Ben Austwick
@benaustwick.bsky.social
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Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
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Hold kindness in your heart like a knife at the throat of the world
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Ben Austwick
@benaustwick.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Newfoundland wildflowers — Ben Austwick
Making the move from analogue to digital photography got me out of a bit of a creative rut (as I’d hoped) and has led me to experiment with different subjects and types of photography. Nature photogra...
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New blog post - Newfoundland wildflowers www.benaustwick.co.uk/blog/newfoun...
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Les Back wrote a seminal sociology paper on this called 'Making Life Livable'. He argued poorer communities do decorations as an inclusive, community-minded endeavour. The wealthier reject them as they reject most kinds of community. If only there was a way to extrapolate this out to wider society!
Middle class people love to pretend to be appalled at Christmas decorations being either early or fun to look at, the ideal Christmas tree is put up at midnight on Christmas day and decorated only by a black cloak and an unlit matchstick
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Les Back wrote a seminal sociology paper on this called 'Making Life Livable'. He argued poorer communities do decorations as an inclusive, community-minded endeavour. The wealthier reject them as they reject most kinds of community. If only there was a way to extrapolate this out to wider society!
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Cinq menhirs alignés à #Carnac (#Morbihan) Construction Néolithique. Cinq menhirs alignés (cad. E 432) : classement par arrêté du ...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00091122/carnac-cinq-menhirs-alignes
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00091122/carnac-cinq-menhirs-alignes
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Cinq menhirs alignés à #Carnac (#Morbihan) Construction Néolithique. Cinq menhirs alignés (cad. E 432) : classement par arrêté du ...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00091122/carnac-cinq-menhirs-alignes
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00091122/carnac-cinq-menhirs-alignes
Got an idea about pulling all the flags round me down with a hook on a telescopic stick. They're £30 though :(
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Got an idea about pulling all the flags round me down with a hook on a telescopic stick. They're £30 though :(
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The sjoufert is a fiery ghost in Flemish folklore who often appears near swamps. In one tale, people who lived near a swamp whistled at him. They fled into their house as the very angry ghost flew behind them. He left four paw prints on their door that never disappeared.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The sjoufert is a fiery ghost in Flemish folklore who often appears near swamps. In one tale, people who lived near a swamp whistled at him. They fled into their house as the very angry ghost flew behind them. He left four paw prints on their door that never disappeared.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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Tbt last Nov-Dec. in Bucharest, surrounded by devil masks and Vlad memorabilia. A beautiful /crazy mix of crumbling Soviet era architecture, abandoned mansions, traditional folk crafts and gilded churches.
#krampus #devil #witchsky #folklore #Bucharest #Romania #Transylvania
#krampus #devil #witchsky #folklore #Bucharest #Romania #Transylvania
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Tbt last Nov-Dec. in Bucharest, surrounded by devil masks and Vlad memorabilia. A beautiful /crazy mix of crumbling Soviet era architecture, abandoned mansions, traditional folk crafts and gilded churches.
#krampus #devil #witchsky #folklore #Bucharest #Romania #Transylvania
#krampus #devil #witchsky #folklore #Bucharest #Romania #Transylvania
97-2002 for techno's greatest years?
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
97-2002 for techno's greatest years?
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Christ Martin Parr died?? A dated and rightly criticised "human safari" approach to street photography but that's because the world moves forward, well in the arts it does anyway, he was of his time and a real pioneer. RIP
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Christ Martin Parr died?? A dated and rightly criticised "human safari" approach to street photography but that's because the world moves forward, well in the arts it does anyway, he was of his time and a real pioneer. RIP
Marija Rackauskaité-Cvirkiené.
October Holiday Parade in Kaunas. 1945.
Lithuanian National Meseum of Art.
Interestingly naiive and impressionist for a socialist realist painting
#socialistrealism
#socialistrealist
#socialistrealismsunday
#socialistrealistsunday
October Holiday Parade in Kaunas. 1945.
Lithuanian National Meseum of Art.
Interestingly naiive and impressionist for a socialist realist painting
#socialistrealism
#socialistrealist
#socialistrealismsunday
#socialistrealistsunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Marija Rackauskaité-Cvirkiené.
October Holiday Parade in Kaunas. 1945.
