Abigail Kabaker
@akabaker.bsky.social
she/ her Independent museum collections contractor (looking for work) . Talks about museums, video games, science, politics, and pop culture. Views are my own.
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Radioactive pancakes. :)
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Radioactive pancakes. :)
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A Sydney Spiny Crayfish crossing the trail in Royal National Park where he'll find a damp ditch to set up home by digging a deep burrow into the mud. This formidable fellow is around 15cms (6") in length and his presence is a good sign that the Hacking River is in pretty good shape. #nature #WildOz
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches is “Toonces: the Cat who could drive a car” where a cat puppet drives a car off a cliff and that’s the beginning and end of the joke but they went with it for five years and it worked because really that’s all you need to do
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches is “Toonces: the Cat who could drive a car” where a cat puppet drives a car off a cliff and that’s the beginning and end of the joke but they went with it for five years and it worked because really that’s all you need to do
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there was no barbara house mother in the 2019 black christmas, there was this enormous white cat though
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
there was no barbara house mother in the 2019 black christmas, there was this enormous white cat though
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1974 is murder house, 2006 is murder house redux, 2019 is brock turner tpusa type shitheads getting killed en masse
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
1974 is murder house, 2006 is murder house redux, 2019 is brock turner tpusa type shitheads getting killed en masse
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there is not a bad movie titled "black christmas"
Are the newer black christmases any good?
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
there is not a bad movie titled "black christmas"
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Rather than simply boycotting e-commerce giants, Free DC is organizing a "procott" in time for holiday shopping.
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
This holiday season, Free DC wants you to "procott" these local businesses
While boycotts operate on withholding money, procotts are about spending it.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rather than simply boycotting e-commerce giants, Free DC is organizing a "procott" in time for holiday shopping.
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
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I saw the heron again : )
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I saw the heron again : )
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Haven't posted yet for #Nudivember so I better!
The only nudibranch I have ever found in New England. Not sure, but it might be Facelina bostoniensis 🦑
The only nudibranch I have ever found in New England. Not sure, but it might be Facelina bostoniensis 🦑
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Haven't posted yet for #Nudivember so I better!
The only nudibranch I have ever found in New England. Not sure, but it might be Facelina bostoniensis 🦑
The only nudibranch I have ever found in New England. Not sure, but it might be Facelina bostoniensis 🦑
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Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
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man, those later animorphs books got a little sidetracked
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
man, those later animorphs books got a little sidetracked
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
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❄️ Get ready for winter! Join DCPSC at libraries across the District to pick up a free home weatherization item (while supplies last) and learn about utility assistance programs. Registration encouraged, but not required.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gdvCgg
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gdvCgg
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
❄️ Get ready for winter! Join DCPSC at libraries across the District to pick up a free home weatherization item (while supplies last) and learn about utility assistance programs. Registration encouraged, but not required.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gdvCgg
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gdvCgg
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University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜
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This special paper is used to preserve the Constitution — and it's made in Coralville.
Every fall in Coralville, the University of Iowa's Center for the Book hosts one of only two mulberry harvests by universities in the country. The ancient Japanese tradition remains a key to preservin...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
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429 people finished the Taco Bell 50k yesterday! Finished!!! 🎁 🔗 wapo.st/4ruu47T
At this ultramarathon, runners tackle 32 miles and eat at nine Taco Bells
Puking is discouraged, but allowed. Pepto-Bismol is not.
wapo.st
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
429 people finished the Taco Bell 50k yesterday! Finished!!! 🎁 🔗 wapo.st/4ruu47T
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I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
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Fragment of painted glass depicting a red carnation on a stalk.
Netherlands, 17th century.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Netherlands, 17th century.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fragment of painted glass depicting a red carnation on a stalk.
Netherlands, 17th century.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
Netherlands, 17th century.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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I’ve been monitoring online discussions from Hong Kong about why HKers consider blaming bamboo scaffolding is a gov spin, and I think many AUS media have got it WRONG.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
November 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’ve been monitoring online discussions from Hong Kong about why HKers consider blaming bamboo scaffolding is a gov spin, and I think many AUS media have got it WRONG.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
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HKers’ defensiveness around culture often gets dismissed as petty and reactionary by people who don’t understand power dynamics in the city — a place that’s never been meaningfully decolonised.
With bamboo, it’s also about trying to hold accountable a government they didn’t choose and do not trust.
With bamboo, it’s also about trying to hold accountable a government they didn’t choose and do not trust.
I’ve been monitoring online discussions from Hong Kong about why HKers consider blaming bamboo scaffolding is a gov spin, and I think many AUS media have got it WRONG.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
They think it’s a spin NOT because they see bamboo scaffolding as a tradition that distinguishes HK from China.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
HKers’ defensiveness around culture often gets dismissed as petty and reactionary by people who don’t understand power dynamics in the city — a place that’s never been meaningfully decolonised.
With bamboo, it’s also about trying to hold accountable a government they didn’t choose and do not trust.
With bamboo, it’s also about trying to hold accountable a government they didn’t choose and do not trust.
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