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passedwonder.bsky.social
I know you're sick and tired
But #freedom is on the other side of
One
Last
Riot

#naturePhotography #fox #London #photography
A red fox stares directly into the camera, sitting atop black plastic coated objects, and in front of blue wooden pallets and blackened blocks.
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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raynewman.bsky.social
This is excellent. Depressing, but excellent. My response has been to give up, basically, and accept that writing is a thing I do on the side, while something else pays the bills. I also like that thing, so it's fine, but I get sad thinking what I could have achieved if writing was my full-time job.
littlemaddles.bsky.social Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social · 7d
“I didn’t have rich parents, a childhood bedroom to return to or an infatuated billionaire intent on marrying me. Either writing had to make me money or I couldn’t do it. “

I wrote about making a living from writing in the new economy.

substack.com/home/post/p-...
Please sir can I have some more
On making a living as a writer
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February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Riding the rollercoaster of a #midnight coach back home.

#icm #nightPhotography #photography
Motion blurred image of a street at night, with cars by the side of the road and lit a few partly lit up buildings Motion blurred image of a road at night, with light trails from street lights and blurred trees to either side of the road. A single car is visible further ahead Motion blurred image of a multi-lane motorway at night, with light trails from tall street lights (their poles not visible), and from cars going the other way Motion blurred image of a dark multi-lane motorway at night, with light trails from street lights, and from cars going the other way, but no distinct scenery
February 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
#Breath is the least appreciated gift of the gods.
None sing hymns to it, praising the good #air, breathed by king and beggar, master and dog alike.
But, oh, to be without it!"
Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
Blackwall Tunnel ventilation shafts, Terry Farrell
#architecture #London #photography
Two large semi-conical ventilation shafts sit side by side, one is taller, the other has a metal grille around its top. Both are made of weathered white concrete.
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel
Like a @metwalkers.bsky.social wander round #CanaryWharf #WinterLights
Like a carousel that's turning, running rings around the moon
… like the circles that you find in #ICM #photography
Light trails from two lit up windmill like things move across an indistinct night time background
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Will loved spending his evenings down by the #docks with her, the views were lovely, watching planes land was cool, they could talk for hours about anything & nothing
So hard to find nowadays

She was a #ghost - died 20 years ago. But he didn't care.

#TellingStories #photography #London #ThamesPath
An man and a woman are sihouetted against wide open water, behind some metal frames. His silhouette is distinct, he's wearing a backback and looking at a phone. Hers is slightly blurred.
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
I love the #Barbican because it's a psychogeographically distinct 'realm'.
The City has old, modern & semi-modern all nestled uneasily side by side, whereas the Barbican is a #brutalist nautilus which crawled into #London out of the murky Thames.
#psychogeography #photography #architecture #history
A tall steel and glass building is next to a much smaller building with a pub as its bottom floor, along a paved street with planters and outside tables. Brutalist housing in the Barbican, photoed at night. A tiled staircase with brutalist concrete sides, well lit but photoed at night A view into a large indoor garden/conservatory, with metal supports and brutalist concrete walls.
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
People speak of the 'dark heart of the city' as a metaphor for the rat race & concentration of power
But that's because they have not stood before it
Have not heard its piston thump, buildings shaking & taxis swerving in sync
Be glad you haven't seen it
It's better that way
#psychogeography #London
A night photo of an office building with a large black oval structure in its centre, large pipes going from that to the rest of the building. There's a leafless tree directly in front of it, and a tall round tower (the BT Tower) lit up red behind it.
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 AM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Now we are some weeks from #Christmas I feel it is safe to ask - what sins did little #Robin commit, that dyed his breast forever #blood red?
#TellingStories #NightPhotography #London #photography
A large Christmas decoration of a robin is lit red from underneath. It stands atop a large porch/awning, also covered in Christmas decorations, lights and ribbons, in front of a hotel.
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Things I love about #London - walking home from the station after a Ramblers walk (along the Thames and through park and common) I first saw a #Marvel villains convention under #Waterloo
#StreetArt Art by #slaeone and others too in-progress for signatures
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Street art of the Marvel character Venom is on a wall with other lettering, tags and art around it, and the artist name @slae.one beneath it. Street art of the Marvel character Doctor Doom is on a wall with other lettering, tags and art around it Street art of the Marvel character Kingpin, with one side of his face much darker shadowed than the other, is on a wall with other art and tags to either side, and people painting the wall near it. Street art of the Marvel character Thanos is on a wall with other lettering, tags and art to either side, and someone painting the wall near it.
January 18, 2026 at 11:33 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
In a world devastated by climate change and social fragmentation, our only hope is to reach out to #ancient and #abandoned powers to save us, hope they can restore what was lost.
#photography #history #technology #London
A 3.5 inch floppy disk is splattered with mud, lying on earth near a river.
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
#WrongLondon entices you in with temptations of #mystery and #discovery. But all it delivers is #oblivion.

