Ceri Shields
@cerishields.bsky.social
Painting, drawing, printmaking. Also music, food, and long walks on wild moors.
Move slowly and make things.
Move slowly and make things.
Uh-oh!
… Given what you actually posted I think Moderation may need their hair trigger adjusted a bit.
… Given what you actually posted I think Moderation may need their hair trigger adjusted a bit.
January 18, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Uh-oh!
… Given what you actually posted I think Moderation may need their hair trigger adjusted a bit.
… Given what you actually posted I think Moderation may need their hair trigger adjusted a bit.
Pro-Trump right-wing British politicians are granted an audience at the White House
January 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Pro-Trump right-wing British politicians are granted an audience at the White House
It was David Cameron all those years ago who coined the phrase ‘broken Britain’ while failing to add ‘but you ain’t seen nothing yet’.
Here’s Farage saying the quiet bit out loud.
Here’s Farage saying the quiet bit out loud.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
It was David Cameron all those years ago who coined the phrase ‘broken Britain’ while failing to add ‘but you ain’t seen nothing yet’.
Here’s Farage saying the quiet bit out loud.
Here’s Farage saying the quiet bit out loud.
Is it a neolithic Guylian chocolate?
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Is it a neolithic Guylian chocolate?
‘I certainly didn’t have Trump invading an allied nation on my 2026 bingo card!’
Well no, obviously you didn’t. What kind of a weird bingo card would have that printed on it? And in what game of bingo are cards designated by year?
What is HAPPENING here?
Well no, obviously you didn’t. What kind of a weird bingo card would have that printed on it? And in what game of bingo are cards designated by year?
What is HAPPENING here?
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
‘I certainly didn’t have Trump invading an allied nation on my 2026 bingo card!’
Well no, obviously you didn’t. What kind of a weird bingo card would have that printed on it? And in what game of bingo are cards designated by year?
What is HAPPENING here?
Well no, obviously you didn’t. What kind of a weird bingo card would have that printed on it? And in what game of bingo are cards designated by year?
What is HAPPENING here?
A popular idea is that people who post bonkers stuff on the internet probably look perfectly normal if you meet them IRL. So in that spirit, compare and contrast, the outside of Jan Brueghel the Elder’s head, and the inside.
January 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A popular idea is that people who post bonkers stuff on the internet probably look perfectly normal if you meet them IRL. So in that spirit, compare and contrast, the outside of Jan Brueghel the Elder’s head, and the inside.
Unless you *are* planning to jive with, of course.
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Unless you *are* planning to jive with, of course.
I first heard Flanders & Swann — as a very small child — on my dad’s Ferrograph reel-to-reel tape recorder. Which, amazingly, I still possess. OK, that machine was antique even at that time but still, I didn’t think I was THAT old 🫤
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I first heard Flanders & Swann — as a very small child — on my dad’s Ferrograph reel-to-reel tape recorder. Which, amazingly, I still possess. OK, that machine was antique even at that time but still, I didn’t think I was THAT old 🫤
Over on YouTube Waldemar Januszczak has a little video casting doubt on the idea Hieronymus Bosch was inspired by hallucinations caused by eating poisoned bread. And he does not even think of doing a gag about Hieronymus Brioche. So disappointing 🤷♂️
youtu.be/g2hltl-1pVI?...
youtu.be/g2hltl-1pVI?...
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Over on YouTube Waldemar Januszczak has a little video casting doubt on the idea Hieronymus Bosch was inspired by hallucinations caused by eating poisoned bread. And he does not even think of doing a gag about Hieronymus Brioche. So disappointing 🤷♂️
youtu.be/g2hltl-1pVI?...
youtu.be/g2hltl-1pVI?...
Was just replying to a DM and notice how surprisingly many of the messages I’ve had there are from accounts that were soon after deleted.
I don’t think of myself as someone particularly pestered by undesirables ‘sliding’ into my DMs but I guess it happens to us all?
I don’t think of myself as someone particularly pestered by undesirables ‘sliding’ into my DMs but I guess it happens to us all?
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Was just replying to a DM and notice how surprisingly many of the messages I’ve had there are from accounts that were soon after deleted.
I don’t think of myself as someone particularly pestered by undesirables ‘sliding’ into my DMs but I guess it happens to us all?
