Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's not my imagination: there genuinely has been a genuine increase in the overuse of the genuinely meaningless word "genuinely". I'm genuinely disappointed we can't blame this genuinely annoying trend on AI as the genuinely exponential increase of "genuinely" genuinely started in 2000. 221
Reposted by Emily DoolittleNeil Banas @neilbanas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026@emilydoolittle.bsky.social , Michelle Campbell, Preeti Pansare, and I are in Studio 110 at The Briggait in #Glasgow this weekend with the #doorsopen (waspsstudios.org.uk/open-studios...). Triangles, #crochet, and #invertebrates in many combinations. Drop by! 031
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is the funniest unasked-for AI Overview that I have encountered! (I'll use this next time I need to talk with students about how, whatever the uses of AI may be, saying truthful things is not one of them.) 041
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Looking fwd to answering @soundscotland.bsky.social Composer Helpline, Weds 1-2 UK time. Open to all new music ppl anywhere, all levels. Sign up here to meet w me (or one of my great colleagues Lisa Robertson, Ruta Vitkauskaite, Pete Stollery or Fiona Robertson). sound-scotland.co.uk/event/compos...sound-scotland.co.ukComposers' Helpline - Sound Scotland 034
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Looking fwd to answering @soundscotland.bsky.social Composer Helpline, Weds 1-2 UK time. Open to all new music ppl anywhere, all levels. Sign up here to meet w me (or one of my great colleagues Lisa Robertson, Ruta Vitkauskaite, Pete Stollery or Fiona Robertson). sound-scotland.co.uk/event/compos...sound-scotland.co.ukComposers' Helpline - Sound Scotland 034
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I'm preparing for my UK driver's test, and I was not expecting quite so many questions about sheep! (I don't remember any questions about moose when I took my Canadian driver's test, though in retrospect there probably should have been!) 030
Reposted by Emily Doolittlemhoeschele.bsky.social @mhoeschele.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Our book, "Nature Beats" is finally out. It talks all about how we can study rhythm across species and what that can tell us about the evolution of music. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... 07827
Reposted by Emily DoolittleMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I also appreciate Emily Wilson as a woman in a male dominated role, by which I don’t mean translator or classicist or public scholar but rather “curmudgeon.” 191563142
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The dog never really comes when we call "Idris". But he always comes running when he hears us open a plastic food package. I think this means his name is now effectively "[crinkle crinkle]"! 412410
Reposted by Emily DoolittleAlex South @amsouth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It's great to see The Biology of Music - Interdisciplinary Insights edited by @andrearavignani.bsky.social out in the wild! I have a co-authored chapter in there on #animalmusicking, with @emilydoolittle.bsky.social and Pralle Kriengwatana. academic.oup.com/book/63102. 0166
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Adding some random-hyphens between words and making some non-standard compoundwords to fit within the wordcount... (Not really, but I consider this every time!) 130
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026In my honest opinion you can absolutely recognise when something is AI-written because of the overuse of genuinely pointless intensifiers... (This is not AI-written though, I'm just channeling the style for illustrative purposes.) 120
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 28/06/2026People like to quote Bartok's (apocryphal?) dictum "competitions are for horses, not artists", but I always find myself thinking: what use has a horse for a competition? While highly flawed, competitions have some potential benefit for artists, whereas I imagine horses do not care about them at all! 140
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 28/06/2026What novel should I read next? (The last few novels I've read & enjoyed include Nonesuch, Houses of Ravicka, The Safekeep, Birnam Wood -- not sure if that amounts to a coherent genre, but stuff like that!) 200
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I'm at that weird stage of getting into composing a new piece where I'm alternating rapidly between "I'm so excited, I've written 8 minutes of music" and "this is terrible, I'm going to scrap it all, I've done nothing!" Usually this stage settles down after a few weeks... 2280
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026It doesn't have to be this way. (Climate change, rising fascism, increased bigotry and xenophobia, out-of-control capitalism, destruction of habitat, etc., etc.). Can we please make it not this way? 061
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026It doesn't have to be this way. (Climate change, rising fascism, increased bigotry and xenophobia, out-of-control capitalism, destruction of habitat, etc., etc.). Can we please make it not this way? 061
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 26/06/20261/3 In my 30 years as an artist, I've seen the success rate of some grants go from, say, 1/3 to 1/30. Of course if you're 10% as likely to get a grant, that doesn't mean you spend 10% as much time on it: more likely you work harder. Instead of spending 3 hours on it maybe you spend 5. 231
Reposted by Emily DoolittleDr. Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her) @kleonardphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Time to re-up it, or, Why Nadia Boulanger Isn't Your Poster Child for Women in Music kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org/2018/04/05/m...kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org 1113
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 26/06/20261/3 In my 30 years as an artist, I've seen the success rate of some grants go from, say, 1/3 to 1/30. Of course if you're 10% as likely to get a grant, that doesn't mean you spend 10% as much time on it: more likely you work harder. Instead of spending 3 hours on it maybe you spend 5. 231
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I hear traces of birdsong in my music even in non-bird-related pieces. I thought this was b/c I listen to birds so much. But I just listened to one of my pre-birdsong pieces & it sounds bird-ish too. Maybe it was my innate motivic & structural tendencies which drew me to birds in the first place? 040
Reposted by Emily DoolittleThe Cosmic Shambles Network @cosmicshambles.com · 21/06/2026Ep 1 of For the Record delves into the world of music in the animal kingdom. 3 of the experts we spoke to were bird song expert, @dominiccouzens.bsky.social, zoomusicologist @emilydoolittle.bsky.social & oceanographer @helenczerski.bsky.social Ep one out Jun 25 on youtube.com/cosmicshambles 064
Reposted by Emily DoolittleAlex South @amsouth.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Very happy to be visiting Fetlar (Shetland) 9 June to perform music by @emilydoolittle.bsky.social inspired by the folk tale Jan Tait and the Bear, plus works in which the clarinet evokes the sounds of gannets and whales. 051
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026If you'll be on Fetlar June 9 pls come to an evening of art & music w paintings about Jan Tait & the Bear by Meilo So & a concert by @amsouth.bsky.social of music abt bears, whales & gannets. Free & drop-in but if you book here we can bring enough snacks! Pls RT! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...eventbrite.co.ukAn Evening of Art and Music at the Fetlar Community HallPaintings by Cullivoe artist Meilo So and music by clarinetist Alex South 053
Reposted by Emily DoolittleJoanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New pinned post so the silly preview thing works yikes | my Austenaut novel: inanna.ca/product/aeth... | #SmallPress starter packs: 🇨🇦 go.bsky.app/D4YKenp 🇺🇸 go.bsky.app/S4HKBuC 🌍 go.bsky.app/S5N1WAY 🎓 go.bsky.app/EoXRRgy | 🌈📚 #Booksky 🪐📚 | recent writing: see linktree in bio | yaaaayy nailed itinanna.caAether and Ego - Inanna PublicationsAether and Ego is a steampunk retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, with the addition of space travel, dogs, and accidental death. 0175
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026If you'll be on Fetlar June 9 pls come to an evening of art & music w paintings about Jan Tait & the Bear by Meilo So & a concert by @amsouth.bsky.social of music abt bears, whales & gannets. Free & drop-in but if you book here we can bring enough snacks! Pls RT! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...eventbrite.co.ukAn Evening of Art and Music at the Fetlar Community HallPaintings by Cullivoe artist Meilo So and music by clarinetist Alex South 053
Reposted by Emily DoolittleJoanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Aether and Ego by @joannemerriam.bsky.social, Inanna Publications & Biopiracy by Vandana Shiva, @btlbooks.com. See alt-text. 💙📚 #BookSky #DSPBposts #shamelessselfpromoversion #prideandprejudice #bookish #booklovers #booktok #booksta #bookstagram 061
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026There are still a few spots available for the @soundscotland.bsky.social Composer's Helpline tomorrow -- free and open to all composer and new music people (not just in Scotland). Details and sign-up here: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/compos...sound-scotland.co.ukComposers' Helpline - Sound Scotland 143
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026There are still a few spots available for the @soundscotland.bsky.social Composer's Helpline tomorrow -- free and open to all composer and new music people (not just in Scotland). Details and sign-up here: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/compos...sound-scotland.co.ukComposers' Helpline - Sound Scotland 143
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Sometimes when I am answering too many emails in a day I end up typing "all beset" instead of "all best", which seems appropriate! 150
Reposted by Emily DoolittleJoanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I can’t get over how gorgeous this cover by Pei Yuan Li is! So many thanks to Inanna for involving me in decisions about specifics and finding such a talented cover artist. Also very grateful to @kateheartfield.com for her lovely blurb. 💙📚 #BookSky #JaneAusten #bookish #romance 🪐📚 4203
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Trying to chat with a company to get help is so utterly useless these days... 060
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 17/02/2026This is a great opportunity for Scotland-based composers and artists to create a new work based on data sonification. Please apply and/or share with people who might be interested! forms.office.com/pages/respon...forms.office.comMicrosoft Forms 030
