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Emmaeli @emmaelie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." James Baldwin

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Speaking of voting, if you're a member and you'd like to keep the National Trust's Council free from interference from Britain (and the US's) richest financiers, don't forget to vote before the end of the month. Quick-vote takes moments and avoids the Restore Trust slate of candidates.

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Sara Crowley @saracrowley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"...through her work she had come to realize that this (sometimes) happened with people who had not gotten enough love from their mothers when they were young: They ended up wanting to please, to be good." Strout is wise and insightful with a truly distinct voice. 🩶

Blooker shortlisted novel The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

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Carol Waterkeyn @carolwater.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you @ALCS. Just a little payment this time but it will buy me some printer ink/stationery. If you are a writer/journalist in the UK, it's well worth joining. 😊

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Sara Crowley @saracrowley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cheers all round for our Best of the Net nominations for 2026. Go read them!

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also if you use the code SUPERSECONDS on my website this weekend only you'll get a little sneaky something extra off too!

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Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Honored. Working with The Forge was a dream. Link to my nominated piece about Cosby sweaters, Sleater-Kinney, and social anxiety: forgelitmag.com/2026/05/11/t...

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Like any maker I create samples which includes my new tea towels, so I'm offering them at a big discount, just one of each available. They do include the mildly intimidating Cassowary..... www.loadofolbobbins.com/products/sam... #SciArt #Birds #Illustration #ArtShop #Nature #bsnm #ArtSky

A photo of tea towel hanging on a washing line against a dark blue wall. The tea towel shows an illustration of the head of a Cassowary against an inky dark blue wash white background.

A photo of tea towel hanging on a washing line against a dark blue wall. The tea towel shows an illustration of a hovering kestrel flying above the tops of trees and against an inky dark blue wash white background.

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Now it's time to get into the nitty gritty of some of my sale stuff. 1st up I'm having a de-stash & have a huge amount of DMC embroidery floss in a small selection of colours. Come find me embroiderers one & all..... www.loadofolbobbins.com/products/des... #CraftSky #Embroidery #stitching #craft

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DESTASH - DMC Embroidery thread

As part of the SUPER SURPLUS SHARE organised by Kay Jay Clay and Chloe Haywood during Super Seconds Festival I've raided my craft stash! Choose from a selection of bright, vivid colourful DMC Mouliné ...

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Now it's Fred the pigeon's turn for his moment in the spotlight. My festive Freds are also now listed and available as both mini and larger pins. Do with this information what you will #PigeonSky .... www.loadofolbobbins.com/collections/... #Birds #Pigeons #BSNM #Illustration #ArtistSupport

A group of six laser cut wooden 20mm lapel pins showing an original illustrations by Loadofolbobbins of pigeons in different Christmas themes. From left to right they show a gingerbread house, snow globe, christmas tree, santa claus, a robin and a Christmas gift. The style of the illustration is simplified with flat colours and a bold black outline. The pin is mounted on a blue backing card that says Coosplay with Fred the pigeon.

A laser cut wooden lapel pin showing an original illustration by Loadofolbobbins of a pigeon in a snow globe, standing on snow and next to two trees. The style of the illustration is simplified with flat colours and a bold black outline. The pin is mounted on a blue backing card that says Coosplay with Fred the pigeon.

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

...and what's this I bring you new feathery friends too! Why yes I've also added my new bird mini pins. We have owls, cassowary, cute birbs, you name it! www.loadofolbobbins.com/collections/... #SciArt #Birds #Nature #Illustration #bsnm #birb

A collection of twelve mini wooden lapel pins of different species of bird mounted on an illustrated backing cards. The pins are made from original illustrations and are detailed and expressive in style. The birds shown are female sparrow, blue jay, pink-necked green pigeon, barn owl, short eared owl, bluethroat, wyandotte chicken, andean cock-of-the-rock, magellanic penguin, white-browed tit warbler, snowy owl and cassowary. The backing card has a green watercolour effect pattern that looks like leaves.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thousands of years old, this statue still stares with eternal life.

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Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This morning I came across an ad for real estate auctions. There was a former orphanage turned into a mansion and a former jail turned into an office building with a bar. So many stories in buildings! www.newberry.org/calendar/arc... #amwriting

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Architectural Stories: A Writing Workshop

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you! If you’re a writer, sign up — you may be due royalties on your work 👇

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just 1 hr left to pledge for a mini pin, just look at all the amazing insects you have to choose from!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #SciArt #BugSky #Insects #Entymology #Illustration #ArtSky #Procreate #Bees

1 hour left to back insect mini pins by Loadofolbobbins. The image shows all ten designs that are available and made from my original illustrations. Clockwise from top left the show a red tailed mason bee, blue carpenter bee, carnosis erythracephala, golden tortoise beetle, black firefly, gooden's nomad bee, oak treehopper, wood ant, common pill woodlouse, female ruddy darter dragonfly. In the bottom right corner is also an ivy mining bee and a golden hoverfly.

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John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1824: Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemd so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbd existance it hurt me to see it was...

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last year, creatives across the UK fought back against the government’s unfair plans to sacrifice them at the altar of AI - and won. We should all get behind creatives in Australia as they now fight the same fight on the other side of the world. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now less than 24 hrs 😱🤞

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've got 4 free spots to give away for this for low income writers. If this is you, please DM me and I'll get you signed up! Everyeone else, I'd be grateful if you could share so this gets to the right people. I'll even throw in a free spot for someone (picked out the hat) who does just that!

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just 48hrs left to back my insect themed campaign and £63 until we unlock the final stretch goal of a fancy holo effect sticker sheet! #SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtistSupport #BSNM #Nature #Illustration #ArtSky www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

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Mini-bee-sts - Insect Inspired Merch

A collection of merch inspired by the buzzing and fluttering minibeasts that live in our gardens.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yorkshire-based artist and printmaker Pippa Dyrlaga who creates intricate paper cut artworks #womensart

Photo of seven three dimensional paper cut red flowers on green stems

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

She traveled throughout her life to countries including Turkey, France, and India, deriving heavily from their art styles and cultures. Her influence on the Indian art world has been tremendous, and her paintings are greatly valued today, although few acknowledged her work when she was alive.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Drawn to painting at a young age, she started formal lessons in art at the age of eight. Sher-Gil first gained recognition at the age of 19, for her oil painting entitled Young Girls (1932).

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Amrita Sher-Gil ( 1913 – 1941) was an eminent Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and was a pioneer in modern Indian art. #CelebratingWomen

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This December marks 25 years since universal free admission was introduced across the UK’s national museums and galleries. With discussions underway about the future of this policy, please share what it's meant to you @campaignforthearts.org short survey: www.campaignforthearts.org/free-museums...

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Over To You: 25 Years of Free Museums & Galleries | Campaign for the Arts

Over To You: 25 Years of Free Museums & Galleries More info Share this Whatsapp Facebook Instagram Linkedin X-twitter Mail-bulk This work, like all our

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

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Annual General Meeting

Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you prefer to make your own choice for the National Trust Council, 'Restore Trust' have helpfully provided a list of their preferred infiltrators. Here's who to AVOID: Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing and Omrani 2/2

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

LaToya M. Hobbs, US printmaker of Black Women of Print is one of the many hugely talented iinterviewees in the latest womensart book🧡 'Reframing Women Printmakers' 🎁 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/refr...

Print in sepia shades featuring a sitting black woman in an interior calmly looking out of a windiw

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Woot to the woo the Diacarnosis Erythracephala has been unlocked & we're a mere £39 away from making everyone's Blue Carpenter bee dreams come true. Share with entomologists far and wide my friends.. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... #SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtSky #Illustration #Procreate #Bees

A mock up of a 25mm mini wooden pin made from an original digital illustration by Loadofolbobbins of a blue carpenter bee. The viewer is looking down from a bird's eye view perspective, seeing the back of the bee, wings open and it's upper left leg raised in an almost Saturday Night Fever pose. The bee is of a larger size and predominantly black in colour with vibrant turquoise blue hairs covering it's thorax and head. It's darker translucent wings are spread out beside it and are iridescently glistening in blues, greens and purples.

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I love having encounters with nature & a favourite this summer was a female ruddy darter dragonfly that visited our garden. Here she is in illustrated form and yes I did lovingly hand draw and sketch each and every single wing vein... 😅❤️ #SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtSky #Illustration #Procreate

An original digital illustration by Loadofolbobbins of a female ruddy darter dragonfly against a white background. The dragonfly looks as if it's hovering above the white with a shadow cast underneath it. The insect itself has it's back towards the viewer where you can see the rich vibrant colouring and dark markings of it's segmented body. The four wings are spread wide and made up of an intricate lacey black veined structure.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another very strong review of Adrian Duncan's new novel, A Thought Without Collision. For my money, he's the best Irish writer writing today. Steadily building a quality body of work while staying apart from the canapé side of publishing. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder

With a character inspired by Wittgenstein, this exploration of the mysteries of the universe draws on multiple philosophical traditions

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Woot dragonfly is a go people, now unlocked! 🥳

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The @cbcreative.bsky.social's mentoring programme for disabled writers is open for applications. Check out the details here: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

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Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers

Two talented disabled writers will receive nine months of mentoring from a published author, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026

London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here's a chance for non-fiction writers on a low income to apply for a grant to attend Penny Wincer's Book Proposal Group Program: www.pennywincerwrites.com/grantplaces?...

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Right my insect loving friends, all is now live with my bug themed campaign, we've got bees, wasps, woodlice, ants, beetles, treehoppers and dragonflies.... to be made into wooden pins. #SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtSky #Illustration #Procreate www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...

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Mini-bee-sts - Insect Inspired Merch

A collection of merch inspired by the buzzing and fluttering minibeasts that live in our gardens.

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Do take a look at the free @booktrust.org.uk Represents online author workshops taking place this year. There are six planned, suitable for Years 3-7, featuring an exciting selection of authors & illustrators. The first, with Love Ssega, takes place on 7 October. www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/09/2026

…I’ve seen the arc of the earth, From the Birsay shore, like the edge of a planet, And the lifeboat plunge through the Pentland Firth To a cosmic tide with the men that man it. —Robert Rendall, “Angle of Vision” from The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (EUP, 2005) #RNLI #poem

Angle of Vision
Robert Rendall

But, John, have you seen the world, said he,
Trains and tramcars and sixty-seaters,
Cities in lands across the sea –
Giotto’s tower and the dome of St Peter’s?

No, but I’ve seen the arc of the earth,
From the Birsay shore, like the edge of a planet,
And the lifeboat plunge through the Pentland Firth
To a cosmic tide with the men that man it.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just a couple of days before my next @backerkit.com launches and I'm still drawing ideas for stretch goals as suggested by the insect loving community. Let me introduce you to this Dicarnosis erythrocephala, a type of parasitic wasp.... #BugSky #SciArt #Invertebrate #Illustration #Procreate