Emily Murdock Baker
@embeditorial.bsky.social
Founder of EMB Editorial. Native Mainer, former Los Angelino, current Brooklynite. Lover of British TV, baked goods, the Red Sox and the Patriots, and a strong cup of tea.
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Brb, adding to the Christmas list!
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Brb, adding to the Christmas list!
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Oh, you brave iconoclasts, coming out against pie. Who is as cool as you? Nobody.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh, you brave iconoclasts, coming out against pie. Who is as cool as you? Nobody.
Librarians are the best 💜
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Librarians are the best 💜
I currently have two Marks and a Marc in my inbox. This might surpass the double Steve G incident of a couple years ago. How does this happen??
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I currently have two Marks and a Marc in my inbox. This might surpass the double Steve G incident of a couple years ago. How does this happen??
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
My therapist shared this with me, and trust me, you want to watch this 😆
Leslie Jones Stops Your Annoying Relatives from Ruining Thanksgiving | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My therapist shared this with me, and trust me, you want to watch this 😆
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if you’d like to learn more about my Memoir Year workshop, come to this free virtual info session on 12/8! writer.org/event/virtua...
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
if you’d like to learn more about my Memoir Year workshop, come to this free virtual info session on 12/8! writer.org/event/virtua...
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
Fell out of love with film (well, with Hollywood) and thought “well, I’ve always loved books” and here I am. Eternal gratitude to my first boss who said “you know how to evaluate story and I can teach you everything else” and then did.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fell out of love with film (well, with Hollywood) and thought “well, I’ve always loved books” and here I am. Eternal gratitude to my first boss who said “you know how to evaluate story and I can teach you everything else” and then did.
I hope this is true!
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I hope this is true!
A seasonal reminder from your friendly neighborhood editor!
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A seasonal reminder from your friendly neighborhood editor!
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Oh no, I want it
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Oh no, I want it
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
*This* is how you do a pitch: "Fleabag meets Percy Jackson for depressed millennials" Via @publisherslunch.bsky.social
Television host Ellen Meny‘s A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE, an adult coming-of-age take on Medusa’s journey, pitched as Fleabag meets Percy Jackson for depressed millennials.
Television host Ellen Meny‘s A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE, an adult coming-of-age take on Medusa’s journey, pitched as Fleabag meets Percy Jackson for depressed millennials.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
*This* is how you do a pitch: "Fleabag meets Percy Jackson for depressed millennials" Via @publisherslunch.bsky.social
Television host Ellen Meny‘s A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE, an adult coming-of-age take on Medusa’s journey, pitched as Fleabag meets Percy Jackson for depressed millennials.
Television host Ellen Meny‘s A GORGON’S GUIDE TO GETTING A LIFE, an adult coming-of-age take on Medusa’s journey, pitched as Fleabag meets Percy Jackson for depressed millennials.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Time to play another fun* round of “Will my scanner speak to my laptop and actually scan these pages??”
*not at all fun
*not at all fun
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Time to play another fun* round of “Will my scanner speak to my laptop and actually scan these pages??”
*not at all fun
*not at all fun
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now I’m no expert but wasn’t there something pretty major in there about false idols
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
now I’m no expert but wasn’t there something pretty major in there about false idols
Today I successfully got my cat into the carrier on the first try *and* Dick Cheney died. Should I buy a lottery ticket??
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today I successfully got my cat into the carrier on the first try *and* Dick Cheney died. Should I buy a lottery ticket??
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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How to celebrate Banned Books Week: Read up on your local candidates for school board (and learn how to read between the lines--scarier candidates in my district basically speak in code); vote for the ones who will protect the freedom to read; encourage your friends & neighbors to do the same.
October 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How to celebrate Banned Books Week: Read up on your local candidates for school board (and learn how to read between the lines--scarier candidates in my district basically speak in code); vote for the ones who will protect the freedom to read; encourage your friends & neighbors to do the same.
There is a mosquito IN MY HOME and it is October 🤬
October 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There is a mosquito IN MY HOME and it is October 🤬
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I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….
This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.
In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….
LOLLLL
Geoffrey Ingersoll, the author of that piece, served in the Marines. This is from his bio at the Young America's Foundation:
"After his honorable discharge in 2009, Geoffrey enrolled in NYU’s graduate journalism program, discovering, in the process, that Greenwich Village is scarier than Baghdad."
"After his honorable discharge in 2009, Geoffrey enrolled in NYU’s graduate journalism program, discovering, in the process, that Greenwich Village is scarier than Baghdad."
I think the only surprise here is how quickly this is happening this openly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOLLLL