Kimberly Chapman
@writercrafter.bsky.social
Mum/writer/sugarartist/nerd/feminist/ND/bi. Canuck in Cambs UK. Books: findinggaia.com Trek: bit.ly/3s5m7ap Cake: http://eat-the-evidence.com She/Her. Still Covid shielding.🖖♿🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦😷 I run @spacedadsupport.bsky.social and @spacedocmom.bsky.social
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3 things I want to see for instant followback:
1) Your pronouns. Indicates you respect the pronouns of others.
2) Masks. I want to see that you give a shit about not spreading an ongoing pandemic and thus TRULY care about intersectional values.
3) ALT tags. You can set an autonag for it. No excuses.
1) Your pronouns. Indicates you respect the pronouns of others.
2) Masks. I want to see that you give a shit about not spreading an ongoing pandemic and thus TRULY care about intersectional values.
3) ALT tags. You can set an autonag for it. No excuses.
Had a severe PEM yesterday that's still there today, but apparently I'm slightly more literate today because I am now seeing all of the errors I made in the ALTs for yesterday's @spacedocmom.bsky.social message.
Sigh.
Also just tried three times to spell "yesterday" as "yeasterday".
Siiiighhhh.
Sigh.
Also just tried three times to spell "yesterday" as "yeasterday".
Siiiighhhh.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Had a severe PEM yesterday that's still there today, but apparently I'm slightly more literate today because I am now seeing all of the errors I made in the ALTs for yesterday's @spacedocmom.bsky.social message.
Sigh.
Also just tried three times to spell "yesterday" as "yeasterday".
Siiiighhhh.
Sigh.
Also just tried three times to spell "yesterday" as "yeasterday".
Siiiighhhh.
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Health care workers who blame patients for the worker's own negligence or mistakes shouldn't be allowed to continue in practice. I'd absolutely boot any staff out of my sickbay who pulled that. 🖤💙😷🥄
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Health care workers who blame patients for the worker's own negligence or mistakes shouldn't be allowed to continue in practice. I'd absolutely boot any staff out of my sickbay who pulled that. 🖤💙😷🥄
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Those who pick at the edges of your boundaries, seeking a sneaky way in, are precisely the people whom your boundaries are there to defend against. Do not engage with them because anyone behaving like that will never respect or heed you. Warp away before they find a way in.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Those who pick at the edges of your boundaries, seeking a sneaky way in, are precisely the people whom your boundaries are there to defend against. Do not engage with them because anyone behaving like that will never respect or heed you. Warp away before they find a way in.
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If you want free or more affordable books, don't steal them - advocate for universal basic income so authors can write the damn things without having to work a day job 8-10 hours a day or subsist on Venmo money.
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you want free or more affordable books, don't steal them - advocate for universal basic income so authors can write the damn things without having to work a day job 8-10 hours a day or subsist on Venmo money.
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You don't have to declare a gender in my sickbay unless you feel it's relevant, your gender identity needn't be certain (it's okay to still be finding yourself!), and no gender-based harassment of any kind will be permitted for any reason. Sickbays should be safe spaces! 🖤💙😷🥄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You don't have to declare a gender in my sickbay unless you feel it's relevant, your gender identity needn't be certain (it's okay to still be finding yourself!), and no gender-based harassment of any kind will be permitted for any reason. Sickbays should be safe spaces! 🖤💙😷🥄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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The only artificial intelligence I fully trust is the one who maintains a continually changing, hierarchical list of which crew members are still willing to feed his cat when he's away.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The only artificial intelligence I fully trust is the one who maintains a continually changing, hierarchical list of which crew members are still willing to feed his cat when he's away.
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Accept that it is impossible for you satisfy everybody completely. Between conflicting needs and some people not wishing to be satisfied, even the best efforts with the best of intentions cannot make everybody happy. Just do the right thing as often as you can.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Accept that it is impossible for you satisfy everybody completely. Between conflicting needs and some people not wishing to be satisfied, even the best efforts with the best of intentions cannot make everybody happy. Just do the right thing as often as you can.
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Your body size/shape/type/color/decorations/etc should have no bearing on the health care you receive. It is awful how many doctors in your era don't seem to understand this. 🖤💙😷🥄
November 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Your body size/shape/type/color/decorations/etc should have no bearing on the health care you receive. It is awful how many doctors in your era don't seem to understand this. 🖤💙😷🥄
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I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
1/6
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Still more historically accurate than what happened in the final episode of ENT. 😠
Day 32 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot
(shout-out to @pennyante-art.bsky.social for today's idea)
#StarTrek #StarTrekEnterprise #TheMuppets
(shout-out to @pennyante-art.bsky.social for today's idea)
#StarTrek #StarTrekEnterprise #TheMuppets
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Still more historically accurate than what happened in the final episode of ENT. 😠
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Do lovely, fun, productive things with your day but if you have a chronic illness and/or disability that can lead to post-exertional malaise then please don't push yourself too hard. Take breaks, pace yourself, give yourself extra rewards from me. 🖤💙😷🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Do lovely, fun, productive things with your day but if you have a chronic illness and/or disability that can lead to post-exertional malaise then please don't push yourself too hard. Take breaks, pace yourself, give yourself extra rewards from me. 🖤💙😷🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄
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The people who scold you for calling out bigotry are quite likely bigots themselves who are afraid they'll slip up and meet your entirely legitimate scorn next. I'm so proud of how you refuse to accept such nonsense. Keep up the good work.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The people who scold you for calling out bigotry are quite likely bigots themselves who are afraid they'll slip up and meet your entirely legitimate scorn next. I'm so proud of how you refuse to accept such nonsense. Keep up the good work.
