Dr Kat Day (she/her)
@chronicleflask.katday.com
Science & Fiction editor/writer. Chemistry PhD ⚛️ Co-Editor at PseudoPod 🦑 Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books 🧪 Short fiction https://thefictionphial.wordpress.com 🖊️🐢
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Maybe I STARTED OUT made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but now I’m made of coffee, capsicum, obstreperousness and dark stories.
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We had one of these at The Tower this year.
A big hit with the kids.
A big hit with the kids.
December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We had one of these at The Tower this year.
A big hit with the kids.
A big hit with the kids.
Oh. I thought you were a man.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oh. I thought you were a man.
Looking west. The crops in this field were harvested, everything died off, and now it’s ready for new growth ❄️ 🌙 🌱
December 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking west. The crops in this field were harvested, everything died off, and now it’s ready for new growth ❄️ 🌙 🌱
It’s Boxing Day! Traditionally (in the UK) this is a time for visiting others and exchanging gifts. So here’s a PseudoPod gift for you, featuring a haunted house in a remote costal location and a spot of murder – we hope you like it, enjoy! 🎁
“It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell”
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
PseudoPod 1009: Christmas Eve at Beach House
It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell, and that none of the men were ever destined to die in their beds. We sometimes see this strange law of persistent accident run through a family…
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December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s Boxing Day! Traditionally (in the UK) this is a time for visiting others and exchanging gifts. So here’s a PseudoPod gift for you, featuring a haunted house in a remote costal location and a spot of murder – we hope you like it, enjoy! 🎁
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Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
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the universe wishes you a merry christmas!
see? it even set up its own christmas tree 🎄
see? it even set up its own christmas tree 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the universe wishes you a merry christmas!
see? it even set up its own christmas tree 🎄
see? it even set up its own christmas tree 🎄
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Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
Merry Christmas, everyone! Lots of love to the friends and loved ones with us, and thoughts for those we’ve lost. This is the dark heart of the year, and now the lights have been lit and all the other rituals observed, we (hopefully) enjoy a restful pause before the new year. Peace and goodwill 🎄🕊️
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone! Lots of love to the friends and loved ones with us, and thoughts for those we’ve lost. This is the dark heart of the year, and now the lights have been lit and all the other rituals observed, we (hopefully) enjoy a restful pause before the new year. Peace and goodwill 🎄🕊️
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There’s no better time of year to sit back and admire the Maillard reaction
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There’s no better time of year to sit back and admire the Maillard reaction
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Merry Christmas from the Tower, every body!
a skeleton in a santa suit is holding a bag of gifts
Alt: a skeleton in a santa suit is holding a bag of gifts and blinking
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Merry Christmas from the Tower, every body!
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The final #DecFic! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The final #DecFic! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
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🎶 Last Christmas, I gave you my heart 🎶
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
a woman in a white hat says " last christmas i gave you my heart " in front of a man
Alt: The woman in the white hat from the Last Christmas music video. Caption says "last christmas I gave you my heart”
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🎶 Last Christmas, I gave you my heart 🎶
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
The final #DecFic! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The final #DecFic! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/t...
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It's Christmas Eve and the final day of #ChemAdvent!
We're finishing off with Christmas pudding and why you shouldn't hide a coin in the mixture as was customary in the past 🪙
#ChemSky 🧪
We're finishing off with Christmas pudding and why you shouldn't hide a coin in the mixture as was customary in the past 🪙
#ChemSky 🧪
December 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It's Christmas Eve and the final day of #ChemAdvent!
We're finishing off with Christmas pudding and why you shouldn't hide a coin in the mixture as was customary in the past 🪙
#ChemSky 🧪
We're finishing off with Christmas pudding and why you shouldn't hide a coin in the mixture as was customary in the past 🪙
#ChemSky 🧪
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'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart
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Well, that's that! 24 days of festive imagery and magical alt text, to help you make your Christmas-posting more accessible. 🎅
Remember, adding alt text is so easy. Create your post, add your image, press the 'alt' button, write your description and you're done.
Merry alt text advent!
Remember, adding alt text is so easy. Create your post, add your image, press the 'alt' button, write your description and you're done.
Merry alt text advent!
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, that's that! 24 days of festive imagery and magical alt text, to help you make your Christmas-posting more accessible. 🎅
Remember, adding alt text is so easy. Create your post, add your image, press the 'alt' button, write your description and you're done.
Merry alt text advent!
Remember, adding alt text is so easy. Create your post, add your image, press the 'alt' button, write your description and you're done.
Merry alt text advent!
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"I have heard that the thoughts you think most often, and strongest, are etched on the inside of your skull," the necromancer's assistant said. "Is that true?"
"It is," the necromancer said. "Though I rarely try to read them."
