Beverly McIver, known for her self portraits #WomensArt #Monday

Painting featuring the head and shoulders of a Black women facing forwards with eyes closed and with stripes of shadow and light across her face and body

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Is life often terrible? Yes.
Are there still always people out there going “Let’s make a cool ass thing for other people to see?” Also yes.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 1d

The editing work was different. That’d more along the lines of

You can’t change anything.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 1d

Make my child ‘normal’.
or
Nothing really matters anymore.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

'Wheelbarrow washing' by Pamela Grace, hand coloured etching by contemporary printmaker living and working in Galloway, southwestern Scotland #womensart

Print of a garden scene with washing drying on a line and a green wheelbarrow in the foreground

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Dion Winton-Polak @dionwintonpolak.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

Alt: a cartoon of a chef with a long moustache is kissing his fingers and flinging it into the air at such perfection

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World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 2d

The Programme for World Fantasy 2026 is now live!

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/

Programme – World Fantasy Convention 2025

worldfantasy2025.co.uk

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 2d

This is good and you should watch it.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 2d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Abertoir Horror Festival @abertoirfest.bsky.social · 2d

One month to go 😱 Keep those eyes peeled: we’ll be announcing more films throughout the week before unveiling the full festival line-up very soon…!

For now, why not remind yourself of what we've already got in store...

abertoir.co.uk/news/boswell...