Dr Kat Day (she/her)
@chronicleflask.katday.com
Science & Fiction editor/writer. Chemistry PhD ⚛️ Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books 🧪 Deputy Editor at PseudoPod 🦑 Short fiction https://thefictionphial.wordpress.com 🖊️
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Maybe I STARTED OUT made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but now I’m made of coffee, capsicum, obstreperousness and dark stories.
Imagine any other leader saying this. Any leader. Anywhere. World level right down to your workplace boss. Imagine those words coming out of their face, and then imagine the backlash.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
I mean.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Imagine any other leader saying this. Any leader. Anywhere. World level right down to your workplace boss. Imagine those words coming out of their face, and then imagine the backlash.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
Half the world has literally been groomed to accept his abuse as normal.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Star-studded audience tonight: half the Celebrity Traitors were watching! We spotted Claudia, Alan, Cat, Celia and Mark. We may have missed some…
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Star-studded audience tonight: half the Celebrity Traitors were watching! We spotted Claudia, Alan, Cat, Celia and Mark. We may have missed some…
A handbag?!
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A handbag?!
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On #NationalHomeMadeBreadDay, here’s the chemistry behind baking the perfect loaf: www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/13/b...
🧪 #ChemSky
🧪 #ChemSky
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
On #NationalHomeMadeBreadDay, here’s the chemistry behind baking the perfect loaf: www.compoundchem.com/2016/01/13/b...
🧪 #ChemSky
🧪 #ChemSky
You know, they’re right. There ARE monsters in London!
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
You know, they’re right. There ARE monsters in London!
A general point: your local MP will probably never see your social media posts. They WILL see your letter if you write to them. Letters and emails have real impact.
So do consider writing. Make sure you include your full name and address (to verify your constituency status):
www.writetothem.com
So do consider writing. Make sure you include your full name and address (to verify your constituency status):
www.writetothem.com
WriteToThem
WriteToThem is a website which provides an easy way to contact MPs, councillors and other elected representatives.
www.writetothem.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A general point: your local MP will probably never see your social media posts. They WILL see your letter if you write to them. Letters and emails have real impact.
So do consider writing. Make sure you include your full name and address (to verify your constituency status):
www.writetothem.com
So do consider writing. Make sure you include your full name and address (to verify your constituency status):
www.writetothem.com
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NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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Goodbye fillings? Scientists from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social have created a new protein-based gel that can strengthen and recreate natural enamel 🦷
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ChemSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ChemSky
Nottingham scientists 'very excited' by gel to repair tooth enamel - BBC News
A university says the new material is "opening up new possibilities" for treatment.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Goodbye fillings? Scientists from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social have created a new protein-based gel that can strengthen and recreate natural enamel 🦷
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ChemSky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ChemSky
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Have 👏 none 👏 of these👏 people👏 watched👏 horror movies👏
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Have 👏 none 👏 of these👏 people👏 watched👏 horror movies👏
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Nov 16th - The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) celebrated 6000 years in business.
📽️📅 Bedazzled (2000)
📽️📅 Bedazzled (2000)
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Nov 16th - The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) celebrated 6000 years in business.
📽️📅 Bedazzled (2000)
📽️📅 Bedazzled (2000)
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Your daily fortune:
It’s always nice to brighten someone else’s day, unless you do it with a flamethrower.
It’s always nice to brighten someone else’s day, unless you do it with a flamethrower.
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your daily fortune:
It’s always nice to brighten someone else’s day, unless you do it with a flamethrower.
It’s always nice to brighten someone else’s day, unless you do it with a flamethrower.
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I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
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Lots of people telling me they love Dad jokes, but jokes about graph paper are where they draw the line.
Why shouldn't you trust someone you see drawing on graph paper?
They're definitely plotting something.
They're definitely plotting something.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Lots of people telling me they love Dad jokes, but jokes about graph paper are where they draw the line.
If you’re going to post/repost something with that sodding Tommy Robinson quote in it, could you at least make sure it has Alt text so I can mute the blasted thing?
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you’re going to post/repost something with that sodding Tommy Robinson quote in it, could you at least make sure it has Alt text so I can mute the blasted thing?
That logo, too, which I suppose is meant to be a bird. But I can’t help seeing three straight lines flying up while the fourth, presumably the highest, falls into a spin…
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
That logo, too, which I suppose is meant to be a bird. But I can’t help seeing three straight lines flying up while the fourth, presumably the highest, falls into a spin…
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A Friday evening surprise. The first audio version of "House Traveler." Incredibly well done by Preston Buttons. With great audio by Chelsea Davis (the trippy voice for the Liar is particularly cool!) And hosted by Scott Campbell! If you missed it last year in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social, check it out!
"The five of us were gathered on the floor of one of the last houses"
House Traveler, by Thomas Ha
Narrator: Preston Buttons
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story first appeared in Bourbon Penn #34 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories
House Traveler, by Thomas Ha
Narrator: Preston Buttons
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story first appeared in Bourbon Penn #34 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories
PseudoPod 1003: House Traveler
The five of us were gathered on the floor of one of the last houses, trying to decide which of the group would be the one to go outside. Sitting around an electric camping lantern…
pseudopod.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A Friday evening surprise. The first audio version of "House Traveler." Incredibly well done by Preston Buttons. With great audio by Chelsea Davis (the trippy voice for the Liar is particularly cool!) And hosted by Scott Campbell! If you missed it last year in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social, check it out!
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reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
And an owl, lowering her book and staring at you over the top of her spectacles.
There are wolves inside of you, wild and free.
There's also a grizzled raccoon who's seen too much, a wine drunk lynx with late night ennui, and a sleepy little squirrel who often feels the weight of the world.
There's also a grizzled raccoon who's seen too much, a wine drunk lynx with late night ennui, and a sleepy little squirrel who often feels the weight of the world.
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
And an owl, lowering her book and staring at you over the top of her spectacles.
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"The five of us were gathered on the floor of one of the last houses"
House Traveler, by Thomas Ha
Narrator: Preston Buttons
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story first appeared in Bourbon Penn #34 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories
House Traveler, by Thomas Ha
Narrator: Preston Buttons
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story first appeared in Bourbon Penn #34 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories
PseudoPod 1003: House Traveler
The five of us were gathered on the floor of one of the last houses, trying to decide which of the group would be the one to go outside. Sitting around an electric camping lantern…
pseudopod.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"The five of us were gathered on the floor of one of the last houses"
House Traveler, by Thomas Ha
Narrator: Preston Buttons
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story first appeared in Bourbon Penn #34 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories
House Traveler, by Thomas Ha
Narrator: Preston Buttons
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
This story first appeared in Bourbon Penn #34 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories
#TIL that, in 1947, Admiral Grace Hopper was working on a Mark II computer at Harvard University when a moth was discovered stuck in a relay. "First actual case of a bug being found," was subsequently written in the log book 🦋
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#TIL that, in 1947, Admiral Grace Hopper was working on a Mark II computer at Harvard University when a moth was discovered stuck in a relay. "First actual case of a bug being found," was subsequently written in the log book 🦋
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Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
inkfoundry.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Big shout out to Erin Cairns
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net
@erincairns.bsky.social . If you love short stories (or don't yet know you love short stories) you should check out her Ink Foundry, a tagged search site for short fiction! It is really neat!
inkfoundry.net