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@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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@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!
What is with boomers' obsession with broadcast television? My dad loses his mind that our main tv "just" does streaming.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What is with boomers' obsession with broadcast television? My dad loses his mind that our main tv "just" does streaming.
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In retrospect, I didn’t know how well we had it when the crackpots printed out their artisanal psychoceramics in full-color books and put them in the grad student mailboxes.
I mean, I didn’t read them back then either, but at least it was human-generated nonsense and people put in some effort.
I mean, I didn’t read them back then either, but at least it was human-generated nonsense and people put in some effort.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In retrospect, I didn’t know how well we had it when the crackpots printed out their artisanal psychoceramics in full-color books and put them in the grad student mailboxes.
I mean, I didn’t read them back then either, but at least it was human-generated nonsense and people put in some effort.
I mean, I didn’t read them back then either, but at least it was human-generated nonsense and people put in some effort.
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I again suggest that the world shut down between Thanksgiving and the Epiphany. You cover many holidays that way and we all get a rest. Essential workers make double pay and we have lots of feasts. Neighborhoods celebrate together and we bring back wassailing and 12 days of Xmas. Elect me president.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I again suggest that the world shut down between Thanksgiving and the Epiphany. You cover many holidays that way and we all get a rest. Essential workers make double pay and we have lots of feasts. Neighborhoods celebrate together and we bring back wassailing and 12 days of Xmas. Elect me president.
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It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
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Also, despite the movie's famous tagline, you might be surprised at how little of Alien was actually filmed in space.
Fun fact: For the movie Alien, they actually used a man in a practical suit because the studio was unable to afford a real Xenomorph.
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Also, despite the movie's famous tagline, you might be surprised at how little of Alien was actually filmed in space.
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Fun fact: For the movie Alien, they actually used a man in a practical suit because the studio was unable to afford a real Xenomorph.
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Fun fact: For the movie Alien, they actually used a man in a practical suit because the studio was unable to afford a real Xenomorph.
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Wake up babe, a new way to be horrified by AI just dropped.
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Wake up babe, a new way to be horrified by AI just dropped.
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
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if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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I phrased the search a different way and the bot happily gave the opposite claim also as true, once again connected to a different set of semi-credible sources. Among the other issues, then, is that we are dealing with de-contextualizing tools. Information lifted from its chain of reference.
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I phrased the search a different way and the bot happily gave the opposite claim also as true, once again connected to a different set of semi-credible sources. Among the other issues, then, is that we are dealing with de-contextualizing tools. Information lifted from its chain of reference.
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In other words, even good students who are mostly doing their due diligence may be misled by how the bot takes nearly-accurate information, and then presents it as field consensus. The claim in question was one of those borderline bits of field-discourse, which can understandably be tricky.
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In other words, even good students who are mostly doing their due diligence may be misled by how the bot takes nearly-accurate information, and then presents it as field consensus. The claim in question was one of those borderline bits of field-discourse, which can understandably be tricky.
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An illegal order was given. An illegal order was followed.
This puts into context the reaction of the Trump admin to the video by Democratic lawmakers urging troops not to follow illegal orders.
Now it’s illegal orders to kill foreign nationals. Next it could be illegal orders to kill Americans.
This puts into context the reaction of the Trump admin to the video by Democratic lawmakers urging troops not to follow illegal orders.
Now it’s illegal orders to kill foreign nationals. Next it could be illegal orders to kill Americans.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
An illegal order was given. An illegal order was followed.
This puts into context the reaction of the Trump admin to the video by Democratic lawmakers urging troops not to follow illegal orders.
Now it’s illegal orders to kill foreign nationals. Next it could be illegal orders to kill Americans.
This puts into context the reaction of the Trump admin to the video by Democratic lawmakers urging troops not to follow illegal orders.
Now it’s illegal orders to kill foreign nationals. Next it could be illegal orders to kill Americans.
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Gift link. Folks in the DOD and military are actively trying to underbus Hegseth.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Gift link. Folks in the DOD and military are actively trying to underbus Hegseth.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Houston, the Apollo 11 bootprint hoodies
have landed 🧑🚀
I'm over the moon to finally have these available in my shop. They turned out so cool 🤩😭
Grab yours below and please spread the word 🙏
bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
have landed 🧑🚀
I'm over the moon to finally have these available in my shop. They turned out so cool 🤩😭
Grab yours below and please spread the word 🙏
bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Apollo 11 Bootprint Hoodie
Inspired by the iconic Apollo 11 bootprint on the Moon, we set out to get as close to the real thing as possible. This was no small step, but we did it. Meet our lunar bootprint hoodie with a true 3D imprint you can both see and feel.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Houston, the Apollo 11 bootprint hoodies
have landed 🧑🚀
I'm over the moon to finally have these available in my shop. They turned out so cool 🤩😭
Grab yours below and please spread the word 🙏
bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
have landed 🧑🚀
I'm over the moon to finally have these available in my shop. They turned out so cool 🤩😭
Grab yours below and please spread the word 🙏
bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Holidays have helped me realize that a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio of adult to toddler is ideal. Enough that the kid is supervised and played with, always someone new to take a turn when he gets bored, and the other adults can actually relax or do things.
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Holidays have helped me realize that a 3:1 or 4:1 ratio of adult to toddler is ideal. Enough that the kid is supervised and played with, always someone new to take a turn when he gets bored, and the other adults can actually relax or do things.
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I usually create a thread of options for people who would like to donate to a Native cause or struggle, but it has gotten HARDER to fundraise on socials over the past couple of years, so I am zeroing in on one ask this year. Pls support Native organizing infrastructure: nativeorganizing.org/donate/
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I usually create a thread of options for people who would like to donate to a Native cause or struggle, but it has gotten HARDER to fundraise on socials over the past couple of years, so I am zeroing in on one ask this year. Pls support Native organizing infrastructure: nativeorganizing.org/donate/
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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You can go to your local library exactly ONE time and get a free membership there that lets you download all kinds of ebooks, audiobooks, streaming movies, the works. Do that
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You can go to your local library exactly ONE time and get a free membership there that lets you download all kinds of ebooks, audiobooks, streaming movies, the works. Do that
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Nebraska: The Land of Unique Cenozoic Fossil Beds That If The State Government Was Competent Would Be Major International Tourist Draws.
Ashfall Fossil Beds is an astonishing locality of which I was ignorant until last week. Included it in Monday’s Introduction to Volcanoes lecture to @durhamearthsci.bsky.social first years. 🧪🌋⚒️
12 million year old bone-crushing dog tracks!
New article on research we presented at the recent Vert Paleo conference in the UK.
Lots of on-going work at Ashfall Fossil Beds @unsmmorrillhall.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving for those in the states. 🦃
www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
New article on research we presented at the recent Vert Paleo conference in the UK.
Lots of on-going work at Ashfall Fossil Beds @unsmmorrillhall.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving for those in the states. 🦃
www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Nebraska: The Land of Unique Cenozoic Fossil Beds That If The State Government Was Competent Would Be Major International Tourist Draws.
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My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor