Scary (they/them)
@scaryboots.bsky.social
Artist formerly known as @schrodingerskit on the bird, then @mammalofmystery. #Drag #artist, comedian, #scientist, burner, non-binary, tired. These views are extremely not those of my employer.
I am a professional scientist. I learnt at work most days.
Today I learnt 20% of people hate mayonnaise. www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-d... #science #TiL
Today I learnt 20% of people hate mayonnaise. www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-d... #science #TiL
Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees
A lot of Americans can’t stand mayonnaise, here’s a look at why.
www.popsci.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am a professional scientist. I learnt at work most days.
Today I learnt 20% of people hate mayonnaise. www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-d... #science #TiL
Today I learnt 20% of people hate mayonnaise. www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-d... #science #TiL
Halloween dress up at work today and my colleague came as a pH meter.
Yes we are big nerds, why do you ask.
#science
#halloweenScience
Yes we are big nerds, why do you ask.
#science
#halloweenScience
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Halloween dress up at work today and my colleague came as a pH meter.
Yes we are big nerds, why do you ask.
#science
#halloweenScience
Yes we are big nerds, why do you ask.
#science
#halloweenScience
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Like all sentient life, I am sustained by a loose assemblage of comforting delusions.
Chief among them is the quiet belief that, eventually, ‘These Cunts’ will just fuck off of their own accord.
However, you find me now, at 1:17am, having what can only be called a crises of faith.
Chief among them is the quiet belief that, eventually, ‘These Cunts’ will just fuck off of their own accord.
However, you find me now, at 1:17am, having what can only be called a crises of faith.
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Like all sentient life, I am sustained by a loose assemblage of comforting delusions.
Chief among them is the quiet belief that, eventually, ‘These Cunts’ will just fuck off of their own accord.
However, you find me now, at 1:17am, having what can only be called a crises of faith.
Chief among them is the quiet belief that, eventually, ‘These Cunts’ will just fuck off of their own accord.
However, you find me now, at 1:17am, having what can only be called a crises of faith.
Transcended to a new level of physicist last night when I couldn't sleep until I wrote down the answer to the equation which was bothering me
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Transcended to a new level of physicist last night when I couldn't sleep until I wrote down the answer to the equation which was bothering me
Physicists say 'by inspection' because saying 'by playing spot the difference' would make us sound silly.
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Physicists say 'by inspection' because saying 'by playing spot the difference' would make us sound silly.
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five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Hey @bristoluni.bsky.social , why are you hosting a talk by noted transphobe Alice Sullivan? She promoted UCL dropping Stonewall as an independent voice to help them with queer inclusion, and made UCL less trans friendly. You want more of that?
cheesegratermagazine.org/2024/01/19/t...
#trans
cheesegratermagazine.org/2024/01/19/t...
#trans
TERF out Transphobia: The IOE and "Academic Freedom" – The Cheese Grater Magazine
This article was awarded Best Media Piece at the 2024 Students’ Union UCL Arts Awards. Mads Brown Students have finally […]
cheesegratermagazine.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Hey @bristoluni.bsky.social , why are you hosting a talk by noted transphobe Alice Sullivan? She promoted UCL dropping Stonewall as an independent voice to help them with queer inclusion, and made UCL less trans friendly. You want more of that?
cheesegratermagazine.org/2024/01/19/t...
#trans
cheesegratermagazine.org/2024/01/19/t...
#trans
'AWS outage' is modern desk worker 'snow day!!!'
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
'AWS outage' is modern desk worker 'snow day!!!'
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The hellscape that is battle-ravaged Portland.
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The hellscape that is battle-ravaged Portland.
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Labour + Streeting launching review into "over diagnosis" of mental health/neurodiverse conditions.
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Labour + Streeting launching review into "over diagnosis" of mental health/neurodiverse conditions.
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
I keep wanting to define the Bingham number as the ratio of time spent courting in the country to time spent in the city being self-consciously fancy with posh friends.
#physics #physicsJoke
#physics #physicsJoke
October 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I keep wanting to define the Bingham number as the ratio of time spent courting in the country to time spent in the city being self-consciously fancy with posh friends.
#physics #physicsJoke
#physics #physicsJoke
I loved Mr Blobby as a child, a fact I now cannot explain without positing a disconnect in the continuity of self.
a man in a suit is standing next to a mascot on a stage with the words veed.io below it
ALT: a man in a suit is standing next to a mascot on a stage with the words veed.io below it
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I loved Mr Blobby as a child, a fact I now cannot explain without positing a disconnect in the continuity of self.