I don’t think of myself as someone particularly pestered by undesirables ‘sliding’ into my DMs but I guess it happens to us all?
Seeing a fair bit of this kind of commentary. Greenland in particular: wake up and… do what?
January 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Seeing a fair bit of this kind of commentary. Greenland in particular: wake up and… do what?
Oh, I hope they do. They should build an absolutely colossal state of him, the more vulgar the better. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
January 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Oh, I hope they do. They should build an absolutely colossal state of him, the more vulgar the better. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
At a Remain demo in London, 2019
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
At a Remain demo in London, 2019
Thank you. Turns out I do have almost half of them on my shelves, but the diptych not featured amongst them.
BTW, taking the opportunity of downtime to sort a few thousand more books (not an exaggeration) and — oh…! 🙂
BTW, taking the opportunity of downtime to sort a few thousand more books (not an exaggeration) and — oh…! 🙂
December 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thank you. Turns out I do have almost half of them on my shelves, but the diptych not featured amongst them.
BTW, taking the opportunity of downtime to sort a few thousand more books (not an exaggeration) and — oh…! 🙂
BTW, taking the opportunity of downtime to sort a few thousand more books (not an exaggeration) and — oh…! 🙂
It’s a bit bonkers! Compare with all the posts I saw on Bluesky of the Bondi Beach mass murders the other day where videos showed the killers methodically shooting real people, none of which, that I saw, carried moderators’ warnings.
December 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s a bit bonkers! Compare with all the posts I saw on Bluesky of the Bondi Beach mass murders the other day where videos showed the killers methodically shooting real people, none of which, that I saw, carried moderators’ warnings.
Sauron: Oh fu___
December 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sauron: Oh fu___
Oh yes. A lot of jokes 😀
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Oh yes. A lot of jokes 😀
The hart’s antlers are depicted gold on a gold background but treated texturally by embossing with stamps so that they stand out when they catch the light. This is just a photo I’ve found online but shows the effect reasonably well.
December 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The hart’s antlers are depicted gold on a gold background but treated texturally by embossing with stamps so that they stand out when they catch the light. This is just a photo I’ve found online but shows the effect reasonably well.
Epstein after that meeting:
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Epstein after that meeting:
She’s just lying back thinking about how buildings with jettied upper floors are the coolest buildings.
December 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
She’s just lying back thinking about how buildings with jettied upper floors are the coolest buildings.
The Harbourne Man in… oh dear, 2018.
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Harbourne Man in… oh dear, 2018.
Back in 2017 I saw this one in Nunhead Cemetery in South London. Which suggests it was trying to find someone who actually died waiting for their delivery to arrive.
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Back in 2017 I saw this one in Nunhead Cemetery in South London. Which suggests it was trying to find someone who actually died waiting for their delivery to arrive.
A nice thing is that if you visit a bazaar in Cairo such as the Khan el-Khalili (or similar in many other countries) you can find shoes just like this to this day. Timeless design.
From a quick internet search the ones in this photo ⬇️ aren’t identical but… kinda thing.
From a quick internet search the ones in this photo ⬇️ aren’t identical but… kinda thing.
December 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A nice thing is that if you visit a bazaar in Cairo such as the Khan el-Khalili (or similar in many other countries) you can find shoes just like this to this day. Timeless design.
From a quick internet search the ones in this photo ⬇️ aren’t identical but… kinda thing.
From a quick internet search the ones in this photo ⬇️ aren’t identical but… kinda thing.
If, reportedly, Wilfred Seipel finds it ‘preposterous’ to wonder if Bruegel was likening the procession of the Duke of Alba’s army to an episode in the Bible I don’t know what he’d make of this famous fresco:
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If, reportedly, Wilfred Seipel finds it ‘preposterous’ to wonder if Bruegel was likening the procession of the Duke of Alba’s army to an episode in the Bible I don’t know what he’d make of this famous fresco:
Orson Wells spoke with frustration about directors who show a whole long shot of a character walking from the distance into the foreground instead of doing a cut to speed things up. Without saying so explicitly he was talking about this ⬇️ shot in The Third Man. He was wrong: the GOAT closing shot.
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Orson Wells spoke with frustration about directors who show a whole long shot of a character walking from the distance into the foreground instead of doing a cut to speed things up. Without saying so explicitly he was talking about this ⬇️ shot in The Third Man. He was wrong: the GOAT closing shot.