Chloe Cumming

@chloecumming.bsky.social

Artist Autist(ic) woman person parent. ‘De Kooning and Bacon mashed together’ - John Musker, director of The Little Mermaid In Norwich UK deaf in one ear Buy my art: https://www.chloecumming.com Support me here: https://ko-fi.com/chloecumming

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.

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I make my art (and always have) because it feels like a vocation, for joy, to communicate… I don’t primarily make it ‘to sell it’ and have only recently even vaguely made that part of things viable. I have to mention selling here, but it feels unbalanced to… make it seem like it’s all about that…

Chloe Cumming@chloecumming.bsky.social · 15h ago

No sales since I posted this. I am not hassling you personally. I just sort of need it to happen eventually.

Today’s podcast and LOL yes lads, everyone was gloomy in 2024 because “Keir Starmer didn’t want to be too upbeat”. It definitely wasn’t because the most horrific and malicious people in the party were in charge and it had dawned on everyone that they had pledged themselves to the cause of Evil.

Yeah, it's got this nervous energy to this conference, I think. Everybody's kind of slightly buzzing, very excited, but also not quite sure what they've done in the last few months and not quite sure where they're headed. There's suddenly, I was watching the main stage today and you're seeing people go up and give speeches that haven't been in front line jobs for a little while and are suddenly back at the heart of government.
And there's just a feeling of, oh my goodness, it's almost like what the mood of the first conference after the 2024 general election should have been. That should have been exactly, but it wasn't.
Because this is sort of this weird pessimism that Kirsten Stammer didn't want to appear too upbeat. And it ended up being really gloomy and they ended up in a downward spiral. But I've spoken to several coffees with different cabinet ministers and every single one of them has arrived with a smile on their face.
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 16h ago

Just looking back at the fun scenes from Conference 2024, the first after a landslide election victory heralded a bright new dawn and rebirth of social democracy, and so on.

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This week, the lads are disconcerted to note that the expected celebratory conference is not happening. Descriptive terms include
"annoyance", "frustration", "downbeat doom and gloom" and "a sense of dread". All going great, I gather.
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Labour in crisis at conference? -
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The Guardian's Pippa Crear and Kiran Stacey are in Liverpool this week for the Labour party conference. Can the government shake off headlines about donations and internal rows?
Plus what is the mood really like in the ranks?.
Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

“I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring" David Bowie: You Are Not Alone. Yesterday at The Lightbox, London.

The Japanese indie game Full Belly Breakout looks absolutely wild. You’re trapped in a prison cell and have to carefully check your food for things like lethal spoons and sentient rice. It was Shuhei Yoshida’s top game from TGS, so that’s good enough for me. store.steampowered.com/app/4668010/...

Full Belly Breakout on Steam

Navigate the hidden dangers lurking within a wide variety of dishes, savor every bite, fill your stomach, and escape from a terrifying cell. An overwhelming dining experience where eyeballs crawl out ...

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Bloody hell, the first bit of news I've seen today and it's kicked my legs right out from under me. PAC was one hell of a wrestler - hard hitting, athletic, innovative - and just oozed charisma from every pore. He had a PPV match the day before where he was at his best.

Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · yesterday

Oh my god. PAC passed away? AEW just posted this on their instagram. He was just there? We saw him last night at All Out? This is… gosh, I can’t even process this. This is horrible. I don’t understand. RIP. This is devastating.

All Elite Wrestling is saddened to announce the passing of Benjamin Satterley, aka Pac. A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans with innovative high-flying moves and incredible in-ring ability. Pac signed with All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and held multiple AEW Championships and competed in some of the most memorable matches in AEW history. Our condolences go out to Satterley's family, friends and fans.

for fucking REAL. the depth of trauma for those undiagnosed with ADHD is real. not just the way we feel like we're constantly failing (because everyone is telling us we are) but not understanding WHY because we have no context to understand other people aren't struggling with the things we are.

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · yesterday

Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us