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@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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Latest posts by gammaliz.bsky.social on Bluesky

Rather hypocryphal

13.11.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And we shouldn't penalize people who protect their coworkers by staying home when they are sick.

12.11.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And you may tell yourself, "This is not my overwhelmed life!"

12.11.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

10.11.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Softshell books. Yummy yummy!

09.11.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you can make it to DC, I'm driving up.

06.11.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#ACA

05.11.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2906    ๐Ÿ” 1201    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59
A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

โค๏ธ

08.10.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4015    ๐Ÿ” 1670    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

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

03.10.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2473    ๐Ÿ” 441    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Title: So Your Friends Have Suckered You Into Running a Game, What now? ("What Now?" is on wooden letter tiles, with an upright dice cup beside it, and another dice cup has spiled two 6 sided dice
Pictures of each panelist are in order below:
Brian Gray, Candace the Magnificent, Kay Purcell, Eugenio Vargas, Elizabeth Ferrara, and Ryan Greene. 
Nov 22  12 PM  Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)

Title: So Your Friends Have Suckered You Into Running a Game, What now? ("What Now?" is on wooden letter tiles, with an upright dice cup beside it, and another dice cup has spiled two 6 sided dice Pictures of each panelist are in order below: Brian Gray, Candace the Magnificent, Kay Purcell, Eugenio Vargas, Elizabeth Ferrara, and Ryan Greene. Nov 22 12 PM Crab God Theatre (Lvl 1, 1113C)

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

02.10.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

quick while the government is shut down letโ€™s all switch to metric

01.10.2025 04:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14027    ๐Ÿ” 2818    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 312    ๐Ÿ“Œ 176
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

30.09.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7440    ๐Ÿ” 2683    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113    ๐Ÿ“Œ 207

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

30.09.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey unboxing the Limited Deluxe 3CD+Blu-ray Artbook including additional โ€˜Live in North Americaโ€™ CD & 36-page booklet for their upcoming release BEAT LIVE.

youtu.be/cJ4MuyCpPjQ

21.09.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Pics or it didn't happen ๐Ÿ˜‰

18.09.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

17.09.2025 01:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

16.09.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1202    ๐Ÿ” 639    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111
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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.

๐Ÿ”Š JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
โฐ NOW.

โ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ

16.09.2025 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2215    ๐Ÿ” 1128    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 141    ๐Ÿ“Œ 114

"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." โ€“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.

15.09.2025 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11295    ๐Ÿ” 3091    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 198    ๐Ÿ“Œ 91
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

13.09.2025 23:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17065    ๐Ÿ” 4845    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 248    ๐Ÿ“Œ 217
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On Watching My Mouth Self-censorship in the age of Trump

Part of what makes this administrationโ€™s behavior and actions such a marked departure from past American administrations is that, previously, one wouldnโ€™t worry about reprisals from oneโ€™s own government for oneโ€™s words. That is no longer true. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/on-watchin...

13.09.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 210    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick heโ€™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.

13.09.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1912    ๐Ÿ” 461    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 72

This is wild, the Reuters reporting implies all the claims are completely fabricated.

12.09.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2463    ๐Ÿ” 556    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

China bought a record amount of soybeansโ€ฆ NONE from the U.S. ๐Ÿ˜”

In Iowa, soybean farmers have spent decades building a relationship with China. Because of Trumpโ€™s trade war(s), weโ€™ve lost the market and theyโ€™re now coming from Brazil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

12.09.2025 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 641    ๐Ÿ” 230    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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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...

12.09.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5419    ๐Ÿ” 3166    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 196    ๐Ÿ“Œ 318

I have a lot, but think about this one often

12.09.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3297    ๐Ÿ” 1388    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
A picture of a seasonal aisle with Halloween decorations

A picture of a seasonal aisle with Halloween decorations

IT BEGINS!!!!

12.09.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think it is scummy to screenshot someone's work and not link to them. Everybody sign up to support www.the-downballot.com!!

10.09.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rather than discuss Blueskyism, I think weโ€™re due for a discussion of Xism.

There is a strata of political and media elites who act as if weโ€™re still operating in a democracy. It requires a level of denial thatโ€™s incredibly dangerous and ignores the reality of authoritarianism.

Thatโ€™s Xism.

09.09.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 392    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."

09.09.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15486    ๐Ÿ” 5234    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 219    ๐Ÿ“Œ 164

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