iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I haven’t signed onto here in a while and it’s genuinely refreshing to pop on and see real art by humans. None of the slop I see elsewhere. Bravo.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Pretty late to the game, but I just finished watching Sopranos! I forgot all the talk about the end of these series so I managed to enjoy it spoiler free. Kind of a brilliant show, it’s amazing how the writers can make terrible people actually sympathetic characters.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Instead of suggesting Miracle on 34th Street to watch my brain went with Miracle on Elm Street. Lil Freddie Kruger gets his Holiday wish 😂

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Whenever I roll my window down to get a bug out of my car I imagine that must be what it's like to be sucked out into the vacuum of space.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I was just reminded choco tacos aren't around anymore. As if things didn't already suck with the world I gotta remember this tragedy.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I love when people buy my honey and just start chugging it from the jar at the next booth. 😄

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

@stevebryantart.bsky.social I came on here specifically to see where you'll be at SDCC, and wasn't disappointed! See you soon!

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Is this where I go now to see who all is going to SDCC?

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I’d say one of the toughest parts of calming a dog down with fireworks is when you’re trying to go to the bathroom and one goes off so she tries to crawl under your legs. 😬

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Ugh. I rescued another dog off the street by my house and I couldn’t take care of him so I had to take him to the shelter. The euthanized him and I really feel like they didn’t even wait the two weeks. I get that they’re full, but come on. I wanted to try and find somewhere else for him.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I tried walking around in the dark exhausted in my hallway and wham, head went right into the corner wall. Sporting a nice bump on my forehead now and feeling dumb.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Telling people my business name is The Nerds & The Bees is worth it for the little laugh I get when they hear it.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Me this morning: “I should get some lip balm while I’m at the farmers market. Oh. Wait…I’d be the one selling it.” alright, time to start making lip balm for myself and to sell!

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Someone told me about a goth farmers market out here somewhere, but all I can find is a haunted farmers market in Tacoma, Washington. The FOMO here is strong. I would love to sell my honey at a spooky farmers market.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

People always suggested I should do farmers markets, and here I am doing them. The biggest reason I would say I was resistant is probably because I went to sleep less than two hours ago. Farmers markets hurt night owls. Night markets need to be more popular.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Cool. So I need to find a new place to get glass jars from for my honey. They mostly come from a Chinese distribution center and well the tariffs are going to of course going to be a problem. Already looks like I won't be able to restock my large hexagon jars.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

When depression got you sleeping all day and awake all night stressed. Working so hard and pretty much nothing to show for it. “Life, don’t talk to me about life.”

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Me at 2am when I have to be up early: omg bee in a bikini. Draw that. Right now. (I didn’t but I couldn’t stop giggling to myself)

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

A random child just showed up to my little honey selling table and asked about my bees, so I showed him a video of some doing the waggle dance so he started dancing too 😂 and then he vanished just like he came into my world.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Okay okay I finally watched The Beekeeper movie after so many requests that I do. 😂 I’ll post a video about it soon.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

So a dog found me today. I was out trying to sell some honey, I had finished setting up and suddenly he’s right under me while I’m taking a picture. Poor boy is so skinny and clearly wasn’t being treated well I can’t really afford another dog, but I’m not going to leave him on the street in the cold

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Today while selling honey I asked someone if they’d like to try some. They immediately said no and proceeded to try opening one of my jars for sale. 😬 also I accidentally gave them a $10 bill instead of $5 when they bought something. 🤦🏻‍♀️it’s been a day.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I’m going to think about football like magic the gathering. There’s skill sure, but seems like the kid with the most money to buy the most powerful deck of course is probably gonna win.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I finally got an epi-pen after my developing a bee allergy in December! Soon I start immunotherapy, but hey at least I won’t die by my bees!

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I can’t tell if I get stuff on my white shirts because of course I do, or if I always am a mess and only notice it on my white shirts.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Putting together a finance sheet of what I need to make my business more of an actual thing instead of a monthly struggle and good lord WHY IS EVERYTHING SO EXPENSIVE?

