Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Logging back into Bluesky to ask: Do I know anyone who's an expert in metadata/tagging? I am finally embarking on the VAST project of tagging my (4000+) visual diary illustrations for potential data analysis purposes, and I wanna make sure I'm doing it RIGHT 101
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I saw @seanmorl.com's show BACKCHANNEL last week and it was v good, he is v fun, recommend if u are going to Edinburgh. Anyway it reminded me of the time we did a live stream/live-draw (?!?!) together w @gfsc.community — I still think it was... pretty fun/funny?! gfsc.community/you-are-the-...gfsc.communityYou Are The Client: We Make The StickersIt's our first live stream! You are invited to join us tomorrow (Wed 16th April) at 7:30pm to cross to the other side and play the heinous client hectoring their long-suffering creative team. 010
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I keep having to try and explain what @emfcamp.bsky.social is to people who have never heard of it, and it occurred to me that this fake-EMF-talk generator (created by 'the hat village') kind of effortlessly captures the vibe/energy hat-village.codeberg.page/schedule/hat-village.codeberg.page 132
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/07/2026If you follow V, you might *occasionally* get Emma feet pics. (If that alone were not motivation enough she's also very good in general) 020
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 23/12/2025I think often about how one of London’s largest rail hubs has ben partially turned into a shrine to the works of a transphobe. And I think about how I wish I had it in me to write a series of extremely queer YA fantasy novels set entirely on trains and train stations… 100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Sat next to a woman on the train who’s using a modded version of chat gpt that talks to her like a sassy friend. “Hey girl” etc. I hate it 000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Current status... (PSA: don't put wet wipes or fat down your drains, I am here to shame YOU too) 010
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 14/09/2025☺️ God I miss the good old days of Twitter sometimes. [She says, logging into Bluesky for the first time in months] 130
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Pointed out to my partner that when we retire, old people's homes will have Mario Kart and serve tacos and bibimbap, and now we're both typed for residential care. Roll on retirement. 031
Reposted by Emma Charlestonv buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 01/07/2025here is a nice illustration by @undividual.bsky.social of her experience playtesting the game i will be showing at Car Boot Casino 042
Reposted by Emma CharlestonGeeks for Social Change @gfsc.community · 01/07/2025Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of design. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens when requirements contradict, and how can graphic designers learn about accessibility implementation? @undividual.bsky.social dives in. gfsc.community/accessibilit...gfsc.communityAccessibility: complexity and contradictions in graphic designAccessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of all design practice. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens with accessibility requirements contradict one another, a... 002
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 30/06/2025My once-in-a-blue-moon login to let you know that it's HOT out in London, so I made this pool party mix for you. Please enjoy :) www.mixcloud.com/emma-charles...mixcloud.comAudient / July 2025 / Pool PartyListen to Audient / July 2025 / Pool Party by Emma Charleston 020
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The thing I ACTUALLY came here to say is that even though I hate learning new software, last night I spent like two hours making a scrolling carousel of images with rollover effects in Figma. It was hard!! But I figured it out!! And while I can't show it to you for proof, I CAN boast about it 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I haven't been a very good blueskyer, oh dear. Turns out I really DON'T have anything to say? No thoughts, brain empty. Anyway that's not entirely true, actually I've just been out having fun IRL. Here's my monthly blog all about that emmacharleston.blogspot.com/2025/04/apri...emmacharleston.blogspot.comApril 2025April has been real nice. I am feeling very spring-like both in mood and energy levels — which feels kinda weird and bad given how entirely ... 020
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Oh God, Emma's 'streaming', what have I done (this could be great or it could be terrible) 021
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 22/03/2025I am 36 years old and have suffered from congestion and colds frequently my entire life and yet NOT ONE OF YOU* EVER TOLD ME about the entire class of drugs known as ‘decongestants’?!!??! (Friends, family, partners, MULTIPLE doctors) 300
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I sometimes wonder whether Jessie has a ‘rich inner life’ or whether she’s just no thoughts brain empty most of the time. I was just thinking about how, for the first few months we got her, every few nights, at some point in the wee small hours she would let out a single guttural, hoarse howl… 100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Gotta book a hotel near Gatwick for an early flight next weekend and was annoyed that the cheaper ones are all near North terminal when I fly from South, but then realised this is actually just a golden opportunity for ✨4AM MONORAIL✨ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatwick...en.wikipedia.orgGatwick Airport Shuttle Transit - Wikipedia 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Delighted and confused to see a digi screen ad that puts Welsh first in… London Bridge? (ACAB notwithstanding) 021
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I generally consider myself a mild-mannered person but have (somehow?!) twice ended up in face-to-face confrontations with Piers Corbyn (Jeremy's shit pro-car brother) over his stance on ULEZ. So this report that came out today is music to my ears (and air to my lungs!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUlez: Cleaner air for Londoners after expansion, study findsLondon pollution has reduced after the controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, a report finds. 010
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/03/2025So sad to hear about the passing of Mark Pawson — I can think of few more iconic figures in the UK zine/small publishing world. I very much hope that his astonishing collections of both his own and others work will live on somewhere safe. Every time I saw his work it made me want to make something! 030
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Towards the end of this month I am going on a holiday with Journee (the provider whose whole thing is that you don't know where you're going until you get to the airport). I did another trip with them in 2023 and it was GREAT... 100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The other day when I was hanging out with V she also told me that apparently the innards of Kitkats are made from crushed Kitkat, and we reflected on whether this means that the vegan Kitkats must contain a homeopathically small quantity of non-vegan Kitkat in order to even exist 000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Just sleepily read an article that someone shared titled ‘10 things I wish I knew when I started using affinity publisher’ (a pretty good piece of design software) and much of the advice in there was SO BAD that I am now fully awake and ready to teach a class on it (it’s Saturday) 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 27/02/2025[Loud alarm sounds in class] Student: "Sorry, that's my tamagotchi. I can't turn it off." 030
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Teaching at MA level for the first time today which is quite remarkable considering I am in fact 12 years old 130
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Today the librarians at LCC got out a selection of spoooooooky zines (apropos of nothing), and lo, it was great 100
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I found a stray dog yesterday, dodging traffic near my local train station. With the help of several passers by, we cornered him and I caught him with a slip lead. What now? Well, had to get him out of harm’s way, so bought him home to figure out next steps. He was EXTREMELY WIGGLY 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/02/2025FINALLY some good news out of the USA (the Kendrick Lamar halftime show with Samuel L Jackson as Uncle Sam) youtu.be/QvpNAA-sqd0youtu.beKendrick Lamar Super Bowl LIX Full Halftime Show 2025YouTube video by Darlintino 040
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Do I know anyone who can get me a copy of this poster when they come down in the tube stations? I want to hang it in my home! (Because a) it’s beautiful, b) dogs, c) we lived in Battersea and d) trains) 030
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Vegan food fans! Made this Tofu Banh Mi recipe today and it was incredible: theeburgerdude.com/tofu-banh-mi/ — took some time to do all the various bits, but if you make loads it keeps for subsequent days (Pictured disassembled and assembled) 120
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Around six months ago, I decided to stop taking the contraceptive pill I have been taking for ~20 years, because of the sneaking suspicion that it was (to use an entirely non-medical term), crushing my spirit. And guys, the results are in: it seems highly possible that… it WAS?! 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The best thing about being a teacher is getting to tell students really cool stuff for the first time ever!! (The worst thing about being a teacher is the suspicion they don’t actually think any of it is cool) 000
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 03/02/2025One of the major downsides of moving to London has been a dramatic fall-off in instances of delectably crunchable ice in winter. Look at this shit. A 4/10 at best. 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Gotta say I admire the audacity of ikea taking over arguably central London’s most prestigious retail space (the old topshop on Oxford Circus) and turning it into a ridiculous concept store for their 75p Frakta bag 121
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 01/02/2025It's #hourlycomicday! An Auspicious time to join Bluesky! Here's the first four hours... 160
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Here's another thing I can do on here I guess! I've been writing a blog every month since 2013, and frankly I do astonishingly little to let people know. Some folks tell me they're nice to read, and crucially, they're illustrated! This one's BRAND NEW: emmacharleston.blogspot.com/2025/01/janu...emmacharleston.blogspot.comJanuary 2025Well, I don't wish to tempt fate for the rest of the year, but I've had quite a peppy January, actually. I don't tend to set much store by '... 110
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Anyway idk if anyone else got this when they signed up, but the AESTHETIC on this absolutely deranged Captcha. Equal parts 'we live in hell' and 'this is my next album cover' 120
Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Having said for quite literally *months* that I could not be bothered joining anothr social network (after saying the same about threads and mastodon), here I am yet again trying to figure out if I even have anything worthwhile to say on The Internet any more 120