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As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
December 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM
As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
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I left my old job a couple of years ago. I’m getting by (just) but crikey, having done my tax return & seen how little I’m earning it was a shocker, it’s getting more & more difficult to earn money from illustration.
I have been out of action too so…I’ll get cracking!
Buy my art (FEBRUARY) 🙏🏻
I have been out of action too so…I’ll get cracking!
Buy my art (FEBRUARY) 🙏🏻
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM
I left my old job a couple of years ago. I’m getting by (just) but crikey, having done my tax return & seen how little I’m earning it was a shocker, it’s getting more & more difficult to earn money from illustration.
I have been out of action too so…I’ll get cracking!
Buy my art (FEBRUARY) 🙏🏻
I have been out of action too so…I’ll get cracking!
Buy my art (FEBRUARY) 🙏🏻
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Oh go on then. Every little helps.
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Oh go on then. Every little helps.
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Last day in the office today. That’s probably enough to be getting on with…
January 28, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Last day in the office today. That’s probably enough to be getting on with…
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Well, here we go again…
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Well, here we go again…
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Elie Wiesel warned that, “to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” Canada will remember – so that “Never Again” is always true.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Elie Wiesel warned that, “to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” Canada will remember – so that “Never Again” is always true.
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Flowers lie on a snow-covered concrete stele of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2026. 📸 Annegret Hilse
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Flowers lie on a snow-covered concrete stele of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2026. 📸 Annegret Hilse
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"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Eider you like ducks or you don’t. I do. Switch off the news and stare at this fella for a wee while. Night night. xx
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Eider you like ducks or you don’t. I do. Switch off the news and stare at this fella for a wee while. Night night. xx
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A pre-production sketch by Ken Anderson.
January 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A pre-production sketch by Ken Anderson.
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It’s nearly the weekend, so here’s your late night mandarin duck. Use it well. xx
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 PM
It’s nearly the weekend, so here’s your late night mandarin duck. Use it well. xx
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The first of a double bill from the documentary series, THE WORLD OF HAMMER (1994) at 10:50pm takes a look at the work of #PeterCushing at #Hammer
January 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The first of a double bill from the documentary series, THE WORLD OF HAMMER (1994) at 10:50pm takes a look at the work of #PeterCushing at #Hammer
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
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I’m hoping to raise funds to travel/pay the bills this year.
At the moment I’m having great fun 😬 doing my tax return but in February I’ll be posting on here about the original illustrations & sketches I made for The Woman in Black which I’m making available to purchase.
*FEBRUARY*
At the moment I’m having great fun 😬 doing my tax return but in February I’ll be posting on here about the original illustrations & sketches I made for The Woman in Black which I’m making available to purchase.
*FEBRUARY*
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I’m hoping to raise funds to travel/pay the bills this year.
At the moment I’m having great fun 😬 doing my tax return but in February I’ll be posting on here about the original illustrations & sketches I made for The Woman in Black which I’m making available to purchase.
*FEBRUARY*
At the moment I’m having great fun 😬 doing my tax return but in February I’ll be posting on here about the original illustrations & sketches I made for The Woman in Black which I’m making available to purchase.
*FEBRUARY*
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If Trump wants to defend peaceful civilians from gov’t violence, Ukraine is right there waiting.
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
If Trump wants to defend peaceful civilians from gov’t violence, Ukraine is right there waiting.
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I didn't draw many bugs this year, but I did finish this vibrant Saiva cardinalis.
Find out some fascinating facts about it* on my website: martynwarren.com/gallery/spot...
Find out some fascinating facts about it* on my website: martynwarren.com/gallery/spot...
December 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I didn't draw many bugs this year, but I did finish this vibrant Saiva cardinalis.
Find out some fascinating facts about it* on my website: martynwarren.com/gallery/spot...
Find out some fascinating facts about it* on my website: martynwarren.com/gallery/spot...
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AI will only be truly useful when it can remind me of what my wife asked me to do, two minutes after she asked me to do it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
AI will only be truly useful when it can remind me of what my wife asked me to do, two minutes after she asked me to do it.
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The Signalman.
My cheery Christmas gift to you. Have a jolly peaceful one.
Back after the festivities 🎅🏼👍🏻
My cheery Christmas gift to you. Have a jolly peaceful one.
Back after the festivities 🎅🏼👍🏻
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Signalman.
My cheery Christmas gift to you. Have a jolly peaceful one.
Back after the festivities 🎅🏼👍🏻
My cheery Christmas gift to you. Have a jolly peaceful one.
Back after the festivities 🎅🏼👍🏻
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The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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Me all day: "I'm so tired"
Also me, at 3am, taking a quiz to find out which vegetable I am:
Also me, at 3am, taking a quiz to find out which vegetable I am:
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Me all day: "I'm so tired"
Also me, at 3am, taking a quiz to find out which vegetable I am:
Also me, at 3am, taking a quiz to find out which vegetable I am:
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: The crux of the entire diplomatic situation is that it was Russia, and only Russia, that started this war, and it is Russia, and only Russia, that has been refusing to end it throughout the full-scale invasion.
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Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.