Laura
@kelpiewrangler.bsky.social
Vellichorist, frustrated sculptress/painter, gardener, collector of flotsam, and jetsam.
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Happy birthday John Cooper Clarke.
"Hooker goes up to a Yorkshireman and sez: "Will you sleep with me for a £100?" He sez: "I'm not tired but I could do with the money"
Photograph by Gerald Jenkins 2015.
"Hooker goes up to a Yorkshireman and sez: "Will you sleep with me for a £100?" He sez: "I'm not tired but I could do with the money"
Photograph by Gerald Jenkins 2015.
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Happy birthday John Cooper Clarke.
"Hooker goes up to a Yorkshireman and sez: "Will you sleep with me for a £100?" He sez: "I'm not tired but I could do with the money"
Photograph by Gerald Jenkins 2015.
"Hooker goes up to a Yorkshireman and sez: "Will you sleep with me for a £100?" He sez: "I'm not tired but I could do with the money"
Photograph by Gerald Jenkins 2015.
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Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961
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#FindsFriday 🏺
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
#FindsFriday 🏺
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
#Roman dogs along Hadrian's wall: copper alloy figure of pup lifting a friendly paw, + 2 enamelled copper alloy brooches of hunting dogs.
In galleries @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social considering life along farthest frontier of empire.
British dogs were highly rated, and very good boys.
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Lose yourself in...
A Murmuration of Starlings
🎨 Annie Ovenden
A Murmuration of Starlings
🎨 Annie Ovenden
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Lose yourself in...
A Murmuration of Starlings
🎨 Annie Ovenden
A Murmuration of Starlings
🎨 Annie Ovenden
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
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Marks & Spencer are sending perfectly usable items to landfill.
The environmental impact of this 😭
They also throw away perfect food rather than sell it at a discount.
Name and shame these supermarkets.
#Marks&Spencer
The environmental impact of this 😭
They also throw away perfect food rather than sell it at a discount.
Name and shame these supermarkets.
#Marks&Spencer
January 23, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Marks & Spencer are sending perfectly usable items to landfill.
The environmental impact of this 😭
They also throw away perfect food rather than sell it at a discount.
Name and shame these supermarkets.
#Marks&Spencer
The environmental impact of this 😭
They also throw away perfect food rather than sell it at a discount.
Name and shame these supermarkets.
#Marks&Spencer
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"People across the UK are increasingly concerned about datacentres’ proliferation and what it means for access to water and power. The government being asleep at the wheel like this will do nothing to reassure them.”
Labour's infatuation with so-called #AI - hugely expensive and damaging
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed
Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"People across the UK are increasingly concerned about datacentres’ proliferation and what it means for access to water and power. The government being asleep at the wheel like this will do nothing to reassure them.”
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The root of hag come from the German hagzussa and Old English hægtesse – hedge-sitter. For those old boundaries of the land, whether tangled threshold of hawthorn or stacked stone, were magical thresholds. Sitting atop them, the witch could see beyond into the Otherworld. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The root of hag come from the German hagzussa and Old English hægtesse – hedge-sitter. For those old boundaries of the land, whether tangled threshold of hawthorn or stacked stone, were magical thresholds. Sitting atop them, the witch could see beyond into the Otherworld. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
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Camilla Falsini, illustrator and muralist who lives and works in Rome #WomensArt
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Camilla Falsini, illustrator and muralist who lives and works in Rome #WomensArt
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NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call:
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call:
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
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Two drake Smew at Tophill Low Nature 22/1/26 - one looks pristine, the other showing darker flanks.
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Two drake Smew at Tophill Low Nature 22/1/26 - one looks pristine, the other showing darker flanks.
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Why are people still on X?
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Why are people still on X?
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David Hockney
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
David Hockney
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Painting by David Grossmann ‘In the Winter Dusk' 2022.
Oil on linen over panel.
Size 127 × 76.2 cm.
Oil on linen over panel.
Size 127 × 76.2 cm.
January 22, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Painting by David Grossmann ‘In the Winter Dusk' 2022.
Oil on linen over panel.
Size 127 × 76.2 cm.
Oil on linen over panel.
Size 127 × 76.2 cm.
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I've had enough.
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I've had enough.
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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Sweater by Anne Tang Iversen, combining the Greenland and Danish flags.
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Sweater by Anne Tang Iversen, combining the Greenland and Danish flags.
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🔴 LIVE wildlife cameras ❄️ 20 January 🐦 BBC Winterwatch 2026
YouTube video by BBC
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Pingu!🐧
For Penguin Awareness Day, a Typology of Pingu expressions.
Source: instagram.com/p/CKa390dD4TC/
Part of a 40th anniversary exhibition in Japan the other year.
Source: instagram.com/p/CKa390dD4TC/
Part of a 40th anniversary exhibition in Japan the other year.
January 20, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Pingu!🐧
If you really need a good belly laugh, look at this 🧵⬇️
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Lace covers for things you didn't know needed to be covered.
Kelly Hoppen eat your heart out.
1 washing machine
Lace covers for things you didn't know needed to be covered.
Kelly Hoppen eat your heart out.
1 washing machine
January 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If you really need a good belly laugh, look at this 🧵⬇️
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For a Monday in January, the Swedish mitten museum digitaltmuseum.se/search?descn...
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
For a Monday in January, the Swedish mitten museum digitaltmuseum.se/search?descn...
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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One of these pets is better behaved than the other. Alt text for more info.
January 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
One of these pets is better behaved than the other. Alt text for more info.
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Charlotte Brontë's dog Grasper drawn by her sister Emily Brontë, January, 1834, both would later be known for such classic novels as 'Jane Eyre' (1847) and 'Wuthering Heights' (1847) #WomensArt
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Charlotte Brontë's dog Grasper drawn by her sister Emily Brontë, January, 1834, both would later be known for such classic novels as 'Jane Eyre' (1847) and 'Wuthering Heights' (1847) #WomensArt