Emily
@eminist.bsky.social
had not realised that the research for Sapiens drew primarily on important archeological source material, the Clan of the Cave Bear series
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
had not realised that the research for Sapiens drew primarily on important archeological source material, the Clan of the Cave Bear series
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Just a heads up, if you’re getting regularly smiled at by babies and greeted warmly by dogs you are carrying a fragment of the sacred light within you and must guard it closely
November 12, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Just a heads up, if you’re getting regularly smiled at by babies and greeted warmly by dogs you are carrying a fragment of the sacred light within you and must guard it closely
having another big salad although we’ve moved into the realms of enormous salad; lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, chives, spring onions, mint, dill, parsley, avocado, asparagus, green beans, chicken, home made croutons and boiled eggs. dressed with nuoc cham and kewpie mayo
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
having another big salad although we’ve moved into the realms of enormous salad; lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, chives, spring onions, mint, dill, parsley, avocado, asparagus, green beans, chicken, home made croutons and boiled eggs. dressed with nuoc cham and kewpie mayo
a few months ago I sent a “ooh I saw a yellow bird” message to Harry and he was like “was it a robin?” and I said “pfffft no I know what a yellow robin is” and it turns out the bird I saw was a CRITICALLY ENDANGERED HELMETED HONEYEATER and I may have located a colony! #proud
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
a few months ago I sent a “ooh I saw a yellow bird” message to Harry and he was like “was it a robin?” and I said “pfffft no I know what a yellow robin is” and it turns out the bird I saw was a CRITICALLY ENDANGERED HELMETED HONEYEATER and I may have located a colony! #proud
redemption on the second point still possible
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
redemption on the second point still possible
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"For fossil fuel polluters, gas seems to have become the lifeline that vaping was for the tobacco lobby."
- The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM delivering the 2025 Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture
#auspol
- The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM delivering the 2025 Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture
#auspol
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"For fossil fuel polluters, gas seems to have become the lifeline that vaping was for the tobacco lobby."
- The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM delivering the 2025 Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture
#auspol
- The Hon. Mike Rann AC CNZM delivering the 2025 Dr Hugh Saddler Memorial Lecture
#auspol
I am aware that doing this particular arrangement of books makes me a very Basic Bitch but it also made me feel instantly happier so it’s worth it imo
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I am aware that doing this particular arrangement of books makes me a very Basic Bitch but it also made me feel instantly happier so it’s worth it imo
for those who can’t bring themselves to read the whole thing, the Ryan Lizza piece is basically Richard Osman’s Perfect Episode of The Bill
youtube.com/shorts/eWluN...
youtube.com/shorts/eWluN...
Richard Osman thought he dreamt the 'perfect' episode of The Bill 🤣
YouTube video by The Rest Is Entertainment
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November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
for those who can’t bring themselves to read the whole thing, the Ryan Lizza piece is basically Richard Osman’s Perfect Episode of The Bill
youtube.com/shorts/eWluN...
youtube.com/shorts/eWluN...
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Please be nice to people who work at stores at this time of the year and in general. 💖
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Please be nice to people who work at stores at this time of the year and in general. 💖
an organisation I worked for where many were vociferously opposed to doing an acknowledgement of country 20 years ago has just launched a series of projects they’ve worked on in collaboration with local Indigenous Elders. The community building and growth they’ve done is genuine and meaningful.
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
an organisation I worked for where many were vociferously opposed to doing an acknowledgement of country 20 years ago has just launched a series of projects they’ve worked on in collaboration with local Indigenous Elders. The community building and growth they’ve done is genuine and meaningful.
I love this photo (1980)
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I love this photo (1980)
thank you Wil Wheaton I needed this
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
thank you Wil Wheaton I needed this
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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this was not intentional, but makes me super happy: like, the writer I hoped to grow into when I was young was somebody I envisioned as writing about flowers on multiple continents
The mountain goats have explored flowers across 3 continents now
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
this was not intentional, but makes me super happy: like, the writer I hoped to grow into when I was young was somebody I envisioned as writing about flowers on multiple continents
I don’t say it nearly enough but I think it every day that it is a gift to my life and my heart to spend it with someone who who loves The World and also Doing Stuff.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I don’t say it nearly enough but I think it every day that it is a gift to my life and my heart to spend it with someone who who loves The World and also Doing Stuff.
it’s Big Salad Saturday
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
it’s Big Salad Saturday
just had ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Just like living in Paradise’ served up to me back to back and suddenly I am in Grade Six again
a woman is dancing on stage in front of a drum set .
ALT: a woman is dancing on stage in front of a drum set .
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
just had ‘Walk like an Egyptian’ and ‘Just like living in Paradise’ served up to me back to back and suddenly I am in Grade Six again
Watching ‘Death by lightning’ and it is just wall to wall That Guy™️
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
Alt: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
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November 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Watching ‘Death by lightning’ and it is just wall to wall That Guy™️
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@brocklesnitch.bsky.social wrote this and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it and yes it was very funny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny | Rebecca Shaw
What the Tesla tycoon wants his billions can’t buy: being able to get a true laugh
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@brocklesnitch.bsky.social wrote this and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it and yes it was very funny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Colourful children’s sand sold across Australia recalled amid asbestos fears
Colourful children’s sand sold across Australia recalled amid asbestos fears
Officeworks among retailers to have sold some of the affected Creatistics, Kadink and Educational Colours products since 2020
A range of colourful children’s sand products imported from China and sold at leading Australian retailers have been recalled due to concerns they may contain asbestos.
The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC) said the sand, which is brightly coloured and designed for children to play with, was recalled because the products may contain tremolite asbestos. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Colourful children’s sand sold across Australia recalled amid asbestos fears
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
to my “aggressively lapsed Catholic” parents‘ great horror, I am also all-in on Catholic intrigue… the politics is absolutely wild/frequently horrifying/sometimes affirming
As a cultural Catholic* I am absolutely delighted by Leo’s hammering of JD Vance
*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue
*I was born into Catholicism and although I no longer believe in God I remain all in on any kind of Catholic intrigue
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
to my “aggressively lapsed Catholic” parents‘ great horror, I am also all-in on Catholic intrigue… the politics is absolutely wild/frequently horrifying/sometimes affirming
my toxic trait is watching MC Hammer videos and feeling convinced I could do the choreography flawlessly
a man in a yellow jacket is dancing with the words teddi time behind him .
Alt: a man in a yellow jacket is dancing with the words teddi time behind him .
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November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
my toxic trait is watching MC Hammer videos and feeling convinced I could do the choreography flawlessly
The Takeaways forever 💕💕💕
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(repost with an iconic fictional band)
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The Takeaways forever 💕💕💕
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(repost with an iconic fictional band)