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’m out on the corner selling honey and it is so cold I cannot feel my fingers anymore. I’m mostly bundled up, but forgot gloves.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.” -Jean-Luc Picard. I keep feeling this lately with trying so hard to just get by.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hearing about artists and beekeepers I know losing their homes, and livelyhoods just really sucks. I'm just over here trying to make it to the end of the month like heyyy. Anyone want to buy art and or honey from me? hehh...

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Got a healthy dose of some kind of form of survivor guilt on top of depression going on. It's tough working your ass off and still not making it, and then everything around you is literally and figuratively on fire.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Something feels kind of bleh to make a fundraiser for LA when you don’t live here or know that many people out here and then send it to the people that do and are going through a lot of financial hardships. I know their heart is in the right place but oof.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I really love the idea of using this social media platform, but so far it’s felt like no one is seeing my posts. I know I haven’t posted much, but for all the followers I have it feels like a ghost town in terms of engagement. 🤷🏻‍♀️ hope it gets better cause the other options are bleh.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Gained an allergy to bee venom today! Dear bees, I didn’t want this for Xmas.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Had my first garage sale, and people are savages lol tearing open bags of clothes, trying to rip me off for an antique camera that accidentally made it into the garage sale, and riffling through things like mad. Super exhausted but it went pretty well.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The most unrealistic thing about the Flash (you know besides everything) has got to be that somehow tech can process as fast as he can. Someone's clearly never had to wait for photoshop to load the massive file with 200 layers with the single brush stroke you didn't mean to make and it shows.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Okay "hive" mind 😜 If I started doing postcards from the bees in the mail would you be interested in signing up? Also at what price point would you find acceptable?

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I have so many followers in such a short amount of time. Hopefully this isn’t like other social media where people following me won’t actually see a thing I post.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

What's up with doctors and NP just coming up with a diagnosis and treatment plan before even seeing the patient and in most cases not even taking a look at the patient's actual issue?

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The business classes I’m taking have me reflecting on the why questions on things like why I keep at it, and why is mine different. I love my bees. Even after they sometimes try to kill me in a like murder suicide pact. They’re like a little fuzzy family to me and I do so much to provide for them.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Holiday sale on my website! Thenerdsandthebees.com starting midnight tonight get 15% off your order using code HappyTurkey2024 at checkout! Sale goes until Tuesday next week. Go support my small business and help the bees and me.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I see a lot of cool people following me on here, so I’ll try not to screw this up. I probably will, but I’ll at least make some sort of effort I guess. I’m not used to being noticed.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Saw a comic the other day about bees and I thought two things. Awesome, and also why am I not working on it! If anyone is particularly qualified to color bee comics, I would say it’s me.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Every once in a while I get a bee inside. It’s too cold for me to send them out to a frosty death so I’ve been letting them hang out with a bit of honey. One of these girls found a left over sprinkle from donuts and tried to eat/drink it.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I love the look of uranium glass, but I am already paranoid about getting cancer from my dozens of carcinogenic hobbies. I saw someone post a uranium glass bong and just looking at it seems cancerous ha.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Dreamt I was chewing gum and I started to swallow it. In retrospect I think I might have been chomping on my tongue. 😦 sure beats those dreams where you keep spitting out an infinitesimal amount of teeth.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

There’s been a weird influx of people suddenly adding me on Facebook and I assume some of it is to sell me on comics people are working on, but I’m gonna say the same thing I do when people steal my debit cards. Jokes on you, I’m broke af.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Was thinking about horse girls the other day and the day I learned wolf girls were a thing and it wasn’t just me. Were you a horse girl or a wolf girl growing up?

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I started taking business classes earlier this year and I am stoked about all the things I want to do for The Nerds & The Bees. Also maybe unrelated but it feels like a sign from the universe. Someone bought a brush from me on my long forgotten Gumroad account.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So I guess I didn’t put my beekeeping shop up here yet. I put together a gift set for the holidays though! TheNerdsandTheBees.com great gifts from me and the bees.

Honey and beeswax candle gift set bundled up

Beeswax candle, honey dipper, honey, sticker, and bee pendant.

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Emily Elmer @strangeglue.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My body can’t seem to decide if it’s gonna be really cold or feverish. Cool cool cold. Having a cold after so long sucks. How did I even get this? I don’t even leave the house anymore really.

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