Rob Burton

Photograph of a park path at sunset, with the sun just above the horizon behind tall buildings. The sky is a soft mix of blues and oranges, with scattered clouds. A few leafless trees frame the scene, and a street lamp is visible on the left side. A small group of people is walking along the path, and a red tourist cart is visible in the foreground.

While Japan is always referred to as the Land of the Rising Sun - I have always thought of #China as the Land of the Setting Sun as it' always stunning #stunday

YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Talking Heads perform "Life During Wartime" at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Well who could've predicted at the start of the week we would be living a Life During Wartime?

#Music #iran

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a man in a suit holds his hand to his forehead in front of a microphone with the words brain worm intensifies below him ALT: a man in a suit holds his hand to his forehead in front of a microphone with the words brain worm intensifies below him

That speech by RFK jn was pretty offal

So another fake WMD war starts causing a bit of distraction about what’s happening in and around the White House right? Ringo says….

Sunlit tree branches with dense green leaves stretch across the top of the frame above a calm river. The water below reflects soft light and gentle ripples. On the far bank, low concrete walls and parts of residential buildings are visible through the foliage. A small cluster of leaves hangs low near the water’s surface at the left.

The green leaves of a Banyan tree (Figus) catch the winter sun as they spread over the water. #China #ColorADay #GreenSat

YouTube video by The Unusual Suspect Eminem - LOSE YOURSELF (Sung by 331 Movies!)

This is what my REM dreaming was like last night. It's Saturday I have to teach, the Govt makes us do "Make up Days" to pay back one of the public holidays. I had a shit nights sleep btw & gotta teach between 08:30 and 15:15 today. Yes I would like to lose myself.
#music

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YouTube video by patrishynoe We don't need no education

This is for my new students in the first classes of the new semester, who decided to go to sleep (3) and those who came to the writing classes without pen or paper(around 6 or 7) And honourable mention to the young woman who was half an hour late for the 1hr class

#music

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Yeah, I'll be humming "ging gang goolie" all the live long day

Photograph of two boys sitting on bright spring-mounted playground rides, one yellow and one blue, both shaped like cartoon animals. The boys lean forward as if bouncing, smiling and focused on their play. Behind them is a wall with colorful graffiti-like paint and large vertical Chinese characters. Sunlight illuminates the scene, casting strong shadows on the ground.

#HumansOfBluesky Friends together

Thanks - I'm an old Boy Scout so well prepared.

YouTube video by BIGBANG BIGBANG - FANTASTIC BABY M/V

1st day new semester gonna start with a Big Bang

#music

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Black-and-white photograph taken through a window showing several men seated around a table playing mahjong. Two players lean forward concentrating on the tiles, while another man stands nearby observing with arms folded. Reflections and streaks on the glass partially overlay the scene. Upholstered chairs, a small side table, and interior lighting fixtures are visible, creating a quiet, candid indoor moment.

#WindowsOnWednesday Mahjong players #ClassicMono #Photo #Photography #Photograph

YouTube video by Zacky Dog The Rolling Stones - The Last Time - Live

The last day of my long spring vacation here in #China - this could be the last time I spend sat on my arse all day for a few months at least.

Teaching starts tomorrow - here are the "Bad Boys" of 60s pop looking squeaky clean for the American audience

#Music

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Photograph of a weathered concrete wall with faint chalk markings and numbers scattered across its surface. On the left, a green sign reads “Zero-Waste City” and “Zero-Waste Merchant” in Chinese and English. On the lower right, a simple black line drawing of an onion appears above repeated Chinese characters. The wall shows patches of worn paint and stains, giving the scene a rough, textured appearance.

A wall in Wenzhou, #China, one can only wonder what all the numbers mean. That's the only #flaw #FebruArty2026 text translation in Alt Text. #TagTuesday

YouTube video by jazzhands79 Talking Heads - Take Me To The River (Live in Rome 1980)

Yay after the Loooooong month shut down the swimming pool is reopening today on the campus. I'll be back in the swim "put me in the water"

#Music

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The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn't cheating—it's the erosion of learning itself Public debate about artificial intelligence in higher education has largely orbited a familiar worry: cheating. Will students use chatbots to write essays? Can instructors tell? Should universities ba...

“Cognitive psychology has shown that students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion, and revising weak arguments. This is the work of learning how to learn”
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Photograph of a man standing on a sandy beach beside a bright blue wooden juice stand labeled “Karl Marx.” The man wears a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and a light-colored shirt, smiling while leaning casually against the structure. The stand displays painted menu items and decorative graphics. Additional similarly painted stalls and a thatched roof structure are visible in the background under clear daylight.

