Antijen
@antijen.bsky.social
Mad Laboratorian. Writer. Multiple Mom. Feminist. Neurospicy. Evidence-based (til proven otherwise). Opinions are mine. ALL MINE. I stand for science and justice. Guns suck. She/her
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Including disabled people in our utopian futures pushes back against a eugenicist ideal.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Including disabled people in our utopian futures pushes back against a eugenicist ideal.
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Juno is hardly an unbiased source here, NASA. “‘Guy Not As Big a Deal As He Claims,’ Says Vengeful Wife Guy Cheated On Constantly”
Jupiter is smaller and more squashed than we thought, says NASA. The Juno spacecraft reveals the gas giant isn't as big as we thought. #Space #Astronomy #Jupiter www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/jupiter...
Jupiter is smaller and more squashed than we thought, says NASA | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Data captured during 13 of the Juno spacecraft's flybys of Jupiter reveal the gas giant is narrower at the equator and flatter at the poles.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Juno is hardly an unbiased source here, NASA. “‘Guy Not As Big a Deal As He Claims,’ Says Vengeful Wife Guy Cheated On Constantly”
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at this point when someone gets on substack I just assume that they know and don't care.
February 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
at this point when someone gets on substack I just assume that they know and don't care.
Not to brag, but I also just started the dishwasher.
Big day over here.
Big day over here.
I did laundry.
Please clap.
No, really, I could use the validation today.
Please clap.
No, really, I could use the validation today.
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Not to brag, but I also just started the dishwasher.
Big day over here.
Big day over here.
I did laundry.
Please clap.
No, really, I could use the validation today.
Please clap.
No, really, I could use the validation today.
February 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I did laundry.
Please clap.
No, really, I could use the validation today.
Please clap.
No, really, I could use the validation today.
Ooooh, adding this one to my list. Who wants to read it with me?
If you'd like a brief escape from the global chaos, I recommend reading REEFS OF TIME, my latest book. It will take you to tropical islands to hunt for fossils and underwater to living reefs, which are somehow both fragile and resilient (as are we). #scicomm #nonfiction #coral #fossilfriday
February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Ooooh, adding this one to my list. Who wants to read it with me?
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A lot of people really don’t realize that there is a vast amount of information out there that is not online and plausibly never will be, or can’t be.
I think that's a point that will surprise a lot of people. There's a lot of calling the internet capable of accessing "the sum of all human knowledge" and such that I think gives people the impression that any and all records exist online somewhere.
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A lot of people really don’t realize that there is a vast amount of information out there that is not online and plausibly never will be, or can’t be.
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If the old people in my family could please STOP IT with the health scares and crises that would be really nice. Or at least get together and work out a crisis schedule so they don't overlap.
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
If the old people in my family could please STOP IT with the health scares and crises that would be really nice. Or at least get together and work out a crisis schedule so they don't overlap.
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I was a guest speaker at a middle school today to share my expertise in teaching space science. Told a bunch of sixth graders not to use AI as they research for their projects and stressed how important and okay it was for them to just... not know an answer. ❤️ To not make it up. (AI makes it up.)
February 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I was a guest speaker at a middle school today to share my expertise in teaching space science. Told a bunch of sixth graders not to use AI as they research for their projects and stressed how important and okay it was for them to just... not know an answer. ❤️ To not make it up. (AI makes it up.)
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM
(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)
The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!
(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)
The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!
a man wearing a feathered hat says " hear ye hear ye "
Alt: Stephen Colbert rings a bell wearing a large feathered tricorn hat shouting "Hear Ye! Hear Ye!"
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM
(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)
The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!
(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)
The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!
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February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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I am still not a stegosaurus
Parents: You can be anything you want to be when you grow up.
Me, As A Grown-Up: I’m miserable now, and also in no way resemble a singing banana in hot pink velour track pants. You have fed me nothing but Cheerios and lies.
Me, As A Grown-Up: I’m miserable now, and also in no way resemble a singing banana in hot pink velour track pants. You have fed me nothing but Cheerios and lies.
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I am still not a stegosaurus
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
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It’s just me and my nervous system against the world and me and my nervous system
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
It’s just me and my nervous system against the world and me and my nervous system
This is super fun and you should get it!
Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
Brains | Radiator Comics
Radiator Comics distributes, produces, and promotes hand-made, self-published and small-press comics that focus on self-expression and storytelling. At the core of our mission is a commitment to incre...
www.radiatorcomics.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is super fun and you should get it!
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If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
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I watched the whole thing because it's astonishing
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I watched the whole thing because it's astonishing
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A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
My kid just had a 20-minute sobbing meltdown about the unfairness of the world because the piece of cake he got for dessert was, in his opinion, too small.
How's your evening going?
How's your evening going?
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM
My kid just had a 20-minute sobbing meltdown about the unfairness of the world because the piece of cake he got for dessert was, in his opinion, too small.
How's your evening going?
How's your evening going?
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there is NOTHING stopping you from taking a plastic grocery bag into a gas station and filling up the bag with fountain soda and then drinking it with a big piece of aquarium tubing except for intervention from the gas station staff and the lack of structural integrity inherent to the bag's design
February 11, 2026 at 10:51 PM
there is NOTHING stopping you from taking a plastic grocery bag into a gas station and filling up the bag with fountain soda and then drinking it with a big piece of aquarium tubing except for intervention from the gas station staff and the lack of structural integrity inherent to the bag's design
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Read this thread.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Read this thread.
You deserve a break. I'll save you a seat.
February 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
You deserve a break. I'll save you a seat.