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Acrylic painting of a female figure against a sepia background, her back facing the viewer and face turned back in profile. Her head has the suggestion of a cross-section showing the brain anatomy with a mohawk haircut and the front of the face has the outline of the skull superimposed. Her neck and torso are painted to suggest peeling open like a flower to reveal non-anatomically correct internal anatomy. Her right arm is tucked out of view and the other rests at her side and is missing the hand. There are 4 hands floating around her making various gestures, the top right one is pulling down the bottom lid of a floating rolled-back eyeball. The hands are simultaneously pieces of raw meat.

Acrylic painting of a female figure against a sepia background, her back facing the viewer and face turned back in profile. Her head has the suggestion of a cross-section showing the brain anatomy with a mohawk haircut and the front of the face has the outline of the skull superimposed. Her neck and torso are painted to suggest peeling open like a flower to reveal non-anatomically correct internal anatomy. Her right arm is tucked out of view and the other rests at her side and is missing the hand. There are 4 hands floating around her making various gestures, the top right one is pulling down the bottom lid of a floating rolled-back eyeball. The hands are simultaneously pieces of raw meat.

Inspired by the recent Corpse Flower (Titan arum) bloom at my local botanical garden. It only blooms for a short period every few years smells like rotting flesh, which attracts pollinators. I guess I’ve been thinking about death and decay a lot lately. #darkart #morbidanatomy #darksurrealism #art

07.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loch Moldart

05.08.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a very good response.

Labour has supplied weapons, intel, diplomatic, political, rhetorical and economic support to Netanyahu’s genocide in Gaza which has cost thousands of innocent lives, including those of at least 20,000 children.

They have no right to complain about smashed windows.

05.08.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Settings -> Duck AI -> Assist settings

Duck AI off and AI slop filtered.

Duck Duck Goooooo!

03.08.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PSC statement on Keir Starmer's announcement on possible British recognition of Palestinian statehood in September.

Read here: palestinecampaign.org/psc-statemen...

30.07.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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This weekend in Norwich

30.07.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

People with guns proudly posing in front of the Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

People with guns proudly posing in front of the Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

A bulletproof Emmett Till memorial. Riddled with bullet dents.

A bulletproof Emmett Till memorial. Riddled with bullet dents.

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.

28.07.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 23460    πŸ” 7407    πŸ’¬ 527    πŸ“Œ 270
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🚨 SUMMER OF ACTION FOR GAZA

Israel is starving the Palestinian people in Gaza to death with its blockade. We must take emergency action to pressure our government to do all it can to end Israel's genocide. Take part in our Summer of action for Gaza in August and September.

#StopArmingIsrael

28.07.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨EMERGENCY ACTIONS THIS FRIDAY πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

We will be laying a pot outside Downing Street for every Palestinian killed while queuing for aid in Gaza. Across the country similar actions will be taking place.

Tell Starmer: Stop Starving Gaza!

Find your local action: palestinecampaign.org/events/emerg...

24.07.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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My stall at the Dark Arts market Nottingham

20.07.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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(@bruisecollector.bsky.social)

18.07.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1099    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Market in Nottingham this weekend, I'm trading on Saturday and Sunday

18.07.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

15.07.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2503    πŸ” 1144    πŸ’¬ 358    πŸ“Œ 591
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Israeli defence minister’s Gaza proposal marks escalation from incitement of war crimes to official planning for mass forced displacement Plans for an internment camp on ruins of Rafah are β€˜unviable, impractical and morally depraved’ but should be taken seriously

I see that the Israeli government have come up with the novel, never before seen, idea to *concentrate* people into *camps*

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

09.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 DETAILS CHANGED - Defend Chris Nineham & Ben Jamal
πŸ—“οΈ 7 July, 9AM
πŸ“Œ Westminster Magistrates Court

Details have been changed for this protest after the trial postponment. Join us at Westminster Magistrates Court to defend the right to protest & demand the charges are dropped

04.07.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pencil sketch on aged yellow paper of female figure sat holding knees to chest with face half hidden behind the knees. The toes of the feet are morphing into roots or branches and spreading across the bottom of the page. There is the suggestion of a unicorn-like horn protruding from the forehead

Pencil sketch on aged yellow paper of female figure sat holding knees to chest with face half hidden behind the knees. The toes of the feet are morphing into roots or branches and spreading across the bottom of the page. There is the suggestion of a unicorn-like horn protruding from the forehead

I thought I was a woman
Now I’m not so sure
Our bodies and our bodies will be fragmented
Into their smallest parts
Who we were and who we became

#vaginadentata

02.07.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 Last chance to sign this important petition to oppose the proscription of Palestine Action Let’s get it to 100k.

Sign here: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription

03.07.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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The UK can excuse genocide, but draws the line at festival chants A musician’s anti-IDF slogan isn’t what is making British Jews less safe. Repressing Palestine solidarity as β€˜antisemitic’ is.

"attempting to portray justifiable public ire toward the Israeli army’s war crimes as an irrational hatred of Jewish people is both intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt."

www.972mag.com/uk-idf-music...

02.07.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say The outdoor cafe was frequently used by journalists, activists and local residents.

And on it goes. Israeli politicians using UK media to stoke up outrage around Bob Vylan & Kneecap must be laughing their heads off at how easy it all is. I think this brings the Palestinian death toll *since the Glastonbury performance* in to triple figures.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

30.06.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2148    πŸ” 923    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 30

British Police can snap into action to threaten Kneecap and Bob Vylan because they used Glastonbury to challenge genocide.

Remind me again how many prosecutions have there been over Grenfell?

Or the Post Office / Fujitsu scandal?

Keir Starmer is utterly useless when it comes to Justice.

28.06.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

Most sports are ultimately about how thrilling it can be to take a ball to a place

22.06.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hungary banned anything that β€œpromotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.

However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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Criminally Underrated LGBTQ+ Musicians You Should Know James Booker, June Millington and Alice de Buhr of Fanny, Kid Congo Powers, and Andy Fraser were all influential LGBTQ+ musicians who made significant contributions to popular music and society, despi...

Proud to be on a Pride list with James Booker, June Millington of Fanny, and Andy Fraser of Free. brokeassstuart.com/2025/06/25/l...

29.06.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re now at a point where the BBC is deliberately censoring voices opposing an ongoing genocide from being broadcast on its airwaves while continuing to invite diplomats, politicians and other representatives of the state committing that genocide onto those same airwaves to spread their propaganda.

28.06.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Zanias - Dawn (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Zanias Zanias - Dawn (Official Music Video)

Thread the power through the pain
Anger turns to iron on the flame

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAcj...

26.06.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Here I am tattooing some geometric work over some old work for @adamshawkirkwall.bsky.social

#handpoke

26.06.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Keir Starmer has acted faster and more decisively to ban a group who spray painted planes in protest of a genocide then he has in response to the genocide by a power he's arming and defending.

23.06.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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