Lori Petrie
@loripetrie.bsky.social
Reading and watching science fiction, Star Wars, and more in Hyde Park, Chicago.
I’m actually envious over the decor of the imaginary bean @hankgreen.bsky.social put on my phone. I would trade my whole apartment if I could have one room that was actually this cute and peaceful.
(Also I didn’t want to post this photo because yes I did pay for premium and yes I am embarrassed.)
(Also I didn’t want to post this photo because yes I did pay for premium and yes I am embarrassed.)
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’m actually envious over the decor of the imaginary bean @hankgreen.bsky.social put on my phone. I would trade my whole apartment if I could have one room that was actually this cute and peaceful.
(Also I didn’t want to post this photo because yes I did pay for premium and yes I am embarrassed.)
(Also I didn’t want to post this photo because yes I did pay for premium and yes I am embarrassed.)
Not the point of @derekkrissoff.bsky.social's most recent newsletter, but I noticed that the company OUP is using for their AI EA is called Hum, which is also the name of the unsettling close-to-human robots in @helencphillips.bsky.social's dystopian sci fi novel from last year. Life mirrors art.
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Not the point of @derekkrissoff.bsky.social's most recent newsletter, but I noticed that the company OUP is using for their AI EA is called Hum, which is also the name of the unsettling close-to-human robots in @helencphillips.bsky.social's dystopian sci fi novel from last year. Life mirrors art.
Last night I finished my latest 5⭐ read, When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @scalzi.com. I was hesitant to try it because I thought the premise was just too silly, but dang it if it didn't make me cry and feel genuine hope for the future a few times. And also laugh out loud, of course. Still very silly.
May 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last night I finished my latest 5⭐ read, When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @scalzi.com. I was hesitant to try it because I thought the premise was just too silly, but dang it if it didn't make me cry and feel genuine hope for the future a few times. And also laugh out loud, of course. Still very silly.
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A few folks sent me messages about some unusual pigeons that appeared on the show Andor. Thank you! They are real pigeons and not CGI. They belong to the group of breeds called Pouters or Croppers. Here’s an illustration of an English Pouter from my book A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching.
May 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A few folks sent me messages about some unusual pigeons that appeared on the show Andor. Thank you! They are real pigeons and not CGI. They belong to the group of breeds called Pouters or Croppers. Here’s an illustration of an English Pouter from my book A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching.
I was inspired by this week's @ologies.bsky.social episode to make my own little chart this morning so if I'm feeling really down and can't figure out what might make me feel better, I have an idea of where to start. Really helpful episode, can't wait for part 2!
April 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was inspired by this week's @ologies.bsky.social episode to make my own little chart this morning so if I'm feeling really down and can't figure out what might make me feel better, I have an idea of where to start. Really helpful episode, can't wait for part 2!
This sale and suggestion made me spring for this book, because I've been meaning to give @nicolaz.bsky.social's fantasy a try but nothing shoots to the top of my TBR like a sci fi novella, and DANG I've only just started and I'm hooked SO HARD #scifi #booksky #currentlyreading
AMMONITE's tagline is Change or Die—more apt today than when I wrote it. It was my first novel. It's #25 on Esquire's Best SF of All Time. Why? You can find out without risking much: it's currently on sale for $1.99, all North American digital platforms.
Change or Die—for just $1.99!
AMMONITE's tagline is Change or Die—more apt today than when I wrote it. It was my first novel.It's #25 on Esquire's Best SF of All Time. It's on sale for $1.99, all NA platforms.
nicolagriffith.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This sale and suggestion made me spring for this book, because I've been meaning to give @nicolaz.bsky.social's fantasy a try but nothing shoots to the top of my TBR like a sci fi novella, and DANG I've only just started and I'm hooked SO HARD #scifi #booksky #currentlyreading
me during busy work weeks: I can't take a sick day, the team needs me there!
me during slow work weeks: I can't take a sick day, it's so slow at work anyway it would be a waste
me during slow work weeks: I can't take a sick day, it's so slow at work anyway it would be a waste
March 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
me during busy work weeks: I can't take a sick day, the team needs me there!
me during slow work weeks: I can't take a sick day, it's so slow at work anyway it would be a waste
me during slow work weeks: I can't take a sick day, it's so slow at work anyway it would be a waste
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This movie fucking rules. If you haven't seen it, do so ASAP.
March 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This movie fucking rules. If you haven't seen it, do so ASAP.
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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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18-year-old Jude on laws banning gender-affirming care:
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
18-year-old Jude on laws banning gender-affirming care:
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
"On the more extreme end, for a lot of kids it's the possibility of severe mental-health struggles and suicidal ideation - but I also think on a smaller scale, kids, because they cannot be themselves, would rather choose to not be anyone."
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Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle.
That’s why. That’s literally the reason
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
That’s why. That’s literally the reason
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
February 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle.
That’s why. That’s literally the reason
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
That’s why. That’s literally the reason
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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before you even enter the building, you'll already be stepping out on the wrong floor
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
before you even enter the building, you'll already be stepping out on the wrong floor
Wow this is a beautiful poem. I feel like this poem should have been used in school to teach me about line breaks. Also emotionally gutting—thinking about ways to not just tell my trans friends and acquaintances they're not alone these days, but how to actively do things to make them less alone.
Having a Great Time Being Transgender in America Lately, by Jackie Sabbagh
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
February 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wow this is a beautiful poem. I feel like this poem should have been used in school to teach me about line breaks. Also emotionally gutting—thinking about ways to not just tell my trans friends and acquaintances they're not alone these days, but how to actively do things to make them less alone.
I don't think I've ever cried at a video game before but @thatpetrie.bsky.social and I just finished Chants of Sennaar and the ending did really choke me up 🥲
I enjoy a puzzle video game, I delight in a wholesome video game, but I live for a wholesome linguistics puzzle video game ❤️
I enjoy a puzzle video game, I delight in a wholesome video game, but I live for a wholesome linguistics puzzle video game ❤️
January 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I don't think I've ever cried at a video game before but @thatpetrie.bsky.social and I just finished Chants of Sennaar and the ending did really choke me up 🥲
I enjoy a puzzle video game, I delight in a wholesome video game, but I live for a wholesome linguistics puzzle video game ❤️
I enjoy a puzzle video game, I delight in a wholesome video game, but I live for a wholesome linguistics puzzle video game ❤️
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it's soup you can suck on www.generalmills.com/news/press-r...
Soup You Can Suck On: Introducing Progresso Soup Drops, the Ultimate Cold and Flu Season Comfort
It’s Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup like you never expected — a convenient, on-the-go soup experience available this National Soup Month.
www.generalmills.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
it's soup you can suck on www.generalmills.com/news/press-r...
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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
January 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
Talking w/ @thatpetrie.bsky.social about high school writing teachers we didn't deserve who taught us (or tried to teach us) the most about how to write, which it turns out is how to think through stuff. S/O to the English teachers; even if your kids didn't become pro writers, you made a difference.
January 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Talking w/ @thatpetrie.bsky.social about high school writing teachers we didn't deserve who taught us (or tried to teach us) the most about how to write, which it turns out is how to think through stuff. S/O to the English teachers; even if your kids didn't become pro writers, you made a difference.
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I count, this first day of another year, what remains.
—Jane Hirshfield
—Jane Hirshfield
January 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I count, this first day of another year, what remains.
—Jane Hirshfield
—Jane Hirshfield
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2025 facts? I call these 2025 SIGNS! This is going to be a very good year. I love odd-numbered years anyway (I turn an odd-numbered age).
…what are you looking at?
…what are you looking at?
2025 FACTS
🟦 first square number since 1936, last until 2116
🟦 first product of two two-digit squares since 1764, last until 2401
🟦 product of two different square pairs: 81 x 25 and 225 x 9. (So was 1764.)
🟦 only two prime factors: 3 and 5. The last year to consist of just 3s & 5s was 1875.
🟦 first square number since 1936, last until 2116
🟦 first product of two two-digit squares since 1764, last until 2401
🟦 product of two different square pairs: 81 x 25 and 225 x 9. (So was 1764.)
🟦 only two prime factors: 3 and 5. The last year to consist of just 3s & 5s was 1875.
January 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
2025 facts? I call these 2025 SIGNS! This is going to be a very good year. I love odd-numbered years anyway (I turn an odd-numbered age).
…what are you looking at?
…what are you looking at?
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Today I looked up what a "spinet" is after years of not knowing, so:
What is the weirdest Christmas carol that gets stuck in your head. Not your favorite, but the one you aren't sure where you learned it from and you don't know what half the words are or mean.
What is the weirdest Christmas carol that gets stuck in your head. Not your favorite, but the one you aren't sure where you learned it from and you don't know what half the words are or mean.
December 12, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Today I looked up what a "spinet" is after years of not knowing, so:
What is the weirdest Christmas carol that gets stuck in your head. Not your favorite, but the one you aren't sure where you learned it from and you don't know what half the words are or mean.
What is the weirdest Christmas carol that gets stuck in your head. Not your favorite, but the one you aren't sure where you learned it from and you don't know what half the words are or mean.
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Sweet fancy Moses
New Orleans out here innovating in bread shapes. Say hello to the challigator.
November 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Sweet fancy Moses