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Delighted that both of my submissions for the Paisley Art Institute’s annual exhibition have been accepted and will be on display in the Institute’s new home, the Glasgow Art Club. As a first-time entrant, I’m absolutely thrilled to be taking part. #art #PaisleyArtInstitute #GlasgowArtClub

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Being spoiled here with this lovely weather. No sign of it abating. 🤞 Great to work outside in weather like this and see the 🌱 growth accelerating around you. The amelanchier and the forsythia are looking lovely today in full-bloom against a cloud-free sky. Perfection. #gardens #spring #blossom

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"Well, hello there! Fancy finding you out here ... as usual." 🐅🐅🐅 I guess I'm about to be pounced on. 🤣 #NotMyCat #dailycatvisitor #cat

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Still experimenting with my acrylics ... 🎨🎨🎨

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Lovely 🌞 day, ideal for cleaning out and oiling the wood of the plant house, and getting it ready for young bedding plants. Or so I thought. His nibs moved in! Perfect cat conservatory according to him, so he refused to come out. 🤣🤣🤣 #cats #Bengalcat #notmycat #spring #Pitstop

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Juxtaposition ... 🐈 ... 🐦 #garden #cat #birds #spring

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Time to head in to the garden again for some more inspiration ...

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Latest artistic experiment ... #womensart #abstract #acrylics

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Better late than never, finally getting around to trying a recipe from my new seitan cookery book ... 'beaf' grillin' burgers. Let the alchemy begin! Tasting session later ... #Seitan #Vegan #Vegancooking

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And they're off! The speed of growth is certainly accelerating now that there is a bit of warmth finally appearing, albeit not yet in the morning. As ever, the rhubarb is making early progress. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

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Fresh off the easel ... #art #acrylic

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THAT moment after you've been in the shed going through 2 toolboxes and 2 crates and discover you don't have any small, brass flat-head screws for attaching mirror plates. Every other screw available. Naturally. It's like the law of lightbulbs. 😑

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Never seen this before, the seeds sprouting 'inside' the tomato. Apparently it's called 'vivipary'. Conflicting comments online about whether you can eat them. Potential for a dodgy tummy, so erred on the side of caution. A whole pack of tomatoes binned. 🫤

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🔴‘Unconfirmed Reports’ and the Weasel Words That Accelerate Misinformation Phrases once used by responsible journalists to highlight gaps in their knowledge, are now being used to spread misinformation for clicks, writes @bearlypolitics.co.uk www.bylinesupplement.com/p/unconfirme...

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Latest artwork signals a return to acrylics ... #Scottishart

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Russia ‘Spread Conspiracy Theories and Attacked Climate Scientists in Poland’ False narratives spread through state-owned news sites and social media bots, report finds. 📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/02/03/r...

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🔴NEW With Another Felony Conviction, Will Nigel Farage's Pal Steve Bannon be Barred from the UK? @grantstern.bsky.social explains the origin of the Byline Times exclusive that ended in another conviction for the Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica boss bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/w...

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🔴Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...

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Delivery of a few more ingredients for making seitan next week. Let the alchemy begin ... 🤔 ... think I'll start off with the basic burger recipe, ease myself in gently before trying the more complex recipes ... #seitan #veganfood #vegan

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"We don’t talk enough about climate impacts, our vulnerability to them, let alone how to prepare adequately for them, or to tackle them ‘upstream’ before they land or get worse." #climatecrisis #anthropocene www.desmog.com/2025/01/23/t...

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Given the increasingly grim weather here, consoling myself indoors with my new cookery book. Must be well over a decade since I last made seitan. Decided it was time to get a bit more creative and what better way to start than being instructed by a vegan chef, Skye Michael Conroy. #vegan #seitan

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During our morning inspection, the supervisor was aghast at the latest accessory ... I reassured him that no dogs are allowed in the garden. He warned me to keep it that way, and headed home for his lunch. 😂 #cats #notmycat #dailyvisitor #gardens

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Continuing my 'tour' pics. Museum of Liverpool up next. There was an exho on Holly Johnson (Frankie goes to Hollywood). Trip down memory lane. Saw them twice in the Glasgow Apollo in the 80s. Interesting seeing his paintings. #Frankie #Liverpool

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Sampling the Christmas fare ... artichoke and truffle Hasselback potatoes and mushroom and truffle tarts. Be rude not to. 😜 STILL not got the hang of a pastry in the airfryer though! But very tasty! 🤪 #christmasfood #airfryer

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Prince Harry and Tom Watson’s case against The Sun newspaper’s publisher finally makes it to trial over allegations of illegality, corruption, and cover-up Help crowdfund our full and fair reporting You know other news organisations won’t do it ▶️ subscribe.bylinetimes.com/the-people-v...

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Lambs resist calls to close slaughterhouse

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This. "... the BBC’s real, but unacknowledged, problem when it comes to maintaining impartiality is its presence in a media ecology in which right-wing newspapers, in spite of dramatically falling sales, remain such a dominant influence (and have now been joined by GB News)."

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‘The Land’, Scottish Society of Artists exhibition at The Dick Institute (Sat 15 March – Sat 7 June) Delighted that my work ‘SOS: Save our soils!’ has been pre-selected for the upcoming SSA exhibition, 'The Land’ at The Dick Institute. #art #plasticgrass #Scottishart #environment #womenartists

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Had another attempt at cooking sweet potato fries in the airfryer. Not perfect, but a bit better this time. Worked well with a Quorn tomato and mozzarella escalope and cauliflower cheese and a sour cream dip. #vegetarian #airfryer #Quorn

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THAT moment you start printing off labels after having that great idea in the morning of "I'll do a big tidy and reorganisation of the studio ..." I suspect I may still be up here on Boxing Day. Just keep saying "It'll be worth it ..." 😑 #art #studio

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Revealing the hidden benefits of birdsong. #environment #nature eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

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Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy. eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/fig...

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How many of these did you hear about? The Extreme Weather Report, December 12, 2024. This is your weather on fossil fuels.

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Not quite got the hang of cooking frozen pastry items in the airfryer. Cheese and leek plaits with spicy potato wedges, coated with sesame seeds (leftovers from last night's airfryer dinner) and riced cauliflower in a pepper sauce with cashew nuts. Very tasty though. 😛 #vegetarian #airfryercooking

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Emerging research indicates ChatGPT and OpenAI language models consume huge amounts of energy and water - a cause for environmental concern?

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When your fence becomes the resident squirrel's larder ... We're all still working our way through this year's bumper apple crop. #wildlife #apples #GrowYourOwn

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