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Paul Vintin
@paulvintin.bsky.social
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Ex-designer, apparently. Musician (amateur). Gardener. Enjoys nature. Reads books. Interested in things generally. Sheffield.
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christhorogood.bsky.social
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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mims.bsky.social
In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan

mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...
Kazakhstan's Mangystau plateau, near the border with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, at sunset. Layers of ancient salt deposits resemble fjords of white, pink, red and orange icing spilling into a vast gray plane
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
paulvintin.bsky.social
Went for a walk to the pond up the hill. Learned from a young lad who was fishing that it contains 4 pike and he’s caught them all. Nice to have a random chat with an enthusiast.
October 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
paulvintin.bsky.social
I find the ‘is everything alright for you?’ too immersive.
sarahvanpelt.bsky.social Sarah @sarahvanpelt.bsky.social · Oct 12
“Immersive dining experience” is all I would need to hear to run a mile
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Oct 12
Punk Royale, London W1: ‘Someone shoved mystery slop in my mouth’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
October 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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iheartnoise.bsky.social
Lots of Stooges covers around, but nothing beats this...

theridiculoustrio.bandcamp.com/album/the-ri...
The Ridiculous Trio Plays The Stooges, by The Ridiculous Trio
9 track album
theridiculoustrio.bandcamp.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Truly extraordinary documentary.
One that was a formative influence on my desire to write fiction in ways I can’t quite articulate.
Something about the uneasy collision of ambition & disappointment, how we can appear absurd in our most profoundly serious moments & the forces of place that shape us
October 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
paulvintin.bsky.social
3 more gate counterweight photos added to the gallery. Now up to 79!
www.flickr.com/photos/84607...
pualv
Explore pualv’s 716 photos on Flickr!
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October 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
paulvintin.bsky.social
Warning signs in Conwy Castle.
2 square iron signs on a stone wall. Both have had a red background and show a stick man figure in white. The left one has the figure falling over having apparently stood on some debris, shown as 2 very small triangles. The right one has the figure holding its head with its eyes closed, apparently having banged its head.
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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hildur.bsky.social
I'm honestly thinking about writing a book set in 17th century Iceland just to get an excuse to write about necropants.

Also, a fun fact about the Icelandic witch trials is that we burned mostly men for witchcraft.
Necropants and Other Tales of 17th-Century Icelandic Sorcery
Magic wealth and goat's milk could be yours—if you could stomach the rituals.
www.atlasobscura.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
paulvintin.bsky.social
It's a bit grim (clue's in the title) but the setting and cinematography are great.
4 Russian geologists in Siberia are looking for diamonds...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPSc...
Letter never sent | DRAMA | FULL MOVIE
YouTube video by Mosfilm
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September 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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mclees-fiona.bsky.social
Just super. Hestercombe Gardens.
A rather convoluted iron handle and latch attached to a solid wooden gate. There!/,- latch with a spring above to automatically close it, and a chunky handle loop to operate it
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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mclees-fiona.bsky.social
I collect pictures of gate latches. The endless minute variations and human ingenuity appeal to me greatly, and the countless hands that have moved them. This one is between Near and Far Sawrey, Lake District and has a lovely combination of textures between the iron, wooden gate, and stone gatepost.
A photo of a gate with rusty brown metal gate latch.
September 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
paulvintin.bsky.social
View from Stanage Edge towards Mam Tor. #peakdistrict
Large grey gritstone boulders in the foreground. Heather moorland in the middle distance. Large hills in the far distance under a blue sky containing fluffy clouds.
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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gsoh31.bsky.social
The UK is a country with a rapidly ageing population that needs vast numbers of jobs filling. For it to crash all migration downwards because the public are enraged about small boats is the definition of national madness. www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nans-not-b...
Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)
Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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danmud.bsky.social
#3: Wonder who on earth lives here?
Old stone tower. An iron staircase starts half way up, leading to what looks like a one person birdbox with an iron door. Close up of same.
September 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
paulvintin.bsky.social
If the boss doesn’t use ‘reached out’ for ‘sent an email’ I’m on their side.
fesshole.bsky.social fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · Sep 3
My company's marketing boss is a twit, a gaslighter, and NEVER wrong, so after a rough year I casually reached out to several companies regarding their parodied logos on our apparel website.
September 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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bergamax.bsky.social
The Picasso Bug (Sphaerocoris annulus) looks like it has been hand-painted. 🎨🖌

Native to Africa, this little shield-backed bug uses its bright colors as a warning, telling predators that it’s not a safe snack.

