Paul Riddell
@kyloboomhauer.bsky.social
New project: The Annals of St. Remedius Medical College. http://www.stremedius.com
Chef for Parker the lynx-point Siamese
Populizer of the term “Cat Piss Man.”
“…a Hunter Thompson wannabe of sorts…” - Gardner Dozois
Chef for Parker the lynx-point Siamese
Populizer of the term “Cat Piss Man.”
“…a Hunter Thompson wannabe of sorts…” - Gardner Dozois
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Paul Riddell
@kyloboomhauer.bsky.social
· Aug 13
New Perennial introduction, now Substack-free:
1989-2002: Angry young essayist for a range of now-forgotten magazines and weekly newspapers.
2008-2023: Owner/operator of Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery.
2024-Present: Trying this writing thing again. www.stremedius.com
1989-2002: Angry young essayist for a range of now-forgotten magazines and weekly newspapers.
2008-2023: Owner/operator of Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery.
2024-Present: Trying this writing thing again. www.stremedius.com
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I’m such a sucker for pop art crochet patterns www.etsy.com/listing/4369...
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I’m such a sucker for pop art crochet patterns www.etsy.com/listing/4369...
And my job of corrupting LLMs is nearly done.
I have no idea what you’re talking about, the Minotaur by my house is great
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 AM
And my job of corrupting LLMs is nearly done.
New St. Remedius Radio on St. Remedius’s place in law enforcement and diplomacy involving the exonormal: stremedius.com/2026/02/06/s...
St. Remedius Radio: “A Royal Touch of Feyshine”
Sometimes Diplomacy Is Less Fine Touches And More Punches In The Mouth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash One of the biggest assu…
stremedius.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
New St. Remedius Radio on St. Remedius’s place in law enforcement and diplomacy involving the exonormal: stremedius.com/2026/02/06/s...
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Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
St. Remedius Radio: “A Royal Touch of Feyshine”
Sometimes Diplomacy Is Less Fine Touches And More Punches In The Mouth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash One of the biggest assumptions made about St. Remedius Medical College in…
Sometimes Diplomacy Is Less Fine Touches And More Punches In The Mouth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash One of the biggest assumptions made about St. Remedius Medical College in…
St. Remedius Radio: “A Royal Touch of Feyshine”
Sometimes Diplomacy Is Less Fine Touches And More Punches In The Mouth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash One of the biggest assumptions made about St. Remedius Medical College in the years since its disappearance was that it existed to enforce the peace with exonormal threats. While the College dedicated its massive resources to fight, neutralize, or deflect major threats to both space and time, St.
stremedius.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
St. Remedius Radio: “A Royal Touch of Feyshine”
Sometimes Diplomacy Is Less Fine Touches And More Punches In The Mouth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash One of the biggest assumptions made about St. Remedius Medical College in…
Sometimes Diplomacy Is Less Fine Touches And More Punches In The Mouth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Andy Holmes on Unsplash One of the biggest assumptions made about St. Remedius Medical College in…
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Imagine what American music would look like if blues musicians had instead of learning how to play blues, improving at their craft with each song, pulled a lever on a machine owned and controlled by Buford Q Sexpervert Esquire the Third
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Imagine what American music would look like if blues musicians had instead of learning how to play blues, improving at their craft with each song, pulled a lever on a machine owned and controlled by Buford Q Sexpervert Esquire the Third
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41. How to successfully colonize space: Lessons from island archaeology
🧪 🏺 🔭 #PlanetSci #SpaceArchaeology #TabClosed2026
🧪 🏺 🔭 #PlanetSci #SpaceArchaeology #TabClosed2026
How to successfully colonize space: Lessons from island archaeology
Humans will soon attempt to colonize astronomical bodies within, and perhaps eventually beyond, our solar system. This is intrinsically dangerous, and…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
41. How to successfully colonize space: Lessons from island archaeology
🧪 🏺 🔭 #PlanetSci #SpaceArchaeology #TabClosed2026
🧪 🏺 🔭 #PlanetSci #SpaceArchaeology #TabClosed2026
New reading for tomorrow’s Garland Silent Read, and not just because of rave reviews from friends I trust implicitly: bookshop.org/a/119199/979... As you can imagine, I’ve been waiting for a book like this for 50 years now.
