Emily King
@emkingma.bsky.social
Writer. Knitter. Geek. Cornwall, UK. Retraining in cybersecurity. BSides Exeter steering committee member and Press Officer. Opinions my own, not my employer's. Head of Operations at Quantavia. My website geryow.com
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Emily King
@emkingma.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Finally finished putting some words down about why I love Death Stranding so much and why it's become a comfort game for me.
Free tier and paid members can access it on my site, Geryow, now geryow.com/wheres-my-bb...
#DeathStranding
Free tier and paid members can access it on my site, Geryow, now geryow.com/wheres-my-bb...
#DeathStranding
7:45am thoughts:
Who funds the Go Jetters?
🤔
Who funds the Go Jetters?
🤔
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
7:45am thoughts:
Who funds the Go Jetters?
🤔
Who funds the Go Jetters?
🤔
My kiddo just saw a pic of Tux for the first time, catching me scrolling through some news and I told her that was the Linux penguin and she said:
"I love the Linux penguin."
She's really into penguins at the moment.
"I love the Linux penguin."
She's really into penguins at the moment.
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My kiddo just saw a pic of Tux for the first time, catching me scrolling through some news and I told her that was the Linux penguin and she said:
"I love the Linux penguin."
She's really into penguins at the moment.
"I love the Linux penguin."
She's really into penguins at the moment.
Roof of my husband's car this morning. It is a bit nippy out.
Very careful driving around anything that wasn't a main road, as it wouldn't have been treated by the gritters last night.
Very careful driving around anything that wasn't a main road, as it wouldn't have been treated by the gritters last night.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Roof of my husband's car this morning. It is a bit nippy out.
Very careful driving around anything that wasn't a main road, as it wouldn't have been treated by the gritters last night.
Very careful driving around anything that wasn't a main road, as it wouldn't have been treated by the gritters last night.
Reposted by Emily King
While I wrote my latest blog, #Fallout4 was updating on my Steam Deck. Just last week I had completed a second playthrough of the videogame. But everywhere online is rife with stories of the latest update breaking everything.
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
While I wrote my latest blog, #Fallout4 was updating on my Steam Deck. Just last week I had completed a second playthrough of the videogame. But everywhere online is rife with stories of the latest update breaking everything.
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
DnD tonight.
We're underground. Discovered some abandoned homes that were once occupied by Drow.
We found some bottles of Drow Moonshine that is ??? years old.
I suggested we roll for what the alcohol volume of all the bottles is with a D100.
DM said I could roll.
All bottles are 85% ABV.
#DnD
We're underground. Discovered some abandoned homes that were once occupied by Drow.
We found some bottles of Drow Moonshine that is ??? years old.
I suggested we roll for what the alcohol volume of all the bottles is with a D100.
DM said I could roll.
All bottles are 85% ABV.
#DnD
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
DnD tonight.
We're underground. Discovered some abandoned homes that were once occupied by Drow.
We found some bottles of Drow Moonshine that is ??? years old.
I suggested we roll for what the alcohol volume of all the bottles is with a D100.
DM said I could roll.
All bottles are 85% ABV.
#DnD
We're underground. Discovered some abandoned homes that were once occupied by Drow.
We found some bottles of Drow Moonshine that is ??? years old.
I suggested we roll for what the alcohol volume of all the bottles is with a D100.
DM said I could roll.
All bottles are 85% ABV.
#DnD
While I wrote my latest blog, #Fallout4 was updating on my Steam Deck. Just last week I had completed a second playthrough of the videogame. But everywhere online is rife with stories of the latest update breaking everything.
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
While I wrote my latest blog, #Fallout4 was updating on my Steam Deck. Just last week I had completed a second playthrough of the videogame. But everywhere online is rife with stories of the latest update breaking everything.
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
Read all about it at geryow.com/is-this-upda... (free for free members)
Anyone here have opinions, based on experiences, of studying through the Open University for courses in things like computing or cyber security?
Just looking into further, guided study options.
#OpenUniversity
Just looking into further, guided study options.
#OpenUniversity
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Anyone here have opinions, based on experiences, of studying through the Open University for courses in things like computing or cyber security?
Just looking into further, guided study options.
#OpenUniversity
Just looking into further, guided study options.
#OpenUniversity
Reposted by Emily King
Pagans in paperback early next year! With RED SPREDGES!
We couldn't be happier to share the pre-order link for the @waterstones.bsky.social special edition of PAGANS in paperback. With a beautiful foiled cover, red spredges and an exclusive short story, it is a treat. Limited numbers, so pre-order now if you want it! www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Pagans in paperback early next year! With RED SPREDGES!
Reposted by Emily King
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Reposted by Emily King
At a certain level of British society there is only one crime it's possible to commit: Failure to Sufficiently Launder and Glorify the Ruling Class
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
At a certain level of British society there is only one crime it's possible to commit: Failure to Sufficiently Launder and Glorify the Ruling Class
Reposted by Emily King
Aaaaaand there it is. Exactly like I expected. It’s only going to get less and less possible to discuss vast numbers of games on YouTube.
Can’t wait for the GTA6 reviews full of law-abiding footage.
I wonder if this will extend to official trailers or if publishers will get special treatment.
Can’t wait for the GTA6 reviews full of law-abiding footage.
I wonder if this will extend to official trailers or if publishers will get special treatment.
@commandersterling.bsky.social
Remember that concern you brought up in your last jimquisition about violent mature rated video games on YouTube?
Remember that concern you brought up in your last jimquisition about violent mature rated video games on YouTube?
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Aaaaaand there it is. Exactly like I expected. It’s only going to get less and less possible to discuss vast numbers of games on YouTube.
Can’t wait for the GTA6 reviews full of law-abiding footage.
I wonder if this will extend to official trailers or if publishers will get special treatment.
Can’t wait for the GTA6 reviews full of law-abiding footage.
I wonder if this will extend to official trailers or if publishers will get special treatment.
I decided to be really cheesy on my blog today and did a super basic cyber security tips post, with added pumpkin imagery. You know, because it's Halloween and the last day of Cyber Security Awareness Month.
geryow.com/three-cyber-...
(free for anyone with a free membership)
geryow.com/three-cyber-...
(free for anyone with a free membership)
Three cyber security tips to think about this Halloween...
If you own your own PC or worry about passwords, it's time to think about how you keep your tech secure.
geryow.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I decided to be really cheesy on my blog today and did a super basic cyber security tips post, with added pumpkin imagery. You know, because it's Halloween and the last day of Cyber Security Awareness Month.
geryow.com/three-cyber-...
(free for anyone with a free membership)
geryow.com/three-cyber-...
(free for anyone with a free membership)
CBeebies started off October Half Term with the LONG Bluey episode from season 3.
So, I estimate that there are a lot of 0 Days since an episode of Bluey made someone cry, in the UK right now.
So, I estimate that there are a lot of 0 Days since an episode of Bluey made someone cry, in the UK right now.
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
CBeebies started off October Half Term with the LONG Bluey episode from season 3.
So, I estimate that there are a lot of 0 Days since an episode of Bluey made someone cry, in the UK right now.
So, I estimate that there are a lot of 0 Days since an episode of Bluey made someone cry, in the UK right now.
Finally finished reading "How to Raise a Viking" by Helen Russell.
Given it 5/5 on StoryGraph. My review there:
"There is a lot in this book that parents and governments in the UK and the US could learn from and should, if they don't want to keep failing children and teenagers."
#parenting
Given it 5/5 on StoryGraph. My review there:
"There is a lot in this book that parents and governments in the UK and the US could learn from and should, if they don't want to keep failing children and teenagers."
#parenting
October 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Finally finished reading "How to Raise a Viking" by Helen Russell.
Given it 5/5 on StoryGraph. My review there:
"There is a lot in this book that parents and governments in the UK and the US could learn from and should, if they don't want to keep failing children and teenagers."
#parenting
Given it 5/5 on StoryGraph. My review there:
"There is a lot in this book that parents and governments in the UK and the US could learn from and should, if they don't want to keep failing children and teenagers."
#parenting
So many ways Microsoft is acting like absolute shite these days...
"Microsoft Is Training Its Gaming Copilot AI By Watching You Play Games, Unless You Turn It Off"
wccftech.com/microsoft-tr...
"Microsoft Is Training Its Gaming Copilot AI By Watching You Play Games, Unless You Turn It Off"
wccftech.com/microsoft-tr...
Gaming Copilot Is Watching You Play Games and Training Off Your Gameplay, Unless You Turn It Off
Microsoft is training its Gaming Copilot AI on your gameplay by default, unless you dig into the settings and turn it off.
wccftech.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So many ways Microsoft is acting like absolute shite these days...
"Microsoft Is Training Its Gaming Copilot AI By Watching You Play Games, Unless You Turn It Off"
wccftech.com/microsoft-tr...
"Microsoft Is Training Its Gaming Copilot AI By Watching You Play Games, Unless You Turn It Off"
wccftech.com/microsoft-tr...
Reposted by Emily King
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
So, there I was, putting some clothes washing on before heading to bed last night and as I picked up the detergent, I was treated to the sight of a giant house spider hiding behind it.
I'm surprised my scream didn't wake up the whole street.
I'm surprised my scream didn't wake up the whole street.
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
So, there I was, putting some clothes washing on before heading to bed last night and as I picked up the detergent, I was treated to the sight of a giant house spider hiding behind it.
I'm surprised my scream didn't wake up the whole street.
I'm surprised my scream didn't wake up the whole street.
Reposted by Emily King
RIP to Drew Struzan, the artist behind the iconic posters for so many classic Hollywood movies of the 70s and 80s
I can't pick a favorite, so I'll go with his unforgettable one sheet for 'John Carpenter's The Thing', a perfect poster for a perfect film, one I didn't know it was his until today 📽️
I can't pick a favorite, so I'll go with his unforgettable one sheet for 'John Carpenter's The Thing', a perfect poster for a perfect film, one I didn't know it was his until today 📽️
October 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
RIP to Drew Struzan, the artist behind the iconic posters for so many classic Hollywood movies of the 70s and 80s
I can't pick a favorite, so I'll go with his unforgettable one sheet for 'John Carpenter's The Thing', a perfect poster for a perfect film, one I didn't know it was his until today 📽️
I can't pick a favorite, so I'll go with his unforgettable one sheet for 'John Carpenter's The Thing', a perfect poster for a perfect film, one I didn't know it was his until today 📽️
Reposted by Emily King
My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com
The highlighted paragraphs in my pic made me laugh. Considering how shit Google search is these days, coupled with its market dominance, it's probably been impeding UK innovation and productivity for the last three years.
Article at 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Google
Article at 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The highlighted paragraphs in my pic made me laugh. Considering how shit Google search is these days, coupled with its market dominance, it's probably been impeding UK innovation and productivity for the last three years.
Article at 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Google
Article at 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It has been 0 days since Bluey has caused me emotional damage.
(S3 E11)
(S3 E11)
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It has been 0 days since Bluey has caused me emotional damage.
(S3 E11)
(S3 E11)
October 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I don't know why I check LinkedIn these days.
Disgusting levels of vapid disconnection from reality are the main underpinnings of most posts I see on there.
Disgusting levels of vapid disconnection from reality are the main underpinnings of most posts I see on there.
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I don't know why I check LinkedIn these days.
Disgusting levels of vapid disconnection from reality are the main underpinnings of most posts I see on there.
Disgusting levels of vapid disconnection from reality are the main underpinnings of most posts I see on there.
Reposted by Emily King
Excellent news for independent researchers. Great to see academic work made more accessible.
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Excellent news for independent researchers. Great to see academic work made more accessible.