Abigail Kabaker
@akabaker.bsky.social
she/ her Independent museum collections contractor (looking for work) . Talks about museums, video games, science, politics, and pop culture. Views are my own.
Doing job apps and it’s like why couldn’t god have given me the ego of a mediocre white man?
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Doing job apps and it’s like why couldn’t god have given me the ego of a mediocre white man?
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Asking lawyers out there - does the return of child detention mean Labour Government have unsigned Convention on Rights of Child? And what about Scotland where it was signed by Scottish Parliament @aileenmcharg.bsky.social thoughts?
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Asking lawyers out there - does the return of child detention mean Labour Government have unsigned Convention on Rights of Child? And what about Scotland where it was signed by Scottish Parliament @aileenmcharg.bsky.social thoughts?
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Look I’m just trying to prepare y’all for the inevitable VF profile on “the quiet strength” of Majorie Taylor Greene
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Look I’m just trying to prepare y’all for the inevitable VF profile on “the quiet strength” of Majorie Taylor Greene
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After Tate Museums laid off 7% of their workforce and offered “below-inflationary” pay raises, their workers have vowed to go on a week-long strike.
Tate Museums Workers Set to Strike Over "Insulting" Pay Raise
Workers and union leaders say wages have not kept up with the cost of living, condemning them to “in-work poverty.”
hyperallergic.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
After Tate Museums laid off 7% of their workforce and offered “below-inflationary” pay raises, their workers have vowed to go on a week-long strike.
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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accidentally created a shoebill manzai duo
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
accidentally created a shoebill manzai duo
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It's actually great the Ockhams have adopted a zero-tolerance approach to generative AI in book production, and a shame these authors are casualties of their publisher trying to save a buck. (Incidentally I think both the covers are garbage.)
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Ockhams dump AI books from awards
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's actually great the Ockhams have adopted a zero-tolerance approach to generative AI in book production, and a shame these authors are casualties of their publisher trying to save a buck. (Incidentally I think both the covers are garbage.)
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I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
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David Lynch being a total fucking coffee freak is so funny, he's characterizing people with it in such effective shorthand. The Northwestern Hotel has bootleg La Pavoni machines, Colonel Briggs has an electric percolator while Pete has a stovetop model, and Harry has the most insane carafe ever
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
David Lynch being a total fucking coffee freak is so funny, he's characterizing people with it in such effective shorthand. The Northwestern Hotel has bootleg La Pavoni machines, Colonel Briggs has an electric percolator while Pete has a stovetop model, and Harry has the most insane carafe ever
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I did my job. And then I did a job that never should have been my responsibility afterwards, sending emails and having meetings about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Other women scholars had to spend their time explaining to Aspen leadership why this was not ok.
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I did my job. And then I did a job that never should have been my responsibility afterwards, sending emails and having meetings about how this was allowed to happen in the first place. Other women scholars had to spend their time explaining to Aspen leadership why this was not ok.
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Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bsky hasn’t heard the story about the time that I was giving a virtual colloquium to the Aspen Center for Physics in September 2020 and Lawrence Krauss, Geoff Marcy, Christian Ott all attended as a group
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
ACP now has a policy that would prevent this from happening, because of that incident 🔭
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https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/23954
『本物陶器 アフタヌーンティーセット』3月発売予定。
"Genuine Ceramic Afternoon Tea Set" is scheduled to be released in March.
#ガチャポン #gachapon
『本物陶器 アフタヌーンティーセット』3月発売予定。
"Genuine Ceramic Afternoon Tea Set" is scheduled to be released in March.
#ガチャポン #gachapon
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/23954
『本物陶器 アフタヌーンティーセット』3月発売予定。
"Genuine Ceramic Afternoon Tea Set" is scheduled to be released in March.
#ガチャポン #gachapon
『本物陶器 アフタヌーンティーセット』3月発売予定。
"Genuine Ceramic Afternoon Tea Set" is scheduled to be released in March.
#ガチャポン #gachapon
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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A new vending machine at Durham Food Hall sells zines about different aspects of Durham's history and culture — from urban foraging to the best spots in the city to cry in public.
www.wunc.org/arts-culture...
www.wunc.org/arts-culture...
This vending machine will feed you zines about Durham's history and culture
Artist Kelsey Graywill recently installed the Hyperlocal Durham vending machine at Durham Food Hall, which sells zines about different aspects of Durham's history and culture — from urban foraging to ...
www.wunc.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A new vending machine at Durham Food Hall sells zines about different aspects of Durham's history and culture — from urban foraging to the best spots in the city to cry in public.
www.wunc.org/arts-culture...
www.wunc.org/arts-culture...
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MTG is no less racist than she was two months ago, but the fact that she's beefing with trump will cause thousands of white liberals to flock to her nevertheless. sometimes the enemy of your enemy is just everybody's enemy.
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
MTG is no less racist than she was two months ago, but the fact that she's beefing with trump will cause thousands of white liberals to flock to her nevertheless. sometimes the enemy of your enemy is just everybody's enemy.
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Yes food yes forests 👏 https://marylandmatters.org/2025/10/31/eating-from-the-forest-food-forest-movement-reaps-harvest-across-maryland-landscape/
Eating from the forest: Food forest movement reaps harvest across Maryland landscape - Maryland Matters
Food forests are an effort to rewild urban spaces to grow food. Maryland has several including a food forest trail.
marylandmatters.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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caturday crimes in progress
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
caturday crimes in progress
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Look at the studies of why women and POC leave academia mid-way through thus creating a "leaky pipeline. " A recurring reason is harassment and bullying of a sexual OR non-sexual variety while their institutions stood by and did nothing claiming it's too hard to discipline tenured faculty.
and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Look at the studies of why women and POC leave academia mid-way through thus creating a "leaky pipeline. " A recurring reason is harassment and bullying of a sexual OR non-sexual variety while their institutions stood by and did nothing claiming it's too hard to discipline tenured faculty.
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brb going to do nothing but post Frankenstein (2025) memes today
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
brb going to do nothing but post Frankenstein (2025) memes today
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Otto Preminger dirigiendo a Frank Sinatra y a Kim Novak en The Man with the Golden Arm (1955).
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Otto Preminger dirigiendo a Frank Sinatra y a Kim Novak en The Man with the Golden Arm (1955).
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A trip to the beach! 😎 (in November, at 54 degrees north latitude on the edge of the Boreal forest) 🌿
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A trip to the beach! 😎 (in November, at 54 degrees north latitude on the edge of the Boreal forest) 🌿
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A Mermaids Purse/eggcase from a Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), a Sea heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) and a Banded Wedge shell (Donax vittatus). All found together on the beach.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Mermaids Purse/eggcase from a Lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula), a Sea heart urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) and a Banded Wedge shell (Donax vittatus). All found together on the beach.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In the early hours of this morning, following 119.6mm of rainfall in 12hrs, the River Monnow burst its banks and flooded Monmouth. The usual river level is just under 2m, this morning it was 6.63m- even higher than the record-breaking level during the floods in 2020 (6.57m). Absolutely devastating.