Loretta Hackenbush, PhD
@pghsciencenerd.bsky.social
My name isn’t really Loretta. Yinzer science goblin. Mall rat (RIP Century III).
ROSS PARK MALL IS ON FIRE nooooooooo
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM
ROSS PARK MALL IS ON FIRE nooooooooo
Loretta status: in her car at the mall, listening to Nirvana and drinking Gloria Jean’s coffee
What year is it?
What year is it?
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Loretta status: in her car at the mall, listening to Nirvana and drinking Gloria Jean’s coffee
What year is it?
What year is it?
Professor Beefaroni and I had the most intense cuddle session yet last night
February 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Professor Beefaroni and I had the most intense cuddle session yet last night
REAL WINDY AHT
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
REAL WINDY AHT
Upped my weight on the sumo high pull today at the gym to 35 lb. I used to be able to do 90 lb when I weighed 80 lbs more than I do now. I was so sturdy.
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Upped my weight on the sumo high pull today at the gym to 35 lb. I used to be able to do 90 lb when I weighed 80 lbs more than I do now. I was so sturdy.
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
What an amazing creature
February 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
What an amazing creature
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one of the most upsetting things about all the epstein files (along with all the men not rich enough to be in the epstein files who fixate on teens) is how many of them are parents
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
one of the most upsetting things about all the epstein files (along with all the men not rich enough to be in the epstein files who fixate on teens) is how many of them are parents
FaceTiming in a public bathroom is gross. Gen Z, why?
February 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
FaceTiming in a public bathroom is gross. Gen Z, why?
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Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today
Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.
therealnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Just got back from East Palestine. So much going on in the world, but yesterday was the 3yr anniversary of the train derailment & chemical disaster that upended residents' lives forever—I had to be there. They are getting sicker. People are dying. Please remember them
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
therealnews.com/americas-tox...
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"
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Pessimistic prediction, but:
At some point, being in the Epstein files a few times without direct evidence that you killed, fucked and ate a baby, is going to become a mark of prestige. Because enough powerful people are implicated that accepting it will be presented as realistic grown up politics.
At some point, being in the Epstein files a few times without direct evidence that you killed, fucked and ate a baby, is going to become a mark of prestige. Because enough powerful people are implicated that accepting it will be presented as realistic grown up politics.
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Pessimistic prediction, but:
At some point, being in the Epstein files a few times without direct evidence that you killed, fucked and ate a baby, is going to become a mark of prestige. Because enough powerful people are implicated that accepting it will be presented as realistic grown up politics.
At some point, being in the Epstein files a few times without direct evidence that you killed, fucked and ate a baby, is going to become a mark of prestige. Because enough powerful people are implicated that accepting it will be presented as realistic grown up politics.
Advice I recently gave:
Imagine a child who conflicts with every aspect of your personality and values. If you are prepared to love that child unconditionally & help them to grow into that personality, then have as many kids as you want, because you have what it takes to be a good parent.
Imagine a child who conflicts with every aspect of your personality and values. If you are prepared to love that child unconditionally & help them to grow into that personality, then have as many kids as you want, because you have what it takes to be a good parent.
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Advice I recently gave:
Imagine a child who conflicts with every aspect of your personality and values. If you are prepared to love that child unconditionally & help them to grow into that personality, then have as many kids as you want, because you have what it takes to be a good parent.
Imagine a child who conflicts with every aspect of your personality and values. If you are prepared to love that child unconditionally & help them to grow into that personality, then have as many kids as you want, because you have what it takes to be a good parent.
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I guess this explains why my eyes were burning when I went outside today
Friends, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but a Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning is again in effect.
AND Mon Valley is also waking up to crazy-high levels of H2S…again.
AND Mon Valley is also waking up to crazy-high levels of H2S…again.
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I guess this explains why my eyes were burning when I went outside today
Oh my god he finally pooped himself on live TV
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Oh my god he finally pooped himself on live TV
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(1) Long 🧵 Time.
Today we learned that paleontologist Jack Horner (the same guy who helped give us "Jurassic Park") is in the Epstein Files. As a paleontologist, I feel compelled to say something because this touches my field and I want to make my stance clear on this...
Today we learned that paleontologist Jack Horner (the same guy who helped give us "Jurassic Park") is in the Epstein Files. As a paleontologist, I feel compelled to say something because this touches my field and I want to make my stance clear on this...
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
(1) Long 🧵 Time.
Today we learned that paleontologist Jack Horner (the same guy who helped give us "Jurassic Park") is in the Epstein Files. As a paleontologist, I feel compelled to say something because this touches my field and I want to make my stance clear on this...
Today we learned that paleontologist Jack Horner (the same guy who helped give us "Jurassic Park") is in the Epstein Files. As a paleontologist, I feel compelled to say something because this touches my field and I want to make my stance clear on this...
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I remember a college professor of mine going on a rant about how the world was owned and ruined by “five old white men on yachts”
And I remember thinking, well, it’s probably more that people don’t examine their own actions, it’s not like a couple of people control the world
But you know what
And I remember thinking, well, it’s probably more that people don’t examine their own actions, it’s not like a couple of people control the world
But you know what
January 31, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I remember a college professor of mine going on a rant about how the world was owned and ruined by “five old white men on yachts”
And I remember thinking, well, it’s probably more that people don’t examine their own actions, it’s not like a couple of people control the world
But you know what
And I remember thinking, well, it’s probably more that people don’t examine their own actions, it’s not like a couple of people control the world
But you know what
We are very busy
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM
We are very busy
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What I’m seeing here is that Epstein is a nexus point for the “intellectual” cabal that shores up the race science justifying our current immigration and anti-DEI policies (Huberman), as well the tone policing moderates (Brooks) that hamstrings oppositions. Oh and their billionaire benefactors.
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What I’m seeing here is that Epstein is a nexus point for the “intellectual” cabal that shores up the race science justifying our current immigration and anti-DEI policies (Huberman), as well the tone policing moderates (Brooks) that hamstrings oppositions. Oh and their billionaire benefactors.
@rockcandy87.bsky.social how is Jinx? I’ve been thinking about her
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
@rockcandy87.bsky.social how is Jinx? I’ve been thinking about her
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A year ago: We need TAXES on the WEALTHY
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Now: We need a cleansing fire
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A year ago: We need TAXES on the WEALTHY
Now: We need a cleansing fire
Now: We need a cleansing fire
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Your Daily Reminder
You have a sexual pedophile abuser in the Whitehouse
This post from Congressman
Seth Moulton, D-MA
DOJ took it down, of course, but not before thousands saw ....the vile filth
#EpsteinFiles
#Redacted
We stand with the victims
You have a sexual pedophile abuser in the Whitehouse
This post from Congressman
Seth Moulton, D-MA
DOJ took it down, of course, but not before thousands saw ....the vile filth
#EpsteinFiles
#Redacted
We stand with the victims
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Your Daily Reminder
You have a sexual pedophile abuser in the Whitehouse
This post from Congressman
Seth Moulton, D-MA
DOJ took it down, of course, but not before thousands saw ....the vile filth
#EpsteinFiles
#Redacted
We stand with the victims
You have a sexual pedophile abuser in the Whitehouse
This post from Congressman
Seth Moulton, D-MA
DOJ took it down, of course, but not before thousands saw ....the vile filth
#EpsteinFiles
#Redacted
We stand with the victims
Brunton Dairy chocolate milk in the glass bottle is back
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Brunton Dairy chocolate milk in the glass bottle is back