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Movies Silently

@moviessilently.bsky.social

Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.

Marion Davies!

November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

Sooty and Sweep as angels… an A3 pastel drawing from I’m guessing 2014

Sooty and Sweep puppets and soft angels in a soft blue sky, all pastel drawing, Sooty is a yellow bear with black ears and sweep is a grey dog with black ears and a red nose

November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

Monkeys and bums for festive month

Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello I am Chloe I’m an artist, I sell my original work online. I realise not everyone can afford art but if you like my work perhaps share these kinds of posts, it helps me. There are a few different galleries to browse on my website.

www.chloecumming.com

A drawing of Test Card F, with a girl and a toy clown and a blackboard

The wrestlers Kerry and David Von Erich, a drawing

A life drawing of a woman lying face down on a mattress, red and black pencil

A semi monoprint drawing of a monkey, grey, friendly looking

November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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Richard Blandford

@rblandford.bsky.social

When Scrooge sees his own future, why is it not mentioned he is now a duck?

November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

Men and monkey, sketchbook

Hunky man heads and a monkey head, squiggly strong sketches in book. Two men have big moustaches

November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

Hello I am Chloe I’m an artist, I sell my original work online. I realise not everyone can afford art but if you like my work perhaps share these kinds of posts, it helps me. There are a few different galleries to browse on my website.

www.chloecumming.com

November 13, 2024 at 11:55 AM

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Shirley Jackson

@lioninthetrees.bsky.social

Goddess of the Wolves Totem 🐺✨
My piece for the upcoming Giant Robot Store - Totoro Show celebrating all things Ghibli!

My piece will be available 11/29 at 11am PT on their site here:
www.giantrobot.com/collections/...

(She does have very minor damage to her mouth shown here)

#art #pottery

A ceramic sculpture of a large white wolf with two tails. This is Moro, the Goddess of the Wolves from the film, Princess Mononoke. She is barring her teeth, holding a handmade red tassel with a fortune coin tied to it, and she also has a handmade replica of San's necklace.

This closeup shows the wound/damage to her face. it's a very small amount of chipping as though she's had some teeth removed. But she still has the power to bite.

November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM

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Gail Myerscough

@gailmyerscough.co.uk

Three new T-shirt designs just added to my online shop.
Birmingham Central Library
Camera
Trinity Car Park
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/t-shirts

Three t-shirt designs - Birmingham Central Library, a camera and Trinity Car Park

November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM

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Gail Myerscough

@gailmyerscough.co.uk

The perfect Christmas card for music lovers 🎵
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...

Deck The Halls Christmas cards featuring a turntable, records, a wreath, baubles and a bell in teal, pink, charcoal and cream.

November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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Moose Allain

@mooseallain.bsky.social

4am…

Cartoon of a bed in the corner of a room with a bedside table. The small head of duck pokes out from the cover and rests on the pillow. A text box at the top says ‘4am…’. The duck is thinking “But what if I AM a duck?”.

June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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Rob Morgan

@durutti74.bsky.social

The b sides made collecting the Teardrop Explodes' singles so much fun in the mid 80s.

David Balfe offered his own thoughts and memories of "Strange house in the snow" for my song by song Teardrop Explodes blog...

explodingteardrops.blogspot.com/2022/10/stra...

Strange House In The Snow EXTRA

When I published my post on Strange House In The Snow last week, Dave Balfe got in touch to say it was one of his favourite Teardrop Explode...

explodingteardrops.blogspot.com

November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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Needle Mythology

@needlemythology.bsky.social

Forty-one years in the making and worth its wait in gold.

Pre-order Love Crowns and Crucifies here plus the Ltd edition 7" here:

burningshed.com/needlemythology

November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

Now available! My cones are a signature thingy

bsky.app/profile/chlo...

Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 1d

I have now added these three original drawings (with monoprint elements) to this gallery ⬇️ ! The green phone, the Jestival, the cones with gull. Sharing these types of posts really helps me!

www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...

Green intense phone drawing. Rotary phone in emerald and viridian, layered and expressive

Jester, masked, yellow and red, soft and interesting , blue background, pagan/tarot adjacent, black eye holes

Two cones with a gull, cones and big and wobbly, gull small in the background

November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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Mutable Joe

@mutablejoe.bsky.social

*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive

November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

I have now added this here: www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...

So you can buy it!

Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 2d

A green telephone and a brown bottle

A big bold wibbly green phone, rotary phone, joy in simplicity of a thing, viridian and emerald green, many textures, drawing

November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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DocHackenbush

@dochackenbush.bsky.social

Art block update: I’ve only actually bloody drawn something! For the first time in two months! It’s an admittedly very old pun, but still.

Birthday card I made for MumHackenbush featuring a capybara, a duck and two lady sheep. Caption reads “Capy, Birdie, Two Ewes”

November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM

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Gail Myerscough

@gailmyerscough.co.uk

I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.

www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

I’m not offering Black Friday discounts this year because I’m a tiny one woman business and I can’t compete with the likes of Amazon.

What I can offer - unique designs, high quality UK made products, customer service from a real person, a warm and fuzzy feeling because you are buying from a tiny independent business.

November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM

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Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

A green telephone and a brown bottle

November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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Bex Luther

@superbreeze.bsky.social

The only thing putting me off buying a haunted house for a suspiciously low price is it going all cold when the ghost is about but I could just put on a jumper

November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM

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Sooz Kempner

@soozuk.bsky.social

New Year's Eve is a BITCH. It's a fortune to get a cab or get in to a pub and things get CRAZY. Since 2022 I've turned down any NYE gigs offered coz who can be arsed to travel when I can just do it from my own bastard bedroom. Join me with your fave bevvy this NYE! FREE!

twitch.tv/soozkempner