🦃Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD
@drwambsgans.bsky.social
Community psychologist cosplaying as a financial risk analyst. Leslie Knope coded. Love, in no particular order: Pokémon, DBZ, Pride & Prejudice, ATLA, USPS & the Census, the Columbia River, & Star Trek. She/her
Jerry said he was proud of me on 2025-01-09
Jerry said he was proud of me on 2025-01-09
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PikaProgress Update: 93% complete!
I wouldn’t normally update so soon but those five tiny stitches in the bottom left corner represent THE BOTTOM of this project! I’m so close to being done.
I wouldn’t normally update so soon but those five tiny stitches in the bottom left corner represent THE BOTTOM of this project! I’m so close to being done.
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Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird how many racists like to self-identify themselves as racists.
Ummm… thanks for sharing?
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Ummm… thanks for sharing?
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[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
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You don't have to pick a side to exploit a fracture.
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
You don't have to pick a side to exploit a fracture.
I love DBZ so much. It’s such a bold move to kill off your hero in episode 5.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I love DBZ so much. It’s such a bold move to kill off your hero in episode 5.
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Dems: Mamdani is too radical for our taste. Plus someone said he's antisemitic. And that name is scary to us! We need to keep him out.
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Dems: Mamdani is too radical for our taste. Plus someone said he's antisemitic. And that name is scary to us! We need to keep him out.
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
Do we think Vegeta has a complex about how neither of his kids were born with a tail?
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Do we think Vegeta has a complex about how neither of his kids were born with a tail?
This is also my fault because Shea Whigham will always be Eli, Michael Shannon will always be Van Alden, etc etc.
I fear this show will have the same problem (for me) that Boardwalk Empire had—too many white guys who all kinda look enough alike and I can’t remember any of their character names.
I am enjoying it. But I don’t expect to be learned about the topic once I finish it.
I am enjoying it. But I don’t expect to be learned about the topic once I finish it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is also my fault because Shea Whigham will always be Eli, Michael Shannon will always be Van Alden, etc etc.
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who could have foreseen this?
oh wait, right right right, just literally everyone who understands how corporations in this country work 🙃
oh wait, right right right, just literally everyone who understands how corporations in this country work 🙃
KARL: Tariffs have been removed from some food items. How soon do we expect prices on those goods will go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
who could have foreseen this?
oh wait, right right right, just literally everyone who understands how corporations in this country work 🙃
oh wait, right right right, just literally everyone who understands how corporations in this country work 🙃
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please stop screenshotting tom nichols's stupid bullshit
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
please stop screenshotting tom nichols's stupid bullshit
Today we are partaking in the time honored tradition of trying to plan out our meals for the week. We (I) will inevitably end up making the same few things we make every week.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Today we are partaking in the time honored tradition of trying to plan out our meals for the week. We (I) will inevitably end up making the same few things we make every week.
Currently on the sibling chat we’re discussing the Taco Bell Baja Blast pie, which we’re now calling the Chernobyl Cream Pie. My younger sister—who does not live with us—is trying to talk us out of it. While also asking if there is a way I can have one shipped to her.
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Currently on the sibling chat we’re discussing the Taco Bell Baja Blast pie, which we’re now calling the Chernobyl Cream Pie. My younger sister—who does not live with us—is trying to talk us out of it. While also asking if there is a way I can have one shipped to her.
How about a Lucretia Garfield show? More Betty Gilpin, please!!
i would have been on board with a Guiteau show or maaaaybe a Garfield show but both is confusing
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
How about a Lucretia Garfield show? More Betty Gilpin, please!!
I just looked online for a specific set of spoons that I bought when Tom and I were first married. I found the same set and now they are referred to as “vintage.”
I’m going to start calling our marriage “vintage.”
I’m going to start calling our marriage “vintage.”
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I just looked online for a specific set of spoons that I bought when Tom and I were first married. I found the same set and now they are referred to as “vintage.”
I’m going to start calling our marriage “vintage.”
I’m going to start calling our marriage “vintage.”
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Y'all. Folks who study such things know this is competitive authoritarianism. They know this is fascism. They know we are dancing on the knife edge of civil war.
If it isn't yet impacting you? mazel tov. Maybe pay attention to your broader community.
Don't let the waves of "normal" deceive you.
If it isn't yet impacting you? mazel tov. Maybe pay attention to your broader community.
Don't let the waves of "normal" deceive you.
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Y'all. Folks who study such things know this is competitive authoritarianism. They know this is fascism. They know we are dancing on the knife edge of civil war.
If it isn't yet impacting you? mazel tov. Maybe pay attention to your broader community.
Don't let the waves of "normal" deceive you.
If it isn't yet impacting you? mazel tov. Maybe pay attention to your broader community.
Don't let the waves of "normal" deceive you.
This is high romance.
let's make this texas roadhouse a texas roadhome
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is high romance.
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I’ll hate merrick garland’s doj until I am dead probably
imagine if the epstein emails had been released in october 2024.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’ll hate merrick garland’s doj until I am dead probably
Wario Colin Robinson is at it again.
KARL: To state the obvious, tariffs do raise prices on Americans despite what the president has said over and over again
HASSETT: It depends
HASSETT: It depends
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Wario Colin Robinson is at it again.
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Why do people with Celiac hate baguettes?
It's such un pain.
It's such un pain.
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Why do people with Celiac hate baguettes?
It's such un pain.
It's such un pain.
I’ve been terraforming my ACNH island for two hours.
The ADHD urge to do literally anything other than sleep when it’s time for bed.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I’ve been terraforming my ACNH island for two hours.
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Beyond all this, Monica Lewinski has turned the shitstorm that comes with being a public relations punching bag for the world's most powerful man into a platform from which she has supported and uplifted countless other women.
Monica Lewinski is a hero, and everyone needs to get off her lawn.
Monica Lewinski is a hero, and everyone needs to get off her lawn.
Monica Lewinski went through Hell because of Bill Clinton and she was 21 when she started working for him.
Please leave that poor woman be in all the funning. She was destroyed by the public and he kept on keeping on as the president.
Please leave that poor woman be in all the funning. She was destroyed by the public and he kept on keeping on as the president.
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Beyond all this, Monica Lewinski has turned the shitstorm that comes with being a public relations punching bag for the world's most powerful man into a platform from which she has supported and uplifted countless other women.
Monica Lewinski is a hero, and everyone needs to get off her lawn.
Monica Lewinski is a hero, and everyone needs to get off her lawn.
One thing I am enjoying about rewatching TNG (I have only seen S1-3 before) is that I have a new appreciation for Pulaski. I didn’t give her a chance the first time around, and I really enjoyed her this time. I’ll miss her in S3 and beyond.
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
One thing I am enjoying about rewatching TNG (I have only seen S1-3 before) is that I have a new appreciation for Pulaski. I didn’t give her a chance the first time around, and I really enjoyed her this time. I’ll miss her in S3 and beyond.
New knitting project 🧶
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
New knitting project 🧶
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
Are there any YA book series that are a bit sci-fi fantasy and also contain no deaths? I’m taking the kid to the library today and trying to avoid books with deaths (his request, not mine).
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Are there any YA book series that are a bit sci-fi fantasy and also contain no deaths? I’m taking the kid to the library today and trying to avoid books with deaths (his request, not mine).