Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I enjoyed that one... particularly Void's closing remarks! 👏 👏 👏 021
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi SridharMost of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects. We must not entrust tech companies with our long-term health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Universi... 000
Reposted by Emma BeasleyJonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Delighted to have this #cartoon published in @theguardian.com #datacentres #environment 5230461062
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Any podcast which references 'Hamlet' in its introductory comments *has* to be worth listening to! 😀 010
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Disaster?! But staff are consistently told what a wonderful collaborative opportunity the merger is! 🤔 000
Reposted by Emma BeasleyIan Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Patreon.com/mannequinonthemoon 0237
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 18/08/2026... it's true that the first ten minutes were quote bizarre though! But yeh - definitely worth persevering! 'Casablanca' on the other hand... [shakes head] 101
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 16/08/2026rdramblings.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/o...rdramblings.wordpress.comOCTs, CMO, PCO… oh no…After making five phone calls to the Moorfields Eye Hospital appointments line over the course of a few weeks to chase up my vitreo-retinal check-up (which should have been scheduled for early June… 020
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 15/08/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comSmart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | LetterLetters: Guardian readers reflect on the ableism rife in the debate about Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, despite the life-changing difference they can make 000
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 12/08/2026www.aop.org.uk/ot/news/2026...aop.org.ukMoorfields Eye Hospital surgeon gives tips on staying safe during the solar eclipseAlex Ionides has encouraged those planning to watch the solar eclipse on Wednesday to wear special glasses or use indirect viewing methods 010
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 12/08/2026As someone who's had 6 retinal detachments and has 'no useful vision' in that eye, please don't fuck with your eyes. www.aop.org.uk/ot/news/2026...aop.org.ukMoorfields Eye Hospital surgeon gives tips on staying safe during the solar eclipseAlex Ionides has encouraged those planning to watch the solar eclipse on Wednesday to wear special glasses or use indirect viewing methods 031
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Aaah, the highlight of a new issue of Unch is all the entertaining pictures of it out in the wild along with various animals! I'm hoping for an elephant this time... 071
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Had a cracking time yesterday at the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival, with @skirwingle.bsky.social, who wore one of @marshallcartoon.bsky.social's tshirts especially for the occasion! Local people: exhibitions are still on at Beach Creative and One New Street Gallery. Go and see 'em! 🙂 152
Reposted by Emma BeasleyI’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026In this #OffGridPod episode we gallop through the Wallops, block the way with our heads, and get a Belter of a quiz. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ANTIMATTER. offgrid.tlmb.net/2026/07/26/f...offgrid.tlmb.netFarleigh Successful Slice - Ep.77 - Off-GridThis time around we're enjoying a Farleigh successful slice of things radioactive, impactful and nitwitted. 142
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Well that was an entertaining episode, and nice to hear Herne Bay listeners getting a mention! 😉 010
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Omg, yeh! I'm gonna have to listen to them all from the very beginning, just to decide! [Rings work in the morning: 'Yeh, sorry, I won't be in today - I've got an important project on...'] 021
Reposted by Emma BeasleyKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 09/07/2026shit, guys, the americans have noticed. everyone act normal. 913818
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@skirwingle.bsky.social - worth a visit sometime?! 🙂 130
Reposted by Emma BeasleyMarshallNotFunny @marshallcartoon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026As we all begin to melt - us and the ice caps - this year's One New Street Gallery exhibition seems appropriately named SOME LIKE IT HOT. It's the usual mix paintings, sculpture, photograph, print making and, of course, cartoons. Details on the poster. 🔥🔥🔥🌞🔥 1133
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Come on, Clacton... you know it makes sense tk vote Binface! 🤣 000
Reposted by Emma BeasleyCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Game on, Nige. 22970641241
Reposted by Emma BeasleyJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 07/07/2026Now is the time for Labour, Lib Dems, Tories, and Greens to all get behind Count Binface. Do it. 13552150
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I really don't understand why Farage is permitted to do this? If he's resigning as MP, he shouldn't be allowed to stand in the by-election?! 020
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 05/07/2026rdramblings.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/m...rdramblings.wordpress.comMeandering through fields and thoughtsAs I went for an early(ish) Saturday morning stroll in an attempt to beat the heat of the day to come, I spotted a pale ginger cat sitting quietly on the pavement in the shade cast by a large white… 000
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Noooo! Down with ChatGPT and all that sort of thing! 😱 Love the poster and thoroughly looking forward to seeing lots of anti-AI cartoons... 100
Reposted by Emma BeasleyChris Williams (dink) @chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social · 02/07/2026One of mine in the latest The Big Issue @bigissue.com . Make an orderly transition to the new issue by seeking out your local vendor. #larrythecat #SirKeirStarmer 03614
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Happy Anniversary! (Very sensible to put all the effort into the marriage, rather than the cake... 🙂) 010
Reposted by Emma BeasleyI’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social · 28/06/2026It's the last Sunday of the month, it's lunchtime, it's ... CRACKERJ— er, #OffGridPod! offgrid.tlmb.net/2026/06/28/y...offgrid.tlmb.netYards Short, Taylor - Ep.75 - Off-GridFor our 5th (not 9th) anniversary we find ourselves yards short, Taylor, as we pass through New Albany, only hanging around a brief while to swiftly make a few puns. 161
Reposted by Emma BeasleyEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use. 🧵>> 17599256
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I'm admin staff and so far haven't found any fellow administrators who are prepared to question the emperor's lack of clothing. However, I have come across a few academics (mostly in Humanities) who are far more critical. 130
Emma Beasley @ejb117.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I work for a university where we're being encouraged to use Gen AI 'in an ethical way'. Concerns are just brushed aside and a constant rebuttal is: 'the genie's out of the bottle now, AI isn't going away!' Two colleagues today said they're not worried about the potential for cognitive decline! 190
Reposted by Emma BeasleyGuy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Another one of my cartoons for Thurs Metro 0349
