Alison Smaalders
vividwings.bsky.social
Alison Smaalders
@vividwings.bsky.social
Archaeology major, currently working in P&C insurance. Gamer, LARPer, general nerd, cat lover. Occasionally known as Fun Fact. She/her.
Ooh, yeah, similar! Mine is less concerned with reality and more with flavor (though the CIA corner is real, or more founded in reality), but this is a really fun chart also.
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Thanks! 😀 You may already have noticed this one, about digging around in the British Library basement as a grad student:

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Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Most theories have aspects of two or three points in different ratios, but I haven't found a fourth axis yet. If one exists, let me know and we can make it a pyramid, which is an excellent shape for anything related to conspiracies, really.
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I must look up replacement Avril, that sounds like a really fun one honestly.
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Like come on y’all. I need you to have a single standard other than Trump Bad. You can elect an actual Democrat in NY 12.
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Absolutely. Knowing, intellectually, what is there to the extent that one needs to in order to oppose it is enough.
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM