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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

A local north london charity called Akwaaba is raising money for a creative art space for refugees, unhoused ppl, and the wider community. Even small donations will make a big difference! www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #UKKidlit

Help raise £7000 to support a creative art space – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to support a creative art space . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 11h

next to the main road
woodlice quietly grazing
a mossy kerbstone

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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtYear #31DaysOfHalloween #Spooktober #vampire #ColorADay #BWFri #photography

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Still trying to use the word "overmorrow" as much as possible in daily life since finding out it means "the day after tomorrow".

Overmorrow it is likely I will be found walking on a rain-blasted moor, deep in thought, then purchasing lightbulbs from B&Q & shopping around for cheaper car insurance.

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 23h

deer consult
the wisdom of fallen apples
autumn auguries

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

WRITING TIP: A good writer's brain inevitably results in a brain that is more useless for the general pursuit of being a reliable, organised human being. Put your wallet in the fridge by mistake some days. Don't beat yourself up about it. It's all ok and an important part of the process.

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 12h

No one gazes long into the abyss anymore. They take a picture of it on their phone, intending to gaze into it later, then never get around to it.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 23h

Deadwood is not dead

Mycena inclinata, the oak-stump bonnet cap

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 15h

Charming Flights of Fancy Fill Vanessa Gillings’ Imaginative #Illustrations

Link for information & #photos of her #art: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/vane...

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 1d

Best thing Byron ever wrote. 😉

"Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog."

~Lord Byron

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lichtbringer @saintghost.bsky.social · 15h

#sensewrds 117 [liminal, endearing, skies] ✨ #poetry

Vespers

That moment when, in the failing
afternoon light, you suddenly remember
the language of dusk

and then you speak it;
speak all of its absences and shades
of bruised

and become a knowing
like that tangled in the skeins of the geese
that there must be a leaving
to make possible
a returning to.

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Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social · 12h

#Gothtober photopoem shared 15th October 2025

Photo shows a spiky cactus-like plant on a window sill. The poem reads ~ spotted tongues explore/ grasp with recurved barbs:/ hungry succulent seeks light

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17h

University administration:
"We need you to complete 26 hours of lab safety training 🧪 each year so that everyone is safe and responsible."

Also university administration:

Stolen from the Internet, a sign that says "If Elevator does not move do a small jump it should move after", and a dirty-white freight elevator wall and aged elevator controls with only floors 1 and 2."

I have no idea where this really is, I just stole it off Wikimedia.

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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 14h

& out to chase last greywater light, muckspreader under the hill tilting & turning its own lozenge of light & at yr feet small buttercup faces open, heavy sky; clenched & blocky across the field buzzard works at carrion, to the SW comms array: stoic efficiency

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 16h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Veeren Chauhan @veerenchauhan.com · 14h

Power plant – steel and foliage burst skyward in a radiant lattice of light.
🌿✨

#SupertreeGrove #GardensByTheBay #Singapore #UrbanNature #Architecture #iPhone16Pro #Photography #Fotographia

An upward nighttime view of a Supertree at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The vertical trunk is densely planted with greenery and illuminated in shades of purple, pink, and white. At the top, a circular lattice canopy radiates outward against a dark sky, creating a striking geometric pattern. © Veeren Chauhan 2025.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 14h

All of this to avoid giving drugs to the “wrong” people.

This is just going to reinforce bias over and over, meaning white men will be adjudged worthy and the rest of us will have to hear all about the “objective” machine.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 14h

You are stronger than you think.
If you had tentacles, you could easily crush sailing ships from below with your dark determination.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 21h

This from @francescasimon.bsky.social reminds me of what @bridgetemob.bsky.social used to say about her philosophy degree when ppl asked what kind of job that'll lead to: "Oh, I think I'll just sell out and join one of the big philosophy firms". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon

I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon

www.theguardian.com

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Rex Masters @mastersrex.bsky.social · 17h

Did you hear they arrested the world champion tongue twister ?

I bet he gets a tough sentence

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 17h

I can't find a title for this glorious painting of autumn Aspen, but it's by Oregon based (Ukrainian born) artist, Anton Pavlenko, and I love it 💛

#trees #art #TreeArt #Aspen #Autumn

Painting of Aspen tree with gold yellow leaves against blue sky

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Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 19h

after the downpour
a child crouches to count
the drowned petals
her fingers learning
the arithmetic of fleeting things

#Photography Mel
@mel789.bsky.social

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social · 16h

Off you go @waymo.bsky.social

a man in a tuxedo and bow tie has a caption that says sighs in british *

Alt: a man in a dinner jacket and bow tie has a caption that says *sighs in British *

media.tenor.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

Reading about Snorri Sturluson's life apparently he was a right shagger. Also: trying to imagine a shagger MP these days also being famous as a poet. Bonkbuster set in parliament, sure. But poet? Can anyone recommend a good Snorri biography? Def stuff in there worthy of a saga!

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