FyrDrakken
@fyrdrakken.bsky.social
I'm into knitting, cats, reading, sci-fi/fantasy, history, archaeology, healthcare, politics, tea, gardening. Deleted my Twitter a few weeks after the Muskrat bought it and went cold turkey on social media for a year or two. She/her.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
Today we figured it out - it's not that I've had a single illness keeping me coughing for the last five or six weeks - it's that my nephew the plague rat came by with a whole new infection last week and gave it to me and Mom. Which explains how I went from improving to miserable Saturday night.
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Today we figured it out - it's not that I've had a single illness keeping me coughing for the last five or six weeks - it's that my nephew the plague rat came by with a whole new infection last week and gave it to me and Mom. Which explains how I went from improving to miserable Saturday night.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
Now is the time of darkness and slumber, of cold gloom and starlight obscured by mist.
Now is the time to arm yourself with strong tea, pajama armor, a shield of books, and to stubbornly resist the call to adventure at all costs.
Now is the time to arm yourself with strong tea, pajama armor, a shield of books, and to stubbornly resist the call to adventure at all costs.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Now is the time of darkness and slumber, of cold gloom and starlight obscured by mist.
Now is the time to arm yourself with strong tea, pajama armor, a shield of books, and to stubbornly resist the call to adventure at all costs.
Now is the time to arm yourself with strong tea, pajama armor, a shield of books, and to stubbornly resist the call to adventure at all costs.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
Reposted by FyrDrakken
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ended, sheriff's office says
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
Reposted by FyrDrakken
Reposted by FyrDrakken
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
Reposted by FyrDrakken
yup, it was on. Do not like. I unchecked the box.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
yup, it was on. Do not like. I unchecked the box.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
It was literally preferable in some school districts to imply the Roanoke settlers all starved to death, were murdered, or sucked up by UFO tractor beams than to acknowledge a local tribe went "Dang, dude. You need a hand? Come sit by the fire. BTW I think my sister likes u."
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was literally preferable in some school districts to imply the Roanoke settlers all starved to death, were murdered, or sucked up by UFO tractor beams than to acknowledge a local tribe went "Dang, dude. You need a hand? Come sit by the fire. BTW I think my sister likes u."
Reposted by FyrDrakken
I’ve never had to ask ChatGPT anything I have a phone full of autistic people with hyperfixations, I can just ask *them* about the Mayerling Incident
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’ve never had to ask ChatGPT anything I have a phone full of autistic people with hyperfixations, I can just ask *them* about the Mayerling Incident
Reposted by FyrDrakken
I will never not take the opportunity to encourage you all to watch this music video and listen to Alien Weaponry more generally
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I will never not take the opportunity to encourage you all to watch this music video and listen to Alien Weaponry more generally
Reposted by FyrDrakken
1) An administrative burden party is a brilliant idea.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
1) An administrative burden party is a brilliant idea.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
Mathematical model indicates Neanderthal disappearance can be explained by genetic dilution
phys.org/news/2025-11...
🏺
phys.org/news/2025-11...
🏺
Mathematical model indicates Neanderthal disappearance can be explained by genetic dilution
Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is mo...
phys.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Mathematical model indicates Neanderthal disappearance can be explained by genetic dilution
phys.org/news/2025-11...
🏺
phys.org/news/2025-11...
🏺
Reposted by FyrDrakken
The tech industry is about to find out how people really feel about its "move fast and break things" philosophy. "More than a dozen states where data centers are spreading fastest could face electric power emergencies under extreme conditions this winter."
E&E News: Spread of data centers raises risk of winter outages, grid monitor warns
Regions where peak electricity demand has risen quickly face the highest risks, says the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The tech industry is about to find out how people really feel about its "move fast and break things" philosophy. "More than a dozen states where data centers are spreading fastest could face electric power emergencies under extreme conditions this winter."
