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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am having the absolute weirdest logistical conversation about my birthday plans/not-plans with my best friends. It literally reads like a treaty negotiation.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Butterfly meme but with a CNN: "is this a chatbot?"

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Very cool and normal. Also you are driving a Subaru and are parked like an asshole, on top of being in an EV spot. Wow. Neat. Much Ayn Rand. I'll buy your kids spray paint to be shiny and chrome.

Weirdo car decal on a Suburu station wagon cross over thing in the ugliest mahogany: "I'm raising a future warlord your children will serve"

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As someone whose first advisor was a guy who smashed a keyboard during a screaming match with his only grad student besides me, and suffered under a verbally abusive postdoc who I am still convinced was trying to sabotage my experiment at best, kill me at worst: this is a really gross and wild take.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Update: I did it and it's still there with my 3D printed artist's statement.

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Mandrake the Magician Sunday strip from September 6, 1959.

In this six panel color Sunday strip, a man is walking down the street when he is suddenly held up by a talking horse holding a gun.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Lol, I literally ordered a new brace the night before posting this and then ate (uneven) sidewalk during Boltzmann's walk after my ankle rolled. My entire right side hurts (fell to avoid landing on the dog). Leg scraped to shit and now my dominant hand is in a splint for the rest of the week.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My dad called me every night, at 6 pm sharp, on days when he didn't have me. He spent most of his job on work travel. I remember seeing those "AT&T future commercials" and imagining awesome talking to family over video would be. These parents are wack, can't stand their kids, and should be shamed.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thinking about maybe interval sprint-walking a 5k (fuck running) and all of the local ones that are during cooler weather are trail routes, but my ankle still randomly decides it doesn't want to do the whole "be an ankle thing." Feels bad. I just really like walking : /

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Ban these and Class 2 e-bikes. The convenience of micromobility doesn't override pedestrian safety. I see maybe 1 e-bike/week using the brand-fucking-new bike lanes installed by my city. 2 e-scooters and 2 e-bikes nearly hit me on my walk *this morning* alone. All driven by teens.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Billionaires suck for all of the obvious reasons but I'm also amazed at how BORING they are. "I have 20 houses with 80 bedrooms and 500 bathrooms" "Here's my goofy boat with a smaller, goofier boat that goes inside." 100% proof of minimal "merit" due to sheer basic-ass taste and 0 creativity.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I was deemed essential and had printed a note I was asked to carry in case I was stopped by law enforcement on the way to work. Guess what I *never* needed to use? There was no """"lockdown"""" in the US anywhere.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Every time I see him, I remind him about the leash ordinance and mention there's definitely rattlesnakes in the area. For a long time I carried two leashes on walks. Once his dogs ran up on Boltzmann and I yelled from distance he needed to recall them/control them immediately before I did.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I see SO many unleashed dogs and usually remind folks leashes are required in the area. Most leash w/o complaint. One guy is really nasty and lets his 2 off-leash dogs harass Boltzmann in the park and pretends they're game dogs by flushing the wildlife (usually native birds) in the protected area.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Saw this nice neighbor on my morning walk. Kept distance, made loud noises to haze. "Escorted" us away 100 ft+ ahead. My dog is always leashed & gives 0 shits about other dogs/critters. Managed to snap this after we were well away and he'd jumped a wide creek. Surprisingly good zoom on my phone.

Slightly blurry pic ultra zoomed pic of a youngish coyote sitting on the side of a wide creek near a small clearing in some dried grass brush, looking to the right. The 'yote looks healthy, with thick fur. Probably contemplating which ground squirrel would make a good breakfast.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

What is with all of the Communism talk? 1956 ass speech.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In the middle of the night, Boltzmann let out the saddest, mournful howl in his sleep. Loud enough to wake us up. SO helpfully suggests maybe Boltzmann had a nightmare about us dying. 🫠

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Boltzmann says there's nothing else we can do tonight and we should go to bed which is a good idea from a v. good boy. I really love my dog; he's the best.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I'm having to hack or engineer solutions for my mom's care at her assisted living. For example, a way I can personally track her hydration because aides won't log and the administrator says they do things "informally." This is the second time she's gone to the ER for it.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm pretty sure the eye doctor I'm seeing in 30 mins is the one who agreed TMJ could mess with my vision because I was clearly grinding my teeth all night and can barely open my eyes because they're so photosensitive.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It's fun (derogatory) having OCD *and* being absurdly good at pattern recognition because then it's like your intrusive thoughts undergo extensive peer review

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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Feeling cute, might close some tabs.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Working on a theory of Good, Fun Computer™️'s fall coinciding when we started calling everything an "App."

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I'm going to try to do some Good Computer™️ stuff later today as I try to engineer myself out of an elder care conundrum. Related: it's been so long since I've done anything electronics maker-y that I'm in disbelief how cheap and SMALL really good hobbyist microcontrollers are now.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Consistently one of the best accounts on bsky for hopecore. 10/10 follow.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thinking about adding a new hobby (formally setting aside time for recreational math) to my current stable (that I also don't have time to do).

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Most chronic discourse big brains need actual problems/personal stressors because I cannot fathom anyone with real responsibilities caring at all about some of the shit that occupies y'all. Just unbelievably unburdened to the point you navel gaze so hard you pass straight through your own asshole.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"Poor or disabled people shouldn't have delivery because groceries and meal prep are easier, cheaper, etc." sounds a lot like "why do people on public assistance have 'new' smartphones?" Just... mind your fucking business? Who gives a shit.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Lots of talk about the millennial birdwatcher pipeline meanwhile I ended up with "planes, but kind of embarrassed about it" as my midlife special interest. 🙁

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Turns out my decision to return from my out-of-state meeting early last week was pretty fortuitous. Boy, have I learned a lot about sepsis since Friday!

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Saw two doctors showing each other their newest golf club outside the hospital. Neither owned the Ferrari parked nearby, so not quite a full parody.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I don't tell my friends anything about anything that's going on with me any more because it doesn't feel important enough. 🙃

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Called for a welfare check because there's aggressive yelling and door slamming and swearing in a neighboring apt (wall hit so hard it spooked the dog & tilted a hung pic). My nervous system is so cued up already from other stuff. Shut sucks but I can't stand if someone is maybe being harmed.

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 17/05/2026

Looks like Hot Rat Shit Summer for a certain crowd

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Skipped the meeting's no host social tonight which might bite me professionally but I literally cannot be "on" for 15+ hours with the same people and start again at 7 am. My sleep is already jacked from the 10 hrs of travel yesterday on top of the terrible insomnia I've had for the past two weeks.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My mom's Assisted Living asked family to bring photos of when the residents were younger (30s-40s) for a Mother's Day guessing game. I dug through the boxes of photos to find one of my mom when she was around my age.

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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Oh, Squid Game is like Charlie and the chocolate factory. Finally catching up on viewing.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Oh look, another initiative to kill people en masse but NYT refuses to state this plainly.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The year is 2026. Every ad is for an "AI" solution to a largely non-existent problem or a G L P 1 from a med spa or online pharmacy. You wonder about the former dispensing the latter. You reminisce about seeing 3 Head On commercials in quick sequence. You want to go back.

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Dr. Lizzly Atoms @iamplatypus.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I've said this before but, again, we'd have fewer shitty takes like "we should all smoke again so we can socialize and not just stare at phones" if people had HOBBIES. YOU WANT A HOBBY.

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