12 Ways to Beat the Winter Sads (#1 May Surprise You)
Well, Well, Well, There's A Frog Living In This Cave Too. 2025/12/18.
(East Japanese Tree Frog)
(East Japanese Tree Frog)
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
12 Ways to Beat the Winter Sads (#1 May Surprise You)
bought some fancy new inks today with the name 'safe wash', which you would think would wash off your printing blocks, sink, hands etc easily and safely, AND YET the hour I spent at the sink scrubbing away like Lady Macbeth says otherwise
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
bought some fancy new inks today with the name 'safe wash', which you would think would wash off your printing blocks, sink, hands etc easily and safely, AND YET the hour I spent at the sink scrubbing away like Lady Macbeth says otherwise
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*seeing the girl with the most cake* I want to be her...
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
*seeing the girl with the most cake* I want to be her...
need to genetically modify that pith out of existence, hope big ag is working on it
sweet green skinned pomegranates, painted by elsie e. lower, 1909
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
need to genetically modify that pith out of existence, hope big ag is working on it
I thought this toy was called 'Mr Flipper, the Healing Seal', but after calling it that for many years, I'm starting to wonder if that was actually just a name used by one friend
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I thought this toy was called 'Mr Flipper, the Healing Seal', but after calling it that for many years, I'm starting to wonder if that was actually just a name used by one friend
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bird is the worm of the sky
worm is the bird of the dirt
worm is the bird of the dirt
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
bird is the worm of the sky
worm is the bird of the dirt
worm is the bird of the dirt
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pears, painted by james marion shull, 1938
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
pears, painted by james marion shull, 1938
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i love "Terracotta mask in the shape of the head of a fox, dog, or bat ca. 600–480 BCE" so much he's so perfect
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
i love "Terracotta mask in the shape of the head of a fox, dog, or bat ca. 600–480 BCE" so much he's so perfect
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"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult
September 28, 2023 at 8:49 PM
"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult
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#FrogFriday 🐸:
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#FrogFriday 🐸:
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
J. Martin Pollock
“I AM AT THE ZOO BRING ME A FLY.” 1923
Lithograph in colours, backed on linen, 40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm)
London Underground / London Zoo
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
I don't post about my union in public I don't post about my union in public I don't post about my union in public I don't post about my union in public
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I don't post about my union in public I don't post about my union in public I don't post about my union in public I don't post about my union in public
optimal time of day for glimpsing other people's cats through their wimdows
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
optimal time of day for glimpsing other people's cats through their wimdows
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you are a good cat and a great friend
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
you are a good cat and a great friend
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the poetry collection you mortal beings-in-time need for the darkest month is right here
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
the poetry collection you mortal beings-in-time need for the darkest month is right here
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
moonpalacebooks.com/item/0vBk0cP...
(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
'the icicle and the sun' would be a good winter display name
Some new (to me) Nordic travel writing: William Sansom's THE ICICLE AND THE SUN (1958)
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
'the icicle and the sun' would be a good winter display name
looking for an item of vintage clothing to buy to fix the void in my soul, surely the next one will do it
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
looking for an item of vintage clothing to buy to fix the void in my soul, surely the next one will do it
Do I know anyone who's had a commentary published in response to their work? It would be really helpful to ask some questions about the process. DMs open, or those of you who know my human alter ego should feel free to use other means of contact.
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Do I know anyone who's had a commentary published in response to their work? It would be really helpful to ask some questions about the process. DMs open, or those of you who know my human alter ego should feel free to use other means of contact.
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If I met any of you in real life I would make myself appear so large
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If I met any of you in real life I would make myself appear so large
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
It doesn't happen very often, and gives me no pleasure to say it, but I think I'm going to have to destroy someone in print very soon.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It doesn't happen very often, and gives me no pleasure to say it, but I think I'm going to have to destroy someone in print very soon.
parents unexpectedly coming to stay, time to remove all the books from the bookcase called things like 'healing from your relationship with your toxic parents' 😇
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
parents unexpectedly coming to stay, time to remove all the books from the bookcase called things like 'healing from your relationship with your toxic parents' 😇
this seminar was actually pretty good, the best on the module so far, bizarrely, though I did do a patented 'fun activity' that may have helped them forget the initial ten minutes of telling-off
off to teach, aka have chatgpt responses to my questions read out to me for two hours
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
this seminar was actually pretty good, the best on the module so far, bizarrely, though I did do a patented 'fun activity' that may have helped them forget the initial ten minutes of telling-off
off to teach, aka have chatgpt responses to my questions read out to me for two hours
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
off to teach, aka have chatgpt responses to my questions read out to me for two hours
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i'm not interested in reading my own emails why would i read someone else's
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
i'm not interested in reading my own emails why would i read someone else's