Loretta Hackenbush, PhD
@pghsciencenerd.bsky.social
My name isn’t really Loretta. Yinzer science goblin. Mall rat (RIP Century III).
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i have missed this drama but this is the most joyce carol oates thing to ever joyce carol oates
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
i have missed this drama but this is the most joyce carol oates thing to ever joyce carol oates
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1/ Pretty amazing new results showing an unexpected benefit of mRNA vaccines. Patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy survived almost twice as long. jenndowd.substack.com/p/can-mrna-v... #episky #medsky #cancer
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1/ Pretty amazing new results showing an unexpected benefit of mRNA vaccines. Patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy survived almost twice as long. jenndowd.substack.com/p/can-mrna-v... #episky #medsky #cancer
Describe your car’s personality in one photo
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Describe your car’s personality in one photo
Ghost has a Sister Imperator comic book, and Sister is a real badass in it
Where do I sign up for this church
Where do I sign up for this church
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ghost has a Sister Imperator comic book, and Sister is a real badass in it
Where do I sign up for this church
Where do I sign up for this church
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“Abolish ice” at this point is the conservative position.
Everyone involved in the administration at any level is going to have to be tried for crimes against humanity and dealt with accordingly.
This isn’t going away with elections and we certainly cannot “come together” after this.
Everyone involved in the administration at any level is going to have to be tried for crimes against humanity and dealt with accordingly.
This isn’t going away with elections and we certainly cannot “come together” after this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Abolish ice” at this point is the conservative position.
Everyone involved in the administration at any level is going to have to be tried for crimes against humanity and dealt with accordingly.
This isn’t going away with elections and we certainly cannot “come together” after this.
Everyone involved in the administration at any level is going to have to be tried for crimes against humanity and dealt with accordingly.
This isn’t going away with elections and we certainly cannot “come together” after this.
There is a coffee shop in my neighborhood that sells weird random shit
Today they had a bucket of vintage perm rollers for sale
Today they had a bucket of vintage perm rollers for sale
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There is a coffee shop in my neighborhood that sells weird random shit
Today they had a bucket of vintage perm rollers for sale
Today they had a bucket of vintage perm rollers for sale
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Why does Professor Beefaroni insist on disassembling one of the water fountains
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why does Professor Beefaroni insist on disassembling one of the water fountains
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#swoletariat is my new favorite thing. So I guess one could say I feel swolidarity?
Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”.
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.
Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#swoletariat is my new favorite thing. So I guess one could say I feel swolidarity?
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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Really love that the sandwich guy was on video whipping a sandwich at a CBP officer and right away was like "damn right I did that shit, I hit that pig with a sandwich" and the Justice Department tried to bigfoot the case and couldn't even get him on a misdemeanor because fuck you
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Really love that the sandwich guy was on video whipping a sandwich at a CBP officer and right away was like "damn right I did that shit, I hit that pig with a sandwich" and the Justice Department tried to bigfoot the case and couldn't even get him on a misdemeanor because fuck you
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Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
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New York billionaires could have made everyday New Yorkers' lives better if they contributed as much in taxes over a year as they put into anti-Mamdani campaign ads in a few weeks.
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New York billionaires could have made everyday New Yorkers' lives better if they contributed as much in taxes over a year as they put into anti-Mamdani campaign ads in a few weeks.
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this meme made me chuckle
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
this meme made me chuckle
My people are originally from Staten Island and I can tell you this tracks
Yes I have a distant cousin in jail for attempted murder
Yes I have a distant cousin in jail for attempted murder
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
My people are originally from Staten Island and I can tell you this tracks
Yes I have a distant cousin in jail for attempted murder
Yes I have a distant cousin in jail for attempted murder
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
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A lot of the people you see arguing against food assistance are actually on food assistance. They work at Walmart or a convenience store and think they are deserving, but others are not.
This is projection and the way that the 1% keep poor people pitted against poor people so they don’t look up.
This is projection and the way that the 1% keep poor people pitted against poor people so they don’t look up.
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A lot of the people you see arguing against food assistance are actually on food assistance. They work at Walmart or a convenience store and think they are deserving, but others are not.
This is projection and the way that the 1% keep poor people pitted against poor people so they don’t look up.
This is projection and the way that the 1% keep poor people pitted against poor people so they don’t look up.
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Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remember that time Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face and then the guy had to go on TV and apologise for how being shot in the face made Dick Cheny look bad?
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Adams has railed against vaccines, and science in general, for many years. Kennedy cut funding for promising work including mRNA vaccines for prostate cancer. Just, the audacity here.
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Adams has railed against vaccines, and science in general, for many years. Kennedy cut funding for promising work including mRNA vaccines for prostate cancer. Just, the audacity here.
Napping is essential
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Napping is essential
HOT NUTS ARE BACK AT ROSS PARK MALL
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
HOT NUTS ARE BACK AT ROSS PARK MALL