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Experimental public programs in sci + art + tech, extronomer, nerd doctor of black holes & neutron stars, Michigoose, toddler mom, neurospicy, sober, pro-trans, she/her #BiinSci #WomenInSTEM #UglyDogs

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hi there #Newskies! I'm Abbie, a museum person and former astronomer. I skeet about #altAc, science literacy, #sciComm, astro/physics, #academicMom / #Momademia, #AcademicMentalHealth, Michigan #MIpol, science shitposting (shitskeeting?), gardening, knitting, and whatever the fuck else I want!

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 3h

Have you had any hardware issues with Yoto? I was reading from Ash Brandin ("The Gamer Educator" on IG) that Yotos break just enough to be useless about 2 yrs in, and Yoto has a habit of not honoring warranties or otherwise helping 😞

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Relatedly, one red flag I have learned to see lately is the person who *needs* to be the child whisperer.

Because that is a person whose ego is at odds with the child's ability to maintain healthy boundaries and make their own choices about who to trust

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 14h

One of the best phrases I've ever learned for working with kids is, "thank you for your no."

It gives me such happiness to see them make their own choices for their little bodies, and to be able to affirm that as a good thing

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 14h

Some little kids are not really shy, they just choose who they want to give their energy to & refuse to give it unless they want to. We could all learn from that boundary setting.

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 13h

Parents of little kids, do you have a Tonie or Yoto? Is it worth the $$? What's your favorite song/story? (I think I'm leaning Tonie, but would love a few more data points!)
#MomSky #ParentSky #DadSky

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 17h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 22h

This is a tub of just dinos -- the wild animals is another little tub, farm animals is another tub, etc.! (we have those ones too lol)

Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you in advance for your taxonomic assistance #DinoSky!

Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

It's a tub of 60!! 5 of each type! (There are also "wild animals", "farm animals", "reptiles and amphibians", and "horses")

Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

?? Dilophosaurus? (which sounds a lot like "giraffosaurus" in this house at the moment)

Small plastic figure of a theropod with two ridges on its head

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Pachycephalosaurus! ("Packy-sevvy-sauruth")

Small plastic figure of a Pachycephalosaurus with a head like a battering ram

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Parasaurolophus! Or similar hadrosaur. ("Paddy-seddy-loffith")

Small plastic figure of a Parasaurolophus (or similar hadrosaur)

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Brachiosaurus! Or similar sauropod. (I tried suggesting it was Diplodocus, but was told "no Dippy-Dockith")

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

?? Protoceratops? Another ceratops?

Small plastic figure of a Triceratops-like dinosaur

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Triceratops! (or as the toddler calls it, "tri-head-top")

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Pteranodon! (We are very familiar with pteranodons because they're main characters in the show Dinosaur Train on PBS Kids, so this is going to be called Pteranodon regardless of expert input 😆)

Small plastic figure of a pteranodon (flying dinosaur)

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Stegosaurus!

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

??? another unknown theropod. Albertosaurus?

Small plastic figure of a T-Rex-like dinosaur

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Unknown theropod - we've gone with Allosaurus?

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

Velociraptor!

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

We'll start with the ones I know: T-Rex! 🦖

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

#DINOSKY 🦕🦖and #SciComm 🧪, your accurately-identifying-poorly-made-dinosaur-toys skills are needed! We got my toddler a little tub that has 12 types of dinos, and I can't tell what they all are, and I am being asked (many times).

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

I am so sorry for tagging you, I had no idea this was going to spin out like it did 😞 I really thought OP was like "I wish I could buy this on a T-shirt" and I thought I was being nice and helpful 😬 sincerely sorry!

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely going to be me in 7 years 😅😞

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 2d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 2d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Abbabadook 🎃 @abbiestev.bsky.social · 1d

@moxiest.art? 😂

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