Emily F. Popek

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

Very niche pet peeve: When a news story says something happened in 'upstate New York' and never names where. Could be 10 miles down the road from me, could be hundreds of miles away. Just tell me the town! The county, even! www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...

My 13yo doesn't know it yet but this is about to be her Summer of Chores. Get ready to do some laundry and dishes girl

Can't post it on LinkedIn yet so I'll just shout into the void here that I won an award and I'm really proud of the work I did on it

Not only is this false, but here's the thing: I also believe strongly in protecting people who AREN'T healthy. The way we care for the most vulnerable among us is the true measure of our society.

Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it

Have just been staring at my budgeting spreadsheet for the past 30 minutes so this hits hard

No amount of budgeting, or not eating at restaurants, is going to make up for the fact that we do not make enough money anymore. 💸

I told my husband I had "some stuff I want to get done" tonight so now I'm making a big pot of chili and singing classic country songs and having a beer while he takes my daughter to an awards thing. Follow me for more parenting tips

Rover, a black and white dog, stares vacantly at the camera. His mouth is open and he is restrained by a purple leash. The leash-holder's feet can be seen at the edge of the frame

We got a new dog and you guys, I think he's ... really really dumb lol

It Wasn't Me by Shaggy

I was about to buy a couple new shirts but then I looked at my Social Security statement and you know what, I don't need to be spending any more money. Ever

So, what candidates are you canvassing for this year? What local office are you running for? It's go time

I'm just one person and I don't particularly matter but I use NCES statistics in my work all the time. ALL the time. I fail to see how we are better off as a nation without this valuable set of data.

As a highly risk averse person, this is not a fun time to be alive

Having loyalty to a company is so embarrassing in late stage capitalism but I genuinely was loyal to Southwest because I could actually have a human-like experience while also affording to pay their rates. It seems like both of those things are ending with this change

OMG she is working SO HARD

It's March and the sun is shining and the temperature is ever so slightly above freezing so naturally I want to throw out my entire wardrobe and buy everything in the thrift store

My usual practice is to link to the publisher which I feel like is Neutral Good

Love this! I need to start a new knitting project now that baseball is back on TV

Volunteer at your local animal shelter! It is such a necessary, helpful thing to do and plus you get to hang out with some great doggos and be their pal

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I'm not brave enough to try it and I'm not ashamed to admit it

I remember coming home from school to find out my dad had printed out a walkthrough for KQIV for my incompetent 10yo ass. That's love right there

Emily, a white woman, clasps her hands in front of her face and grins as she looks at a museum display featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard's uniform from "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

Not me crying when I saw Picard's uniform in person

My 13yo asked me about a Sabrina Carpenter lyric and I paused for a minute and then said 'It's a sexual reference. Do you want me to explain it?' and she was like NO NOPE NOPE THANKS I'M GOOD OK

It's almost Wonder Where I Planted All Those Daffodils season, one of my faves

Hot take: Maybe the reason so many school PR professionals struggle with getting "a seat at the table" is because most of us are women, and most of the people in charge of "the table" are men.

Facts

Everything that’s wrong with society can be traced back to the decline in popularity of point-and-click adventure games. None of this would be happening if there was a AAA King’s Quest game every five years

Literally that's what it's giving