That former microscopy girl
@lostsciencegirl.bsky.social
Once a scientist, now somehow working for the government. European, book nerd, obsessed with knitting, journaling, fountain pens, plants. Cat person AND dog person. Star Trek AND other SciFi. Fiction AND non-fiction. Coffee AND Tea. Science AND Art. etc.
A beloved holiday tradition, then.
At least once a year I accidentally invite a bunch of very important administrators to a time travel convention by mistyping the date of the invite. Come join me at our annual stakeholder meeting on December 18 2015. Bring your own Tachyons.
At least once a year I accidentally invite a bunch of very important administrators to a time travel convention by mistyping the date of the invite. Come join me at our annual stakeholder meeting on December 18 2015. Bring your own Tachyons.
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A beloved holiday tradition, then.
At least once a year I accidentally invite a bunch of very important administrators to a time travel convention by mistyping the date of the invite. Come join me at our annual stakeholder meeting on December 18 2015. Bring your own Tachyons.
At least once a year I accidentally invite a bunch of very important administrators to a time travel convention by mistyping the date of the invite. Come join me at our annual stakeholder meeting on December 18 2015. Bring your own Tachyons.
I can’t really multitask like that either, but by god that wouldn’t stop me, why do just one, if I can miss essential plot points of a movie AND lose a computer game. 😁
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I can’t really multitask like that either, but by god that wouldn’t stop me, why do just one, if I can miss essential plot points of a movie AND lose a computer game. 😁
Same, but not weeks, but years. It is done now.
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Same, but not weeks, but years. It is done now.
I love that this is what we object to, not the fact that we are being called elder millennials with crutches. Perfection!
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I love that this is what we object to, not the fact that we are being called elder millennials with crutches. Perfection!
Once accidentally using the work email account to address personal administrative issues really served me to reveal just how much more willing people are to help if they think you are *someone*, or more precisely: how unwilling they would be to be this forthcoming to a “normal costumer”.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Once accidentally using the work email account to address personal administrative issues really served me to reveal just how much more willing people are to help if they think you are *someone*, or more precisely: how unwilling they would be to be this forthcoming to a “normal costumer”.
I would buy the right to sit on a throne at any and all world leader meetings for the rest of my life with the only microphone that is turned on at all times and I’m allowed to contribute sad little trumpet noises and whistled tunes of the x-files intro music whenever I want.
October 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I would buy the right to sit on a throne at any and all world leader meetings for the rest of my life with the only microphone that is turned on at all times and I’m allowed to contribute sad little trumpet noises and whistled tunes of the x-files intro music whenever I want.
Aber so gut wie ALLE, die gestorben sind, waren geimpft. Gut, Orangensaft haben die auch alle irgendwann in ihrem Leben getrunken, ist also schwer zu sagen, obs die Impfungen oder der Orangensaft war, der sie dahingerafft hat.
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Aber so gut wie ALLE, die gestorben sind, waren geimpft. Gut, Orangensaft haben die auch alle irgendwann in ihrem Leben getrunken, ist also schwer zu sagen, obs die Impfungen oder der Orangensaft war, der sie dahingerafft hat.
Perfect. Any ideas for me?
October 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Perfect. Any ideas for me?
He doesn’t sound like the kind of person who is worth taking back, and AI doesn’t even have anything to do with that. I hope she isn’t fooled by his low-effort BS ideas to „patch things up“.
September 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
He doesn’t sound like the kind of person who is worth taking back, and AI doesn’t even have anything to do with that. I hope she isn’t fooled by his low-effort BS ideas to „patch things up“.
I propose going by columns instead of row by row. Everyone on the window and middle seats stays down until the aisle seats have deboarded. It has the added bonus of temporarily ripping groups apart so we’re spared them standing in the aisle to discuss their entire life plans.
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I propose going by columns instead of row by row. Everyone on the window and middle seats stays down until the aisle seats have deboarded. It has the added bonus of temporarily ripping groups apart so we’re spared them standing in the aisle to discuss their entire life plans.
I’d rather start writing my own shitty fanfic before stooping to the level of demanding a new book from an author
August 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I’d rather start writing my own shitty fanfic before stooping to the level of demanding a new book from an author
Too bad you woke up before you could buy some yarn. Dream yarn is the best!
August 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Too bad you woke up before you could buy some yarn. Dream yarn is the best!
It was a masterpiece, one of those horror movies that was terrifying as hell and gory, but funny and deep, so well crafted that I’ll be thinking about it for quite a while, and filmed so brilliantly that I want to see the behind the scenes because some scenes must have been challenging and fun.
