Gamma_Liz
@gammaliz.bsky.social
She/They. Astrophysicist, Scuba Diver, and Ballroom Dancer - I do science, underwater and with rhythm. My thoughts/words are my own.
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Post-convention blues can hit hard, especially combined with the holiday season ramping up this week. If you were at #PAXU or the ST TREK CHI con, or any other con, read this from @takethis.org
www.takethis.org/2017/09/how-...
www.takethis.org/2017/09/how-...
How to Handle Con Crash Like a Pro - Take This
You waited for your favorite con all year. You followed it on Twitter and Facebook. You had three screens ready to rapidly refresh and get your tickets as soon as…
www.takethis.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Post-convention blues can hit hard, especially combined with the holiday season ramping up this week. If you were at #PAXU or the ST TREK CHI con, or any other con, read this from @takethis.org
www.takethis.org/2017/09/how-...
www.takethis.org/2017/09/how-...
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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Hey Seattle friends, take a minute to click this link & make sure your vote got counted! The mayoral election is gonna be CLOSE, like possibly a-few-dozen-votes close
This race could very easily be decided by challenged ballots. Use this link to track your ballot, and remind your friends and family to do the same: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hey Seattle friends, take a minute to click this link & make sure your vote got counted! The mayoral election is gonna be CLOSE, like possibly a-few-dozen-votes close
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America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode
October 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode
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Happy to announce that I'll be moderating a panel on how to run your first game for your friends, with @urbanbohemian.com @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @damphyr.com @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social and @gammaliz.bsky.social
11/22 12-1 PM in the Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)
#PAXUnplugged
11/22 12-1 PM in the Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)
#PAXUnplugged
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Happy to announce that I'll be moderating a panel on how to run your first game for your friends, with @urbanbohemian.com @thecandacemarie.bsky.social @damphyr.com @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social and @gammaliz.bsky.social
11/22 12-1 PM in the Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)
#PAXUnplugged
11/22 12-1 PM in the Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)
#PAXUnplugged
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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The doc giving me the PreP shot this morning:
"Once they've completely dismantled trans healthcare and women's right, you bet you're [people taking PreP] next on the list"
And I think a lot of queer cis men haven't sat with that yet
"Once they've completely dismantled trans healthcare and women's right, you bet you're [people taking PreP] next on the list"
And I think a lot of queer cis men haven't sat with that yet
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The doc giving me the PreP shot this morning:
"Once they've completely dismantled trans healthcare and women's right, you bet you're [people taking PreP] next on the list"
And I think a lot of queer cis men haven't sat with that yet
"Once they've completely dismantled trans healthcare and women's right, you bet you're [people taking PreP] next on the list"
And I think a lot of queer cis men haven't sat with that yet
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Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey unboxing the Limited Deluxe 3CD+Blu-ray Artbook including additional ‘Live in North America’ CD & 36-page booklet for their upcoming release BEAT LIVE.
youtu.be/cJ4MuyCpPjQ
youtu.be/cJ4MuyCpPjQ
September 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey unboxing the Limited Deluxe 3CD+Blu-ray Artbook including additional ‘Live in North America’ CD & 36-page booklet for their upcoming release BEAT LIVE.
youtu.be/cJ4MuyCpPjQ
youtu.be/cJ4MuyCpPjQ
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Get off TikTok
Get your friends off TikTok
What Musks Twitter did to the election in 2024 will look like childs play compared to what a Trump controlled TikTok will do in the next two elections
The best time to peel away from it was when this all started but the second best time is right now
Get your friends off TikTok
What Musks Twitter did to the election in 2024 will look like childs play compared to what a Trump controlled TikTok will do in the next two elections
The best time to peel away from it was when this all started but the second best time is right now
September 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Get off TikTok
Get your friends off TikTok
What Musks Twitter did to the election in 2024 will look like childs play compared to what a Trump controlled TikTok will do in the next two elections
The best time to peel away from it was when this all started but the second best time is right now
Get your friends off TikTok
What Musks Twitter did to the election in 2024 will look like childs play compared to what a Trump controlled TikTok will do in the next two elections
The best time to peel away from it was when this all started but the second best time is right now
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Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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I have felt sick to my stomach all day about this horrific news, and it has yet to be covered by MSM, or even acknowledged by the WH.
🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
⏰ NOW.
‼️‼️‼️
🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
⏰ NOW.
‼️‼️‼️
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I have felt sick to my stomach all day about this horrific news, and it has yet to be covered by MSM, or even acknowledged by the WH.
🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
⏰ NOW.
‼️‼️‼️
🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
⏰ NOW.
‼️‼️‼️
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
September 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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Part of what makes this administration’s behavior and actions such a marked departure from past American administrations is that, previously, one wouldn’t worry about reprisals from one’s own government for one’s words. That is no longer true. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/on-watchin...
On Watching My Mouth
Self-censorship in the age of Trump
michaelianblack.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Part of what makes this administration’s behavior and actions such a marked departure from past American administrations is that, previously, one wouldn’t worry about reprisals from one’s own government for one’s words. That is no longer true. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/on-watchin...
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News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.
September 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.
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This is wild, the Reuters reporting implies all the claims are completely fabricated.
“.. The document appears to counter other documentation that Cook’s critics have cited in support of their claims that she committed mortgage fraud ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is wild, the Reuters reporting implies all the claims are completely fabricated.
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China bought a record amount of soybeans… NONE from the U.S. 😔
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
China bought a record amount of soybeans… NONE from the U.S. 😔
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trump’s trade war(s), we’ve lost the market and they’re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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I have a lot, but think about this one often
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I have a lot, but think about this one often
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I think it is scummy to screenshot someone's work and not link to them. Everybody sign up to support www.the-downballot.com!!
Another huge special election overperformance for Democrats last night, who are running 15.7% ahead of Harris this year in specials.
I'm resolving to be more constructive and less trolly in my engagement with the Bluesky audience. This is a topic where folks should consider the implications.
I'm resolving to be more constructive and less trolly in my engagement with the Bluesky audience. This is a topic where folks should consider the implications.
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I think it is scummy to screenshot someone's work and not link to them. Everybody sign up to support www.the-downballot.com!!
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Rather than discuss Blueskyism, I think we’re due for a discussion of Xism.
There is a strata of political and media elites who act as if we’re still operating in a democracy. It requires a level of denial that’s incredibly dangerous and ignores the reality of authoritarianism.
That’s Xism.
There is a strata of political and media elites who act as if we’re still operating in a democracy. It requires a level of denial that’s incredibly dangerous and ignores the reality of authoritarianism.
That’s Xism.
September 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Rather than discuss Blueskyism, I think we’re due for a discussion of Xism.
There is a strata of political and media elites who act as if we’re still operating in a democracy. It requires a level of denial that’s incredibly dangerous and ignores the reality of authoritarianism.
That’s Xism.
There is a strata of political and media elites who act as if we’re still operating in a democracy. It requires a level of denial that’s incredibly dangerous and ignores the reality of authoritarianism.
That’s Xism.