Philippa R. Francis
@philippa.bsky.social
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#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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louiestowell.bsky.social
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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catbake.bsky.social
next to the main road
woodlice quietly grazing
a mossy kerbstone
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fhpowellwriter.bsky.social
#ArtYear #31DaysOfHalloween #Spooktober #vampire #ColorADay #BWFri #photography
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
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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saintghost.bsky.social
deer consult
the wisdom of fallen apples
autumn auguries

#haiku
#DailyHaikuPrompt
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
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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thewritertype.bsky.social
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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shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
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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saintghost.bsky.social
#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.
philippa.bsky.social
#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.bsky.social
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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borthwickdave.bsky.social
& 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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hollyanderson.bsky.social
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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veerenchauhan.com
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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annabookwriter.bsky.social
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.blacksky.app
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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edmondsscanner.bsky.social
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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mastersrex.bsky.social
Did you hear they arrested the world champion tongue twister ?

I bet he gets a tough sentence
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brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
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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ravenbranhard.bsky.social
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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zackpolanski.bsky.social
When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour has a green problem
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louiestowell.bsky.social
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!