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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 3d

Just a quick post to say my calendars are here, £16 each all profits to Tavistock food bank. They are selling fast, so link in my profile or here, thanks. US shipping back on #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #photography #calendar #charity
thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com/listing/4382...

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

River Meavy near Norsworthy bridge a couple of weeks ago. #Dartmoor #Devon #Autumn #photography #river

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 1d

Falling leaf in ancient trackway, Lydford, last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #holloway #nature

A blurre falling leaf in ancient pathway

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Ellie Dix @thedarkimp.bsky.social · 7d

New episode of BTC! I talk to @stuffbybez.bsky.social about the importance of building & embracing your brand as a game designer. We discuss tailoring games to resonate with an audience, defining a clear creative purpose, and leaning into that vision to strengthen your work.

Link in comments...

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Mandela F-G @mandelafg.bsky.social · 1d

One of the joys of being a board game designer is tapping into the global network of designers and meeting all kinds of new and interesting people.

Yesterday, I popped into Darmstadt, Germany and had a wonderful day playtesting. Tomorrow, Stuttgart to stay with a publisher friend.

People sitting around a table with many board games behind them. All clutching dice in their hands, several are laughing.

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 1d

miscellaneous adventures in Shrewsbury

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 1d

To steady herself on the train, a woman reaches out to the safety bar, her fingers curling round the cold, yellow metal. A man does the same, his hand placed so that their fingers align, like piano keys. A smile passes between them, strong as a current and I realise these strangers are anything but.

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Whether it's a ceasefire or 'Peace', this is what it looks like. Not just the results of two years, this is the result of generations, but Netanyahu should be held to account for the recent atrocity. He's destroyed one nation, and made his own people pariahs too.

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 9d

Urgh.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 10d

Brands
1976
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(And the tin says ‘Cocoa’!)

Two children are playing‘shop’. On the table for Jane, the customer, are a series of very recognisable products including Marmite and Birds custard powder

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 10d

A leaf dancer in more of a Harry Clarke style

(Taking my mind off things)

A mari in a cloak of many patterns dancing with autumn leaves

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Silversprite @silversprite.bsky.social · 10d

(1/2) Continuing to go through ~20 years of pictures archived on Flickr. Today I'm looking at:

Jam.

Pictures from rural England events and markets. Also - I shouldn't have to say this, but we live in ridiculous times - please note that the Swan Plum Jam is not made from swans.

Three jars of homemade jam, on a table after judging at a village show in Swithland, Leicestershire, England. The jams are blackcurrant, prosecco and strawberry, and raspberry and another ingredient (name out of sight). Each jam sits on a card showijg its show section and class numbers.

Around 20 jars of various plum jams, of the same glassware and label design, arranged on a town market stand. Varieties include swan plum, czar plum, prolific plum, gage, and drooper.

A selection of jams by a one person business, "The Jam Lady", arranged on a display in the background. In the foreground, four jars are open and contain sampling spoons. These four jams are tomato jam, red gooseberry jam, elderberry jam, and blackberry jam.

A selection of home made jams, in a variety of previously used jars, most with different prices on the tops, on a sake table in a village fete. A sign indicates the jams include red plum, blackberry and apple, and rhubarb and ginger.

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 10d

Stream flowing under Norsworthy bridge this week. at Burrator reservoir. #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #landscape

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 10d

Street art in Sheffield
#streetart

Art work on some temporary hoarding: the word Castlegate in multicoloured capital letters.

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks - I need to put more work in to improve, but I was fairly happy with these two.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 13d

The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Consultation survey launched on whether trans people should be able to access Hampstead Heath ladies' pond following Supreme Court ruling

The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.

(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Survey launched on trans access to Hampstead Heath ladies' pond

The ladies’ pond at Hampstead Heath currently admits biological women and transgender women

www.standard.co.uk

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 11d

I finally got my hands on a copy of Future, the 1966 future-forecasting boardgame released as a business tool by Kaiser Aluminum, and it is a _trip_, including one of the wildest dice you've ever seen. Not played it yet, but here's an unboxing video to give you the gist. youtu.be/V_5tm8p09ks

Future, a 1966 board game by Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., unboxing

YouTube video by James Wallis

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10d

Lots of wuthering outside the Shed. Time for another pot of tea...

a lightning bolt is visible in the dark sky

Alt: A lightning bolt is visible in the dark sky.

media.tenor.com

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 10d

A bonus #HigherEducationPostcard for the weekend - two views of the polytechnic - now @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social - plus the Grosvenor House Hotel (never as posh a hotel as it tried to be), the Peace Gardens/Town Hall, and an old blue & white bus

@helpsheffield.co.uk @sheffpatgrp.bsky.social

An old colour picture postcard showing four views of Sheffield: from top left clockwise: Moorhead and the Grosnevor House Hotel - concrete buildings in a street scene; the Victorian Town hall and the peace gardens, all green and flowery; the poly seen from Arundel Gate - a concrete slab building behind a dual carriageway; and the view from the station to the Howard Hotel - a half-timbered pub, behind which is a slab building (the poly seen in view 3) in front of which is a green flowery roundabout and a blue and white corporation bus

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10d

Remember, if you are going out in the hail showers today, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18167:
There is no "typical reader," just as there is no "typical writer." Your first responsibility is to yourself; to create the most honest, well-written, carefully-researched story you can. Finding readers comes later.

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 10d

We saw the Perry exhibition when it was in Edinburgh - loved it!

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 10d

And now I'm informed that a 'sexually suggestive' label has been added, and I can request review. I'm not on here a lot, so I don't know if this level of policing is normal or what, but if so that's an absolute joke. And yes, I've objected!

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 10d

So the alt text on these drawings got them labelled as adult content. Absoolute prudery - and they're not even that detailed!

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Pollyaula @pollyaula.bsky.social · 10d

Two ways of keeping cosy

A tuxedo cat lies on a hearthrug in front of a gas fire.

A black cat, curled in a ball on an armchair that has a cushion and a crocheted throw in autumnal colours..