David Pott

Open Social — overreacted The protocol is the API.

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted The protocol is the API.

I'm not hugely techie, but I managed to hang on with this beautifully written explanation of why the BlueSky way of doing social media is so promising. Fingers crossed. overreacted.io/open-social/

Langdale mountain range in Cumbria in bright sunshine

Blea Tarn with the Langdales behind

Wetherlam in the far distance, Little Langdale tarnw, an oak tree in the foreground.

Holme Fell, autumn trees and nearby fields.

Glorious. Amazing. Superb. Glad I'm a visual artist because words fail me when trying to describe the Lake District on a day like today! #lakedistrict #cumbria

A fascinating 🧵of all sorts of interrelated nerdiness about archaeology, art, literature, history, and golf.

Joe Scarborough captures the essence of my favourite seaside resort!

Thanks!

Looking back at some recent paintings and grouping them together in a corner of the studio. Unusually for me, I'm actually quite happy with these recent Lake District paintings. More to come!

#LakeDistict #Cumbria #Wainwrights

Seat Sandal from Grasmere. A little painting (9x12 inches) completed last week. I've got a new painting easel for working outside, so this painting was used to test it out in the studio before Intake it on location.

#lakedistrict #cumbria #artofcumbria

Love this quote. It's exactly what being an artist is all about.

An impressionistic painting of Loughrigg, near Ambleside on a overcast grey day, but with sunlight visible in the middle distance

Making progress with this #LakeDistrict painting of Loughrigg, near Ambleside. This painting has been a work in progress for several months, but I think I'm nearly there. 🤞

Woman standing, hands clasped in front of her lap, her head thrown back as she sings

So expressive ~ Edgar Degas’ two charcoal studies of music hall singers (c 1880)

I had a brilliant idea - art Galleries are air conditioned, so let's go there! Everyone in Paris had the same idea. Luckily my wife is still speaking to me.

The Musee D'Orsay was amazing, of course, but standing in the queue for 45 minutes on the hottest Paris day for decades was a 'challenge' I don't want to repeat!

In Paris to see the #Hockney exhibition. Just blown away by his creativity and vision. Looking at the world through his eyes feels like a superpower!

Scam. The link doesn't look right. Plus the short deadline is a typical technique for the scammers.

A quiet night in the studio and I'm painting this Lake District landscape - Stockley Bridge in Borrowdale.

It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ag...

Carole Cadwalladr is saying important things about AI and oligarchy that runs it. A real warning.

www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

Me too. Those painters who never seem to put a stroke wrong, or need to correct a mistake.

A work in progress painting of Lake District fell Pavey Ark.

I've been painting this for at least 3 months now and still not quite right. I need more chaos in the brush strokes because, as usual, my brush strokes are too tight and prissy.

Langdale Beck (print) - David Pott Art A sunny, watery and cool painting of this beautiful stream in the Langdale valley, near Chapel Stile in the Lake District. By artist David Pott.

A Lake District painting from my archives, still available as a print. Langdale Beck on a warm summer evening. #art #cumbria #lakedistrict

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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

There can be no more fiscal statements like this one. Enough hits on the disabled. It's taking money from wheelchairs and investing it into guns. From here on in, every budget must tax the rich. If we wanted austerity we would have voted Tory, if we wanted to suck up to trump we would vote Reform.

Magritte Ceci n'est pas une cigarette electronique

The Last McDonalds

there's a moderise art challenge just started on b3ta

‘I’m still dancing’: Derbyshire woman has 105th birthday rave at care home Hilda Jackson and fellow residents partied with strobe lights, glowsticks and drum’n’bass from festival-headliner It was a birthday party that would do even the most seasoned raver proud, with strobe lighting, glow sticks and a headline act who has…

‘I’m still dancing’: Derbyshire woman has 105th birthday rave at care home

Labour’s had a stellar week.

While Trump and Musk embarrassed themselves more than we thought possible, there was plenty of good news for progressives.

7 things to celebrate:

It is amazing. Worth zooming in to see that wonderful brushwork.

The Lane - Autumn sunbeams light the way, Rivington, Lancashire, England.

The Lane - Autumn sunbeams light the way, Rivington, Lancashire, England.

Yes, this!