Emma Dow

man in 3 piece suit and round glasses, he is smoking a cigarette

"People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think."

Aldous Leonard Huxley

Hoshoryu was gifted a giant soy sauce after becoming Grand Champion in London.

Shocked hamster

"You have one password attempt remaining..."

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

What the hell does Farage thinks he’s doing, going off to America *again* to maliciously slag off British teachers at some private Christian college, while offering to peddle their courses over here?
What a repulsive, grubby little traitor.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Montgomery the white mini schnauzer stood next to a tree in the park

Montgomery bolted after a squirrel and nearly ripped my arm off 5 seconds after this photo was taken.

#DogsofBluesky

The museum’s floor has a gradual slope. Our displays reference life and death. There are mannequins.

A simple, haunting poetry in this information from a medical musuem website.

Homer Simpson in a robe and slippers lying on his back surrounded by flames

Me trying to cure my writer's block:

#AcademicSky

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Leonardo di caprio in the wolf of wall street

LinkedIn DM: Hey, your portfolio looks ace. Are you free to lead our new content project?

Me: Sure, I have availability from December.

LinkedIn DM: Sounds good. Before we start, please can you send across a sample 500 word article, product tagline, and 6 month content strategy?

Me:

Tanzlinden are trees designed for dancing in.

Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.

henrykuppen.nl

Happy Friday!

This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.

a woman wipes her face with a red cloth and says what do Alt: jennifer lawrence woman wipes her face with a red cloth and says what do you mean

Copywriting ain't what it used to be.

me: *submits article*
client: remove the em dash.
me: the em dash is correct there.
client: it looks like AI. we don’t use em dashes anymore.
me: are em dashes now banned?
client: yes. also, no semicolons. they scream “robot.”
me: ...

Funeral bell fungi mushrooms growing on a log

Spotted these insanely poisonous (but equally beautiful) funeral bell mushrooms in the park this morning.

The dream! ☺️

Taylor swift and Travis kelce getting engaged

As a copywriter, I couldn't resist a bit of topical meme creation...

view of the duomo and florence city from the top of giotto's bell tower

Went up a gazillion* of Giotto's Bell Tower steps in 35 degree heat. Worth it. Florence is so pretty.

*Possible exaggeration.

Nicole Kidman looking jubilant and relieved while walking down the road

When you finish the research project for your history masters and sell your house on the same day.

#AcademicSky

monty the white mini schnauzer sleeping soundly

Monty: the ultimate guard dog in snooze mode.

#dogsofbluesky

Lady SparSpar

Deuce Willis

And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.

Towards

a highly underrated type of friend is the one with the forthright courage to order dessert first at a group dinner where the mood around dessert is still uncertain

a pixelated image of a person standing in a doorway with a tv in the background Alt: woody from toy story coming out of a cardboard box and flicking his coyboy hat confidently

After guessing my online banking memorable information on the first try:

I wonder if they'll do another trek for a con-tour sequel.

Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section KCC says the move came after a

If you thought that banning books was something that was only happening in the USA, think again. It’s happening right here where I live in Kent. No-one is forcing anyone to read any particular book; they’re there for those that do. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ex-General Mills employee alleges retaliation after he objected to ‘fun facts’ Black history flyers L. Lee Tyus Jr. raised concerns about breakroom flyers at the St. Paul facility that labeled racial atrocities as “fun facts.”

“General Mills does not tolerate discrimination or retaliation,” says the company that tolerated breakroom flyers listing “fun facts” about Black history, like the fun Tulsa race massacre, and then retaliated against the employee who objected to them by placing him on leave when he filed a complaint

olivetti roma mid-century vintage typewriter collage showing the red and grey typewriter from a variety of angles

This Olivetti Roma typewriter will soon be clickety-clacking its way to Los Angeles, USA. Will be sad to see this one go!