narrowbotr · @narrowbotr
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Myfanwy Tristram · @mockduck
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There are two new posts up on my Patreon.

The first is public and free for everyone to read. It contains thoughts about drawing from historic photos, the ageing process, and how words can affect the way you think of visuals. It also has the link to an incredible Ken Russell film. Read it here: patreon.com/posts/81583239

#photography #comics #drawing #socialhistory #ageing #aldermaston #protest #thenoisyvalley #sketching

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CarveHerName · @CarveHerName
2425 followers · 461 posts · Server mstdn.social

, 1 April 1983, around 200 women dressed as teddy bears or Easter bunnies break into the Greenham Common airbase in the UK to stage a protest picnic against nuclear warfare. Greenham was due to house US nuclear missiles.

A further 40,000 protestors, men and women, form a human chain linking Greenham to and Burghfield.

#histodons #greenhamcommon #BritishHistory #Peaceprotests #womeninhistory #aldermaston #onthisday

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Peter Sketch · @petersketch
280 followers · 128 posts · Server toot.wales

Day 21 of the 2022 . Scarce Blue-tailed has a blue tail and is pretty scarce. If you look closely, the blue patch is closer to the end of the abdomen than the normal Blue-tailed. I'm sure you can guess how to distinguish it from the two species of Red-eyed Damselfly, which also have blue tails. This was on a British Dragonfly Society guided walk near .

#wildlifephotography #insects #wildlife #berkshire #aldermaston #damselfly #adventcalendar #dragonfly

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