Emma Arkell

@emmaarkell.bsky.social

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the whatsapp beaver emoji, which has weird little beady eyes, a fade in his coat that makes him look kind of hairless in spots, a hunchback and an awkwardly shaped face
leonardo dicaprio pointing at the tv meme
Nurses cheerings on the picket line in front of VGH, cars honk as they pass by
a video with a steady zoom in on a round orange cat who is sleepily loafing on a couch while a monologue from drag queen Sam Star plays in the background. the cat looks at the camera at the last second to dramatic effect
a young Ray Wise in a black and white photo, their hair is cut very short, they're smiling slightly, and wearing a checkered blazer over a white button up with a tie.
a piece of white cardstock with the track listing from Madonna's Ray of Light printed on it. at the top is text that reads TRACK NO. NEXT TWO DIGITS with an arrow pointing down to the track list. Next to that is a square cut out of the cardstock, and to the right of the box is the text DISCO NO. FIRST TWO DIGITS. a Ray of Light CD is under the card, Madonna's eye is peeping out of the square hole. a green purse is under the CD.
an almost empty parking lot ringed with trees at sunset, a lot of crows flying overhead
a photo of a Vancouver Goldeneyes PWHL game taken from the stands, on the jumbotron is a photo of Sophie Jaques who scored the Goldeneyes second goal of the game
a video showing hundreds of people standing on either side of the street in front of Hootsuite HQ in Vancouver
a crowd standing in the rain on either side of the street in front of the Hootsuite HQ
a person in an inflatable frog costume stands in a crowd in the rain
a photo of Granville Bridge taken from Granville Island on a very foggy day. A brick road and out of commission railway tracks lead to Granville Bidge, which is hazy in the background. Cars are parked in the street, and a shipping container sits on the left side of the image.
a black cat sits on a table in front of a TV showing Lawrence of Arabia. the TV is sitting atop a shelf of records, in front of which is a green and purple cat tube. there are christmas decorations in the foreground.
a DVD of Young Frankenstein and a copy of One Hundred Years of Socialism by Donald Sassoon
me in my Jadzia Dax costume complete with spots, handmade Starfleet uniform and combadge that was 3d printed by my neighbour.
a reaper with a skeleton body that has an ominous blue glow to it stands in someone's front yard. they're holding a large scythe.
Scott Thompson in a cameo as ambassador Tomim on an episode of Voyager. He's got a large, bulbous forehead and an aggressively receding hairline. he's smiling a bit and looking offscreen while saying "[Voyager] promotes a more stimulating environment."
a screenshot of the front page of the In These Times website, under a section titled Labor Day Reads is an article by Kim Kelly, followed by my article, and then one by Bill Fletcher Jr.
Jenny Kwan speaking on the YVR picket line
four spidermen pointing at each other meme: depression, anxiety, heat sensitivity, meds that increase heat sensitivity
A still from the opening montage in The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years. A woman of the 1980s, complete with a puffy brunette mullet, striped blue blazer with exaggerated puffy shoulders and a string of pearls, named Darlyne Pettinicchio is introduced with her title, Probation Officer. Subtitles read, "Heavy metal was more of an evolution, unlike punk rock."
a hand holding a dd/mm/yyyy CD case (the Blue Screen of Death album) with a DVD of Star Wars: A New Hope in front of it
a photo of the back of Boredoms' 2006 album Super Roots 5, the vice logo is in the corner
page 62 of Jane McAleVey's No Shortcuts, someone has written "VTU (Vancouver Tenant's Union) has never done this re rent control; it's a bigger settlement cost than they realize" and above that someone else has written "PREACH"
a snowman slowly melting backwards, as though his spine is being crushed under the weight of existence, his head thrown back, mouth agape in agony, stick arms flailing, on a lawn of slowly disappearing snow
the Washington Post's newsletter sitting in my email inbox, recycling this fucking story yet again, subject line: "Must Reads: The couple who want to make America procreate again"
page 38 of the GOAT Jane McAlevey's No Shortcuts with passages underlined, check-marked, and notes written in the margins in blue ink
Two people, one wearing a sweater with the word PRESS on it, stand on an outdoor staircase in front of white columns and a black iron gate. The person wearing the PRESS sweater is holding a microphone and paper. The other person is holding one end of a large banner that reads "Journalists for Journalists - Remembering our fallen colleagues," with the names of journalists who have been killed in Israel, Lebanon and Gaza listed.
