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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 1d

I 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!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 1d

I 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!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 3d

All 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!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · 3d

All 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!

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Jan Tait and the Bear @jantaitopera.bsky.social · Sep 11

PRANKSTER SLUG news! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turns out to be a slug

People suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Sep 8

My whippet waits for me to get up to go to the loo so he can steal my seat!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Aug 25

A 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...

The Gannet and the Whale (May 24, 2025, Rethinking Fables)

YouTube video by Kaori Nagai

www.youtube.com

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Jan Tait and the Bear @jantaitopera.bsky.social · Jul 31

GIANT STICK INSECT news! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you Federica Simone for featuring me and my work on the @sahavoice.bsky.social podcast! It was a pleasure talking with you!

Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · Jun 21

To mark #WorldMusicDay, we interviewed Dr @emilydoolittle.bsky.social , a composer, zoomusicologist, and Athenaeum Research Fellow and Lecturer in Composition at @rcsofficial.bsky.social

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A SAHA Conversation with Dr Emily Doolittle

SAHA Conversations · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you Federica Simone for featuring me and my work on the @sahavoice.bsky.social podcast! It was a pleasure talking with you!

Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · Jun 21

To mark #WorldMusicDay, we interviewed Dr @emilydoolittle.bsky.social , a composer, zoomusicologist, and Athenaeum Research Fellow and Lecturer in Composition at @rcsofficial.bsky.social

🎧👇

A SAHA Conversation with Dr Emily Doolittle

SAHA Conversations · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thanks, I didn't know that one!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Apr 26

Apparently it's #invertefest #invertfest, which seems like a good time to share our in-progress series of films about marine invertebrates, Animoceans, made in collaboration with @neilbanas.bsky.social, Clubhouse Animation, Greenlight Creative. vimeo.com/1006905555

Animoceans - showreel

Stop-motion experiments exploring Scottish ocean micro-worlds. Crochet rockpools by Emily Doolittle (who also composed the score) and origami plankton by marine…

vimeo.com

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you!

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Neil Banas @neilbanas.bsky.social · Apr 26

If you want your own personal #invertefest, remember that there are #origami #copepod diagrams available at origamiplankton.org! Also #diatoms for the copepods to eat and #bowhead #whales to eat the copepods.

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you!

Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Apr 26

Apparently it's #invertefest #invertfest, which seems like a good time to share our in-progress series of films about marine invertebrates, Animoceans, made in collaboration with @neilbanas.bsky.social, Clubhouse Animation, Greenlight Creative. vimeo.com/1006905555

Animoceans - showreel

Stop-motion experiments exploring Scottish ocean micro-worlds. Crochet rockpools by Emily Doolittle (who also composed the score) and origami plankton by marine…

vimeo.com

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Jeff Harrington @parnasse.com · Apr 22

Mr Trevelyan said: "Those who know me well know I was eventually going to build a giant curlew. She's a real beauty. I wanted to represent curlews well because they're such a beautiful bird."

Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is the kind of news I am here for: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew

Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jan Tait and the Bear @jantaitopera.bsky.social · Apr 22

GIANT CURLEW COSTUME news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew

Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is the kind of news I am here for: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew

Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Mar 27

What a pleasure to attend a rehearsal of my piece Varia, played by Alan Kitchen, at the stunning 828-year old Glasgow Cathedral. Concert is on April, we pieces by Ailie Robertson, Kenn Tay & others. Hope to see you there! www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/pre... youtu.be/HqD9pYKh-3M

Varia (21) by Emily Doolittle

YouTube video by Emily Doolittle

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Mar 28

Exactly!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Mar 28

My inbox (presumably everyone's inboxes) is basically a classic game of 1970s Space Invaders. You successfully fight off one group of aliens/emails only to find that the next group comes even faster and more lethally/urgently!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Mar 27

I'm pleased to be a person who gets tagged in crochet/motherhood/bird/performing arts contexts!

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Mar 27

What a pleasure to attend a rehearsal of my piece Varia, played by Alan Kitchen, at the stunning 828-year old Glasgow Cathedral. Concert is on April, we pieces by Ailie Robertson, Kenn Tay & others. Hope to see you there! www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/pre... youtu.be/HqD9pYKh-3M

Varia (21) by Emily Doolittle

YouTube video by Emily Doolittle

youtu.be

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Emily Doolittle @emilydoolittle.bsky.social · Mar 22

I'll play!
City I like: Glasgow
City I love: Glasgow
City I think is overrated: N/A
City I think is underrated: Glasgow
City I feel most myself in: Glasgow
City I still need to visit: Many
City I dream of living in: Glasgow (& now I do!)
Most inspiring city today: Glasgow
Favorite city: Glasgow!

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Mar 22

Versions of this have circulated on other sites in the past. Share YOUR answers.

City I like:
City I love:
City I think is overrated:
City I think is underrated:
City I feel most myself in:
City I still need to visit:
City I dream of living in:
Most inspiring city today:
Favorite city of all time:

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