Witch Cabell, PhD
@cabell.bsky.social
Pink-haired professional bisexual witch. Contingent sociologist & bath bomb artist—order at witchqueen.net! She/her. “Cabell” rhymes with “Scrabble.”
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Witch Cabell, PhD
@cabell.bsky.social
· Jan 1
And let me just add that, as far as extremely-recently-made-up-and-propagated-on-the-internet traditions go, New Year’s lemon pigs sure as hell beat gender reveal parties 🤮
You know, a couple of years ago, the music teacher at our elementary school ended a concert with ~60 kids attempting “Eye of the Tiger” on the recorder
Who KNOWS what heretofore untapped guerrilla strategizing genius lurks in your community, is what I’m saying
Who KNOWS what heretofore untapped guerrilla strategizing genius lurks in your community, is what I’m saying
bro whistles are the NICE option. do you really want to challenge 1,000 nerds with 3D printers to invent something louder and more annoying???
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
You know, a couple of years ago, the music teacher at our elementary school ended a concert with ~60 kids attempting “Eye of the Tiger” on the recorder
Who KNOWS what heretofore untapped guerrilla strategizing genius lurks in your community, is what I’m saying
Who KNOWS what heretofore untapped guerrilla strategizing genius lurks in your community, is what I’m saying
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This is definitely one of the MANY reasons that I build in lots of drops in my classes. There are all kinds of things that come up in students’ lives that they might not want to or even imagine they COULD tell us, and some of them might be “less serious” but man, you couldn’t pay me to be 19 again
I don't think we talk enough about how the personal/social sides of students' college experiences affect their ability to engage academically. Especially when the stresses fall short of things that would meet the threshold for official reporting/access to formal support.
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is definitely one of the MANY reasons that I build in lots of drops in my classes. There are all kinds of things that come up in students’ lives that they might not want to or even imagine they COULD tell us, and some of them might be “less serious” but man, you couldn’t pay me to be 19 again
I often comment when teaching socialization that kids very easily learn where & when they can say “fuck” if you’re just matter of fact about it!
My oldest, age 4, rolling her eyes as I tried to give her detailed language rules for school: “Yes, I know. I KNOW I can only say ‘motherfucker’ at HOME.”
My oldest, age 4, rolling her eyes as I tried to give her detailed language rules for school: “Yes, I know. I KNOW I can only say ‘motherfucker’ at HOME.”
My 3-year-old finishing a game of Solitaire and hunting for the remaining high spades:
“Now, help me find that fucking thing. And where is the other fucking thing?”
…Listen, we’re all just doing our fucking best with this parenting thing
“Now, help me find that fucking thing. And where is the other fucking thing?”
…Listen, we’re all just doing our fucking best with this parenting thing
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I often comment when teaching socialization that kids very easily learn where & when they can say “fuck” if you’re just matter of fact about it!
My oldest, age 4, rolling her eyes as I tried to give her detailed language rules for school: “Yes, I know. I KNOW I can only say ‘motherfucker’ at HOME.”
My oldest, age 4, rolling her eyes as I tried to give her detailed language rules for school: “Yes, I know. I KNOW I can only say ‘motherfucker’ at HOME.”
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college:
Japanese & Spanish back2back
Christianity (my major, but mostly fundie kids doing general honors)
Statistics 100 at **7:45am**
History & physics of nuclear weapons
Sociology of gender (only Soc class, after acceptance to a Soc PhD)
Japanese & Spanish back2back
Christianity (my major, but mostly fundie kids doing general honors)
Statistics 100 at **7:45am**
History & physics of nuclear weapons
Sociology of gender (only Soc class, after acceptance to a Soc PhD)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
5 classes in college that most influenced me
intro to labor relations (why I am a union member) by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Calling BS by @carlbergstrom.com
Sex, Gender and Disability by Joanne Woiak
Intro to special education by Sarah Arvey Tov(why I went into sped)
Assessment by Katie Lewis
intro to labor relations (why I am a union member) by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Calling BS by @carlbergstrom.com
Sex, Gender and Disability by Joanne Woiak
Intro to special education by Sarah Arvey Tov(why I went into sped)
Assessment by Katie Lewis
January 31, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college:
Japanese & Spanish back2back
Christianity (my major, but mostly fundie kids doing general honors)
Statistics 100 at **7:45am**
History & physics of nuclear weapons
Sociology of gender (only Soc class, after acceptance to a Soc PhD)
Japanese & Spanish back2back
Christianity (my major, but mostly fundie kids doing general honors)
Statistics 100 at **7:45am**
History & physics of nuclear weapons
Sociology of gender (only Soc class, after acceptance to a Soc PhD)
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The administration’s greatest power is people backing down before they are forced to deploy any actual power to make them do so. It’s a force multiplier people use on themselves.
Do you know how many times this administration has threatened me in the last 365 days? Do you know how many of those threats it has carried out? They are using FEAR AND INTIMIDATION to keep us in line, not actual legal force. We shouldn't fall for it.
