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@diarts1.bsky.social

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I paint opera, theatre and ballet sets and also murals. I also make wire sculptures. www.diarts.org.uk Two cats Easily bribed with biscuits Seeking a bit of sanity here in a world that seems to have lately lost the effing plot

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday! Age is but a number….
Clint Eastwood when asked about ageing said ‘Don’t let the old man in’, so I’m adapting that advice and not letting the old woman in!

Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 5d

After Agnes broke off their engagement due to her sheep farming ambitions, her fiancé was mistakenly comforted when she told him that she’d probably never find another ewe.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 5d

The scene may have initially appeared bucolic, but neither of them had spotted ferocious attack lamb approaching from the right.
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 20d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 12d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 12d

After sampling a glass of Horace’s homebrewed Mescal, Mildred spent the next six hours attempting conversation with a cactus.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 19d

The Captain was unsure how to tell Mrs Wilberforce that she had a gannet impaled in her head.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 19d

Midshipman Brown had brought along his crossbow in case Mrs Wilberforce needed a little encouragement to board the tender.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · 20d

This bit from an interview with Lionel Ritchie in The Guardian this morning made me laugh a lot

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 23d

You don't need to sign up for all their bs or give them your email to vote. Just click submit.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 21

As our model here shows, this year’s fashionable farmer about the field will be mostly wearing corduroy and moleskin. Optional accessorises to complete the look include a battered trilby and a big stick.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 21

Yes, Millicent was sure of it - Squire Tomkinson was once again off his tits and hallucinating witches on broomsticks after consuming some of his latest crop of rye.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 19

Ah, I see your dilemma!

Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 19

That’s one weird looking geranium 🤔

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Gerald had caught his heel in a drain but he felt sure the ladies hadn’t noticed.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Wargrave was best known for hosting the National Stare Out Championships.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Prendergast sisters were well known for their spontaneous interpretive dance routines, no matter where in the world they were. Here they are giving their rendition of Ruddigore at the Cape of Good Hope.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Sep 7

Celia immediately regretted choosing the combined jiu-jitsu/mountain painting course.
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Nev Fountain wants you to buy his book please. @nevfountain.bsky.social · Sep 4

Most watched on BBC news I player? Farage getting ripped to shreds by a US congressman. There you go, BBC. There’s your fucking audience.

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Aug 31

Gilbert’s interview for The Magic Circle was not going well - it was pointed out that his demonstration of a shadow bunny was particularly inept and therefore would be a most unconvincing candidate for use with his top hat.
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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Linbury Prize 2025 supports emerging stage designers with a sustainable career start. Twelve recipients get a National Theatre exhibition, associate placement with professionals, and a £6000 bursary.

Find out more and apply now: www.thelinburyprize.com/2025prize-in...

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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you for your encouragement!

Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Aug 24

The sisters loved to try many artistic endeavours together outdoors but after a moments inattention with her topiary shears gave her sister a partial lobotomy, Enid was henceforth only allowed to knit.
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Di @diarts1.bsky.social · Aug 24

The misses Prendergast did so enjoy their creative endeavours en plein air, especially in the pushmi- pullyu nesting season.
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