steph
@urschrei.bsky.social
Academic at the ⋂ of cities, technology, and climate adaptation. Reluctant polygon enthusiast. Sometimes I work on computational geometry and spatial data algorithms, which I promise almost never to discuss.
I am genuinely considering “an any pronouns are OK” badge for Theo’s stroller. She is fairly obviously a girl (doesn’t wear much pink but you can just…look at her), but the world is determined that this is not the case. People don’t even ask!
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am genuinely considering “an any pronouns are OK” badge for Theo’s stroller. She is fairly obviously a girl (doesn’t wear much pink but you can just…look at her), but the world is determined that this is not the case. People don’t even ask!
Using literature to explain the baby’s essential nature at the development check-up. “You are familiar with the seminal work of Dr Seuss, ‘The Cat in the Hat’? Good! Now, you will of course recall the characters Thing Two and Thing One? Excellent. Imagine if they somehow fused. Yes. Very tired.”
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Using literature to explain the baby’s essential nature at the development check-up. “You are familiar with the seminal work of Dr Seuss, ‘The Cat in the Hat’? Good! Now, you will of course recall the characters Thing Two and Thing One? Excellent. Imagine if they somehow fused. Yes. Very tired.”
Oh they look terrible now. This is the one, I think.
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Oh they look terrible now. This is the one, I think.
A little long in the tooth, but a classic of the genre. First published in 1979: an actual “The British mind cannot conceive of these beans” moment
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A little long in the tooth, but a classic of the genre. First published in 1979: an actual “The British mind cannot conceive of these beans” moment
@billhookunion.beanyear.com saw this on my mother in-law’s shelf and thought of you
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@billhookunion.beanyear.com saw this on my mother in-law’s shelf and thought of you
Referring to our departed cat, with whom – based on her unwillingness to wear silly frocks and her tendency to drag large objects into a corner for closer inspection – our daughter appears to be in constant psychic communication beyond the veil as her “big sister”.
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Referring to our departed cat, with whom – based on her unwillingness to wear silly frocks and her tendency to drag large objects into a corner for closer inspection – our daughter appears to be in constant psychic communication beyond the veil as her “big sister”.
Took the baby to the British Museum. She declared herself indifferent to “this whited sepulchre whose grisly ‘treasures’ bleed out everywhere from behind a genteel façade”, but she DID like this house post from Papua New Guinea, and what may be the world’s oldest, angriest goose.
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Took the baby to the British Museum. She declared herself indifferent to “this whited sepulchre whose grisly ‘treasures’ bleed out everywhere from behind a genteel façade”, but she DID like this house post from Papua New Guinea, and what may be the world’s oldest, angriest goose.
Hello from baby Mothra
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hello from baby Mothra
Imagine being exposed for this in a national newspaper, and your photo shows you wearing your lunch all over your tie.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Imagine being exposed for this in a national newspaper, and your photo shows you wearing your lunch all over your tie.
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
Help me, mother. I must touch the 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Help me, mother. I must touch the 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡
I'm going to set up an alternate appview called Jice. Mod decisions are going to be absolutely unbearable.
September 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm going to set up an alternate appview called Jice. Mod decisions are going to be absolutely unbearable.
True but she did also like this cat fella so we remain hopeful
September 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
True but she did also like this cat fella so we remain hopeful
Showing the baby her favourite painting – Danby’s “The Opening of the Sixth Seal” (1828)
September 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Showing the baby her favourite painting – Danby’s “The Opening of the Sixth Seal” (1828)
The baby just smiled beatifically and perfectly enunciated ‘Goodnight Cassilda’
September 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The baby just smiled beatifically and perfectly enunciated ‘Goodnight Cassilda’
Showed the whole thing to the baby. She likes the alligator one better than in The Night Kitchen. In her defence she’s six months old so it’s a bit more accessible, also she has a crocodile friend (Silvio Крокодил, pictured). Anyway: we loved it!
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Showed the whole thing to the baby. She likes the alligator one better than in The Night Kitchen. In her defence she’s six months old so it’s a bit more accessible, also she has a crocodile friend (Silvio Крокодил, pictured). Anyway: we loved it!
How it feels to have a six month-old who suddenly fired up Skill Acquisition Mode this week
August 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
How it feels to have a six month-old who suddenly fired up Skill Acquisition Mode this week
"A gang of youths on ATVs... one of whom popped a 'wheelie'."
August 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"A gang of youths on ATVs... one of whom popped a 'wheelie'."