Rebecca WB
@rwb22.bsky.social
she/her. I'm into sewing, fashion, costuming, museum design & curation, history, sci-fi/fantasy, film, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, space, dinosaurs, and travel. I don't auto-followback. Always punch Nazis, healthcare is a right, eat the rich.
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Rebecca WB
@rwb22.bsky.social
· Feb 6
I'm really just here to follow people now twitter is a hellscape, but I am a real person not a bot. I'm into sewing, fashion, costuming, history, archaeology, linguistics, space, dinosaurs, and travel. Always punch Nazis, healthcare is a right and that includes abortions, and honestly, eat the rich.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
In the summer of ‘88, I had a job where I installed cell phones into cars. No one has needed that skill in over 30 years.
In the summer of ‘88, I had a job where I installed cell phones into cars. No one has needed that skill in over 30 years.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Ooh! Duck Duck Go now lets me block a website from appearing in search results! So I can block all those fake review sites or whatever that are just aggregators/ai/seo bait. This is exciting! Yay for search potentially becoming usable again, even leaving google there are still a lot of bad results.
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ooh! Duck Duck Go now lets me block a website from appearing in search results! So I can block all those fake review sites or whatever that are just aggregators/ai/seo bait. This is exciting! Yay for search potentially becoming usable again, even leaving google there are still a lot of bad results.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm safe. And thrilled beyond measure, how do I get kidnapped so this will happen?
I'm safe. And thrilled beyond measure, how do I get kidnapped so this will happen?
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm safe. And thrilled beyond measure, how do I get kidnapped so this will happen?
I'm safe. And thrilled beyond measure, how do I get kidnapped so this will happen?
Somehow, this thread is just the most British thing to happen today.
In Tesco’s this afternoon: an elderly Polish man at the self-checkout, trying to buy a pint of milk and a white radish. There is no picture for the radish on the machine. The assistant doesn’t know what it is. She asks a colleague: “It’s a white radish.” There is no entry for it on the machine.
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Somehow, this thread is just the most British thing to happen today.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
'I want everyone to post their hometown slop"
Rochester is famous for the Garbage Plate (which looks exactly how you think it's going to, it's fine?) and Zweigle's white hot dogs, although it SHOULD be famous for Abbot's Frozen Custard, which for my money is the best soft serve on the planet.
Rochester is famous for the Garbage Plate (which looks exactly how you think it's going to, it's fine?) and Zweigle's white hot dogs, although it SHOULD be famous for Abbot's Frozen Custard, which for my money is the best soft serve on the planet.
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
'I want everyone to post their hometown slop"
Rochester is famous for the Garbage Plate (which looks exactly how you think it's going to, it's fine?) and Zweigle's white hot dogs, although it SHOULD be famous for Abbot's Frozen Custard, which for my money is the best soft serve on the planet.
Rochester is famous for the Garbage Plate (which looks exactly how you think it's going to, it's fine?) and Zweigle's white hot dogs, although it SHOULD be famous for Abbot's Frozen Custard, which for my money is the best soft serve on the planet.
Well done! Can't wait to get my copy, all of @koshersoul.bsky.social's books have been fab.
May I ask for 50 reposts? New York Magazine is a big deal! Thank you Bluesky!
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Well done! Can't wait to get my copy, all of @koshersoul.bsky.social's books have been fab.
Because famously, romance readers never buy all the books in a series or notice when books are connected? Have these people ever... met anyone else who reads romance novels? Or any kind of genre book?
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Because famously, romance readers never buy all the books in a series or notice when books are connected? Have these people ever... met anyone else who reads romance novels? Or any kind of genre book?
That's just mean.
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
That's just mean.
OMG this is the cutest ever, I want them all.
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
OMG this is the cutest ever, I want them all.
Farfalle, I have only once or twice had it when both the ends and the little knot in the center were properly cooked, usually either the center's raw or the ends are soggy. Ick.
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Farfalle, I have only once or twice had it when both the ends and the little knot in the center were properly cooked, usually either the center's raw or the ends are soggy. Ick.
Is anyone else's following feed suddenly full of people they don't follow? Never had this before, but today it's like 80% randoms and ony 20% people I follow.
October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is anyone else's following feed suddenly full of people they don't follow? Never had this before, but today it's like 80% randoms and ony 20% people I follow.
OMG yes. I also don't have the shelf space for hardcover books, I can barely handle the stupid now-standard trade paperback size. I WANT to pre-order, so I wish at least they'd let me pre-order the paperback at the same time, even if it'll take longer to arrive.
My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.
October 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
OMG yes. I also don't have the shelf space for hardcover books, I can barely handle the stupid now-standard trade paperback size. I WANT to pre-order, so I wish at least they'd let me pre-order the paperback at the same time, even if it'll take longer to arrive.
Well this is just incredible news.
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Well this is just incredible news.
I am not listening to your series of voice notes. If you can't fit it into one note, answering-machine style, either type it out or call me because those notes are going right in the bin.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I am not listening to your series of voice notes. If you can't fit it into one note, answering-machine style, either type it out or call me because those notes are going right in the bin.
