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Sharon Howard
@sharonhoward.bsky.social
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History, data, pictures, food. Still lazing about.
http://sharonhoward.org/
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Wrestling with geojson and Observable Plot since yesterday and finally! getting somewhere.
A chloropleth heatmap without any labels.
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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#SundayPixStack Squash stack, from September 2013.
Photo of assorted orange, yellow and green squashes and pumpkins piled on an ornamental chair, in the sunshine.
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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😻 Cat studies by Elizabeth Blackadder (recent Bonham's auction www.bonhams.com/auction/3071...). #caturday
sketches of a black and white cat; two in sleeping poses, one looked out at you.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Also very fond of this study in black and white floof. Bet the laundress enjoyed getting the black hairs out of that. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca...
A ballerina in a pouffy white dress sitting with a black cat on her lap.
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Bodleian Library MS Bodl.533 digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/3665... [probably via Twitter]
three jaunty black cats in a row, emerging from a rectangular panel in a medieval manuscript
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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also autumn!
a pointy harlequin squash, autumnal shades of brown, orange and cream.
September 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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If it's Joseph Wright of Derby's day today, perfect excuse to post this magnificent self-portrait which I swooned over a few months ago at Derby Museum & Art Gallery. artuk.org/discover/art...
A portrait of a man, with a slightly red face, looking straight out at the viewer; he wears a gorgeous golden yellow jacket, some kind of silk robe and a delightfully preposterous piece of turban-like headgear. He's leaning on some paintings, and holding a draughtsman's tool, full of confidence in his profession. And he knows what you're thinking.
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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This, OTOH, made the entire thread worthwhile.
Screenshot of a Bsky post. Text: "You're tossing off a single statistic as a trend"
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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if it's #WorldElephantDay it's time for swimming elephants to have their outing.
Old black and white photograph of two elephants frolicking in the sea, with a crowd of people watching from the beach.
August 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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😻 #InternationalCatDay
Thomas Bowman Garvie, Man Feeding His Cat (1891) artuk.org/discover/art...
An old man with long whiskers sits on a chair. He has a pint pot in his left hand. With his right hand he carefully holds a saucer of milk for a ginger and white cat.
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Food, what food? I'm just here for the warm stove. #InternationalCatDay
Archie Utin, Interior with a Woman Cooking (1930) artuk.org/discover/art...
A kitchen scene. A woman stands by a stove attending to a saucepan. A tabby cat is curled up asleep next to the stove.
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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You can't see me and I know nothing about any mackerel. #InternationalCatDay
Gerald Dillon, Still Life with Mackerel (1954) artuk.org/discover/art...
Still life painting of four mackerel on a table. The cook is in the background. A tabby cat lurks under the table looking perfectly innocent.
August 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Joy Bain, Caught in the Act artuk.org/discover/art... joybain.com/gallery/
A black and white cat holds a red and green fish in its mouth, against a brightly painted yellow background with red flowers.
August 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Caught in the act on #InternationalCatDay
Anonymous (17th cent Italian), Nature morte au chat (still life with cat) collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...
Still life painting with fish, lemon and vegetables in the foreground, birds and flowers in the background. In the centre sits a black and white cat, looking pensive.
August 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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It's currently in the Top Ten Most Viewed list!
List of "most popular" pages on Guardian website.
August 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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#SundayPixPurple I think I've posted this before but any excuse to get out my favourite colour. 😈
A bunch of purple sprouting broccoli.
July 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Yeah yeah the Warwick stuff is Beyond Tragic. But have you looked at *your* university's Brand webpages?

Sheff-ness ?

HEART AND STEEL ?

(it's Sheffield. it's always STEEL. it's so clichéd you could use it in a dictionary definition of cliché)

brand.sheffield.ac.uk/guidelines/g...
Screenshot of part of a university "tone of voice" "brand guidelines" webpage. This is who we are. A brand woven together with a city. The cool and the quirky, the creativity and the character, the green and the grey: it's the unique Sheff-ness that keeps people here long after they graduate. It's part of us, it defines us, and we embrace it. In short, our brand voice is... Heart and steel
July 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#SundayPixWeather In late November/early December 2010, there was a bit of snow in Sheffield.
Photo of a garden and garages under several inches of snow.
July 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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What's your sign?
One of those big signs on a church that reads: A LOOSE TONGUE OFTEN GETS INTO A TIGHT PLACE
June 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Ah yes, I'd forgotten it's a Bank Holiday weekend. 😒
Screenshot of weather forecast summary icons for 24-26 May. There is rain involved.
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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(I mean these little cuties, for the uninitiated.)
A pair of visualisations showing changes in parties' percentage of votes between two elections.
May 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I do prefer the ooooh-er missus vibes of
A street sign reading "Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate".
April 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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#SundayPixSunshine on the beach
Sunset over a beach. Striking cloud patterns and reflections.
April 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Can't *anyone* spell tarrifff these days?
screenshot of a newspaper headline referring to "Trump's tarrifs"
April 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Nina Hamnett, "Portrait of a Woman" (1917) www.charleston.org.uk/stories/nina...
A woman sits at a table, reading a book. Next to her is a wine bottle and glass. There is a shelf lined with books behind her head.
March 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM