UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.

@thyroidnow.bsky.social hey Starr. I forgot that you were here! There's a letter en route to you explaining where I've been for the last 6 weeks.. I didn't mean to disappear. Stay safe and stay in touch. Sorry for the loss of contact

@mrianb.bsky.social How are you doing Ian? I've been a bit out of it since early March x

@andywoodturner.bsky.social so whilst I'm flat on my back in hospital someone's done bad things to the Marmite supply!!! And nobody told me!!! The horror

I keep forgetting that I have this account

Every American needs to watch this:

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

Another long Sunday morning walk

@toolie.bsky.social hallo

@andywoodturner.bsky.social I have a question. Planning to leave Twitter 😠. Just trying to get myself to do it as I have good memories of friends there(most have gone) Anyway as I was about to hit the bye-bye button I saw your potential house purchase. Did you do it?

@andywoodturner.bsky.social hello ndy... what wood/would🤭 you say this is?

Love to see you at my open studios today. meikiedesigns.com/pages/come-a...

Restocking my ‘gifts’ table ready for open studios this weekend Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th. Great Fathers Day gifts too. More info here meikiedesigns.com/pages/visit-...

Israeli forces seize Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg flip.it/3TNvzs ISRAEL CAN NO LONGER TAKE THE HIGH ROAD. THEY HAVE FREELY CHOSEN TO ESCALATE AND COMMIT GENOCIDE COMPARABLE TO THE HOLOCAUST. NETANYAHU & HAMAS ARE MOSTLY TO BLAME. BUT ABOUT 50% OF THE ISRAELI POPULATION ARE OK WITH IT!

URGENT: UK MUST ACT TO PROTECT THE MADLEEN & ITS CIVILIAN CREW 🚨Greta Thunberg & other peaceful protestors have been abducted by Israeli forces from the UK-flagged aid ship Madleen on intl waters It was delivering life-saving supplies to Gaza This is a violation of intl law and UK sovereignty...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl... The world is watching

@meikiecakie.bsky.social hope the weekend was all you hoped for... in your most upbeat imaginings

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... THIS (Read how inspirational the French dockers were/are!) Please sign and share everywhere

@meikiecakie.bsky.social morning Meikie hope today goes well x

This lady is my hero right now.

@andywoodturner.bsky.social of any use to you Andy

Today and every day: You matter 🏳️‍🌈 You are loved 🏳️‍🌈 You are worthy 🏳️‍🌈 Your identity is real and valid 🏳️‍🌈 BE PROUD. BE YOU! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈

Find them in the drop down menu along with the matching table mats, coasters and mugs. meikiedesigns.com/collections/...

Had to take a picture as the colours looked so pretty. A selection o glass chopping boards/trivets/counter savers/ cheese boards/cake platters ready to be packed up. Splash of colour for kitchens and dining rooms.

New mirror design. Added the Blueberry Butterflies to the pocket mirrors as I had it in all my other gift items except the mirrors 🙄. Also as the pink tulips one I added the other day had sold out 😃. Now restocked. meikiedesigns.etsy.com/listing/1761...

"You can recycle me." 😁👍 Oh, okay then. www.darrellwakelam.com #art #sculpture #edusky

In 2025, if you like an artists work online, share it. I see AI generated art getting thousands of views, while hard-working creatives go unnoticed. Artists don't exist in a vacuum, creative people need the oxygen of support to find their audience. Find what you love, and shout about it. 👍❤️ #edusky

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ another wonderful review came in for my round dolphin table mats. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again #happycustomers happy me. I may start a thing where us artists, designers, writers all creatives do a #fivestarfriday thing! Please join in meikiedesigns.etsy.com/listing/8547... #dining

Who'd like to buy a book from me?

Great piece of writing … “He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.” The whole article: thehobbledehoy.com/2019/03/08/b...

A little video of ‘what’s on the workbench?’ for you today… Dragonflies, magnolias, iris and butterfly wings patterns making up just the start of this tile order. Which is your favourite? #bohointeriors #maximalist meikiedesigns.etsy.com/listing/1041...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ it’s wonderful when a huge painting that now lives in the USA with collectors of my works, has a whole new life as art prints, in this case one a teeny fraction of the size of the original. Happy customers, happy me. meikiedesigns.etsy.com/listing/9084...

Having old football equipment and clothes!!! Do not throw them away✋ Donate them to our academy in Uganda. They can change a girl's life. DM me for the Postal address.

These are pro-democracy Turkish demonstrators showing support for Istanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu - Erdogan's rival.

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Great bargains to be had 💙. I’ve been adding a few end of line and slight seconds to my SALE section of my Etsy shop. A yummy selection of the blue items there. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Meik...

Oooh lucky folk

As I’ll be sending another set of round Dolphin table mats out this week, I thought I’d share a few of the other pieces showcasing the beautiful creatures. We all know someone who adores them 🩵 . meikiedesigns.com/search?q=Dolph… Dolphins chasing a shoal of fish#dolphinlovev#swimwithdolphinsns

I've had a BUSY afternoon. The bird song tonight is beautiful, my wee one received his packaged Pokémon and right now I'm rather content

#drawing 4606 mini landscapes #thedailysketch #adrawingaday

Call it a non-scientific finding if you wish, but it’s an incontrovertible truth that the reading experience is enhanced exponentially when a dog or cat is sleeping nearby.

Look at my lovely horse picture by @mooseallain.bsky.social which came in the post today! This genuinely made me laugh out loud when I first saw it, and it still does. I think it’s the horse’s expression that I love the most

@meikiecakie.bsky.social how are you this morning?🫂

@helenintgarden.bsky.social any good tv/movie recommendations? I loved the straight story

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it. So we moved over to blue sky. Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-) Please do Follow Retweet & repeat

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

@thyroidnow.bsky.social hey Starr. Here i am 🐐🧶