Canageek
@canageek.bsky.social
Canadian Chemist Crystallographer...dammit, there isn't a word that starts with C to say I play TTRPGs, is there? Anyway, not a geek in a can, despite the name. Am a geek though.
they/she
they/she
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Cork, Ireland, is gorgeous. As always. Warpcon remains possibly my favorite gaming convention in the world
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Cork, Ireland, is gorgeous. As always. Warpcon remains possibly my favorite gaming convention in the world
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
On the principle that TFG can become a Nobel Peace Prize winner simply because the actual winner gave her award to him, I put my 2001 Origins Award for Dork Tower up for auction.
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Honestly enrichment for goats often involves giving them new things to look at, which is much less dangerous than giving them new puzzles to figure out.
You will never guess what has the goat herd so freaked out…
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Honestly enrichment for goats often involves giving them new things to look at, which is much less dangerous than giving them new puzzles to figure out.
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*uncontrollable weeping*
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 AM
*uncontrollable weeping*
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Okay okay since you asked nicely
January 31, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Okay okay since you asked nicely
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Last one of this series
I'm so dang excited that people have been responding so enthusiastically, y'all are why I do this 💜
I'm so dang excited that people have been responding so enthusiastically, y'all are why I do this 💜
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Last one of this series
I'm so dang excited that people have been responding so enthusiastically, y'all are why I do this 💜
I'm so dang excited that people have been responding so enthusiastically, y'all are why I do this 💜
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im gonna be real the us system of government is not good. it got even worse during the Cold War era where it built up the presidency into a monarchy out of a belief that it had to react instantaneously in the event of crisis
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 AM
im gonna be real the us system of government is not good. it got even worse during the Cold War era where it built up the presidency into a monarchy out of a belief that it had to react instantaneously in the event of crisis
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January 27, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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another actual lol from @inprep.bsky.social
"CAMBRIDGE, MA—A MIT postdoctoral researcher was sentenced Tuesday to fifteen years of hard labor in a dedicated safety quarry after being observed wearing open-toed sandals in a laboratory space."
#chemchat
open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...
"CAMBRIDGE, MA—A MIT postdoctoral researcher was sentenced Tuesday to fifteen years of hard labor in a dedicated safety quarry after being observed wearing open-toed sandals in a laboratory space."
#chemchat
open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...
Researcher Sentenced To 15 Years Hard Labor For Wearing Sandals In Lab
CAMBRIDGE, MA—A MIT postdoctoral researcher was sentenced Tuesday to fifteen years of hard labor in a dedicated safety quarry after being observed wearing open-toed sandals in a laboratory space, in v...
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
another actual lol from @inprep.bsky.social
"CAMBRIDGE, MA—A MIT postdoctoral researcher was sentenced Tuesday to fifteen years of hard labor in a dedicated safety quarry after being observed wearing open-toed sandals in a laboratory space."
#chemchat
open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...
"CAMBRIDGE, MA—A MIT postdoctoral researcher was sentenced Tuesday to fifteen years of hard labor in a dedicated safety quarry after being observed wearing open-toed sandals in a laboratory space."
#chemchat
open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...
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I have this for a Hall and Oates performance.
It's a weird world, huh
It's a weird world, huh
We found the original master tape for Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" at a thrift store for a couple bucks, so I guess we have that now?
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I have this for a Hall and Oates performance.
It's a weird world, huh
It's a weird world, huh
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Unknown photographer
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Unknown photographer
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Finally remembered to go out some painter’s tape over the cameras on our Ring doorbells after reading this. We can use doorbells but not to feed footage to ICE, etc.
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
techcrunch.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Finally remembered to go out some painter’s tape over the cameras on our Ring doorbells after reading this. We can use doorbells but not to feed footage to ICE, etc.
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"Found Flamingo", NMR lab, 2026.
January 20, 2026 at 9:41 PM
"Found Flamingo", NMR lab, 2026.
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
Really sick of being sick; I'm out of sick days and into vacation days :(
(Was low from asthma, which has been really bad this year and then got a cold right before xmas, and then food poisoning right after)
#RealTimeChem
(Was low from asthma, which has been really bad this year and then got a cold right before xmas, and then food poisoning right after)
#RealTimeChem
January 19, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Really sick of being sick; I'm out of sick days and into vacation days :(
(Was low from asthma, which has been really bad this year and then got a cold right before xmas, and then food poisoning right after)
#RealTimeChem
(Was low from asthma, which has been really bad this year and then got a cold right before xmas, and then food poisoning right after)
#RealTimeChem
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i wrote in sketch but forgot to put in the final thing (i like fake ears)
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
i wrote in sketch but forgot to put in the final thing (i like fake ears)
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my friends convinced me these were cool cause i was shy abt them, i went feral and made all of them
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
my friends convinced me these were cool cause i was shy abt them, i went feral and made all of them
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my obsession with minecraft wood types
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
my obsession with minecraft wood types
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 10,1949
January 10,1949
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 10,1949
January 10,1949
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RAYTRACE/MUSEUM2.GIF
January 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
RAYTRACE/MUSEUM2.GIF
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There are two types of polar bear sleighs: The Frank Frazetta sleigh has no harness, but the Howard Chaykin sleigh does.
January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
There are two types of polar bear sleighs: The Frank Frazetta sleigh has no harness, but the Howard Chaykin sleigh does.
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Pierre Berton allegedly said "A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe."
And it seems to be an accurate statement.
In a 2013 poll, 15% of Canadians said they had engaged in a sex act in a canoe.
But did Berton actually say it?
This is the story.
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And it seems to be an accurate statement.
In a 2013 poll, 15% of Canadians said they had engaged in a sex act in a canoe.
But did Berton actually say it?
This is the story.
🧵 1/4
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Pierre Berton allegedly said "A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe."
And it seems to be an accurate statement.
In a 2013 poll, 15% of Canadians said they had engaged in a sex act in a canoe.
But did Berton actually say it?
This is the story.
🧵 1/4
And it seems to be an accurate statement.
In a 2013 poll, 15% of Canadians said they had engaged in a sex act in a canoe.
But did Berton actually say it?
This is the story.
🧵 1/4
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Pancake ice!
I’ve never seen it irl, but it’s from waves in slush.
Nice writeup on the science: nsidc.org/learn/parts-...
I’ve never seen it irl, but it’s from waves in slush.
Nice writeup on the science: nsidc.org/learn/parts-...
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Pancake ice!
I’ve never seen it irl, but it’s from waves in slush.
Nice writeup on the science: nsidc.org/learn/parts-...
I’ve never seen it irl, but it’s from waves in slush.
Nice writeup on the science: nsidc.org/learn/parts-...
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Today's aesthetic: when a computer RPG gives you exactly enough recruitable female characters to run an all-girl party, but the all-girl party's comp is terrible.
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Today's aesthetic: when a computer RPG gives you exactly enough recruitable female characters to run an all-girl party, but the all-girl party's comp is terrible.
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When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 02,1953
January 02,1953
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 02,1953
January 02,1953