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Jane Edwards
@janiesprogget.bsky.social
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Lazy artist, walker, gardener. Charity trustee including almshouses. Granny to two heartstoppers No DMs please unless I know you. Old age Middle Englander and self-proclaimed random BBC supporter ☮️
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stevebasnett.bsky.social
100,000.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.

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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
janiesprogget.bsky.social
A Very Trying Day on the trains Euston to Birmingham and back. Sighs.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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jerrysimcock.bsky.social
Abbé done - oils mostly, on canvas 125x 90cms
Oils on canvas abstract painting
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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bigissue.com
With homelessness still a big issue in Britain, here's exactly how you can help when you see someone rough sleeping or otherwise in need.
Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
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November 27, 2025 at 11:53 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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kitdewaal.com
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After Dinner Conversation (@afterdinnerconversation)
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November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
janiesprogget.bsky.social
I give you… the glorious West Midlands! Tough living here.
Late afternoon landscape of new corn growing in the foreground, a belt of sunlit trees in the background and a deep blue sky. West Midlands, in the middle of England.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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jerrysimcock.bsky.social
Update - slow progress
Oil on canvas an abstract landscape- watery woodland maybe involved!
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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meganoconnorart.ca
I began this drawing as a simple sketch to test some paper (a new batch of Fabriano Artistico 300lb). The red crest was such a treat to draw after using so many greys! I see and/or hear red-bellied woodpeckers almost every day, but it never gets boring :)

I’m happy with the paper. #SciArt #Birds
Coloured pencil drawing of a small black and white bird with a red crest perched on an old snow-covered electricity pole, with a grey sky behind.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
janiesprogget.bsky.social
Mini rant about trains… why can only Trainline apply splitsave? Then they charge a small fee for applying splitsave. Why aren’t all tickets at the cheaper rate? Mad.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
janiesprogget.bsky.social
Strictly. That was better than amazing.
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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arusbridger.bsky.social
Sound of penny dropping at the BBC www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC to expand standards panel and add deputy director general after bias row
Planned overhaul of editorial guidelines committee would dilute influence of Tory board appointment Robbie Gibb
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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rnadworny.bsky.social
This is the best post of the year. Full stop.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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shoshana.bsky.social
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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municipaldreams.bsky.social
Born on this day in 1819, George Eliot. Here's my favourite bit from the greatest English novel - Eliot's concluding paean to Middlemarch's heroine, Dorothea (who, among other things worked to improve the housing of the local agricultural labourers). Here's to all the Dorotheas, past and present.
Text: Her full nature ... spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth. But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
janiesprogget.bsky.social
Wow Blackpool, the dancing tonight was spectacular
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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jontofski.bsky.social
All set up with @feltmistress.bsky.social at the Flaxmill in Shrewsbury for the Drawn festival. Here all day Sunday until 4pm. SY1 2SZ
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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elpais.skyfleet.blue
The secret journey of one of Ukraine’s treasures: Its seed bank
The secret journey of one of Ukraine’s treasures: Its seed bank
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November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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royalsociety.org
Our newly-launched Science Community Grants, made possible by a generous donation from The Julia Rausing Trust #JuliaRTrust, offer a three-year award to develop sustainable long-term partnerships between clusters of schools and colleges, and STEM professionals: https://bit.ly/4o2y901
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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michaelspicer.bsky.social
Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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planetarykeri.bsky.social
Contender for best photo I have ever taken
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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brushwhisperer.bsky.social
Have you seen winter bird yet? They eat seeds from the “dead” native plants. When you deadhead the flowers, you remove critical food sources for the birds. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. I painted American Tree Sparrow with Stiff Goldenrod and Cup Plant. Aren’t they cute? #botanicalart #SciArt #birdsinart #naturalhistory
I am painting American Tree Sparrow, a tiny sparrow wintering in Illinois. They are so cute and enjoying seeds from native plants. The painting with winter plants looks simple with mostly shades of brown, but it is still charming and beautiful. Watercolor.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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brushwhisperer.bsky.social
Are you feeling down? Look outside and listen to a little sparrow singing. . Sometimes the wind is too strong, but it keeps living its life . . . doing what it’s supposed to do . . .
Blessings to you all . . .

#botanicalart #birdsinart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt
A field sparrow painted in watercolor. It sits on a beach of a wild rose with bunch of red rose hips. I added Indian Grass as its color goes well with the sparrow while providing nest materials and food sources. I hope you enjoy it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Flounce

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My print ‘Flounce’. In the foreground a running along a pathcompletely black figure strikes a pose against a dark background. In the distance is silhouetted a gothic looking house with just its windows lit, the only points of colour in an otherwise black and white (and grey) drawing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM