@stuartaken.bsky.social
UK writer (12 books published). Photographer. Environment, science, humanist, walker, ancient, happily married. Find me here: https://stuartaken.net/ I DO NOT follow DMs, porn, selfie promos & users w/o profiles or posts.
#ourworldiswonderful; I close with a shot taken yesterday, when we walked part of the Sculpture Trail in the Forest of Dean, a quiet walk along comfortable paths.
Bye.
#amreading #reading #books #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #booklove #bookworm #writerslife #stories
Thanks. I've already self-published a few times, so I'm genned-up on the process.
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'As the man in his black and white costume spoke words from an open book, I almost collapsed into the open grave where Mum’s casket was lowered on ropes to settle in the lonely darkness and damp of unfeeling earth. Maureen and Sam held me up.'
When you observe, look for what is missing.
The unused object.
The paused gesture. The silence between words.
Often that is where the story lives.
#WritingCommunity #Writesky #Writing
New Patreon advice post for #authors or anyone else trying to promote on #booksky! If you're posting and posting without success I hope this is helpful for you. 💙📚
Trump’s #Iran war is colliding with higher gas prices, oil windfalls for the powerful, threats to press freedom, and the same old donor-friendly politics at home. Chaos abroad, pain at home, profits upstairs. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism #BrendanCarr
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✨ God‑Mode Delusion
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Literacy #Ethics #Education #Technology #Satire #Books #Literature #Philosophy #Life
Happy #SocialistSunday to all the socialist mothers out there — the ones raising the next generation to believe in solidarity, compassion, and a world where everyone is cared for.
Here’s to strong mums, stronger communities, and a future built on fairness. ✌🏻🌹
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Elena Wuest - An afternoon Tea, 2026 - Oil on canvas
Leopard. My watercolor from 2023.
#art #watercolor #SciArt #WildlifeArt #cat #traditionalart #animalart
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
The chances that a post-industrial area like Inverclyde would see benefits from a far-right government led by people like Offord and Farage are negligible
First spider photo of the year, maybe a Lance-backed Crab Spider, in the garden. #spider #Colorado 🌿
Unprotected Waters: When Protection Fails In Freshwater onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🌎🦑🧪
What kind of government makes it harder for people to vote? Not a government based upon the will of the people, it would be treason to do so.
We need more of this…At both State and Federal levels!
Are you awake yet?
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Milford Sound, New Zealand 🇳🇿 #StunDay #photography
Stunning butterfly reminding us the Spring is coming.
#Butterfly #nature #flowers #StunDay #Spring #YellowSun #photography #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #PhotographersOfBluesky
📚👀 #rombks 💙📚
What if the book isn’t waiting for you… but coming to find you? 📚👀
Stories move. Ideas chase. Knowledge walks straight into the room and asks if you’re ready.
Are you?
#ReadingRevolution #BooksChooseYou #ThinkDeeper #LibraryLife #CuriousMinds
Republicans blamed Hillary for 4 dead in Benghazi. They blamed Biden for 13 dead in Afghanistan.
Trump’s war has already left 13 U.S. troops dead in just three weeks. Where’s the GOP outrage now?
PETE: “It’s amateur hour at the Pentagon & White House, and the price is being paid by all of us. This is not a video game. If Trump is willing to raise campaign funds over the bodies of 🇺🇸’s war dead he’s unfit to be commander-in-chief.”
(H/T @atrupar.com )
If in 🇬🇧, there is a good chance that well educated climate change believing people have at some point told you “thank goodness we will be able to live with the 2 degrees+ after all“…
Sadly climate change in 🇬🇧 will show as floods, and as this article shows those will eat up a lot of infrastructure.
Plug-in solar in the uk!
#astrophotography #zwo #williamoptics #skywatcher
A couple of Leo galaxies, Messier 95 & 96 shot last night from my Lee on solent backyard with a William Optics FLT110 F7 scope.
WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
This.🔥
Writing forces you to think.
No shortcuts, no vagueness, no hiding.
That’s why it hurts — and why it’s the best training for the mind.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky 🧪 🔭 ⚛️