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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20 here. I have never even sat on a water bed. However, I have awarded myself an extra point for using Compuserve several years before AOL got going.
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
20 here. I have never even sat on a water bed. However, I have awarded myself an extra point for using Compuserve several years before AOL got going.
I did not have "nazi my little pony" on my bingo card for 2025. Live and learn, eh?
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I did not have "nazi my little pony" on my bingo card for 2025. Live and learn, eh?
I wonder if that has something to do with the local geology. I mean, if you're on a rocky peninsula, or a rocky island, rock-stacking may be a better approach that ditch-digging.
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I wonder if that has something to do with the local geology. I mean, if you're on a rocky peninsula, or a rocky island, rock-stacking may be a better approach that ditch-digging.
Oddly enough, I sympathize with her on this topic. I don't think she wanted the job in the first place. And "First Lady" is a damn silly role for a grown woman.
December 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Oddly enough, I sympathize with her on this topic. I don't think she wanted the job in the first place. And "First Lady" is a damn silly role for a grown woman.
Depressing to hear. I find video and audio *much* less engaging than text. So slow, and so much at the mercy of distracting visual and verbal tics. So much harder to go back and review quickly. Less efficient overall.
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Depressing to hear. I find video and audio *much* less engaging than text. So slow, and so much at the mercy of distracting visual and verbal tics. So much harder to go back and review quickly. Less efficient overall.
Unshed. It puzzled me because I didn't know what "to unsh" meant.
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Unshed. It puzzled me because I didn't know what "to unsh" meant.
Right there with you. Well, except for the bit about Dan Brown. I just can't handle his prose. But, yeah, write it down.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Right there with you. Well, except for the bit about Dan Brown. I just can't handle his prose. But, yeah, write it down.
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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
I have nothing useful to offer. But I think you did the right thing by leaving Twitter. Are there other useful outlets? I follow quite a few authors on Facebook.
December 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I have nothing useful to offer. But I think you did the right thing by leaving Twitter. Are there other useful outlets? I follow quite a few authors on Facebook.
No, he's really not. he's a career campaigner, if you like. But he did none of the actual work when he was in the European Parliament, and rarely shows up at Westminster to do any work there.
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
No, he's really not. he's a career campaigner, if you like. But he did none of the actual work when he was in the European Parliament, and rarely shows up at Westminster to do any work there.
Of course they do. But a better Remain campaign could have made a difference.
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Of course they do. But a better Remain campaign could have made a difference.
Are you OK with insurance companies denying coverage for expensive drugs? Because that's what happens now in the US.
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Are you OK with insurance companies denying coverage for expensive drugs? Because that's what happens now in the US.
Tell me you don't understand how well-designed universal health care systems work without telling me.
December 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tell me you don't understand how well-designed universal health care systems work without telling me.
A big reason for Brexit is that Cameron ran a piss-poor Remain campaign. And Starmer was part of that.
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A big reason for Brexit is that Cameron ran a piss-poor Remain campaign. And Starmer was part of that.
Oh come on, you can make almost anything work with enough of that foamy urethane stuff from the hardware store.
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Oh come on, you can make almost anything work with enough of that foamy urethane stuff from the hardware store.
The casualization of academic jobs is one of the unacknowledged--or at least too little acknowledged--societal failures of our time.
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The casualization of academic jobs is one of the unacknowledged--or at least too little acknowledged--societal failures of our time.
Bet they were quoting Tim Gunn from Project Runway.
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Bet they were quoting Tim Gunn from Project Runway.
It goes double for you Ted, after the way he talked about you (and your wife) back in 2015/16.
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It goes double for you Ted, after the way he talked about you (and your wife) back in 2015/16.
Now you tell me!
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Now you tell me!
If M4A had passed, then arguably Trump would not have won in 2024.
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If M4A had passed, then arguably Trump would not have won in 2024.