Happy Christmas!

I have to make a trifle, but I need to get my head in the game first.

It is time.

A game of sardines for Christmas #collage

About to head out, at this hour, to buy paracetamol, a turkey pie, and cat litter, amongst other things. Definitely Christmas.

One song is enough with some people, and this is the one I've loved for years from Chris Rea, ever since I heard it on a mix tape in the 80s.

'The Sid Vicious Defence Fund', collage in moleskine notebook. #art #artsky #punk

This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.

'The Cat', collage and ink #art #artsky #caturday

Happy 'first day of the Christmas Radio Times' to all that celebrate.

Tightly controlled chaos in the chippy, last Friday before Christmas. These are the true festive elves!

Steady! Everybody know the LOTR re-watch is a twixmas thing.

Human-made art is obviously the best thing, but early 20th century avant-garde is something else entirely. Look at these cows!

😻

Greasy rock, Sex Dwarf and Love Missile F1-11. A good time had by all with Marc Almond, @neal-x.bsky.social and the Loveless. Pretty good for a Tuesday.

Drown him, the goldfish bowl suggested. I'm reading Shirley Jackson. What a sentence.

White Bull by Franz Marc, 1911 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137861

Another cheerfully gloomy #collage for winter. #art #artsky

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When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground. For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.

'Getting away from it all' #art #artsky #collage

Excess of Christmas gravity detected

And let's not forget AI is becoming a major driver of climate change, which is going to kill off all the cute little animals anyway (ugly ones too). Do not use it. Avoid it.

Victor-Emile Prouvé The flower vendor, 1882 Oil on canvas

'You just can't trust a word he says', digital photograph, 2025. Prints available, £1m.

Took my U.S. Army jeep cap for its inaugural spin today. Strong Radar vibes around the park. Except in black, obviously, I'm not a pastel goth.

Abstract Expressionism #art #artsky #collage

A real monkey's paw of a night, where I slept past 4am but had to endure long and tortuous stress dreams. Up and at them!

The Cold Moon, being slightly ruined by the white street lights.

Struggling to stay engaged with Stranger Things S5 if I'm honest. The only things keeping me watching are Popbitch's allegations of how insufferable MBB is. Colours the whole thing with glorious unpleasantness.

Single-handedly leading the Bolshoi revival in 2025 #SpotifyWrapped #HeavyWeather

Someone* has pulled off the felted fox tree decoration's smart tweed jacket. *The cat

First word we better learn is 'sorry'.

Was going to attempt to replace the kitchen taps, but after a root under the sink sensibly realised I need a plumber. Still high on the relief tbh.

'Mid-century Modern' and an untitled #collage #art #artsky

There are many rewarding and stimulating elements to working as a therapist, but up there with the best of them is that you get to use a shredder a lot.

'Holiday Romance' Cartographical #collage #art

A significant takeaway from this article is that authoritarian regimes and those that follow them (from either end of the spectrum) have really rubbish taste in art.

Capitalism forcing you to invest in the stock market if you want to save is peak, er, capitalism.

Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature. They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature. But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.

Two Donkeys by Franz Marc, 1914 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137585

Whenever I type 'youtube' into my address bar, it autofills to this, and that's fine because it's a banger.

This looks unfathomably insane. Sherlock Holmes investigates Marcel Duchamp. What's the charge? Creating art? Succulent conceptual art?

Upgrading the lights on my rubber plant under some pretty harsh supervision.

Hanging out with some very good boys and girls this evening #dogsky

The contents of an ostrich's stomach extracted after its death c. 1930 publicdomainreview.org/collection/c...

Shooters Hill #art #artsky #collage

Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton. Photo by Virgil Apger, c1935.

Sometimes you have to deal with an absolute tosser but you can make cathartic art about it

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