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Scary (they/them)
@scaryboots.bsky.social
Artist formerly known as @schrodingerskit on the bird, then @mammalofmystery. #Drag #artist, comedian, #scientist, burner, non-binary, tired. These views are extremely not those of my employer.
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YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
February 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM
I can't figure out what tags or whatever to find art and be found on here. But here is some #workinprogress #art using @lycomorpha.bsky.social 's 'Alchemical resources of the underdark' paints.
February 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Insights into my home life:

Me: I've got my hands covered in spray lacquer
I breathed in spray lacquer
Actually spray lacquer has been involved in a lot of related incidents this morning

#diy #maker
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I need Audible and Kindle to have a 'never show me harry potter' option.
For 'not supporting author who funds transphobia' reasons, but also 'i have a reading age of over 11 and require a plot which is slightly less predictable and holy' reasons.
also 'ffs if I wanted to I would have by now'
January 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
“The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.” — www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
OXIDATION IS LOSS. REDUCTION IS GAIN. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

CHEMISTRY IS RIDICULOUS.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
*affected
I am not giving them credit
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
#TIL ex-German chancellor Dr Angela Merkel was involved in refurbing the Moritzbastei in Leipzig, an old military fortification whuch is not among other things a club at the world's biggest #goth festival, Wave Gothik Treffen. Unexpected connections.
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I am perfectly capable of hating *both* Mondays and capitalism, thank you. Damn single-issue politics.
January 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Some cheering viewing: hacker Martha Root and journalists uncover the user base of 'tinder for nazis', whitedate (yes it's what it sounds like) and unmask users and organisers. Long talk about it here, others in thread.
#hacktivism #antifa

app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-h...
The Heartbreak Machine: Nazis in the Echo Chamber
WhiteDate ist eine Plattform weißer Suprematist:innen, die sich an Rassist:innen und Antisemit:innen richtet – und auf veralteter Infrast...
app.media.ccc.de
January 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
#TIL silver balls on cake are not technically food according to the FDA. The idea is they sell them and you remove them before use. Implausible, but then again. Worst case scenario if you eat a fuckton and turn blue, so maybe it's not a priority issue. www.huffpost.com/entry/silver...
Here's What'll Happen If You Eat Those Little Silver Balls On Christmas Cookies
Rumors have been flying for a century that they're poisonous.
www.huffpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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At last, scientists believe they have an answer to 'why did the Minidisc fail'
Sony’s Japanese MiniDisc ads with Jamiroquai
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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UK folks - don’t forget to check you have the meds you need for the Chrimbo period

And remember there are processes (incl. NHS 111) to get emergency supplies of repeat prescriptions

Inspired by a post from @scaryboots.bsky.social on IG
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This weekend, I uttered the phrase 'contretemps in the moshpit'.
I choose to believe they do punk Panic at the disco covers.
December 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Now we're well past the event, gonna share this birthday card I made for my niece.

It's a card and a dotcard/mini-paint set! (Didn't know if it was gonna work, verr relieved that it does 😁)
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At this point it takes more strength.of character to *not* run a half marathon for charity.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I am a professional scientist. I learnt at work most days.
Today I learnt 20% of people hate mayonnaise. www.popsci.com/mayonnaise-d... #science #TiL
Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees
A lot of Americans can’t stand mayonnaise, here’s a look at why.
www.popsci.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Halloween dress up at work today and my colleague came as a pH meter.

Yes we are big nerds, why do you ask.

#science
#halloweenScience
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Like all sentient life, I am sustained by a loose assemblage of comforting delusions.

Chief among them is the quiet belief that, eventually, ‘These Cunts’ will just fuck off of their own accord.

However, you find me now, at 1:17am, having what can only be called a crises of faith.
October 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Transcended to a new level of physicist last night when I couldn't sleep until I wrote down the answer to the equation which was bothering me
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Physicists say 'by inspection' because saying 'by playing spot the difference' would make us sound silly.
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hey @bristoluni.bsky.social , why are you hosting a talk by noted transphobe Alice Sullivan? She promoted UCL dropping Stonewall as an independent voice to help them with queer inclusion, and made UCL less trans friendly. You want more of that?
cheesegratermagazine.org/2024/01/19/t...
#trans
TERF out Transphobia: The IOE and "Academic Freedom" – The Cheese Grater Magazine
This article was awarded Best Media Piece at the 2024 Students’ Union UCL Arts Awards. Mads Brown Students have finally […]
cheesegratermagazine.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
'AWS outage' is modern desk worker 'snow day!!!'
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The hellscape that is battle-ravaged Portland.
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM