Dr AbsP
@absp.bsky.social
Former academic, current UX research lead focused on how people communicate online, forever a sociolinguist. Small and loud. She/her
I got some paper towels, rinse aid for the dishwasher, and liquid plumr delivered. Someone stole the box off my steps, probably thinking it was like gifts or something. Hope they enjoyed my house supplies.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I got some paper towels, rinse aid for the dishwasher, and liquid plumr delivered. Someone stole the box off my steps, probably thinking it was like gifts or something. Hope they enjoyed my house supplies.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
In other pet news, the almost 15 year old corgi is amazingly healthy and fit for her age! She has reduced vision due to cataracts, but that's about it. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
In other pet news, the almost 15 year old corgi is amazingly healthy and fit for her age! She has reduced vision due to cataracts, but that's about it. 💜
The puppy just rolled off the recliner onto the floor. 😬
She's ok. Dazed, but ok.
She's ok. Dazed, but ok.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The puppy just rolled off the recliner onto the floor. 😬
She's ok. Dazed, but ok.
She's ok. Dazed, but ok.
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He is a very powerful wizard....
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
He is a very powerful wizard....
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
AMAZING northern lights show in Minnesota tonight 😭
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
AMAZING northern lights show in Minnesota tonight 😭
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
My mac and cheese meal kit was missing the cheese 😭
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
My mac and cheese meal kit was missing the cheese 😭
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Lifetime maximums pre ACA were deadly.
Before the ACA, I met a young woman, maybe in her early thirties, and she told me that she had no insurance because she had maxed out her insurance at the age of 17 with a bone marrow transplant!
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Lifetime maximums pre ACA were deadly.
I hope enough of you are watching St Denis Medical that it sticks around for a while. I love that show
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I hope enough of you are watching St Denis Medical that it sticks around for a while. I love that show
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a note on the Minnesota primary: this is correct, the person to replace Tina Smith with is Peggy Flanagan
Replace Smith with Peggy Flanagan. Do not replace her with Angie Craig.
that's right, Smith is retiring, I forgot
that sucks! she's good! replace her with someone who is also good!
that sucks! she's good! replace her with someone who is also good!
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
a note on the Minnesota primary: this is correct, the person to replace Tina Smith with is Peggy Flanagan
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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ohhh, I see. They're going to try and remake higher ed the way they did with tech, by flooding the zone with frauds who crowd out any reasonable discussion
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ohhh, I see. They're going to try and remake higher ed the way they did with tech, by flooding the zone with frauds who crowd out any reasonable discussion
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this is not the time for your resistbot texts. call the phone number. leave a message.
everyone should be calling your senators LITERALLY THIS INSTANT but if you recognize any of yours on this list you DOUBLEY SO need to call them
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
this is not the time for your resistbot texts. call the phone number. leave a message.
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Keep up the pressure folks. The folders are getting screamed at and realizing there won't be a shred of cover.
Whats interesting is how Slotkin was involved early on but not at the end
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Keep up the pressure folks. The folders are getting screamed at and realizing there won't be a shred of cover.
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This is a good tactic. Anyone can call their senator and deliver this particular message.
On the one hand, no one's "caved" yet, as far as I can see? On the other hand, I just called my senators and told them I'll hold them responsible for any deal that doesn't fix the health insurance mess and address impoundment, whether they vote for it themselves or not
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is a good tactic. Anyone can call their senator and deliver this particular message.
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Since we’re playing chicken with people’s health care: The fact that there are subsidies to ACA premiums with any kind of expiration at all is a compromise that Republicans extracted to water ACA down in the first place. Precisely so they could have this opportunity to attack it again in the future.
If Schumer is grinning… Dems are not about to do what I want them to do.
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Since we’re playing chicken with people’s health care: The fact that there are subsidies to ACA premiums with any kind of expiration at all is a compromise that Republicans extracted to water ACA down in the first place. Precisely so they could have this opportunity to attack it again in the future.
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This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
Dennis Preston, just a delightful person. And I never met Walt Wolfram irl but I emailed him as an unaffiliated scholar asking for an article that was paywalled, and he sent it within 24 hours and was SO kind.
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Dennis Preston, just a delightful person. And I never met Walt Wolfram irl but I emailed him as an unaffiliated scholar asking for an article that was paywalled, and he sent it within 24 hours and was SO kind.