Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
Scientist, Scot, UK and US citizen, now living in New Zealand. Opinions expressed are my own. If you don't like 'em, think up your own stuff.
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Every white hair is a sign that the world has come at me and missed.
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Every white hair is a sign that the world has come at me and missed.
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I really think we need to start calling it a mafia state. “Kleptocracy” is flying over the heads of people who don’t talk about this shit all day
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I really think we need to start calling it a mafia state. “Kleptocracy” is flying over the heads of people who don’t talk about this shit all day
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I'm gonna make some of you mad by saying this, but please don't do this.
I do not hope for, or celebrate, any human being's death. (Which is not to say I cry when guys like Bin Laden are taken out.)
But don't let Trump make you into this.
I do not hope for, or celebrate, any human being's death. (Which is not to say I cry when guys like Bin Laden are taken out.)
But don't let Trump make you into this.
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I'm gonna make some of you mad by saying this, but please don't do this.
I do not hope for, or celebrate, any human being's death. (Which is not to say I cry when guys like Bin Laden are taken out.)
But don't let Trump make you into this.
I do not hope for, or celebrate, any human being's death. (Which is not to say I cry when guys like Bin Laden are taken out.)
But don't let Trump make you into this.
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(it's a footnote, but at one point he describes a Tang dynasty crime boss who had tattoos on one arm that read "Living, I do not fear the city governor" and on the other "Dead, I do not fear the King of Hell" which goes *very* hard)
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
(it's a footnote, but at one point he describes a Tang dynasty crime boss who had tattoos on one arm that read "Living, I do not fear the city governor" and on the other "Dead, I do not fear the King of Hell" which goes *very* hard)
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Vote NO on this bill or else!!
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Vote NO on this bill or else!!
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White neighbors, reports from Latino and Somali businesses on Lake Street are that their numbers are down as much as 90%. Their clientele are scared to go out. We can help with this. Show up, show your support, spend money. And bring your whistles.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
White neighbors, reports from Latino and Somali businesses on Lake Street are that their numbers are down as much as 90%. Their clientele are scared to go out. We can help with this. Show up, show your support, spend money. And bring your whistles.
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There are very few Russophiles. There are a lot of children who won't take their medicine (buy tanks), and they need to get a grip (buy tanks)
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
There are very few Russophiles. There are a lot of children who won't take their medicine (buy tanks), and they need to get a grip (buy tanks)
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Went to the zoo for my dad’s birthday and the goats were all dressed up in their little winter outfits.
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Went to the zoo for my dad’s birthday and the goats were all dressed up in their little winter outfits.
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Imagine recognising you have a problem and electing to deal with that problem instead of dicking around tendentiously parsing subordinate clauses written by men in breeches.
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Imagine recognising you have a problem and electing to deal with that problem instead of dicking around tendentiously parsing subordinate clauses written by men in breeches.
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Rob Reiner on the murder of Charlie Kirk. Bookmark this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Rob Reiner on the murder of Charlie Kirk. Bookmark this.
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Feeling festive yet?
Many of you will know "Carol of the Bells" was a Ukrainian song.
Today is the birthday of composer Mykola Leontovych, born in Vinnytsia and murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921, aged 44 - some things don't change.
"Shchedryk" sung by Ukraine choir 'Homin' in Austria's parliament
Many of you will know "Carol of the Bells" was a Ukrainian song.
Today is the birthday of composer Mykola Leontovych, born in Vinnytsia and murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921, aged 44 - some things don't change.
"Shchedryk" sung by Ukraine choir 'Homin' in Austria's parliament
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Feeling festive yet?
Many of you will know "Carol of the Bells" was a Ukrainian song.
Today is the birthday of composer Mykola Leontovych, born in Vinnytsia and murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921, aged 44 - some things don't change.
"Shchedryk" sung by Ukraine choir 'Homin' in Austria's parliament
Many of you will know "Carol of the Bells" was a Ukrainian song.
Today is the birthday of composer Mykola Leontovych, born in Vinnytsia and murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921, aged 44 - some things don't change.
"Shchedryk" sung by Ukraine choir 'Homin' in Austria's parliament
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
My most controversial dessert opinion? If there are seven choices for dessert, no more than three of them should be chocolate. The world is full of excellent fruity/spicy/creamy desserts that don't all taste the same.
My most controversial dessert opinion?
Food Network and its ilk have poisoned people’s brains into thinking that everything needs contrasting textures. A good chocolate mousse doesn’t need toasted nuts or a crumble, all it needs is … nothing (or whipped cream or, even better, raspberry coulis).
Food Network and its ilk have poisoned people’s brains into thinking that everything needs contrasting textures. A good chocolate mousse doesn’t need toasted nuts or a crumble, all it needs is … nothing (or whipped cream or, even better, raspberry coulis).
My most controversial dessert opinion?
Cheese is not a dessert. It is lovely, as an appetizer or something else. But ‘cheese board’ does not belong on the dessert menu.
Dessert must be sweet (thus cheesecake is fine, although I do not like it… which might also be pretty controversial…).
Cheese is not a dessert. It is lovely, as an appetizer or something else. But ‘cheese board’ does not belong on the dessert menu.
Dessert must be sweet (thus cheesecake is fine, although I do not like it… which might also be pretty controversial…).
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
My most controversial dessert opinion? If there are seven choices for dessert, no more than three of them should be chocolate. The world is full of excellent fruity/spicy/creamy desserts that don't all taste the same.
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Your regular reminder that Peter Serafinowicz is a genius.
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Your regular reminder that Peter Serafinowicz is a genius.
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The Fed cut interest rates today not because the economy is humming as Trump claims but because it sucks. And it sucks because Trump, the king of bankruptcy, doesn't know what he is doing.
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Fed cut interest rates today not because the economy is humming as Trump claims but because it sucks. And it sucks because Trump, the king of bankruptcy, doesn't know what he is doing.
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Starmer: we’re the economically serious party, the grown-ups in the room
Also Starmer: we’re happy to hit the economy by up to £10 billion to appease racists.
Also Starmer: we’re happy to hit the economy by up to £10 billion to appease racists.
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Starmer: we’re the economically serious party, the grown-ups in the room
Also Starmer: we’re happy to hit the economy by up to £10 billion to appease racists.
Also Starmer: we’re happy to hit the economy by up to £10 billion to appease racists.
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If there is a God no one involved in the making of this monstrosity will be forgiven, and they will burn in the deepest depths of the farthest hell for eternities without end.
My rage is so profound, deep as the Mariana Trench and hot as the sun.
My rage is so profound, deep as the Mariana Trench and hot as the sun.
My dad will have been dead for two months tomorrow morning. I would love to talk to him forever. I can't. And a fucking glorified LLM-fueled chatbot can't change that, but it can be a freakish abomination in the eyes of God and men, preying on the grief stricken to give them shit and call it gold.
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If there is a God no one involved in the making of this monstrosity will be forgiven, and they will burn in the deepest depths of the farthest hell for eternities without end.
My rage is so profound, deep as the Mariana Trench and hot as the sun.
My rage is so profound, deep as the Mariana Trench and hot as the sun.
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"Want to come the World Cup? We're going to need you to tell us every one of your social media accounts, every family member's names, addresses, and phone number, and every email address you've used in the last decade. Welcome to the land of the free!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"Want to come the World Cup? We're going to need you to tell us every one of your social media accounts, every family member's names, addresses, and phone number, and every email address you've used in the last decade. Welcome to the land of the free!"
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America's NatSec strategy is an expression of weakness, borne out in its record, 0 from 3, of trying to force a pro-Russian surrender on Ukraine. It has been Europe's strength that prevented this. Much remains to be done, but we should avoid the counsel of despair.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
America's NatSec strategy is an expression of weakness, borne out in its record, 0 from 3, of trying to force a pro-Russian surrender on Ukraine. It has been Europe's strength that prevented this. Much remains to be done, but we should avoid the counsel of despair.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
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Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andrii Melnyk:
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Andrii Melnyk:
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
"Our territory&sovereignty are not for sale.We’re not at a Christmas bazaar.We’re not at the infamous Cherkizovsky Market.Russia wants us to surrender.But my reply to you is this:you’ll get nothing but the hole of a bagel -not #Ukraine"
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I see Farage didn’t vote in the Customs Union bill this afternoon, not speak against it. Either he’s not back from Abu Dhabi yet or he can’t be arsed to defend his pet project or he’s lazy or he was at some grift opportunity. Or all four.
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I see Farage didn’t vote in the Customs Union bill this afternoon, not speak against it. Either he’s not back from Abu Dhabi yet or he can’t be arsed to defend his pet project or he’s lazy or he was at some grift opportunity. Or all four.
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After a backroom meeting with Donald Trump and a donation to the Trump ballroom, NVIDIA got a deal to sell the most advanced AI chip it has ever sold to China.
The NVIDIA CEO should testify under oath in Congress.
The NVIDIA CEO should testify under oath in Congress.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
After a backroom meeting with Donald Trump and a donation to the Trump ballroom, NVIDIA got a deal to sell the most advanced AI chip it has ever sold to China.
The NVIDIA CEO should testify under oath in Congress.
The NVIDIA CEO should testify under oath in Congress.
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Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
My latest for CIDRAP News
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
My latest for CIDRAP News
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pediatricians reject CDC advisers’ guidance, plan to continue vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
My latest for CIDRAP News
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
My latest for CIDRAP News
Today, I was obliged to give my birth date to access BlueSky, presumably due to the new Australian law about social media access. Which is entirely understandable, except that I AM IN NEW ZEALAND, which is not part of Australia and not subject to Aussie law.
@safety.bsky.app please buy a world atlas
@safety.bsky.app please buy a world atlas
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today, I was obliged to give my birth date to access BlueSky, presumably due to the new Australian law about social media access. Which is entirely understandable, except that I AM IN NEW ZEALAND, which is not part of Australia and not subject to Aussie law.
@safety.bsky.app please buy a world atlas
@safety.bsky.app please buy a world atlas