Emily O’Donnell
@faelai.bsky.social
Photographer, Writer, Feminist, Witchy Woman, Fangirl. Feline Enthusiast. www.emilyophoto.com / www.emiodowrites.wordpress.com / https://medium.com/@emiodo42
Taking my first trip to California for my 40th in February for two whole ass weeks like I’m traveling to another country. Give me all of your hot spots, hidden gems, must see places. The loop is gonna be Sonoma -> Yosemite -> LA -> Big Sur -> San Francisco.
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Taking my first trip to California for my 40th in February for two whole ass weeks like I’m traveling to another country. Give me all of your hot spots, hidden gems, must see places. The loop is gonna be Sonoma -> Yosemite -> LA -> Big Sur -> San Francisco.
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Happy 60th birthday to the iconic Björk.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Happy 60th birthday to the iconic Björk.
I don’t doomscroll. I roomscroll. That’s when you endlessly scroll Airbnb/VRBO for the perfect trip accommodations.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I don’t doomscroll. I roomscroll. That’s when you endlessly scroll Airbnb/VRBO for the perfect trip accommodations.
This was basically my exact review of this movie (which I did like a lot to be fair).
Frankenstein 2025: Some men will literally create another human being from scraps in a cave and then blame them for everything including blowing their own leg off rather than go to therapy, which also hasn't been invented yet.😉
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was basically my exact review of this movie (which I did like a lot to be fair).
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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what if the vast, complex conspiracy of powerful men to ensure they evade consequences for violence and exploitation is just the US criminal legal system
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
what if the vast, complex conspiracy of powerful men to ensure they evade consequences for violence and exploitation is just the US criminal legal system
Went to the ER at 5am because of an intense pain in my side that spread to my back and ribs that made it difficult to breathe. Spent 5 hours getting poked, prodded, scanned, and bloodlet only for them to predictably tell me I’m totally fine and who knows why I’m in so much pain. Cool cool cool.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Went to the ER at 5am because of an intense pain in my side that spread to my back and ribs that made it difficult to breathe. Spent 5 hours getting poked, prodded, scanned, and bloodlet only for them to predictably tell me I’m totally fine and who knows why I’m in so much pain. Cool cool cool.
This was inadvertently a great day for me to plan a trip to NYC in the spring for a concert.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This was inadvertently a great day for me to plan a trip to NYC in the spring for a concert.
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I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
We did a good thing for a change this Election Day.
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We did a good thing for a change this Election Day.
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I love how old books warning one away from witchcraft can't help but make it look cool as fuck
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I love how old books warning one away from witchcraft can't help but make it look cool as fuck
Thank you Florence Welch for the witchy album we all needed this Samhain.
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“It’s the old religion humming in your veins
Some animal instinct starting up again
And I am wound so tightly, I hardly even breathe
You wonder why we're hungry for some kind of release”
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“It’s the old religion humming in your veins
Some animal instinct starting up again
And I am wound so tightly, I hardly even breathe
You wonder why we're hungry for some kind of release”
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you Florence Welch for the witchy album we all needed this Samhain.
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“It’s the old religion humming in your veins
Some animal instinct starting up again
And I am wound so tightly, I hardly even breathe
You wonder why we're hungry for some kind of release”
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“It’s the old religion humming in your veins
Some animal instinct starting up again
And I am wound so tightly, I hardly even breathe
You wonder why we're hungry for some kind of release”
I watched an episode of The X-Files tonight intentionally. I haven’t done that in years despite it being my formative fandom. I correlate it so closely with my dad and my sister Alaina. Her birthday was last week. His would be today. What else can I do but watch one of our favorite episodes?
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I watched an episode of The X-Files tonight intentionally. I haven’t done that in years despite it being my formative fandom. I correlate it so closely with my dad and my sister Alaina. Her birthday was last week. His would be today. What else can I do but watch one of our favorite episodes?
Today I repotted a bunch of houseplants before winter sets in, watered, fertilized, untangled, and planted some I had propagated. I’m relying on this greenery to keep me from spiraling into a deep depression once the light disappears. Also procrastinating on actually prepping the garden for winter.
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today I repotted a bunch of houseplants before winter sets in, watered, fertilized, untangled, and planted some I had propagated. I’m relying on this greenery to keep me from spiraling into a deep depression once the light disappears. Also procrastinating on actually prepping the garden for winter.
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The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
What do we do with the birthdays of those we have lost? Do we erase them from the calendar? Try not to think about it when it’s impossible to forget a date engraved in your memory from birth?
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Today is my sister’s birthday. She would have been 43.
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Today is my sister’s birthday. She would have been 43.
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What do we do with the birthdays of those we have lost? Do we erase them from the calendar? Try not to think about it when it’s impossible to forget a date engraved in your memory from birth?
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Today is my sister’s birthday. She would have been 43.
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Today is my sister’s birthday. She would have been 43.
Travel Photography: Portugal / Chaves
Traveling within the Douro Valley of Portugal took us to some exceptional towns that are not often thought of by tourists. One of these was the colorful city of Chaves, an ancient town that once served as an…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/21/chaves-portugal/
Traveling within the Douro Valley of Portugal took us to some exceptional towns that are not often thought of by tourists. One of these was the colorful city of Chaves, an ancient town that once served as an…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/21/chaves-portugal/
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Travel Photography: Portugal / Chaves
Traveling within the Douro Valley of Portugal took us to some exceptional towns that are not often thought of by tourists. One of these was the colorful city of Chaves, an ancient town that once served as an…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/21/chaves-portugal/
Traveling within the Douro Valley of Portugal took us to some exceptional towns that are not often thought of by tourists. One of these was the colorful city of Chaves, an ancient town that once served as an…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/21/chaves-portugal/
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please. the ai slop. it is too strong today. stop reposting it stop it stop it stop it
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
please. the ai slop. it is too strong today. stop reposting it stop it stop it stop it
Travel Photography: Portugal / Lamego
Continuing my travels in Portugal took me to Lamego, a beautiful city in the Douro Valley. Towering over the city is the Lamego Cathedral, with its stunning Baroque architecture. From the city below, you can…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/18/lamego-portugal/
Continuing my travels in Portugal took me to Lamego, a beautiful city in the Douro Valley. Towering over the city is the Lamego Cathedral, with its stunning Baroque architecture. From the city below, you can…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/18/lamego-portugal/
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Travel Photography: Portugal / Lamego
Continuing my travels in Portugal took me to Lamego, a beautiful city in the Douro Valley. Towering over the city is the Lamego Cathedral, with its stunning Baroque architecture. From the city below, you can…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/18/lamego-portugal/
Continuing my travels in Portugal took me to Lamego, a beautiful city in the Douro Valley. Towering over the city is the Lamego Cathedral, with its stunning Baroque architecture. From the city below, you can…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/18/lamego-portugal/
Travel Photography: Portugal / Bragança Castle
Over the summer I had the opportunity to travel to mainland Europe for the first time and visit Portugal. My sister had already been there for some time, and did some excellent location scouting for places…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/17/braganca/
Over the summer I had the opportunity to travel to mainland Europe for the first time and visit Portugal. My sister had already been there for some time, and did some excellent location scouting for places…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/17/braganca/
October 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Travel Photography: Portugal / Bragança Castle
Over the summer I had the opportunity to travel to mainland Europe for the first time and visit Portugal. My sister had already been there for some time, and did some excellent location scouting for places…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/17/braganca/
Over the summer I had the opportunity to travel to mainland Europe for the first time and visit Portugal. My sister had already been there for some time, and did some excellent location scouting for places…
https://emilyophoto.com/2025/10/17/braganca/
I no longer wish to discourse. It’s all too much and it makes me feel insane.
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I no longer wish to discourse. It’s all too much and it makes me feel insane.
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Okay what’s up I’m listening to Taylor Swift at midnight with no one to talk to about it so I’m here on Bluesky to react to my second listen. My overall first impressions are that this is a great pop album with some surprisingly subversive lyrics. It’s weird and also weirdly hilarious? #ts12
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Okay what’s up I’m listening to Taylor Swift at midnight with no one to talk to about it so I’m here on Bluesky to react to my second listen. My overall first impressions are that this is a great pop album with some surprisingly subversive lyrics. It’s weird and also weirdly hilarious? #ts12