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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2h

Last week, precisely seven years after I recorded it in a studio in suburban Leicester, I received my first royalty cheque for this audiobook. www.audible.co.uk/pd/Help-the-...

£44.75

That's almost a full tank of petrol for a my (small) car.

I'm honestly chuffed. I thought it would never happen.

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Rik Villanueva @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social · 19h

Six year old Carrie Fisher watching her mom, Debbie Reynolds, from backstage in 1963

Still one of the sweetest pictures I've ever seen.

Happy birthday, Carrie. You are missed

📷: Lawrence Schiller, 1963

A young Carrie Fisher watching her mom perform on stage

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 10h

Hans Christian Andersen, the master of fairytales, kept a diary most of his life. It's full of his hopes, worries, ideas and dreams.

Oh yeah. And any entry marked with a + is a day when he'd had a good wank.

(Lot of drama and angst on here rn so thought i'd put that bit of history in your feeds)

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 20h

I guess it saves us coming back and burning it again.

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 20h

www.ltwminiatures.com/collections/... #dollshouse

New dollhouse miniature quilts from LTW Miniatures

Dollhouse miniature quilts and kits handmade by LTW Miniatures

www.ltwminiatures.com

Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the finished Macaw. Next week we are on to landscapes.

An acrylic 3/4 painting of a Macaw, done on a small square canvas.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 4d

*Looks around frantically*

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Gavin Wade @gavinwade.bsky.social · 4d

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all my fellow fireflies
turning on and off
and on again

if they ask
say I’m writing verses
in another world

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#twohaiku
#haiku
#chinejo
#sokan

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 3d

We've had more Green Day songs at this wedding than Abba songs. Which is a fascinating glimpse at how the "one to get the oldies in the crowd up on the floor" scene has shifted.

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 5d

I've been doing some painting, on a course at The Art House in Sheffield. I'm really enjoying it.

A small painting of a pearl, done in acrylic on canvas.

A half-finished painting of a blue Macaw, done in acrylic on canvas.

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 5d

Okay, here’s the game with this one: do NOT look at the floorplan. Look only at the photos.

Comment telling us which photo number you were on when you realised.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 3 bedroom cottage for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom cottage for sale in Caistor Lane, Tealby, Market Rasen, LN8 for £475,000. Marketed by Mundys, Market Rasen

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 5d

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 6d

I hope you get him home quickly and he isn't too upset. They'll tell you to feed him small soft meals at first, but he'll probably ignore them and go fo the dry food!

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 10d

Just a quick post to say my calendars are here, £16 each all profits to Tavistock food bank. They are selling fast, so link in my profile or here, thanks. US shipping back on #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #photography #calendar #charity
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com/listing/4382...

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 8d

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge a couple of weeks ago. #Dartmoor #Devon #Autumn #photography #river

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 8d

Falling leaf in ancient trackway, Lydford, last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #holloway #nature

A blurre falling leaf in ancient pathway

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Ellie Dix @thedarkimp.bsky.social · 14d

New episode of BTC! I talk to @stuffbybez.bsky.social about the importance of building & embracing your brand as a game designer. We discuss tailoring games to resonate with an audience, defining a clear creative purpose, and leaning into that vision to strengthen your work.

Link in comments...

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Mandela F-G @mandelafg.bsky.social · 8d

One of the joys of being a board game designer is tapping into the global network of designers and meeting all kinds of new and interesting people.

Yesterday, I popped into Darmstadt, Germany and had a wonderful day playtesting. Tomorrow, Stuttgart to stay with a publisher friend.

People sitting around a table with many board games behind them. All clutching dice in their hands, several are laughing.

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 8d

miscellaneous adventures in Shrewsbury

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 8d

To steady herself on the train, a woman reaches out to the safety bar, her fingers curling round the cold, yellow metal. A man does the same, his hand placed so that their fingers align, like piano keys. A smile passes between them, strong as a current and I realise these strangers are anything but.

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 8d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Whether it's a ceasefire or 'Peace', this is what it looks like. Not just the results of two years, this is the result of generations, but Netanyahu should be held to account for the recent atrocity. He's destroyed one nation, and made his own people pariahs too.

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 16d

Urgh.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 17d

Brands
1976
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(And the tin says ‘Cocoa’!)

Two children are playing‘shop’. On the table for Jane, the customer, are a series of very recognisable products including Marmite and Birds custard powder

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 17d

A leaf dancer in more of a Harry Clarke style

(Taking my mind off things)

A mari in a cloak of many patterns dancing with autumn leaves

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Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social · 17d

(1/2) Continuing to go through ~20 years of pictures archived on Flickr. Today I'm looking at:

Jam.

Pictures from rural England events and markets. Also - I shouldn't have to say this, but we live in ridiculous times - please note that the Swan Plum Jam is not made from swans.

Three jars of homemade jam, on a table after judging at a village show in Swithland, Leicestershire, England. The jams are blackcurrant, prosecco and strawberry, and raspberry and another ingredient (name out of sight). Each jam sits on a card showijg its show section and class numbers.

Around 20 jars of various plum jams, of the same glassware and label design, arranged on a town market stand. Varieties include swan plum, czar plum, prolific plum, gage, and drooper.

A selection of jams by a one person business, "The Jam Lady", arranged on a display in the background. In the foreground, four jars are open and contain sampling spoons. These four jams are tomato jam, red gooseberry jam, elderberry jam, and blackberry jam.

A selection of home made jams, in a variety of previously used jars, most with different prices on the tops, on a sake table in a village fete. A sign indicates the jams include red plum, blackberry and apple, and rhubarb and ginger.

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