What movie do you consider perfect?
September 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What movie do you consider perfect?
And, next time you get a tetanus shot, get the one with Pertussis in it! (TDaP, I believe) I had this as an adult, and I was sicker than I have ever been. Fortunately I had a doctor on the verge of retirement who could diagnose me from coughing over the phone, but those guys are gone now.
VACCINATE YOUR FUCKING CHILDREN!!!
Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease.
All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.
This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3
#medsky #pedsky🛟😷
All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn.
This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3
#medsky #pedsky🛟😷
September 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
And, next time you get a tetanus shot, get the one with Pertussis in it! (TDaP, I believe) I had this as an adult, and I was sicker than I have ever been. Fortunately I had a doctor on the verge of retirement who could diagnose me from coughing over the phone, but those guys are gone now.
Ok, this is pretty cool. Kind of want one of these!
"Tamra Maew manuscripts pair illustrations of these auspicious pets with poetic descriptions and notes on what mystical benefits the owner might hope to accrue, which may range from riches to good health."
The Cat’s *Maew*: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
A manuscript that pairs illustrations of cats with poetic descriptions and notes on what mystical benefits their owners might hope to accrue.
publicdomainreview.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ok, this is pretty cool. Kind of want one of these!
I can proudly report that my almost 80-year-old father just asked me to 'install that duck duck go app' next time I visit, he's sick of getting AI results. When google search is losing his demographic, I'd like to think that means they're toast.
September 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I can proudly report that my almost 80-year-old father just asked me to 'install that duck duck go app' next time I visit, he's sick of getting AI results. When google search is losing his demographic, I'd like to think that means they're toast.
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: apple, my cousin's grandma's recipe
Best ice cream: hazelnut
Best donut: apple cider
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: lemon poppyseed or carrot spice
Best other: sticky toffee pudding.
Best pie: apple, my cousin's grandma's recipe
Best ice cream: hazelnut
Best donut: apple cider
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: lemon poppyseed or carrot spice
Best other: sticky toffee pudding.
Everything is awful so why not?
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: pumpkin
Best ice cream: butter pecan or just really really high quality vanilla
Best donut: old fashioned
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: coconut
Best other: sticky toffee pudding
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: pumpkin
Best ice cream: butter pecan or just really really high quality vanilla
Best donut: old fashioned
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: coconut
Best other: sticky toffee pudding
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: Sweet Potato
Best ice cream: Butter Pecan or Salted Caramel
Best donut: Devil's food
Best bar: Lemon
Best cake: Carrot
Best other: Reese's PB cups
Best pie: Sweet Potato
Best ice cream: Butter Pecan or Salted Caramel
Best donut: Devil's food
Best bar: Lemon
Best cake: Carrot
Best other: Reese's PB cups
September 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: apple, my cousin's grandma's recipe
Best ice cream: hazelnut
Best donut: apple cider
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: lemon poppyseed or carrot spice
Best other: sticky toffee pudding.
Best pie: apple, my cousin's grandma's recipe
Best ice cream: hazelnut
Best donut: apple cider
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: lemon poppyseed or carrot spice
Best other: sticky toffee pudding.
Painted the stairs. They needed it, but I hadn't thought through that because they're tight winder stairs, there's a point where only painting half the step still meant I needed to levitate to get up or down them until they dried, which took 2 days. Fortunately, was trapped downstairs not up!
what's the DIY project you took on and regretted the most
September 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Painted the stairs. They needed it, but I hadn't thought through that because they're tight winder stairs, there's a point where only painting half the step still meant I needed to levitate to get up or down them until they dried, which took 2 days. Fortunately, was trapped downstairs not up!
Say what now? This is just... what? Magical, but in that super creepy terrifying way.
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Say what now? This is just... what? Magical, but in that super creepy terrifying way.
Ok, this is absolutely hysterical. Have you ever considered how babies stay still in place if they need an x-ray? This is apparently how! (picture is of a baby locked into two halves of a glass tube, face exposed, arms up. It looks confused)
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Ok, this is absolutely hysterical. Have you ever considered how babies stay still in place if they need an x-ray? This is apparently how! (picture is of a baby locked into two halves of a glass tube, face exposed, arms up. It looks confused)
I think this is really well put- I read all the 'classic' sci-fi authors when I was a teen, and mostly they were just... fine. Fine to bad, honestly. If that had been all I was reading, I'd have gone off the genre entirely.
I'm scared I will draw the Wrath of the Fanboys, but... this week on my newsletter I wrote about why I think the "Golden Age of Science Fiction" writers have so little appeal to a huge swathe of today's SF/F writers & readers.
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/this-is-why-...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/this-is-why-...
this is why we don't read the Golden Age anymore.
There are so many histories of the future.
Spinning through timespace, studying this apocalypse, a key part of my undercover mission is studying stories about the future. When and where and how were ...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I think this is really well put- I read all the 'classic' sci-fi authors when I was a teen, and mostly they were just... fine. Fine to bad, honestly. If that had been all I was reading, I'd have gone off the genre entirely.