Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

At night when everyone has gone home @great_northern_events small creatures come out to remind themselves that humans can create beauty. Come and see for yourself last day tomorrow #gnccfmcr25 #gnccf

This week on my Patreon I wrote about how different people see spaces differently, and how we map that. And I show off the maps that I did for Nicholas Trepanier's recent book on medieval Anatolia! The post is free and public, so give it a read! www.patreon.com/posts/it-ain...

Any discussion of traditional English food and identity that isn't grounded in eels is a lie. #TrueEelFacts

Choose your own (research) adventure. My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Going to be showing my art in a gallery next week for a month which is fun! If you're in #shropshire then get on the A49 and head to Bromfield where there is a lovely art gallery above a farm shop called the Ludlow Farm Shop. You'll see mine and Matt Dixon's art there as guest artists from the 20th!

2 US folk who've signed up to my bird illustration & mental health class today have said they may not be able to stay for all of the live class bc they're attending No Kings protests. Couldn't love my attendees more rn... FULLY standing with you, you excellent humans. Chickdees against fascism 💪🪶💪

If you're intrigued by the Whitechapel murders, if you've read any books on Jack the Ripper, @hallierubenhold.bsky.social's THE FIVE is a must read. It will change the way you look at the crimes and the victims. This week I visited the graves/memorial plaques of the five; here's a pic of the fifth.

Having a nearly sixteen year old cat means having to run to the emergency vet on a Friday night. Tonight though the emergency vet helped me for free, which was honestly a shock I do need to take him to his regular vet soon so, if you have ever wanted anything from my shop samanthamash.etsy.com

There is an old prayer much favoured in Hookland which I offer up today for my friends in America: Protect us from the tyranny of troubled spirits and make them as smoke upon the wind. #NoKings

I made these pins so you can express your mood without saying a word. They’re a limited edition and will be available only for a little while. Thank you so much in advance to everyone who supports the campaign 🤍. You can find them here: www.makeship.com/products/joy...

Happy Caturday 🐾🤍

17th October 2015 Ten years ago today at The Copper Kettle. One of my favourite pictures. These young women had Liverpudlian accents and I found out later that wearing rollers during the day on Saturday was a common thing to get ready for a big night out.

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I'll be closing my Etsy shop at 11pm-last chance to pre-order one of my botanical calendars designed to improve mental health I create my photos using recent neuroscientific research so that simply looking at them's likely to lift mood & make you more resilient to stress www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Today Fröken Fräken (Ms Freckles) my sweet himbo is a proud participant in #AgriaKattparad For every cat that takes a leisurely stroll this weekend, the insurance company Agria donates 10 SEK in support of Swedish cat shelters. And that's good! 💰 #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #Cats #ProofOfCat

a very spooky tutorial

So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Jim was abandoned by his sheep mum as a lamb so came to live with us for TLC & bottle-feeding Yes, he’s wearing a nappy! It was agreed he’d stay at our sanctuary, a safe home for life You can buy a mini-Jim made by us! Order any gift in our shop & help our sanctuary: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com

Sorry, I didn’t make it to the market today (bit ill) 🫣 Since I’m not there, here’s a discount code for my online shop with a market deal… ‘ MarketDay ’ 3 prints for the price of 2!! www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products ✨Offer Only Today ✨ #MarketDay #Offer #FreePrint #Buy2Get3

Do you wanna go on this journey with me? 🌲🦊🦝🐻🐦🌳

Hello everyone 😸 I made these pins so you can express your mood without saying a word. They’re a limited edition and will be available only for a little while. Thank you so much in advance to everyone who supports the campaign 🤍. You can find them here: www.makeship.com/products/joy...

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...

I've an online pal, Wayne, who digs up BEAUTIFUL Victorian ink bottles from the rubbish dumps of yore. Wayne:'Got some new gear, want to look?.' Me:'Does the Pope poo in the woods?' Some of the gear👇 There'll be more tiny posy-making mental health kits in my Etsy shop soon, dispatched in time for🌲

“EXTINCT” is available now. This 220 page hardback book combines all my Ex|Terra palaeoart books into a single volume, with more than a dozen extra illustrations added. It ships internationally (including tariff-free to the US). dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/4381...

Are you looking for a pick-me-up gift? An unforgettable birthday present? Or starting your Christmas shopping? Please shop with us — every sale helps our animal sanctuary ❤️ We giftwrap every order for no extra charge! minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com ✨ #animalsanctuary #rescueanimals #blueskybooks

In case you wondered what a palaeoartist’s kitchen table looks like on a Friday night… These 20 portraits will be available as a set of prints in my shop on Sunday. £20 for the set, in case you’re wondering. I’ll post a link once it’s all up and running.

There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window. Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat. "Oi!" I called. "The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it." Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.

PSSST #flashsale #sale #originalart #watercolour #painting #artforsale #fantasyart #aquarelle

A young man, badly gassed at Ypres, went to convalesce in a village on the Downs. The schoolmistress made him gingerbread & brought him books, the tame ravens from the copse dropped silver coins by his chair, & one by one, his ghosts carefully took up their packs & whispered farewell.

These boys are just legs and ears. Satsuma & Chicory are still looking for a home together! They are such amazing boys with the best personalities (though Chicory really likes to chase & wrestle, he can be obnoxious for cats who prefer to Not do that). Apply to adopt at crits4cats.petfinder.com!

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery) I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

Took Bess out to Makara to find the selkies had built a house on the beach. Reminder that I set a contemporary m/m romance in this wild place (no selkies in it tho). Mended with Gold features a photographer with PTSD falling for a comics artist much younger than him. Ebook available most places.

A couple of weeks until Halloween. That means it’s time for this year’s little pumpkin-themed dragon.

🍂🍄Are you looking for something special with sparkle?✨🍁 A visual catalogue for you, featuring our unique, handmade gifts & decorations in our online shop Every sale helps our animal sanctuary- please shop with us, if you can: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com ❤️ #handmadegifts #rescueanimals #handmade

NOW AVAILABLE! The hunt for the evil Books nears its end, as Ves and Sebastian track an elusive killer who can raise the dead. Out now in ebook and paperback, with audiobook coming next year. Buy from me: jordanlhawk.com/products/unb... Buy from a corporation: buy.bookfunnel.com/6pbn12izk1

Last week I re-read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, written by Douglas Adams in the mid-80s, based on a draft Doctor Who script he wrote. It's probably 20 years or so since I last read it. 1/8½

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Our little animal sanctuary needs your support! Please take a look at our: 🐏Online shop: minimotleysanctuary.etsy.com 🌾Justgiving fundraiser: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... ✨Patreon, for £1! patreon.com/user?u=85237... 🎥YouTube, it’s free: youtu.be/q3F2cpDo1Dg?... Thank you, please share ❤️

Upper Hutt-ites into dinosaurs, check out this exhibition featuring @dragonsofwales.bsky.social art!

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly. After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

#SkyStorians, question: are there small pots of money out there for non-affiliated historians to apply to to support their research project? Most of what I can find are full postdocs or small grants for people in a post to buy them out a bit. With jobs going, some more of those funds would be good?

V useful thread here

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish. It's also available as a print at www.tomgauld.com/

EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum - a week of absolute scenes has left the organisation in limbo. Here's what happened, why it happened, and what it all means iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...

This resonates

On course to end new HIV cases in the UK by 2030.

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