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Andrew C.A. Elliott

@acaelliott.bsky.social
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Writing, Softwaring, Figuring, Photo-ing, Listening. Some sax playing. Trying to make sense of the time I've spent on this planet. Writer: "Is that a Big Number?" & "What are the Chances of That?" - how we understand numbers and probability, respectively.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 14h
I feel ya 😪
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 12h
This has got to be on top of every girl's Christmas Wish List, surely? #BookSky
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Marsh/Mike P. @marsh-p.bsky.social · 8h
Thinking about _when_ the Tories became an electoral irrelevance/joke party. It's tempting to think it was at #LizTruss. But she was a symptom. It was when they chose Boris Johnson. That's I think when the nation said, meh if you're not taking this seriously, why should we? #toryconference
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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026
Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social
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Tony Borroz @nemounruhe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cadillac Coupe Deville Custom 1960. - source Amazing Classic Cars.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From a Jewish lady, thank you, Mr Pope 💙
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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Walter Alvarez @walter2864.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#BlazingSaddles
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kim Tschang Yeul (S. Korea, b. 1929) : Water Drops, 1979 Oil on hemp cloth 27 × 22 cm | 11 × 9 in Known for his paintings of water droplets.
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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You ever think, what I want isn't to be a successful author. That would be cool, but no. What I want is a UBI that lets me write full-time. I'd be unstoppable.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Laurie Anderson, US avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a standing white woman with short hair wearing black in front of an image of a giant clock face
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Facts, plain and straightforward 💯🎯
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"If this guy isn't impeached and removed, what's the purpose of the whole Constitution?" - George Conway #FlipCongressBlue
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We can be absolutely certain that Mr. Smith is not in the #EpsteinFiles like Trump is...
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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grasshopper Figure carved hematite c. 1800-1700 BC Old Babylonian culture Babylon #handmade #carved #hematite #grasshopper #art #sculpture #ancientsculpture #ancientart #Babylonia #culture #Babylon #EuphratesRiver #nature #beauty #ancientBabylonia #fertility #omen #astrology #locusts #foodsource
In ancient Babylonia and the broader Mesopotamian culture, grasshoppers (and their swarming phase, locusts) held a multi-layered, dual meaning. They represented both a positive symbol of fertility and abundance and a destructive force of nature used in divination and dietary sustenance.
In their solitary, non-destructive form, grasshoppers were viewed by Babylonians as symbols of the natural cycle, fertility, and abundance. Because they appeared in large numbers during agricultural cycles, they were tied to the life-giving forces of the earth.
This famous example is a beautifully detailed, nearly 4,000-year-old Babylonian stone weight carved from hematite in the shape of a grasshopper (c. 1800–1700 BCE). Used in markets for fair trade transactions, the grasshopper shape on the weight likely invoked blessings of agricultural prosperity and nature.
When solitary grasshoppers crowded together and transformed into swarming locusts, their meaning shifted drastically. To the Babylonians, a locust swarm was a catastrophic event that could strip fields bare and cause widespread famine.
Babylonians were deeply invested in astrology and divination. Grasshopper and locust behavior was carefully documented in cuneiform omen series (such as the Šumma Ālu). A swarm of grasshoppers appearing in a specific city or flying in a particular direction was interpreted as a direct message or warning from the gods, usually predicting economic ruin, military invasion, or divine displeasure.
Despite the threat they posed to crops, grasshoppers were heavily utilized by Babylonians in daily practical life.
Babylonians actively harvested locusts and grasshoppers for food. Cuneiform records show that mass amounts of these insects were caught, preserved in brine, and transported over hundreds of kilometers to be eaten as a protein-rich delicacy or everyday staple.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Andrew C.A. Elliott @acaelliott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#IAmWriting I'm writing again. It's early days with this piece, and I thought it might be interesting to be public about the process, because it's something I think about a lot when I am doing it. I'm writing because it's too hard not to be writing. more ...👇
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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By Will McPhail
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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The Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Canadian automakers have developed an EV car that can travel 500+ km on a single charge, shows snow covered lane lines on your windshield on snowy highways, and heatmaps animals on the side of the road so you have a warning about deer and moose at night. This is for us. BRING IT TO MARKET!! 😍❤️🍁
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💥 HUGE NEWS 💥 “Ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto” Exclusive for The Independent.
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Textile embroidered art by Sophie Standing, British born textile artist #womensart
Pictorial textile artwork featuring an elephant facing forwards
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, from Salmon Tower 11 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, 1935 by US photographer Berenice Abbott #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a New York cityscape with skyscrapers
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
René Magritte (1898-1967) The Princess of Autumn, 1963. Oil on canvas
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely.... #BookSky #WritingCommunity
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ed Milliband - I am a proud European because of the values of the European Union.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ed Milliband - Brexit has not delivered what was promised to my constituents. The blame lies with those that lied to them! Names Gove, Johnson Rees-Mogg and Farage! #BrexitFail
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Ashley Holden 🩷 M.Ed. @mrsholden2019.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The amount of money Jeff Bezos "earns" in 5 MINUTES could completely pay off the debt I've accrued while fighting #cancer for the last 18 YEARS. He could be doing so many amazing things for humanity. What a shame. I hope to someday live in a country where I don't need this help. ❤️
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remembering the late great MICHAEL GAMBON — who left us 3yrs ago today, aged 82 (I had the privilege of working with him on only my 2nd professional job as an Actor, at the National Theatre)
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Art Nouveau jewllery designed by Glasgow School artist and Frances Macdonald (1873 –1921) #WomensArt
Four photos of brooches created in silver and enamel in an Art Nouveau style
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Get out and vote! He literally had people raise their hands and pledge to cheat two weeks ago in Dallas.
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Steve Mills (American, born 1959) "Landscape with Tree" (1984) oil on canvas
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jaime Corum - The Red Tapestry (2011)
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D. Patrick Rodgers @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Look at this absurdly well-behaved collie I met today. Looks like a book jacket author photo.
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to wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Maybe the most baffling thing to me about this kind of snobbery is that the guy who's often cited as"the greatest writer in the history of the English language" is best known for the texts he wrote to be read out loud by actors on a stage
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dance of the Wind and Storm by Thomas Blackshear, 1996
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Harvest Moon (Golden Hare) by Tamsin Abbott, English stained glass artist. #HarvestMoon is the #fullmoon closest to the autumn equinox #WomensArt
Stained glass artwork in gold and black featuring a hare lying down amonst grasses under a golden full moon
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yarn-bombing, thought to have originated in Texas USA, instigated by clothes-shop owner Magda Sayeg and her group Knitta Please, who began the "knit graffiti" movement to brighten up public spaces in a form of street art popular with women particularly #WomensArt
Photo of a pavement with circular barriers covered in coloured yarn
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Truth 💥
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🕊 Sharon ~ NHDogLover ⚖️ 🗽 @nhdoglover.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Salvador Dali, Two dancers, pen and paper, 1949 #Art
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“If Farage will do you a Cameo for seventy pounds, just ask yourself: what would he do for seventy million?”
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
flood
Digital painting, flooded city streets
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel. Now no one dares.
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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
80 hours of embroidery! This aerial landscape is directly inspired by Dartmoor and I'd say I have another 30-ish hours to go? I'm now starting to fill in the fields for the sheep, the tor area will be done last as I'm still deciding whether I want a slope or not 😅 I hope you like it! #art
An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial-view landscape. It depicts a moorland scene in a range of green shades, about 70% completed.
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