When someone tell you they are worried about incoming trans segregation legislation, and asks you for support, do you:
A) say 'fuck, that is worrying' and help
B) say 'fuck, that is worrying but I can't help'
C) say 'there are strongly held views on all sides', call it a 'technicality' and not help
A) say 'fuck, that is worrying' and help
B) say 'fuck, that is worrying but I can't help'
C) say 'there are strongly held views on all sides', call it a 'technicality' and not help
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
When someone tell you they are worried about incoming trans segregation legislation, and asks you for support, do you:
A) say 'fuck, that is worrying' and help
B) say 'fuck, that is worrying but I can't help'
C) say 'there are strongly held views on all sides', call it a 'technicality' and not help
A) say 'fuck, that is worrying' and help
B) say 'fuck, that is worrying but I can't help'
C) say 'there are strongly held views on all sides', call it a 'technicality' and not help
@tom-mcnally.bsky.social you have the best username
August 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@tom-mcnally.bsky.social you have the best username
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The Oklahoma Schools Superintendent, a religious extremist, is in hot water after having porn on a screen during a meeting.
I know 'separation of church and state' was never gonna happen with this guy, but I guess I assumed we'd at least get 'separation of school meetings and Pornhub.'
I know 'separation of church and state' was never gonna happen with this guy, but I guess I assumed we'd at least get 'separation of school meetings and Pornhub.'
July 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The Oklahoma Schools Superintendent, a religious extremist, is in hot water after having porn on a screen during a meeting.
I know 'separation of church and state' was never gonna happen with this guy, but I guess I assumed we'd at least get 'separation of school meetings and Pornhub.'
I know 'separation of church and state' was never gonna happen with this guy, but I guess I assumed we'd at least get 'separation of school meetings and Pornhub.'
Temps gonna hit 34°C in the UK. It's really hard for me and others in these temps. Maybe try and cut people some slack today, if you're not finding it hard?
Thanks.
Thanks.
July 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Temps gonna hit 34°C in the UK. It's really hard for me and others in these temps. Maybe try and cut people some slack today, if you're not finding it hard?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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What do you think is more likely, that Musk’s Nazi robot has made new discoveries in materials science or that Musk can’t tell when he’s being told scientific-sounding gibberish?
July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What do you think is more likely, that Musk’s Nazi robot has made new discoveries in materials science or that Musk can’t tell when he’s being told scientific-sounding gibberish?
'i-can't-believe-it's-a-science-term' of the day: the Nose-Hoover thermostat
July 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
'i-can't-believe-it's-a-science-term' of the day: the Nose-Hoover thermostat
#TIL dogs can see in UV. this is relevant because my hair is currently UV reactive green and dogs can't see green, or even particularly well.k
pictured: a cute dog I have befriended , possibly aided by my hair.
pictured: a cute dog I have befriended , possibly aided by my hair.
July 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#TIL dogs can see in UV. this is relevant because my hair is currently UV reactive green and dogs can't see green, or even particularly well.k
pictured: a cute dog I have befriended , possibly aided by my hair.
pictured: a cute dog I have befriended , possibly aided by my hair.
#TIL Tom Araya, the lead singer of thrash metal band slayer ( lots of satanic imagery and an album called 'god hates us all') is a practising Catholic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Araya
Tom Araya - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#TIL Tom Araya, the lead singer of thrash metal band slayer ( lots of satanic imagery and an album called 'god hates us all') is a practising Catholic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Araya
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“Abrego is the first person who has been freed and given his testimony about the conditions inside” CECOT.
July 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Abrego is the first person who has been freed and given his testimony about the conditions inside” CECOT.
**shudder** warning, not safe for life
A successful restaurateur with a Michelin-starred spot in NYC is now the spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a shady aid org that sets up distribution centers where people seeking food wind up getting shot by the IDF www.eater.com/politics/890...
An Israeli Restaurateur Is Now the Official Spokesperson for a Gaza Aid Program
Shahar Segal, businessman behind restaurants like Miznon and Shmoné, is the spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
www.eater.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
**shudder** warning, not safe for life
#TIL the smallest ant colonies (by numbers) can have just 5-10 individuals. That's less a colony and more of a gang, I think. www.antwiki.org/wiki/Thaumat...
www.antwiki.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#TIL the smallest ant colonies (by numbers) can have just 5-10 individuals. That's less a colony and more of a gang, I think. www.antwiki.org/wiki/Thaumat...
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From The Guardian on the proposed disability benefits cuts. Calling up MPs spouses to bully them into submission. Astonishingly childish behaviour from this government. Are these the people we want leading this country?
June 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
From The Guardian on the proposed disability benefits cuts. Calling up MPs spouses to bully them into submission. Astonishingly childish behaviour from this government. Are these the people we want leading this country?