Symmaria
@symmaria.bsky.social
Used to teach Art, now I spend as much time as possible looking at my dog, trees and the sky.
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Pic 1: our Nutmeg a few years ago wearing a sports leotard to stop her licking a sore on her leg. We put her in it last night, left her in it and a couple of hours later found…
Pic 2: the leotard lying next to her bed
Totally baffled as to how she got it off.
Pic 2: the leotard lying next to her bed
Totally baffled as to how she got it off.
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Pic 1: our Nutmeg a few years ago wearing a sports leotard to stop her licking a sore on her leg. We put her in it last night, left her in it and a couple of hours later found…
Pic 2: the leotard lying next to her bed
Totally baffled as to how she got it off.
Pic 2: the leotard lying next to her bed
Totally baffled as to how she got it off.
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I genuinely hate having to plug my work on here. I would rather post my cartoons and drawings without a link to my website, but unfortunately social media is an important element of our business, so I have to do it. I do appreciate the reposts and thank you for the support since I came to Bluesky.
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I genuinely hate having to plug my work on here. I would rather post my cartoons and drawings without a link to my website, but unfortunately social media is an important element of our business, so I have to do it. I do appreciate the reposts and thank you for the support since I came to Bluesky.
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
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New commission finished!!
This portrait request was made by the lovely Megan Nentwich.
Because I have a strict ‘no accessories’ rule, I had to use all of my animal knowledge and artistic ability to remove the bin from my portrait.
I think we can all agree I’ve done that seamlessly.
This portrait request was made by the lovely Megan Nentwich.
Because I have a strict ‘no accessories’ rule, I had to use all of my animal knowledge and artistic ability to remove the bin from my portrait.
I think we can all agree I’ve done that seamlessly.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New commission finished!!
This portrait request was made by the lovely Megan Nentwich.
Because I have a strict ‘no accessories’ rule, I had to use all of my animal knowledge and artistic ability to remove the bin from my portrait.
I think we can all agree I’ve done that seamlessly.
This portrait request was made by the lovely Megan Nentwich.
Because I have a strict ‘no accessories’ rule, I had to use all of my animal knowledge and artistic ability to remove the bin from my portrait.
I think we can all agree I’ve done that seamlessly.
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Hi folks, I'm thinking of offering writing workshops online. Bespoke and small, like my work 😉 Each one will be unique and 1.5 hours long. For non-fiction and fiction, and complete beginners welcome. £12 per workshop. Interested? If so, I'll get something proper together and tell you about it soon ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hi folks, I'm thinking of offering writing workshops online. Bespoke and small, like my work 😉 Each one will be unique and 1.5 hours long. For non-fiction and fiction, and complete beginners welcome. £12 per workshop. Interested? If so, I'll get something proper together and tell you about it soon ❤️
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Remember to add adorable alt text to your snow pics 🫶
Just like Craig.
Just like Craig.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Remember to add adorable alt text to your snow pics 🫶
Just like Craig.
Just like Craig.
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In December 1992, in the Sarajevo siege, a sniper pinned me down for 40 mins. Each time I lifted my head, he fired into the wall just above me. When I got up, too cold to lie there any longer, he deliberately missed me again. Was this one of the tourist killers we hear about?
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In December 1992, in the Sarajevo siege, a sniper pinned me down for 40 mins. Each time I lifted my head, he fired into the wall just above me. When I got up, too cold to lie there any longer, he deliberately missed me again. Was this one of the tourist killers we hear about?
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Has anyone read my beautiful (credit to my lovely publisher), calming, life-affirming book? Do you think it would make a nice Christmas gift? Can you help me let people know about it? Here it is: geni.us/ThePlaceImin 🎁
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Has anyone read my beautiful (credit to my lovely publisher), calming, life-affirming book? Do you think it would make a nice Christmas gift? Can you help me let people know about it? Here it is: geni.us/ThePlaceImin 🎁
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Eight portraits drawn today for your viewing pleasure. Put them in the general direction of your gaze and prepare to be gobsmacked by their beauty.
Usual reminder that my picture is always the one on the right….
Usual reminder that my picture is always the one on the right….
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Eight portraits drawn today for your viewing pleasure. Put them in the general direction of your gaze and prepare to be gobsmacked by their beauty.
Usual reminder that my picture is always the one on the right….
Usual reminder that my picture is always the one on the right….
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
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WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
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Meta is using your Whatsapp messages and Facebook & Instagram DMs to train its generative AI. If you want to object, you can do so here www.facebook.com/privacy/genai
How Meta uses information for generative AI models
Learn how Meta uses information for generative artificial intelligence, generative AI models.
www.facebook.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Meta is using your Whatsapp messages and Facebook & Instagram DMs to train its generative AI. If you want to object, you can do so here www.facebook.com/privacy/genai
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Making your content and information accessible is viewed as a nice thing to do. And it is.
But this World Kindness Day, we wanted to remind everyone that access to information is a human right. We shouldn't need to keep asking for it, it's simply how it should be.
But this World Kindness Day, we wanted to remind everyone that access to information is a human right. We shouldn't need to keep asking for it, it's simply how it should be.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Making your content and information accessible is viewed as a nice thing to do. And it is.
But this World Kindness Day, we wanted to remind everyone that access to information is a human right. We shouldn't need to keep asking for it, it's simply how it should be.
But this World Kindness Day, we wanted to remind everyone that access to information is a human right. We shouldn't need to keep asking for it, it's simply how it should be.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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This cartoon has been popular recently. It's now available to buy on our website.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This cartoon has been popular recently. It's now available to buy on our website.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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Donald Trump’s demand for a billion dollars from the BBC comes from a local Florida law firm. It was sent to the wrong address, and the writer didn’t know what ‘salacious’ really means: ‘Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC…’
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Donald Trump’s demand for a billion dollars from the BBC comes from a local Florida law firm. It was sent to the wrong address, and the writer didn’t know what ‘salacious’ really means: ‘Due to their salacious nature, the fabricated statements that were aired by the BBC…’
#TerrierTuesday #CairnTerrier #HiVis
There are three engineers in our family. The smallest tends to engineer chaos.
There are three engineers in our family. The smallest tends to engineer chaos.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#TerrierTuesday #CairnTerrier #HiVis
There are three engineers in our family. The smallest tends to engineer chaos.
There are three engineers in our family. The smallest tends to engineer chaos.
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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New commission finished!!
At first glance I thought this was a goat. But, upon closer inspection, I think it might be some sort of fancy sheep.
Whatever it is, it belongs to the wonderfully lovely Tamie Tam.
I don’t know what she’s called, but I’ve named her Maybe BaaBaa.
At first glance I thought this was a goat. But, upon closer inspection, I think it might be some sort of fancy sheep.
Whatever it is, it belongs to the wonderfully lovely Tamie Tam.
I don’t know what she’s called, but I’ve named her Maybe BaaBaa.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New commission finished!!
At first glance I thought this was a goat. But, upon closer inspection, I think it might be some sort of fancy sheep.
Whatever it is, it belongs to the wonderfully lovely Tamie Tam.
I don’t know what she’s called, but I’ve named her Maybe BaaBaa.
At first glance I thought this was a goat. But, upon closer inspection, I think it might be some sort of fancy sheep.
Whatever it is, it belongs to the wonderfully lovely Tamie Tam.
I don’t know what she’s called, but I’ve named her Maybe BaaBaa.
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Nice to see this exclusive report in the Guardian, breaking the news that I reported 3 years ago in "The Decade In Tory" (one of dozens of lucrative, mostly wasted COVID contracts via direct connection to senior Tories).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nice to see this exclusive report in the Guardian, breaking the news that I reported 3 years ago in "The Decade In Tory" (one of dozens of lucrative, mostly wasted COVID contracts via direct connection to senior Tories).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Well done to everyone who remembered to vote.
Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off.
Let's do it all again next year.
Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off.
Let's do it all again next year.
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Well done to everyone who remembered to vote.
Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off.
Let's do it all again next year.
Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off.
Let's do it all again next year.
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We’re at Highgate Art Fair this weekend with my work. Pop along and say hello if you’re in the area.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We’re at Highgate Art Fair this weekend with my work. Pop along and say hello if you’re in the area.
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New commission finished!!
This handsome fella belongs to the wonderfully lovely Kyler Herndon Schmitz.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Richard Pantson.
This handsome fella belongs to the wonderfully lovely Kyler Herndon Schmitz.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Richard Pantson.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New commission finished!!
This handsome fella belongs to the wonderfully lovely Kyler Herndon Schmitz.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Richard Pantson.
This handsome fella belongs to the wonderfully lovely Kyler Herndon Schmitz.
I don’t know what he’s called, but I’ve named him Richard Pantson.