Chroma
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Chroma
@chromatographic.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Unwanted DMs get you blocked. So does hatred and people who double down unapologetically on unwarrented rudeness. And just general assholery. I don't got time for that.
Unexpected hazard of being subscribed to AO3 authors since 2009:
Sometimes, the update email you check right before going to sleep? Earworms you IMMEDIATELY.
Sometimes, the update email you check right before going to sleep? Earworms you IMMEDIATELY.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Unexpected hazard of being subscribed to AO3 authors since 2009:
Sometimes, the update email you check right before going to sleep? Earworms you IMMEDIATELY.
Sometimes, the update email you check right before going to sleep? Earworms you IMMEDIATELY.
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I love this line: if we restored the famous tower of Pisa to a fully upright position, "then it wouldn't be itself."
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
Now we have the capacity today to have restored it to a completely upright position, as it was built! But then it wouldn’t be itself. So they stabilised it to a lean of 3.97 degrees instead.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I love this line: if we restored the famous tower of Pisa to a fully upright position, "then it wouldn't be itself."
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
Okay. General question: Anyone who's brain I can pick about Cataplexy? (Medical condition associated with narcolepsy.) I hadn't heard of it before yesterday. And now I have. So many questions.
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Okay. General question: Anyone who's brain I can pick about Cataplexy? (Medical condition associated with narcolepsy.) I hadn't heard of it before yesterday. And now I have. So many questions.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
The Tradcaths could never lmao.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Tradcaths could never lmao.
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There is an EPIDEMIC of roumd
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
There is an EPIDEMIC of roumd
The biggest discord server I'm active in has three emoji's, clearly a set: "EAT pls", "Take Your Meds", and "Hydrate or Die Straight". To encourage people to go to bed we have am emoji of a character with a cartoon mallet. I'm fairly sure it's named :BONK:
When life feels heavy and especially emotionally fraught, I keep rediscovering the immense healing power of:
✨ eat some food
✨ drink some water
✨ get some sleep
✨ eat some food
✨ drink some water
✨ get some sleep
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The biggest discord server I'm active in has three emoji's, clearly a set: "EAT pls", "Take Your Meds", and "Hydrate or Die Straight". To encourage people to go to bed we have am emoji of a character with a cartoon mallet. I'm fairly sure it's named :BONK:
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
epgn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PEOPLE---YOU SIGN PRIVACY POLICIES. HAVE YOU EVER, EVEN ONCE, CONSIDERED READING ONE?
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PEOPLE---YOU SIGN PRIVACY POLICIES. HAVE YOU EVER, EVEN ONCE, CONSIDERED READING ONE?
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best joke of the day, imo: downforeveryoneorjustme.com
downforeveryoneorjustme.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
best joke of the day, imo: downforeveryoneorjustme.com
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Literally every rahaeli thread is fifty naive people lining up to go “but have you thought about—” and she goes “YES WE SETTLED THIS IN 2005 WHILE YOU WERE LEARNING TO EAT SOLID FOOD.”
We as a profession have tried all your ideas already! The reason we aren't using them is not that "corporations" are evil, it's because they very simply do not fucking work.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Literally every rahaeli thread is fifty naive people lining up to go “but have you thought about—” and she goes “YES WE SETTLED THIS IN 2005 WHILE YOU WERE LEARNING TO EAT SOLID FOOD.”
It is super easy to not literally engage in violent rhetoric ever, but especially in the written format of social media. Like, this is "Shut the Fuck Up Friday" *basics* level.
You can wish someone ill anyway, I promise. Prime example:
"They can go step on a Lego in the dark."
You can wish someone ill anyway, I promise. Prime example:
"They can go step on a Lego in the dark."
For the record, there are at least three misdirections-at-best in this week's Main Character's thread about how her being suspended for 72 hours for violating the violent rhetoric policy is the greatest outrage ever to happen:
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It is super easy to not literally engage in violent rhetoric ever, but especially in the written format of social media. Like, this is "Shut the Fuck Up Friday" *basics* level.
You can wish someone ill anyway, I promise. Prime example:
"They can go step on a Lego in the dark."
You can wish someone ill anyway, I promise. Prime example:
"They can go step on a Lego in the dark."
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![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: Some people like to be the big spoon. (2) PERSON 1: Some people like to be the little spoon. (3) [two sets of spoons that don’t lay flat against each other, one arranged with the little one on top of the big one, the other with the big spoon on top of the little spoon] PERSON 1: And some brave truth-tellers point out that the metaphor makes no sense because different-sized spoons don’t nest right *either* way. You nest *same*-sized spoons. (4) PERSON: ...And apparently *we* sleep on the couch. PERSON 2 off-screen: Why are you *still* going on about the spoon thing? PERSON 1: Because I’m *right!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicfq5lrhnknblf2ycalxk2vctpeqjzy566xxqjy2xsm67ys5of3j4@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Watching more people discover this infuriating fact and getting righteously furious about it is at least good reinforcement that we are correct to be righteously furious about it
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Watching more people discover this infuriating fact and getting righteously furious about it is at least good reinforcement that we are correct to be righteously furious about it
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Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
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I wish I was someone who could do something. But I am no one from no where with two hands and a single voice and in that I am you and you are me. All I have are bitter tears blackened with anger and written with weak flesh. My soul cries out for someone to say it better. Louder. With more passion.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I wish I was someone who could do something. But I am no one from no where with two hands and a single voice and in that I am you and you are me. All I have are bitter tears blackened with anger and written with weak flesh. My soul cries out for someone to say it better. Louder. With more passion.