Emma
@im-new-here.bsky.social
Music (sad), books (also sad), films (short), games (with dragons), Glasgow.
I used to work in a fancy food shop selling fancy food in jars. A customer marched up to me and said, "capers?" So I said, "don't mind if I do!" and I did a little capering jig on the spot. He did not laugh.
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I used to work in a fancy food shop selling fancy food in jars. A customer marched up to me and said, "capers?" So I said, "don't mind if I do!" and I did a little capering jig on the spot. He did not laugh.
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this is *extremely* good
Maybe LLMs speak prep-school (post-) Imperial British English. Because that's what most English knowers globally use.
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
this is *extremely* good
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I think about this tweet every day
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think about this tweet every day
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an old summer project from 2019. me and my eldest started making a platformer where he drew all the graphics and I put ‘em in-game. ❤️
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
an old summer project from 2019. me and my eldest started making a platformer where he drew all the graphics and I put ‘em in-game. ❤️
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
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Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
Brendan Gleeson in Calvary made me so sad I couldn't speak for a while after watching it. 10/10 film, absolutely never want to see it ever again in my life.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Brendan Gleeson in Calvary made me so sad I couldn't speak for a while after watching it. 10/10 film, absolutely never want to see it ever again in my life.
"A specific risk is that generative AI tools always produce an answer, even when the historical sources are incomplete or silent. Because their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists."
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"A specific risk is that generative AI tools always produce an answer, even when the historical sources are incomplete or silent. Because their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists."
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Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
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Check the alt text for what year we ruined what
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Check the alt text for what year we ruined what
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)
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Kelvingrove Park c2006, bleary-eyed in the daylight, a mate tells me "people say 'I wish I'd lived in Hacienda-era Manchester' or, 'imagine being around in CBGB-era New York'... fuck that! We live in Optimo-era Glasgow!" He was right.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
From disco to Slayer, a DJ set by Optimo’s JD Twitch made life feel full of wild possibility
By putting techno, punk, funk and more on an even footing, the Scottish DJ – who has died aged 57 – fearlessly united factions in underground music
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Kelvingrove Park c2006, bleary-eyed in the daylight, a mate tells me "people say 'I wish I'd lived in Hacienda-era Manchester' or, 'imagine being around in CBGB-era New York'... fuck that! We live in Optimo-era Glasgow!" He was right.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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YES someone else noticed the hysterical phrasing of those Penguin books
(yes I did a whole thread at the time because I just couldn't get over it) bsky.app/profile/youn...
(yes I did a whole thread at the time because I just couldn't get over it) bsky.app/profile/youn...
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
September 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
YES someone else noticed the hysterical phrasing of those Penguin books
(yes I did a whole thread at the time because I just couldn't get over it) bsky.app/profile/youn...
(yes I did a whole thread at the time because I just couldn't get over it) bsky.app/profile/youn...
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I’ll tell you what I know about subatomic particles, very little
September 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I’ll tell you what I know about subatomic particles, very little
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
March 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog
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Only one way to celebrate longer videos on bluesky: OLD SCHOOL OUTTAKES
March 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Only one way to celebrate longer videos on bluesky: OLD SCHOOL OUTTAKES
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🎵Away in a manger,
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet. 🎵
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet. 🎵
December 2, 2024 at 12:50 PM
🎵Away in a manger,
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet. 🎵
the French for 'to eat',
a oisseau's a birdy,
and pieds is your feet. 🎵
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This wrecks me—every single time.
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This wrecks me—every single time.
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I wrote about the 90s icon who everyone in their right mind wanted to be when they grew up. And why it’s probably best that they didn’t.
The truth about thwarted ambition
We are not, and will never be, Anna from 'This Life'.
theguyliner.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:34 AM
I wrote about the 90s icon who everyone in their right mind wanted to be when they grew up. And why it’s probably best that they didn’t.
I still don't know what to write here, but my daughter got a beautiful book about mushrooms and maybe you'd like to know some of their names? They include the skyblue pinkgill, wood hedgehog, amethyst deceiver, plums and custard, and the ping pong bat fungus.
November 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM
I still don't know what to write here, but my daughter got a beautiful book about mushrooms and maybe you'd like to know some of their names? They include the skyblue pinkgill, wood hedgehog, amethyst deceiver, plums and custard, and the ping pong bat fungus.
This app has given me a great gift by showing me millions of pictures of embroidery, something I previously had no interest in and now think is absolutely delightful.
November 15, 2024 at 8:32 AM
This app has given me a great gift by showing me millions of pictures of embroidery, something I previously had no interest in and now think is absolutely delightful.
Hi. I'm new here. I'm following interesting people and clicking on things to see what happens. Glad to be joining you all here at 2008 Twitter.
November 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Hi. I'm new here. I'm following interesting people and clicking on things to see what happens. Glad to be joining you all here at 2008 Twitter.