Emily VHS
@emilyvhs.bsky.social
Playwright, dramaturg, digital theatre-maker, web developer (she/her)
Coding projects and thoughts ~ www.emilyvhs.com
Writing as Emily Holyoake ~ www.emilyholyoake.com
Coding projects and thoughts ~ www.emilyvhs.com
Writing as Emily Holyoake ~ www.emilyholyoake.com
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I wonder if Chris Rea has set off yet.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I wonder if Chris Rea has set off yet.
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Had a wonderful time last night at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social holding our first CGN2 funded discussion on getting Nottingham a new grassroots performing arts space
Thanks to everyone that came along :)
What do you think Nottingham is currently missing from its performing arts venues?
Thanks to everyone that came along :)
What do you think Nottingham is currently missing from its performing arts venues?
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Had a wonderful time last night at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social holding our first CGN2 funded discussion on getting Nottingham a new grassroots performing arts space
Thanks to everyone that came along :)
What do you think Nottingham is currently missing from its performing arts venues?
Thanks to everyone that came along :)
What do you think Nottingham is currently missing from its performing arts venues?
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Just going to keep reminding people that ChatGPT doesn't know everything bc much of history will remain undigitized 🤗 📜
Pretty sure a librarian comes to my rescue about once a week but today three librarians collectively saved my life and I am very grateful. Good luck figuring out what the page numbers of things 100 years old and only held in special collections are while on a copyediting deadline without them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Just going to keep reminding people that ChatGPT doesn't know everything bc much of history will remain undigitized 🤗 📜
Went to my first ever book club, had a nice time and met nice people, but of course will now spend a restless night replaying the stupid shit I said about books
a black and white drawing of a girl with glasses laying down
Alt: a black and white drawing of a girl with glasses laying down
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Went to my first ever book club, had a nice time and met nice people, but of course will now spend a restless night replaying the stupid shit I said about books
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they gleefully announce the llm solves a difficult problem and then you find out...they use it to respond to an email, format some python, arrange two meetings in an 8 hour period.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
they gleefully announce the llm solves a difficult problem and then you find out...they use it to respond to an email, format some python, arrange two meetings in an 8 hour period.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
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You told me you got a raspberry pie and I show up and it's little fucking computer?
November 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You told me you got a raspberry pie and I show up and it's little fucking computer?
So proud of my dad for always making the weirdest thing 😘
Totally stunned that the Pico MZ-80K won the "general" category in last year's #RetroChallenge! Thank you to everyone who voted for me, followed the project, etc. etc. etc. #RetroComputing
www.retrochallenge.org/2025/10/rc20...
www.retrochallenge.org/2025/10/rc20...
RC2024/10 Results...Less than a Year Late!
With so many entries for RC2024/10 (a record, i'm sure!), and having already put in so much work during the month, I really let things slide...
www.retrochallenge.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So proud of my dad for always making the weirdest thing 😘
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i have posted before that i think you are an artist before you ever make a painting or song or book. i understand it is a unique perspective and that is okay, but i am thinking on it again after seeing post from buckaroo @scalzi.com specifically how it relates to my perspective on grief and death
Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.
Yes? No?
Yes? No?
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
i have posted before that i think you are an artist before you ever make a painting or song or book. i understand it is a unique perspective and that is okay, but i am thinking on it again after seeing post from buckaroo @scalzi.com specifically how it relates to my perspective on grief and death
jQuery more like cry-because-i-dont-know-what-im-doingQuery
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
jQuery more like cry-because-i-dont-know-what-im-doingQuery
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I'm at the IEN Summit this week :)
Tuesday I'm running a workshop on Making Your First Jubensha at 14:00
Wednesday I'm displaying three of our immersive experiences from our past, present, and future as a company!
Come say hi, especially if you wanna grab a copy of All Falls Down: Sorroborough!
Tuesday I'm running a workshop on Making Your First Jubensha at 14:00
Wednesday I'm displaying three of our immersive experiences from our past, present, and future as a company!
Come say hi, especially if you wanna grab a copy of All Falls Down: Sorroborough!
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm at the IEN Summit this week :)
Tuesday I'm running a workshop on Making Your First Jubensha at 14:00
Wednesday I'm displaying three of our immersive experiences from our past, present, and future as a company!
Come say hi, especially if you wanna grab a copy of All Falls Down: Sorroborough!
Tuesday I'm running a workshop on Making Your First Jubensha at 14:00
Wednesday I'm displaying three of our immersive experiences from our past, present, and future as a company!
Come say hi, especially if you wanna grab a copy of All Falls Down: Sorroborough!
Not a novel opinion, but Silent Hill f is proper good.
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Not a novel opinion, but Silent Hill f is proper good.
Finished - and it really was perfect all the way through.
(Lucky to have my own Gilbert to share it with 😘 @realbengilbert.bsky.social)
(Lucky to have my own Gilbert to share it with 😘 @realbengilbert.bsky.social)
The Anne Shirley anime is perfect, no notes.
a girl with red hair and a hat is smiling
Alt: a girl with red hair and a hat is smiling
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Finished - and it really was perfect all the way through.
