Chris Mathieson
@cognoscento.bsky.social
Father, blacksmith, philosopher, neuroscientist, heritage site manager. What a weird trip, & it’s just getting started. he/him http://cogno.ca/b/about/
Forget trans people in sports, we need to monitor spelling bees and math olympiads for Tylenol doping.
Isn’t that the very definition of unfair advantage?
Isn’t that the very definition of unfair advantage?
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Forget trans people in sports, we need to monitor spelling bees and math olympiads for Tylenol doping.
Isn’t that the very definition of unfair advantage?
Isn’t that the very definition of unfair advantage?
Today, I met Gem.
August 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Today, I met Gem.
Since it’s my 50th birthday next week, give me your most unhinged suggestions on what I could do for my “mid-life crisis”.
July 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Since it’s my 50th birthday next week, give me your most unhinged suggestions on what I could do for my “mid-life crisis”.
Less than two weeks until my 50th birthday. DM me if you want to be invited. :)
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Less than two weeks until my 50th birthday. DM me if you want to be invited. :)
Microsoft CoPilot is pushy to the point of feeling like a clingy ex.
I’m sorry, MSFT, you’re not getting pity sex out of me.
I’m sorry, MSFT, you’re not getting pity sex out of me.
June 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Microsoft CoPilot is pushy to the point of feeling like a clingy ex.
I’m sorry, MSFT, you’re not getting pity sex out of me.
I’m sorry, MSFT, you’re not getting pity sex out of me.
I have epic neighbours.
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I have epic neighbours.
This morning’s medications include:
50mg prednisone
1000mg NAC
10mg cetirizine
60mg biphentin
4 puffs 100mcg salbutamol (ventalin)
2 puffs budesonide / glycopyrronium / formoterol fumarate (breztri)
2 puffs 20mcg ipratropium bromide (atrovent)
50mg prednisone
1000mg NAC
10mg cetirizine
60mg biphentin
4 puffs 100mcg salbutamol (ventalin)
2 puffs budesonide / glycopyrronium / formoterol fumarate (breztri)
2 puffs 20mcg ipratropium bromide (atrovent)
June 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This morning’s medications include:
50mg prednisone
1000mg NAC
10mg cetirizine
60mg biphentin
4 puffs 100mcg salbutamol (ventalin)
2 puffs budesonide / glycopyrronium / formoterol fumarate (breztri)
2 puffs 20mcg ipratropium bromide (atrovent)
50mg prednisone
1000mg NAC
10mg cetirizine
60mg biphentin
4 puffs 100mcg salbutamol (ventalin)
2 puffs budesonide / glycopyrronium / formoterol fumarate (breztri)
2 puffs 20mcg ipratropium bromide (atrovent)
When somebody tells you they hung out at The Haçienda in Manchester back-in-the-day, you’re clearly in the presence of someone cooler than most of the people you’ve ever met.
June 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
When somebody tells you they hung out at The Haçienda in Manchester back-in-the-day, you’re clearly in the presence of someone cooler than most of the people you’ve ever met.
The Lord yeeteth and the Lord yoinketh away.
June 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Lord yeeteth and the Lord yoinketh away.
It’s gettin’, it’s gettin’, it’s gettin’ kind of hectic.
June 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s gettin’, it’s gettin’, it’s gettin’ kind of hectic.
If I had a nickel for every astrophysicist I’ve met since I moved to Keremeos, I’d have nearly a dollar.
June 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If I had a nickel for every astrophysicist I’ve met since I moved to Keremeos, I’d have nearly a dollar.
Boundary-setting sucks sometimes, even if it’s necessary.
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Boundary-setting sucks sometimes, even if it’s necessary.
In the last few years I’ve developed an awful histamine reaction to all forms of alcohol. An instant snotty, itchy mess.
How am I supposed to let someone get me drunk and take advantage of me now?!?
How am I supposed to let someone get me drunk and take advantage of me now?!?
May 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In the last few years I’ve developed an awful histamine reaction to all forms of alcohol. An instant snotty, itchy mess.
How am I supposed to let someone get me drunk and take advantage of me now?!?
How am I supposed to let someone get me drunk and take advantage of me now?!?
Was I anxiously attached *before* I married an avoidant on the spectrum? :D
May 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Was I anxiously attached *before* I married an avoidant on the spectrum? :D
End of day three in the hospital for Influenza A + Pneumonia + Asthma = breathing crisis.
O2 blood sats are still only 95% with oxygen support, but the infections are clearing and I showered myself today. Huzzah!
O2 blood sats are still only 95% with oxygen support, but the infections are clearing and I showered myself today. Huzzah!
May 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
End of day three in the hospital for Influenza A + Pneumonia + Asthma = breathing crisis.
O2 blood sats are still only 95% with oxygen support, but the infections are clearing and I showered myself today. Huzzah!
O2 blood sats are still only 95% with oxygen support, but the infections are clearing and I showered myself today. Huzzah!
Awash in antibiotics.
May 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Awash in antibiotics.
I try do equal labour around the house and in parenting, emotional and otherwise, but also demand to be equal in setting standards and priorities. Women have a lot of social conditioning to let go of, too.
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I try do equal labour around the house and in parenting, emotional and otherwise, but also demand to be equal in setting standards and priorities. Women have a lot of social conditioning to let go of, too.
In Penticton Emerg because my lungs have decided they hate me. Is it out-of-control asthma? A lung infection? Something else?
May 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In Penticton Emerg because my lungs have decided they hate me. Is it out-of-control asthma? A lung infection? Something else?
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Kid finds a nearly 20 year old meme shirt in my closet. Loves it. Chose to wear it to school this morning.
Is he cool? I think he’s cool.
Is he cool? I think he’s cool.
May 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Kid finds a nearly 20 year old meme shirt in my closet. Loves it. Chose to wear it to school this morning.
Is he cool? I think he’s cool.
Is he cool? I think he’s cool.
The kid is now playing Ween songs on his acoustic guitar. Right now, it’s this one… bad Mexican accent and all. How did my kid get this weird/cool?!
Cinco de Mayo for the win.
youtu.be/uv-gT9lNa1g
Cinco de Mayo for the win.
youtu.be/uv-gT9lNa1g
Ween - Buenas Tardes Amigo
YouTube video by leeotubee
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The kid is now playing Ween songs on his acoustic guitar. Right now, it’s this one… bad Mexican accent and all. How did my kid get this weird/cool?!
Cinco de Mayo for the win.
youtu.be/uv-gT9lNa1g
Cinco de Mayo for the win.
youtu.be/uv-gT9lNa1g
A friend who is an elementary school educator attended a series of Pro-D presentations yesterday and one sentence went off like a bomb for her:
"The first symptom of a learning disability is a sore tummy."
"The first symptom of a learning disability is a sore tummy."
May 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A friend who is an elementary school educator attended a series of Pro-D presentations yesterday and one sentence went off like a bomb for her:
"The first symptom of a learning disability is a sore tummy."
"The first symptom of a learning disability is a sore tummy."
Took my ADHD meds on a totally empty stomach. Now I feel like I could wrestle a bear while organizing my spice cupboard alphabetically.
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Took my ADHD meds on a totally empty stomach. Now I feel like I could wrestle a bear while organizing my spice cupboard alphabetically.