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Becca Thorne
@beccathorne.bsky.social
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Parent of 2 wonderful autistic boys, accidental artist, occasional writer & mountain-lover (Afraid of heights). #cPTSD https://artachart.com/
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Becca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · Feb 28
An updated image of some recent work, with me for scale!
A photo of the artist (needing a hair cut) with a collection of recent paintings!
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change

Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn

By Brian McHugh

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
beccathorne.bsky.social
A bit of sketchbook sketching

#sketchbook #charcoal
Charcoal sketch of a rugged mountain with patches of forestry on the slopes. Mostly bare.
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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beccathorne.bsky.social
After a couple of tweaks, I think this is done. I don’t want to do too much to it.
Oil on linen, 100 x 100cm. I’ll be adding it to my website: www.artachart.com so do message me if interested in buying it.
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #hills #irishartist #darkness
A dark painting of a valley, surrounded by hills. Limited palette (predominantly browns and greens) with suggestion of path or waterways and rocks. A narrow strip of pale blue-grey sky, with minimal white clouds above the left hand side of the ridge.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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wefail.bsky.social
Manchester Study 1, A3 print.
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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annalujz.bsky.social
*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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mellingart.bsky.social
Morning meh.
We all have them, and so it seems with my usually chirpy neighbour.

Image size: W10cm x H11cm
Pencil (with a bit digital shenanigans).
#sparrow #birdlife
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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beatgrrrl.bsky.social
Single cartoon panel by Moose Allain featuring man sitting in a chair saying, "Thanks for introducing me to minimalism." and a woman sitting in a chair to his right responds, "It's the least I could do."
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
beccathorne.bsky.social
"No care leaver should feel alone on Christmas Day."
www.goldfromthestone.org.uk

Prize draw to raise funds for this brilliant charity & have a chance of winning my painting (see below) ends tomorrow!
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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algernonentity.bsky.social
my beloved makes the best jams

#PeachesAndPlums #IYKYK
a jar of jam with the label "Peaches and Plus, motherfucker" next to a picture of a peach.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
beccathorne.bsky.social
The final couple of days to try and win this painting, whilst supporting a brilliant cause!
givewheel.com/fundraising/...
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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tabathasouthey.bsky.social
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?” The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy. ‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly. You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
ivalaine.bsky.social Dr M @ivalaine.bsky.social · 1d
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
beccathorne.bsky.social
After a couple of tweaks, I think this is done. I don’t want to do too much to it.
Oil on linen, 100 x 100cm. I’ll be adding it to my website: www.artachart.com so do message me if interested in buying it.
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #hills #irishartist #darkness
A dark painting of a valley, surrounded by hills. Limited palette (predominantly browns and greens) with suggestion of path or waterways and rocks. A narrow strip of pale blue-grey sky, with minimal white clouds above the left hand side of the ridge.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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doryr.bsky.social
Good morning all! Here’s another wee spotted owlet for this month’s Bird Whisperer challenge…drawn with Micron pen about 8x11 in. #BirdWhisperer #owl #birdart
Micron pen monochrome drawing of a wee spotted owlet perched on a branch, gazing toward the viewer. Part of the monthly Bird Whisperer art challenge.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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anntigone.bsky.social
Cold frost on the ground
Nightingales won't sing 'til spring
Winter's silent glint.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #frost #nightingale #haiku #senryu
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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climateofgavin.bsky.social
Bob has interesting thoughts on the 'Genesis Mission'. But is there a useful path for Earth Science (writ large) here? Possibly yes.
bobkopp.net Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 1d
“Genesis Mission” thoughts:

1. Wacky name, makes me think some transhumanist Silicon Valley type named it (Chris Wright probably counts, even though he’s not actually SV)

2. Publicly accessible data centers at national labs and open large deep learning models could be really valuable for science
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Blackbutt Nature Reserve
ink on a large piece of bark found at the location
#pleinair #scape #ForestFriday #drawing #nature #art #forest
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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beccathorne.bsky.social
A long day, but grabbed some painting time before the light became too poor. Oil on panel, 40 x 50cm

#oilpainting #landscape #hills
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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beccathorne.bsky.social
A new painting underway!
#workinprogress #oilpainting #landscape
Studio image of a painting in progress on the easel: A mountain landscape in very limited palette (raw umber, warm white and payne's grey) emphasising contours, shadows and light. Lines of ridges and paths; suggestion of rocks reflecting the light on the left hand side and fields on the lower slopes. Still work to do!
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
What if I told you that the entire point of the COPs is, at root, to single out their key export
Oil-producing countries like Saudi Arabia were adamant that their key export not be singled out.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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andyscollick.bsky.social
Nations clinched a deal ... that is pointless without an obligation on nations to end all new fossil fuels extraction and development, and to stop the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere that is cooking us! FFFS! #COP30
thejournal.ie The Journal @thejournal.ie · 5d
Nations clinched a deal at the UN's COP30 climate summit in the Amazon today without a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels as demanded by the European Union and other countries
jrnl.ie/6882939
Deal made at COP30 without EU's demanded roadmap for phase-out of fossil fuels
Nearly 200 countries approved the deal by consensus after two weeks of fraught negotiations in the Brazilian city of Belem.
jrnl.ie
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
a drawing of a boat heating torwads an iceberg - lower temps still collide with ice but not as badly.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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polarrobs.bsky.social
If you've bashed your head against a door 30 times and it hasn't budged it's probably time to rethink your approach to getting through it.
polarrobs.bsky.social Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 4d
🧵 After 30 years of COP meetings we are still stuck with
> countries being urged to "voluntarily" accelerate their action to reduce their use of fossil fuels.
> no agreement on a roadmap to halt deforestation

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.

Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.

ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM