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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 1d

They’re here

My posters have arrived ready to share #hope this weekend of action

#HopeNotHate

Posters in white, yellow and black with the words “Hold on to hope”.

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 23h

9 years ago we started our little nature reserve.
Without any public funding I should add. This morning I have in ten minutes recorded all these birds on our land. I’m delighted that they have all found something to eat, somewhere to stay & somewhere to hang out for a bit on their travels

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 1d

I’m opening my diary for Christmas commissions in case anyone is interested? Something special for someone special? A piece of original art just for you. This one, now sold is of a wrench gazing at some cherry blossoms against a 23 carat gold leaf background on acid free linen bound board.

A wren gazing at some cherry blossoms against a gold leaf background

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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joyfoster.bsky.social @joyfoster.bsky.social · 1d

It's great, highly evocative, plus some poetry in there. His book is in the Martin Parr gallery in Bristol too. Will have to get Jon to sign his painting for you. 👌 X

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joyfoster.bsky.social @joyfoster.bsky.social · 4d

Fab💛

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joyfoster.bsky.social @joyfoster.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Jon for dropping off mine and Joanna's books, and one of your paintings. Thrilled with it and can't wait for the next edition.
Keep up the great work! 👏👏Love it.
Ps I will pass on Joanna's when I meet up with her in November. I know she will also be super delighted with them. Yeeeha !

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 2d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 3d

This weekend we took delivery of this beautiful (and beautifully produced - the stitching is lovely) book by jonpountney1.bsky.social ... I'll be spending this afternoon immersed in it

'VALLEYS Volume 1' by Jon Pountney sitting on cushions on a sofa, with patio doors to a garden in the background.

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Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social · 3d

And a few more- also in the same spot! Waun Lywd in Ebbw Vale

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Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social · 3d

the original post by @desdelboy.bsky.social, also in the same street

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Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social · 3d

Bruce Davidson's pics in Ebbw Vale, as posted by @desdelboy.bsky.social recently, and my trip to those same streets. Iirc, the original spot was identified by @robtelford.bsky.social. Davidson worked in colour and black and white, and I suspect set up most of the shots. Sandra Mears pictured

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Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.social · 5d

"There is no path to peace, Peace is the path."

-Mahatma Gandhi

Hope and light is still there !!! 💗
... because people are alive...

(Photo taken from Google)

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 3d

Morning all.

Photograph by Geoff Howard, West Yorks 1980s.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

BBC News, "In this world of rubble, they're finding many more dead Palestinians in areas the Israelis left"

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 4d

Does #radio get any more joyful than @cerysmatthews.bsky.social speaking with Hamza Yassin about the beauty of the natural world and the power of music to unite

Or should that be the power of the natural world and the beauty of music to unite?

#SelfCareSunday

#WildAboutNature

#hope

Wooden digital radio displaying on its screen BBC Radio 6 Music and the track ‘Isla’ by Beluga Lagoon.

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 3d

The Dunnock may be a common bird but it’s still very beautiful when you look closely at its feathers. Here’s my portrait of one in watercolour from my #1000postcards artwork, depicting the biodiversity of my land, 700ish done so far & still so many waiting to be painted

A watercolour of a Dunnock sitting on Ivy

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11d

NEED A GIFT? 🎄🎁 🧡
Be quick - While stocks last....
The newest womensart book, #BestSeller #MostGifted !..
At any online or local bookstore.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring three bottles of different shapes in a row all filled with blue flowers and resting on a surface with a busy pattern in blue

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 4d

Morning all.

Photograph by Bruce Davidson, Wales 1965.

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Joanna Foster @fabticfoster.bsky.social · 4d

What a photo.

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman?

Show me a time when it hasn’t been, especially for working class women.

Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 4d

Morning all.

Photograph by Bruce Davidson, Wales 1965.

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joyfoster.bsky.social @joyfoster.bsky.social · 4d

Fab💛

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joyfoster.bsky.social @joyfoster.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Jon for dropping off mine and Joanna's books, and one of your paintings. Thrilled with it and can't wait for the next edition.
Keep up the great work! 👏👏Love it.
Ps I will pass on Joanna's when I meet up with her in November. I know she will also be super delighted with them. Yeeeha !

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Nigel Bishop @ashroplad.bsky.social · 5d

VALLEYS by @jonpountney1.bsky.social -This lovely photobook arrived today! A wonderful record of everyday life in South Wales by a fabulous photographer... Thanks Jon :-) #Photography #documetaryphotography #Cymru

A picture of a photobook with the title VALLEYS on the cover

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 6d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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