Reposted by EmmmmmmaJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Unsolicited writing advice, no.93: Get to know your characters. Find out what they would never admit, where they keep their keys, how they celebrate. You don’t need to tell your readers all this (though it’s sometimes fun if you do), but it helps a lot if you know. 613722
Reposted by EmmmmmmaMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A fascinating editorial decision from the BBC, to make the headline a scaremongering “AUTISM AND ADHD ARE BEING OVERDIAGNOSED”, and then, four bullet points later, have the author of the report quoted as essentially saying “nah, that’s bullshit, actually”. 28951419
Reposted by EmmmmmmaDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 16h“Overdiagnosis” is the new transphobia. It’s the same people 1028086
Reposted by EmmmmmmaCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22hLooks like Trump's bold strategy of committing war crimes has once again failed to win over the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Tough crowd. 241401160
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mask by Gladys Paulus, Dutch-Indonesian felt artist #womensart #FridayFeeling 452774
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Corita Kent, a US Roman Catholic nun, peace activist and Pop art screenprinting artist who helped shape the Pop Art movement and was also friends with Andy Warhol #WomensArt 6784169
Reposted by EmmmmmmaPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 22hKeep your Great British lawn and your garden borders secure with the… WEEPING TOMMO™ From the new Private Eye, out now. 9748195
Reposted by EmmmmmmaEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comComebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists sayA landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse 619864
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The work of Anne Damer (1748- 1828), English sculptor. Described as a "female genius", one of the 1st recognised women sculptors, who lived with her lover, Irish actress Elizabeth Farren #WomensArt 21176255
Reposted by EmmmmmmaAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Does the UK want to reopen the bitter Brexit debate?" asks Vicki Young. There is a way of reviewing our relationship with Europe that does not reopen "the bitter Brexit debate", which I think is underpriced. We could all be honest and agree that Brexit was a shit idea. 44626113
Reposted by EmmmmmmaAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Literally a selling point of the pervert glasses. And now no one can feel safe getting undressed in front of anybody wearing spectacles, in case they’re being secretly filmed. Thanks a lot, Mark Zuckerberg, for making anyone with bad eyesight now inherently an object of suspicion. 1025373
Reposted by EmmmmmmaSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline? 1561375522
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sigourney Weaver is 77. Seen here sharing a joke with Ridley Scott on the set of Alien. 2957
Reposted by EmmmmmmaPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Who or what is behind the direction of the government’s AI policy? According to minister for artificial intelligence Kanishka Narayan it’s, er, AI! 214929
Reposted by EmmmmmmaNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#Painting by Nathalie Orselli #art 282061250
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Roger Moore: class act. #JamesBondDay 26812
Reposted by EmmmmmmaRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Column on Greens, anti-Zionism and why the people who pathologically hate something are not the most reliable people to define it accurately www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comZack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael BehrA toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 6468133
Reposted by EmmmmmmaJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Please make sure each person gets one of these at my funeral. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 1142549392
Reposted by EmmmmmmaNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m doing a book event in Edinburgh next week if anyone is around and fancies it - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nuance...eventbrite.co.ukThe Nuance Drought: An evening with Natasha DevonThe nuance drought is having a devastating impact on every area of our lives. Join us for an evening to discuss how to end it. 03711
Reposted by EmmmmmmaAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026From the new Private Eye 562726984
Emmmmmma @e-quinn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Dear god I love this advert, though I don’t think I’ll buy the brand they’re advertising. youtu.be/_Z7Htwb6g3c?...youtu.beCadbury's Bournville advert | Talking RetailYouTube video by Talking Retail 110
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The 1924 sketchbook of Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-born French artist & textile/fashion designer #womensart 1717140
Reposted by EmmmmmmaBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/10/2026We don't often agree with Kemi Badenoch, but she's spot on here 🚨 2114747
Reposted by EmmmmmmaCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I admit to being rather confused when some folks offer that Andrew Tate should face the death penalty for his sex crimes when it's a well-known fact he was brutally murdered by Greta Thunberg back in 2022. 472205207
