Killing a French vampire with bread is painstaking.
28.06.2024 09:32 โ ๐ 573 ๐ 160 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 2@darkal.bsky.social
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Killing a French vampire with bread is painstaking.
28.06.2024 09:32 โ ๐ 573 ๐ 160 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 2Spotted in Granada, Spain. Works for me.
17.02.2026 16:30 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2Our message to young voters is "Vote Reform if you feel overpaid on ยฃ10 an hour"
17.02.2026 18:12 โ ๐ 464 ๐ 186 ๐ฌ 33 ๐ 13In a landmark step for environmental protection - Scotland has become the first country in the United Kingdom to place swift bricks into law. If Scotland can do it so can we!
17.02.2026 18:55 โ ๐ 212 ๐ 56 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 4ยซ Conan, Valeria and the monster ยป, 1936
by Harold S. De Lay (American artist, 1876-1947)
Illustration for #Conan "Red Nails" by #REHoward, in #WeirdTales vol. 28 No 1, July 1936
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HaroldDeLay #ConanTheBarbarian #RedNails #Dragon #SwordAndSorcery
ยซ The Courts of Chaos ยป, 1979
by Timothy White (British artist, 1952-2020)
Cover illustration for book five of "The Chronicles Of Amber" by Roger Zelazny, Avon Books, 1979
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TimWhite #RogerZelazny #CourtsOfChaos #ChroniclesOfAmber
ยซ Dracula ยป, c. 1916
by Edgar Alfred Holloway (British illustrator, 1870-1941)
Cover illustration for #Dracula, by #BramStoker, Rider & Son, London, 1919
(Previously published in B&W in the 1916 edition)
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #EdgarAlfredHolloway #gothicfantasy
Screenshot of an MSNBC segment shared by Aaron Rupar. The chyron reads, โLawmakers slam DOJโs defense of Epstein files redactions.โ A split-screen shows a female news anchor on the left and Rep. Dan Goldman on the right. The post quotes Goldman suggesting the Epstein files be called the โTrumpโEpstein files.โ
I agree! The Trump-Epstein files it is.
17.02.2026 20:00 โ ๐ 2444 ๐ 481 ๐ฌ 74 ๐ 18The explicit prejudice of British/English nationalism is being mainstreamed in a chilling way by much of the media.
It stands in sharp contrast with the inclusive, outward-looking civic nationalism that Scotland's independence movement has shown is both possible and compelling.
ยซ The Enchantress Castle ยป, 1984
by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Interior and back cover illustration for "Castles", written by David Day, David Larkin Ed., 1984
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #alanlee #castles #medievalFantasy
๐ From the archive
โHas the BBC ever investigated the source of this leak?โ
โBBC Biasโ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants โ by @nafeez.bsky.social
The leaked memo that fuelled Trumpโs attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firmโฆ
๐ https://bylinetimes.com/2025/1โฆ
Two rulers, unalike in measurements
They released this like this
Why would anyone ever drive a car by people who do not Look At MEASUREMENTS
@offthemarkparisi.bsky.social
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BBC News - New adverts urge boys not to share sexist content online
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#StarWarsActionFigures #Dagobah #LukeSkywalker #Yoda #BenKenobi #Kenner
17.02.2026 00:02 โ ๐ 74 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Liz Truss meets Trump. Fingers crossed she hasn't lost her touch.
17.02.2026 07:38 โ ๐ 599 ๐ 113 ๐ฌ 28 ๐ 8The Dark Knight Returns turned 40 yesterday.
#batman #dccomics #thedarkknightreturns #digitalart
Counselor: These feelings of "everything sucks," how long have you had them? Butt-head: Uhh, since everything started to suck, I guess.
Here it is, your moment of zen.
17.02.2026 01:43 โ ๐ 15667 ๐ 3925 ๐ฌ 42 ๐ 69Everyone can now access the latest T&T: A New Age beta quickstart rules legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5558...
17.02.2026 06:41 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0ACTION: BEFORE THE BAN!
Ahead of our new collection TOMORROW, we're celebrating 50 years of Britain's most controversial comic - and in issue #12, you better Look Out For Lefty!
Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/44YIF1F
[Scene is a domestic kitchen. Night time. The room is all blue apart from warm orange-pink light streaming in from a streetlight outside. In the center of the room stands a woman named BRANDI, standing in pyjamas looking contemplative, the light cast dramatically on her face. At the doorway, leaning against the frame, her partner JOEL stands has woken up and found her in the kitchen.] JOEL: Honeyโฆ what are you doing? BRANDI: Canโt sleep Guess I just like standing in the kitchen at 3am thinking about the supernatural threat we temporarily defeated last year. While saying that out loud in a manner which sounds casually ironic but is actually just blatant exposition. JOEL: Brandiโฆ you're talking strange... BRANDI: Dammit Joel. Itโs time you knew. You're a Netflix character. [Joel looks shocked] BRANDI: Everybody you know has been forced to speak to you in second screen dialogue. Second screen dialogue helps the people scrolling their phones in front of the TV to follow the - JOEL: Stop explaining, Brandi! [Hands on head, emotional expression, warm pink light cast on his face against the cool blue darkness of the room]. JOEL: So that's why my entire life has looked so glossy and... BRANDI: Yep... Warm/cool colour graded. [Cut to a TV show TITLE SCREEN]: SECOND SCREEN - A Netflix original - [Ends]
16.02.2026 07:30 โ ๐ 794 ๐ 270 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 10Been there....
16.02.2026 20:42 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Star trek
Star Trek fact๐ซ
The idea that redshirts always die is mostly a myth.
In the original series, more goldshirts actually died than redshirts.
Your brain just remembers the red ones.
Pop culture rewrote the statistics.
Art by โข David Wyatt
16.02.2026 00:52 โ ๐ 246 ๐ 44 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0WHY do cat food manufacturers bother making flavours like shrimp and beef. or duck and chicken? All my cat wants to do is lick his arse. Cat's arse-flavoured cat food, that's a winner. George Tringham, Bedford
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16.02.2026 19:57 โ ๐ 199 ๐ 40 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 4A robed figure considers a route ahead through the trees
forest path
#digitalart #rpg #D&D
Reform is soft on Russia. And it's stuff like this which explains why ๐๐ป
16.02.2026 21:32 โ ๐ 462 ๐ 179 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 3Our investigation has uncovered a network funded by Hungaryโs authoritarian leader Viktor Orbรกn, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
https://goodlaw.social/2l1y
Abolish the Monarchy. The image includes a photo of former Prince Andrew.
An outdated and undemocratic institution, built on nepotism and privilege, that dodges the transparency that should be required of all those in power.
Abolish the monarchy.
๐ www.greens.scot/abolishthemonarchy