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Fabled Stained Glass @fabledstainedglass.bsky.social · 3h

Link here for etsy lovers … fabstainedglass.etsy.com/listing/1890...

fabstainedglass.etsy.com

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 5h

Actually, it's the one thing he can and should do. What's that they say about knowing a man by the company he keeps?

D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 8h

"Nigel meets tens of thousands of people on an annual basis ultimately, he can't be held accountable for the actions of every single person who he comes in contact with."

-Zia Yusuf, head of Reform UK Department of Government Efficiency.

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 5h

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer

I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 6h

Minute Cryptic - 12 October, 2025
"Antique rocking chair in empty attic" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (67,420 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 10h

I love your scenes!

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Rambling Idiot @ramblingidiot.bsky.social · 13h

A Sunday push for our beautiful countryside art.
Have a look and treat yourself, or get some Christmas shopping done.

www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/products

Products

Browse all products from Cut From The Land.

www.cutfromtheland.co.uk

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 14h

Wonderful

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 18h

Fake history, but how come my ears like it so much and my feet are tapping?
Dave Brubeck never recorded Golden Brown, but...
And no, this is not ai, this was made by a real human with talent.
youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs?...

Dave Brubeck - Golden Brown

YouTube video by Laurence Mason

youtu.be

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 1d

The whole of apple TV+ and the only thing worth watching is Slow Horses. I can't engage with Severance at all. And that so-called comedy about Hollywood isn't remotely funny.

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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sad to see a lot of artists I know saying it's super hard to get sales. And it really is. So I wanna promote them here again.

Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.

Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · Sep 11

I made a pack for non-US artists shops!
Let me know if you want to be added (with a shop link) or removed!

go.bsky.app/KgkXQns

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John Bloor Printmaker @johnbloorprint.bsky.social · 1d

The right hand side of my Winter scene; this is more urban.

The scene features two animals which can stand in front. Here, the fox stands in front of the bush at the bottom.

#winter #scene #illustration #art #urban #houses

An urban scene from my Winter fold out scene, including a shed and planter, railings, bean canes, bushes, trees and rows of houses.

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Rambling Idiot @ramblingidiot.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #caturday to all who celebrate!
How about a spooky linocut, featuring Trouble, our much missed moggy?
Here’s Mischief Maker for you.

www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/product/misc...

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Bookshop Day so here’s a poem in celebration of all those amazing bookshops out there.

Never Judge a Bookshop by its Cover

It may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that.
There may be books in the window, on the tables and shelves,
but really, it’s a travel agent selling all-immersive holidays,
weekend breaks, first-class tickets to other worlds,

with a low carbon footprint. It’s a pharmacy as well,
dispensing medicines, pick-me-ups, balms: if symptoms persist,
please consult your local bookseller; it’s a tailor’s, offering
a made-to-measure service to achieve the perfect fit;

and a hardware store, with a range of empowering tools
to fix you up, recharge your batteries, switch on lightbulbs.
Its walls are lined with treasure as precious as any jeweller’s,
and twice as bright. Spines shine gold, silver, sapphire, emerald;

there are diamonds amongst them. It’s a garden centre,
a place where ideas get planted and a thousand stories bloom,
and a greengrocer, selling fresh, locally-sourced produce,
as vital as your five-a-day and more readily consumed.

It’s a multiscreen cinema. Peek behind the curtain
of each jacket and you’ll find a movie waiting silently to begin.
A stationer’s supplying notepads, reams of paper,
with the words conveniently filled in

to save you both the time and bother. A wholefood store
and a fast-food joint. A cosy haven from the cold.
A friendly, family restaurant: Today’s special will revive
a flagging spirit and restore a lagging soul.

It’s a tourist information centre equipped with maps
and helpful guides to steer us on our way.
A busy square in which a whole town gathers
or just a place to hold the world at bay

for a few untroubled stolen minutes. It’s itself,
and yet it’s something larger, a universe so vast
you could spend ten thousand lifetimes there –
it may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that.

Brian Bilston

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 2d

Disgraceful. Everyone should know Sam Vimes' economic theory of boots.

That oOooOootter Sarah @simsarah.bsky.social · 2d

In case the actual serious reasons to be disgusted with the NYT aren't enough for you, Wirecutter posted this article and did not reference Sam Vimes ONCE:

Screenshot from NYT Wirecutter headlined "These Boots Have Lasted Me 12 Years. Unfortunately, They're $600" with a graphic of a pair of (presumably quite nice) boots.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so, so sorry.

Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

The USAnians are quite, quite mad. Some of them.

Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

I now see what you were referring to specifically. People do some incredibly cruel things to children in the name of religious belief or similar. I was looking at Chinese foot binding earlier - grotesque.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

I mean the biggest EVER because we entered clearing in a panic.

Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

So, today I totally forgot about hosting a q&a session online, but then I think nearly everyone else did too. I'm still trying to write an exam question, and I'm moderating on an absolute monster of a module that lasts the entire year and has several components. Oh, and we have a HUGE 1st yr cohort.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! Actually I might be at 81..... should have said 30 years instead.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

I won't be around, which is shame because I'd love to hear what will be days about one if it turns up on Antiques Roadshow in 20 years.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 3d

Being able to write an engaging short story is a real skill. The master is, of course, Stephen King but others have also been successful.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3d

I have heard this so many times from publishers & agents over the years: "short stories don't sell". And I've been told it again recently. But is that a reason not to write short stories? No. I love short stories and, at the moment, I need to write short stories, so I'm going to write short stories.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Aug 12

I have been made very aware that perhaps the least commercially sensible move an author can make in this day and age - particularly a writer unpaid by his ex-publisher - is to write a collection of short stories so of late I've been devoting my time to writing a collection of short stories.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 4d

Is this why the local North Devon word for a stupid person was 'digby'?

Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 4d

Doulton’s headquarters & factory building, #Lambeth #London
Architect - R. Stark Wilkinson - 1878

High #Victorian #Gothic architecture, with decorative details of Doulton’s terracotta.

#Exeter born, Stark Wilkinson designed the Digby Hospital, #Devon in 1886.

#WallsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

A gothic corner building with turret, many windows & terracotta details.

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Dr Sarah Hewitt @s2hewitt.bsky.social · 4d

Why are some men so crude? It's not remotely attractive, they all have wives/mothers/sisters and (probably) daughters - is this what they want then to experience?

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a middle-aged man and frequently end up staring into the middle distance, thinking about fuck all. My wife accuses me of eyeing up other women when I'm doing this outdoors, which I have not done. I now suspect I have resting pervert face.