Emma Reid
@emusingemma.bsky.social
An artist, illustrator, crafter (and now voice actor?!) who once met Johnny Ball while dressed as a giant caterpillar. Neurodivergent. She/her
Unspeakable behaviour from The Snowman
February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Unspeakable behaviour from The Snowman
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One of the most interesting aspects for me in this whole AI mess is how keen people are to tell you they use it. Just openly volunteering that they took a shortcut, that they didn't actually do the work, that they are so bad at their jobs they have to outsource it to a magic 8 ball.
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
One of the most interesting aspects for me in this whole AI mess is how keen people are to tell you they use it. Just openly volunteering that they took a shortcut, that they didn't actually do the work, that they are so bad at their jobs they have to outsource it to a magic 8 ball.
I feel seen!
An autistic woman who loves her bed with the ardour usually reserved for a new romantic partner has accidentally broken the concept of time, scientists have revealed.
Reverse lie-in? Autistic woman goes to bed so early it’s still last week
An autistic woman who loves her bed with the ardour usually reserved for a new romantic partner has accidentally broken the concept of time, scientists have revealed. Siobhan Moorton, 35, has always…
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January 31, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I feel seen!
Spider-Man’s lesser known skill of being able to tie his legs in a knot
What the hell is happening with Spider-Man’s legs and how did this ever make it to print??
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Spider-Man’s lesser known skill of being able to tie his legs in a knot
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Why is someone ALWAYS trying to reboot The Prisoner when we've already got Stephen Fry and Jools Holland??
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January 27, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Why is someone ALWAYS trying to reboot The Prisoner when we've already got Stephen Fry and Jools Holland??
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Dress like that in Fife you'd get an absolute doing.
Thinking through Velazquez in 1866 with this wonderful painting of a young fifer. By Edouard Manet, born OTD 1832.
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Dress like that in Fife you'd get an absolute doing.
Been doing a bit of detective work on some tiny (about 2cm tall) photos in my family album. Got the macro lens out, and have now identified these as the actors Henry Hinchcliffe Ainley (father of Anthony Ainley who appeared in Dr Who) and Evelyn Millard, and dated both photos to 1902.
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Been doing a bit of detective work on some tiny (about 2cm tall) photos in my family album. Got the macro lens out, and have now identified these as the actors Henry Hinchcliffe Ainley (father of Anthony Ainley who appeared in Dr Who) and Evelyn Millard, and dated both photos to 1902.
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My city proclaims that people make Glasgow. Then let Glasgow artists make art.
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:59 PM
My city proclaims that people make Glasgow. Then let Glasgow artists make art.
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Public libraries should grow in number and size in proportion to an area's population. New housing is great but only if there's also a public lending library with a good stock of books, journals, music, and tools. And librarians. It's not a library without librarians.
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Public libraries should grow in number and size in proportion to an area's population. New housing is great but only if there's also a public lending library with a good stock of books, journals, music, and tools. And librarians. It's not a library without librarians.
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I was not bullied because I was Autistic.
I was bullied because other people were cruel.
I was bullied because other people were not Autistic and didn't understand Autistic people.
And no, I would not like to be more like them just to make them stop.
I was bullied because other people were cruel.
I was bullied because other people were not Autistic and didn't understand Autistic people.
And no, I would not like to be more like them just to make them stop.
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I was not bullied because I was Autistic.
I was bullied because other people were cruel.
I was bullied because other people were not Autistic and didn't understand Autistic people.
And no, I would not like to be more like them just to make them stop.
I was bullied because other people were cruel.
I was bullied because other people were not Autistic and didn't understand Autistic people.
And no, I would not like to be more like them just to make them stop.
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"...and now the latest one from Low Grumbling Parps..."
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 AM
"...and now the latest one from Low Grumbling Parps..."
Enjoyable subtitles on Digging for Britain @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Enjoyable subtitles on Digging for Britain @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
There was an inadvertent theme to the first two books I read this year, so I continued it for a while!
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
There was an inadvertent theme to the first two books I read this year, so I continued it for a while!
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It's not that common a letter anyway. You can get around it in most cases by usings Cs, Ks and other letters depending on how the word is pronounced
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January 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM
It's not that common a letter anyway. You can get around it in most cases by usings Cs, Ks and other letters depending on how the word is pronounced
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That makes sense.
January 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
That makes sense.
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
Technically the Bighty Burn, which is culverted practically under my house, but if I have to go for one people have heard of, the River Leven or the Forth!
Reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the South Saskatchewan River.
Mine is the South Saskatchewan River.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Technically the Bighty Burn, which is culverted practically under my house, but if I have to go for one people have heard of, the River Leven or the Forth!
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I LOVE this. Columbo is basically more a fae creature disguised as a beggar than a cop.
January 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I LOVE this. Columbo is basically more a fae creature disguised as a beggar than a cop.
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On one hand, Columbo is a police lieutenant, which is bad. On the other hand, Columbo makes more sense if you view him not as a cop but as some sort of supernatural entity, like a fey
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
On one hand, Columbo is a police lieutenant, which is bad. On the other hand, Columbo makes more sense if you view him not as a cop but as some sort of supernatural entity, like a fey
I remember being at my grandparents’ house when my parents went on a trip to Switzerland when I’d not long turned 3, and pouring water over my dad in the garden on a scorching day a few months later
What is your earlier memory, and how old are you in it? I stole my sister's trike and mum came out and told me off. I was about 4. 1980. Like Keith Moon, I have no memories of the seventies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I remember being at my grandparents’ house when my parents went on a trip to Switzerland when I’d not long turned 3, and pouring water over my dad in the garden on a scorching day a few months later
It’s actually made me a bit teary-eyed to see this in my employer’s new neurodiversity policy - I feel validated by this statement!
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 AM
It’s actually made me a bit teary-eyed to see this in my employer’s new neurodiversity policy - I feel validated by this statement!