Each one has an unique abstract pattern. 😍

#bugs #insects #nature #wildlife
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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kevinboniface.bsky.social
I'm 99% certain that Nick Cave has based his whole career on the opening few bars of Out of Town by Max Bygraves
youtu.be/VqV9IQ9vJ0c?...
Max Bygraves Out of Town
YouTube video by raremusicfan
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August 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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markoneinfour.bsky.social
I really think we should look at lifestyle racism in the UK. Because, in the way that late capitalism does, racism in the UK is increasingly a lifestyle. It's something miles away from legitimate concerns. It's something people get a return on, either socially or financially. And we keep feeding it
August 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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alistaircoleman.bsky.social
Thank you Brewer’s Phrase and Fable for introducing me to dog tongs.
Brewers Phrase and fable: Dog-whipper. A minor church officer of the days when sheepdogs, TURNSPITS and others accompanied their owners to church. His job was to keep order among the canine congregation, to eject the badly behaved and to exclude troublesome dogs generally. Whips and dog-tongs were used. The office became redundant in the I9th century. Even as late as 1856 Mr. John Pickard was appointed dog-whipper in Exeter Cathedral. Dog-whipping Day. 18 October (St. LUKE's Day). It is said that a dog once swallowed a consecrated wafer on this day. A woman manipulating a dog with dog tongs.
August 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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dannykodicek.bsky.social
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero" Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life" Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now" Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
paulvintin.bsky.social
Honey bee on Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum'.
Very nice plant with loads of flowers but it's the only one in the bed that's needed constant watering this year. ('Will cope with drought once established' says the RHS).
Honey bee on rudbeckia flower. Large brown centre surrounded by many golden yellow petals. Other flowers and green leaves in the background.
August 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
paulvintin.bsky.social
Well, that’s a coincidence. Nobody mentions chitons for years…
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · Aug 7
Can any rockpoolers identify this for me, please? It's like a limpet with an articulated shell. Like a sort of woodlouse limpet.
Tiny mollusc with a yellow stripe.
August 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
paulvintin.bsky.social
I’ve only seen one chiton. Can’t think of another class - or even species - of animal where I’ve only ever seen 1 individual.
snailseyeview.bsky.social Bronwen Scott @snailseyeview.bsky.social · Apr 12
This thread asks the question on everyone’s mind: What’s the deal with chitons?

First, some of them are really lovely. (1/11)

Pics: © Wendy Feltham © anjadocke © Anne Hoggett © Matt Tank CC BY-NC

#addOcean
Oval-shaped mollusc with stunning patterns in orange and white. The animal has eight more or less oblong shells that articulate with each other at the long edges. It kind of looks like a steampunk armadillo, if an armadillo didn't have a head, tail or legs. And was mechanical. The shells have an unpatterned triangle along the midline, with slanted patterns of bright orange, dark orange and white. The chiton is on a rock and is surrounded by barnacles. Tonicella lineata (Tonicellidae): Washington, USA. © Wendy Feltham CC BY-NC https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/3971245 Stunning bright red and white chiton that looks so obvious but is nestled on a background of pink coralline algae. It might not be such a striking contrast to a more casual glance. (Or with non-colour vision.) This creature looks like a tapestry. The girdle (which runs around the edge of the shells) is wide and a superb crimson with little beige spots at the edge that make it look frayed and break up the smooth outline. The eight shell valves are red, black (or very dark red) and white and the line pattern is ragged, so it looks as though it's been embroidered. The impression is not of a hard mineral surface, but of velvety fabric. This species is very variable in colour and this pattern is not the most frequently encountered, but it's too lovely to ignore. Callochiton dentatus (Callochitonidae): Cape Town, South Africa. © anjadocke CC BY-NC https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/403740209 After the orange and red chitons, this one is much more cryptic, but it's included to show the range of shell shapes. Like the others, this has eight shells or valves, but they are small tear-drop shaped shells that articulate with each other at a narrow point. They look like a spine protruding from the mottled grey-green tissue of the girdle. Apologies for that mental image. The actual image is less off-putting. Schizochiton incisus (Schizochitonidae): Queensland, Australia. © Anne Hoggett CC BY-NC https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/82844901 Back to the pretty chitons! This one is blue, white and brown. That combination doesn't sound promising -- you probably wouldn't paint your living room in those colours -- but it works on this mollusc. The girdle looks like snakeskin (with tiny scales) and is banded in pastel blue and light brown. The shell valves have broad brown triangles along the midline, which are overlain with pale blue streaks and bright blue dots. On either side of those brown triangles, a pattern of light brown lines and zigzags radiate to the edge of the shells. It's not vividly hued but it is a lively pattern. Ischnochiton smaragdinus (Ischnochitonidae): South Australia. © Matt Tank CC BY-NC https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/88356217
August 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
paulvintin.bsky.social
The Black Shuck rabbit hole has lead me to learn that there have been 4 ‘sightings’ in Sheffield. Also this website where I learned about a ghost chip shop.
www.paranormaldatabase.com/hotspots/she...
The Paranormal Database - Sheffield
A List of Sheffield Ghosts and Strange Places from The Paranormal Database
www.paranormaldatabase.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM