Emma Bolland
@emmabolland.bsky.social
artist/writer/lecturer (they/them).
co-editor at intergraphia.
'Showily abstruse'
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co-editor at intergraphia.
'Showily abstruse'
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Emma Bolland
@emmabolland.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Epitaph: 'DO NOT BIN. THIS AN ART WORK NOT BITS OF RUBBISH.'
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Light in the world 🤎
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Light in the world 🤎
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Today's featured author is @clareobrien.bsky.social. 'Breathing Out Becomes White And Snowfall' is written in response to heard voices—not threatening but benign... tuning into a frequency carrying random scraps of language; puns and wordplay, sometimes dark, sometimes playful, sometimes nonsensical
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Today's featured author is @clareobrien.bsky.social. 'Breathing Out Becomes White And Snowfall' is written in response to heard voices—not threatening but benign... tuning into a frequency carrying random scraps of language; puns and wordplay, sometimes dark, sometimes playful, sometimes nonsensical
If you're in the area... the-arthouse.org.uk/exhibitions/...
Emma Bolland: The Public Dream - Welcome to The Art House
During Light Up Wakefield, Emma Bolland unveils The Public Dream, a poetic installation of drawing, light, and text.
the-arthouse.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you're in the area... the-arthouse.org.uk/exhibitions/...
The Public Dream 21–23 November 2025. Delighted to be working on this project with THE ART HOUSE. Transforming the Main Gallery into a live working studio from 10 Nov and unveiling fully with extended opening hours during the Light Up festival (21–23 November). the-arthouse.org.uk/news/autumn-...
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Public Dream 21–23 November 2025. Delighted to be working on this project with THE ART HOUSE. Transforming the Main Gallery into a live working studio from 10 Nov and unveiling fully with extended opening hours during the Light Up festival (21–23 November). the-arthouse.org.uk/news/autumn-...
I'm going to be repping @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social along with coeditor @rachelartsmith.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social this Friday and Saturday. Come say hello and check out the verdant loveliness of our Series 4 pamphlets.
October 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm going to be repping @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social along with coeditor @rachelartsmith.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social this Friday and Saturday. Come say hello and check out the verdant loveliness of our Series 4 pamphlets.
Me & @rachelartsmith.bsky.social don't do ALL the design & editorial work in bars, promise... 🍻
Edited by artist-writers @emmabolland.bsky.social and @rachelartsmith.bsky.social, and committed to inclusivity and affordability, @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social publishes artists and writers working at intersections and edges. Nine new titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25, Fri 24/Sat 25 October
October 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Me & @rachelartsmith.bsky.social don't do ALL the design & editorial work in bars, promise... 🍻
His text to me, on making it to Goole train station with 6 minutes to spare, was 'made it. mother of god'.
Many thanks to everyone who's shared and followed this (unexpectedly lengthy) walk-in-progress over the past few days. It's much appreciated. The full thread (128 posts) is below.
A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
October 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
His text to me, on making it to Goole train station with 6 minutes to spare, was 'made it. mother of god'.
This boi
A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This boi
💚 heart co-editing intergraphia with @rachelartsmith.bsky.social. We'll be at Conway Hall in the heart of Bloomsbury for this year's amazing @smallpublishers.bsky.social on the 24 & 25 October. Come say hello!
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
💚 heart co-editing intergraphia with @rachelartsmith.bsky.social. We'll be at Conway Hall in the heart of Bloomsbury for this year's amazing @smallpublishers.bsky.social on the 24 & 25 October. Come say hello!
File here
September 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
File here
I'm in there. Hey #META, where's my money?
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm in there. Hey #META, where's my money?
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When university administrators announce that they are excited about something, you know it's going to be super bad
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
When university administrators announce that they are excited about something, you know it's going to be super bad
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at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
I’ve seen a lot of cishet allies who are also confused by all the prominent Dem voices suddenly acting like having trans rights means we can’t also have vaccines and schools and national parks, and that’s because some of the “why” is happening at a pitch only queer and trans people can hear
September 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
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Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.
August 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.
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#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650...
August 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650...
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are these the Israelis the ADL wants me to support or…
Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)
August 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
are these the Israelis the ADL wants me to support or…
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Poem of the day: Mist by the marvellous Alice Oswald who was arrested yesterday in the Palestine protests. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
How to be hopeful: Alice Oswald’s poem Mist
The poet on the startling wonders of the natural world
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Poem of the day: Mist by the marvellous Alice Oswald who was arrested yesterday in the Palestine protests. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I use Duckduckgo already, and this is a fab addition.
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I use Duckduckgo already, and this is a fab addition.
Yes yes yes all of this. #AI #education
I have a new article out in the Chartered College of Teaching journal Impact, called ‘Embedding AI in education: A critique’. Here I make five main points, which I will helpfully plop in this thread for those without access or time to read it.
August 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yes yes yes all of this. #AI #education
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An overnight walk from Kirk Sandall to Goole, via the River Don Navigation, the New Junction Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Dutch River, 6.30pm Friday 25 July to 5.30am Saturday 26 July.
An improvised, illustrated thread of uncertain length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
An improvised, illustrated thread of uncertain length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
July 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An overnight walk from Kirk Sandall to Goole, via the River Don Navigation, the New Junction Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Dutch River, 6.30pm Friday 25 July to 5.30am Saturday 26 July.
An improvised, illustrated thread of uncertain length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
An improvised, illustrated thread of uncertain length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/
Weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder...
All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli
July 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder...