I saw @seanmorl.com's show BACKCHANNEL last week and it was v good, he is v fun, recommend if u are going to Edinburgh. Anyway it reminded me of the time we did a live stream/live-draw (?!?!) together w @gfsc.community — I still think it was... pretty fun/funny?! gfsc.community/you-are-the-...

You Are The Client: We Make The Stickers

It's our first live stream! You are invited to join us tomorrow (Wed 16th April) at 7:30pm to cross to the other side and play the heinous client hectoring their long-suffering creative team.

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I keep having to try and explain what @emfcamp.bsky.social is to people who have never heard of it, and it occurred to me that this fake-EMF-talk generator (created by 'the hat village') kind of effortlessly captures the vibe/energy hat-village.codeberg.page/schedule/

hat-village.codeberg.page

If you follow V, you might *occasionally* get Emma feet pics. (If that alone were not motivation enough she's also very good in general)

v buckenham@v21.bsky.social · 2mo ago

hey i got a camera. initial bad pics trying to figure out how it works, but... hey yeah nice

I think often about how one of London’s largest rail hubs has ben partially turned into a shrine to the works of a transphobe. And I think about how I wish I had it in me to write a series of extremely queer YA fantasy novels set entirely on trains and train stations…

I did a livestream!!

Geeks for Social Change@gfsc.community · 9mo ago

Oh and one last treat: our VOD from the stream with @commonknowledge.coop is now up! youtu.be/KeyqHhqSSA4?...

Sat next to a woman on the train who’s using a modded version of chat gpt that talks to her like a sassy friend. “Hey girl” etc. I hate it

Current status... (PSA: don't put wet wipes or fat down your drains, I am here to shame YOU too)

☺️ God I miss the good old days of Twitter sometimes. [She says, logging into Bluesky for the first time in months]

Hannah / Baystacks@giantbaystacks.bsky.social · last yr.

Been clearing out old stashes of cards and sure, most were for the recycling pile but then I found this beaut of a card that @undividual.bsky.social sent me when I was super poorly in 2019 and it made me remember that the bad place did throw up some good internet pals back in the day! Hi Emma!

Pointed out to my partner that when we retire, old people's homes will have Mario Kart and serve tacos and bibimbap, and now we're both typed for residential care. Roll on retirement.

here is a nice illustration by @undividual.bsky.social of her experience playtesting the game i will be showing at Car Boot Casino

Marie Foulston@tigershungry.co.uk · last yr.

UK playful pals & mutuals- we've been given a bit more capacity for our boutique Car Boot Casino night at Develop on Tues 8 July If you enjoy homebrew card & bluffing games, poker visors, janky prizes then ticket details are below: www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/t-zz... Code: DOGPLAYINGPOKER

Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of design. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens when requirements contradict, and how can graphic designers learn about accessibility implementation? @undividual.bsky.social dives in. gfsc.community/accessibilit...

Accessibility: complexity and contradictions in graphic design

Accessibility is a vital and increasingly recognised component of all design practice. But what does accessibility actually mean, what happens with accessibility requirements contradict one another, a...

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My once-in-a-blue-moon login to let you know that it's HOT out in London, so I made this pool party mix for you. Please enjoy :) www.mixcloud.com/emma-charles...

Audient / July 2025 / Pool Party

Listen to Audient / July 2025 / Pool Party by Emma Charleston

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The thing I ACTUALLY came here to say is that even though I hate learning new software, last night I spent like two hours making a scrolling carousel of images with rollover effects in Figma. It was hard!! But I figured it out!! And while I can't show it to you for proof, I CAN boast about it

I haven't been a very good blueskyer, oh dear. Turns out I really DON'T have anything to say? No thoughts, brain empty. Anyway that's not entirely true, actually I've just been out having fun IRL. Here's my monthly blog all about that emmacharleston.blogspot.com/2025/04/apri...

April 2025

April has been real nice. I am feeling very spring-like both in mood and energy levels — which feels kinda weird and bad given how entirely ...

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Oh God, Emma's 'streaming', what have I done (this could be great or it could be terrible)

Geeks for Social Change@gfsc.community · last yr.

Our resident artist @undividual.bsky.social will be designing stickers to your exacting specifications. Your ideas will be solicited and respected. However due to time limitations, the extended Sticker Committee (@kim.town and @morl.bsky.social) will be in attendance.

I am 36 years old and have suffered from congestion and colds frequently my entire life and yet NOT ONE OF YOU* EVER TOLD ME about the entire class of drugs known as ‘decongestants’?!!??! (Friends, family, partners, MULTIPLE doctors)

I DO love pies 🥧

Geeks for Social Change@gfsc.community · last yr.

Meet our fingers-in-pies resident record holder, Emma (@undividual.bsky.social). Pies include: teacher, designer, researcher and train-enthusiast. Learn more about her thoughts on the liberatory potential of teaching! gfsc.community/introducing-...

I sometimes wonder whether Jessie has a ‘rich inner life’ or whether she’s just no thoughts brain empty most of the time. I was just thinking about how, for the first few months we got her, every few nights, at some point in the wee small hours she would let out a single guttural, hoarse howl…

Gotta book a hotel near Gatwick for an early flight next weekend and was annoyed that the cheaper ones are all near North terminal when I fly from South, but then realised this is actually just a golden opportunity for ✨4AM MONORAIL✨ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatwick...

Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit - Wikipedia

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Delighted and confused to see a digi screen ad that puts Welsh first in… London Bridge? (ACAB notwithstanding)

I generally consider myself a mild-mannered person but have (somehow?!) twice ended up in face-to-face confrontations with Piers Corbyn (Jeremy's shit pro-car brother) over his stance on ULEZ. So this report that came out today is music to my ears (and air to my lungs!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ulez: Cleaner air for Londoners after expansion, study finds

London pollution has reduced after the controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, a report finds.

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So sad to hear about the passing of Mark Pawson — I can think of few more iconic figures in the UK zine/small publishing world. I very much hope that his astonishing collections of both his own and others work will live on somewhere safe. Every time I saw his work it made me want to make something!

Towards the end of this month I am going on a holiday with Journee (the provider whose whole thing is that you don't know where you're going until you get to the airport). I did another trip with them in 2023 and it was GREAT...

The other day when I was hanging out with V she also told me that apparently the innards of Kitkats are made from crushed Kitkat, and we reflected on whether this means that the vegan Kitkats must contain a homeopathically small quantity of non-vegan Kitkat in order to even exist

v buckenham@v21.bsky.social · last yr.

eating a kitkat and thinking about how the possibility of a section of wafer being missing, leaving additional chocolate within the mould... functions like a kind of low probability gacha and probably increases the appeal of the bars. wonder if they do it on purpose.

Just sleepily read an article that someone shared titled ‘10 things I wish I knew when I started using affinity publisher’ (a pretty good piece of design software) and much of the advice in there was SO BAD that I am now fully awake and ready to teach a class on it (it’s Saturday)

[Loud alarm sounds in class] Student: "Sorry, that's my tamagotchi. I can't turn it off."

Teaching at MA level for the first time today which is quite remarkable considering I am in fact 12 years old

Oh no, it’s me — actually an AI bot

Today the librarians at LCC got out a selection of spoooooooky zines (apropos of nothing), and lo, it was great

I found a stray dog yesterday, dodging traffic near my local train station. With the help of several passers by, we cornered him and I caught him with a slip lead. What now? Well, had to get him out of harm’s way, so bought him home to figure out next steps. He was EXTREMELY WIGGLY