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The administration’s greatest power is people backing down before they are forced to deploy any actual power to make them do so. It’s a force multiplier people use on themselves.
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The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal
Was that new follower whose bio said “ban pornography” the actual fastest I’ve ever blocked someone on here? QUITE POSSIBLY
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Was that new follower whose bio said “ban pornography” the actual fastest I’ve ever blocked someone on here? QUITE POSSIBLY
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I've read a lot about how high heat sickens and kills incarcerated people, and less about cold temperatures; this time of year, this is a very appropriate read.
When Temps Plunge, Dilapidated Jails and Prisons Put Lives at Risk
Aging infrastructure is a major challenge when it comes to extreme weather in prisons, jails and detention facilities in the U.S.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I've read a lot about how high heat sickens and kills incarcerated people, and less about cold temperatures; this time of year, this is a very appropriate read.
Taking their cues from the academic job market, I see
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Taking their cues from the academic job market, I see
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why does everyone have a goatee
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
why does everyone have a goatee
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If we get Democrats into office and they engage in a few toothless targeted investigations of the worst actors while voting to fund better training for the paramilitary ethnic cleansing forces waging war against us, that will be not only demoralizing; it will be a loss as real as any electoral loss.
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
If we get Democrats into office and they engage in a few toothless targeted investigations of the worst actors while voting to fund better training for the paramilitary ethnic cleansing forces waging war against us, that will be not only demoralizing; it will be a loss as real as any electoral loss.
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The "release them in the middle of nowhere to die in the cold" tactic was called "starlight tours" when the Mounties invented it to kill Indigenous people. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
January 30, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The "release them in the middle of nowhere to die in the cold" tactic was called "starlight tours" when the Mounties invented it to kill Indigenous people. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
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Cause we all know the first thing cops do before they tackle you to the ground and beat the shit out of you is ask to see a note from your doctor.
Sadly, the push for anti-mask laws is back. The Alabama House has passed a bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor’s note.
House passes bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor's note
Anti-masking laws have never been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and have had mixed results in lower courts.
www.alreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Cause we all know the first thing cops do before they tackle you to the ground and beat the shit out of you is ask to see a note from your doctor.
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
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"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
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one journalist I talked to recently said his outlet was considering going to showings of Melania and profiling the two or three audience members but decided against it because they realized they'd all be other journalists with the same idea
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
one journalist I talked to recently said his outlet was considering going to showings of Melania and profiling the two or three audience members but decided against it because they realized they'd all be other journalists with the same idea
Baby shampoo mixed with water recommended as optimal treatment for pepper spray by an ophthalmologist, which speaking as a maker of soap & “personal care products” makes total sense. Milk products not recommended primarily due to risk of infection. Plain water is fine & much better than nothing!
The guy who makes funny doctor videos (who actually is an ophthalmologist) just made a couple on pepper spray generally and with contacts. We live in weird times.
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Baby shampoo mixed with water recommended as optimal treatment for pepper spray by an ophthalmologist, which speaking as a maker of soap & “personal care products” makes total sense. Milk products not recommended primarily due to risk of infection. Plain water is fine & much better than nothing!
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"Alone among wealthy nations, the United States does not provide federal paid family leave or health insurance and does not subsidize childcare. ... The desire to impose racialized ideals of 'morality' and family structure have outweighed measures proven to help future generations."
"Not surprisingly to any parent, research shows that the most effective way to help families—far more than parenting classes, awards, or punitive surveillance—is to give them material resources." —Cynthia Godsoe
& Anna Belle Newport
& Anna Belle Newport
The Myth of Pro-Family America - Cynthia Godsoe & Anna Belle Newport - Inquest
Trump’s allies incite moral panic about shrinking white families, even as the state dismantles families of color—a paradox rooted in slavery and eugenics.
inquest.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 AM
"Alone among wealthy nations, the United States does not provide federal paid family leave or health insurance and does not subsidize childcare. ... The desire to impose racialized ideals of 'morality' and family structure have outweighed measures proven to help future generations."
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If you’ve visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC, I don’t think you can look at this and not immediately think of the wall of children’s drawings from Theresienstadt
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM
If you’ve visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC, I don’t think you can look at this and not immediately think of the wall of children’s drawings from Theresienstadt
Notice how you CAN mock Melania Trump without resorting to anti-immigrant bullshit??
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Notice how you CAN mock Melania Trump without resorting to anti-immigrant bullshit??
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If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
Ooooh, this will be just in time for my youngest’s birthday!
Ready for the most warped book this year? I’ve got you covered, ages 8 to infinity! DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL is the ultimate fantasy horror @chooseadventure.bsky.social, and you can preorder it now! Thank you @greasygoat.bsky.social for the kind words!
#childrensbooks #kidlit
#childrensbooks #kidlit
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Ooooh, this will be just in time for my youngest’s birthday!