Iro
@itreachesout.bsky.social
You probably know me from a space language.
This is my account for pure nerdy escapism. Talk with me about books, language, musician life, cooking. Formerly physics/CS, soon back to school for linguistics!
they/them Steerswoman (🤷)
This is my account for pure nerdy escapism. Talk with me about books, language, musician life, cooking. Formerly physics/CS, soon back to school for linguistics!
they/them Steerswoman (🤷)
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Iro
@itreachesout.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Alright, let’s do this. Come find your space friends (old and new) amid the churn.
This community is what got me to create a Reddit account, and then a Twitter account. So I’m not keen on losing track of it!
Just let me know if you’d like to be added. ◡̈
#TheExpanse
go.bsky.app/5GNjUGs
This community is what got me to create a Reddit account, and then a Twitter account. So I’m not keen on losing track of it!
Just let me know if you’d like to be added. ◡̈
#TheExpanse
go.bsky.app/5GNjUGs
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Yam Seng to @itreachesout.bsky.social and @wandererblue.bsky.social for the bitters (black Manhattan kind of day) #TheExpanse.
September 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yam Seng to @itreachesout.bsky.social and @wandererblue.bsky.social for the bitters (black Manhattan kind of day) #TheExpanse.
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I'm in this group! I think this was my favorite panel at Dragon Con this year.
September 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm in this group! I think this was my favorite panel at Dragon Con this year.
T-4 hours to Lang Belta class! Watch me level up my teaching difficulty by wearing Drummer's incredible 25kg exoskeleton.
The #DragonCon student crew is always the very best of the best, I'm so happy to be back. See you soon in Marriot M301!
#TheExpanse
The #DragonCon student crew is always the very best of the best, I'm so happy to be back. See you soon in Marriot M301!
#TheExpanse
August 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
T-4 hours to Lang Belta class! Watch me level up my teaching difficulty by wearing Drummer's incredible 25kg exoskeleton.
The #DragonCon student crew is always the very best of the best, I'm so happy to be back. See you soon in Marriot M301!
#TheExpanse
The #DragonCon student crew is always the very best of the best, I'm so happy to be back. See you soon in Marriot M301!
#TheExpanse
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Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.
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When you register your name in the Icelandic phonebook you can choose to state your profession. And they have a pretty loose definition of what exactly a profession entails.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When you register your name in the Icelandic phonebook you can choose to state your profession. And they have a pretty loose definition of what exactly a profession entails.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
This person for example has opted for „þjóðhetja“. It means „National Hero“.
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⚠️Attention! Attention! May I have your Attention! ⚠️
Watch, The Expanse… please 🥹
One of my all time favorite Sci-fi shows! I finally got my friend hooked on it and I must continue my mission to get others as well 🫶🤭
Watch, The Expanse… please 🥹
One of my all time favorite Sci-fi shows! I finally got my friend hooked on it and I must continue my mission to get others as well 🫶🤭
July 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
⚠️Attention! Attention! May I have your Attention! ⚠️
Watch, The Expanse… please 🥹
One of my all time favorite Sci-fi shows! I finally got my friend hooked on it and I must continue my mission to get others as well 🫶🤭
Watch, The Expanse… please 🥹
One of my all time favorite Sci-fi shows! I finally got my friend hooked on it and I must continue my mission to get others as well 🫶🤭
This is possibly the pettiest rant in the world, but I am UTTERLY TRANSFIXED by the hideousness of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert outfits in the NYT article today and I need to yell about it. Qualifications: I sew and have sung in a lot of choirs.
Look at this. What?? is happening? here??
Look at this. What?? is happening? here??
July 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
This is possibly the pettiest rant in the world, but I am UTTERLY TRANSFIXED by the hideousness of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert outfits in the NYT article today and I need to yell about it. Qualifications: I sew and have sung in a lot of choirs.
Look at this. What?? is happening? here??
Look at this. What?? is happening? here??
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I fundamentally agree with Jules here, but this piece absolutely throws non-binary people to the wolves by identifying our identities as products of this transgender liberalism, rather than recognizing that our identities have been weaponized against us.
21 Jul 25 -- The Baffler Historian Jules Gill-Peterson has a provocative new essay for the Baffler. Jules argues for a right to change sex grounded in trans history and the 14th Amendment and seeks to replace the current liberal ideal of individual self-actualization through gender identity.
Reject Transgender Liberalism | Jules Gill-Peterson
In the wake of the most recent Supreme Court term, it’s clear the trans movement must change legal and political course—but what might that look like?
thebaffler.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I fundamentally agree with Jules here, but this piece absolutely throws non-binary people to the wolves by identifying our identities as products of this transgender liberalism, rather than recognizing that our identities have been weaponized against us.
Found Admiral Piett's Reddit account.
In response to a request for ways to avoid crying in stressful situations:
In response to a request for ways to avoid crying in stressful situations:
July 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Found Admiral Piett's Reddit account.
In response to a request for ways to avoid crying in stressful situations:
In response to a request for ways to avoid crying in stressful situations:
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In light of this, I want to share some resources on trans people in the medieval and early modern period, for anyone who might be interested. There is a thriving field of research into the lives, identities, and experiences of trans people globally before the advent of modern medicine (a 🧵)
April 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In light of this, I want to share some resources on trans people in the medieval and early modern period, for anyone who might be interested. There is a thriving field of research into the lives, identities, and experiences of trans people globally before the advent of modern medicine (a 🧵)
Lang Belta class is coming back to Dragon Con! Can’t wait to see one of my very favorite con communities again.
(Probably ought not to actually *teach* wearing Drummer’s exoskeleton, though…)
Official info on this, plus the debut of another workshop, soon!
#TheExpanse
(Probably ought not to actually *teach* wearing Drummer’s exoskeleton, though…)
Official info on this, plus the debut of another workshop, soon!
#TheExpanse
July 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Lang Belta class is coming back to Dragon Con! Can’t wait to see one of my very favorite con communities again.
(Probably ought not to actually *teach* wearing Drummer’s exoskeleton, though…)
Official info on this, plus the debut of another workshop, soon!
#TheExpanse
(Probably ought not to actually *teach* wearing Drummer’s exoskeleton, though…)
Official info on this, plus the debut of another workshop, soon!
#TheExpanse
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A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
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WorldCon panels dropped and I guess they've decided to jump on the right wing's train of strawmen about the gay agenda? Please, if anyone in their life has encountered a bookstore giving them half a dozen sapphic recs with 'strong women leads' let me know so I can shop there
July 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
WorldCon panels dropped and I guess they've decided to jump on the right wing's train of strawmen about the gay agenda? Please, if anyone in their life has encountered a bookstore giving them half a dozen sapphic recs with 'strong women leads' let me know so I can shop there
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This will be on @reactorsff.bsky.social on July 11.
A new Murderbot short story by @marthawells.com, spotted as I was browsing Kobo.
Available June 11.
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Available June 11.
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy ebook by Martha Wells - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy A Tor Original" by Martha Wells available from Rakuten Kobo. Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controll...
www.kobo.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This will be on @reactorsff.bsky.social on July 11.
I will be wearing Camina Drummer’s original “exoskeleton” legs (most amazing gift I’ve ever received) for the first time at Dragon Con this year.
I fully expect to draw Those Guys out like halitosis-ridden moths to a flame.
I fully expect to draw Those Guys out like halitosis-ridden moths to a flame.
When I heard they were auctioning off stuff from The Expanse, I scoured IMDB for the heights and weights of actors to figure out whose costume I could fit into.
Now I wear Ren Hazuki's screen-used jumpsuit at cons.
A guy at SDCC said it was pretty good, "mostly accurate," but he had seen better.
Now I wear Ren Hazuki's screen-used jumpsuit at cons.
A guy at SDCC said it was pretty good, "mostly accurate," but he had seen better.
Do you own any items - individual specific items, not just ones of the same type - that have a cultural significance in some group?
A Trek prop, one of Mulder’s office posters, one of Steve Jobs’ turtlenecks, an animation cel, the spear of Longinus, a pope’s finger bones - anything?
A Trek prop, one of Mulder’s office posters, one of Steve Jobs’ turtlenecks, an animation cel, the spear of Longinus, a pope’s finger bones - anything?
July 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I will be wearing Camina Drummer’s original “exoskeleton” legs (most amazing gift I’ve ever received) for the first time at Dragon Con this year.
I fully expect to draw Those Guys out like halitosis-ridden moths to a flame.
I fully expect to draw Those Guys out like halitosis-ridden moths to a flame.
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Accessibility is a right.
Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.
Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.
May 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Accessibility is a right.
Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.
Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.
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The boat is stuck, and yet I feel nothing.
The H&S Wisdom was heading to Gunness Wharf near Scunthorpe when it ran aground on Sunday in the in Humber estuary, now it'll be stuck in the channel until early April at least
Cargo ship will be stuck in mud of Humber estuary 'for a month'
The H&S Wisdom ran aground on Sunday night and remains stuck despite three attempts to refloat it.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The boat is stuck, and yet I feel nothing.
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Ar-Pharazôn the Golden in the HOUSE, y'all.
February 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ar-Pharazôn the Golden in the HOUSE, y'all.
Had anyone had meaningful success reducing condensation/humidity in their #FloMask during high-intensity use? The foam ring never does much.
I really need the protection, but I hate the irritation from longterm dampness (ew) I always get after work (singing) or protesting.
@flomask.bsky.social
I really need the protection, but I hate the irritation from longterm dampness (ew) I always get after work (singing) or protesting.
@flomask.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Had anyone had meaningful success reducing condensation/humidity in their #FloMask during high-intensity use? The foam ring never does much.
I really need the protection, but I hate the irritation from longterm dampness (ew) I always get after work (singing) or protesting.
@flomask.bsky.social
I really need the protection, but I hate the irritation from longterm dampness (ew) I always get after work (singing) or protesting.
@flomask.bsky.social
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...