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I'm really looking forward to being part of this show at Transmission Gallery (Glasgow), with crochet by my, origami by @neilbanas.bsky.social, and paintings by Michelle Campbell. Join us for the opening (with drinks and snacks) Feb 24 6-9! #sciart #mathart #seaslugs 051
Reposted by Emily DoolittleSt. Simeon the Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The wonderful thing about Tyggers Is Tyggers are burning bright Their tops are made out of rubber In the forest of the night What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, Immortal hand or eye Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers, Their fearful symmetry! 181099430
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026I'm really looking forward to being part of this show at Transmission Gallery (Glasgow), with crochet by my, origami by @neilbanas.bsky.social, and paintings by Michelle Campbell. Join us for the opening (with drinks and snacks) Feb 24 6-9! #sciart #mathart #seaslugs 051
Reposted by Emily DoolittleKenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net · 05/02/2026It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...megaphone.org.ukChange the law to fix music streamingIt's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! 01810
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 09/01/2026If I suddenly became very rich (which sadly isn't going to happen) I would start up a moderately competitive grant for a moderate amount of money for mid-career artists to complete the middle phase of a mid-sized project. Obvs other demographics need more funding too. But there's a real lack here! 191
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I'm very pleased to share this creative conversation with my wonderful @rcsofficial.bsky.social friends and colleagues Laura Bissell and Laura Gonzalez, in which we explore "inspiration" in both the literal and metaphorical senses of the word. rdw.rowan.edu/joie/vol3/is...rdw.rowan.eduOn InspirationIn this creative conversation, we three artist-researchers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ponder inspiration in education and in our own creative practices from a range of perspectives. Each o... 062
Reposted by Emily DoolittleNeil Banas @neilbanas.bsky.social · 07/01/2026"Breath…is repeatable and trainable, yet also unpredictable and resistant." This conversation about inspiration goes lots of unexpected places. Ultimately I think it's about finding comfort and rhythm in bodies and creative practices that are always a bit creakier and wheezier than one envisioned. 011
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I'm very pleased to share this creative conversation with my wonderful @rcsofficial.bsky.social friends and colleagues Laura Bissell and Laura Gonzalez, in which we explore "inspiration" in both the literal and metaphorical senses of the word. rdw.rowan.edu/joie/vol3/is...rdw.rowan.eduOn InspirationIn this creative conversation, we three artist-researchers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ponder inspiration in education and in our own creative practices from a range of perspectives. Each o... 062
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The 10 year old: "I want neeps [turnips]! I want NEEPS! I WANT NEEPS NOW! #parentingproblemsididnotforesee #scottishparenting #unexpectedturnipemergency 040
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I enjoy Spelling Bee, but I also find the allowable words so arbitrary. Why is puppylike a word but eellike isn't. And why is eely a word but elky isn't? And don't get me started on all the excellent Scottish words it omits! I am feeling a bit elky about this! 121
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I enjoy Spelling Bee, but I also find the allowable words so arbitrary. Why is puppylike a word but eellike isn't. And why is eely a word but elky isn't? And don't get me started on all the excellent Scottish words it omits! I am feeling a bit elky about this! 121
Reposted by Emily DoolittleEmily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025All the Scottish cafes now serve pumpkin spice lattes in the fall, which seems very out of place because no no one eats pumpkin pie here, so pumpkin spice is not a thing. But haggis spice is pretty similar -- nutmeg, allspice, mace. Why don't they sell these as haggis spice lattes? Sounds delicious! 172
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025All the Scottish cafes now serve pumpkin spice lattes in the fall, which seems very out of place because no no one eats pumpkin pie here, so pumpkin spice is not a thing. But haggis spice is pretty similar -- nutmeg, allspice, mace. Why don't they sell these as haggis spice lattes? Sounds delicious! 172
Reposted by Emily DoolittleJan Tait and the Bear @jantaitopera.bsky.social · 11/09/2025PRANKSTER SLUG news! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...theguardian.comDoorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slugPeople suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel 021
Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 25/08/2025A collaboration between me, @amsouth.bsky.social & Lesley Harrison, performed at @rethinkingfable.bsky.social (www.rethinking-fables.org.uk). Lesley & Alex weave together pieces by me and Alex and a poem by Lesley to create a new fable, "The Gannet and the Whale". www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55d...youtube.comThe Gannet and the Whale (May 24, 2025, Rethinking Fables)YouTube video by Kaori Nagai 033