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Alan Shopp

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Here for the art, words, trees and birds.

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The first woman in Parliament to appear in the Guardian's 'best-dressed at Glastonbury' feature.

You'll never sing that, etc...

27.02.2026 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 837    ๐Ÿ” 223    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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F-reaking f-antastic. Discover over 5000 historical logos at logo-archive.org

#symbols #icons #logos #design #logoarchive

25.02.2026 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir

By me, at FT

www.ft.com/content/5207...

20.02.2026 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1808    ๐Ÿ” 1021    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
Image shows brightly coloured Lego pieces including dragons and sharks as well as cutlasses and an octopus, all laid out on pale brown clock patterned paper with handwritten captions in italics

Image shows brightly coloured Lego pieces including dragons and sharks as well as cutlasses and an octopus, all laid out on pale brown clock patterned paper with handwritten captions in italics

13th February 2026 marks the 29th anniversary of the Great Lego Spill, when nearly five million pieces of Lego fell into the ocean after a cargo ship laden with goods was hit by a storm.

12.02.2026 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 342    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Painting โ€˜Selham Bridge shadowsโ€™

09.02.2026 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Whatโ€™s also great is reading the dialogue with Claude where it stops and says โ€œI need to stop and be honest with you about something importantโ€ and reveals it deleted every single photo. Software built for dunces

08.02.2026 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2057    ๐Ÿ” 449    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 72
Overview of a set of 10 postcards with different portraits of birds of prey species.. The technique is acrylics, quite loosely but still very detailed

Overview of a set of 10 postcards with different portraits of birds of prey species.. The technique is acrylics, quite loosely but still very detailed

Set of 10 art cards with different species of birds of prey
Size of the cards is 5.8" x 4.1" (14,8 x 10, 5 cm)
$15/ โ‚ฌ15/ kr.150 per set (3 sets for the price of 2)
Just send a message if you want one!

19.01.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Architecture in Music: Musical Instrument Interiors photographed by Charles Brooks

Photographed using exotic probe lenses this series explores the spaces inside some of the world's finest musical instruments.

#Photography #MusicSKy

charlesbrooksphotography.myshopify.com

26.01.2026 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

14.07.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6946    ๐Ÿ” 3737    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 213    ๐Ÿ“Œ 990
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Sundayโ€™s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

25.01.2026 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 226    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Hello #PortfolioDay - I donโ€™t have much new to share, at the moment everything Iโ€™m working on is under wraps. Hopefully soon though! See my previous work below

14.01.2026 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Good Afternoonโœจ

Steeven Salvat ~ Painting on Antique Navigational Tools

13.01.2026 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Good morning! This week's theme is Entertainment ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐ŸŽญ
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'Charing Cross Road' (2022) by John Duffin
johnduffin.co.uk

12.01.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

Bar of the Cafรฉ of the rue de Rome

31.12.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"The Bartender," created by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, captures a candid scene at a bar, with the central figure engrossed in conversation. Lautrec's characteristic use of bold lines and his acute observation of Parisian night life are evident in the detailed expressions and interactions of the patrons.

"The Bartender," created by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, captures a candid scene at a bar, with the central figure engrossed in conversation. Lautrec's characteristic use of bold lines and his acute observation of Parisian night life are evident in the detailed expressions and interactions of the patrons.

The Bartender

16.12.2025 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Peregrine Falconโ€™s Spectacular Flight in the Sky. #saturdaymorning

20.12.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 342    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Artwork by Karl Jilg. A surreal urban scene shows pedestrians calmly walking along a narrow sidewalk suspended above a vast, deep chasm. A man balances precariously on a wooden plank connecting two sides, as though unaware of the danger below. The surrounding environment appears normal, with traffic lights and storefronts, yet the impossible drop emphasizes a disjointed reality. Everyday life continues despite the looming void.

Artwork by Karl Jilg. A surreal urban scene shows pedestrians calmly walking along a narrow sidewalk suspended above a vast, deep chasm. A man balances precariously on a wooden plank connecting two sides, as though unaware of the danger below. The surrounding environment appears normal, with traffic lights and storefronts, yet the impossible drop emphasizes a disjointed reality. Everyday life continues despite the looming void.

This artwork by Karl Jilg, commissioned by the Swedish government, questions how 20th-century public spaces excluded pedestrians. The imagination of artists can sometimes convey our familiar world in a more real form.

06.12.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Five holly leaveโ€™s progressively less smooth

Five holly leaveโ€™s progressively less smooth

Five holly leaves from the same tree ๐ŸŒณ

If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same

Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get

Photo: Emmanuel Lattes

20.12.2025 08:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 405    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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ARCHIVE: The Thing Itself: The fundamental principle of photography In connection with our feature length documentary Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jayย www.donotbendfilm.com the Bill Jay Estate has given us permission to curate a series of his aโ€ฆ

The Thing Itself: The fundamental principle of photography by Bill Jay. If you are a photographer and havenโ€™t read this then you should.
unitednationsofphotography.com/2018/06/16/b...

18.12.2025 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This site is digitizing found cassette tapes of old dj sets, mixes & radio shows from around the world

intertapes.net

13.12.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 636    ๐Ÿ” 221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Dogs may make us more caring and sociable by changing our microbiome We know that pets influence our microbiome, but scientists have now found that having a dog seems to change this ecosystem in a way that could boost our well-being

We know that pets influence our microbiome, but scientists have now found that having a dog seems to change this ecosystem in a way that could boost our well-being

03.12.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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December 2020
The Empress, Thoday Street..
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

01.12.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Coloured pencil drawing of a black and white dog with amber eyes and a long pink tongue.

Coloured pencil drawing of a black and white dog with amber eyes and a long pink tongue.

Am at the restless but still exhausted stage of illness. I miss the ravine ๐Ÿ˜ญ But, housebound, was able to finish this portrait of my dog in record time! Coloured pencil on hot pressed cotton paper. #bordercollie #dogportrait

21.09.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building

Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didnโ€™t vote Labour for this ๐Ÿ‘‡

13.11.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 744    ๐Ÿ” 307    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Three years ago The Economist warned that that keeping global warming to just 1.5ยฐC above pre-industrial levels was no longer plausible. Now, the data confirm that the window has closed econ.st/4p6NQoa

10.11.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Drawing of a kingfisher made with graphite pencils on paper.

Drawing of a kingfisher made with graphite pencils on paper.

Little kingfisher

Graphite pencils on paper
5x7

#art #birds #nature #sciart

10.11.2025 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 124    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A remembrance poppy design with a soldierโ€™s face making up the dark part at the centre. The words LEST WE FORGET appear next to it.

A remembrance poppy design with a soldierโ€™s face making up the dark part at the centre. The words LEST WE FORGET appear next to it.

09.11.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

Wow! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿคฉ
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! ๐Ÿค“

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.

06.11.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1463    ๐Ÿ” 495    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 93

Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.

04.11.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2463    ๐Ÿ” 507    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21