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Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

Photograph taken on 11th February 2022 of a teaspoon on a square plastic garden table. It's night and the aforementioned are lit by a torch. The spoon is convex side up and looks like it might be crawling along by flexing it's neck

January 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM

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Great art on Bluesky

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Lust, 1558 #bruegel #northernrenaissance

January 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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Rose Ruane

@regretteruane.bsky.social

Another fantastic film in the Visions of Paradise series about the irrepressible Tressa “Grandma” Prisby & her bottle village, which started with creating the perfect place for a single pencil & grew into an extraordinary expansive environment of colourful scavenged glass

youtu.be/inOvmkF1fLA?...

January 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM

Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

One more for the watch list. I love that there is always one more telly series or film from this period of this type. It's like there are still folks living in the UK 70s/80s making new ones, too late for their own time but knowing us lot in the future will be digging it.

Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 1d

Now watching

Screenshot of the title screen of an old show called shades of darkness, with text in white serif outline against an ominous stormy sky

Screenshot of the title screen of an old tv show featuring a green and brown isolated moorland under a grey sky, with a small darkly clad figure walking across the middle ground, only just visible behind the superimposed episode title which is the intercessor, written in white capital letters in a serif font

January 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM

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Municipal Dreams

@municipaldreams.bsky.social

This might seem niche but it's a wonderful forensic account of one of the big ideas of public housing that didn't work out too well in practice. (Quarry Hill, Leeds, gets a mention.)

John Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year, I descended into the bowels of the Barbican to take a look at the bespoke plumbing system for kitchen sink drainage, known as the Garchey.

January 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM

Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

Red and yellow things

A line of seven large red boxes, possibly heavy duty batteries for building site equipment

A bunch of red metal barriers and doorways stacked up against a grey corrugated metal container or cabin

A skip, seen end on. The end we can see is painted yellow and it has been filled with all sorts of building site crap, including one of those red metal barriers.

January 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM

Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

Back at the building site, pure Anthony Caro stuff going on

A nice length of metal shaped into a girder-type beam or maybe the outer casing of a large conduit, at a pleasing angle in relation to the objects around, including one of those red metal waist-high barriers. The beam projects out over a shallow trench.

January 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM

Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

Bad day to take my mum out shopping. Very bad day to rely on taxis.

January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM

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Jason Heeley

@jaseheeley.bsky.social

Don't mind me, I'm just reposting some art so I can make it my pinned post...

My illustration for the cover of BEASTS IN THE CELLAR, detailing the film career of Tony Tenser, founder of the legendary Tigon British Film Productions. Written by John Hamilton and published by FAB Press, this was a true delight to work on. Mostly painted in Procreate and tweaked in Photoshop.

My cover illustration for the personal memoir of legendary director and Master of Horror, Stuart Gordon. Published by FAB Press. This one was not only a treat to work on, but an honour. Made with Procreate on an iPad.

A mock 1970s U.K. children's annual I created, based on the work of the government's Central Office of Information, whose notorious and often terrifying Public Information Films remain permanently imprinted on the minds of so many 20th century British kids. Painted in Procreate, with text and graphics added in Affinity Designer and Photoshop.

Various bits and pieces I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to create over the years for Bob Fischer's wonderful Haunted Generation project. All vectors created with Affinity Designer and other tinkering done in Photoshop.

August 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM

Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

Resolves: Less OCD, more use of brain for fun

January 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM

Stoopalu

@stoopalu.bsky.social

GRAPHICS COMPUTER PEOPLE - what sort of iPad do I need to get if I want to use ProCreate with a pen?

All I know is that preferably it should NOT be the one where the pen sticks out like a lollipop stick when recharging

January 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM

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Ray Newman

@raynewman.bsky.social

“This year there was a net increase of about 90 shops in the UK selling significant numbers of second-hand books, taking the overall total to about 1,375, probably the highest number there has ever been.”

wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2025/12/seco...

Second-Hand Bookshops in Britain: 2025 Report

This year there was a net increase of about 90 shops in the UK selling significant numbers of second-hand books, taking the overall total ...

wormwoodiana.blogspot.com

January 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM

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The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatejimbo

@redjolt.bsky.social

tag yourself im stop carrying out your intentions

A visual glossary of maritime communication flags

May 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM

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John Grindrod

@grindrod.bsky.social

Monstrosities Mon Amour has been going for a year now. I know! Thanks so much to all my brilliant guests, and for everyone who's listened in. Here's a little guide to the show johngrindrod.substack.com/p/2025-the-y...