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Camille Claudel (1864-1943), French sculptor who was known as 'Rodin's muse', but who many assert was a more accomplished talent, and who was committed to an asylum for 30 years despite her apparent sanity #womensart 251759459
Reposted by EmmmmmmaAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Apparently "Kemi" has "fresh solutions" uniquely tailored to Britain's current problems. <excitedly prepares to take notes> Cut taxes, reward the wealthiest, punish the poor and sick, alienate our allies, deregulate big business, and privatise any remaining state function. WAAAAAAIT A MINUTE! 46682160
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Jeffrey Archer of HM Prison Belmarsh and HM Prison Wayland 1545
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trio, 2022 by South African painter Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi #UnlockingWomensArt 145767
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Departed is 20. The Xs were used to foreshadow characters’ deaths. 5384
Reposted by EmmmmmmaJonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ever since I first saw it, this scene has epitomised Amerlcan elegance for me. I wrote a short story about it for Radio 4 (never broadcast) and it's why I drink Gibsons even though nobody who works in a bar these days knows what they are. A perfect scene - RIP Eva Marie Saint. 1357380
Reposted by EmmmmmmaPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999. 311480461
Reposted by EmmmmmmaAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As well as a Britannia Magic Dome, Tories will build a Halo Array, a Stargate, a Dark Tower, and a Death Star - named respectively Spirit of the Blitz, Maggie's Opening, Boris-Dûr, and Churchill's Clacker - funded by sales of a new wellness smoothie made with carrot, ginger, and poor people's tears. 37725144
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026RIP Eve Marie Saint I showed this scene for decades when I taught screen acting. I muted it & asked my students just to focus on Saint & Brando’s subtle body language & of course, the brilliant use of the glove. Saint’s vulnerability & quiet steeliness make the scene sing. youtu.be/dHtJUWO7yeA?...youtu.beTerry and Edie's scene in On the WaterfrontYouTube video by QueenMeshi 39321
Reposted by EmmmmmmaJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Book festivals, please, PLEASE don’t use AI to write author bios and book descriptions. Currently, I am being advertised as attending a festival next month for a talk about a book that doesn’t exist… 1724357
Reposted by EmmmmmmaSarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Counterpoint: he deserved less. 3758463
Reposted by EmmmmmmaNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So far only two men have made Jacob Rees Mogg look like a comparative genius whilst in conversation with him - Tucker Carlson and Ali G. 511612
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Eileen Blair, from South Shields, UK, was believed to have had a large influence on her husband George Orwell's writing. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four's title and idea is thought to be inspired by one of her poems - 'End of the Century, 1984' #womensart 141220287
Reposted by EmmmmmmaEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is really great! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 314952
Reposted by EmmmmmmaRightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The challenger in Los Angeles is Nithya Raman, an Indian-born urban planner and two-term City Council member who is trying to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Nov. 3. Note: The latest poll I saw showed Nithya Raman ahead.axios.comNew York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be nextCould L.A. join New York's new urban left? 1082373492
Reposted by EmmmmmmaArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 03/10/2026arstechnica.comMilt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94Milt Windler, one of the leaders of Mission Control who directed the effort to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died. 531815519
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hart Bochner is 70. We laughed at Ellis at the time but little did we realise that the Ellises of the world would end up taking over America. 49831
Reposted by EmmmmmmaTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Paul Verhoeven: too subtle for his own good. 347168
Reposted by EmmmmmmaMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Peter, Henry and Jane Fonda in 1961 18612
Reposted by Emmmmmmawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kimsooja, contemporary South Korean artist famous for works like To Breathe, which covers massive gallery windows in special translucent diffraction films that turn ordinary sunlight into glowing prisms of colour #Womensart 154591
Reposted by Emmmmmmafesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Was bored with work, wanted to do something rewarding, I volunteer a few hours once a month for a charity. It's amazing. A boring Fess, but it is rewarding. Just do something good for someone, it will make you and more importantly someone else feel better. Do it, please. 2061644