"Will you read mine, when I'm dead?"
"Do you want me to?"
"Yes."
"It is," the necromancer said. "Though I rarely try to read them."
"Will you read mine, when I'm dead?"
"Do you want me to?"
"Yes."
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"I have heard that the thoughts you think most often, and strongest, are etched on the inside of your skull," the necromancer's assistant said. "Is that true?"
"It is," the necromancer said. "Though I rarely try to read them."
"Will you read mine, when I'm dead?"
"Do you want me to?"
"Yes."
"It is," the necromancer said. "Though I rarely try to read them."
"Will you read mine, when I'm dead?"
"Do you want me to?"
"Yes."
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I have a theory one reason men often fall so hard down music rabbit holes is that music is the only form of romance (straight) men feel allowed to consume. It’s okay to listen to a bloke with a guitar repeatedly sing about tearing the world apart for the woman he loves. A whole book though? Eh.
December 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I have a theory one reason men often fall so hard down music rabbit holes is that music is the only form of romance (straight) men feel allowed to consume. It’s okay to listen to a bloke with a guitar repeatedly sing about tearing the world apart for the woman he loves. A whole book though? Eh.
You should read this thread
And then if you’re going to comment, you should resist the urge to add, “of course, romance is not my thing, but”
And then if you’re going to comment, you should resist the urge to add, “of course, romance is not my thing, but”
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
You should read this thread
And then if you’re going to comment, you should resist the urge to add, “of course, romance is not my thing, but”
And then if you’re going to comment, you should resist the urge to add, “of course, romance is not my thing, but”
Yes, social media has its dark side. But you’ve got to admit: users figuring out the flaws in redaction methods and then combing through thousands and thousands of pages to see what’s actually there in just a few days is pretty damn cool.
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Yes, social media has its dark side. But you’ve got to admit: users figuring out the flaws in redaction methods and then combing through thousands and thousands of pages to see what’s actually there in just a few days is pretty damn cool.
It looks as though what I’m getting for Christmas is 13k followers. Just what i always wanted – thanks, Bluesky! 😄
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It looks as though what I’m getting for Christmas is 13k followers. Just what i always wanted – thanks, Bluesky! 😄
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Day 23 of #ChemAdvent!
Prawns turn red-orange when cooked as astaxanthin is revealed 🟠
Bells are made from tin bronzes, with trace elements improving the material properties and sound 🔔
Guess the very tenuous, silly, and non-chemical connection that led me to pair these ones?
#ChemSky 🧪
Prawns turn red-orange when cooked as astaxanthin is revealed 🟠
Bells are made from tin bronzes, with trace elements improving the material properties and sound 🔔
Guess the very tenuous, silly, and non-chemical connection that led me to pair these ones?
#ChemSky 🧪
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Day 23 of #ChemAdvent!
Prawns turn red-orange when cooked as astaxanthin is revealed 🟠
Bells are made from tin bronzes, with trace elements improving the material properties and sound 🔔
Guess the very tenuous, silly, and non-chemical connection that led me to pair these ones?
#ChemSky 🧪
Prawns turn red-orange when cooked as astaxanthin is revealed 🟠
Bells are made from tin bronzes, with trace elements improving the material properties and sound 🔔
Guess the very tenuous, silly, and non-chemical connection that led me to pair these ones?
#ChemSky 🧪
All writing advice with the exception of “write stuff” and “finish stuff”
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All writing advice with the exception of “write stuff” and “finish stuff”
I’ve just come back from ‘Wicked: For Good’ with my children. I did not have high expectations for this film (the critics haven’t been particularly kind), but I’m happy to report we all enjoyed it, and got through it with no toilet breaks 😆
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’ve just come back from ‘Wicked: For Good’ with my children. I did not have high expectations for this film (the critics haven’t been particularly kind), but I’m happy to report we all enjoyed it, and got through it with no toilet breaks 😆
Almost there, folks! The penultimate #DecFic.* A piece about telling the truth through stories…
A Multicursal Puzzle
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/a...
(*Why yes, since you ask, I am pleased with this phrase which is perfectly innocent and yet manages to sound suspiciously filthy)
A Multicursal Puzzle
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/a...
(*Why yes, since you ask, I am pleased with this phrase which is perfectly innocent and yet manages to sound suspiciously filthy)
December 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Almost there, folks! The penultimate #DecFic.* A piece about telling the truth through stories…
A Multicursal Puzzle
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/a...
(*Why yes, since you ask, I am pleased with this phrase which is perfectly innocent and yet manages to sound suspiciously filthy)
A Multicursal Puzzle
thefictionphial.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/a...
(*Why yes, since you ask, I am pleased with this phrase which is perfectly innocent and yet manages to sound suspiciously filthy)