Viv Schwarz
@vivschwarz.bsky.social
Author, artist, interactive stuff.
Runs betonmond card games.
Hopes you are mostly happy.
She/they
Runs betonmond card games.
Hopes you are mostly happy.
She/they
Nineteen pictures left to draw in the big book.
It's been a good day, now I'm considering whether to drill out a tiny screw that stops me from fixing a steam console. I think maybe I'll just listen to jazz and read a book about trains instead
It's been a good day, now I'm considering whether to drill out a tiny screw that stops me from fixing a steam console. I think maybe I'll just listen to jazz and read a book about trains instead
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Nineteen pictures left to draw in the big book.
It's been a good day, now I'm considering whether to drill out a tiny screw that stops me from fixing a steam console. I think maybe I'll just listen to jazz and read a book about trains instead
It's been a good day, now I'm considering whether to drill out a tiny screw that stops me from fixing a steam console. I think maybe I'll just listen to jazz and read a book about trains instead
Thinking about the sheer energy the men in my family (and some others) spent when I was young explaining to me over and over that something I was doing "doesn't actually impress boys", followed by tireless arguments for the "fact" that actually everything I did was intended to impress boys
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Thinking about the sheer energy the men in my family (and some others) spent when I was young explaining to me over and over that something I was doing "doesn't actually impress boys", followed by tireless arguments for the "fact" that actually everything I did was intended to impress boys
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Morning.
Raven, Charles Tunnicliffe.
Raven, Charles Tunnicliffe.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Morning.
Raven, Charles Tunnicliffe.
Raven, Charles Tunnicliffe.
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Spending money on Kagi has made my life much better
Today, we're launching SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search.
Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms:
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Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms:
blog.kagi.com/slopstop
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Spending money on Kagi has made my life much better
Getting encouraging messages from designer that I'm totally on track with handing in an illustrated book on time. Choosing to believe it. Five days left and there's a crowd scene in a staircase I've been ignoring but I DID finish the horse chapter already
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Getting encouraging messages from designer that I'm totally on track with handing in an illustrated book on time. Choosing to believe it. Five days left and there's a crowd scene in a staircase I've been ignoring but I DID finish the horse chapter already
I'm continuing to expand my stereo with old separates, the rule is they need to be brushed metal, pre-90s and have unnecessarily awesome controls. Here's my new old radio now playing Mahler's 7th live. Just got to the bit where everyone is allowed to cough for a while
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm continuing to expand my stereo with old separates, the rule is they need to be brushed metal, pre-90s and have unnecessarily awesome controls. Here's my new old radio now playing Mahler's 7th live. Just got to the bit where everyone is allowed to cough for a while
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Folks it pains me to ask so bluntly, but could anyone use some work doing by me? I've got to find income for three months until my next royalty payment, and I'm not having much luck.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Folks it pains me to ask so bluntly, but could anyone use some work doing by me? I've got to find income for three months until my next royalty payment, and I'm not having much luck.
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Little kids learning about dinosaurs is great, because there are so many instances of really smart people who say "we thought this was true but it wasn't"
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Little kids learning about dinosaurs is great, because there are so many instances of really smart people who say "we thought this was true but it wasn't"
I need second coffee before I get out of bed. Am clearly doing that thing again of email and admin before getting up.
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I need second coffee before I get out of bed. Am clearly doing that thing again of email and admin before getting up.
We should have a system where all the perfectly good cardboard boxes we are supposed to flatten and recycle after one use and all this damn bubble wrap get redistributed. How hard can that be really... New boxes are expensive unless you bulk buy, people would make a little effort and even pay a bit.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We should have a system where all the perfectly good cardboard boxes we are supposed to flatten and recycle after one use and all this damn bubble wrap get redistributed. How hard can that be really... New boxes are expensive unless you bulk buy, people would make a little effort and even pay a bit.
Got the new Cultural Amnesia album on tape. It's brilliant. Seriously. And BEAUTIFUL, I forgot how beautiful a well designed audio cassette can be
culturalamnesia.bandcamp.com/album/did-yo...
culturalamnesia.bandcamp.com/album/did-yo...
Did You Hear The Music, by Cultural Amnesia
8 track album
culturalamnesia.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Got the new Cultural Amnesia album on tape. It's brilliant. Seriously. And BEAUTIFUL, I forgot how beautiful a well designed audio cassette can be
culturalamnesia.bandcamp.com/album/did-yo...
culturalamnesia.bandcamp.com/album/did-yo...
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Animals in an Enclosure https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1569/
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Animals in an Enclosure https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1569/
Time for a Turkish coffee, miso porridge and a morning of edits on a poetry book. And then for a treat an afternoon of making playlist zines for friends. Unusually good Tuesday
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Time for a Turkish coffee, miso porridge and a morning of edits on a poetry book. And then for a treat an afternoon of making playlist zines for friends. Unusually good Tuesday
Picked up a second hand pair of dungarees in that excellent style where someone home dyed their garment and all the stitching stayed the same colour. Dark green with bright yellow thread. Seller confirmed that's what they did. I'll never not be charmed to see it
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Picked up a second hand pair of dungarees in that excellent style where someone home dyed their garment and all the stitching stayed the same colour. Dark green with bright yellow thread. Seller confirmed that's what they did. I'll never not be charmed to see it
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It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I might still hit the deadline for this book. It features a raven with a camera. I got ten more days for 23 pictures and only a few of them are crowd scenes and I only got one other book to edit at the same time and I guess a few videos and
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I might still hit the deadline for this book. It features a raven with a camera. I got ten more days for 23 pictures and only a few of them are crowd scenes and I only got one other book to edit at the same time and I guess a few videos and
Thinking about how my parents worried that I might date and marry scruffy guys with media collections and let's face it I functionally AM a scruffy guy with a media collection and I won't even bring them a tidy wife, only more guys. It's all groovy though and my dad just got a new stereo
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Thinking about how my parents worried that I might date and marry scruffy guys with media collections and let's face it I functionally AM a scruffy guy with a media collection and I won't even bring them a tidy wife, only more guys. It's all groovy though and my dad just got a new stereo
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Ah, that might take you just to the excerpt. You can click right to view the full piece, screenshot below.
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ah, that might take you just to the excerpt. You can click right to view the full piece, screenshot below.
Reminder that I made a picture book about making art - painting, music, drawing, dancing, actually making art YOURSELF
www.walker.co.uk/978152951577...
www.walker.co.uk/978152951577...
Sometimes You Find a Dragon - Walker Books
Sometimes you find a dragon.A dragon of creativity.An inspiring picture book that encourages all young children to celebrate making and creating.From the awa...
www.walker.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reminder that I made a picture book about making art - painting, music, drawing, dancing, actually making art YOURSELF
www.walker.co.uk/978152951577...
www.walker.co.uk/978152951577...
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Wow, I missed that our book 'One Day' has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration because of Benjamin Phillips's wonderful artwork.
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wow, I missed that our book 'One Day' has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration because of Benjamin Phillips's wonderful artwork.
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
@CarnegieMedals
@benjamindraws
Found a nursing chair at the tip. Now rebranded the Fidgeting Chair at my table. Needs paint stripping and cushions... It'll be good
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Found a nursing chair at the tip. Now rebranded the Fidgeting Chair at my table. Needs paint stripping and cushions... It'll be good
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Brah...what even is this?
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Brah...what even is this?
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Useful signal flag from Kobe Maritime Museum
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Useful signal flag from Kobe Maritime Museum