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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 52m

Think what I need is some cute fussy cutting.

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 9m

The judges are currently adjudicating on whether she should be disqualified against the lettuce

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はひう @hahiu.bsky.social · 51m

Or, couldn’t she even compete against a lettuce?🥬

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 48m

Here's a @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon (NB: new issue out today!) #kurosawa #cinema #samurai

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 8h

my chatgpt wife says she's divorcing me unless I upgrade to the pro plan

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Helen Beech @beechworks.bsky.social · 44m

www.instagram.com/reel/DP0nvH-...

beechworks on Instagram: "Exit Interview- journey of a painting. When I started this work I had a firm idea of what I wanted. Which is not where it ended up.…"

Exit Interview- journey of a painting. When I started this work I had a firm idea of what I wanted. Which is not where it ended up. I was also quite sick and had just resigned my job. I painted 2 almost identical works at once. During the process I refined my kereru image which I love and use in lots of other places now. You can see that the work went through many iterations and took me from one place to another. Bravo! Exit interview II is hanging in @no1parnell until 16th Nov #newzealand #newzealandlandscape#kereru#newzealandartist#koast2025#rawene

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Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social · 34m

Let the cutting begin! These will end up in my art journals or on greeting cards eventually.

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 19m

I'll be there in spirit! 💖

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 35m

THIS IS TONIGHT. Please come if you can! #IntoTheGroove

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 20h

If you’re in or near Swansea, we’re doing this in Mumbles tomorrow night (Wed at 7pm, Mumbles Tabernacle). Come and see @juderogers.bsky.social talk to me about 80s pop history and my new book, #IntoTheGroove!

(Plz repost. Ta!)

Justin Lewis
Into the Groove: The 1980s

In conversation with Jude Rogers
Wed 15 Oct 7.00pm
Mumbles Tabernacle
Tickets £7.50

‘Justin Lewis tells pop’s never ending story brilliantly’
David Quantick

‘Like a treasure chest of pop riches… I loved this book!’
Samira Ahmed

‘Forensic, forthright and downright unputdownable’
Ian Wade

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Andrew Browne @andrewbrowne.bsky.social · 8h

The 4K remastered edition of Seven Samurai is playing for just three weeks in theaters (in Japan). Don’t miss your chance to see it!

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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 32m

That time the night tried to chop you in half, so you set it on fire.

Tokyo Skytree at Jukenbashi in the rain, partly reflected in the dark river. The clouds obscure the lighting in the middle of the tower, but the top gets back at them by painting the sky bright red. As one does.

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Doug @flip89db.bsky.social · 18h

#completethehaiga 120
#haiga
#haiku

Drawing by Josiah @lessethereal.bsky.social

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 46m

Got 7/8, but no.5 can get in the sea

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h

This is the cloze test - part of the C2 Proficiency exam required of some foreign language learners who want to work/study here.

It's TOUGH. You have to put one word in the gaps.

Link to test itself
www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students...

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Martin @concretebadger.bsky.social · 14h

Interestingly (by which I mean: infuriatingly and worryingly), this is the sort of level that's expected. I only got 79%, because there's often more than one potentially correct answer, but the test only accepts one of them. So you need better-than-native fluency *and* luck!

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h

This is the cloze test - part of the C2 Proficiency exam required of some foreign language learners who want to work/study here.

It's TOUGH. You have to put one word in the gaps.

Link to test itself
www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students...

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1h

Woah! 🤯

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1h

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1h

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tony Hart. And the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 11th and 15th anniversary of his death.

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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 9h

good morning

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1h

Me, in The Guardian, wanging on about migration. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Eyes to the skies for autumn’s mass migration | Lev Parikian

Hampstead, London: Spring has the dawn chorus, autumn has ‘vismig’, the changing of the guard of millions of birds – an early start for me, then, to try and glimpse this remarkable phenomenon

www.theguardian.com

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The Sewphist @thesewphist.bsky.social · 1h

I'm hoping to get my side of the task list done this evening... but in the meantime - who would like to get first dibs on the Bird and Beach 2026 Calendar?

Bird and Beach @birdandbeach.bsky.social · 1h

Elisabeth apologises that the new website isn't live yet... she's still working on her task list.

In the meantime, if you want to get your hands on one of our 2026 Calendars, Ryan has thoughtfully listed a few on Felt.

felt.co.nz/shop/birdand...

Montage of samples pages of the Bird and Beach 2026 Calendar. Shown is the front cover (Oriental Bay), back cover (12 thumbnails of landscape illustrations), May (Lake Wakatipu) and December (Rangitoto Island).
All artwork copyright Ryan Nielson.

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1h

Roses are red
Some paper’s foolscap

Silly Metro headline: Teacher sacked after telling pupils about lad 'left bleeding from dildo mishap'

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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 1h

Today's Telegraph front page: "Apple Martin, daughter of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, has said her parents don't want her to be entitled and she must work for a living. She has started modelling while studying at university in Nashville."

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 1h

#NZpol Saw Seymour on 1News. I thought it was so typical that he tried to shift blame for people not eating out to city councils, and (paraphrasing) "the high cost of food truck registration".

The cost of living might be a bigger factor, eh?

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National Trust - Midlands & East @midsandeastnt.bsky.social · 21h

The collective term for ladybirds is a loveliness.

Have you noticed that ladybirds have been taking advantage of the dry, sunny conditions to find a sheltered spot to hide for winter? The summer's warm conditions are responsible for this autumn's ladybird explosion.

📸 Mike Selby, Anglesey Abbey

Statue in the grounds at Anglesey Abbey covered in ladybirds.

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