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SE London history & landscape, paused blogger, socialist, green, runner, #runningpunk, #goodgym member, acting curator of #TidesOutTuesday, views mine, poor proof reader - he/him/me duck, real name Paul

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

I am striding for Gaza in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). I will be completing 98km in 23 days & virtually following the displacement journey of one of MAP's Palestinian workers in Gaza. Please donate to my page & help me support MAP.

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Stride for Gaza 2025

I am striding for Gaza in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). I will be completing 98km in 23 days and virtually following the displacement journey of one of MAP's Palestinian colleagues in Gaz

medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1h

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent
The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College when the Helios installation was there.

An ultra wide angle shot showing arched windows down the side, with baroque painting on the ceiling centring around the then King and Queen - William and Mary. Hanging from a metal structure in the Hall is Helios a large golden representation of the sun.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 12h

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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The Greenwich Wire @greenwichwire.bsky.social · 20h

Plans to knock down Lewisham Shopping Centre for 1,700 new homes and a new mall could move forward next week when councillors decide whether or not to approve the scheme.

Sainsbury's and Greenwich Council are objecting, while a protest is planned for Saturday.

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Plans for 1,700 flats at Lewisham Shopping Centre set for approval - The Greenwich Wire

Plans to knock down Lewisham Shopping Centre and replace it with more than 1,700 new homes and a new mall could take a step forward next week when councillors decide whether or not to approve the…

greenwichwire.co.uk

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

9 November 1891 | Czech Jewish woman, Eliška Budlovská, was born in Benešov.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 January 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Vintage black and white portrait of a woman wearing a hat and a light-colored shirt, with the name inscribed at the bottom.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent
The entrance to Versailles

Ornate gilded gates attached to carved stone pillars - the gates are around 10 metres tall.

Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

I got one for each of the Big Half and Vitality London 10,000 - they remind me of trees planted in a local Tiny Forest a couple of years ago - they are now thriving.

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Kristi Tange @kristitange.bsky.social · 1d

Dramatic clouds, a heron, and ducks on the Thames tonight in Hammersmith

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

Sproston Green - appropriately it came at the end of a playlist whilst running today - it made me so happy!

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 1d

What would it be like if cats and whales changed places? My partner sent me these pictures from a Russian children’s book and I can’t stop thinking about the little whale drinking from a saucer. 🐋

Illustration of a giant cat in the ocean with birds landing on it. Below, a tiny indoor house whale laps from a saucer

A tiny whale curled up on a bed. Above, tiny whale is silhouetted climbing in a fence at night

Giant sea cat amidst some ships with Russian text. Above, a small wall pounces at some mice, landing on its flippers

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

An easy paced 16k around Blackheath and Greenwich, I had intended to go further afield but the autumn colours were so beautiful. It was the first few km of my fundraiser for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social (see pinned post). #GreenRunners #RunningPunks

Late summer flowers in the foreground autumn coloured trees behind

Almost neon orange tree against grey sky and grass flecked with leaves below.

Aging runner in neon yellow balancing on log - it is amazing that it only took one photo and that no limbs were broken given his poor balance.

A dull day in Greenwich Park from the top of the escarpment. The towers of Canary Wharf at the rear autumn colours in trees at the bottom of the slope

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

Stride for Gaza 2025

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

There had been a torrential downpour which had stopped a couple of minutes before but the water hadn’t dissipated so I got some amazing reflections.

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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 2d

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 2d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent
Pearls - a Deptford mural generally known as Deptford Pearls

A large mural on the side of a building - mainly pink - at the top are two chimneys one with a tie around it, the other with a tie. On the shop extension at ground level are two chimneys on a blue background at 90° to what you’d expect.

The text on the information panel
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Deptford Pearls
by Artmongers
When we first started thinking about this mural in 2001, we wanted simple, playful visuals but with many potential interpretations. We never intended to represent a binary heterosexual couple; it was about the roles we play, or even different aspects of the same personality.
This comes across in the stories associated with this terrace, which was built by a woman, Mary Slade, between 1775 and 1785. Mary ran a haberdashery business with her sister Elizabeth; they lived in the largest house, 110. The two sisters won contracts to supply the naval dockyard and became extremely wealthy together.
She is often confused with another remarkable woman, Mary Lacey, who ran away to sea dressed as a man and later trained as a shipwright. Ill-health forced her to give up her work and reveal her gender, threatenirig her pension. Legend has it she had help from a local aristocrat in obtaining it, after which she moved in and began an affair with his wife! The truth is, according to local historians, she married, settled in Watergate Street, and had at least six children. How you choose to interpret a story or a mural is really up to you.
All this makes us wonder if we were unconsciously influenced by their stories, as well as this building... maybe they are the original Deptford Pearls. Whatever the case, these womens' gender-bending stories let us see beyond the surface.

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ElliOnTheGo @ellionthego.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes it takes a grey day to show the beauty of this land’s raw perfection.

#Iceland 🇮🇸 #Arnardrangur #Reynisfjara
#landscapephotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky 📷
#ThePhotoHour #StormHour
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
#TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday

A moody coastal scene from Reynisfjara in southern Iceland on a rainy day. The tide has receded, exposing wide stretches of dark volcanic sand that glisten faintly under the misty light. In the middle distance, a solitary rock formation rises from the shoreline, its rugged surface softened by the haze. Gentle waves curl along the beach, their white foam tracing delicate lines against the black sand. In the background, distant cliffs and headlands fade into the fog, giving the entire landscape a quiet, almost otherworldly atmosphere.

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Lorraine Inglis @lorraineinglisd.bsky.social · 2d

A quiet moment between tides 🌊🩵 But beware of the quicksand!!

#TidesOutTuesday
#weston-super-mare #pier
#ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #photography #EastCoastKin

The pier at Weston silhouetted in the blue evening light. Empty beach at low tide.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 2d

Used a photo from that spot a couple of weeks ago for #TidesOutTuesday

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 2d

It was something like 8°C in August

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Three Cliffs Bay!

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Nita Lewsey @redlucy54.bsky.social · 3d

#RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday the 500-600 million year old volcanic rocks on the beach in #TraethLlydan #Rhosneigr #Anglesey #TidesOutTuesday #travelphotography #EastCoastKin #WeAreRoamers #ColourADay #BlueTue

500 to 600 million year old black volcanic rocks on the beach at Rhosneigr surrounded by sandy beach under blue skies

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 3d

Couple moved in next door. Old bloke lived there before had a beautiful garden. He spent every day in it. New guy ripped out everything & put fake grass in. So I've planted trees next to the boundary that will fill his lawn with dead leaves in the autumn. This one's for you Alf

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

A view that I associate with Sebastian Barry novels; beautiful #TidesOutTuesday

Occasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 3d

Looking across to Benbulben from Strandhill last week.

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#TidesOutTuesday #Sligo

A small, sandy beach with exposed rocks and seaweed in front of it to the left. There is grass in the foreground and a small, grass-covered hillock with a ruined church on it behind the beach to the right. Across a bay in the background, there is a line of mountains along the horizon. There are cumulus clouds above them and then deep blue sky.

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Louise Tulloch @lougulltull.bsky.social · 3d

Sun shining on Flamborough Head yesterday. #TidesOutTuesday

Wide stretch of sand with clouds and sky reflecting on the wet sand. White cliffs in the distance and railings in the foreground.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 3d

Marram grass and dark rocks on the shore at Hayle, Cornwall.
#Cornwall
#TidesoutTuesday
#RockinTuesday
#Coastal
#Photography
#Reflections
#ColorADay
#BlueTue

In the foreground is Marram grass with jagged dark rocks just beyond. The wet sand is reflecting the blue sky. The coast of St Ives can be seen in the distance.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

Reynisfjara looking towards Dyrhólaey in southern Iceland #TidesOutTuesday

A black beach at low tide with stormy clouds overhead, the sea is very rough. In the distance there is an island and several stacks.

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