Reposted by FyrDrakken
"Like, you can’t just be e-mailing the most famous sex offender in the world about how you intend to use your professional position to make a woman have sex with you, & then keep that professional position, right?" QTNA by @elienyc.bsky.social
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Like, you can’t just be e-mailing the most famous sex offender in the world about how you intend to use your professional position to make a woman have sex with you, & then keep that professional position, right?" QTNA by @elienyc.bsky.social
Reposted by FyrDrakken
I love the Dropkick Murphys because "Irish-American" + "gen X" + "punk rocker who's been at it for 30 years" should be the formula for the most racist guy alive but instead Ken Casey is constantly giving interviews where he's like "fascists are demons from hell and that's where they belong"
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I love the Dropkick Murphys because "Irish-American" + "gen X" + "punk rocker who's been at it for 30 years" should be the formula for the most racist guy alive but instead Ken Casey is constantly giving interviews where he's like "fascists are demons from hell and that's where they belong"
Reposted by FyrDrakken
It’s horrid & cold & barely light out there - so warm yourselves around the glow of this Roman cavalry horse chamfron at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social based on one found in the excavations. Bronze dazzling as gilt & leather smooth as caramel, this is the accessory every little pony wants this Xmas.🎄
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s horrid & cold & barely light out there - so warm yourselves around the glow of this Roman cavalry horse chamfron at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social based on one found in the excavations. Bronze dazzling as gilt & leather smooth as caramel, this is the accessory every little pony wants this Xmas.🎄
Reposted by FyrDrakken
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
Reposted by FyrDrakken
I was immediately reminded of this baby seal who @marnanightingale.bsky.social and Ian and I still quote regularly youtu.be/PL9iMPx9CpQ?...
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I was immediately reminded of this baby seal who @marnanightingale.bsky.social and Ian and I still quote regularly youtu.be/PL9iMPx9CpQ?...
Reposted by FyrDrakken
Prison nurse sees inmates with serious health conditions being dismissed by prison staff. She brings it up with management.
She's quickly retaliated against and put in "prison jail" - sitting in a room monitoring inmate calls and emails.
Comes across comms from Ghislaine Maxwell and says fuck this.
She's quickly retaliated against and put in "prison jail" - sitting in a room monitoring inmate calls and emails.
Comes across comms from Ghislaine Maxwell and says fuck this.
There are so many people working in so many places who are quietly watching this corruption cross their desks daily, but so few willing to do what prison nurse Noella Turnage just did by sharing the receipts and accepting the consequences. What an absolute hero
www.kbtx.com/2025/11/18/f...
www.kbtx.com/2025/11/18/f...
Fired Bryan federal prison nurse says Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment — and she has the emails
Noella Turnage was fired from her job at the prison last week. On Monday, she sat down with KBTX’s Rusty Surette
www.kbtx.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Prison nurse sees inmates with serious health conditions being dismissed by prison staff. She brings it up with management.
She's quickly retaliated against and put in "prison jail" - sitting in a room monitoring inmate calls and emails.
Comes across comms from Ghislaine Maxwell and says fuck this.
She's quickly retaliated against and put in "prison jail" - sitting in a room monitoring inmate calls and emails.
Comes across comms from Ghislaine Maxwell and says fuck this.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
Reposted by FyrDrakken
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Reposted by FyrDrakken
It's that time of year! The time when deer guts start to undergo a magical transformation!
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
The Deer, They Are A-Changin'
Something magical is happening in your backyard.
jasonbittel.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's that time of year! The time when deer guts start to undergo a magical transformation!
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
(Also the time of year many well-intentioned people accidentally mess the whole thing up, leading to dead deer!)
🧪
jasonbittel.substack.com/p/the-deer-t...
Reposted by FyrDrakken
Paul Krugman only reads blogs and that is why he, unlike everyone else who has been in punditry for decades, has never lost his mind
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Paul Krugman only reads blogs and that is why he, unlike everyone else who has been in punditry for decades, has never lost his mind