Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 03/10/2026My cat used to be intrigued by the smell of coffee. But the moment she tried to take a taste, she recoiled. Here are pictures of a time I spilled coffee on my pants and she couldn't resist the scent. 0120
Reposted by Chris MaligaPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Every friend group has that one friend who was dissected in 1854 and is now a brain in a jar of formaldehyde, screaming soundlessly from deep within a museum's basement a continent away. 46813
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 02/10/2026When I started making artwork that directly dealt with my experiences with depression, reading about what Darwin went through was really eye-opening. 000
Reposted by Chris MaligaSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. The state of Tennessee botched an execution and tried to hide the gory consequences as witnesses twice watched a woman survival the supposedly “lethal” injection. The death penalty is a crime against humanity. 18457122
Reposted by Chris MaligaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 155164425548
Reposted by Chris MaligaRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The victims are always expected to be perfect, but the abusers certainly never have to be. 0213
Reposted by Chris MaligaNicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With the evolving Cornell University story, I have been reflecting on my fourth and final year at St. Thomas University in 2015 in Fredericton. One of my professors, Jan Wong, wanted some of our class to work on an investigative series on rape on campus. 45027
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 30/09/2026Eating pomegranate and washing it down with pomegranate juice. 001
Reposted by Chris MaligaAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030761084
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 29/09/2026Your life will be much better without this kind of "friend" in it. A fantastic reward in and of itself. 020
Reposted by Chris MaligaHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134443772
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 29/09/2026What a sweetheart! That's so thoughtful of him to bring you a present. Couldn't even contain his excitement about how proud you would be when you woke up! 010
Reposted by Chris MaligaNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All of this is happening to college students at the very beginning of their adult lives. It shapes everything that comes after. And it shapes society for the rest of us too. Imagine what our world would look like if all of those women had been able to complete their educations, free from violence. 116826
Reposted by Chris MaligaNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kat is right about all of this. One of the reasons that college sexual violence is uniquely devastating is because it changes the victim’s entire future. 4489135
Reposted by Chris MaligaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem. 412411524
Reposted by Chris MaligaRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Why were these men allowed to “pursue their education in a secure and nourishing environment” and she was not? Why was she not informed of the outcome of her own Title IX investigation? Who benefited from the 23 months of elapsed time when the public knew nothing?”cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 06920
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 24/09/2026Classic Simpsons really nailed political satire. I often think about the episode where Homer lobbied for deportations because of his own poor decisions. 030
Reposted by Chris MaligaDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions! 421922775
Reposted by Chris MaligaJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So, I turned my chaotic little developmental biology rant into an actual article that is hopefully somewhat less chaotic and a bit more approachable. 68432
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 21/09/2026Anytime we retire a piece of equipment in the studios and a student asks where it went, I reply, "it's being looked at by top men." 110
Reposted by Chris MaligaJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 16/09/2026...Assumption #4 has been driving me batshit, yet no one seems to realize it: if you're worried trans ppl might potentially harm your Dem candidate's chances, then YOUR CANDIDATE MADE A BAD DECISION! so why not join us in trying to get them to reverse position? juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 5624201
Reposted by Chris MaligaJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...juliaserano.medium.comOn Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Adsand more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses 231226516
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 17/09/2026I'd be more than happy to retire before I turn 40. Whoever is saying this, come help me out here! 000
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 17/09/2026It's one really clear example of a candidate standing up for the trans community and he won in a landslide. There should be endless articles urging Democrats to embrace trans rights, and yet... 110
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 17/09/2026It's hard to overstate how angry people were at Moulton here in Mass for what he said after the 2024 election. Markey was well-liked to begin with, but he made sure no one forgot what Moulton said, and he fully embraced trans rights in his campaign. Turns out, people really liked it! 110
Reposted by Chris MaligaGwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 17/09/2026New Transmissions! "Standing for nothing, receiving nothing" On Seth Moulton and other anti-trans democrats. www.ebar.com/story/170331...ebar.comTransmissions: Standing for nothing, receiving nothingI wanted to write about Congressmember Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts) this time out, and how his recent primary loss was an object lesson for Democrats. 1276
Reposted by Chris MaligaMegan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The way Annie Dillard reframed the idea of the role of “discipline” in writing really shaped my understanding of the job — work, she wrote, “does not require discipline. It creates its own discipline.” I cannot recommend The Writing Life highly enough. RIP to the best. bookshop.org/a/109816/978... 011728
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 14/09/2026Spent some time updating my website for the first time in years. You can now view images from my current body of work, Fragile Hours. www.chrismaliga.comchrismaliga.comChris Maliga – Fine Art Photography 020
Reposted by Chris Maligadonni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If I ever told you “I know what you mean,” I was lying. I have no idea what anybody means 110223
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 13/09/2026I spent a little time in Edinburgh, making day trips up to the Highlands, and then went off on a camping trip around the Hebrides. It was a magical time! 010
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 13/09/2026Yes, I visited the Highlands in 2014 and made quite a few photographs. Here is one of them: 111
Reposted by Chris MaligaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below. 145136934892
Reposted by Chris MaligaLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/09/2026my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding. on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.theguardian.comEven in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect itActivists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office 101410470
Reposted by Chris MaligaShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026one day, this administration will be effectively over. and we’ll probably do some collective pondering on what’s next. colleges could seize that opportunity to reassert the value of college as a public good as opposed to career prep. i think the ones that do will be the future of HE. 49519
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 13/09/2026Oh nnnooooo! This happened to me about a year ago, from a 500⁰ oven. The red shape of the handle was seared onto my skin for weeks. A brutal experience. 010
Reposted by Chris MaligaMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026marks in my whale-books 48012
Reposted by Chris MaligaJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 10/09/2026Really proud to have had the Texas Observer's cover story earlier this year about why trans inclusion in sport is good, actually. 2664213
Reposted by Chris MaligaMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It is not down in any map; true places never are. 222276
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 08/09/2026It's the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. Here is my favorite episode from every series: The Doomsday Machine (TOS) Yesteryear (TAS) Chain of Command (TNG) Rocks and Shoals (DS9) Equinox (VOY) The Andorian Incident (ENT) If Memory Serves (DISCO) Wej Duj (LD) Last Flight of the Protostar (PRO) 100
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 07/09/2026static.klipy.comHan Solo's Enthusiastic 'Yahoo!'ALT: Han Solo's Enthusiastic 'Yahoo!' 010
Reposted by Chris MaligaSpace Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026kill the MAHA in your head, a non-exhaustive list: -stop using the word "chemicals" in a derogatory way. When criticizing specific types of chemicals, be specific. -stop saying "clean eating" for whatever diet you're on. food you're avoiding isn't dirty or bad just because you are avoiding it. 4552193
Reposted by Chris Maligashaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the most sophisticated large language model is no closer to artificial general intelligence than an alarm clock, and it will never get any closer 372742388
Reposted by Chris MaligaRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"And a passing grade cannot account for an education system devastated by war, cannot give back the missing teachers, the stolen hours, the schooling Gaza’s children should have had."thenation.comGaza’s Class of 2026Gaza’s 2008 babies were born during an Israeli assault, grew up under blockade, and completed their final high school exams this summer during a genocide. 0115