August 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It was a masterpiece, one of those horror movies that was terrifying as hell and gory, but funny and deep, so well crafted that I’ll be thinking about it for quite a while, and filmed so brilliantly that I want to see the behind the scenes because some scenes must have been challenging and fun.
If any music subgenre was going to achieve that, it absolutely would be black metal. Interesting research, despite the disappointing lack of music
August 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If any music subgenre was going to achieve that, it absolutely would be black metal. Interesting research, despite the disappointing lack of music
Do I have to go to mount doom or can I order a mini-furnace? Not feeling up for a road trip, but totally on board with destroying evil (as long as I can stay comfy at home doing it, and not actually do anything). Even better: can I get an Uber to bring a pizza and take the thing to Mount Doom?
August 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Do I have to go to mount doom or can I order a mini-furnace? Not feeling up for a road trip, but totally on board with destroying evil (as long as I can stay comfy at home doing it, and not actually do anything). Even better: can I get an Uber to bring a pizza and take the thing to Mount Doom?
Yes! If I say “I never get bored” I mean I’ll do anything (like getting another degree despite a full time job) to keep myself busy enough to not feel bored, to avoid tasks that bore me into burnt-out frustration, and to ensure deadlines keep me going on adrenaline if my brain runs out of dopamine
August 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Yes! If I say “I never get bored” I mean I’ll do anything (like getting another degree despite a full time job) to keep myself busy enough to not feel bored, to avoid tasks that bore me into burnt-out frustration, and to ensure deadlines keep me going on adrenaline if my brain runs out of dopamine
Ironischer Weise ist der größte Faktor für Verspätungen der ÖBB auf unserer Weststrecke sehr häufig der Streckenabschnitt über das Deutsche Eck. So sehr, dass “die Deutsche Bahn streikt, auf der Weststrecke wird also mit WENIGER Verspätung gerechnet” fast schon Standard ist.
August 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ironischer Weise ist der größte Faktor für Verspätungen der ÖBB auf unserer Weststrecke sehr häufig der Streckenabschnitt über das Deutsche Eck. So sehr, dass “die Deutsche Bahn streikt, auf der Weststrecke wird also mit WENIGER Verspätung gerechnet” fast schon Standard ist.
I get what you mean, some people are just ridiculously combative. Yet, I sometimes find myself in a position where a plain hateful asshat happens to superficially agree with me on one aspect of a nuanced topic and my instinctive reaction will be “fuck off, we are not the same”
August 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I get what you mean, some people are just ridiculously combative. Yet, I sometimes find myself in a position where a plain hateful asshat happens to superficially agree with me on one aspect of a nuanced topic and my instinctive reaction will be “fuck off, we are not the same”
There are about 5 books in my TBR right now that I’ve ONLY heard about here, sometimes just because it was mentioned by someone in one of the “this week I’m reading…” threads. Does that help with sales? Probably not, but my wallet definitely feels the difference.
August 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There are about 5 books in my TBR right now that I’ve ONLY heard about here, sometimes just because it was mentioned by someone in one of the “this week I’m reading…” threads. Does that help with sales? Probably not, but my wallet definitely feels the difference.
Hi, I’m a Molecular Biologist in a movie. A mysterious virus kills people and baffles doctors. I’ll sequence it in a centrifuge and cure it by looking at DNA through a vintage microscope to find a mutation. I’ll then mix colorful liquids to inject into patients, kill the virus and save the world 🦠
Hello, I'm an author in a film. I will be seen doing anything but writing a book, because typing is boring. Then I will have a 30-second montage of clicking away at a keyboard, I will hand a ream of paper to my editor who will declare it to be genius and a week later I will be atop the NYT list.
July 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Scissors can substitute a knife (don’t ask...I absolutely wasn’t cutting a pastry in half with scissors because they were right there and a knife wasn’t right there). So by default, anything can also be a knife if you try hard enough.
July 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Scissors can substitute a knife (don’t ask...I absolutely wasn’t cutting a pastry in half with scissors because they were right there and a knife wasn’t right there). So by default, anything can also be a knife if you try hard enough.
What makes this post ever funnier is your ambiguous use of “he/his”. You had me googling Cindy Crawford which is something I have done probably never before. The auto-completion suggests that we, the people, really want to know if Cindy Crawford is republican/christian/alive/a twin/an engineer.
July 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What makes this post ever funnier is your ambiguous use of “he/his”. You had me googling Cindy Crawford which is something I have done probably never before. The auto-completion suggests that we, the people, really want to know if Cindy Crawford is republican/christian/alive/a twin/an engineer.