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Stuart Aken
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Published writer. Photographer. Environment, science, humanist, walker, ancient & happily married. Find my work here: https://stuartaken.net/ I DO NOT follow DMs, porn, pretty girls & users w/o profiles or posts.
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 20d
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 12h
🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 20d
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 20d
Interested? You'll find the book at your local stockist just here: mybook.to/AnExcessOf
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 20d
#ourworldiswonderful: this will be the last of these posts for a while, as I'm having my annual break from online overload so I might retain some sanity. Be back with you all in a couple of weeks or so.
A landscape with small bushes in the foreground and a larger tree to the right. Beyond lies the coastal element of Skiathos, a Greek island, under a cloudy sky.
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Grace (they/she) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 20d
How is it already the 20th?? I feel like the month has absolutely sped by. And somehow I’ve only managed to read one book from my planned tbr for the month. So many more books to read and so little time!
#booksky
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Guido Schmidt @narkerns.bsky.social · 20d
For all people being afraid to write their story “because the same idea already exists”:

#writing #booksky
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 20d
'I was becoming increasingly exhausted, but kept that from her until she was fully recovered and fit for work again. She came home in early February to find me collapsed on the floor next to the sofa, out cold until she roused me. ‘You need to see the doctor. It’s obvious you’re not well, Joseph.’'
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 20d
The #WIPSnips word for September 20th is "obvious"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 20 - obvious Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner
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Quit your BS @quityourbs.bsky.social · 21d
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amohr @amohr.org · Sep 9
Bramblegazing
#macromonday #spiders #inverts #pnw #macro #photography #eastcoastkin
A fuzzy gray jumping spider with large black eyes sits on a red blackberry cane and carefully observes the berries. She's waiting patiently for a fly or other small insect to wander by.
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 21d
There's nothing quite like a #foodie #adventure when the nights draw in.

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#childrensbooks #booksworthreading #middlegrade #comforting #reads #booksandsnacks #Saturday #supper #tea #SaturdayKitchen #kind
Housie Mousie and the Big Cheese
Housie Mousie and the Big Cheese eBook : Davies, Suzy, Geiger, Helen: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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FireHorseLioness @firehorselioness.bsky.social · 21d
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 21d
“As long as we obey, everything will be ok.”
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M.Trazi Williams @mtraziwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 27
As a lifelong educator, I'd never describe a student as "dumb," but it was in use at Penn when he was there. This is an oldie but goodie and probably true. www.dailykos.com/stories/2017...
Former Wharton Professor: "Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had."
Late Professor William T. Kelley taught Marketing at Wharton School of Business and Finance, University of Pennsylvania, for 31 years, ending with his retirement in 1982.  Dr. Kelley, who also had vas...
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Stephen @wa3zgt.bsky.social · 20d
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Monte_Santo 💙 @montesanto.bsky.social · 20d
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 21d
#ourworldiswonderful; I leave you tonight with a shot of the tall oak that grows in a field beside the path to Goodrich Castle. Lovely specimen. What tales it could tell if only we could communicate with it!
A ploughed field takes the viewer's eye from the base of the picture in curving lines toward a tall singular oak in full leaf. To the right, a bank of other mature trees borders the field and, beyond a hill rises bearing more trees against a blue sky streaked with light white clouds.
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 21d
'She posed in her brief white bikini against the trunk of an ancient oak. I refused her offer to remove her bikini top. The newspaper wouldn’t publish it. But for Caroline, obviously, since the young woman had posed for me, I must’ve had sex with her. That was the logic of her increasing jealousy.'
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 21d
The #WIPSnips word for September 19th is "yard"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag September 19 - yard Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner
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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 21d
As I get older... #Booksky
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Chloe McDermott @chloemcdermott.bsky.social · 21d
Hey there if any fellow reviewers want to connect please give me a follow and I'll follow back. I have a website where I mostly review books, TV and films. Would love to get to know more bookish people on this app. #booksky
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Standard Ebooks @standardebooks.org · 21d
NEW RELEASE!
Poetry by Matthew Arnold

A collection of occasional and dramatic poems by a Victorian poet, educator, and critic. #poetry #poetrybook

Find it here: standardebooks.org/ebooks/matth...
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 21d
#editingtips #fiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...
7 Tips on Creating Conflict in Your Story
• Conflict: The heart of every story• Man vs. nature• Man vs. man• Man vs. society• Man vs. God(s)• Man vs. himself• Develop conflicts related to resolving your story’s central problem…
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 21d
Wouldn't it be a pleasant surprise to see all so-called Christians actually follow the teachings of their nominal prophet? I suspect most of them have never read that awful tome, the Bible.
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Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 22d
Verschönern Sie jeden Tag mit diesem Kinderbuch

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#kinderbuch
#eltern
#lesen
#Germany
#englishbooks
#childrensenglishbooks
#Geschichte
#Märchen
#Legende
#Buchgemeinschaft
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Uvi Poznansky @uvipoznansky.bsky.social · 22d
Uvi 🕯️ It all started, innocently enough, with a meal
#audiobook #Biblical
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It all started, innocently enough, with a meal
And so, in my quest for legitimacy, I knew I had to betray my brother. I had to fool my father. What I failed to predict was the formation o...
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