post from @williefitz.bsky.social: JIMINY GLICK: Now you, you, you, you- your cars, they tend to run over pedestrians. Or else BURST into flames. ha HA isn't that wonderful! ELON MUSK: *the least convincing laugh of all time* JIMINY GLICK: *tucking his legs under himself* You bought a website where no one likes you. Why?
Quark from Deep Space 9
a hand holding a small, dark chocolate monopoly man. he has a mustache, is wearing a bowler hat and a suit, and is carrying a briefcase and an umbrella
a chonky black cat named Winnie stands on a patch of green grass covered in pink cherry blossom petals
a screenshot of my letterboxed recent activity: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Dr. T and the Women; Dahomey; Cu-ckoo
a screenshot of a news article with the words "it was supposed to have a face" above a picture of a person wearing a donair costume that, notably, doesn't have a face. under the photo are the words "the donair costume gets a screen test (Alterian Inc.)"
a selfie in full Frank N Furter makeup, wearing pearls and his green surgery smock with the pink triangle
a video showing the silhouette of a cat behind a beige curtain on a sunny day, the cat is licking their paw and rubbing their head, having a little bath in the warm October sunlight
a collage risograph print in fluorescent pink and sunflower yellow of a still from The Maltese Falcon. Humphrey Bogart is rendered in pink, he's holding a falcon statue which is yellow, as are his tie, a pair of oversized lips, a monocle type device and the words Presto Change!, which sit in the top left corner of the page.
a screenshot of a DM from an account called Liam John Neeson, the messages say "good day 🌹" and "How are you doing?"
Peach, a black cat with green eyes, is held in my roommate's arms. Peach is looking slightly uneasy because she's wearing a yellow and white jester collar with blue pom poms. her paw is stretched out towards the camera.
a reminder from the City of Vancouver Waste and Recycling Department that there's a landfill open house today, on line 3 of 4 they mention you can "meet the hawks of the bird control team"
a photo of a TV playing Deep Space Nine. Two Ferengi, Rom and Quark, are talking to each other. Subtitles on the screen read "30 bars [of gold pressed latinum] for me and 20 for you." Credits read "and IGGY POP"
A woman holds a protest sign with Deep Space Nine character Kira Nerys in front of the Palestinian flag. a speech bubble next to Kira's face reads, "Nothing justifies genocide." The protester is surrounded by a crowd of people in Vancouver Art Gallery plaza, office buildings and skyscrapers are in the background.
thousands of people stand in the plaza in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to show solidarity with Palestine.
a screenshot of the journalism faculty page from the University of Nebraska where multiple headshots are a smiling mascot wearing red suspenders and a ball cap that reads LIL RED
a mirror selfie. I'm wearing a sleeveless white shirt with black horizontal stripes, high waisted blue shorts and black leather mary janes. I'm wearing a black Vitacore CAN99e mask, and I've got a floral bag on my shoulder. the mirror is surrounded by floral paintings.
a crowd stands in the Vancouver Art Gallery plaza, in the center of the frame is someone holding a sign that reads 'UNIONS + ACTIVISTS = the people making it viable to live on this planet' (sorry I'm so bad with the alt text today!)
a selfie with some nice warm tungsten-esque lighting. I'm looking down at the camera, smirking a bit and wearing a white shirt.
the Simpsons family cat, snowball II, wearing a bonnet and slippers
a crowd of hundreds stands in a concrete plaza on a sunny day to support striking ILWU workers. many in the crowd are holding strike signs or union flags. it's a sunny day and the plaza is surrounded by glass towers.