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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 1h

Shout out to everyone else who thinks that someone has died when they see their mum is calling.

Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 22h

Finished the next reel in my series on orchestral instruments and their uses in film music… coming up later today (drumroll) THE FRENCH HORN!

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#empireworld is available for 99p as a kindle deal innit amzn.eu/d/0aaF6wLd

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I saw that people are using Claude to make animusic-type videos and it made me so sad. The original animusics took YEARS of human creativity and skill to make, and AI just steals all that and vomits up some slop in minutes. I don’t want to watch that.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thinking about Cornell and frats and how when I was a student we did an orchestra tour to MIT and went to a party at a frat house. For us Brits it was like stepping into a movie, but we also immediately clocked that the drinks we were being given were extremely strong.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m already behind on the Traitors, and just remembered I need to mute some words to avoid spoilers 😬

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As I was playing in last night’s orchestra concert, I realised that I was going to have to spend my fee on new strings. I feel like there should be a German word for that feeling.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Almost home after big orchestra concert. Was very gratifying to hear an audible “wow!” from the audience at the end of Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers overture ☺️ it’s a very wow piece!

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Practising the fast movement of Sibelius 2 and you know how there are some things that just feel like they surely MUST be reducing your chances of getting dementia because your brain is working so hard? Yup.

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s been said a million times but saying Suno solved music is like saying you’ve solved soccer by installing a conveyor belt that delivers the ball directly to the net and expecting people to buy tickets

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Practising a new piece for an orchestral concert on Thursday. First read through: Me: crap that’s tricker than I thought After working out fingerings: Me: Ok, I can actually play the cello

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Megan Carnes 🎃👻 @magmacranes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you for the moments of joy yesterday, there were more than I was expecting 🥰 Divinuet is such a strange thing and it means so much to me when people support it, even through something as simple as a wishlist or repost!

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So this is done and will post later today, but I thought I’d share all the wonderful ways Instagram auto subtitles tried to cope with ‘cor anglais’: Cor ombré Coronga Or Chorus Choreo Coromble Corongay Chorongly 😏

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

After several hours of messing round in reels, I think I now know enough to actually make a functioning one. The only thing is, how do I stop hating the look of my own face and the sound of my own voice?

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bizarre things that happened in your assembly: in primary school one Easter a vicar ate a daffodil flower and told us no one would believe us if we told anyone, just like no one believed Mary Magdalene when she told them Jesus had risen. Genius.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ok for some unknown reason I’m starting with the cor anglais. I love it how Instagram subtitles just totally gives up whenever I say cor anglais.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage

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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've signed up to be a mentor through Arts Emergency, which pairs people in creative industries with young people from underrepresented backgrounds hoping to work in the arts. If that's something you are interested in, you can also sign up! They're always looking for mentors: www.arts-emergency.org

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Arts Emergency

We help young people get a fair start in the arts and humanities

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've got a new phone which actually has enough memory to record videos, so now I'm working out how to make a little nerdy instagram reel series on identifying orchestral instruments, and their common uses in film music... Which will probably be watched by about 4 people.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Fantastic news Latest records show that RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history" via Daniel Lismore Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Spent a fun morning in the 5th circle of hell - sorry, I mean O2 customer services.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One thing I never realised before having a child was just how much they like to walk directly in front of/next to/behind you like they just WANT to trip you up.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The loss of life here is almost incomprehensible - as a result of European diseases and state-sanctioned violence and murder. We learn nothing about this in the British education system.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just as meta glasses have been collectively renamed as something that actually describes what they do, can we all call SUVs 'child-killing machines'?

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026

It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I love this resource so much. I have spent many a happy hour here, looking up all the surnames of my family and friends 😁

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wonder how the big climate philanthropists will respond to the Reform donations? If you think money makes a difference in elections, then the chances of the UK electing a climate denialist government that would torch world-leading decarbonisation efforts just drastically increased.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've had my Samsung for a VERY long time and it no longer updates (hasn't for a while)... I'm constantly pushing up against the 32GB memory limit and can't download any new apps. I already have a mac and an ipad - should I get a second hand iphone? 😬 Any recommendations?

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

National Trust members, it's our favourite time of year again! Make sure you vote in the AGM, and if you don't like the dubiously funded right wing think tank agenda, avoid the candidates below... www.restoretrust.org.uk/agm-2026

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AGM 2026 — Restore Trust

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Do you think HUMAN CREATIVITY matters? Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry until their father dies, you go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart & that's when Art’s not a luxury it's sustenance.” — ETHAN HAWKE

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bristol Central Constituents! I want to take your renting experiences to the Prime Minister. Today I’ve launched the Bristol Central Renters’ Survey to get hard data on the reality of renting in our city. Use the link below to make your voice heard… forms.gle/q7QTeYrmNexG...

The image has a picture of Carla on the right-hand side with the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background. Superimposed on the image is a clipboard that reads 'Bristol Central Renters Survey 2026'. At the bottom of the image, it says "I want to hear from you"

This image is predominantly a large clipboard graphic that reads:

"If you:
> Live in Bristol Central
> Rent Privately
> Have 5 minutes to spare

Then I want to hear from you.

Please fill out my short survey so I can take your experience of renting to the Prime Minister.

Link in Bio. "

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just saw what looked like a very cool opportunity - a fellowship where you spend 8 months researching the work of female composers. But looks like they expect 8 hours commitment a week, and the honorarium works out at just over $5/hr 😢 Am I crazy to think that's... not good?

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

restoretrust.org.uk

AGM 2026 — Restore Trust

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had an online cello student who had a dog that who would do this the moment she started playing in the higher registers. Poor doggie had to be shut out of the room during cello lessons or practice 🤣

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Seems like a good day to buy a t-shirt and openly show support for the heroic people of RNLI: shop.rnli.org And/or (if, like me, you can't afford to) - make a symbolic donation of £2

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RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts

We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wood burning season is almost upon us. If you're thinking of burning, take two minutes to watch our new animation first. Top lines - burning wood and solid fuels creates large amounts of invisible fine particle pollution, impacting our #Health. But there are solutions! #AirPollution

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Do you know the hidden cost of wood burning?

ResearcherDrMathySannasiandgrassrootsairpollutioncampaigngroupMumsforLungshavecreatedthisshortanimationonwhathappenswhenwoodorsolidfuelisburntinastoveoropenfireplace.Beforeyoustartburningorconsiderin…

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Around 60% of the climate activists were subsequently charged, compared to only 32% of the far-right arrestees…”

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Took the child and his best friend to Teletubbies Land - sorry, Bowood House - today.

Photo of a beautiful rolling green lawn that leads down to a landscaped lake surrounded by trees. Two children are standing in the middle distance. The sky is blue and the weather is idyllic.

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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are we going to get the 200 articles on James Orr then? Maybe read and interrogate the footnotes of his doctoral thesis? Is Cambridge going to have to issue out statements about its hiring standards?

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Emma Butterworth Music @emmabmusic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

About 15 years ago I bought a BAM cello case for quite a bit of money. It's still going strong, but the squishy part on the handle was perishing and coming away. I emailed BAM about it, and they replied asking for my address and are sending a free replacement! Now that's customer service. 🤩

photo of the handle of a BAM cello case.

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