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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

Photo of a small group of mostly men wearing black, with masks and balaclavas, surrounded by a Police Scotland cordon in the bottom of the photo, in the foreground. In the background, a very large colourful crowd of people with saltires, trade union banners, and hand-made signs in support of migrants and against racism have turned up to gather to show solidarity, and the far right guys were hoping to thwart that. They didn't.

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Bobbitworm (AllanM) @opengtuning.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A very quick study of Eurasian Jay in flight #bird #birdart #nature #drawing

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The media forensically dissects the pasts of people who challenge the status quo, such as Polanski and Corbyn. Fair enough, up to a point: we should know about our representatives. But it's far less inquisitive about those who defend power, however great their misdeeds, such as Nigel Farage.🧵

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💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸 @artofmaquenda.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The little robins are growingggg <33

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Liam Kirkaldy @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I can't believe they got this interview with the walrus

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Aw, don't worry, if they're annoying you, we can always send the 7-8 year olds who board trains wi machetes on the Balloch line, to scare them away 😄

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Hey everyone, the gig i am organising sold out 6 months in advance so I am moving it to a bigger venue! More tickets available here! wegottickets.com/event/679775

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

#Edinburgh friends, I will be in your city on Saturday, holding a stall at the market for the #ScottishPaganFedaration annual conference! The conference is 9.30-23.00, but the market finishes at 17.00. I'll be sharing a stall with the wonderful artist Rachel Mills. The Pleasance, Edinburgh. #pagan

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Hey everyone, in case you've missed it, this is the gig I'm putting on in May. The first EVER tribute to David Byrne and Talking Heads in his hometown! Over half the tickets gone, so don't miss out 🙂

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Here is Wee Aliya with just some of Linda's pigs! Wooden pigs, glass pigs, ceramic pigs, stone pigs, you name it! #pigs #pig #CuteAnimals #NeedleFelting #felting #cute #nadelfilzen #ScottishArtist #QueerArtist #AutisticArtist

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

More photos of Wee Aliya. If you're wanting a felted pet or other animals to give for Christmas, get your requests in soon, as i tend to get snowed under with commissions in November and December! #pigs #pets #cute #animals #NeedleFelting #ChristmasGifts #GiftIdeas #CuteAnimals #dogs #cats

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

When Linda (one half of Recordsville, and co-organiser of Pop At The Lock) asked me to make a piggy to add to her vast collection, how could I possibly refuse? She named this feltie Wee Aliya, which is quite an honour! #pig #animals #NeedleFelting #felting #CuteAnimals #ScottishArtist #pigs #cute

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I am a mole and I live in a hole! Meet my wee Zombie Mole! A real #mole skull, with a felted body, coming out of a felted molehill! It was very fiddley gluing aw the wee teefs back in exactly the right sockets!! The skull is from a mole i found dead in Dumbarton #Scotland #needleFelting #mammals

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

For context, this is the triptych I got the inspiration from.

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

New Hieronymus Bosch demon! This jolly friend is playing a jaunty tune atop a haystack. This is from the Bosch painting The Haywain. Let me know if youd like this wee weirdo #HieronymusBosch #MedievalArt #WeirdMedievalArt #WeirdMedievalCreatures #WeirdArt #GothicArt #AutisticArtist #NeedleFelting

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Thank you for sharing this, Alison! I'm so happy you like your wee spoopy felties! #NeedleFelting #HieronymusBosch #jackdaw #birds

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the sheep leaped over the bone. This wee sheepy is jumping over a sheep humerus a friend found near Bannockburn. I made it with curly Wensleydale locks 🤗 #NeedleFelting #sheep #CuteAnimals #animals #WeirdArt #BoneArt #nadelfilzen

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

More photos of these wee birbs. Look how long the daddy's tail is compared to the mama. Male pheasants have such showy plumage, whereas the hens just blend into the nest so she isn't seen. #birds #bird #birdwatching #pheasant #cute #CuteAnimals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishArtist

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Cute wee #pheasants on a #pheasant breastbone. I found the bone in South Ayrshire, summer 2021. The wee felties were very delicate to make. The male has shimmering gold and blue "feathers", and the female has cute speckles on her back and wings. #NeedleFelting #animals #VultureCulture #birds

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Teensy weensy #jackdaws on a #jackdaw breastbone! The bone is from a bird I found dead at Knowetop, #Dumbarton. It was awfy fiddly to make these wee tiddlers but I'm happy with how they turned out 🤗 #NeedleFelting #animals #birds #ScottishWildlife #ScottishBirds #UKbirdwatching #BritishBirds

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Just a beautiful #PeacockButterfly I found at #Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve. Out in the rain, tryna warm up. I put them in a more sheltered bit so they could dry off. #butterfly #butterflies #insects #animals #ScottishWildlife #ScottishNature #invertebrates

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

How exciting! Marmoti, my felted marmot based on the "mammoth-sized marmot" has made it to the papers! Thank you Shannon Ainslie for being interested in my woolly nonsense!! #marmot #rodents #CuteAnimals #animals #mammals

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I've made some of these sheep wall hangings before, but this one has a twist - literally! I've made the sheep with curly Wensleydale locks. Herdwick, Hebridean, and Scottish blackface sheep all hanging from a sheep rib I found in Renfrewshire. Let me know if you'd like it #animals #NeedleFelting

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

OH LAWD SHE COMIN Of course, I HAD to make a felted version of the "mammoth sized marmot" of Internet fame, photographed by Taylor Borth in Kamloops, Canada. I've named her Marmoti (moti is Urdu for fatty!) What do you think? Let me know if you'd like to adopt her! #animals #mammals #NeedleFelting

Needle felted version of a very fat yellow bellied marmot

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

More photos showing the back and the size of it. Let me know if you want this wee frame. #ScottishArtist #NatureArt #goth

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This took me so long to make because it made me so emotional. Moroccan uromastyx lizard tail skin. I painted the background many of the colours you can find on uros, in prime paint that dries like scales! I got the specimen from a pet shop in Ayr #Uromastyx #lizard #reptiles #WeirdArt #GothicArt

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Specs Owl Art / Aliya Hashmi @specsowlart.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This is not the exact haggis i gave him, but it's the first Soup Dragons haggis I made 🤗 #NeedleFelting #WeirdArt #cute

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