Kiya Kersh, MSci, MBA, EMT 🧪
@kiyakersh.bsky.social
Lecturer, Chem & Biochem @CalPolyPomona | make-engage-transform | Inventor, bio ways of making Essential Meds | Entheogenic Iconoclast | Live fully, have fun, resist tyranny #NoBinary #Femme
as if Montezuma never told Cortés that gold was merely the excrement of the gods
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
as if Montezuma never told Cortés that gold was merely the excrement of the gods
(Hunters Point) About 2000 grams of plutonium-239, a highly radioactive material and one of the most lethal substances on the planet, is estimated to be there, per a report provided to the EPA by nuclear experts on failures in the site’s clean-up.
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
(Hunters Point) About 2000 grams of plutonium-239, a highly radioactive material and one of the most lethal substances on the planet, is estimated to be there, per a report provided to the EPA by nuclear experts on failures in the site’s clean-up.
Snow on Mt San Antonio, Fall 2025
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Snow on Mt San Antonio, Fall 2025
November 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#spacejunk A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old, primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end of their missions.
October 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#spacejunk A new listing of the 50 most concerning pieces of space debris in low-Earth orbit is dominated by relics more than a quarter-century old, primarily dead rockets left to hurtle through space at the end of their missions.
Writing again
"Sloppy systems sucked me into painful clashes on my way back to the land of the living
I Really Just Wanted My Life Back"
Catch up with me, or get to know what I won't be talking about here, unless you ask about it
open.substack.com/pub/kiyakers...
"Sloppy systems sucked me into painful clashes on my way back to the land of the living
I Really Just Wanted My Life Back"
Catch up with me, or get to know what I won't be talking about here, unless you ask about it
open.substack.com/pub/kiyakers...
August 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Writing again
"Sloppy systems sucked me into painful clashes on my way back to the land of the living
I Really Just Wanted My Life Back"
Catch up with me, or get to know what I won't be talking about here, unless you ask about it
open.substack.com/pub/kiyakers...
"Sloppy systems sucked me into painful clashes on my way back to the land of the living
I Really Just Wanted My Life Back"
Catch up with me, or get to know what I won't be talking about here, unless you ask about it
open.substack.com/pub/kiyakers...
The ultimate tragedy of the moment: I missed CatCon, last weekend!!!
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The ultimate tragedy of the moment: I missed CatCon, last weekend!!!
The whole article:
Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making — $1 trillion in cuts by 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making — $1 trillion in cuts by 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The whole article:
Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making — $1 trillion in cuts by 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making — $1 trillion in cuts by 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I did not have the means to attend in 2023, but I took a couple pictures at the plenary, here they are.
June 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I did not have the means to attend in 2023, but I took a couple pictures at the plenary, here they are.
Okay, feels good to be listening to brown and Black queer (don't say psychedelic) voices in this session!
June 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Okay, feels good to be listening to brown and Black queer (don't say psychedelic) voices in this session!
Moments ago, I was turned away from the one of the sessions supposedly about inclusion! They said they were over-capacity, but they had just let a bunch of people out!
I want to keep a neutral attitude.
#psysci2025
I want to keep a neutral attitude.
#psysci2025
June 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Moments ago, I was turned away from the one of the sessions supposedly about inclusion! They said they were over-capacity, but they had just let a bunch of people out!
I want to keep a neutral attitude.
#psysci2025
I want to keep a neutral attitude.
#psysci2025
I asked what this might look like to the psychedelic mind.
Here’s one artist rendition: a viral capsid made of self-loving, helically woven dreams.
From here, life looks like an algorithm of emergence.
Here’s one artist rendition: a viral capsid made of self-loving, helically woven dreams.
From here, life looks like an algorithm of emergence.
June 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I asked what this might look like to the psychedelic mind.
Here’s one artist rendition: a viral capsid made of self-loving, helically woven dreams.
From here, life looks like an algorithm of emergence.
Here’s one artist rendition: a viral capsid made of self-loving, helically woven dreams.
