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@bybuhle.bsky.social

As someone with a stub on their pinky toe, people who have a whole nail on their pinky toe look like they use their feet to grab things.

January 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM

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George Monbiot

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.

January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

I’m making my 2026 be about being big brained out loud. I don’t know what that means.

January 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

When I CATCH ovulation 😭

January 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

Big shift happened yesterday.

September 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM

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Amber Valentine

@amberrecommends.bsky.social

Every now and then, I'll see that tweet that goes "When my friend tells me what they do for a living, I'm always surprised that they're trusted with such responsibility" and it's like yeah, we cracked the code. We're responsible adults, but we're still silly gooses... and we're happier

September 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

🤏🏾 laze lathandeka umbala oluhlaza

August 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM

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Amber Valentine

@amberrecommends.bsky.social

Propaganda you should be falling for:

Watching movies.

This is not even because I love movies. Get curious. Engage with films, and don't just watch them so you can contextualize your hot take or hatred. Engage with films beyond what Hollywood feeds you. Watch Africa/Mzansi Magic, some Bollywood.

June 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM

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Amber Valentine

@amberrecommends.bsky.social

Invest in worlds and lives that aren't what your immediate and very limited exposure is. Learn about other cultures and how other cultures express their art. Learn how other nations and cultures embrace the culture of film and entertainment; their identity through that lens. Get perspective

June 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM

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MIA: Contemporary Art (Bot)

@miacontemporary.bsky.social

Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, Enugu, Nigeria https://collections.artsmia.org/art/112620/

black couple seated on a concrete bench in front of a chain link fence; woman at right wears a long dress with long sleeves, with an appliqué design with cut-outs of green flowers and gold-veined leaves, black and white beaded necklace and earrings and a black and silver headscarf, with a red purse next to her; man at left dressed as a devil, with black body paint, long black fingernails and four horns on his head, wearing a shiny black skirt-like garment
Growing up at the end of apartheid, Pieter Hugo came of age during a period in which photographers sought to depict the political and social reality of South Africa. In the context of South Africa's recent history of colonial, apartheid, and post-apartheid conflict, which has inspired outstanding documentary photography over the years, Hugo's focus is intentionally provocative. His work moves towards a charged form of cultural realism that challenges many assumptions about South Africa today. Although the title of this work provides the name of its subjects, Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, it doesn't explain that they are Nollywood actors in full make-up and costume. According to a 2009 UNESCO report, Nollywood Nigerian cinema is the third largest film industry in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood movies are released quickly and cheaply, employing local actors and low budgets. Plots are dramatically macabre and often blend everyday events with supernatural elements. Many of the narratives are drawn from local symbolic imagery and traditional storytelling. For this photograph, as for the others in the Nollywood series, Hugo asked actors to recreate scenes and characters inspired by typical films. The resulting images are utterly surreal and, like the movies, toy with the distinction between fantasy and reality. Hugo's subjects confront us on their own terms, staring the viewer down. At the same time, their portrayal feels uncomfortably exploitative in its play on the Western media's often naïve or negative portrayals of Africa.

June 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

I’ve been avoiding painting this particular canvas, and I realised it’s because I don’t know how to approach what I am going to paint on it. Seems like too big of an idea.

June 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM

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@bybuhle.bsky.social

June 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM

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𝙵𝚎𝚎

@fairyism.bsky.social

between the shadows,
hiding in the depths,
the light is still on.

Vertical photograph of what must be woodland chervil, captured in a green field. Several tiny flowers are in focus, while in the background are more blurry ones.

May 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM

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@bybuhle.bsky.social

May 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

El Nido, Philippines

#landscapephotography #blackwomenphotography #travelphotography

May 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

My brother graduated last week 🥹 #humansofbluesky

May 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

Painted a new background. Wonder what this one will turn into.

May 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM

B 🇵🇸

@bybuhle.bsky.social

Always fighting the urge to not say to someone “Woah. Get a camera!!!!” Whenever they post pics they took with their phone. Some people really do have “the eye”

May 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM