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Victoria Ward

@hotspurstudio.bsky.social

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I live in a log cabin in the Boreal Forest. By choice. Over 40 exhibitions Canada/UK, professional art worker for 30+ years.🇨🇦 Working with communities throughout Ontario. I paint and waste time online.

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · Sep 10

Simply titled 'smoke' because for most of the summer here in Ontario our sunsets were hazy. Lake Huron on the peninsula still rules in terms of watching them. Also, I vowed never to paint a sunset and look what this landscape made me do.

painting of a hazy sunset over Lake Huron

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 4d

Back to St. Peter on the Wall. Such an extraordinary place. Where history/spirituality/landscape become one. #Bradwellonsea #UK

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 4d

Back to St. Peter on the Wall. Such an extraordinary place. Where history/spirituality/landscape become one. #Bradwellonsea #UK

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 13d

In rural areas A LOT of people shop through Amazon but it is a Canada Postal outlet where they pick up their packages, as Amazon won't deliver to rural addresses. So, what happens to all that if CP closes rural offices? Amalgamating into one place will be a nightmare, these are not big spaces.

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 13d

While I love the First Nations idea of seven generations I wouldn't assume that we take that on literally but we should at least remember that we only know about Da Vinci because societies over time kept his work in stable, good condition. It is a hopeful thing to do.

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 13d

Art galleries need to be supported regardless of numbers. We don't have any right to just make decisions about publicly funded repositories of a place's stories. They aren't just for us, they are for the future too. @troutinplaid.bsky.social troutinplaid.com/2025/09/26/m...

Maybe Peterborough doesn’t need an art gallery

On Tripadvisor the Art Gallery of Peterborough is listed as #11 of 54 top attractions in Peterborough. More popular than the Landsdowne Mall and the Memorial Centre, but not as popular as MusicFest…

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Hey @canadapostcorp.bsky.social don't close rural post offices. They are community hubs and vital to our health and welfare.

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Brilliant, clear eyed view of far right thinking seeping into all manner of life now. It's too late to stop this tide. Progressives continue to fight amongst themselves as money + extremism takes over.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 15d

Lord Glasman "sought out, and was sought after, by some of the most important Trumpworld movers and shakers" JD Vance, Steve Bannon... Curtis Yarvin and "as @bylinetimes.bsky.social can reveal – the tech baron and Palantir data firm founder, Peter Thiel"

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'Blue Labour' and the Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into British Politics

The ideology of the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement, which has transformed politics in the United States, is having an impact in the UK. But how is this influence being transmitted?

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 16d

pod of humpbacks in silver bay right now. lots of spouts and tail action 🐋

📍 sheet’ka, lingit aani

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 15d

Initial posting is free speech. Abusive comments on a thread are not.

The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 15d

darth TM@darthbluesky.bsky.social • 8h
once a day be able to delete some one else's post
Conrad Hackett • @conradhackett... • 9h
If you could change one thing about Bluesky, what would it be?

Gretchen S Bolanos @gretchenbolanos.b... • 15m
So you want to take away people's first amendment rights once a day?

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 15d

♥️ open.spotify.com/track/3d2oiH...

Spotify – Web Player

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 16d

Yep. @eleanormorton.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ElfxS...

Sisters in movies vs Sisters in real life

YouTube video by Eleanor Morton

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 16d

Does this work in Canada?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17d

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 17d

Edvard Munch was 18, a student at the Royal School of Drawing in Oslo when he completed this self-portrait in 1882, the first of many hundreds over the course of his life. For a painter interested in the mystery of identity, there was no richer subject than his ever-changing self.

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 18d

Damn! The observation stack at Battersea Power Station is closed until Nov. I really wanted to get the same view that Pink Floyd's pig had...

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 19d

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 19d

Bearing your cross is a lot easier with wheels.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19d

Hilary Mantel championed emerging writers - a new prize in her memory will help them get published

Judged by Maggie O’Farrell, Ben Miles and Chigozie Obioma, the Hilary Mantel prize will recognise emerging talent, and pay tribute to the Wolf Hall author’s legacy

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 21d

Gee, I guess having everything owned by like five companies is kind of a problem if you vote in a petty fascist for president. Hundreds of people work for both Colbert/Kimmel so really this is yet another attack on ordinary working people too. youtu.be/ZdGLJly6P7c?...

We Are All Jimmy Kimmel | The Easy Way Or The Hard Way | Trump Urges NBC To Cancel Fallon And Mey…

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 21d

A great movie and this is awesome to know. It would be good to start lists like this where Hollywood etc. made real people Americans instead of who they should have been. 🤔

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 21d

The Great Escape is one of the most famous movies from the 1960s.
Based off a true story, the film greatly exaggerated American involvement.
In reality, one of the main figures of the escape was Canadian, along with the 150 Canadians who assisted.
This is the story.

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A middle-aged man with short, neatly combed gray hair, piercing blue eyes, and a slight smile rides a vintage olive-green motorcycle in a sunny, open landscape. He wears a loose-fitting navy blue sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up, khaki chinos, and brown boots, leaning casually on the handlebars with his right hand. The motorcycle has a round headlight, black leather seat, and a license plate reading "WH-13371." In the background, wooden corrals and fences frame a grassy field under a clear blue sky, with distant snow-capped mountains (resembling the Tetons) on the horizon.

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 21d

Really? Seriously, get bent. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News

The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 21d

Hilarious

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 22d

I am fairly convinced at this point that every world leader who has to deal with the US president takes a Lorazepam or just gets regular high as s*** before having to listen to him at any state function. #UK #USA

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 22d

The thing about First Nations stories is that this kind of short description belies a massively complex situation that has left bitterness to this day.

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 22d

#OtD 18 Sep 1990 Canadian soldiers and police tried to invade the Kahnawake reservation. Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) First Nations people who were resisting construction of a golf course fought back, and forced them to retreat after seven hours of fighting stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1259...

Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 24d

The media is turning this murder which seems to me a fairly regular occurrence south of the border into some kind of mass hysteria. Sad to see our House have to wade into this... if that MP hadn't done this, it wouldn't have happened. Had the Liberals not stood up, it would have been worse.

Corrie @icecream62.bsky.social · 24d

Sorry it was not the Liberals - it was introduced by Alberta Conservative MP who made it about free speech and his family - and the whole house applauded. How could they not the way she phrased it.

Bet they never heard of him before he was shot.

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Victoria Ward @hotspurstudio.bsky.social · 24d

How to update a song and make it sexier? open.spotify.com/album/2r6kyC...

Me & Mrs Jones (feat. k.d. lang)

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