Kristin Dormuth
@kdormuth.bsky.social
Computer programmer, reader (esp SF/F), mom to 3 cats, interested in science (esp astronomy) and history. Also a little bit goth 🦇
Mostly lurking
Mostly lurking
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Happy 118th birthday, spacetime. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Hermann Minkowski addressed the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians #OTD in 1908, offering a radical four-dimensional reformulation of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
Here is how he opened his address.
Hermann Minkowski addressed the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians #OTD in 1908, offering a radical four-dimensional reformulation of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
Here is how he opened his address.
September 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Happy 118th birthday, spacetime. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Hermann Minkowski addressed the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians #OTD in 1908, offering a radical four-dimensional reformulation of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
Here is how he opened his address.
Hermann Minkowski addressed the 80th Assembly of German Natural Scientists and Physicians #OTD in 1908, offering a radical four-dimensional reformulation of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
Here is how he opened his address.
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look i’m just saying, we could all buy dr who
'Doctor Who' Is Officially Up for Grabs
'Doctor Who' Is Officially Up for Grabs
As promised, the BBC has launched its competitive tender process to determine the show's future.
gizmodo.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
look i’m just saying, we could all buy dr who
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Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go into space, headed into orbit on the Space Shuttle Endeavour #OTD in 1992. In this photo she is being suited up before launch by Sharon McDougle. 🧪 🔭 👩🏾🔬
Image: NASA
Image: NASA
September 12, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go into space, headed into orbit on the Space Shuttle Endeavour #OTD in 1992. In this photo she is being suited up before launch by Sharon McDougle. 🧪 🔭 👩🏾🔬
Image: NASA
Image: NASA
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Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley! Born on this day in 1797 🫀
August 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley! Born on this day in 1797 🫀
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This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf
August 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Engineer: the cup is exactly the right size, with a safety factor of 2
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Engineer: the cup is exactly the right size, with a safety factor of 2
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Ecologist: We really can’t tell whether the current state of the cup is representative without observations over at LEAST three field seasons
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Ecologist: We really can’t tell whether the current state of the cup is representative without observations over at LEAST three field seasons
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
August 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Engineer: the cup is exactly the right size, with a safety factor of 2
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Engineer: the cup is exactly the right size, with a safety factor of 2
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NEWS: Gravitational lensing by a galaxy cluster + #NASAWebb = deepest spectrum of a little red dot. Multiple lines (literally) of evidence suggest this dot is a supermassive black hole enveloped by a dense gas cocoon, also known as a black hole star: https://news.stsci.edu/4fpl2Wc
June 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
NEWS: Gravitational lensing by a galaxy cluster + #NASAWebb = deepest spectrum of a little red dot. Multiple lines (literally) of evidence suggest this dot is a supermassive black hole enveloped by a dense gas cocoon, also known as a black hole star: https://news.stsci.edu/4fpl2Wc
Rene Aubergonois in The Little Mermaid
May 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Rene Aubergonois in The Little Mermaid
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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Guys! GUYS! It's back! It's coming back!!! The single greatest literacy promotion in human history* is coming back! All you 80s and 90s kids know what's up!
*(this point may be a little hyperbolic, but just a little)
people.com/pizza-huts-b...
*(this point may be a little hyperbolic, but just a little)
people.com/pizza-huts-b...
Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More
Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program has announced the return of "Summer of Stories," where kids can earn personal pan pizzas and more for meeting reading goals. The program, open for kids in pre-K through 6t...
people.com
April 30, 2026 at 2:53 PM
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Occasionally (how many c's? How many s's? Where does the i go??)
What word is your spelling nemesis?
This is a safe space.
This is a safe space.
April 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Occasionally (how many c's? How many s's? Where does the i go??)
I had a very fun, but busy, week. And now I can only deal with cats for the next 5-10 business days while I recover.
#introvertalert
#introvertalert
April 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I had a very fun, but busy, week. And now I can only deal with cats for the next 5-10 business days while I recover.
#introvertalert
#introvertalert
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In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins
April 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins
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Another day, another round of "Am I filled with incandescent rage because of perimenopause or because of the increasing inequity and inhumanity of society"
April 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Another day, another round of "Am I filled with incandescent rage because of perimenopause or because of the increasing inequity and inhumanity of society"
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Mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson was born #OTD in 1921.
