Alix Hui
@alixhui.bsky.social
Historian of science, environment, sound, and silence. Raising small kids through covid. Pie hobbyist. The Johnny Appleseed of googly-eyes.
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
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“Search history,” a poem (by me)
How to prepare duck breast
In the fall of democracy,
And protect overwintering bees
And immigrants.
De-icing your freezer
And town square,
And saying what you mean
To get a knee off your chest.
Six ways to make casserole
Without health insurance.
(Cont)
How to prepare duck breast
In the fall of democracy,
And protect overwintering bees
And immigrants.
De-icing your freezer
And town square,
And saying what you mean
To get a knee off your chest.
Six ways to make casserole
Without health insurance.
(Cont)
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
“Search history,” a poem (by me)
How to prepare duck breast
In the fall of democracy,
And protect overwintering bees
And immigrants.
De-icing your freezer
And town square,
And saying what you mean
To get a knee off your chest.
Six ways to make casserole
Without health insurance.
(Cont)
How to prepare duck breast
In the fall of democracy,
And protect overwintering bees
And immigrants.
De-icing your freezer
And town square,
And saying what you mean
To get a knee off your chest.
Six ways to make casserole
Without health insurance.
(Cont)
Having spent half my life nearish the ocean, I now find this landlocked phenomenon of 40-degree (Fahrenheit!)-temperature-drop days to be downright thrilling. I have multiple weather apps open just to cheer on the thermometer. Gogogogo! I want to make soup!
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Having spent half my life nearish the ocean, I now find this landlocked phenomenon of 40-degree (Fahrenheit!)-temperature-drop days to be downright thrilling. I have multiple weather apps open just to cheer on the thermometer. Gogogogo! I want to make soup!
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
So I guess this is also my favorite Bill Gates story.
My favorite Ted Porter story is the time he found an old ranking of all the high school students in the state of Washington, ranked by aptitude and taped it to his office door for several months. Ranked third was a William Gates, carefully underlined by ballpoint pen. 1/2 #histsci
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
So I guess this is also my favorite Bill Gates story.
My favorite Ted Porter story is the time he found an old ranking of all the high school students in the state of Washington, ranked by aptitude and taped it to his office door for several months. Ranked third was a William Gates, carefully underlined by ballpoint pen. 1/2 #histsci
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My favorite Ted Porter story is the time he found an old ranking of all the high school students in the state of Washington, ranked by aptitude and taped it to his office door for several months. Ranked third was a William Gates, carefully underlined by ballpoint pen. 1/2 #histsci
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I got a letter from the government
the other day
I opened and read it
it said
you get free electricity
the other day
I opened and read it
it said
you get free electricity
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I got a letter from the government
the other day
I opened and read it
it said
you get free electricity
the other day
I opened and read it
it said
you get free electricity
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BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
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Pretty grateful to our featured sticker artist, Ida for her joyful mermaid!
Couldn’t vote today but did just receive 100s of these promotional stickers @emilypawley.bsky.social and I had made for our forthcoming supernova of a collaborative book. If you’re at HSS in a couple weeks, I’ll give you one! Or stick it on you when you’re not looking! #histsci #envhum #envhist
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Pretty grateful to our featured sticker artist, Ida for her joyful mermaid!
Couldn’t vote today but did just receive 100s of these promotional stickers @emilypawley.bsky.social and I had made for our forthcoming supernova of a collaborative book. If you’re at HSS in a couple weeks, I’ll give you one! Or stick it on you when you’re not looking! #histsci #envhum #envhist
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Couldn’t vote today but did just receive 100s of these promotional stickers @emilypawley.bsky.social and I had made for our forthcoming supernova of a collaborative book. If you’re at HSS in a couple weeks, I’ll give you one! Or stick it on you when you’re not looking! #histsci #envhum #envhist
My second science job as a summer undergraduate intern was here working on the IMAGE spacecraft. It went silent in 2005 but then was found again in 2018!
My first science job was as a summer undergraduate intern here working on the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite.
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My second science job as a summer undergraduate intern was here working on the IMAGE spacecraft. It went silent in 2005 but then was found again in 2018!
I have a pet theory that flight attendants, who spend their workdays in a state of emotional and physical restraint, fitting all the cups and condiments and passengers into tight spaces, go home and just fling stuff everywhere. 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I have a pet theory that flight attendants, who spend their workdays in a state of emotional and physical restraint, fitting all the cups and condiments and passengers into tight spaces, go home and just fling stuff everywhere. 1/3
Woooo, out doing recon for tomorrow’s community art workshop on… panoptic mapmaking?
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Woooo, out doing recon for tomorrow’s community art workshop on… panoptic mapmaking?
