SunnyAllison
@sunnyallison.bsky.social
(she/her), scientist, educator, feminist, former backstager, bookhoarder extraordinaire, & queen of the planning fallacy
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Christmas penguins always bothered me, as they live in the South Pole and most holiday lore takes place in the northern hemisphere. Friends and I have adopted the extinct Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, as the official holiday "penguin", which we celebrate on the solstice. Merry Auksmas, everyone.
December 21, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Christmas penguins always bothered me, as they live in the South Pole and most holiday lore takes place in the northern hemisphere. Friends and I have adopted the extinct Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, as the official holiday "penguin", which we celebrate on the solstice. Merry Auksmas, everyone.
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once more for the afternoon crowd
A number of weeks ago, I mentioned that I keep a "craft journal" — a journal that's about the books I've read with analysis through the lens "how can this inform my writing?"
Many iterations later, have a free PDF of what I'm calling "Reading Selfishly:"
dl.bookfunnel.com/6dvlo8cnxx
Many iterations later, have a free PDF of what I'm calling "Reading Selfishly:"
dl.bookfunnel.com/6dvlo8cnxx
A guide to reading, reflecting, and analyzing fiction writing of any genre for authors and aspiring authors.
Authors are often told that in order to write, we have to read — many people (mis)interpret that to mean reading by evaluating books or composing book reviews. This journal is intended for authors to ...
dl.bookfunnel.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
once more for the afternoon crowd
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Years ago I did a LION IN WINTER paper figure/diorama/paper theater set. You can still download it and print it to cut and display, if that sort of endeavor is as much your inclination as it is mine:
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Years ago I did a LION IN WINTER paper figure/diorama/paper theater set. You can still download it and print it to cut and display, if that sort of endeavor is as much your inclination as it is mine:
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
www.patreon.com/posts/paper-...
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I had a realisation just now:
So many people probably got cheap Temu or Ali Express 'AI' toys for their kids and then will happily connect these to their home WiFi Christmas morning.
Dec 26 is about to be come International Identity Theft Day.
So many people probably got cheap Temu or Ali Express 'AI' toys for their kids and then will happily connect these to their home WiFi Christmas morning.
Dec 26 is about to be come International Identity Theft Day.
December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I had a realisation just now:
So many people probably got cheap Temu or Ali Express 'AI' toys for their kids and then will happily connect these to their home WiFi Christmas morning.
Dec 26 is about to be come International Identity Theft Day.
So many people probably got cheap Temu or Ali Express 'AI' toys for their kids and then will happily connect these to their home WiFi Christmas morning.
Dec 26 is about to be come International Identity Theft Day.
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coloring some cats from meowy christmas! join me and get yours here poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
coloring some cats from meowy christmas! join me and get yours here poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/meowychris...
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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It has proliferated across so much of the user experience that I wish my laptop had a system wide "turn off ALL the AI bullshit apps and sites try to foist on me" button
December 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It has proliferated across so much of the user experience that I wish my laptop had a system wide "turn off ALL the AI bullshit apps and sites try to foist on me" button
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Important extra problem to “don’t cite if you haven’t read” issue with fake AI citations. Allowing AI generated content into research poisons the well: if a citation can be fake, then data can be fake, and the bastion of peer review has been flooded with shit. NOBODY has time to hold the shit back!
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Important extra problem to “don’t cite if you haven’t read” issue with fake AI citations. Allowing AI generated content into research poisons the well: if a citation can be fake, then data can be fake, and the bastion of peer review has been flooded with shit. NOBODY has time to hold the shit back!
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The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
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December 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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ANYWAY happy Friday! Today is a good day to get THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and read it safely indoors! :D (Or wrap it up and give it to some unsuspecting person, I don't know your life.)
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
The Butcher of the Forest
"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ANYWAY happy Friday! Today is a good day to get THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and read it safely indoors! :D (Or wrap it up and give it to some unsuspecting person, I don't know your life.)
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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As ever @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is brilliant.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As ever @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is brilliant.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
"My most daring idea is to refuse."
Yes. Absolutely this.
And I feel like reading BARTLEBY prepared me for this moment.
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We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise.
/fin
/fin
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise.
/fin
/fin
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But let's turn that around: Anyone who wants to call what they are doing "AI" should be accountable for making clear why their product (or research) isn't in fact slop. That's on them. The rest of us do not need to hold space for that.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
But let's turn that around: Anyone who wants to call what they are doing "AI" should be accountable for making clear why their product (or research) isn't in fact slop. That's on them. The rest of us do not need to hold space for that.
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The proposed rule targeting healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people is cruel, and unnecessary. Under the law in WA, necessary healthcare for transgender people is lawful and legally protected. Proposed rules are not the law – nothing has changed in WA.
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The proposed rule targeting healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people is cruel, and unnecessary. Under the law in WA, necessary healthcare for transgender people is lawful and legally protected. Proposed rules are not the law – nothing has changed in WA.
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We are committed to ensuring safe, reliable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including gender-affirming care. This page has some resources to help patients and providers understand their rights and learn how to access care in Washington: doh.wa.gov/public-healt...
Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care in Washington
The state of Washington is committed to ensuring safe, reliable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including gender-affirming care. This brochure shares state agency resources to help patie...
doh.wa.gov
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We are committed to ensuring safe, reliable access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including gender-affirming care. This page has some resources to help patients and providers understand their rights and learn how to access care in Washington: doh.wa.gov/public-healt...
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Binders are the ONLY safe way to hide your chest as much as possible. Without binders, transmasculine folks have historically used dangerous methods such as bandages or duct tape, which are very harmful. Binder technology has revolutionized life for transmascs. They really hate us so much.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Binders are the ONLY safe way to hide your chest as much as possible. Without binders, transmasculine folks have historically used dangerous methods such as bandages or duct tape, which are very harmful. Binder technology has revolutionized life for transmascs. They really hate us so much.
Many people have already mentioned The Long Kiss Goodnight (deservedly), but I'd also like to acknowledge that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Christmas movie www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Pn...
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) Official Trailer - Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer Movie HD
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December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Many people have already mentioned The Long Kiss Goodnight (deservedly), but I'd also like to acknowledge that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Christmas movie www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Pn...
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
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A fascinating new study shows WHY symptoms of IBS show up more often in people with estrogen cycling.
Are estrogen receptors on cells that then send pain signals?
LOL no. Occam's Razor? Evolution never heard of her. www.sciencenews.org/article/fema...
Are estrogen receptors on cells that then send pain signals?
LOL no. Occam's Razor? Evolution never heard of her. www.sciencenews.org/article/fema...
This newfound cascade of events may explain some female gut pain
Gut problems like irritable bowel syndrome are often worse in women. A mouse study reveals a pain pathway involving estrogen, gut cells and bacteria.
www.sciencenews.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A fascinating new study shows WHY symptoms of IBS show up more often in people with estrogen cycling.
Are estrogen receptors on cells that then send pain signals?
LOL no. Occam's Razor? Evolution never heard of her. www.sciencenews.org/article/fema...
Are estrogen receptors on cells that then send pain signals?
LOL no. Occam's Razor? Evolution never heard of her. www.sciencenews.org/article/fema...
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As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As I wrote today: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...
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The cis people not standing between them and trans people are not my friends and never will be.
You don't just owe them your acceptance, you owe them your support and love, and we see your silence and won't forgive you.
You don't just owe them your acceptance, you owe them your support and love, and we see your silence and won't forgive you.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The cis people not standing between them and trans people are not my friends and never will be.
You don't just owe them your acceptance, you owe them your support and love, and we see your silence and won't forgive you.
You don't just owe them your acceptance, you owe them your support and love, and we see your silence and won't forgive you.
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Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.
New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care
The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.