frank: incensed

The BBC must withdraw from Eurovision.

The BBC must join the growing list of broadcasters from across Europe in withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest.

Our artists must not share a stage with war criminals!

A lino print of a crow carrying a crescent moon. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. The crow’s wings are up, the moon is clutched in its feet.

Day two of #ArtAdventCalendar. Here’s a print I made just under a year ago of a crow carrying a crescent moon. 🌙

the cat: I don't approve of the weather outside this door, please open the door on the other side of the house
me: it'll be the same
the cat: I need to see for myself

ha! Gretchen's too smart for that, but I have co-habited with a cat who liked to check both doors just in case

oh Grechen never does that!

I just want to know why the Health Secretary seems to continually fight on the side of Disease.

the cat: I would like to go out, please open the door
me: you have a cat flap
the cat: it would be better if you opened the door

another blog post for your eyes, here mostly pictures of things I have seen that I like shop.frankduffy.co.uk/weird-shit-f...

a tabby cat curled up on a rug

here is my special beast

I use Tidal, which I like, which is supposed to be a bit less evil and gives artists more money. Apparently you can import your spotify playlists too, but i haven't tried that

today's fun thing was a client whose report I've designed for 10 years telling me at the point of sign-off that they want it printed, when it's always been a digital document. so going through and adding bleed to everything and realising that most of the photos we've used are too low res to print 🫠

On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.

Oh! I have a Vietnamese friend that was talking about an online food shop he buys from - will ask

It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.

Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.

HUMAN CONNECTION, POETIC WAYS AND UNCERTAIN FUTURES West Midlands Independent publisher and Arts Council England NPO Nine Arches Press announces 2026 poetry list Rows of photos of the poets nine arches will be publishing: First row, l-r: Jennifer Wong, Rishi Dastidar, Kym Deyn, Daniel Sluman and Dillon Jaxx. Second row, l-r: Roy McFarlane, Shagufta K Iqbal, Katie Griffiths, Mary Mulholland and Jessica Mookherjee.

Square graphic with an antique illustration of a slowworm. In old fashioned font it says "Oh, Worm? 'Folkish' by Kym Deyn, Nine Arches Press, 4/26'

In the midst of everything, some good personal news: the worm is out of the bag! My debut collection Folkish will be published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social this spring ✨🪱

It's full of ghosts, worms, saints, and folklore. It's also absolutely furious. I hope you guys enjoy it. 💚

got my first "merry christmas and a happy new year" today lxds and let me tell you I was not ready for it

instead of everything being Bad what I propose is that things be Good instead

who's with me

she has her priorities right, that one

I've been away overnight & then from there in Swansea buying fabric for kickstarter tarot bags (as you do) & am trying to catch up on work but the cat is very much no, we will catch up with our cuddles first

one of the great things about working from home is that, when it's all closing in, going back to bed is always an option

Spotify Wrapped but for how many people have been killed by the AI powered weapons systems Co Founder Daniel Ek has invested in.

yeah I think I need to stop looking at bluesky for a bit (telling this to me rather than anyone else)

Deck your posts with stunning alt text, fa la la la la, la la la la 🎁

We also need "allies" to stop being mere allies and to start being comrades and accomplices.

yep, the stag rutting season is Oct/Nov (I used to live in mid Devon where this was a very audible thing!)

someone else mentioned this and I had no idea - how beautiful!

You can do a monthly donation for a few quid, keeps them ticking along

bsky.app/profile/anis...

I mean this, academics. If you don't feel capable of embedding a trans perspective into your class for time or expertise reasons, ask me and I will come talk to them for you.

I will even try to relate it to paleogeology (or history, English, drama...), god help me.

If your choice is between an existential risk to your organisation, vs being a fascist collaborator, and you make the difficult choice to be a collaborator...

...then you are still a collaborator.