(EEK!)ristina, PhD
@bookishmalarkey.bsky.social
Relentlessly optimistic and enthusiastically nerdy. Budding virologist and #actuallyautistic. Not a real doctor, but I am a real worm. Any pronouns. Still on X @mistborns, perennially on Tumblr @thelivingautomaton.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Mercy for the Diaz brothers!
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Mercy for the Diaz brothers!
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[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
[I turn on the TV and every channel is showing me being burned in effigy] This can't be good
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Thanks to the great @oliviagiovetti.bsky.social, here’s the cricket bat speech. Henry has been asked to evaluate a play by a young guy fresh from prison, whom his very leftie wife has sort of adopted as a pet -
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thanks to the great @oliviagiovetti.bsky.social, here’s the cricket bat speech. Henry has been asked to evaluate a play by a young guy fresh from prison, whom his very leftie wife has sort of adopted as a pet -
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someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
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John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*
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The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is an evolutionary wonder with "stars for eyes".
They're exceptional in so many ways: they're the fastest-eating mammals, they're just as comfortable in water as (under) the land, have exceptional nerve conduction & senses you don't have access to.
They're exceptional in so many ways: they're the fastest-eating mammals, they're just as comfortable in water as (under) the land, have exceptional nerve conduction & senses you don't have access to.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is an evolutionary wonder with "stars for eyes".
They're exceptional in so many ways: they're the fastest-eating mammals, they're just as comfortable in water as (under) the land, have exceptional nerve conduction & senses you don't have access to.
They're exceptional in so many ways: they're the fastest-eating mammals, they're just as comfortable in water as (under) the land, have exceptional nerve conduction & senses you don't have access to.
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
- Nine Inch Nails
- New Order
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Rage Against the Machine
- the Mountain Goats
- Nine Inch Nails
- New Order
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Rage Against the Machine
- the Mountain Goats
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
-Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls
-Ozzy Osbourne
-Rush
-Van Halen
-The Who
-Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls
-Ozzy Osbourne
-Rush
-Van Halen
-The Who
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Bon Jovi
Billy Joel & Elton John
Dire Straits
Anthrax
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Billy Joel & Elton John
Dire Straits
Anthrax
Def Leppard
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
- Nine Inch Nails
- New Order
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Rage Against the Machine
- the Mountain Goats
- Nine Inch Nails
- New Order
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
- Rage Against the Machine
- the Mountain Goats
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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Regarding the latter, one could argue there is a level of seniority below which it is not reasonable to expect service members to exercise their own judgement about that.
But the former—*everyone* knows that kind of order is illegal and must be refused. This is basic-training-level stuff.
But the former—*everyone* knows that kind of order is illegal and must be refused. This is basic-training-level stuff.
Refusing to follow a “kill the survivors of the previous strike who are clearly hors de combat” order SHOULD BE significantly more clear-cut than refusing one due to “this entire operation is unlawful because citing inherent Article II authority is insufficient.”
There must be accountability.
There must be accountability.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Regarding the latter, one could argue there is a level of seniority below which it is not reasonable to expect service members to exercise their own judgement about that.
But the former—*everyone* knows that kind of order is illegal and must be refused. This is basic-training-level stuff.
But the former—*everyone* knows that kind of order is illegal and must be refused. This is basic-training-level stuff.
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The bad news is that no matter how powerful you are, no matter how many laws you enforce even at gunpoint, you can't change people's hearts from the top down. But I guess that's also the good news
the fact that dealing with rampant lying and its much worse downstream consequences involves cultivating values rather than just imposing formal frameworks or rules (legal or otherwise) is a tough pill to swallow for some. but it is indeed medicine
Pointing out that something is incorrect definitely isn't sufficient - the *culture* of "it is bad to make incorrect statements, good to promptly and clearly retract and apologize for them, and disqualifying to keep making them deliberately" is the framework needed for fact-checking to plug into.
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The bad news is that no matter how powerful you are, no matter how many laws you enforce even at gunpoint, you can't change people's hearts from the top down. But I guess that's also the good news
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it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
If you loved THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, then you'll love its action-packed sequel, PRINCE CASPIAN! The Pevensie children are back, even Edmund, but what about all your favorite friends: Mr. Tumnus, the Beavers, the friendly giant? Well, they've been dead for a thousand years. Sorry.
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
it's important for children to learn about deep time, the inevitability of loss, and the end of all things.