My favourite (revolutionary/philosopher/economist) juice vendor whilst travelling in #Gambia. On the beach in Banjul. 2008. #BlueSkyMonday

Photograph of a dusky sky transitioning from deep blue at the top to warm orange near the horizon. A dark mountain ridge forms a silhouette along the lower portion of the image. Soft clouds stretch across the scene, and the overall atmosphere suggests sunset or early evening light.

Mountains of Wenzhou #China at dusk, yesterday. #MountainMonday

Art Challenges: Feb 23–Mar 1 Monday, February 23 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #FebruArty2026 (#few) Tuesday, February 24 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #FebruArty2026 (#flaw) Wednesday, February 25 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #FebruArty2026 (#flight) Thursday, February 26 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#LittleWonders)* #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #FebruArty2026 (#fake) Friday, February 27 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #FebruArty2026 (#fan) Saturday, February 28 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#round) #FebruArty2026 (#fin) Sunday, March 1 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#acrylic)** #ShowHeart (hearts) #Abstractia (#vision) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekHForHs)*** #SensoryArt (#OutOfPlace) *Little details **2 or more mediums ***Anything that starts with “H” Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Feb 23–Mar 1 is here!

NEW: #ShowHeart (daily, hearts)

See comments for host list.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

YouTube video by stranglersofficial The Stranglers - No More Heroes

Where are the heroes of the 21st Century who will lead the people out of the mess the current bunch has created?

Lenin/Marx
Nelson Mandela
Václav Havel
Lech Wałęsa
Corazon Aquino
Desmond Tutu
Mahatma Gandhi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Alexander Dubček
Martin Luther King Jr.

#music

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Interior of Baocheng Temple in Wenzhou, showing a large golden Buddha statue seated on an ornate lotus pedestal. The shrine is richly decorated with gold-toned panels, colorful painted beams, and hanging calligraphy banners. Offerings of fruit, flowers, and candles are arranged on the altar tables in front of the statue. A decorative lantern hangs from the ceiling, and the overall space appears symmetrical, vibrant, and ceremonial.

Interior of Baocheng Temple in Wenzhou, #China - This Tang Dynasty temple is just down the road from where I live. Every time we visit it is a #stunday

YouTube video by HudD Lyric Videos Python Lee Jackson | Rod Stewart 'In a Broken Dream' (+lyrics)

Looking in from the outside (I'm in China - been here 14 years) it seems many of the Western Democracies are broken. The news reports are overwhelming, full of graft, corruption, perversion, cruelty & talk of war.

It's more than a Broken Dream, it's a nitemare

#music

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Yeah, I watched them both last week, as you say good movies in themselves once you get the Reacher in your brain to shut up. Similalry I paid for an audio version of one of the books for a long plane trip, couldn't listen to it - the voice was not the Reacher in my head, from the books.

Black-and-white photograph of an old doorway beneath a tiled roof, with laundry hanging across the entrance. Two plucked birds hang from wire hangers on a clothesline. The wooden door and surrounding plaster walls are visibly worn and weathered. A broom leans diagonally near the doorway, and various household items, including containers and a striped bag, sit to the right. The interior beyond the doorway appears dark, with a basin faintly visible inside.

Sun’s Out, Ducks Out - #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #ClassicMono #ducks #china

YouTube video by KanyeWestVEVO Kanye West - Gold Digger ft. Jamie Foxx

Kanye before he went bonkers

#music for a Saturday

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Thanks

Black-and-white photograph of a worn residential facade with several dried ducks hanging from strings beneath a simple metal awning. In the foreground, the front of a polished Audi vehicle with a visible grille and license plate occupies the left side, its glossy surface reflecting light. Above, pieces of laundry including underwear hang on a line. The scene contrasts the sleek, expensive car with the weathered walls, aged doorway, and utilitarian surroundings.

Nice juxtaposition with the Audi in the foreground outside an old and beaten accommodation in the old village in Ou'Hai, Wenzhou. China #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (the grounded ducks) #BWFri #ClassicMono #China

Black-and-white photograph of a cloudy sky above a dark mountain ridge. Two bright laser beams project diagonally upward from the left side of the horizon, cutting across the sky. Electrical transmission towers and power lines run across the landscape. Small points of light from distant buildings appear along the bottom beneath the silhouetted hills.

Laser beams shoot over the mountains (have the Kung Fu robots escaped?) #scape #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #artyear #EastCoastKin

YouTube video by Enhanced Music Videos Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Official Video), Full HD (AI Remastered and Upscaled)

The last Friday of the long spring break holiday. This time next week WORK! Yeah, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

Time for some Bryan

#Music

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Black-and-white photograph of a narrow residential alley lined with older low-rise buildings. Numerous overhead utility wires crisscross between concrete poles. A white SUV is parked on the left side of the lane. In the distance, two people walk away from the camera side by side. The walls and surfaces appear worn, with a mix of brick, plaster, and metal fixtures along the passage.

Hand in Hand Through the Alley #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #China #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Wenzhou