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Everyone deserves to exist in safety with their basic needs met. That includes you. Those who impede you from accessing any of that in any way are not your friends.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Everyone deserves to exist in safety with their basic needs met. That includes you. Those who impede you from accessing any of that in any way are not your friends.
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You're allowed to ignore unsolicited/ignorant medical advice, even from a doctor. If you go in to be seen about your injured finger and get a lecture about weight loss, you're allowed to ignore that because it's nonsense. 🖤💙😷🥄
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
You're allowed to ignore unsolicited/ignorant medical advice, even from a doctor. If you go in to be seen about your injured finger and get a lecture about weight loss, you're allowed to ignore that because it's nonsense. 🖤💙😷🥄
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There will always be people who tell you that you shouldn't eat or love or live in this or that way, and usually they're wrong, so you may as well eat and love and live the way that works for you and your health needs and ignore those people. 🖤💙😷🥄
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There will always be people who tell you that you shouldn't eat or love or live in this or that way, and usually they're wrong, so you may as well eat and love and live the way that works for you and your health needs and ignore those people. 🖤💙😷🥄
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Adults incapable of conducting themselves with even a modicum of civility - especially adults who have the privileges to be able to do so - are not worthy of your time and efforts beyond the bare minimum required to get past them and move on with your much more important things to do.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Adults incapable of conducting themselves with even a modicum of civility - especially adults who have the privileges to be able to do so - are not worthy of your time and efforts beyond the bare minimum required to get past them and move on with your much more important things to do.
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You have not yet met all of the people who will cherish and support you.
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You have not yet met all of the people who will cherish and support you.
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If I could, I'd give each and every one of you a personal, therapeutic holodeck. One that doesn't allow safety protocols to be turned off or fail, doesn't accidentally generate uncontrollable new lifeforms, or threaten you in any way. Just a nice one to bring you peace. 🖤💙😷🥄
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If I could, I'd give each and every one of you a personal, therapeutic holodeck. One that doesn't allow safety protocols to be turned off or fail, doesn't accidentally generate uncontrollable new lifeforms, or threaten you in any way. Just a nice one to bring you peace. 🖤💙😷🥄
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hugs to everyone trying their best but especially to those without options/choices on a daily basis
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
hugs to everyone trying their best but especially to those without options/choices on a daily basis
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Not only am I glad that you exist, I wish for you to have all the support you need to continue existing and intend to do my small part towards keeping you here. You matter.
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Not only am I glad that you exist, I wish for you to have all the support you need to continue existing and intend to do my small part towards keeping you here. You matter.
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Bundle up against any inclement weather your area may be having and treat yourself to things that make you happy. You deserve comfort and joy. 🖤💙😷🥄☕️🛋️🛌🖖
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Bundle up against any inclement weather your area may be having and treat yourself to things that make you happy. You deserve comfort and joy. 🖤💙😷🥄☕️🛋️🛌🖖
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Men: don't follow women too closely at night.
Take hands out of pockets
Cross the street
Don't approach women ever at night/dake places
Stop making jokes that appear as threats
Stop being creepy
Take hands out of pockets
Cross the street
Don't approach women ever at night/dake places
Stop making jokes that appear as threats
Stop being creepy
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Men: don't follow women too closely at night.
Take hands out of pockets
Cross the street
Don't approach women ever at night/dake places
Stop making jokes that appear as threats
Stop being creepy
Take hands out of pockets
Cross the street
Don't approach women ever at night/dake places
Stop making jokes that appear as threats
Stop being creepy
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Our combadges have an "unavailable" setting and I frequently have to remind crew to use it. Everyone needs downtime. It's not only okay for you to refuse to take calls or read social media when you need space, it's essential for your overall health. 🖤💙😷🥄
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Our combadges have an "unavailable" setting and I frequently have to remind crew to use it. Everyone needs downtime. It's not only okay for you to refuse to take calls or read social media when you need space, it's essential for your overall health. 🖤💙😷🥄
Anyway so this is a post about masking up.
You can do a lot to undermine evil capitalism in your era simply by being kind, compassionate, and protective towards yourself and others.
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Anyway so this is a post about masking up.
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You can do a lot to undermine evil capitalism in your era simply by being kind, compassionate, and protective towards yourself and others.
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You can do a lot to undermine evil capitalism in your era simply by being kind, compassionate, and protective towards yourself and others.