From here, life looks like an algorithm of emergence.
Just like another Sith we weren't looking for
May 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just like another Sith we weren't looking for
I'm a technology developer, aspiring clinician (EMT to ?!), invented synbio / biobased MDMA, enzyme engineering may be where I get my Nobel, vibe coder, and immersive / animation production manager.
Product + Engagement + Quality, is All.
(In the spirit of Last Kingdom's "Destiny is all!")
Product + Engagement + Quality, is All.
(In the spirit of Last Kingdom's "Destiny is all!")
May 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm a technology developer, aspiring clinician (EMT to ?!), invented synbio / biobased MDMA, enzyme engineering may be where I get my Nobel, vibe coder, and immersive / animation production manager.
Product + Engagement + Quality, is All.
(In the spirit of Last Kingdom's "Destiny is all!")
Product + Engagement + Quality, is All.
(In the spirit of Last Kingdom's "Destiny is all!")
The kerning on the Pope's tomb is really an actual travesty.
My junior high school self is facepalming, because she could have and would have done a better job.
I was in junior high in 1990, as I recall. I used Fontographer, Photoshop 1.0, and Illustrator. I'm not sure how I got those copies.
My junior high school self is facepalming, because she could have and would have done a better job.
I was in junior high in 1990, as I recall. I used Fontographer, Photoshop 1.0, and Illustrator. I'm not sure how I got those copies.
April 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The kerning on the Pope's tomb is really an actual travesty.
My junior high school self is facepalming, because she could have and would have done a better job.
I was in junior high in 1990, as I recall. I used Fontographer, Photoshop 1.0, and Illustrator. I'm not sure how I got those copies.
My junior high school self is facepalming, because she could have and would have done a better job.
I was in junior high in 1990, as I recall. I used Fontographer, Photoshop 1.0, and Illustrator. I'm not sure how I got those copies.
“Organised crime groups have never had so much venture capital available, and also never before such a strong incentive to invest in bribing to make sure the business keeps moving.”
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Organised crime groups have never had so much venture capital available, and also never before such a strong incentive to invest in bribing to make sure the business keeps moving.”
“The cocaine bonanza that we have witnessed in Germany and the EU in the past decade has led to an unprecedented influx of cash into organised crime,” said Brombacher.
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“The cocaine bonanza that we have witnessed in Germany and the EU in the past decade has led to an unprecedented influx of cash into organised crime,” said Brombacher.
I'm realizing a dream I've had for years: chemical reaction database complete with PDF, image, and text ingest tools.
I'm learning modern app development, applying it to what I love, and I have a thing to point at!
Who else - or do you know someone - who is into bits AND atoms?!
I'm learning modern app development, applying it to what I love, and I have a thing to point at!
Who else - or do you know someone - who is into bits AND atoms?!
April 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm realizing a dream I've had for years: chemical reaction database complete with PDF, image, and text ingest tools.
I'm learning modern app development, applying it to what I love, and I have a thing to point at!
Who else - or do you know someone - who is into bits AND atoms?!
I'm learning modern app development, applying it to what I love, and I have a thing to point at!
Who else - or do you know someone - who is into bits AND atoms?!
Chaos magick, anyone?
Constructive or destructive force in the universe?
Constructive or destructive force in the universe?
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Chaos magick, anyone?
Constructive or destructive force in the universe?
Constructive or destructive force in the universe?
New York Times, you're nothing more than a rag, these days
Cannabis does not kill. On the contrary, it saves lives! See image attached for one of many papers that demonstrate it.
Cannabis does not kill. On the contrary, it saves lives! See image attached for one of many papers that demonstrate it.
February 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
New York Times, you're nothing more than a rag, these days
Cannabis does not kill. On the contrary, it saves lives! See image attached for one of many papers that demonstrate it.
Cannabis does not kill. On the contrary, it saves lives! See image attached for one of many papers that demonstrate it.
It's almost like DOGE doesn't have anyone who ever took a basic accounting class
February 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's almost like DOGE doesn't have anyone who ever took a basic accounting class