#London #NightPhotography #psychogeography
View from a street down dark stairs, with fencing around their top. There's an open door at the bottom of the stairs, but it's unlit. The street is wet and fallen leaves are on the street and stairs.
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
#WrongLondon doesn't do charming 'appearing and disappearing' #magicial shops. It does malingering #abandoned warehouses, which elbow their way in between other buildings.

Never knocked down, just… gone, before that happens.

#psychogeography #London #photography
An old single story brick building is painted black, has a window with heavy bars, and padlocks securing several parts of its door. It sits betwen brighter and more modern buildings.
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
"You keep away. This diggy thing is MINE!
I'm going to have the best den EVER!"

#Fox #JCB #NaturePhotography #TellingStories #London #photography #construction
A JCB digger sits on broken earth with a fox nearby on long grass next to a bin, both in a fenced off under construction playground A fox stares at the camera through grass and flowers A JCB digger sits on broken earth with a fox nearby on long grass next to a bin, both in a fenced off under construction playground
January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
It is better to #travel than to #arrive.
But #waiting? That's the worst of all.
#StreetPhotography #London #photography #trains
A man wearing a sleeveless hoodie and drinking from a plastic flask is waiting at a platform as a train pulls in. He's still and sharp, the train and some of the platform is blurred with motion. At sunset, a man wearing the suit is standing at the end of a platform, looking down the rails stretching far into the distance.
January 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
I fear the #WoodlandTrust unwisely left their signs where the Herd of Hungry #Deer could reach them…

Seen on the @ldnloop-capring.bsky.social in #Hainult #Forest

#NaturePhotography #London #Photography
I think the Woodland Trust unwisely left their signs where the Hungry Deer could reach them… A sign is on the ground and partly covered by earth and grass. It has a green background, a picture of a young deer, and white text. The readable text says "they're here to protect the new extension to Hainault Forest from hungry deer*. Be careful to protect our 24,000 tiny trees WOODLAND TRUST *Unless you are a hungry herd of deer, then please visit elsewhere." Close up of a sign with a photo of a young deer on it (from the previous photo) talking about a forest, hungry deer, and protecting tiny trees. Most clearly visible is "*Unless you are a hungry herd of deer, then please visit elsewhere."
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
If you ever catch a train from #Waterloo platform 1 & feel a bit of a chill, don't be surprised—the #London #Necropolis #Railway branch line heard about those trains without passengers, decided to run their own.
No, you won't see anything—they're #ghost trains after all.
#Photography #TellingStories
A slightly overgrown railway line splits off from better maintained ones, past two tall modern buildings and one older graffited one with a large chimney
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Life is an #adventure —you never know what you'll see next!
The world *is* the largest dungeon—no one gets out alive, and have you seen how many different levels there are?
Therefore, if you go far enough & put some points in perception—you might just encounter a bit of #magic
#psychogeography #DnD
Brick builings overgrown by vines and other plans sit either side of a river running through a brick channel, in a forest. The sun shines brightly through the trees. A toy wand its in a brick recess. It has a purple sparkly shaft, a pink star for a head, and white ribbon trailing dom it. The recess is in shadow, but bright sunlight silhouettes leaves to one side of it.
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Ice, #ice baby!
Seen in a #NatureReserve next to #HeathrowAirport

#photography #naturephotography #London #TuneTuesday
Ice crystals have formed in many tiny angular columns on blades of grass.
January 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
passedwonder.bsky.social
When #Heathrow's 3rd runway construction began #spacetime got weird—concrete started to float!
Baffling—until they realised the river-warding on 3 sides had been breached! Worse than the last time too, which had resulted in having to lift the Picadilly line over the River Crane!
#Photography #London
A hunk of concrete or other worked rock sits on netting above water, causing the netting to bend down around its weight.
January 6, 2026 at 10:45 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
#GamesWorkshop's decision to announce the new #Ork heavy assault vehicle with a publicity stunt at Heathrow Airport surprised everyone.

Took weeks to get the bloodstains out of that skip…
#London #Photography #TellingStories #Warhammer
A vehicle has a large cylinder with triangular blades protruding from its surface, attached to a long green arm. It's seen behind a wooden fence and in front of a taller concerete wall.
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
"It's so lovely to watch the #sunset over Greenland Dock together…

#photography #London #StreetPhotography #ThamesPath
A man and a woman stand side by side on a bridge watching the sunset.
January 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Greeting the first eve of the #NewYear under skies the colours of #pride flags

#sunset #photography #TransPride #lesbianPride
A pink, purple, and blue sunset seen through the branches of many leafless trees An evening sky is blue and slightly pink (especially in the clouds) behind trees and a wooden building An orange sunset is seen behind a wood of leafless trees
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
passedwonder.bsky.social
"What did you call your new house? I know how you love naming things."
"Well… we were really stuck for inspiration, so we just went for something simple."
#names #WeirdLondon #London #photography #puns
A sign outside a large house with a metal gate reads "18" at the top and "NEUHAWCE" below
December 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
passedwonder.bsky.social
Last fruit of #winter chill

#sunset #photography #silhouette #fruityFriday
A leafless tree's branches are silhouetted against a sunset, with a single apple hanging from a thin branch
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM