Remembering Elisabeth Sladen on what would have been her 80th birthday. Here are some rarely seen photos from Big Finish recording sessions.

So snazzy. I love the outfit, but your dedication to the part with the sonic caught my eye. I was kicking myself later for not taking your picture! #gally1

Fantastic t shirt on Peter Davison. #gally1

I'm glad for Europe to break away from US hegemony, I just hate the reason. And I hate letting down Ukraine plus vulnerable groups inside and outside the US. France's move helps by pressuring the oligarchs who control US media. Bezos & Zuck can conceal mass protests, but not sinking profits.

My thoughts on AI, after seeing a very liberal (and ostensibly pro-environment) friend post blatant AI slop as if it were cute...

This dear lady hooked me on #DoctorWho with her space elf character — in Time Flight, of all things — during my first glimpse of the show 43 years ago. Sarah, consummate actor, usually has no IDEA what Nyssa is talking about, but sounds convincing. One trait they share: she is SO sweet. #Gally1

The only person in the universe who *might* be able to keep these two in line. #Gally1 @gallifreyone.bsky.social #DoctorWho #cosplay #FourthDoctor #Romana #SpyMaster

@barnabyedwards.bsky.social Feels self-indulgent to go to a con these days, but the kids are all right. Giving me deja vu to the 80s, in an odd way— community coming together with extra kindness during a time of existential threat. #gally1 @gallifreyone.bsky.social

In 2021 I directed the voice cast for an animated movie about cats. It's taken five years to animate, so it's with great joy and not a little surprise, that I see it's about to get a release! youtu.be/54hM5tsS_SA?...

@barnabyedwards.bsky.social Found a new Dalek for you at @gallifreyone.bsky.social this year. Steel drums and scratchboard music. #gally1 #DoctorWho

#gally1 #DoctorWho #cosplay @gallifreyone.bsky.social The best doggo (and his inspiration) @weratedogs.com

ha ha that's great! I think I saw a Thirteen with her husband as Yaz, too! (This is the future liberals want: have fun and stop gatekeeping things that are just different phone wallpapers)

Attention #Gally1 @gallifreyone.bsky.social - Next to airport, but cloud cover 3% — which will win, light pollution or my telescope? Answer: my 'scope by the pool tonight saw Orion Nebula, Jupiter, and Flame Nebula—NO AI, just digital stacking (2-4 minute exposure to sift real photons from noise)

Katherine Hepburn giving an eerily familiar rundown of "Americanism" to Spencer Tracy in Keeper of the Flame, 1942. m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2gK...

Folks, I know y'all are tired. So am I—born with arthritis, this admin is the biggest threat to my health. But we can't let them wear us down. Congress & the @housedemocrats.bsky.social show a hint of spine when we push hard, but ONLY when we clog their phones. CALL. This makes it easy: 5calls.org

Anna's #hummingbird Found this little guy banging weakly on upstairs window. He must've flown in when the garage was open, with patio glass door visible through the kitchen. I was worried, but once he tanked up at the honeysuckle outside my patio, he rocketed up and zipped away.

Oh, you want little guys? I'VE GOT LITTLE GUYS.

Trying to decide which of my No Blood For Oil signs to bring out. The one from Bush 41? Bush 43? The other one from Bush 43? These chucklefucks are all the same: they can't govern, and when the stupid people who voted for them start to notice their failure, here comes the lawless invasion.

Feeling really depressed yesterday and couldn't squeeze a sketch out until after midnight, when I was curled up in bed with my cats. Sometimes I do better just fingerpainting on my phone. #myart #procreate

Bio Update: Childless cat lady, currently looking after Mama Mimi (left) and hija Luna (right). Journeyman oil painter, chronic illness haver, Doctor Who fan, lifelong learner, and Californian.

Merry Christmas for those who celebrate. May the best parts of the holidays outshine the hassle, and may you find time to rest and enjoy comfort with those you love.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day21 The world of fanfic is strange and wonderful, and someday you may be inspired to draw Peter Davison as a werewolf. (No, it's not THAT kind of fic. In the #AlbertCampion novels, an alleged witch curses him. A friend of mine wrote a fun "what if the curse worked?" AU.)

NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230. No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech. We can't let this happen. Share & take action www.badinternetbills.com

#ArtAdventCalendar Day20 - Pen & ink portrait of the late, great Jean Marsh in her role as Morgan Le Fay in 80s #DoctorWho. Wish I'd gotten this one autographed before she passed last spring.

Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar. 💖

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 20 ‘Winter Sunrise’ Artist: SR Badmin

#ArtAdventCalendar Day19 - #ChronicPain Parasite - brush markers on paper for #inktober 2019, showing how it felt when arthritis/fibromyalgia began digging into my hands such that I could no longer dissociate discomfort using Spock's "There is no pain" trick I learned watching #StarTrek as a kid.

#ArtadventCalendar Day 18 - two hour sketch of Gila woodpecker on Saguaro cactiI I drew two days ago on #Procreate and a photo I took outside Scottsdale ten years ago

#artAdventCalendar Day17 - Is this your cat? A couple years ago I saw a photo of this cat sitting in the corner of an empty room and felt compelled to draw a caricature on #procreate. Imagine my surprise a few days ago when my parents' cat nearly copied it, except his markings are different.

#ArtArtventCalendar day16 - my study of part of a #Cezanne #oilpainting, "Pommes et biscuits," for my "Learning from the Great Masters" art class, and my original still life trying to use his technique (plus process photo)

For Day 16 #artAdventCalendar evening, another public art thing done in January 2017 for the Deep Freeze Festival. Temporary chalk mural done in 6 hours on literally the worst surface I've ever dealt with

#artAdventCalendar day 17 - A tree in our municipal forest, Eilenriede (Hanover) #kleineKunstklasse #artshare #penandink #art #ink #drawing #inkdrawing #inking #artchallenge #sketch #zeichnen

#ArtAdventCalendar Day15 Bright colors are never enough. Doodling with radial symmetry in Procreate.

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day14 My parents' cat Ganache, 30 minute sketch just now on @procreate.com

#ArtAdventCalendar Day13 Lizard study. My cats' second least favorite patio visitor (the first being another cat) #Procreate app, 1.5 hour from own photo ref

Get a heated toilet seat they said. It's the best thing ever they said. #FridayVibes 😼 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

#ArtAdventCalendar Day12 #procreate New #digitalart technique adapting some of what I've learned from #oilPainting: #fingerpaint shapes of tone as much as possible before switching to stylus for details on overlayers. Ref an old #photo I'd taken in #JoshuaTree, curves adjusted to brighten feathers.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day11 Going through an old hard drive recently, I found this charcoal portrait of a friend's manx cat, Pooka, that I drew ten years ago. Both friend and cat were taken too soon. 😿

Also, of course, the State Department changing typefaces for reasons that boil down to "fuck accessibility" is both utterly in line with the overt bigotry of this administration and a signal indicator of how unserious these people are, it doesn't matter what typeface you use when you're a joke

I (belatedly) thought I’d inquire about this. Anybody want to assist me in Getting The Hell Out Of Dodge at #Christmas? https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/802500831283953664/ill-be-home-for-christmas-unless-theres-a

#ArtAdventCalendar Day10 I was recently disconcerted to find that mucking around with #Procreate Pocket using a finger for 15 minutes can produce art that looks about as good as some of my more strenuous efforts. I'll be experimenting with this on ipad in future

#ArtAdventCalendar Day9 #oilpainting study of one flower from an 1884 #FantinLaTour painting (ref image: www.christies.com/lot/lot-6435... ) I had to refine/adjust some shapes during glazing. This was my first flower apart from a simple Manet bouquet study to start the course.

Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised. Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

No step on snek #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtAdventCalendar #AnimalArtTuesday

#ArtAdventCalendar day 8 - watercolour pencil of “wrinkle rock”

Day 9 Art Advent Calendar Travelling (or trying to, yay delays) for work so enjoy an older Inktober picture, a rare, Taco Armadillo #Art #ArtAdventCalendar #drawing #inktober

#ArtAdventCalendar 9 Yarn ball wreath, 14” Something fun and Christmassy. One of my favourite decorations, being a knitter and crocheter. 😁

Wow. Did a double take and had to look closer — yes, it's a painting not a photo. (Flow lines of branches, deliberate color choices should've been a giveaway, but they're subtle)

My vet loved my shirt today - it's this anti-declawing shirt by @crits4cats.org! streamlabs.com/crits4cats/m...