Erin Macdonald is on a social media break

This is a great article! I yearn for a return to the business standard which allows for coaching trees to become a regular thing again 😭

I finally got some clarity on this, so sorry for the delay but it's not actually me who did the advising on PLURIBUS (though I would have LOVED to work with that team!). It seems to be an immunologist named Erin McDonald.
It's wild that there are two of us doing TV science consulting!

The Undermere Collection: Strange Horticulture and Strange Antiquities in one bundle on Steam

Introducing the Undermere collection on Steam!

Strange Horticulture (currently 60% off) + Strange Antiquities are now bundled into one delightfully dark & cosy package. Whether you're new to our Strange games or need to complete your Strange collection, an extra 10% off is the deal for you.

Excellent! See you there, great writer! 😁

Thanks! Looking forward to it!

For anyone heading to #AustinFilmFestival I will be there the whole week! Feel free to come say hi if you see me around. I don't know anyone going so I'm flying solo. #AFF #ScriptSky

Stealing from Wizards Volume 4 is coming November 4th.

Canadian misfits learning about life, love, and larceny at wizard school.

📚🪐

Preorder on amazon and Kobo now:
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Why do seemingly well-intentioned people keep using Substack?

Flowers, flowers, everywhere...

I LOVE CHUNK. His broken jaw is especially endearing this year!

Fat Bear Week 2025 Fat Bear Week 2025

I interrupt your regularly scheduled horrors to remind you that Fat Bear Week is still going on. Vote now in the semifinals! explore.org/fat-bear-week

How Ruby Went Off the Rails What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.

New: the world of Ruby has gone completely off the rails over the past few weeks. Developers suddenly locked out, corporate pressure, and claims of a "hostile takeover" of one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure for the internet we all rely on everyday
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I went to my first this year and it was AMAZING. None of the new dates are near me but I’ll keep an eye if there’s convenient travel!

Yeah!!!

So great!! Season 4 is a masterpiece.

Sounds lovely. The real question is…which episode(s) of DS9?!?!

Hannibal Burress meme: Hahahah this sucks man (THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE SAUDI REGIME)

But folks, in all seriousness

This entrance fundamentally changed my being (or, released something already there I guess). I have many fond memories of this film. Happy 50th and remember:

Don’t dream it. Be it.

every trans person I've spoken to is feeling the Drag Down right now. not everybody has fallen into despair but we're all feeling it creeping in around the edges, doing our best to fight it. things are bad. if you know a trans person, look after them.

Euphemia Maclean, Agnes Sampson and pain relief during labour in 16th century Edinburgh Click on the article title to read more.

Euphemia Maclean - one of many women executed for witchcraft in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

“Maclean was also accused of being offered and accepting pain relief during labour by a midwife”

🔥Trump’s Christian nationalist agenda🔥 #paracetamol associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Thanks to the X-Files, I also looked into an absurd amount of #2 as well. I wrote a high school paper on Project Blue Book.

Ancient Celtic history is also on my (not top 3) list!

No, YOURE magic 🖤

X-Files is definitely one I had to exclude but I could talk about it too! Yay!

a woman in a suit looks up at something in the dark Alt: Scully from the x-files looks up innocently and shrugs

My list is way longer than 3 things btw

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:

1. Mass Effect story/lore/world
2. General relativity in science fiction
3. Lucille Ball and her impact on the television industry

#1 happens pretty regularly when I find a fellow BioWare nerd in the wild!

Why Mass Effect is the greatest game...

YESSSSS!!!

Happy solar orbit day, sir!

... ... what? This is so bizarre.