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AbiWAIL KaBOOker
@akabaker.bsky.social
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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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Just saw Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein in 35 mm at AFI Silver. Highly recommend seeing this on the big screen. The colors, the scenery, the costumes, etc. all deserve to be seen huge. (IMAX sounds amazing but the closest to me is New York)
A small poster being held in the lap of a person sitting in a movie theater. It shows Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s Monster. He has long black hair and pale skin with visible scarring. A large black/brown fur coat covers most of his body but his hand is visible and is missing part of his skin so you can see muscle and blood and bone. Words are across this image that fills the poster. It reads from top to bottom (I’ve added periods to indicate line breaks) “A film by Guillermo Del Toro. Frankenstein. Oscar Isaac. Jacob Elordi. Mia Goth. and. Christoph Waltz. Exclusive 35MM Engagement” everything is in white capital lettering except for the movie title which is stylized as if it was written by hand. There is also the MPAA rating of R and the Netflix logo in the bottom right corner.
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
akabaker.bsky.social
As someone who rode green line for work for 5 years until recently, plus many random other trips through my life , may I offer you the holiday decorated trains as a consolation prize? (a terrible consolation prize I know, but I rode them many times on that line)
An image of a dc subway car wrapped in a printed Gingerbread theme decoration. The outside is brown with white “frosting” on the top and bottom of the car as well as lining the doors. The doors have printed red bows, there are printed button or jelly candies lining the bottom and top and a collection of peppermint hard candies, jelly candies, gummy bears , etc in front of blue and white candy candy canes framing the windows. Underneath the windows in white writing, it reads “the sweetest ride of the holiday season!” With the word ride stylised to look like light blue icing. The train is in an outdoor station so you can see trees and leaf covered grass behind it as the photo was taken from a higher angle on an escalator.
October 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
akabaker.bsky.social
At the Library of Congress National Book Festival for horror author fun, but first I relived my childhood of going through the 50 state tables and got a little teary eyed seeing the IMLS sign from across the hall.
A picture of me, a woman with brown hair and big tan glasses wearing a brown Creepshow t-shirt holding an oversized frame that looks like an instagram post from the Institute of museum and library sciences. The caption reads “ @US_IMLS Museums and libraries are the heart of communities, ensuring that they are informed, healthy, and vibrant! #Museums #Libraries “ i am also holding a little sign that looks like a book that is title IMLS at the National Book Festival.
September 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
akabaker.bsky.social
I doubt it’s based on any real machine. But it looks like this. In the beginning of the movie Dorothy is in a sanitarium getting electroshock to “fix her dreams”
The electroshock therapy machine from Return to Oz. It is a dark wooden case with a glass front. Inside are various metal pieces and dials and bells and such, but two round measurement pieces are prominent up top (sort of like old speedometers) and a straight piece with a moving metal arrow at the bottom, giving it a vaguely face like appearance
September 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
akabaker.bsky.social
Update , took a few poor photos while walking by after leaving work today. Seems as if this van is a food and water location in front of NMNH? Also several of the Nat Guard had large visible rifles. There were a few not in these pictures
7 people in National Guard camo are crowded around the open doors of a white van , some are holding plastic water bottles and snacks. In the foreground are long ornamental grasses in sidewalk planters. In the background is a building of classical inspired architecture (IRS) A young black man dressed in a camo National Guard uniform has a large black military rifle and is holding what looks like some kind of snack bar in one hand . There is a bench and a rentable electric scooter on the sidewalk in the foreground. A government building in the style of classic architecture is in the background.
August 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
akabaker.bsky.social
I forgot the photos
An orange and yellow crocheted triops (tadpole shrimp) the body is round with a conical tail with two parts. It has 3 eyes .
July 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM