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
For those who missed them last night, new St. Remedius installments are up, particularly discussing the real Superb Owl festival we’re all missing out on: stremedius.com/2026/02/10/s...
St. Remedius Medical College: “For Whom the Owl Hoots”
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any…
stremedius.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
For those who missed them last night, new St. Remedius installments are up, particularly discussing the real Superb Owl festival we’re all missing out on: stremedius.com/2026/02/10/s...
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The thing that has to be said here is that (1) this is still going on and (2) it’s actually getting worse, because the industry is producing ever more waste per barrel of oil or MMBTU of gas, because the easily accessible stuff is long gone.
For decades, Texas let drillers spread staggering amounts of radioactive and PFAS-ridden waste on the fringes of the nation’s fourth largest metro area — while making it virtually impossible for the public to know where.
Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today
Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The thing that has to be said here is that (1) this is still going on and (2) it’s actually getting worse, because the industry is producing ever more waste per barrel of oil or MMBTU of gas, because the easily accessible stuff is long gone.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you: Wilfred. A name passed down through multiple generations of Riddell eldest sons, and since I will never have kids, one that won’t be reinstated, either.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you: Angharad. Which is a lovely Welsh name but I am quite sure that it would have been a massive millstone growing up in the US and Canada in the 70s where none of the kids in the playground would know how to pronounce it.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Gwendoline
When I changed my given name 20 years ago, my father was APPALLED that I hadn't named myself Rebecca, a name he discovered in the family tree 30 years after I was born. He's not spoken to me since.
Gwendoline
When I changed my given name 20 years ago, my father was APPALLED that I hadn't named myself Rebecca, a name he discovered in the family tree 30 years after I was born. He's not spoken to me since.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you: Wilfred. A name passed down through multiple generations of Riddell eldest sons, and since I will never have kids, one that won’t be reinstated, either.
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Writers: be more like Riley Black and publicly celebrate the heck out of your honors and awards.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Writers: be more like Riley Black and publicly celebrate the heck out of your honors and awards.
Oh, boy. I have STORIES to back this up.
For decades, Texas let drillers spread staggering amounts of radioactive and PFAS-ridden waste on the fringes of the nation’s fourth largest metro area — while making it virtually impossible for the public to know where.
Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today
Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Oh, boy. I have STORIES to back this up.
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immigration.ca/claiming-can...
(for @kyloboomhauer.bsky.social in particular, but anyone else this applies to)
(for @kyloboomhauer.bsky.social in particular, but anyone else this applies to)
How to Claim Canadian Citizenship by Descent Under Canada’s New Citizenship Act Bill C-3 - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.
Learn how Canada’s new Bill C-3 restores citizenship by descent, removes the first-generation limit, and allows multigenerational claims for those born abroad.
immigration.ca
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
immigration.ca/claiming-can...
(for @kyloboomhauer.bsky.social in particular, but anyone else this applies to)
(for @kyloboomhauer.bsky.social in particular, but anyone else this applies to)
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A stunning work on the anatomy of the apical meristem in Medullosans, showing fascinating similarities with extant cycads!
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
Shoot apical meristem and initial vascular development of a late Palaeozoic spermatophyte (order Medullosales)
AbstractBackground and Aims. The medullosans are ancient spermatophytes (order Medullosales) with an unusual stem anatomy and have been studied extensively
academic.oup.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
A stunning work on the anatomy of the apical meristem in Medullosans, showing fascinating similarities with extant cycads!
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
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Sport where people compete to see who becomes the best bog mummy. 4,000 years later they are unearthed from the bog and the winner receives a special crown.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Sport where people compete to see who becomes the best bog mummy. 4,000 years later they are unearthed from the bog and the winner receives a special crown.
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It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
I guess it beats “organ donors,” but only if Palantir employees get to refer to the leadership as “Cat Piss Men.”
“Palantir leadership sometimes refers to employees as “hobbits,” after the fictional Lord of the Rings characters. “
Is not even the most fucked up thing in this story but I believe it deserves its own notice!
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Is not even the most fucked up thing in this story but I believe it deserves its own notice!
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company’s products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I guess it beats “organ donors,” but only if Palantir employees get to refer to the leadership as “Cat Piss Men.”
You want to know how good this book is? If it had existed two years ago, I never would have started the St. Remedius stories. Now, it gives me a great baseline to improve them.
Did I ever mention that @locusmag.bsky.social liked GOD'S JUNK DRAWER? I'm not sure I did, so I'm mentioning it now.
(spoiler--they think you should get a copy, too)
(spoiler--they think you should get a copy, too)
God’s Junk Drawer by Peter Clines: Review by Paul Di Filippo
God’s Junk Drawer, Peter Clines (Blackstone 979-8874830878, hardcover, 560pp, $16.99) November 2025. How can a writer compose a traditional yet contemporary “lost world” adventure these days …
locusmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:22 AM
You want to know how good this book is? If it had existed two years ago, I never would have started the St. Remedius stories. Now, it gives me a great baseline to improve them.
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Haolong is so cool
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Haolong is so cool
On an individual note, the expectation is to write 100 new St. Remedius installments in 2026. The hope is to write 200 by New Year's Eve, with a grand total of 400. Right now that grand total is 225, and I've got a LOT more rolling around in my head, so hang on for more hijinx. stremedius.com
The Annals of St. Remedius Medical College
Defining "Exonormal" Since 1630
stremedius.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 AM
On an individual note, the expectation is to write 100 new St. Remedius installments in 2026. The hope is to write 200 by New Year's Eve, with a grand total of 400. Right now that grand total is 225, and I've got a LOT more rolling around in my head, so hang on for more hijinx. stremedius.com
New St. Remedius installment: The Superbowl was Sunday, but Superb Owl, celebrated correctly, goes on all week. stremedius.com/2026/02/10/s...
St. Remedius Medical College: “For Whom the Owl Hoots”
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any…
stremedius.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
New St. Remedius installment: The Superbowl was Sunday, but Superb Owl, celebrated correctly, goes on all week. stremedius.com/2026/02/10/s...
St. Remedius Medical College: “For Whom the Owl Hoots”
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how…
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how…
St. Remedius Medical College: “For Whom the Owl Hoots”
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how obscure, into an excuse for a majority of its citizenry to drink themselves into comas. St.
stremedius.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 AM
St. Remedius Medical College: “For Whom the Owl Hoots”
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how…
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how…
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for liquid water, with temperatures around a mild 20°C. Mars isn’t always as “horrendous” as we think!
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
for liquid water, with temperatures around a mild 20°C. Mars isn’t always as “horrendous” as we think!
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Did you know there’s a crater on Mars deep enough to swallow Mount Everest whole? 🧐😎💙
Brian Cox explains that the Hellas crater is so massive that Everest’s summit wouldn’t even reach its rim! Because it’s so deep, the atmospheric pressure at the bottom is high enough to occasionally allow
Brian Cox explains that the Hellas crater is so massive that Everest’s summit wouldn’t even reach its rim! Because it’s so deep, the atmospheric pressure at the bottom is high enough to occasionally allow
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Did you know there’s a crater on Mars deep enough to swallow Mount Everest whole? 🧐😎💙
Brian Cox explains that the Hellas crater is so massive that Everest’s summit wouldn’t even reach its rim! Because it’s so deep, the atmospheric pressure at the bottom is high enough to occasionally allow
Brian Cox explains that the Hellas crater is so massive that Everest’s summit wouldn’t even reach its rim! Because it’s so deep, the atmospheric pressure at the bottom is high enough to occasionally allow
For those who missed it, a new St. Remedius installment, and another on the way: stremedius.com/2026/02/10/s...
St. Remedius Medical College: “The Abstractions of Fowl”
When Avian Dinosaurs Choose To Talk Back (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Photo by Robin Teng on Unsplash Some birds had hidden messages thrust upon their calls…
stremedius.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
For those who missed it, a new St. Remedius installment, and another on the way: stremedius.com/2026/02/10/s...
Reposted by Paul Riddell
THIS IS MY BUTLERIAN JIHAD HAMMER
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT
BUT THIS ONE IS MINE
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT
BUT THIS ONE IS MINE
October 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
THIS IS MY BUTLERIAN JIHAD HAMMER
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT
BUT THIS ONE IS MINE
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT
BUT THIS ONE IS MINE
What I'm wearing to the Bluesky Valentine's Day Ball. What about you?
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 AM
What I'm wearing to the Bluesky Valentine's Day Ball. What about you?
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Archaeocursor asiaticus for #DrawDinosDaily here taking a sit-down from all the running. I added the little head portrait after I decided I wanted to get deeper into speculative head wattles for this guy. Ornamentation like that is common in modern cursorial birds.
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Archaeocursor asiaticus for #DrawDinosDaily here taking a sit-down from all the running. I added the little head portrait after I decided I wanted to get deeper into speculative head wattles for this guy. Ornamentation like that is common in modern cursorial birds.
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
🎨🪶 #SciArt #PaleoArt
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That Ring camera police state surveillance ad may have been the most expensive way to drive away customer sales seen since New Coke was launched.
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
That Ring camera police state surveillance ad may have been the most expensive way to drive away customer sales seen since New Coke was launched.
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everyone with an IQ above paste could have predicted this would happen: anyway; these Meta glasses are ontologically evil and anyone who wears them is a creeping blood-worm who should be chased from society with stones and sharp sticks
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
everyone with an IQ above paste could have predicted this would happen: anyway; these Meta glasses are ontologically evil and anyone who wears them is a creeping blood-worm who should be chased from society with stones and sharp sticks
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This made my brain hurt as I desperately searched for evidence that it was an Onion story. It is not.
Inspiring: RFK Jr's nutrition chatbot recommends the best foods to insert into your rectum.
“Start — whole peeled carrot, straight shaft, narrow end for insertion, wider crown end as base.”
www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...
“Start — whole peeled carrot, straight shaft, narrow end for insertion, wider crown end as base.”
www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutr...
RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum
Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This made my brain hurt as I desperately searched for evidence that it was an Onion story. It is not.