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Richard

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Librarian, into films, books, and gardening ♾️

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 19h
Debbie Criswell - October Moon. Acrylic on canvas.
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 17h
Water feature cover, also a portal to another house, in another world. #rain #reflection #pool
Photo of a small pool of water on top of a covered back garden water feature. A house is reflected in the pool.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 17/09/2026
Dr. Graeme Hart announced the breakthrough, confirmed in a press conference, that conclusive proof has been discovered not just of autism symptoms doubling, but of the doubling of autism itself. thedailytism.com/researchers-...
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Researchers find autism somehow doubles when on holiday
Autism “doubles” when on holiday, a landmark new study by The Institute for Why Are We Like This has revealed. Dr. Graeme Hart announced the breakthrough, confirmed in a press conference, that…
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lucy Ogden, ceramic artist living and working in Shoreham by Sea on the south coast of the UK #WomensArt (via Instagram)
Four white plates with angular images of black birds all against a wood backdrop
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaking #womensart
Print in black white and brown
Featuring a figure kneeling on the ground holding a standing dog under a tree with a
 bird and stylised sun
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gail Brodholt, London Calling, 2023 UK printmaker #WomensArt #Monday #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print featuring a covered grand railway station with commuters in silhouette on a platform betweem two trains, all bathed in early yellow light
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 13/09/2026
See that small bright object in the middle right of this image? That's the small icy moon Mimas. Floating in space against a backdrop of giant Saturn, the planet crossed by shadows from its rings.
A black swath of shadow crosses the scene from top left to bottom right. The background is various shades of blue and grey. A small, illuminated crescent is at upper right. The lower portion of the image is lighter grey/brown.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Evening", 2024. Andy Eccleshall (British/American, born1967) Oil on Canvas
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
William Sanderson : Green Twilight, 1971 oil on canvas
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
'Le Canal au clair de lune, Gisors,' (1901) is a superb example of Henri Le Sidaner's canal paintings. He often painted these waterside settings with an eerie, twilight calm, seeking to explore the transitional moments of the day.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The work of Lesley Wood, contemporary textile artist and member of the Embroiderers' Guild (via Instagram) #Womensart
Embroidery of a seagull in flight as if flying forward and to the left against a cream background
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Njal Nova @njalnova.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
David Young Cameron The Wilds of Assynt 1936 Oil on canvas Scottish Modernism Highland Expressionist Landscape Mystic Highlands of mood and mass. The Wilds of Assynt in layers of color #Art #Artist #ArtHistory #Landscape #ScottishArt #Modernism #Highlands #Painting
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706 – 1783), Bavarian painter and engraver known for her still lifes and flowers paintings #womensArt
Painting of a close-up of a thistle with spiked green leaves and two pink flowers with two butterflies, all against a black background
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Jeremy Miranda (American Artist, born 1980) "Oregon Ladder", 2013. Oil on Wood Panel, 14 × 18 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Rene Wiley (American Artist, born 1962) "Bird in Green", 2010s. Oil on Canvas, 24 × 12 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ralston Crawford (American, 1906–1978) "Whitestone Bridge", 1940. Oil on Canvas, 40.25 × 32 inches. Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, NY. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 1864–1916) Title: "Interior with two Candles", 1904. Oil on Canvas, 67 × 54 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ferry Slip - 1904 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tiny green caterpillar in the garden today. Think it's a Dun-bar macro moth. #wildlife #bugs #TeamMoth
Photo of a small green caterpillar on some netting in a back garden.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did he then take it with him, download it to his system, and then have it shredded
British Museum held private viewing of Bayeux Tapestry
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Garden lights at night, on a timer so bugs etc can still enjoy the dark 🌑 #gardening #night
Photo of green and orange lights arranged on an obelisk in a garden at night. The lights are reflected in a round pool of water.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's now extremely hard for Irish people to conceive what a wild tree even looks like, with mostly only domesticated, tamed versions remaining. This rainforest holly gives an idea. Rewilding is how we allow not only wild trees back, but the entire ecosystems of which they're meant to be a part.
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mabel says "Hay there!" #pets #GuineaPig
Photo of a contented-looking brown guinea pig lying on some hay.
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Max Ernst @max-m-ernst.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Bird-Head (Oiseau-tête) www.moma.org/collection/works/81224
Acquired through the James Thrall Soby Bequest
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The Zen of True Art @thezenoftrueart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Utagawa Hiroshige, "Naruto Whirlpools, Awa," woodblock print, 1855. #art #arte #japaneseart #asianart #japan #woodblockprint #printmaking #japanesewoodblockprint #woodcut #seascape #printart #museum #artgallery
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
End-of-summer sale at the local garden centre means I've finally been able to get a water feature - adds lovely movement and white noise to our back garden. #gardening
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 29/08/2026
motel near nickel creek, nickel creek, texas, 1993
motel near nickel creek, nickel creek, texas, 1993
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Our little rowan tree is currently bursting with berries. #trees #gardening #plants
Photo of lots of orange berries on a rowan tree in a back garden.
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Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Decatur Gibson Byrd (Shawnee, 1923–2002). Liberation (1973, oil on canvas).
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yayoi Kusama, 1998
Poster for an exhibition by kusama in Tokyo. three black cats covered in white dots surrounded by white space covered in black dots
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mabel looks fierce when she snoozes 💤 Disturb her at your peril! #pets #GuineaPigs #DoNotDisturb
Photo of a brown guinea pig snoozing in her enclosure.Photo of a brown guinea pig snoozing in a wooden tunnel in her enclosure.
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
© Norah McGuiness. 'Blackbird and Girl in a Landscape with Cottage.' Oil on canvas, 1961. 71.1 × 50.7 cm.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
'Painting for the Wind', 1961, Yoko Ono, from her series of instruction paintings #WomensArt #Summer
White sheet of paper with typed instructions about cutting a hole in a bag filled with seeds and placing the item in a windy place
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Angle shades moth, relocated from inside compost bin to shady wall ivy. #moths #wildlife #gardening
Photo of an angle shades moth clinging to a leaf on the inside of a compost bin.Photo of an angle shades moth clinging to an ivy leaf.
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Paul Klee : Fishes in the Deep (Fische in der Tiefe), 1921 16 × 21.7 cm | Oil on canvas
The piece reflects Klee's fascination with aquatic themes and dreamlike, abstract spaces. In this work, mysterious fish-like forms emerge from a dark, deep pictorial field using subtle washes of color and fine linear scratching techniques typical of the artist's early Bauhaus period.
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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Today’s Canadian painting is “Old Orchard” painted by Franklin Carmichael in 1940.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We KNOW that rewilding massively reduces flooding and the effects of drought, not to mention reversing nature loss, boosting rural communities and the wider economy, and aiding against climate collapse. Why is the government still ignoring the obvious? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Piece of art I've finally finished - a guardian for our garden, made from an anthropomorphic-looking piece of old cypress tree 😅 #gardening #art
Photo of a piece of homemade garden art made from a piece of wood that resembles a human with a long neck and narrow head. A face has been painted on to the wood.
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
© Daniel Loveday. 'Goldfish.' Oil on canvas, 2021. 40 x 50 cm.
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Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Franz Marc "Dreaming Horse" (1913) Watercolor, gouache, ink, and graphite on paper | 15 ½ x 18 ⁷⁄₁₆ in (39.6 x 46.8 cm) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY #ArtSky #Marc #Expressionism
The German Expressionist movement had many faces. One of the most interesting ones was that of the painter Franz Marc. Marc looked to the natural world as an antidote to modern life, from which he felt increasingly alienated. This is why we find so many paintings of animals in his oeuvre, with his paintings of horses being the most prominent. ⁠

"Dreaming Horse" (Träumendes Pferd), painted in 1913 by the prominent German Expressionist artist Franz Marc.

About the Artwork
Artist: Franz Marc (1880–1916), a co-founder of the influential avant-garde art movement Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider).Medium: Watercolor, gouache, ink, and graphite on paper.
Current Location: It is part of the permanent founding collection at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 14/08/2026
What a grubby little media morality play this has all been. My thoughts to his family.
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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Melancholy” is an oil on canvas landscape painting created in 2021 by contemporary Georgian artist Aleksandre Vashakmadze.
“Melancholy” is an oil on canvas landscape painting created in 2021 by contemporary Georgian artist Aleksandre Vashakmadze.
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Lovely little back garden rose #flowers #gardening
Photo of a pink and yellow rose flower in a back garden.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Midnight Sun, 1952, by Helen Sewell
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Richard @rdfallis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Grey dagger moth caterpillar spotted in our back garden this morning 🐛 #wildlife #gardening
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