Ruth
@drthemrs.bsky.social
Pharmacist, hobbyist writer, obsessive reader, geek.
Enthused by: stories (books, comics, movies, TV), the outdoors, veterans/military affairs, science, weightlifting, history.
Enthused by: stories (books, comics, movies, TV), the outdoors, veterans/military affairs, science, weightlifting, history.
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Within me are two wolves: "Subtlety is Neat" and "Loved Michael Crichton at Age 14."
All this talk about how infodumping is a neurodivergent trait—listen, we grew up reading SFF in the Nineties, OF COURSE we infodump. Y’all are lucky we’re not a full on italicized prologue.
August 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Within me are two wolves: "Subtlety is Neat" and "Loved Michael Crichton at Age 14."
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Inside you are two wolves, five sled dogs, eight Norwegian research scientists, Bennings, Norris, Palmer, Windows, Fuchs, Nauls, Blair, Garry, and Doc Copper.
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Inside you are two wolves, five sled dogs, eight Norwegian research scientists, Bennings, Norris, Palmer, Windows, Fuchs, Nauls, Blair, Garry, and Doc Copper.
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I hate suplexes. The kid performing one on mine wound up hurting himself with it. Ugh, neck injuries. Just no.
April 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I hate suplexes. The kid performing one on mine wound up hurting himself with it. Ugh, neck injuries. Just no.
High school wrestling meet, and the music is plucked from my high school CD player. Elder millennials are the A/V decision makers now. And our kids are in high school. Anyway, nice to have something to sing along to.
April 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
High school wrestling meet, and the music is plucked from my high school CD player. Elder millennials are the A/V decision makers now. And our kids are in high school. Anyway, nice to have something to sing along to.
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Ike asking Churchill why he doesn’t wear a suit before not suggesting that they cower to a maniac.
March 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ike asking Churchill why he doesn’t wear a suit before not suggesting that they cower to a maniac.
Nothing enrages me like our betrayal of allies. Nothing shames me more. So.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nothing enrages me like our betrayal of allies. Nothing shames me more. So.
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For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
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Being a writer is almost entirely about perseverance. Life is going to continuously try to keep you from writing or from getting published or from getting things made, and you just have to get in life's way and say “No.”
January 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Being a writer is almost entirely about perseverance. Life is going to continuously try to keep you from writing or from getting published or from getting things made, and you just have to get in life's way and say “No.”
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As we head into 2025, I'll be sharing 25 MEDICAL HISTORY OBJECTS starting with...
#1) 5,000-year-old prosthetic eye made of bitumen paste with lines radiating out from iris. Worn by a 6’ tall woman (possibly a priestess), found near the city of Zabol in Iran. The eye would have been painted gold.
#1) 5,000-year-old prosthetic eye made of bitumen paste with lines radiating out from iris. Worn by a 6’ tall woman (possibly a priestess), found near the city of Zabol in Iran. The eye would have been painted gold.
December 31, 2024 at 2:54 PM
As we head into 2025, I'll be sharing 25 MEDICAL HISTORY OBJECTS starting with...
#1) 5,000-year-old prosthetic eye made of bitumen paste with lines radiating out from iris. Worn by a 6’ tall woman (possibly a priestess), found near the city of Zabol in Iran. The eye would have been painted gold.
#1) 5,000-year-old prosthetic eye made of bitumen paste with lines radiating out from iris. Worn by a 6’ tall woman (possibly a priestess), found near the city of Zabol in Iran. The eye would have been painted gold.
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Lovely little Romano-British brooch in the form of a hare 😍
The artisan who made this brooch some 1,900 years ago, gave the hare a cheerful little face! Copper alloy decorated with enamel.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
The artisan who made this brooch some 1,900 years ago, gave the hare a cheerful little face! Copper alloy decorated with enamel.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
December 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Lovely little Romano-British brooch in the form of a hare 😍
The artisan who made this brooch some 1,900 years ago, gave the hare a cheerful little face! Copper alloy decorated with enamel.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
The artisan who made this brooch some 1,900 years ago, gave the hare a cheerful little face! Copper alloy decorated with enamel.
📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
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The youths need mosh education
November 10, 2024 at 11:58 PM
The youths need mosh education
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A composite image of 8 consecutive shots of a red fox jumping sequence will it is hunting a few winters ago. Hoping to be lucky enough to witness it again this year. #fox #wildlife #photography #nature #mammals
November 27, 2024 at 1:49 AM
A composite image of 8 consecutive shots of a red fox jumping sequence will it is hunting a few winters ago. Hoping to be lucky enough to witness it again this year. #fox #wildlife #photography #nature #mammals
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OMG guys I just got to see an official badge from the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon last year and I…. I cannot stop laughing. 🎈 ✈️ 😂
November 27, 2024 at 5:24 PM
OMG guys I just got to see an official badge from the mission to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon last year and I…. I cannot stop laughing. 🎈 ✈️ 😂
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I got you, introverts
November 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I got you, introverts
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'Loops Within Loops'
Here is 3 days of Solar Dynamics Observatory 171 data from October 2014. All images repaired, processed & graded with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
Here is 3 days of Solar Dynamics Observatory 171 data from October 2014. All images repaired, processed & graded with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
November 15, 2024 at 2:32 PM
'Loops Within Loops'
Here is 3 days of Solar Dynamics Observatory 171 data from October 2014. All images repaired, processed & graded with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
Here is 3 days of Solar Dynamics Observatory 171 data from October 2014. All images repaired, processed & graded with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Credit: SDO / NASA / AIA / Seán Doran
Autumn. As always, after a too-hot summer, want to go camping and hiking in the chill. But kiddo’s high school sport schedule is insanity, and I didn’t plan ahead. What to do?
Pic of camping trip last fall to tide me over.
Pic of camping trip last fall to tide me over.
November 14, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Autumn. As always, after a too-hot summer, want to go camping and hiking in the chill. But kiddo’s high school sport schedule is insanity, and I didn’t plan ahead. What to do?
Pic of camping trip last fall to tide me over.
Pic of camping trip last fall to tide me over.
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you KNOW this picture killed in 1875. people were busting the fuck up at a dog with a pipe. dogs don’t smoke
November 13, 2024 at 1:11 PM
you KNOW this picture killed in 1875. people were busting the fuck up at a dog with a pipe. dogs don’t smoke
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Trump assembling his cabinet picks:
November 14, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Trump assembling his cabinet picks:
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
This blond tart approached me in a coffee shop and gave me a kiss. A year later she owns my lap, the house, and everything in it, based on the reach of her hair.
November 11, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This blond tart approached me in a coffee shop and gave me a kiss. A year later she owns my lap, the house, and everything in it, based on the reach of her hair.
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November 7, 2024 at 3:34 PM