EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 15hstumbled upon a pet peeve in the comments… too few people willing to acknowledge that the difference between “okay“ and “pretty good” might be how hydrated you are at any given moment 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I have a “water set“ from the 1950s and the glasses are basically shot glasses. It’s purely decorative, because like you I am resentful of the ridiculously minuscule volume of water 010
Reposted by EmHELLyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"I have tweets older than you" would be a devastating burn to some impudent youth but also simultaneously to yourself of course 392597311
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 13/10/2026the cafe where I am working is playing ‘Ticket to Ride’ and it’s reminded me that when I was a kid I thought it said “ticket to Rye”, where my grandparents had a holiday house and I remember thinking, “fair enough” 140
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026like, it’s actually fine if you don’t remember if Rupert Hamer or John Cain did something? 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026people on facebook deriding fellow keyboard warriors for having a “short memory“ of political events then going on to describe the minute details of defined benefits superannuation schemes in local government in 1987 110
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026more than one news outlet reported on this trend, linked in part to a predisposition among women but also with a suspected connection to increased stress, which is what my doctor ascribed it to www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘It was like something was crawling over me’ – the worrying rise of shingles among millennial womenStress, the cost of living, long working hours and even excessive exercise have all been touted as reasons the illness is rising among women in their 30s and 40s. What can be done to help them? 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026this could be the motivation for many but as some one who had shingles last year well ahead of the supposed risk window, I can say I’d also prefer just to never have shingles again www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘I want to do everything I can to head off dementia’: why demand for the shingles vaccine is soaringCould a drug intended to prevent painful rashes also protect our brains as we get older? The signs are promising – but not conclusive. Yet that’s enough to be driving a boom in shingles jabs 100
Reposted by EmHELLyAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The fact that Gary Numan hasn't achieved full 'national treasure' status is something that needs to be corrected. A musical pioneer, still going strong and never did a cunty thing in his life. An all round good egg. 28926
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026wanted to use up some oranges so I’ve simmered them in some sugar syrup and popped them in the dehydrator. The syrup becomes a little cordial with soda and ice… perfect! 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026growing up in regional Aus where my dad was the only Asian face for miles, and where a large proportion of the community had never spent time with folks from a non-European background, we lived both sides of “you’re one of the good ones” and “you’re a [slur]” depending on the moment and company 161
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I also see this in the apologising that gets done for supporting the overtly racist policies of ON. Yes, Dave might be a great guy when you run into him down the shops but you preferring him not to be racist doesn’t mean he isn’t 160
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026one of many points but this guy really out here telling the world that even when his wife is direct and specific about the required care task, he still won’t do it 040
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was going to clean the whole house tomorrow but maybe I will read The Gender of Sound instead www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...theguardian.comAnne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026Most prestigious literature prize goes to Canadian known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red 010
Reposted by EmHELLyCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page. 451806301
Reposted by EmHELLyMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Finish every day and be done with it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson writes to his daughter in 1854. 743211895
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026because it’s spooky season there are Americans reminding me that some people put pumpkin in a can, a concept I find completely bewildering 010
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I need to find the right ten pages of my manuscript to submit to a deadline, and I imagine that’s why I am all-in on writing a completely different short story from scratch 010
Reposted by EmHELLyNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A lot of victims don’t have the language for what happened to them right away because our culture teaches all of us that men are allowed to mistreat women. 19911
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026V (the 1984 version). I was six and MUCH too young for it 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026also, I used to be embarrassed about saying I’d seen birds that were common to my area but guess what they’re not common to all areas, something I found out when I told my inland friends how boring terns were 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026some birds are jerks but also, justice for #basicbirds which are my favourite 110
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026sorry but this is a really dumb question. Toys are cool as hell 120
Reposted by EmHELLydemon core vidal @regretagarbo.rip · 03/10/2026i truly cannot comprehend how they can make so many shows about a Guy in the Mountains, but they are fucking DOING IT 3431
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026there’s this funny little stretch about frogs that I forgot I had even written 020
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I re read my draft manuscript yesterday and have a few observations: 1. it’s better than I remember: 2. it has too many characters; 3. part of what has diminished my writing practice is lack of time in the world. 231
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026having said this, I at least resisted the temptation to finish the epiphany above with an emoji so perhaps not all is lost 010
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026one of those days of feeling like the worst possible combination: a deeply unserious person who believes themselves to be incredibly serious 110
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026makes me feel better about otherwise monopolising my dear friend Jo’s time and her beautiful bookstore 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026managed to sell not one but TWO books with my effusive recommendations today. 100
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@harrysaddler.bsky.social ’s The Eastern Curlew has been tricky to find in the wild… excited to see new stock in Blarney Books in Port Fairy 030
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026much as I would prefer my kid not have the stress of having to find a new house I am also excited about the prospect of him moving home for a lil bit 011
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026a weighty and extensively illustrated tome about celebrated artist John Brack 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026saving this for later! overland.org.au/2013/06/the-...overland.org.auThe legend and the Phantom - Overland literary journalJim Shepherd recently passed away at the age of 80. It is appropriate to consider his contribution to Australian popular culture. For the past 25 years, Shepherd had been sole owner of Frew, the compa... 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026learning now that they were the cheapest comic helps to explain their presence to me in such different households… my Chinese grandpa in particular didn't have a lot of money either when my dad was small or later. My Irish grandfather wasn’t big on treats 100
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026like @sammyjcomedian.bsky.social I was all-in on the Phantom as a kid. Both my Irish and Chinese grandfathers had a big box of them, and their smudgy newsprint would get all over my hands so I was only allowed to read them at the kitchen table. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comSammy J: ‘Wouldn’t it be fascinating to see an earthworm the size of a border collie?’The comedian on his lonely obsession with the Phantom, his love of Tom Lehrer, and his early life as a piracy criminal 110
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026second holiday photo: the moon, in the Mallee personified by Boorong cultural astronomy as Mityan the spotted tail quoll 130
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026just posting two of my favourite holiday snaps: this first one of Lake Tyrell (Direl) in the Mallee 000
EmHELLy @eminist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this user has been banned for stealing a whole slice and putting the plate on the floor while the moderator was offline 140