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“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“violent fantasy became an obsession, according to former Trump administration officials…“Fucking kill them all,” Trump would say. “An eye for an eye.” Other times he’d snap at his staff: “You just got to kill these people…Other countries do it all the time.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The trouble is that people, Americans, have no idea what immigration takes. "Granny did it right." Sure. She came to Ellis Island, they gave her a train ticket. It's effectively impossible to come here legally now. You can't do Ellis Island again but there has to be mutually beneficial ways.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The trouble is that people, Americans, have no idea what immigration takes. "Granny did it right." Sure. She came to Ellis Island, they gave her a train ticket. It's effectively impossible to come here legally now. You can't do Ellis Island again but there has to be mutually beneficial ways.
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As is traditional Uncle Bill will say grace
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
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November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As is traditional Uncle Bill will say grace
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Nixon called the protesters 'bums' on May 2. Kent State was May 4. He learns of it on tape: 'My God! Is this because of us?'
Arthur Krause's famous statement 'My daughter was not a bum' - actually longer, asking if she deserved to be shot for disagreement - was a day or two later.
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Arthur Krause's famous statement 'My daughter was not a bum' - actually longer, asking if she deserved to be shot for disagreement - was a day or two later.
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I would love to hear your thoughts on what went wrong at Kent State
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nixon called the protesters 'bums' on May 2. Kent State was May 4. He learns of it on tape: 'My God! Is this because of us?'
Arthur Krause's famous statement 'My daughter was not a bum' - actually longer, asking if she deserved to be shot for disagreement - was a day or two later.
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Arthur Krause's famous statement 'My daughter was not a bum' - actually longer, asking if she deserved to be shot for disagreement - was a day or two later.
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"The real poverty line—the threshold where a family can afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation without relying on means-tested benefits—isn’t $31,200.
It’s ~$140,000."
It’s ~$140,000."
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"The real poverty line—the threshold where a family can afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation without relying on means-tested benefits—isn’t $31,200.
It’s ~$140,000."
It’s ~$140,000."
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I have said for years that they’re all up to the same tricks. You didn’t want to hear it. Now it comes out a member of the sainted Beltway press bugged the once and future President of the United States to help a political opponent she was screwing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I have said for years that they’re all up to the same tricks. You didn’t want to hear it. Now it comes out a member of the sainted Beltway press bugged the once and future President of the United States to help a political opponent she was screwing.
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In an Extreme Philadelphia Accent: in this [midatlantic] house we eat garlic and hate the Confederacy and we never run out of either thing.
I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods
All people from the U.S. are Yankees. I say this as a person born and raised in The South because pissing off That Specific Kind of Southerner is a moral good.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In an Extreme Philadelphia Accent: in this [midatlantic] house we eat garlic and hate the Confederacy and we never run out of either thing.
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“The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health-care system that helps people who are autistic. It’s part of a larger backlash, both in the United States and around the world, against the concept of neurodiversity.”
For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health-care system that helps people who are autistic. It’s part of a larger backlash, both in the United States and around the world, against the concept of neurodiversity.”
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A side note on this little festive project - it was genuinely lovely when writing it to be reminded that (as of January with the introduction of MMRV) the UK will offer all children vaccines to protect them from 9 serious viral diseases (plus another 12 bacterial diseases). Vaccines are amazing
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A side note on this little festive project - it was genuinely lovely when writing it to be reminded that (as of January with the introduction of MMRV) the UK will offer all children vaccines to protect them from 9 serious viral diseases (plus another 12 bacterial diseases). Vaccines are amazing
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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The Kelly thing will go the way of Comey and James. The case will fall to some Lieutenant Commander who either thinks he’ll write his ticket or has a remarkable capacity for humiliation.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Kelly thing will go the way of Comey and James. The case will fall to some Lieutenant Commander who either thinks he’ll write his ticket or has a remarkable capacity for humiliation.
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You win by running your own campaign, not theirs. You win by not rising to the bait every time Rufo claims you want to put a homosexual instruction poster in every first grade glass. You win, yes, by promising to spend money like it hasn't been spent for years. You do it by not singling anyone out -
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
You win by running your own campaign, not theirs. You win by not rising to the bait every time Rufo claims you want to put a homosexual instruction poster in every first grade glass. You win, yes, by promising to spend money like it hasn't been spent for years. You do it by not singling anyone out -
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The media fell in love with Trump — the most mendacious person in the world — because he gave them “interesting stories” and now they’re doing the same with her for the exact same reason
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The media fell in love with Trump — the most mendacious person in the world — because he gave them “interesting stories” and now they’re doing the same with her for the exact same reason