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Nerd stuff, cricket, cycling, despair. Avatar a detail of The History of the Old Kent Road by Adam Kossowski https://www.flickr.com/photos/33481646@N04/albums/72157695354993491/ SHWM

Ronaldo, who denies the allegations's bottled water, high alkaline URSU
A analogue watch face. White dial and black hands. The 3, 6 & 9 numbers have been replaced by 15, 30 and 45. The inside of the dial from 12 to 9 has been filled with red so symbolise the 45 minutes of a football half.
An open paperback book. The left side. A chapter of two paragraphs and a line. Text below. 7 AFTER the eviction of Baron Jules the cocktail house soon came to an end. Back in her studio apartment, after party at Lorque's making herself a cup of tea and taking a bath, Aimée stood in front of the bathroom sink and, looking at her reflection in the mirror, spoke to herself: "Well, it's the same as ever, isn't it? It seems slow, but actually it is quite fast. Sex always comes up first. Then money questions. And then, last, come the old crimes. You have seen other towns, my sweet, and you'll see others, knock on wood." She tapped her head. In the mirror, poorly illuminated by the fluorescent lighting built into the bathroom cabinet, her white reflection likewise tapped its head without smiling. "Come on, my sweet," she repeated, "the crimes come last, and you have to be patient." She drank her tea and went to bed and slept soundly.
A glimpse of cartoon skulls on a yellow background. See under a dark blue jacket
The exterior of the Banqueting House, Whitehall. A white stone 17th century building.
A square pine plywood table with three items on it. To the left is a jam jar with pink/purple flowers. To the right, a mostly consumed latte. In the middle, a book. The Dead Man's Empire by W.P.Wiles.
The UK cover of Taiwan Travelogue. It's magnolia, with text on. The title, author, publisher logo, some text from the novel and the translator. All in a serif font.
Blue sky. Darkest at the top. At the bottom of the picture is a mountain and trees and snow covered ground
The title card for city on fire (1987). 龍虎風雲 in electric blue above City On Fire in the same colour, the English written in a loose cursive. The text is laid on top of an image of two police vehicles on a Hong Kong street.
The cover of "Iron Cross" magazine. "German Military History 1914 - 45" The cover story is about ww1 zeppelins, the four other stories on the cover relate to Nazi stuff.
Four books laid out on a white sheet. Top left King and Emperor by Janet L. Nelson, white cover with a large Kin red and gold. Top right. The Employees by Olga Ravn, black cover with red text. Bottom left. An Insular Possession by Timothy Mo, Bottom right. Lanark by Alasdair Gray.
England and South Africa playing cricket at Marylebone Cricket Club's Lord's
A 'Scottish Breakfast' as sold by a sandwich shop in Belgium. A little pot with smoked salmon, boiled eggs and dill
A smiling Ian McShane as Lovejoy and a despondent Eric Catchpole.
The Oval, South London. Pavillion to the right, gas holder middle left. Players on a bright green field below a blue blue sky studded with little clouds.
The Oval, Vauxhall end silhouetted by the low sun. Whisps of cloud in the sky. The ground is in shadow except for a single sliver of the square bathed in gold light. Surrey bay against Middlesex
The steep copper green roof of a post war church, partially hidden by trees in the garden you can see that the church is raised on pillars
Sheffield Hatters against Oaklands Wolves British basketball playoff at the O2 arena.
Dark grey night sky. The tops of buildings take up the bottom of the frame. In the sky is the thinnest sliver of a golden moon.
The paperback cover of the book "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-Zi and translated by Lin King. The title is at the top and the names of author and translator at the bottom. The bulk and the centre of the cover is taken up with a design. Four oblongs with rounded corners (like a train window) are layered with each one smaller than the next. It's hard to make out what fills the shapes but one is a black and white photo of a street. The central oblong is divided like a train window that can be opened at the top. A bowl sits in the bottom of the window above which is written "A novel".
A picture from a handball game. Central to the image is a woman in a red shirt mid jump, posed to throw a ball at the goal. An opposition play is behind her and the right foreground is taken up by goal post, netting and the back of a goalkeeper.
A sticker of a red ork Dreadnaught or possibly a killer can. Surrounding the machine is the text in silver "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS"
A pair of black boxer shorts with a UCI seal and a waist band that is made from the world champion bands.
A headshot of the Jayco Alula cyclist Bob Donaldson, aged 22. He is in a purple jersey and is a young, white, British man.
A young, male, cyclist in a red jersey stood straddling their Stevens cyclo-cross bike. He is being congratulated by two people, one either side. The long sleeved jersey is minimalist with just large number sevens in a couple of places and M A A P stacked in three lines in a couple of places.
A concrete building. The lower parts appear to be pillars supporting the bulk of the structure. There are then a couple of floors of narrow windows. From there each of the next three floors are slightly larger, overhanging what's below. It's brutal, it's a fortress, but it's also floating above the street.
Dirty black blue starless sky fading to peach orange. Black towers, sprinkled with the lights of living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms, blot out the bottom third.
A larger detail of the ceramic mural 'History of the Old Kent Road' by Adam Kossowski. The left side of this section is divided into two layers, a top and a bottom. Both layers have medieval people on horseback, the pilgrims from the Canterbury Tales. The right side depicts Henry V, again on horseback, flying the royal standard and followed by soldiers. Ahead of him is a group of clergymen, identified by their crooks. My profile picture is a close up of Henry Vs head. Specifically the tiny little lion he has on top of his helmet.
Top two thirds of image is a twilight sky. Ocean dark blue fading down to a pale dirty orange. Silhouettes of black buildings provide a horizon, spattered with the lights of homes and offices. A road goes away from the viewer on the left. Two buses are visible.
Dirty black blue starless sky fading to peach orange. Black towers, sprinkled with the lights of living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms, blot out the bottom third.
Sea and sky. Light glistening off the waves generated by a gentle breeze. Blue sky under light clouds.
Copyright page of a book. "Images on pages 45, 91, 149 and 217 were generated by the author using the DALL-E 2 AI system"
A floodlight in its natural environment. The grass of the oval glowing green. The sky dark. The floodlight shining.
A Caran D'Ache 849 series ballpoint pen. The body is fluorescent green but it marked by a series of little shields with bears in them.
Plough lane stadium. London Broncos playing Catalan Dragons.
A gilda. Anchovy fillet, green olive and pickled green chilli. All on a cocktail stick. Simple but top tier basque pintxo
Underexposed shit of the oval. Overton of Somerset bowling to a Surrey batter. The backdrop is the Vauxhall End
Sun drenched Oval looking at the Vauxhall end and the gasometer. Worcestershire in the field (Singh bowling) Surrey batting.
Screenshot from Tampopo. Looking down on a highway at night. The road running from to to bottom, far enough away that all you can see are lights. Cutting through the middle, going under the highway, is a brightly lit commuter train.
Some tiny margins on a professionally published book.
A tray full of seashells, on which are three oyster shells. In each of the shells you can see a poached oyster covered in burre blanc. On top of the oyster is a little pile of pickled cucumber and avruga caviar.
A slice of galette des roos with the prize.
A galette des roi in a gold box from Cedric Grolet, a paper gold crown is surrounding the cake.
Pork chop with rice and egg, Swiss wings and milk tea (sweet) at Hoko Brick Lane
Still from 'Long Days Journey into Night' 2018. Tang Wei stands next to a door smoking a cigarette.
"La lune de miel" subject of a Duolingo story.
A Palestinian flag in the foreground against a sea of flags and signs in Trafalgar Square.
Eros at Piccadilly Circus against grey skies. It's pedestal covered by people supporting Palestine.
The exterior of Hendaye station in the sun.
Pintxos of Bacalao in a light batter.
Lightning map of London showing recent strikes in north and west London
Poster for Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)
Looking out from the front seat of a DLR train at Canary Wharf.