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Jo Mack

@arcticharmacist

Marine ecotoxicologist seeks PhD! Youtube dropping soon. Tromsøværing Brit. Biology nerd, neurospicy, finally reading that novel, still haven't played that backup character. Exoskeleton user, 93% human by mass. They/them (en) or hen/hens (no/en).

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So a certain fan of Lolita is in the Epstein Files.

Look all I'm saying is cut a transphobe and watch a paedophile bleed.

03.02.2026 12:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I do not skeet enough. Anywho I've set up an UpScrolled account, it looks like this.

24.01.2026 12:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

MAGA regimet har vært helt åpne om alle sine planer og planene blir generelt gjennomført (ofte til stor overraskelse fra diverse forståsegpåere). Vi må være forberedt på at det samme gjelder Danmark og Grønland.

03.01.2026 11:35 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

I finally regret my education. I'm not a researcher, I earned no career from it. Meanwhile my condition has deteriorated to the point of disability. I squandered my best years in books when I should've enjoyed life and now I no longer have the energy to do so. It was a waste.

03.01.2026 00:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Why is it hard to find a basic-ass veneriform star for the tree? Everywhere has LED ones. I already don't like LED Christmas lights because they look like my piss does after a fourth Monster!

01.12.2025 14:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A child's bed. The bedding depicts a shoal of fish silhouetted in a nighttime sea. The wall behind is decorated with a benthic scene.

A child's bed. The bedding depicts a shoal of fish silhouetted in a nighttime sea. The wall behind is decorated with a benthic scene.

A child's bed. The bedding depicts various fish, marine mammals, and a crab. The wall behind is decorated with a benthic scene.

A child's bed. The bedding depicts various fish, marine mammals, and a crab. The wall behind is decorated with a benthic scene.

Me, a marine biologist.
Holiday at sister's house for a fortnight.
Borrow 7yo niece's room.
Niece likes fish, knows I like fish too.
Niece changes the sheets before I arrive.
Gives me the fishiest bedding she owns!

Oh my heart! 🥰

14.10.2025 21:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A red hand-pedalled tricycle stands in a garage. An active wheelchair is tied to the back of the bike, with the larger wheels down on the ground like a two-wheeled trailer.

A red hand-pedalled tricycle stands in a garage. An active wheelchair is tied to the back of the bike, with the larger wheels down on the ground like a two-wheeled trailer.

The view of Tromsdalen across Tromsøysundet, taken from the base of the ski-jump at Grønnåsen.

The view of Tromsdalen across Tromsøysundet, taken from the base of the ski-jump at Grønnåsen.

Took this out and got spoiled for views!

27.08.2025 13:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It really is just delightful to see medical neglect taken seriously for once. Warms the cockles, y'know?

15.08.2025 16:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A page of legal text, watermarked with a large purple cartoon dragon in a fitted suit.

A page of legal text, watermarked with a large purple cartoon dragon in a fitted suit.

I'm going to assume that @legaleagle.tv is working on this one already. For what it's worth, this is about a woman who was almost killed by medical neglect, and her solicitor is apparently still catching his jacket sleeves on things 'cos his Mam got it to grow into.
www.vice.com/en/article/l...

15.08.2025 16:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Daggerheart tonight!
The players left off at the scene of an explosion and a shootout on a residential street in the Lichgate district. They're about to get a dose of arrestsposition, and find out about two of the factions in the city-state of Winterhaven.

13.08.2025 13:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My hands would hate to hold a joycon that way for a whole game. My shoulders will take any abuse, but my hands could never. I don't know what they're going for with this.

13.08.2025 13:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's a disappointingly half-arsed approach. They want the aesthetic of disability sport without acknowledging disability at all. Hundreds of disabled athletes developed these sports, pushing through pain and prejudice the whole way. Stripping out that context is grossly disrespectful.

13.08.2025 13:35 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I just saw a song called 5318008.
The song is by a trans woman.
I thought "ooh, I wonder what that's about" in full fucking sincerity.
Two master's degrees, folks!
Jesus fucking wept.

11.08.2025 19:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So this Visa payment situation feels like it should be illegal. It feels like a monopoly that big should be bound by some kind of neutrality law. Is that something that folks can lean on the EU about?

03.08.2025 09:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Title: Gender Census 2025.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

Title: Gender Census 2025. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

30.07.2025 16:02 👍 1673 🔁 1956 💬 15 📌 106
30.07.2025 05:43 👍 52 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

Been tinkering with wheelchair shibari. Might post a version with clothes on.

30.07.2025 06:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So my boss has now decided that he gets more say than I do in the state of my joint disorder on company time. "Safety reasons". It's fucking infantilising.

16.07.2025 11:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Physical illness: thousands of types.
Physical illness: thousands of interventions.

Mental illness: 298 types in the DSM-5.
Mental illness: CBT, mindfulness, or antidepressants. Or speed if it's ADHD. Oh and they're still shocking autistic kids in some parts. So like five interventions.

07.07.2025 06:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It appears that @upenn.edu has received their 30 pieces of silver for betraying their students, delegitimizing their Honor Code, and nuking whatever reputation they had by becoming fascist Collaborators

02.07.2025 16:50 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Got turned down for pain clinic because I've got PTSD on my records from 30 years ago.

I dunno how the next few months are gonna go. So: dissection tools, blåhaj, skip the pickling, and the orthoses stay on.

Hopefully I find a workaround instead.

29.06.2025 18:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ach, it's just Tromsø being Tromsø. Giving Bodø shit is just part of the character of the city.

27.06.2025 14:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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As usual, my city is fucking weird!

They're protesting the yellow lamppost because the rival city's football team wears yellow.

27.06.2025 06:38 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A wheelchair user sits on a bus with a steel bar behind their head. The caption on the photo reads "The wheelchair space on the new bendybus is really crash-safe! What could go wrong?"

A wheelchair user sits on a bus with a steel bar behind their head. The caption on the photo reads "The wheelchair space on the new bendybus is really crash-safe! What could go wrong?"

Five facts:

1) The steel tube runs directly behind the back of the skull.
2) There is no cushion on the steel tube.
3) Most collisions are front-on.
4) Wheelchair users ride backwards.
5) Some engineer somewhere needs his arse kicked.

#AutomotiveEngineering #EngineeringFails

21.06.2025 17:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh Spotify!

I tell you I want female-fronted epic metal. You give me hair bands.

21.06.2025 14:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Me: "Bro my C4-C5-C6 is bullshit right now. My C5 feels off-centre."

Doctors: "WTF?!"

Zebras: "Fucking *mood*."

17.06.2025 18:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Barely standing is still standing.

17.06.2025 17:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Back, hip, knees.
Can I get some of those curtains from the horse track?

16.06.2025 12:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well. Someone's bairn ran out as I was booking down a hill. Braked so hard I took my fingerprints right off!
🧑‍🦽🦾

11.06.2025 17:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0