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ESO @eso.org · 05/10/2026

A swirling galaxy! Captured by ALMA, this image of galaxy M83 depicts the light emitted by cold gas molecules, the ingredients of star formation. What secrets can images like these unlock? Find out: www.eso.org/public/images/potw2640a 🔭 🧪

Image of a galaxy made of two spiral arms connected at the centre, in shades of orange against a black background. Image by ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/J. Koda et al.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From Comparative Osteology (1821–38) with illustrations by the Italian-born German naturalist Edouard Joseph d’Alton, an artist and art history professor whose students included a young Karl Marx. More of his wonderful images here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/c…

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Is this a comic? Small sluggish elements from a giant charcoal workshop at the weekend.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm running a charcoal workshop at this event on Saturday in #Keighley Lots more on too.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Here are bits of my latest #comic which is about the walk from my #Baildon childhood along the #leedsliverpoolcanal Pages (A2 size) are displayed today today in (a) #Shipley marketplace, (b) #Rodley Tiny Tea rooms, and (c) at #lilac co-housing in #Kirkstall as part of the #KirkstallArtTrail

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 06/07/2026

The Scottish Comics itch Bundle is now LIVE! Get 30 indie comics from a small selection of the talented creators who call Scotland home, all for only $20! All profits split between the creators, with 13% of proceeds going to PCRF to help provide urgent aid in Gaza. 🩵 BUY: itch.io/b/3727/scott...

The Scottish Comics itch.io Bundle is LIVE! Image is of a little bug creature wearing a hoodie, "juicy" shorts, and a thong. They are reading comics on their laptop.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I felt like joining eyou (European social media platform with fact checking). Anyone else on there?

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sumptuous displays of orchids on Teesside this week; Bee, Pyramidal and Common Spotted but also various Marsh and/or Heath Spotted (and possibly some hybrids) which are beyond my level! But all beautiful and all different. #wildflowerHour #wildflowerID #botany

Photos of various Dactylorhiza Orchids, Pyramidal Orchids (plus bumblebee) and a Bee Orchid (without a bee). The bottom right photo is a particularly large orchid, possibly a hybrid.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today I organised for us lot in the #PaperJamComicsCollective to do a #Riso workshop with #foundationpressat the #baltic Next step is to make one, or two, comics together by this process.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Solstice walk up 2 Marilyns by #Skipton and a sketch of a concert in the town hall there, by #Bradfordfestivalchoir

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event Captured by Jessica Meir aboard the International Space Station, from above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia, June 5, 2026. images.nasa.gov/details/iss0... 🧪🔭

A green toned image capturing a southern aurora from above.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I went from a year to do startfinish this piece, to a couple of months, to 5 days, to 2 days, without really knowing what was happening. Was intended to be the first drawing I did at slow careful measured pace rather than last minute scrappy rush. 1 day to complete.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Fossilized Goniatite shells, spiraling throughout this piece of shale concretion. Each one a, stone imprint of a tiny life, lived out in a tropical sea over 300 million years ago. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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Fire Brigades Union @fbunational.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The Fire Brigades Union has made a statement on the proposed EHRC Code of Practice on Services. Our message is clear. Equality matters, solidarity is essential, and we will continue to fight for both.

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Mika @mikagratzke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This is very funny. And a little touching.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way. That’s more than I’ve been paid by any publisher this year.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A farmer from Tebay, Cumbria who has found what are believed to be 5 ancient lifting stones has been working archaeologists to explore the traditional practice of stone lifting. 👇 BBC News - Cumbrian farmer's stone lifting hunt 'honouring past' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Cumbrian farmer's stone lifting hunt 'honouring past'

Calum Stott says it is the "mystery, folklore and research" of stone lifting that fascinates him.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Pasting up drawings of pasteups on #Duckettlane like the self referring circle jerk I am. #Bradford #BradfordInternationalPasteupFestival

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#Duckettlane #Bradford #urbansketches ready for the #bradfordinternationalpasteupfestival tomorrow. From midday Sat 23 at the 1in12 club then out into the lanes.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

#Drawing by #urbansketch rules at a lovely music festival on the #artsbarge in #York this weekend.

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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Great piece that sums up what I find infuriating about generative AI, it strips the humanity out of everything katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/k...

katedaviesdesigns.com

Unraveling AI's 'Knitting Bullshit'

'Unraveling AI's 'Knitting Bullshit'

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Duille @duille.com · 12/05/2026

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

About to start a domestic week, so the thoughts currently going through my head are on the lines of : Are vileda super mops still the best kind of mop to buy?

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Steven Reddy @stevenreddy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Once a month 50 or so artists meet at Hugo House in Seattle to complete a page for a zine we pick up at the next meeting. I like to go in with no idea what I'll draw and just see what happens.

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binary sunrise @clarascintilla.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Possessions

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Some online #lifedrawing today as organised by @derycksart.bsky.social Like I used to do regularly and would like to get back to.

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This is wild: the authors find evidence for giant, macro-predatory octopuses in Late Cretaceous oceans that might max out at *62 feet long,* comfortably large enough to attack, kill and eat mosasaurs

science.org

Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans

Top predators drive changes in ecosystem structure. For the last ~370 million years, large-sized vertebrates have dominated the apex of the marine food chain, while invertebrates have served as smalle...

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I can't make it this year but recommend :

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Off to #CarlisleZineFest at @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social today. Here's some screenshots from another platform.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I like it when a rook, who normally has a pale grey ish sort of beak, has a striped one instead due to sticking its neb into things.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

*sigh* If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it. If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it. If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you. I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

4 upcoming #DIY events in #NewcastleuponTyne Just one of em I can make personally.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Some wake up morning portrait drawing with #DrawingIsFree

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Current listening : Everlasting Story, T'Pau, Cher, and thus inevitably, tomorrow, the Bangles and Belinda Carlisle.

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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Latest images from Artemis II. 😍 📷 #NASA

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Sequential Scotland Comic Con @sequential-scot.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So excited to reveal to everyone the absolutely incredible 2026 poster created by @mortiscausa.bsky.social 😍 We can't wait to welcome you all back to the DoubleTree this August to celebrate everything sequential and small press!

The 2026 Sequential Scotland poster. It shows a forest landscape emerging from a book with people making, sharing and reading comics across the artwork.

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Peter Godfrey-Smith @petergs.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is great. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c... (free link) "Notably, half of the whales attending were not related to the mother." "The calf was rarely left untouched, and it was usually being touched by at least two whales simultaneously."

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Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.

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Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

All it takes is to be 8am with a coffee in a room where I'm not childcaring and I realise yes, I CAN type that email, respond to that offer, use more than one sentence to explain myself, remember something of my purpose, and so on and on.

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

talking of five pound notes - I've launched a petition - not for Otters, but Bog-Moss, to replace Churchill. Will you help spread the word? www.change.org/p/replace-wi...

change.org

Sign the Petition

Replace Winston Churchill on a five pound note, with a Bog-moss.

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Paper Jam Comics Collective @paperjamcc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

TOMORROW (SATURDAY)! New comic launch! Free in! Newcastle City Library 10.30-1.30! Drop-in drawing games all day! @mducked.bsky.social running monoprinting 11-12! As per usual for Paper Jam, a mildly chaotic celebration of human creativity, an antidote to AI nonsense. Come along, it'll be nice.

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