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Martin Glew
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English teacher in Czechia, with recent interlude of Air pollution modelling in Czechia. Before that UKMO. Taking the leap hasn't always worked for me
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Martin Glew @mdglew.bsky.social · Feb 25
reposting things I find beautiful or make me chuckle to keep the glooms at bay
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“Karate girl” at Japanese festival. Japan. By Vincent Ricco of 500px
Karate girl
January 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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The sunrise from yesterday morning 🌅 #landscape #StunDay
January 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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"A Rope Dancer" by the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei. It was likely taken during the Meiji period (1868-1911) in Japan, specifically between the 1870s and 1890s
"A Rope Dancer" by the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei.
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Winter Sunshine at Nether-Alderley’
Artist: SR Badmin
Finely detailed mixed-media illustration looking down on a small village or large estate surrounded by a variety of winter trees under light snow
January 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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By Fan Ho (1931 - 2016).
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Slightly diminish a band

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Slightly diminish a band

The E minor Street Band
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slightly diminish a band

Linkin Playground
January 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Stanislawa de Karlowska

Berkeley Square, 1935
Stanislawa de Karlwoska Berkeley Square, 1935 The streets in the winter evening are lit by streetlamps.They are empty of people apart of two women walking towards a waiting taxi driver. Source: tate.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Excellently accessorized young lady, painted in 1632 by Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy. It's his day today.
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Contrary to popular belief, Whitby was never chiefly a fishing port, but a place of significant maritime consequence. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries its shipyards and fleet were deeply engaged in especially European trade, bringing the town notable prosperity. Favoured 1/3
The Merrie England Barque, painting by Richard Weatherill (1844–1923), depicting a Whitby-built barque on the slipway during construction, with the town below and the ruins of Whitby Abbey rising on the headland beyond; Whitby Museum.
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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me to the greenhouse glass: you better not be pulling that rococo shit
the greenhouse glass:
patterns of ice on glass in rococo swirls
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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#GutenMorgen.

Ich habe mir eine Fitness-App heruntergeladen, und das Smartphone stürzt direkt ab. Damit sind doch alle Fragen direkt geklärt. Oder? 😉 Ich trinke jetzt erst einmal meinen Kaffee. ☕️☕️ Alles Gute am heutigen Samstag wünsche ich euch. ❄️⛄️🍀

(Aus dem Archiv: Kinderdijk, Niederlande)
Windmühlen stehen in langer Reihe an einem Gewässer.
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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Moin ☀️
Eine Krähe sitzt ganz oben auf einem kreuzförmigen Gestell. Im Vordergrund Dünengras, bewölkter Himmel.
January 10, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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Good morning from Haarlem.

#GoodMorningFromHaarlem
Two figures walk down a small and wet cobblestone lane with the sun rising above them you can still see the holiday decorations in the sky and a few of the small shops have their lights on
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Snowy Prague
A view across the Vltava towards Hradčany from the Ministry of Transport. a snowy scene
January 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Like fireworks caught in Medusa's gaze. The remarkably fluid late C15th vaulting at Oxford's Christ Church cathedral. Some say it might have been built earlier.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto, Japan, during a special night illumination event.
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove in Kyoto
January 8, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Wheeeeeee! #Goretti
A weather station pressure graph showing a fall from about 1006 to 994 in about six hours.
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Nicolas Martin
January 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Morning its rather 🥶 out there! Frost laden trees in Braemar over the holiday season.
Have a great day...☕️ xx
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Winter Landscape’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
Tracks in a snowy lane lead to an open gate and fields beyond. The track is flanked by winter trees and presided over by a pearly snowfilled sky.
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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Ingleborough, Yorkshire, painting by Sue Scott.
January 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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The famous Gloucester Cathedral in England.
The famous Gloucester Cathedral in England.
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Early Morning, West Hartlepool, County Durham, 1963, photo by Don McCullin.
January 7, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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Yay 🍾 We've made it to #HillfortsWednesday! 🥳

This is the incomparable Craig yr Aderyn (Bird's Rock) inland promontory fort nr Tywyn in Gwynedd on Winter Solstice 2022 🤩🌈

This stunning, complex fort is one of my Top Ten sites to visit in Wales in 'Hillforts of Wales' 😉 📚

📷 My own
A domed summit lit by winter sun with a rainbow to the right
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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The Denny windows at Tewkesbury Abbey aren’t just windows – they are emotion, filtered through light.

I was lucky enough to photograph Tom Denny at work in his home studio. More here: www.digest.andymarsh...
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM