Cassie
@scistoryteller.bsky.social
Scientist and storyteller: Atmospheric Science Ph.D., software developer, and scfi/fantasy writer. I’m a weather and geosciences nerd, who loves books, comics, and RPGs. Expect me to talk about all of it. Smith College alumna. Ace demigirl. (she/they)
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Do you want to help your college/uni?
Useful to know: college rankings are partly based on what *percentage* of alums donate *any* amount each year. So if you donate just $5 each December to your school it helps them substantially more than you’d think.
A rare case where tiny amounts matter.
Useful to know: college rankings are partly based on what *percentage* of alums donate *any* amount each year. So if you donate just $5 each December to your school it helps them substantially more than you’d think.
A rare case where tiny amounts matter.
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do you want to help your college/uni?
Useful to know: college rankings are partly based on what *percentage* of alums donate *any* amount each year. So if you donate just $5 each December to your school it helps them substantially more than you’d think.
A rare case where tiny amounts matter.
Useful to know: college rankings are partly based on what *percentage* of alums donate *any* amount each year. So if you donate just $5 each December to your school it helps them substantially more than you’d think.
A rare case where tiny amounts matter.
All right! I finally have chores done and a momentary break from holiday stuff! Time to wri—
*thud*
*thud*
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
All right! I finally have chores done and a momentary break from holiday stuff! Time to wri—
*thud*
*thud*
Happy Solstice, everyone!
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Happy Solstice, everyone!
C has been playing Super Robot Wars Y. This has turned out to be a super dangerous game for me, a self-professed mecha girl, to watch. I already have a list half a dozen anime (most of which I’d never even heard of) I now need to track down and watch (from across several decades).
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
C has been playing Super Robot Wars Y. This has turned out to be a super dangerous game for me, a self-professed mecha girl, to watch. I already have a list half a dozen anime (most of which I’d never even heard of) I now need to track down and watch (from across several decades).
Holidays cards are in the mail! 5 days *before* Christmas! (You don’t understand how late I usually am with these). Christmas candy from local candy/chocolate shoppe acquired! My head is pounding, though, so Tree decorating is gonna need to wait a bit.
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Holidays cards are in the mail! 5 days *before* Christmas! (You don’t understand how late I usually am with these). Christmas candy from local candy/chocolate shoppe acquired! My head is pounding, though, so Tree decorating is gonna need to wait a bit.
My mum made us this beautiful Christmas swag. I love it!
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My mum made us this beautiful Christmas swag. I love it!
Tonight, I got another scene written in the fic! I just have one more little section of this chapter to do, and then this section of chapters will be done, and we will be headed into the End Game!
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Tonight, I got another scene written in the fic! I just have one more little section of this chapter to do, and then this section of chapters will be done, and we will be headed into the End Game!
The hilarious part of this particular choice for comparison is that “Murder, She Wrote” takes place in a fictional Maine town and well…Stephen King *does* kinda get treated like this.
The most unbelievable part of Murder, She Wrote is not the preponderance of murders, it’s that a genre writer is forever treated by both publishing and the public as prestigious and culturally important
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The hilarious part of this particular choice for comparison is that “Murder, She Wrote” takes place in a fictional Maine town and well…Stephen King *does* kinda get treated like this.
Today was turbulent weather + emotions. It was a horrific impostor syndrome day that had me in tears at one point, convinced that I am in the wrong job with no escape plan.
BUT I actually made progress with writing this evening! I got past a mini-block I’ve been struggling with the last few days!
BUT I actually made progress with writing this evening! I got past a mini-block I’ve been struggling with the last few days!
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Today was turbulent weather + emotions. It was a horrific impostor syndrome day that had me in tears at one point, convinced that I am in the wrong job with no escape plan.
BUT I actually made progress with writing this evening! I got past a mini-block I’ve been struggling with the last few days!
BUT I actually made progress with writing this evening! I got past a mini-block I’ve been struggling with the last few days!
Some days you just need something like this: boing.greg.technology
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December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Some days you just need something like this: boing.greg.technology
I got some writing done tonight! Did it progress ANY of the stories I am working on right now, in any of the scenes I need to get written — absolutely not! But words! (And my brain has not been particularly cooperative today, so I’ll take any coherent writing as a win, even if it ends up as omake.)
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I got some writing done tonight! Did it progress ANY of the stories I am working on right now, in any of the scenes I need to get written — absolutely not! But words! (And my brain has not been particularly cooperative today, so I’ll take any coherent writing as a win, even if it ends up as omake.)
Well can confirm water temperature is more critical to tea flavor than brew time (at least for black tea): brought to you by - this basket has been steeping for half an hour and doesn’t taste like crap.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Well can confirm water temperature is more critical to tea flavor than brew time (at least for black tea): brought to you by - this basket has been steeping for half an hour and doesn’t taste like crap.
