Derry Sketcher
@derrysketcher.bsky.social
Near-Derry based artist-illustrator. Mainly work with pet and animal portraits.
Email: [email protected]
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Derry Sketcher
@derrysketcher.bsky.social
· Feb 14
My friend has finally received her portrait of the wonderful Katie. So here she is. I hope I did her justice as she was the best of cats 🐈
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News | @nationaltrust.org.uk redwood tree, standing more than twice the height of the Angel of the North, secures Christmas world record
🎄https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/national-trusts-44m-redwood-secures-christmas-tree-world-record/
🎄https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/national-trusts-44m-redwood-secures-christmas-tree-world-record/
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
News | @nationaltrust.org.uk redwood tree, standing more than twice the height of the Angel of the North, secures Christmas world record
🎄https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/national-trusts-44m-redwood-secures-christmas-tree-world-record/
🎄https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/national-trusts-44m-redwood-secures-christmas-tree-world-record/
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US readers, THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is currently on sale in e-book format for only $1.99 on all platforms — not sure how long this will last! www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Bo...
The Book of Lost Things
New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this d...
www.simonandschuster.biz
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
US readers, THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is currently on sale in e-book format for only $1.99 on all platforms — not sure how long this will last! www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Bo...
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Nearly Christmas! Hit me up if YOU'D like an original commission - prices start at £40 for an A6 coloured original on 300gsm paper plus postage! BARGAIN!
There's also prints available in the shop!
ko-fi.com/stevemayillu...
There's also prints available in the shop!
ko-fi.com/stevemayillu...
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nearly Christmas! Hit me up if YOU'D like an original commission - prices start at £40 for an A6 coloured original on 300gsm paper plus postage! BARGAIN!
There's also prints available in the shop!
ko-fi.com/stevemayillu...
There's also prints available in the shop!
ko-fi.com/stevemayillu...
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Can I add: the CARE this movie was made with is so obvious. Nothing slapped together. Every part of it intentional. Would be great to see more of that in Hollywood. That's why people went to see it. They know the makers care about their film and it shows
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Can I add: the CARE this movie was made with is so obvious. Nothing slapped together. Every part of it intentional. Would be great to see more of that in Hollywood. That's why people went to see it. They know the makers care about their film and it shows
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Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
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@helenbarrett.bsky.social is quite right about the dire situation for art history in UK schools; but one glimmer of hope lies in the excellent work of www.arthistorylinkup.org, a charity well worth supporting
Art History Link-Up | Art History is for Everyone
Discover free art history courses designed for under-represented students. Join us to unlock life-changing opportunities and shape the future of the arts in the UK.
www.arthistorylinkup.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@helenbarrett.bsky.social is quite right about the dire situation for art history in UK schools; but one glimmer of hope lies in the excellent work of www.arthistorylinkup.org, a charity well worth supporting
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🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
It was soooooo good!!!
It’s #WakeUpDeadMan day!!!
a priest and a man in a suit and tie stand next to each other
Alt: Josh O’Connor and Daniel Craig interrogate a room full of suspects in a scene from Wake Up Dead Man. Sickeningly, Daniel Craig seems to suit the longer hairstyle that he is sporting here despite my determination to hate it at all costs.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It was soooooo good!!!
It’s #WakeUpDeadMan day!!!
a priest and a man in a suit and tie stand next to each other
Alt: Josh O’Connor and Daniel Craig interrogate a room full of suspects in a scene from Wake Up Dead Man. Sickeningly, Daniel Craig seems to suit the longer hairstyle that he is sporting here despite my determination to hate it at all costs.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
It’s #WakeUpDeadMan day!!!
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Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
February 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
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Excited to be taking part in Newham Festival of Stories this year - expect draw-alongs, quizzes & other nonsense www.newhamfestivalofstories.org/events/steve...
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excited to be taking part in Newham Festival of Stories this year - expect draw-alongs, quizzes & other nonsense www.newhamfestivalofstories.org/events/steve...
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It’s here!!! It’s here!!!! #bookbirthday #kidlitart
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s here!!! It’s here!!!! #bookbirthday #kidlitart
Goodbye Miggeldy and thank you for everything!
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Goodbye Miggeldy and thank you for everything!
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Absolutely typical that a nearby greenway has multiple signs regarding dog fouling but not one bin along the route to put waste into. And I’m not even talking about dog waste bins but *any* kind of bin
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Absolutely typical that a nearby greenway has multiple signs regarding dog fouling but not one bin along the route to put waste into. And I’m not even talking about dog waste bins but *any* kind of bin
Had a lovely day at Ards Forest Park in Donegal. This is Sheep Haven Bay in case you want a look
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Had a lovely day at Ards Forest Park in Donegal. This is Sheep Haven Bay in case you want a look
Ireland in a nutshell
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Ireland in a nutshell
Ok there Frasier, calm down
Took my Dad for a meal, and the waiter showed me some of his art. I was polite about it, so my Dad bought one of his paintings for me as a gift. I hate it, but I have to keep it up so as not to hurt his feelings.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ok there Frasier, calm down
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Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Make no mistake, this excavation wouldn’t be happening if Catherine Corless hadn’t stuck her neck out and defied people telling her to leave it alone.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
But the scale of this is unimaginable. It’s not just M&B homes, it’s laundries, it’s industrial schools, it’s giant psych hospitals.
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Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. Her X-ray diffraction work was critical for establishing the helical nature of DNA. 👩🔬 🧪
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
July 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. Her X-ray diffraction work was critical for establishing the helical nature of DNA. 👩🔬 🧪
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
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Reminder.
"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reminder.