Dr Kat Day (she/her)
@chronicleflask.katday.com
Science & Fiction editor/writer. Chemistry PhD ⚛️ Writer: The Crash Course Organic Chemistry & various DK science books 🧪 Deputy Editor at PseudoPod 🦑 Short fiction https://thefictionphial.wordpress.com 🖊️
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Maybe I STARTED OUT made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but now I’m made of coffee, capsicum, obstreperousness and dark stories.
Bone marrow biopsy today. It was not that bad, as medical procedures go. The nurse and doctor were very good and the gas and air was actually quite nice 😆
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bone marrow biopsy today. It was not that bad, as medical procedures go. The nurse and doctor were very good and the gas and air was actually quite nice 😆
A copper I used to know once told me that criminals often fall asleep in a chair once they’ve been caught or know it’s inevitable.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A copper I used to know once told me that criminals often fall asleep in a chair once they’ve been caught or know it’s inevitable.
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This meeting could have been an email.
Even better, it could have been summarized on ink stained parchment, rolled up into a tube made of ancient bone, and delivered by a witch trained raven, still smelling of sulpher and malice.
Even better, it could have been summarized on ink stained parchment, rolled up into a tube made of ancient bone, and delivered by a witch trained raven, still smelling of sulpher and malice.
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This meeting could have been an email.
Even better, it could have been summarized on ink stained parchment, rolled up into a tube made of ancient bone, and delivered by a witch trained raven, still smelling of sulpher and malice.
Even better, it could have been summarized on ink stained parchment, rolled up into a tube made of ancient bone, and delivered by a witch trained raven, still smelling of sulpher and malice.
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If you ever see a mantis, spider, or other predatory bug with prey (like this mantis with a bee), look closer and you may spot tiny jackal flies, aka freeloader flies (family Milichiidae), gleaning food while carefully avoiding becoming part of the meal themselves. (Two are visible here). #Bugsky 🐙🌿
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you ever see a mantis, spider, or other predatory bug with prey (like this mantis with a bee), look closer and you may spot tiny jackal flies, aka freeloader flies (family Milichiidae), gleaning food while carefully avoiding becoming part of the meal themselves. (Two are visible here). #Bugsky 🐙🌿
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biblioklept | noun | one that steals books
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
biblioklept | noun | one that steals books
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There was a lot of gossip. Not because they were both very old, and famous. Not only because both used the same pronouns. Mostly because they were different species.
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There was a lot of gossip. Not because they were both very old, and famous. Not only because both used the same pronouns. Mostly because they were different species.
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
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Nov 12th - The Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightning, George decked Biff and saved Lorraine, Marty travelled Back to the Future.
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Nov 12th - The Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightning, George decked Biff and saved Lorraine, Marty travelled Back to the Future.
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 12th is the day of the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance in #BackToTheFuture. Fight for your values, stand up to bullies, and hold on to those you love 🩵
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
November 12th is the day of the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance in #BackToTheFuture. Fight for your values, stand up to bullies, and hold on to those you love 🩵
Heh, one for me today!
Minute Cryptic - 12 November, 2025
"Rouse ancestors holding one of these?" (6)
⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 1 hints – 1 under the community par (30,550 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic - 12 November, 2025
"Rouse ancestors holding one of these?" (6)
⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 1 hints – 1 under the community par (30,550 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
www.minutecryptic.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Heh, one for me today!
Minute Cryptic - 12 November, 2025
"Rouse ancestors holding one of these?" (6)
⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 1 hints – 1 under the community par (30,550 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
Minute Cryptic - 12 November, 2025
"Rouse ancestors holding one of these?" (6)
⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 1 hints – 1 under the community par (30,550 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
I had a second shingles vaccine today. I was optimistic this wouldn’t be as bad as the first one, because surely my immune system has met this before now, right, right?
Reader: ah, such naivety. It actually felt like being deep-fried and then dropped into a snowstorm somewhere around 70° North.
Reader: ah, such naivety. It actually felt like being deep-fried and then dropped into a snowstorm somewhere around 70° North.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I had a second shingles vaccine today. I was optimistic this wouldn’t be as bad as the first one, because surely my immune system has met this before now, right, right?
Reader: ah, such naivety. It actually felt like being deep-fried and then dropped into a snowstorm somewhere around 70° North.
Reader: ah, such naivety. It actually felt like being deep-fried and then dropped into a snowstorm somewhere around 70° North.
Musk: We’re going to give criminals a robot that follows them around to make sure they don’t do crimes
SF writer, making notes: Mmhm, mmhm. Go on, go on
SF writer, making notes: Mmhm, mmhm. Go on, go on
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Musk: We’re going to give criminals a robot that follows them around to make sure they don’t do crimes
SF writer, making notes: Mmhm, mmhm. Go on, go on
SF writer, making notes: Mmhm, mmhm. Go on, go on
All right, fess up. Who broke the search function this time?
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
All right, fess up. Who broke the search function this time?
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
I recently deleted a chunk of muted words and phrases and goodness me, that was a mistake. My feed was *unbearable* for a minute there.
Anyway, regular reminder that mute is really good here and you can, and should, mute anything and everything that’s upsetting you. There’s no shame.
Anyway, regular reminder that mute is really good here and you can, and should, mute anything and everything that’s upsetting you. There’s no shame.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I recently deleted a chunk of muted words and phrases and goodness me, that was a mistake. My feed was *unbearable* for a minute there.
Anyway, regular reminder that mute is really good here and you can, and should, mute anything and everything that’s upsetting you. There’s no shame.
Anyway, regular reminder that mute is really good here and you can, and should, mute anything and everything that’s upsetting you. There’s no shame.
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That’s what you get when you listen to PseudoPod!
Your daily fortune:
Adventure might be waiting around every corner, but so may an octopus with knives.
Adventure might be waiting around every corner, but so may an octopus with knives.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
That’s what you get when you listen to PseudoPod!
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Therapist: So what brings you in today?
Me: I’ve never truly gotten over the loss of Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie, Steve Irwin, and George Michael.
Therapist: Oh dear. Let me put on the kettle.
Me: I’ve never truly gotten over the loss of Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie, Steve Irwin, and George Michael.
Therapist: Oh dear. Let me put on the kettle.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Therapist: So what brings you in today?
Me: I’ve never truly gotten over the loss of Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie, Steve Irwin, and George Michael.
Therapist: Oh dear. Let me put on the kettle.
Me: I’ve never truly gotten over the loss of Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie, Steve Irwin, and George Michael.
Therapist: Oh dear. Let me put on the kettle.
One for colouring fans: we've recently discovered Kalea's Kolors in the iOS app store. It's £9.99 but that's a one-off fee, no subscription, and it includes lots of 3D models to colour, PLUS there's an AR mode which displays your coloured models on a nearby surface for you. Kids are loving it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One for colouring fans: we've recently discovered Kalea's Kolors in the iOS app store. It's £9.99 but that's a one-off fee, no subscription, and it includes lots of 3D models to colour, PLUS there's an AR mode which displays your coloured models on a nearby surface for you. Kids are loving it.
This is genuinely funny and you should watch it.
(Anyone got a link for the full talk to hand?)
(Anyone got a link for the full talk to hand?)
The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is genuinely funny and you should watch it.
(Anyone got a link for the full talk to hand?)
(Anyone got a link for the full talk to hand?)
We will remember them ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We will remember them ❤️
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Poppies are a symbol of remembrance on Armistice Day. Did you know that some poppies are also the source of powerful opioid painkillers?
Find out more in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2020/11/11/p...
#ChemSky 🧪
Find out more in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2020/11/11/p...
#ChemSky 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Poppies are a symbol of remembrance on Armistice Day. Did you know that some poppies are also the source of powerful opioid painkillers?
Find out more in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2020/11/11/p...
#ChemSky 🧪
Find out more in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2020/11/11/p...
#ChemSky 🧪
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Was lovely to speak with Dr Uy Hoang - who has uploaded over 300,000 photos of the UK's canals and rivers to Google Street View and is ninth in the world by number of uploads - for this piece. www.londonworld.com/news/people/...
I’m mapping Britain for Google on foot - I’ve taken 300,000 snaps over 10 years
Watch as Dr Uy Hoang from London discusses how he’s mapping Britain's waterways, having covered at least 75% of the nation's canal network so far.
www.londonworld.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Was lovely to speak with Dr Uy Hoang - who has uploaded over 300,000 photos of the UK's canals and rivers to Google Street View and is ninth in the world by number of uploads - for this piece. www.londonworld.com/news/people/...
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I may have to retire, because Eric Idle just quoted me with a Monty Python joke. What a strange and beautiful world.
Yellow. No blue.
Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I may have to retire, because Eric Idle just quoted me with a Monty Python joke. What a strange and beautiful world.
Huh. I recognise that guy.
Regina Pessoa, award winning Portuguese artist and animator #WomensArt
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Huh. I recognise that guy.
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Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!