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Tab Combs
@drtcombs.bsky.social
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Transport-Equity-Resilience PhD.
Road Harm Reducer.
Villagist.

She/hers. Occasional outbursts about dogs, kids, Davidson hoops, & gardening. My opinions are mine.
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I wish I were being hyperbolic
Screenshot of a weather app showing 3 forecast models (xweather, apple weather, and weatherbit) all predicting between 22 and 25 inches of snowfall this coming weekend Screenshot of the "world weather online" forecast showing a predicted 0.3 inches of snow this weekend
January 20, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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android folk do our own standing in front of large vehicles tyvm
A photo of myself, standing next to some plants in a garden center. Behind me is a lifted dodge pickup truck, with the hood roughly the same height as my head.
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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anyone here able to talk me through switching to protonmail? or are there better options I should consider?
TIA!
Screenshot of a notice on the google search page in Chroms. The text reads: "New! Learn how Gmail is entering the Gemini era"
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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One of us pulled off a tick.
In December.
In North Carolina.
Close up photo of a small black tick trapped in a piece of tape
December 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I'm not even gonna ask
Photo of a root beer can, ripped almost clean in half, in a metal sink
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Miraculously, two actual gingerbread houses have emerged intact from the wreckage.
Photo of two surprisingly normal looking gingerbread houses sitting on a kitchen counter
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Scene from a collosal failure of an attempt to build gingerbread houses without adult supervision. One kid can be seen in the background skulling an entire bag of sprinkles. Scene from a collosal failure of an attempt to build gingerbread houses without adult supervision. One kid can be seen in the background skulling an entire bag of sprinkles.
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Scene from a collosal failure of an attempt to build gingerbread houses without adult supervision. One kid can be seen in the background skulling an entire bag of sprinkles.
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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I have the best dog in the world, but if I put a steak on the floor and walk away, he's gonna eat it.
Photo of a small, shaggy ginger dog sleeping in a sunbeam
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Of all of the #LinkedIn #spam, this kind is my favorite
Screenshot of a message in my spam email folder from LinkedIn. The subject reads: "Don't miss conversations in {:nameOfGroup}-"
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Meanwhile, have a little dog refusing to come in from the cold until the school bus brings his small human back
Photo of a small, scruffy ginger dog in a blue sweater, sitting in a leaf-strewn yard looking up the street in front of him
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I will never stop being impressed at this dog's ability to snuggle with all four of his feet at once.
Photo of a small, curly, ginger dog, curled into a ball on a blue sofa. All four of his paws are next to his face.
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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the other half of the flier seals the deal: we get you drunk on mimosas, make a joke about it, and then pay to get your car free.
Photo of the rest of the flier from Brunches, providing a phone number (919-240-4522), an IG handle (@bruncheschapelhill), and a website (www.mimosasmademedoit.com), along with the text: "Did you know we validate parking? bring in your parking meter ticket and we will validate an hour and a half! $2 value"
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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no
Photo of an unwanted flier in my mailbox, sent from a new restaurant in town called "Brunches." The text on the flier reads "Timeless Tuesdays at Brunches! Every Tuesday guest 50 years old+ get 40% off their meail. We love you, Boomers!!!"
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Another excellent family outing to #BikeTheVote

#Democracy #ChapelHillNC
A selfie of me in yellow helmet and orange jacket. Behind me are a kid and a man. We're all on bikes on a residential street
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Vibe
Photo of a grimacing jack-o-lantern with large round eyes and a flat smile as if it is saying, "eeeeeeeeek" in a flat, hopeless voice
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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oh. my. effing. word.

#TrafficViolence #VictimBlaming #CarBrain
screenshot of an alamy stock photo purchase page. The image is a cartoon showing two children in a crosswalk next to a park in a residential area. There is a soccer ball in the street, and the kids were apparently trying to retrieve it. But there is also a red light facing the crosswalk, presumably meant to tell the children not to cross, and next to the crosswalk is a truck, stopped, with the driver leaning his whole torso out the window pointing at the boys with a violently angry expression on his face. The caption for the image reads: "Traffic violation scene. Kids violated road rules, boys cross path for ball. Outdoor children dangerous situation, roadway risk play. Danger car."
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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After diving into the website, it's most definitely an #AI account pretending to be a human company, brokering freelancing deals between humans.
screenshot of the epicfreelancer.bsky.social account, which has no profile descsription and a profile picture that is a white rocketship icon on a purple background. Its pinned post says: "Want something built quickly? Come to epicfreelancer.com." The most recent post says: "The key insight: every task you outsource successfully is one you never have to do again." The account has 2.6 kfollowers, 56.6k follows, 54 posts, and one new block
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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the "oops I almost killed you" wave

#CarBrain #ShitDrivers #ChapelHillNC
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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the spikes
Side view of the truck, showing a company logo (triad commercial asphalt) and spikes on the hubcaps
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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4'11, almost 12 years old, still not big enough to "be seen"

#TruckBloat
Photo of a young girl, dressed in blue soccer kit, walking past a lifted white dually pickup truck next to a soccer field. The top of the girl's head is several inches below the truck's hood.
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I got killed off (again, presumably for good this time) 5 years ago today

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Photo of a can of Tab soda sitting on a bed of ice. The ice appears to be lit from below, or maybe there's a spotlight shining on the can.
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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tf is a theophite and how did I get on its blocklist?
screenshot of a blocklist report from clearsky reading: "Blocked by 55 users via lists lists.alxtratrstrl.xyz alextraterrestiral's lists theophite followers self-explanatory? view subscribers"
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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I am increasingly baffled...and alarmed.

What is the value of citations--one of the primary ways academics are judged--if they are generated through #AI #slop?

#AcademicSky #Academia
screenshot of the paragraph in which my research on traffic impact assessment is cited. The text reads: "Adaptation is an effort to modify movement patterns to suit specific requirements, such as adjusting, changing, rearranging, revising, and adding variations. Meanwhile, origination is creating new movement patterns to suit certain situations or problems, such as designing, composing, building, creating, constructing, and creating something new (Combs, McDonald, and Leimenstoll 2023)."
October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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#APA "Female respondents earned 9% less, on average, than male respondents. However, this gap is predominantly attributable to diffs between respondents w/ 30 or more years of planning experience."

a) false
b) if true, no thoughts why women bail earlier than men, APA?

#planning #gender
Horizontal bar chart showing salaries for male and female identifying urban planners at varying levels of experience. At each level (ranging from less than 5 years to more than 30) male identifying planners make at least a couple thousand dollars a year more than female
October 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM