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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3h

I usually do an hour's work while Hublet is out doing the day's shopping, have breakfast, then get back at it. Today, I thought I'd cleared all my admin before breakfast so that I could dive straight into editing after food. But no, mugged again. At least I'll get some editing done today though!

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Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 21h

"I’m selling movies, yes. But if I can do it with art, with beauty, in a way that reaches people and touches them... that’s what makes me happy." - Drew Struzan

Struzan's painted posters for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 22h

Please don’t send me a link to your Instagram account in lieu of a proper portfolio site. Your cat/partner/food is cute but I have no idea which sketches/paintings are yours and which ones you just liked enough to add to your album

shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 1d

hey folks, are you an artist who would like to get hired to draw? here's one pro tip to level up your odds instantly!

...........make a ✨portfolio website!✨

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, I was once again mugged by my inbox, so today’s plans have changed somewhat from editing to proofing and admin

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Kimika Hara, contemporary embroiderer from Japan #WomensArt

Pictorial embroidery of a stylised hedgehog fzcing left looking outwards with vivid green spikes, pink ears and yellow face

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 2d

Map proofing then editing today. Hopefully the POD of the next book (convention demo copy) should turn up today as well

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

As my head currently feels like it’s about to explode, Hublet is taking on the garden pygmies and their lush jungle on my behalf. Don’t want the postie and the Rington’s lad unable to reach the door

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

I had my flu jab on Friday, so was expecting to feel a bit rough yesterday. No, it decided to wait until today to kick in. Not too badly, just enough to be annoying

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 3d

This whole thread - some glorious costuming that combines maximum style with, at times, minimal coverage.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 3d

Mr Colombia is the first of our LOOK AT MY TITS contestants, but very much not the last. He looks slightly annoyed, but I cannot fault the combination of the maximum amount of skin on show but also the maximum amount of costume.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t realise that it was bookshop day today. Those two new books just happened to follow me home from Ad Gefrin, honest.

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

Reposting so I can find it again. I don’t think this is the Hookland album I already own but I’d need to check!

Cat Vincent, (he/him, Useless Eater) @catvincent.bsky.social · 4d

And this delight from a lost Hookland show antipodeanwyrd.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

Music From The Hookland Associated Television Serial 'Beyond The Barrow', by Wesley Wakefield

15 track album

antipodeanwyrd.bandcamp.com

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

The sky was bright blue and almost cloudless and it was ridiculously warm in the Till Valley while we were there: 18C! The Cheviots were looking particularly magnificent in the sunshine. /end

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

From there we went up to Milfield and the Maelmin Heritage trail. A bit dilapidated but it’s a small trust running it and they’ve had vandalism problems. The replica wood henge was effectively done, and it was nice to watch the gliders going up from the airfield next door. /2

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 3d

Really lovely day out up in the Borders. Ad Gefrin was well worth a visit - the building smells amazing, the museum is small but very nicely done, the gift shop has many nice things (incl. books and booze), and the cafe restaurant serves excellent food. /1

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 4d

Essentially correct. Gods, that is so depressing on so many levels

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 5d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 5d

I used to make myself struggle through things I wasn’t enjoying so I knew what happened. It took a while to break that habit but I don’t regret it

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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 5d

Sometimes ya just gotta 'shop the image

Neo from The Matrix Revolutions, stopping a hail of bullets. He is wearing the "Portland frog" head. I'm deeply sorry to Lana and Lily for doing this, but not really very sorry.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 5d

Thís is Eglantine Price
Eglantine learned Witchcraft to figbt
tbe Nazis
Be Líke Eglantine.
Hex the Fascists.

Image from Bedknobs and broomsticks

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 5d

Very busy day, and something has been upsetting my eyes since this afternoon so they're feeling a bit sore and watery. A quiet, eye-resting evening it is, then

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 5d

Tsk, tsk

Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 6d

Good luck on getting Phillipson to do anything that doesn’t further her career. She only remembers her constituents exist at election time

Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 7d

Also a reminder to never trust a word out that comes out of Nick Clegg’s mouth. His behaviour while in government is the reason I still can’t bring myself to vote Liberal

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 7d

It’s 99 minutes you could spend doing something far more worth while. I only lasted about 10 minutes before I noped right out

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 7d

Art checking, writing, file shuffling, and test POD ordering today. If I can wake up enough to get on with it, that is

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Dr Lynne Hardy @lynneahardy.bsky.social · 7d

No one ever wishes they’d gone to Skeggy instead…

Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 20d

For the past 8 years Jeremy had spent his vacations on the banks of Loch Ness, praying he would see the legendary monster. Suddenly now, he wished he’d gone to Skegness instead - late 15th century, Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque municipale, 236, 64v

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