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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My suspicion is that when billionaires say "A.i." will eliminate 10 percent of jobs, they're just telegraphing their pre-existing desire and plans to cut their payroll by 10 percent and pocket the difference.
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
My suspicion is that when billionaires say "A.i." will eliminate 10 percent of jobs, they're just telegraphing their pre-existing desire and plans to cut their payroll by 10 percent and pocket the difference.
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Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
New St. Remedius Radio, on the psycher drug Chaff: stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
St. Remedius Radio: “Background Rumination”
In A Psycher’s Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, w…
stremedius.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:32 AM
New St. Remedius Radio, on the psycher drug Chaff: stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
New St. Remedius Radio, on the psycher drug Chaff: stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
St. Remedius Radio: “Background Rumination”
In A Psycher’s Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, w…
stremedius.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
New St. Remedius Radio, on the psycher drug Chaff: stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
St. Remedius Radio: “Background Rumination”
In A Psycher's Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, want the life of a certified psychic. The general onslaught of…
In A Psycher's Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, want the life of a certified psychic. The general onslaught of…
St. Remedius Radio: “Background Rumination”
In A Psycher's Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, want the life of a certified psychic. The general onslaught of psionic energies flooding Earth up and down the timestream leave even the most powerful psychers burned out young, and precious few ever have or develop abilities that reach those heady ranks.
stremedius.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:16 AM
St. Remedius Radio: “Background Rumination”
In A Psycher's Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, want the life of a certified psychic. The general onslaught of…
In A Psycher's Mind, The Quiet Moments Are The Worst (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Image by Nick Fancher via Unsplash Few, once they learn the truth, want the life of a certified psychic. The general onslaught of…
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I want to spend more time writing about the amazing fossil discoveries paleontologists are unveiling each week. So I've started a newsletter!
You can subscribe, and read the first post, right here. Welcome to The Boneyard. 🦴
You can subscribe, and read the first post, right here. Welcome to The Boneyard. 🦴
Back to the Dinosaur Den
It’s always a pleasure to meet a stegosaur, like this friend outside the Dinosaur National Monument visitor center. I felt so small next to the reptiles. Not...
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February 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I want to spend more time writing about the amazing fossil discoveries paleontologists are unveiling each week. So I've started a newsletter!
You can subscribe, and read the first post, right here. Welcome to The Boneyard. 🦴
You can subscribe, and read the first post, right here. Welcome to The Boneyard. 🦴
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Using a laser pointer to bring down a plane: illegal
Using a laser pointer to bring down a bald eagle: really weird, probably illegal
Using a laser pointer to bring down a UFO: every Nobel prize at once, solid-gold statues for Earth's Defender, annual parades 😌
Using a laser pointer to bring down a bald eagle: really weird, probably illegal
Using a laser pointer to bring down a UFO: every Nobel prize at once, solid-gold statues for Earth's Defender, annual parades 😌
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Using a laser pointer to bring down a plane: illegal
Using a laser pointer to bring down a bald eagle: really weird, probably illegal
Using a laser pointer to bring down a UFO: every Nobel prize at once, solid-gold statues for Earth's Defender, annual parades 😌
Using a laser pointer to bring down a bald eagle: really weird, probably illegal
Using a laser pointer to bring down a UFO: every Nobel prize at once, solid-gold statues for Earth's Defender, annual parades 😌
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How dare they presume to know what would dazzle a penguin.
A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in Antarctica
'Ring of fire' solar eclipse visible in Antarctica
The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its glow.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
How dare they presume to know what would dazzle a penguin.
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Early Tuesday morning, March 3, a total eclipse of the Moon will be visible from throughout North America.
Board of Trustees member @fraknoi.bsky.social has provided an information sheet to answer your most pressing questions! 🧪 🔭
Read more:
Board of Trustees member @fraknoi.bsky.social has provided an information sheet to answer your most pressing questions! 🧪 🔭
Read more:
The March 3, 2026 Total Eclipse of the Moon
An Information Sheet by Andrew Fraknoi (U. of San Francisco, Fromm Institute)
www.seti.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Early Tuesday morning, March 3, a total eclipse of the Moon will be visible from throughout North America.
Board of Trustees member @fraknoi.bsky.social has provided an information sheet to answer your most pressing questions! 🧪 🔭
Read more:
Board of Trustees member @fraknoi.bsky.social has provided an information sheet to answer your most pressing questions! 🧪 🔭
Read more:
Oh, so Microsoft plans to replace executive public masturbation with AI? Works for me.
M&Ms CEO: 'most, if not all' meals can be replaced by M&Ms within 12-18 months
Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Oh, so Microsoft plans to replace executive public masturbation with AI? Works for me.
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Premium Newsletter: AI data centers are low-margin, high-capex time bombs with low gross margins possible only in perfect circumstances, fueled by junk-grade debt. Without $100bn+ in new, non-hyperscaler demand by 2028, the majority of these loans go unpaid.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Premium Newsletter: AI data centers are low-margin, high-capex time bombs with low gross margins possible only in perfect circumstances, fueled by junk-grade debt. Without $100bn+ in new, non-hyperscaler demand by 2028, the majority of these loans go unpaid.
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For those who missed it last night: the aftermath of the St. Remedius Valentine’s On Tap event at the Perot Museum, complete with photos of some of the worst offenders. stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
St. Remedius Events: Valentines On Tap 2026 – The Aftermath
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas’s essential Superb Owl options, the first Pero…
stremedius.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
For those who missed it last night: the aftermath of the St. Remedius Valentine’s On Tap event at the Perot Museum, complete with photos of some of the worst offenders. stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
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👉 This half-term we’re inviting the public to join us in decorating thousands of fossil models, which will then be included in our Geopark In The Dark Event!
📆 Fun for all the family! Join us in Leicester, Feb 14-22.
🌐 Read more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/paint-the-pr...
📆 Fun for all the family! Join us in Leicester, Feb 14-22.
🌐 Read more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/paint-the-pr...
February 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
👉 This half-term we’re inviting the public to join us in decorating thousands of fossil models, which will then be included in our Geopark In The Dark Event!
📆 Fun for all the family! Join us in Leicester, Feb 14-22.
🌐 Read more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/paint-the-pr...
📆 Fun for all the family! Join us in Leicester, Feb 14-22.
🌐 Read more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/paint-the-pr...
New St. Remedius installment out now, on last night’s event at the Perot Museum of Nature & Science (and for the record, this is all @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 's fault): stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
St. Remedius Events: Valentines On Tap 2026 – The Aftermath
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas’s essential Superb Owl options, the first Pero…
stremedius.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
New St. Remedius installment out now, on last night’s event at the Perot Museum of Nature & Science (and for the record, this is all @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 's fault): stremedius.com/2026/02/13/s...
St. Remedius Events: Valentines On Tap 2026 – The Aftermath
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas's essential Superb Owl options, the first Perot Museum Thursdays On Tap adults-only evening…
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas's essential Superb Owl options, the first Perot Museum Thursdays On Tap adults-only evening…
St. Remedius Events: Valentines On Tap 2026 – The Aftermath
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas's essential Superb Owl options, the first Perot Museum Thursdays On Tap adults-only evening event of 2026, debuted on February 12. St. Remedius Medical College alumni and Bromley Contingent members were cordially invited to attend the festivities, which included live music, food trucks, and access to the four main levels and one sublevel of the museum.
stremedius.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
St. Remedius Events: Valentines On Tap 2026 – The Aftermath
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas's essential Superb Owl options, the first Perot Museum Thursdays On Tap adults-only evening…
Time Traveling As Fast As You Can To Stay In The Same Place (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) (One of Dallas's essential Superb Owl options, the first Perot Museum Thursdays On Tap adults-only evening…
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The seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited is out!
Using morphometrics and micro-CT data from 110 fossils and 354 extant taxa, we described 6 new genera and 6 new species, doubling fossil diversity for the nightshades!
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/tax....
@iochromaland.bsky.social
Using morphometrics and micro-CT data from 110 fossils and 354 extant taxa, we described 6 new genera and 6 new species, doubling fossil diversity for the nightshades!
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/tax....
@iochromaland.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 AM
The seed fossil record of Solanaceae revisited is out!
Using morphometrics and micro-CT data from 110 fossils and 354 extant taxa, we described 6 new genera and 6 new species, doubling fossil diversity for the nightshades!
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/tax....
@iochromaland.bsky.social
Using morphometrics and micro-CT data from 110 fossils and 354 extant taxa, we described 6 new genera and 6 new species, doubling fossil diversity for the nightshades!
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/tax....
@iochromaland.bsky.social
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
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My evil scheme to boost the "xenobiological Audubon/Barlowe's 'Expedition' adjacent art book" market footprint finally comes to fruition >:3
I have received my copies of my first ever book: 'Other Words' and it looks amazing! I have taken some photos for a /thread/ below
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
My evil scheme to boost the "xenobiological Audubon/Barlowe's 'Expedition' adjacent art book" market footprint finally comes to fruition >:3
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I have received my copies of my first ever book: 'Other Words' and it looks amazing! I have taken some photos for a /thread/ below
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I have received my copies of my first ever book: 'Other Words' and it looks amazing! I have taken some photos for a /thread/ below
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
Copies are going out to Kickstarter supporters, and you can order it here :)
#illustration #art #conceptart
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
Other Sellers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
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February 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
So...who's up for synch streaming on a particular day so we can all watch together?
ME AND WHO ME AND WHO ME AND WHOOOOO cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch On YouTube | Cord Cutters News
In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just...
cordcuttersnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
So...who's up for synch streaming on a particular day so we can all watch together?
Out at the Perot Museum in Dallas for the late-night adult-only Science On Tap event, and the gift shop is ready for anything:
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Out at the Perot Museum in Dallas for the late-night adult-only Science On Tap event, and the gift shop is ready for anything:
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Forgot to mention last week on the ranty writing blog I blathered on about working with bad directors, unnecessary camera moves, and giant robots.
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
Maximum Effort
There’s a little maxim you may have heard– work smarter, not harder. If you haven’t, what it means is some folks solution to every problem is to throw 100% of their effort at it. They’d throw 110% at ...
www.peterclines.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Forgot to mention last week on the ranty writing blog I blathered on about working with bad directors, unnecessary camera moves, and giant robots.
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
And storytelling. Also that.
Go read it before I put up a new one tomorrow!
St. Remedius Bromley Contingent shoutout: tonight in downtown Dallas, we meet at the Tenontosaurus on the fourth floor. www.perotmuseum.org/events/adult...
Valentine's on Tap - Perot Museum
www.perotmuseum.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
St. Remedius Bromley Contingent shoutout: tonight in downtown Dallas, we meet at the Tenontosaurus on the fourth floor. www.perotmuseum.org/events/adult...
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RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.