(Lucky to have my own Gilbert to share it with 😘 @realbengilbert.bsky.social)
(Lucky to have my own Gilbert to share it with 😘 @realbengilbert.bsky.social)
Me attempting to still be a playwright by joining a writing retreat, only to leave promptly after the lunch break because I started spiralling about wHeThER mY wORk mAtTerS.
October 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Me attempting to still be a playwright by joining a writing retreat, only to leave promptly after the lunch break because I started spiralling about wHeThER mY wORk mAtTerS.
Soothing my soul by remaking my website in vanilla HTML/CSS/JavaScript. 😌
October 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Soothing my soul by remaking my website in vanilla HTML/CSS/JavaScript. 😌
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
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I'm not able to take part in #RetroChallenge this year, but I've just spent a few minutes enjoying last year's writeup of my #Sharp #MZ80K emulator for the #RaspberryPiPico . The plan for winter is to have a bash at #MZ700 emulation - faster clock & colour too!
z80.timholyoake.uk/retrochallen...
z80.timholyoake.uk/retrochallen...
RetroChallenge 2024/10 – retrocomputing ephemera
z80.timholyoake.uk
October 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm not able to take part in #RetroChallenge this year, but I've just spent a few minutes enjoying last year's writeup of my #Sharp #MZ80K emulator for the #RaspberryPiPico . The plan for winter is to have a bash at #MZ700 emulation - faster clock & colour too!
z80.timholyoake.uk/retrochallen...
z80.timholyoake.uk/retrochallen...
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🎭✨ The world premiere of Ada — written by Emily Holyoake & performed by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social at #PyConUK2025 — is on YouTube! 👉 buff.ly/PzPqzBv
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
PYCON UK 2025: Ada by Emily Holyoake, a rehearsed reading
This year at PyCon UK, you’re warmly invited to a world premiere: Ada, a brand-new play inspired by Ada Lovelace, written by Emily Holyoake, and staged as a rehearsed reading by Nottingham-based…
buff.ly
October 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🎭✨ The world premiere of Ada — written by Emily Holyoake & performed by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social at #PyConUK2025 — is on YouTube! 👉 buff.ly/PzPqzBv
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
The Anne Shirley anime is perfect, no notes.
a girl with red hair and a hat is smiling
Alt: a girl with red hair and a hat is smiling
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Anne Shirley anime is perfect, no notes.
Nothing like the smug feeling you get watching an outrageously atrocious series of #LoveIsBlind where everyone's getting shredded in the edit, god that show has absolutely nailed offering comfort/catharsis by comparison.
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Nothing like the smug feeling you get watching an outrageously atrocious series of #LoveIsBlind where everyone's getting shredded in the edit, god that show has absolutely nailed offering comfort/catharsis by comparison.
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Chris Goode's voice dominated the theatre blogging culture of the 2010s. @alicesaville.bsky.social reflects on how the abusive theatremaker used his writings to hide in plain sight
Alice points to the need for greater transparency in the theatre industry. In that spirit, this post is free to read
Alice points to the need for greater transparency in the theatre industry. In that spirit, this post is free to read
Chris Goode told the truth about who he was. How did we fail to see it?
Goode's voice dominated the theatre blogging culture of the 2010s. Alice Saville reflects on how the abusive theatremaker used his writings to hide in plain sight
exeuntmagazine.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Chris Goode's voice dominated the theatre blogging culture of the 2010s. @alicesaville.bsky.social reflects on how the abusive theatremaker used his writings to hide in plain sight
Alice points to the need for greater transparency in the theatre industry. In that spirit, this post is free to read
Alice points to the need for greater transparency in the theatre industry. In that spirit, this post is free to read
Find yourself a man who secretly also sets his alarm for 5am because he knows 'you'll want to talk about it' so he should 'listen to it swiftly' 🥹
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Find yourself a man who secretly also sets his alarm for 5am because he knows 'you'll want to talk about it' so he should 'listen to it swiftly' 🥹
Showgirl is a Goldmember album; I will not be elaborating further.
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Showgirl is a Goldmember album; I will not be elaborating further.
It's honestly magic to have found a second career where this is both true and rewarding/rewarded. Opening a million tabs to discover why some code works/doesn't feels as fun (to me, anyway) as falling down a research hole for a play.
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's honestly magic to have found a second career where this is both true and rewarding/rewarded. Opening a million tabs to discover why some code works/doesn't feels as fun (to me, anyway) as falling down a research hole for a play.
The office cold has claimed me and for some reason this one is doing weird shit to my ADHD. Been a while since I've had that hyperactive, phased-out feeling of not being in the driver's seat of your own brain while your body bumps from room to room, doing half of everything. 🫠
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The office cold has claimed me and for some reason this one is doing weird shit to my ADHD. Been a while since I've had that hyperactive, phased-out feeling of not being in the driver's seat of your own brain while your body bumps from room to room, doing half of everything. 🫠
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📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0