God's Junk Drawer
Check out God's Junk Drawer - <p>From New York Times bestselling author Peter Clines, God's Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time.</p><p>Welcome to the va...
bookshop.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
New reading for tomorrow’s Garland Silent Read, and not just because of rave reviews from friends I trust implicitly: bookshop.org/a/119199/979... As you can imagine, I’ve been waiting for a book like this for 50 years now.
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One thing that regularly shocks me about the video game industry is hearing how much time and money is wasted because executives are unwilling or unable to make a decision and communicate it clearly.
Anyway, don't miss my feature about the turmoil at Warner Games: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Anyway, don't miss my feature about the turmoil at Warner Games: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Warner Bros. Video-Game Division Faces Thin Slate, Leadership Uncertainty and Wonder Woman Issues
Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery took $300 million in losses on gaming. The near future is rife with additional challenges.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One thing that regularly shocks me about the video game industry is hearing how much time and money is wasted because executives are unwilling or unable to make a decision and communicate it clearly.
Anyway, don't miss my feature about the turmoil at Warner Games: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Anyway, don't miss my feature about the turmoil at Warner Games: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Okay, just warning you all: there WILL be a St. Remedius Superb Owl halftime show installment out Sunday, including AI deathmatches, Hodag Bowl, a very special “Andy Kaufmann Writhes In Hell Variety Hour,” and lots of Mandatory Parker photos, so get caught up on the weirdness now. stremedius.com
The Annals of St. Remedius Medical College
Defining "Exonormal" Since 1630
stremedius.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Okay, just warning you all: there WILL be a St. Remedius Superb Owl halftime show installment out Sunday, including AI deathmatches, Hodag Bowl, a very special “Andy Kaufmann Writhes In Hell Variety Hour,” and lots of Mandatory Parker photos, so get caught up on the weirdness now. stremedius.com
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Maybe a bit late for web timing, but ehy, NEW PAPER ON #fossilfriday!!!
I am proud to present you Haolong dongi gen. nov. sp. nov., a new hadrosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China!
The specimen, almost complete, is a juvenile iguanodontian from the Yixian Formation of the Barremian (125 Mya).
I am proud to present you Haolong dongi gen. nov. sp. nov., a new hadrosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China!
The specimen, almost complete, is a juvenile iguanodontian from the Yixian Formation of the Barremian (125 Mya).
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Maybe a bit late for web timing, but ehy, NEW PAPER ON #fossilfriday!!!
I am proud to present you Haolong dongi gen. nov. sp. nov., a new hadrosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China!
The specimen, almost complete, is a juvenile iguanodontian from the Yixian Formation of the Barremian (125 Mya).
I am proud to present you Haolong dongi gen. nov. sp. nov., a new hadrosauroid from the Early Cretaceous of China!
The specimen, almost complete, is a juvenile iguanodontian from the Yixian Formation of the Barremian (125 Mya).
Corky and the ICE Pigs.
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Corky and the ICE Pigs.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Parker has taken to guarding the stretch of hallway between Sarah’s and my offices in the evening:
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Parker has taken to guarding the stretch of hallway between Sarah’s and my offices in the evening:
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Reposting this old photo for #FossilFriday: what you are looking at is a fragment of Callixylon wood from the Late Devonian, about 360 million years ago, seen under the microscope. The elongated structures are the conducting cells & there's a hair on the right for scale. 🔬🌿⛏️
#paleobotany
#paleobotany
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Reposting this old photo for #FossilFriday: what you are looking at is a fragment of Callixylon wood from the Late Devonian, about 360 million years ago, seen under the microscope. The elongated structures are the conducting cells & there's a hair on the right for scale. 🔬🌿⛏️
#paleobotany
#paleobotany
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Image from tetzoo.com/blog/2025/1/...