Jackson worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. She then became the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. 🧪 🚀 👩🏾🔬
www.nasa.gov/history/mary...
Jackson worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. She then became the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. 🧪 🚀 👩🏾🔬
www.nasa.gov/history/mary...
April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson was born #OTD in 1921.
Jackson worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. She then became the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. 🧪 🚀 👩🏾🔬
www.nasa.gov/history/mary...
Jackson worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. She then became the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. 🧪 🚀 👩🏾🔬
www.nasa.gov/history/mary...
I'm waiting for an import to finish at work, so I pulled up youtube and am watching a live-feed of the moon from a spaceship.
Feeling a little emotional.
Feeling a little emotional.
April 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I'm waiting for an import to finish at work, so I pulled up youtube and am watching a live-feed of the moon from a spaceship.
Feeling a little emotional.
Feeling a little emotional.
Ever find some documentation you previously wrote that explains the thing you're confused about now, and it's just like, "thank you, past me"
April 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Ever find some documentation you previously wrote that explains the thing you're confused about now, and it's just like, "thank you, past me"
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Always a good idea to turn off auto-play videos; choose what you see and what you don't.
if you do not want to watch the video, go to settings > content and media and uncheck the "autoplay videos and gifs" box right now
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Always a good idea to turn off auto-play videos; choose what you see and what you don't.
How I know I need a break:
Coworker: y'know, what you're doing would be easier if you use this functionality
Me: oh! I didn't even know we had that!
*looks at function*
Huh. This looks familiar.
...
Wait a second, I *wrote* that!!
Coworker: y'know, what you're doing would be easier if you use this functionality
Me: oh! I didn't even know we had that!
*looks at function*
Huh. This looks familiar.
...
Wait a second, I *wrote* that!!
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How I know I need a break:
Coworker: y'know, what you're doing would be easier if you use this functionality
Me: oh! I didn't even know we had that!
*looks at function*
Huh. This looks familiar.
...
Wait a second, I *wrote* that!!
Coworker: y'know, what you're doing would be easier if you use this functionality
Me: oh! I didn't even know we had that!
*looks at function*
Huh. This looks familiar.
...
Wait a second, I *wrote* that!!
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Sending big Diwali blessings to everyone who celebrates!!
🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟
🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟
a happy diwali greeting card with a lit candle and flowers
Alt: a happy diwali greeting card with a lit candle and flowers
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sending big Diwali blessings to everyone who celebrates!!
🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟
🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟🪔🌟
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Mathematician Katherine Johnson was born #OTD in 1918.
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
August 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mathematician Katherine Johnson was born #OTD in 1918.
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
Her orbital mechanics computations played a vital role in many early NASA missions. Astronaut John Glenn trusted her calculations more than those of his onboard flight computer. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Image: NASA
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I am increasingly sick and tired of businesses trying to force me to install their proprietary apps! My phone is full! Let me print my boarding pass at the airport! Let me get a posted paper schedule for the con! YOU ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN 5,000 PICTURES OF MY CATS!
July 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I am increasingly sick and tired of businesses trying to force me to install their proprietary apps! My phone is full! Let me print my boarding pass at the airport! Let me get a posted paper schedule for the con! YOU ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN 5,000 PICTURES OF MY CATS!
Hello, I'm a programmer in a film. I work in a dark room surrounded by monitors that reflect off my glasses. I type without stopping, and when I finally hit "enter" a whole series of programs run flawlessly on the first try.
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.
Hello, I'm an attorney in a film. I have a pure and perfect knowledge of every area of practice in every jurisdiction. Nevertheless, I will be corrected by a plucky law school grad who just passed the bar. After some stubborn resistance, I will silently nod and take her under my wing.
July 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Hello, I'm a programmer in a film. I work in a dark room surrounded by monitors that reflect off my glasses. I type without stopping, and when I finally hit "enter" a whole series of programs run flawlessly on the first try.
I go to the library for a meeting, telling myself firmly that I won't get anything because I already have several at home plus another hold on the way.
But we all know that was a lie.
But we all know that was a lie.
July 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I go to the library for a meeting, telling myself firmly that I won't get anything because I already have several at home plus another hold on the way.
But we all know that was a lie.
But we all know that was a lie.
