Dr. Kristy
@prophetkristy.bsky.social
biology professor | planetarium technician | nerd | she/her
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
gonna need some ointment for those burns
I’m sure you have seen the buzz around this video but when you have 4 minutes, it’s 100% worth watching
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
October 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
gonna need some ointment for those burns
There are MULTIPLE GALLERIES?!?!!!!!!
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Explore images that structural biologist Irina Bezsonova
(UCONN Health) created for #inktober in PDB-101's #sciart gallery
(UCONN Health) created for #inktober in PDB-101's #sciart gallery
PDB101: Irina Bezsonova Gallery
PDB-101: Training, Outreach, and Education portal of RCSB PDB
pdb101.rcsb.org
October 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
There are MULTIPLE GALLERIES?!?!!!!!!
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DEFINITELY planning to intro myself as "Harbinger of Astronomy" at my next planetarium show.
![4-panel comic. (1) [Black background with person with shoulder-length hair with raised arms in front in white, with figures in gray in the background.] PERSON 1: Welcome to stargazing! I’m back, despite efforts by astronomers who hate cool space facts to cover me up so I can’t see the sky anymore! Nice try, losers! Next time buy a tarp that’s harder to chew through! (2) [Person looks toward binoculars in hand.] PERSON 1: Now, let’s spy on some stars! Does everyone have binoculars? If you don’t, find someone looking at birds and try to grab theirs. Stars are the birds of the sky. (3) [Close-up on Person but with white background.] PERSON 1: But stars aren’t the only weird lights. Sometimes the sky fills with rippling colors. That’s the sky’s screensaver. It’s very pretty, so don’t move your mouse and ruin it. (4) [Switch back to black background, person points up while figures in background look toward where she’s pointing.] PERSON 1: That blob is a comet. People used to think they were harbingers of doom. We now know they’re boring, so we have to find new reasons to use the word “harbinger.” I’m a harbinger of astronomy! Cool facts are nigh!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiawgxezuuhswsusbwt5gayq2532hpqjf3subfia57gpj3cnt4jnh4)
September 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
DEFINITELY planning to intro myself as "Harbinger of Astronomy" at my next planetarium show.
Reposted by Dr. Kristy
I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
August 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
Reposted by Dr. Kristy
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
First Dolly and now Tim Curry?!!! GODDAMMIT. 😰
August 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
First Dolly and now Tim Curry?!!! GODDAMMIT. 😰
Every word of this is excellent.
Pluto-is-a-planet fans haven't moved beyond fifth grade science in the same way as sex/gender-is-a-binary folks.
Pluto-is-a-planet fans haven't moved beyond fifth grade science in the same way as sex/gender-is-a-binary folks.
My thoughts on the 20th anniversary of the correction of Pluto’s classification (edited by the fabulous @leebillings.bsky.social )
Mike Brown is very sorry, but Pluto still isn’t a planet
On the 20th anniversary of Pluto’s infamous demotion, Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explains why any reversal of that decision would be driven more by nostalgia than science
www.scientificamerican.com
August 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Every word of this is excellent.
Pluto-is-a-planet fans haven't moved beyond fifth grade science in the same way as sex/gender-is-a-binary folks.
Pluto-is-a-planet fans haven't moved beyond fifth grade science in the same way as sex/gender-is-a-binary folks.
IT ME.
August 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
IT ME.
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My updated class THE SCIENCE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM is now LIVE and COMPLETELY FREE at www.coursera.com/learn/solar-system
27 hours of lectures, full quizzes, full exam. And free. You can’t even pay if you want to. Or you can just find the lectures on YouTube any time.
27 hours of lectures, full quizzes, full exam. And free. You can’t even pay if you want to. Or you can just find the lectures on YouTube any time.
August 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
No thanks!!!
August 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
No thanks!!!
I HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU AND THE FIELDS OF GOLD
GIMME BACK THOSE BROKEN WINGS
I HAVE STOPPED THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW
July 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU AND THE FIELDS OF GOLD
Watching The Hunt for Red October in memory of Sam Neill, and uhhh, are we going to talk about how much 1990s Scott Glenn as sub captain Mancuso looks like Roy Scheider as Nathan Bridger??? I'd forgotten how uncanny the resemblance is. @wskrs.bsky.social
July 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Watching The Hunt for Red October in memory of Sam Neill, and uhhh, are we going to talk about how much 1990s Scott Glenn as sub captain Mancuso looks like Roy Scheider as Nathan Bridger??? I'd forgotten how uncanny the resemblance is. @wskrs.bsky.social
Whyyyy is the World Health Organization's website so difficult to navigate??? I need them to be better now that the CDC is compromised. (cmon worm, help us out and eat the rest of that fucker's brain)
July 11, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Whyyyy is the World Health Organization's website so difficult to navigate??? I need them to be better now that the CDC is compromised. (cmon worm, help us out and eat the rest of that fucker's brain)
TAKE THIS COURSE Y'ALL.
I'd say about 80% of what I present in a typical Planetarium show, I learned from Dr. Brown!!
(still wishing I could teach like him! He's extremely good at what he does!)
I'd say about 80% of what I present in a typical Planetarium show, I learned from Dr. Brown!!
(still wishing I could teach like him! He's extremely good at what he does!)
For approximately 3 years I have been promising to rerecord the outdated lectures in my (exceedingly free) online Science of the Solar System course. I JUST FINISHED TODAY. Give me a week or so to get it all posted. Please clap, but, better, check it out [when I post]
July 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
TAKE THIS COURSE Y'ALL.
I'd say about 80% of what I present in a typical Planetarium show, I learned from Dr. Brown!!
(still wishing I could teach like him! He's extremely good at what he does!)
I'd say about 80% of what I present in a typical Planetarium show, I learned from Dr. Brown!!
(still wishing I could teach like him! He's extremely good at what he does!)
Reposted by Dr. Kristy
July 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
ALSO ALSO!!!
Get rid of it by throwing it into a volcano.
Fitting.
Fitting.
June 17, 2026 at 4:05 AM
ALSO ALSO!!!
ALSO:
Not just that but Tolkien also said, “Evil cannot create anything new, it can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”
Sound familiar? 🙄
Sound familiar? 🙄
June 17, 2026 at 4:05 AM
ALSO:
Saw this on Tumblr, had to hunt down the original.
YES THIS TIMES ELEVENTY BILLION
YES THIS TIMES ELEVENTY BILLION
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
June 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Saw this on Tumblr, had to hunt down the original.
YES THIS TIMES ELEVENTY BILLION
YES THIS TIMES ELEVENTY BILLION
YESSSSS a sign that summer is here!! (the hummingbirds agree.) #BloomScrolling
June 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
YESSSSS a sign that summer is here!! (the hummingbirds agree.) #BloomScrolling
TODAY'S LESSON:
June 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
TODAY'S LESSON:
CO-SIGNED!!
SeaQuest reboot needs to have a cetacean captain.
May 25, 2026 at 5:10 AM
CO-SIGNED!!
I love my Hanklerfish so much!! He will bring so much joy and whimsy to my office 🧡🩵 @hankgreen.bsky.social
May 21, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I love my Hanklerfish so much!! He will bring so much joy and whimsy to my office 🧡🩵 @hankgreen.bsky.social