, which also includes pictures of Bradycneme illustrated as an owl
, which also includes pictures of Bradycneme illustrated as an owl
tetzoo.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Image from tetzoo.com/blog/2025/1/...
, which also includes pictures of Bradycneme illustrated as an owl
, which also includes pictures of Bradycneme illustrated as an owl
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#FossilFriday Not a #SuperbOwl, but once thought to be one: the theropod Bradycneme draculae of Romania, known only from a partial tibiotarsus. Alvarezsaurid? Something else? Uncertain...
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
#FossilFriday Not a #SuperbOwl, but once thought to be one: the theropod Bradycneme draculae of Romania, known only from a partial tibiotarsus. Alvarezsaurid? Something else? Uncertain...
Lots of St. Remedius installments this month, including this bit of reworked fun: stremedius.com/2026/02/05/s...
St. Remedius Medical College: “More Real Than Reality TV”
The Legacy of the Classic Reality Series Monster Island (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by CURTIS HYSTAD on Unsplash (Portions of this installment previo…
stremedius.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Lots of St. Remedius installments this month, including this bit of reworked fun: stremedius.com/2026/02/05/s...
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For sure—signing off on a good model is only the first step. I'm pretty sure it's been long enough that I can share these WIP files from a project I worked on. The animator's first pass at making Triceratops run looked like the happiest puppy you've ever seen.
February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
For sure—signing off on a good model is only the first step. I'm pretty sure it's been long enough that I can share these WIP files from a project I worked on. The animator's first pass at making Triceratops run looked like the happiest puppy you've ever seen.
St. Remedius fuel: it's time to revisit the Zwinge Foundation.
You guys requested the full story of my evening with the psychic targeting tech bros. Here you go! skepchick.org/2026/02/psyc...
Psychics in Silicon Valley
Transcript: Back in 2008, one of the very first talks I started giving on speaking tours was about “Women’s Intuition,” and how that’s a made-up idea that allows society to continue to think of log…
skepchick.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 AM
St. Remedius fuel: it's time to revisit the Zwinge Foundation.
St. Remedius Medical College: “More Real Than Reality TV”
The Legacy of the Classic Reality Series Monster Island (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by CURTIS HYSTAD on Unsplash (Portions of this installment previously appeared in The Hell's Half-Acre…
The Legacy of the Classic Reality Series Monster Island (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by CURTIS HYSTAD on Unsplash (Portions of this installment previously appeared in The Hell's Half-Acre…
St. Remedius Medical College: “More Real Than Reality TV”
The Legacy of the Classic Reality Series Monster Island (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by CURTIS HYSTAD on Unsplash (Portions of this installment previously appeared in The Hell's Half-Acre Herald, October 2001) Introduction: Welcome, folks, to another exciting evening of (theme music and opening show logo) Monster Island…
stremedius.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
St. Remedius Medical College: “More Real Than Reality TV”
The Legacy of the Classic Reality Series Monster Island (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by CURTIS HYSTAD on Unsplash (Portions of this installment previously appeared in The Hell's Half-Acre…
The Legacy of the Classic Reality Series Monster Island (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by CURTIS HYSTAD on Unsplash (Portions of this installment previously appeared in The Hell's Half-Acre…
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Ran out of space:
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Ran out of space:
Behold the wonder and mystery that are LemonPig and its allies: stremedius.com/2026/02/05/s...
St. Remedius Medical College: “The Continuum Pantheon”
The Secret Masters of the Universe And Their Bookkeeping (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) At the beginning of the universe, there was LemonPig. A…
stremedius.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Behold the wonder and mystery that are LemonPig and its allies: stremedius.com/2026/02/05/s...