Abbie 🌟
@abbiestev.bsky.social
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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Abbie 🌟
@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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The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
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I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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It's a hail Mary but whatever: do any of you understand hybrid car batteries? Is the thing I circled the correct positive pole? And where tf is the negative pole?? #CarSky
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
It's a hail Mary but whatever: do any of you understand hybrid car batteries? Is the thing I circled the correct positive pole? And where tf is the negative pole?? #CarSky
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We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
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Joseph of Nazareth:
where the fuck did this sun come from
January 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Joseph of Nazareth:
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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more countries should do this, tbh.
“The French government announced that it will stop using American video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and replace them with Visio, a French platform.”
Zoom Is the First Casualty in France's War on American Big Tech
Homebrewed video conferencing may not be a moonshot, but you gotta start somewhere.
gizmodo.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
more countries should do this, tbh.
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If you want to know what I want Democrats to do, please look at everything the GOP has done to fuck shit up when it was the minority party and copy and paste those tactics.
I want Democrats to use every lever at their disposal to shut things down. They have the power to obstruct and gum up the works, the only thing stopping them is outdated norms.
People are being executed in the streets and if elected Dems aren't prepared to do dramatic things, they can fuck off.
People are being executed in the streets and if elected Dems aren't prepared to do dramatic things, they can fuck off.
What do y’all expect Dems to do? Undo the Big Beautiful budget bill (that the GOP majority passed)? Even if Dems hold up the budget resolution and shut down the govt, DHS and ICE will continue to operate. So what, exactly, can they do as the minority party?
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
If you want to know what I want Democrats to do, please look at everything the GOP has done to fuck shit up when it was the minority party and copy and paste those tactics.
My sweet little toddler used to pronounce "little" like "lily", so that became household vocabulary, but just today he said "lillul", and I fear that the time of "lily" is over 😔
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 AM
My sweet little toddler used to pronounce "little" like "lily", so that became household vocabulary, but just today he said "lillul", and I fear that the time of "lily" is over 😔
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New job opportunity at @stsci.edu: Senior Astronomical Data Scientist for data analysis tools, working closely with my team and me.
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
recruiting2.ultipro.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
New job opportunity at @stsci.edu: Senior Astronomical Data Scientist for data analysis tools, working closely with my team and me.
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
This role is very similar to mine. If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them. 🧪🔭
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So nice of The Times to make sure we finally get the other side of the story.
![The parable of the Nazi Bar, a screenshot of a series of tweets by Michael Tager (in a screenshot from Google Images).
It's a long text and I'm not going to transcribe it here, but this Wiktionary explains it link and full Wiktionary definition below):
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nazi_bar
Popularized by an anecdote shared by Michael B. Tager (@IamRageSparkle) on Twitter in July 2020. Tager recounted visiting a "shitty crustpunk bar" where he saw a patron abruptly expelled: the bartender explained that the man was wearing "iron crosses and stuff", and that he feared such patrons would become regulars and start bringing friends if not promptly kicked out, which would lead him to realize "oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now" only after the unwanted patrons became too "entrenched" to kick out without trouble.[1][2] (Instances of people noting that if a bar starts serving Nazis other customers stop going and it becomes a Nazi bar are older.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfrwohjwxmkytdzadc4lqqy6/bafkreiefmg6zucjna7se4szf7ykihyrej4gzgjujgeicnraj3h4duqpl7i@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
So nice of The Times to make sure we finally get the other side of the story.
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Of course. But that’s also why people need to call them up and tell them to do their fucking job.
213 - 146 = 67 Democrats who don't think Noem should be impeached.
The party is still building a solid reputation of not standing for much of anything good.
The party is still building a solid reputation of not standing for much of anything good.
January 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Of course. But that’s also why people need to call them up and tell them to do their fucking job.
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213 - 146 = 67 Democrats who don't think Noem should be impeached.
The party is still building a solid reputation of not standing for much of anything good.
The party is still building a solid reputation of not standing for much of anything good.
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
213 - 146 = 67 Democrats who don't think Noem should be impeached.
The party is still building a solid reputation of not standing for much of anything good.
The party is still building a solid reputation of not standing for much of anything good.
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People gotta call. Those staffers might not read off every message personally but they'll tell the boss "hey a thousand fucking people called"
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
People gotta call. Those staffers might not read off every message personally but they'll tell the boss "hey a thousand fucking people called"
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Yes, they will "just" bring in someone else. Yup.
And they will spend time doing it. And they will spend resources. And confusion will be layered atop chaos & authority will be undermined & wicked people will fight amongst themselves. And they will be weaker.
And we'll keep pushing. And we'll win.
And they will spend time doing it. And they will spend resources. And confusion will be layered atop chaos & authority will be undermined & wicked people will fight amongst themselves. And they will be weaker.
And we'll keep pushing. And we'll win.
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Yes, they will "just" bring in someone else. Yup.
And they will spend time doing it. And they will spend resources. And confusion will be layered atop chaos & authority will be undermined & wicked people will fight amongst themselves. And they will be weaker.
And we'll keep pushing. And we'll win.
And they will spend time doing it. And they will spend resources. And confusion will be layered atop chaos & authority will be undermined & wicked people will fight amongst themselves. And they will be weaker.
And we'll keep pushing. And we'll win.
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It can get lower!
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It can get lower!
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Politicians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Politicians gotta start calling for Miller to go. Right now.
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We had snow, followed by sleet, followed by freezing rain. The crust that developed on top of the snow really interfered with her zoomies when she broke through it.
January 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM
We had snow, followed by sleet, followed by freezing rain. The crust that developed on top of the snow really interfered with her zoomies when she broke through it.
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is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 AM
is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Over on Threads, @slotkin.senate.gov wrote that she's going to vote against the DHS funding bill (good!), but set it up as a self-deleting ghost post that goes away after 24 hours (kind of weird, tbh)
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Over on Threads, @slotkin.senate.gov wrote that she's going to vote against the DHS funding bill (good!), but set it up as a self-deleting ghost post that goes away after 24 hours (kind of weird, tbh)
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Here's a video of the turkeys looking for food, another timeline cleanse. They've been out there at least half an hour.
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Here's a video of the turkeys looking for food, another timeline cleanse. They've been out there at least half an hour.