Lithuanian National Meseum of Art.
Interestingly naiive and impressionist for a socialist realist painting
#socialistrealism
#socialistrealist
#socialistrealismsunday
#socialistrealistsunday
October Holiday Parade in Kaunas. 1945.
Lithuanian National Meseum of Art.
Interestingly naiive and impressionist for a socialist realist painting
#socialistrealism
#socialistrealist
#socialistrealismsunday
#socialistrealistsunday
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🌁 This week's #SaturdaySnapshot takes us through the Dimsum Quater of Kowloon. Just look at how much ambiance, atmosphere and detail is crammed into a couple of streets! This is Shenmue at its absolute best. It's a world to get lost in.
#SEGA #LetsGetShenmue4
#SEGA #LetsGetShenmue4
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌁 This week's #SaturdaySnapshot takes us through the Dimsum Quater of Kowloon. Just look at how much ambiance, atmosphere and detail is crammed into a couple of streets! This is Shenmue at its absolute best. It's a world to get lost in.
#SEGA #LetsGetShenmue4
#SEGA #LetsGetShenmue4
What a beautiful city this is
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What a beautiful city this is
🤞https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/07/putin-accept-trump-deal-russia-economy-ukraine-war
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🤞https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/07/putin-accept-trump-deal-russia-economy-ukraine-war
I've pretty much abandoned insta. They make everything shit sooner or later
jaysus... now insta appears to generate titles/ headlines via AI for stuff I post... to create click bait for google wtf do not like
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I've pretty much abandoned insta. They make everything shit sooner or later
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Dolmen à #VieilleBrioude (#HauteLoire) Construction Néolithique. Dolmen, près du hameau de Vedrines : classement par liste de 1889.
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00092917/vieille-brioude-dolmen
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00092917/vieille-brioude-dolmen
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Dolmen à #VieilleBrioude (#HauteLoire) Construction Néolithique. Dolmen, près du hameau de Vedrines : classement par liste de 1889.
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00092917/vieille-brioude-dolmen
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00092917/vieille-brioude-dolmen
They're all saying top hat and monocle but I'm thinking grey crew neck knitted jumper over a checked shirt
staring into the middle distance and imagining what one would wear to the “landlord Oscars”
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
They're all saying top hat and monocle but I'm thinking grey crew neck knitted jumper over a checked shirt
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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We didn’t have ADHD when we were young.
Well we did, but those kids ended up self medicating into therapy/addiction or in jail or dead after a lifetime of being bollocked for “misbehaving”.
Well we did, but those kids ended up self medicating into therapy/addiction or in jail or dead after a lifetime of being bollocked for “misbehaving”.
February 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We didn’t have ADHD when we were young.
Well we did, but those kids ended up self medicating into therapy/addiction or in jail or dead after a lifetime of being bollocked for “misbehaving”.
Well we did, but those kids ended up self medicating into therapy/addiction or in jail or dead after a lifetime of being bollocked for “misbehaving”.
Nobody *starves*
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nobody *starves*
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Impossible to understand the tech leader zeal for humanoid robots unless you realize their homes are filled with human staff whose presence makes them, in a basic way, uncomfortable. They want servants without the trace of subjectivity.
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Impossible to understand the tech leader zeal for humanoid robots unless you realize their homes are filled with human staff whose presence makes them, in a basic way, uncomfortable. They want servants without the trace of subjectivity.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a psy op to turn non-drivers against 30 mph speed limits
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a psy op to turn non-drivers against 30 mph speed limits
This is the street full of stoned scousers lol. Argh I miss Amsterdam
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is the street full of stoned scousers lol. Argh I miss Amsterdam
Was listening to a thing about Hitler and for the first couple of years everyone thought the Germans would get fed up with him and get rid of him so that's hopeful for our current world 👍
December 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Was listening to a thing about Hitler and for the first couple of years everyone thought the Germans would get fed up with him and get rid of him so that's hopeful for our current world 👍
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Current* conditions near Empire, MI:
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Current* conditions near Empire, MI:
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
Love the little gallery of ultra stickers by the Thames opposite Zizi in Southwark :)
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Love the little gallery of ultra stickers by the Thames opposite Zizi in Southwark :)