Got the outdoor Christmas decorations up today! I almost lost my wedding ring in the snow - despite wearing (fingerless) gloves at the time, then the wires snapped on the string of lights I’d been hanging during the above incident — after I’d finished hanging them. But ultimately, success!
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Got the outdoor Christmas decorations up today! I almost lost my wedding ring in the snow - despite wearing (fingerless) gloves at the time, then the wires snapped on the string of lights I’d been hanging during the above incident — after I’d finished hanging them. But ultimately, success!
Well, I finished Season 2 of Harbin Hotel and I was *disappointed*. The first season was great, but the second season was not nearly as strong — not in the music, and most certainly not in the writing! It seemed that most plot threads were forced, rushed, and/or went nowhere. I’m not a fan of S2.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Well, I finished Season 2 of Harbin Hotel and I was *disappointed*. The first season was great, but the second season was not nearly as strong — not in the music, and most certainly not in the writing! It seemed that most plot threads were forced, rushed, and/or went nowhere. I’m not a fan of S2.
Want to write more, but too sleepy. It has been a very stressful and exhausting week and I *finally* got some writing time tonight. I only got a short coherent portion done, though. The rest: snippets to string together later, when I’m not literally starting to nod off at the keyboard. #amWriting
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Want to write more, but too sleepy. It has been a very stressful and exhausting week and I *finally* got some writing time tonight. I only got a short coherent portion done, though. The rest: snippets to string together later, when I’m not literally starting to nod off at the keyboard. #amWriting
What is in this sushi roll???
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
What is in this sushi roll???
Race conditions are my favorite type of code problem to solve. (This is sarcasm.)
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Race conditions are my favorite type of code problem to solve. (This is sarcasm.)
Just finished watching Andor (yes, I know, I’m late to the party). I found it overhyped. It had some moments that were exceptional. However, overall, the story was disjointed and there were way too many dropped story threads. And don’t get me started on how they wrote Bix; it was just insulting.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Just finished watching Andor (yes, I know, I’m late to the party). I found it overhyped. It had some moments that were exceptional. However, overall, the story was disjointed and there were way too many dropped story threads. And don’t get me started on how they wrote Bix; it was just insulting.
Back home again, and got some edits made to the opening chapters of the big WIP (it’s been literal years since I looked at these. Yikes.) I have time to do more writing, but my brain is starting to glaze over so it’s time to change gears to something else. Fic maybe? #amWriting
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Back home again, and got some edits made to the opening chapters of the big WIP (it’s been literal years since I looked at these. Yikes.) I have time to do more writing, but my brain is starting to glaze over so it’s time to change gears to something else. Fic maybe? #amWriting
Just went for a walk down to the beach with my dad. A little cold but worth it. We saw a bald eagle and Santa leaving the local Coast Guard base via helicopter. Then coming home, we saw a fox run right across Dad’s yard. (No cause for alarm. It looked healthy and fox can be active in the daytime.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just went for a walk down to the beach with my dad. A little cold but worth it. We saw a bald eagle and Santa leaving the local Coast Guard base via helicopter. Then coming home, we saw a fox run right across Dad’s yard. (No cause for alarm. It looked healthy and fox can be active in the daytime.)
Visiting with Dad and stepmom for Thanksgiving weekend. So far, a lot of writing That Fic, some absolutely delicious food, a James Bond movie and the second half of Mary Poppins. (I also learned that Dad really likes Mary Poppins; he went to see it in the theater with his mom sisters and loved it.)
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Visiting with Dad and stepmom for Thanksgiving weekend. So far, a lot of writing That Fic, some absolutely delicious food, a James Bond movie and the second half of Mary Poppins. (I also learned that Dad really likes Mary Poppins; he went to see it in the theater with his mom sisters and loved it.)
Hey, @keitichandesu.bsky.social - how does a HS marching band get into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey, @keitichandesu.bsky.social - how does a HS marching band get into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?
This is an absolutely beautiful little bit of meteorology. Wow.
(For those of you who don’t know - the little black lines show wind speed and direction at each colored dot.The little black-circled dot of calm that the winds are circling around? That’s the surface low pressure point). #weather
(For those of you who don’t know - the little black lines show wind speed and direction at each colored dot.The little black-circled dot of calm that the winds are circling around? That’s the surface low pressure point). #weather
Guess what, kids? It's time to play our favorite game: "Find the surface low!" Yaaaaaay!
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is an absolutely beautiful little bit of meteorology. Wow.
(For those of you who don’t know - the little black lines show wind speed and direction at each colored dot.The little black-circled dot of calm that the winds are circling around? That’s the surface low pressure point). #weather
(For those of you who don’t know - the little black lines show wind speed and direction at each colored dot.The little black-circled dot of calm that the winds are circling around? That’s the surface low pressure point). #weather
I am so very tired but I got some writing done. So, happy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I am so very tired but I got some writing done. So, happy.