Ember
@betterthanember.bsky.social
Ember (she/her) is a proponent of science, equality (including GSM rights), freedom (including bodily autonomy), she opposes oppressive, repressive, and regressive ideologies.
BetterThanEmber.com
BetterThanEmber.com
By popular demand, in addition to the new Space Pride flag as an ACTUAL flag, I've started crafting some of the other pride flags out of real space images. I'm hoping to have something for everyone by Pride month.
Check back from time to time for new additions!
betterthanember-shop.fourthwall.com
Check back from time to time for new additions!
betterthanember-shop.fourthwall.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
By popular demand, in addition to the new Space Pride flag as an ACTUAL flag, I've started crafting some of the other pride flags out of real space images. I'm hoping to have something for everyone by Pride month.
Check back from time to time for new additions!
betterthanember-shop.fourthwall.com
Check back from time to time for new additions!
betterthanember-shop.fourthwall.com
2024: Rachel Lense created a Pride flag out of NASA pics.
2025: The incoming presidential administration deleted it.
2026: Ember tracked down the constituent images, rebuilt the composite, and added additional images to update the flag to the more inclusive, current version.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
For science!
2025: The incoming presidential administration deleted it.
2026: Ember tracked down the constituent images, rebuilt the composite, and added additional images to update the flag to the more inclusive, current version.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
For science!
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 AM
2024: Rachel Lense created a Pride flag out of NASA pics.
2025: The incoming presidential administration deleted it.
2026: Ember tracked down the constituent images, rebuilt the composite, and added additional images to update the flag to the more inclusive, current version.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
For science!
2025: The incoming presidential administration deleted it.
2026: Ember tracked down the constituent images, rebuilt the composite, and added additional images to update the flag to the more inclusive, current version.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
For science!
A scapegoat is customarily assigned blame for something they are NOT doing, so that the people who are can avoid justice.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A scapegoat is customarily assigned blame for something they are NOT doing, so that the people who are can avoid justice.
Just unsub, Donald. You don't have to cry about it.
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just unsub, Donald. You don't have to cry about it.
What do you mean the paint store doesn't sell garlic bread?
December 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What do you mean the paint store doesn't sell garlic bread?
User name interactions are purely coincidental
December 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
User name interactions are purely coincidental
The Red Hats are mad after realizing THEY are the "DEI" in universities.
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Red Hats are mad after realizing THEY are the "DEI" in universities.
I'm not sure they got enough back-and-forth to air the episode, but I'll take the W.
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I'm not sure they got enough back-and-forth to air the episode, but I'll take the W.
Remember when Conservatives understood that sometimes "at birth" isn't relevant to a person's life TODAY?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
(Prager posted this in July 2025)
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
(Prager posted this in July 2025)
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Remember when Conservatives understood that sometimes "at birth" isn't relevant to a person's life TODAY?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
(Prager posted this in July 2025)
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
(Prager posted this in July 2025)
I'm still not convinced Nancy IS biological. If it talks like a bot and posts like a bot...
I'm just saying, adding a Captcha at the entrance might go a long way to keeping women safe
I'm just saying, adding a Captcha at the entrance might go a long way to keeping women safe
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'm still not convinced Nancy IS biological. If it talks like a bot and posts like a bot...
I'm just saying, adding a Captcha at the entrance might go a long way to keeping women safe
I'm just saying, adding a Captcha at the entrance might go a long way to keeping women safe
It's wild that anybody expected anybody to be surprised.
They knew the whole time.
It was always projection. Always a scapegoat for what they were doing themselves.
And we knew that.
And they knew we knew.
#trump #maga #savethechildren
They knew the whole time.
It was always projection. Always a scapegoat for what they were doing themselves.
And we knew that.
And they knew we knew.
#trump #maga #savethechildren
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It's wild that anybody expected anybody to be surprised.
They knew the whole time.
It was always projection. Always a scapegoat for what they were doing themselves.
And we knew that.
And they knew we knew.
#trump #maga #savethechildren
They knew the whole time.
It was always projection. Always a scapegoat for what they were doing themselves.
And we knew that.
And they knew we knew.
#trump #maga #savethechildren
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/betterth...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/betterth...
The only thing unexpected was the random timing.
It was never about "principles" - modern Republicans don't even know what those are.
It was never about "principles" - modern Republicans don't even know what those are.
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The only thing unexpected was the random timing.
It was never about "principles" - modern Republicans don't even know what those are.
It was never about "principles" - modern Republicans don't even know what those are.
The Internet is healing
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Internet is healing
It's true the "researcher" screwed up the data, and that even if the graph weren't fractally wrong, that isn't what it says, and also people have a REASON to not want to be out right now... BUT, hear me out: if we give them this, maybe they'll finally leave us the hell alone.
October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's true the "researcher" screwed up the data, and that even if the graph weren't fractally wrong, that isn't what it says, and also people have a REASON to not want to be out right now... BUT, hear me out: if we give them this, maybe they'll finally leave us the hell alone.
"a student," "a journal," and a proposed edit (among other things) walk into a bar.
Pinker is spreading unverifiable rumors as "evidence."
His commitment to science is truly unfathomable.
Pinker is spreading unverifiable rumors as "evidence."
His commitment to science is truly unfathomable.
August 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"a student," "a journal," and a proposed edit (among other things) walk into a bar.
Pinker is spreading unverifiable rumors as "evidence."
His commitment to science is truly unfathomable.
Pinker is spreading unverifiable rumors as "evidence."
His commitment to science is truly unfathomable.
Hate can't win if we don't comply
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hate can't win if we don't comply
It's slow going, but it IS spreading.
Who says small creators can't change the world?
#NatCs #yourvoicematters
Who says small creators can't change the world?
#NatCs #yourvoicematters
August 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's slow going, but it IS spreading.
Who says small creators can't change the world?
#NatCs #yourvoicematters
Who says small creators can't change the world?
#NatCs #yourvoicematters
It's a long tradition!
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's a long tradition!
Because I'm TOTALLY incapable of focusing on what I'm actually supposed to be doing... I make biology memes.
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Because I'm TOTALLY incapable of focusing on what I'm actually supposed to be doing... I make biology memes.
A follower of Kent's accidentally gave me my new favorite Bible verse.
It's a BIG part of why I do what I do.
And if you'd like to help me not die so I can continue to do it, you can: gofund.me/757a6b6a
It's a BIG part of why I do what I do.
And if you'd like to help me not die so I can continue to do it, you can: gofund.me/757a6b6a
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A follower of Kent's accidentally gave me my new favorite Bible verse.
It's a BIG part of why I do what I do.
And if you'd like to help me not die so I can continue to do it, you can: gofund.me/757a6b6a
It's a BIG part of why I do what I do.
And if you'd like to help me not die so I can continue to do it, you can: gofund.me/757a6b6a
People: extraterrestrials and humans will inevitably go to war. That's what always happens when apex species encounter each other.
Me, thinking about the first time humans encountered another apex species...
Me, thinking about the first time humans encountered another apex species...
June 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
People: extraterrestrials and humans will inevitably go to war. That's what always happens when apex species encounter each other.
Me, thinking about the first time humans encountered another apex species...
Me, thinking about the first time humans encountered another apex species...
Ours cost a lot less, too.
June 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Ours cost a lot less, too.