Emma Payne
@fedbybirds.bsky.social
Screenwriting, poetry, comedy, printmaking, painting, eels, beetles, general detritus
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If you hear a rumble, it’s the sound of hundreds of people who’ve worked in publishing running to their phones to type ‘IT’S HAPPENING’ into their message groups.
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you hear a rumble, it’s the sound of hundreds of people who’ve worked in publishing running to their phones to type ‘IT’S HAPPENING’ into their message groups.
Finished wasp bowl - happy with how it turned out
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Finished wasp bowl - happy with how it turned out
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
OK, so to prevent dementia I need to eat cheese, drink coffee & listen to music? Fine! (Yes yes something about exercise, healthy eating, I didn’t hear that part)
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
OK, so to prevent dementia I need to eat cheese, drink coffee & listen to music? Fine! (Yes yes something about exercise, healthy eating, I didn’t hear that part)
This Broadstairs seagull looks like he’s seen some things
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This Broadstairs seagull looks like he’s seen some things
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So great - you can almost feel the incredible static electricity generated by their frocks
I haven’t watched Victoria Wood’s favourite Christmas video yet this year, so here it is. youtu.be/AVt9AqE0toY?...
Highway (1987) - Ipswich - Who Will Buy? (from Oliver)
YouTube video by Dai Jones
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December 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So great - you can almost feel the incredible static electricity generated by their frocks
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Conclave sketch for #ArtAdventCalendar
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Conclave sketch for #ArtAdventCalendar
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There were already pink clouds in the sky at 2.40pm today, who do I write to about this
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There were already pink clouds in the sky at 2.40pm today, who do I write to about this
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can hear the religious lady with the incredible sound system winding her way all round the town. It’s amazing - she’s only small but somehow manages to pull speakers that make her louder than Dreamland on a little shopping trolley
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can hear the religious lady with the incredible sound system winding her way all round the town. It’s amazing - she’s only small but somehow manages to pull speakers that make her louder than Dreamland on a little shopping trolley
Sketch of my dad for day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar. I don’t think it looks that much like him - but strangely it does apparently look a lot like his dad, who I never met
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sketch of my dad for day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar. I don’t think it looks that much like him - but strangely it does apparently look a lot like his dad, who I never met
Suspicious fairground horse for day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Suspicious fairground horse for day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Shrimp sketch for day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Shrimp sketch for day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar
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computer going to take my job? no. i’ll pour water on it
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
computer going to take my job? no. i’ll pour water on it
Crocodile sketch for day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar
December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Crocodile sketch for day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar
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We should put together a list of books you can buy this Christmas from authors who were robbed and had their careers sabotaged* by Unbound.
(*What makes me forever angry is that it's about so much more than money. You'd think people who read would be better at empathy and understanding.)
(*What makes me forever angry is that it's about so much more than money. You'd think people who read would be better at empathy and understanding.)
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We should put together a list of books you can buy this Christmas from authors who were robbed and had their careers sabotaged* by Unbound.
(*What makes me forever angry is that it's about so much more than money. You'd think people who read would be better at empathy and understanding.)
(*What makes me forever angry is that it's about so much more than money. You'd think people who read would be better at empathy and understanding.)
Pottery wasp for day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pottery wasp for day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
FFS Bluesky. Can’t even see my own life drawing sketch for #ArtAdventCalendar because it’s labelled as adult content. Even Instagram has no problem with a charcoal male bottom
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
FFS Bluesky. Can’t even see my own life drawing sketch for #ArtAdventCalendar because it’s labelled as adult content. Even Instagram has no problem with a charcoal male bottom
People posting Epstein’s island photos with jokey comments especially the men cheerily remarking on the ‘dentist’s chair’: please stop
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
People posting Epstein’s island photos with jokey comments especially the men cheerily remarking on the ‘dentist’s chair’: please stop
Andor sketch for day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Andor sketch for day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar