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Emma Bolton
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Artist and writer based in Granada, Spain. She/they

Writing about art, connection and life in Granada: emmabolton.com
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Making the most of the early fall sunshine with some urban sketching in the Albaicín, Granada
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No matter how long I live overseas, nothing quite compares to swimming at an Australian beach. I hope you enjoy this watercolour sketch of the Sunshine Coast that I painted while visiting my family over the holidays

#Watercolor #SketchbookArt #LandscapeArt #BeachVibes #EmmaBoltonArt #Art
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
No matter how long I live overseas, nothing quite compares to swimming at an Australian beach. I hope you enjoy this watercolour sketch of the Sunshine Coast that I painted while visiting my family over the holidays

#Watercolor #SketchbookArt #LandscapeArt #BeachVibes #EmmaBoltonArt #Art
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"Obscene wealth and ongoing poverty are not the natural order of things – they are policy choices."
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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It’s not just obscene, but I’d go as far as to say extreme inequity is our (and the developed world’s) most significant problem; the issue that must be addressed first if we are to be healthier, wealthier, more secure, and more sustainable.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Australia's 48 billionaires wealthier than bottom 40pc combined, Oxfam finds
Oxfam Australia is calling on the federal government to tax the super rich to help tackle growing inequality, as billionaires grow their wealth by more than half a million a day on average.
www.abc.net.au
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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being an artist is really just realising that you've never actually known what anything looks like ever
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Mitski back with an incredible work of art:
Mitski - Where's My Phone? (Official Video)
YouTube video by MitskiVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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i spent my entire comics career thinking i was slow as mud for taking 2-3 years to finish each book, until my french editor called me "fast" and when i asked what he meant by that he said that on average french artists are taking 5-10 years to finish a book
I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
January 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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I felt such a sense of achievement finishing this watercolour painting of Granada's Fuente de las Granadas. It was already one of my favourite monuments, and taking the time to paint it has helped me appreciate its details even more.

#acuarela #art #spain
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I felt such a sense of achievement finishing this watercolour painting of Granada's Fuente de las Granadas. It was already one of my favourite monuments, and taking the time to paint it has helped me appreciate its details even more.

#acuarela #art #spain
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Did you know that the PR agency for #COP30 also works for fossil fuel companies like Shell?

We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night.

Try it for yourself here
oilwell.app
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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When I say AI is a rhetorical technology
January 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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This NYTimes feature on Noah Wyle and the second season of The Pitt is one of the best magazine profiles I have ever read (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...
On ‘The Pitt,’ E.R. Doctors Try to Fix This Broken World
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Didn't take long to need an update. Marian Wilkinson is out as well.

Well over half now of the "big names" the Festival wanted to highlight to people thinking about buying tickets.
January 10, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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like there are a million things you can do here is a list

www.lifeisasacredtext.com/goodtrouble/
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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A bit late, but Monday this week (Jan 5) marked two whole years since I had my cochlear implant “activated”. To say it has been life-changing, in all the best ways possible, would be an understatement.
January 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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España verá tres eclipses en tres años: todo lo que debes saber sobre estos fenómenos
España verá tres eclipses en tres años: todo lo que debes saber sobre estos fenómenos
Se espera que para 2026 ocurra un eclipse total, lo que supondrá todo un hito histórico al no verse uno desde hace más de 100 años
www.eldiario.es
January 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...
The Great Palestinian Silence
It seems everyone is tweeting about freedom of speech. So let me tell you a story about freedom of speech and the exceptional case of Palestine. In the days leading up to Israel’s proposed annexati…
meanjin.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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“WAGMI” — we're all gonna make it — was crypto's 2021 rallying cry. But those with wealth and power knew it was a lie, and that “all” just meant them. My latest traces the last five years from hype to technoligarchy — and why they're not all gonna make it either.
The year of technoligarchy
In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall.
www.citationneeded.news
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM