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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And if I only could I'd make a deal with God

Avocados at a farmer's market, with a sign that says "organic avocados 4 for $28, 2 for $15, $8 each"

Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

10 amazing years with this wonderful man! I can't imagine a better partner to pirouette around the sun with. Happy Anniversary ♥️

A couple's selfie in front of a large outdoor Christmas tree from many years ago

A couple's selfie at the Hollywood Bowl from this year

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

There's so much to unpack here and it's all awful (screenshot from a Washington Post email)

A poll of 8,750 adults revealed the secret to better aging in America.
What is it? Money. The Pew survey found income levels can affect someone's physical health, social life and even cognitive skills in retirement. Dig into the data here (link destination not shown).
Another interesting finding: Americans want long lives, but not too long. About 3 in 4 Americans want to reach their 80th birthday, but less than 30% want to live to 100.
Not rich? You can still follow this scientific advice for a longer life (link destination not shown).

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I got an exciting delivery today! The Wildermyth OST is coming out on March 27th :)

A shipment of CDs of the Wildermyth soundtrack

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I still have this one on my fridge!

A rectangular magnet with a cheerful drawing of a bug running around while wearing a thimble for a hat and holding a needle. There's an appropriately sized horse for the bug made of twigs and buttons for wheels instead of feet

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Standing in the same spot, sky to the north (clear) and sky to the south (bad). West of the Eaton fire

View of the sky to the north. Some clouds but mostly clear and blue

View of the sky to the south. Heavy smoke and cloud cover. Sun is mostly obscured

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

A real confirmation message I just got from my doctor's office after submitting an online appointment request lol

The confirmation message reads "Your appointment request has been submitted. We have received your request and will contact you about scheduling your appointment. If you have further questions, you can contact us at (555) 555-5555." In the United States, 555 prefix phone numbers do not exist.

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Um, apparently the podcast app I use does a "wrapped" thing at the end of the year, and like, I already knew this about my listening but also I did not want to know this haha #naddpod

Screenshot showing my most listened to podcast in 2024 to be NADDPOD's Patreon feed. "You listened to 442 episodes for a total of 21 days 20 hours 30 minutes of 'NaddPod Patreon Exclusives'"

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Time for a profile picture with a different pointy hat :)

Selfie, wearing a green and blue sequined conical witch hat with a wide brim

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Having a hard time taking this article about changes in D&D 2024 seriously when it includes phrases like this lol

Screenshot of highlighted article text, reading "Dungeons & Dragons games require minimal investment of time and material"

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 27/07/2024

Did a CrowdStrike write this headline?

Screenshot of a USA Today article headline reading "Last week's CrowdStrike outage was bad. The sun has something worse planned." The hero image is a close up image of the sun with solar flares

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

Last night I discovered that a cute little ghost lives in my home office

A nighttime photo of vertical blinds. A small patch of light on the blinds is partially blocked by a ceiling fan, giving the light the appearance of a stereotypical cartoon ghost

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

I opened skype for the first time in forever and, um, oh no

Screenshot of an automated message summary from Copilot in Skype. The message teaser says "Hey, this is Bing! How can..." and beneath that is the following text encompassed by an oval: "Imagine a new form of government". The conversation is dated 6/1/23

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

I'm sure this is meant to be friendly, but it has a vaguely threatening vibe??

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

The reward amount on this poster makes me feel like I've glitched into a parallel dimension

A close up photo of a bright green poster taped to a traffic signal pole. The text at the top reads (in all caps) "black Google Pixel 6 wearing a Spigen case - matte black". Beneath that is a photo of the front and back of the phone in black ink only. Under the photo, there is more text (also in all caps): phone was lost in this area. Please return to owner. Call [phone number redacted in photo]. $133.769 reward for a safe return"

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

See also: Acrobat thinks it can summarize "key takeaways" from this sheet music PDF I just opened lol Even if this were a text document, someone presumably spent time and effort making it and deserves to have the recipient, I dunno, actually read it??

A screenshot of Adobe Acrobat with a sheet music PDF file open. None of the music in the screenshot is at a legible size. At the top right hand corner is a highly colorful button labeled "AI Assistant", and a notification bubble below it which reads "Looking for key takeaways? Ask AI Assistant (beta)"

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

How about you try out fucking right off?

Image of a notification pop-up which reads "Try out experimental AI features. Get help writing, organizing tabs and creating custom themes". There are two buttons below the body text for "Continue" and "No thanks"

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Ah, the feeling of knowing you're very much not alone, followed swiftly by the discovery that there's no true solution

A screenshot of five internet search results (each from a different website) expressing the same or similar problem - Windows Explorer hangs or crashes when attempting to move, modify, or delete ogg vorbis files. Each search result's blurb contains a partial explanation of the issue

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

haha yes thank you Pro Tools, I love it when every single file opens like this and I get to play "move the window without closing it"

Pro Tools open with a project window barely visible on the left side of the screen. The "X" button to close the window is not fully visible, so the only place to grab the window and move it into full view is in the tiny area between the top edge of the window and the top edge of the X

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

Look, all I was doing was • Swapping back and forth between a DAW with fifteen 9.5 min long wav files + many instances of melodyne + reverb and a Sibelius file of the same music with samples loaded • Listening to a YouTube video • Keeping ?? chrome tabs open • Copy/pasting stuff repeatedly

A Windows OS blue screen of death message stating "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info, and then we'll restart for you. 60% complete. For more information about this issue and possible fixes, visit https://www.windows.com/stopcode. If you call a support person, give them the info: Stop code: memory management" ("Memory management" is in all caps)

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

Oh no, I'm fine, thank you, but I appreciate it

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Candy Emberley @candycomposer.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Visiting family, new snugglebug unlocked

A small black dog sleeping on a couch, snuggled with a fleece blanket next to a person in plaid pajamas (only elbow of person visible)

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