Back on the Metro, eyes peeled for my Nutella colonel.
Am in DC for a few days for the GSA. Was ambivalent about seeing the city I used to adore so changed. Made and held eye-contact tonight with an USAF officer (LOTS of stripes/badges/flair?) that was riding in one of the sideways seats with the biggest container of Nutella I’ve ever seen next to him.
September 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Back on the Metro, eyes peeled for my Nutella colonel.
Am in DC for a few days for the GSA. Was ambivalent about seeing the city I used to adore so changed. Made and held eye-contact tonight with an USAF officer (LOTS of stripes/badges/flair?) that was riding in one of the sideways seats with the biggest container of Nutella I’ve ever seen next to him.
September 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Am in DC for a few days for the GSA. Was ambivalent about seeing the city I used to adore so changed. Made and held eye-contact tonight with an USAF officer (LOTS of stripes/badges/flair?) that was riding in one of the sideways seats with the biggest container of Nutella I’ve ever seen next to him.
Before I go dark on Bluesky for a bit (returning to MS), sharing some heartwarming tidbits I collected in LA this week: First, my Doktorvater’s goldfish survived the Palisades fire in his little pond, soot and all. Second, my niece’s school sings Felix Navidad in Mandarin at their holiday pageant.
September 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Before I go dark on Bluesky for a bit (returning to MS), sharing some heartwarming tidbits I collected in LA this week: First, my Doktorvater’s goldfish survived the Palisades fire in his little pond, soot and all. Second, my niece’s school sings Felix Navidad in Mandarin at their holiday pageant.
Heading back to the severed floor/Mississippi today, so doomscrolling all the Bluesky I can for the next several hours.
September 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Heading back to the severed floor/Mississippi today, so doomscrolling all the Bluesky I can for the next several hours.
Already having a tough day so thought I’d cheer myself up by working on archive requests for my Monday visit. Searched “LA civilian defense” in the hopes of finding some information on the siren infrastructure but the first several hits are civilian exclusion orders targeting Japanese Americans.
September 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Already having a tough day so thought I’d cheer myself up by working on archive requests for my Monday visit. Searched “LA civilian defense” in the hopes of finding some information on the siren infrastructure but the first several hits are civilian exclusion orders targeting Japanese Americans.
Everything is terrible and terrifying so instead of finishing my guest lecture slides, I’m trying to write a limerick about it. Any suggestions on words that rhyme epistemology? Yellow-eyed vireo?
September 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Everything is terrible and terrifying so instead of finishing my guest lecture slides, I’m trying to write a limerick about it. Any suggestions on words that rhyme epistemology? Yellow-eyed vireo?
Just touched down in ATL and popped open Bluesky for the first time in 12 days - been locked out because Mississippi. What’s been going on? Anything happen?
September 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Just touched down in ATL and popped open Bluesky for the first time in 12 days - been locked out because Mississippi. What’s been going on? Anything happen?
I’m at a tucked away, very mediocre concourse restaurant where they serve the only chickenless salad (desirable) in the whole airport. They are blasting Boyz II Men and multiple people, servers and patrons, have stopped everything to sing along. ATL is amazing in unexpected ways.
August 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m at a tucked away, very mediocre concourse restaurant where they serve the only chickenless salad (desirable) in the whole airport. They are blasting Boyz II Men and multiple people, servers and patrons, have stopped everything to sing along. ATL is amazing in unexpected ways.
One of the more adorable language hiccups my son used to have was mishearing and misremembering cuttlefish so that he called them snugglefish.
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
One of the more adorable language hiccups my son used to have was mishearing and misremembering cuttlefish so that he called them snugglefish.
Attended the opening reception for the "IQ: Hva forteller testene?" exhibit at the Univ. of Oslo Historical Museum this evening. Lots of good material on the history of intelligence testing, my favorite being the cheerful diagnostic toys. The opening quotes were a bit of an emotional rollercoaster.
August 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Attended the opening reception for the "IQ: Hva forteller testene?" exhibit at the Univ. of Oslo Historical Museum this evening. Lots of good material on the history of intelligence testing, my favorite being the cheerful diagnostic toys. The opening quotes were a bit of an emotional rollercoaster.
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I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
An imprecise ranking of the top five things that happened to me today:
1. Waking up in a charmingly restored 1803 Jakstuga on the edge of the forest outside of Stockholm.
1. Waking up in a charmingly restored 1803 Jakstuga on the edge of the forest outside of Stockholm.
August 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An imprecise ranking of the top five things that happened to me today:
1. Waking up in a charmingly restored 1803 Jakstuga on the edge of the forest outside of Stockholm.
1. Waking up in a charmingly restored 1803 Jakstuga on the edge of the forest outside of Stockholm.