Sabrina Imbler
@sabs.bsky.social
charismatic megafauna at Defector
books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology)
newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/
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books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology)
newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/
signal: simbler.88
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felis hallwayfoodus
December 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
felis hallwayfoodus
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Just re-read this piece and -- odd as it is to say, given the nature of it -- I think it's my favorite thing I wrote this year in terms of style?
I was thrilled to come back to @defector.com to write about "Alligator Alcatraz," the vicious folklore of "gator bait," and the long history of white supremacists trying to recruit alligators as enforcers of racial terror
Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators? | Defector
In June, Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier extolled the benefits of the concentration camp they were rushing to build in the wetlands of the Big Cypress Nature Reserve, west of Miami and just ...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Just re-read this piece and -- odd as it is to say, given the nature of it -- I think it's my favorite thing I wrote this year in terms of style?
I asked the question on everyone's minds
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What Would You Name This Cat? | Defector
When news broke this weekend that an elusive, endangered wildcat was spotted in Thailand for the first time in three decades, I rejoiced, obviously. What wonderful news that the flat-headed cat, which...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I asked the question on everyone's minds
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We are SO CLOSE — we're just $33 away from making our matching goal this year! Thanks to matching donors like @sabs.bsky.social and many others for helping make this possible! www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We are SO CLOSE — we're just $33 away from making our matching goal this year! Thanks to matching donors like @sabs.bsky.social and many others for helping make this possible! www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
showed my parents The Princess Switch for the first time and they absolutely loved it…my dad cried…my mom is convinced that Vanessa Hudgens is one of our generation’s finest actresses
December 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
showed my parents The Princess Switch for the first time and they absolutely loved it…my dad cried…my mom is convinced that Vanessa Hudgens is one of our generation’s finest actresses
I apologize to @izdaramola.bsky.social and @rayratto.bsky.social for making them watch MERV, a movie about Merv, with me
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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: 'Merv' | Defector
It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, available holiday movies. Sabrina: Well, well, well. It’s the final Christm...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I apologize to @izdaramola.bsky.social and @rayratto.bsky.social for making them watch MERV, a movie about Merv, with me
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“I find that LLMs produce sentences that are smooth, glib, poreless, smiling, somewhat like a beluga whale. But every busted sentence written by a human is busted in its own way.”
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Presenting The 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many | Defector
Can you ask someone to “close your eyes and watch” something? Just how private does a conversation need to be in order to upgrade from speaking “privately” to “very privately”? What does it mean for a...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“I find that LLMs produce sentences that are smooth, glib, poreless, smiling, somewhat like a beluga whale. But every busted sentence written by a human is busted in its own way.”
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had a somewhat bewildering 30-minute conversation with my mom about poly people before I realized she was talking about polygamy
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
had a somewhat bewildering 30-minute conversation with my mom about poly people before I realized she was talking about polygamy
whenever people ask me how to become a science writer, I refer them to the @theopennotebook.bsky.social. it's the best guide to becoming a thoughtful, ethical science journalist. all donations will be matched through the end of the year, will you join me?
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The Open Notebook's 15th Anniversary - The Open Notebook
For 15 years, The Open Notebook has been the trusted home for journalists worldwide who cover science. What started as an experiment to demystify the craft of science writing has grown into a vital, g...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
whenever people ask me how to become a science writer, I refer them to the @theopennotebook.bsky.social. it's the best guide to becoming a thoughtful, ethical science journalist. all donations will be matched through the end of the year, will you join me?
www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
www.theopennotebook.com/15thannivers...
just took sudafed for the first time in a decade and am feeling like I can See God
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
just took sudafed for the first time in a decade and am feeling like I can See God
love to go on dates this time of year, when my silhouette can only be described as Lego Person
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
love to go on dates this time of year, when my silhouette can only be described as Lego Person
playing this in the morning alone in the apartment >>>>>>>>
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Phantom Thread - House of Woodcock (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
playing this in the morning alone in the apartment >>>>>>>>
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is this the year I finally buy Envelope Crop Top from the USPS store....
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
is this the year I finally buy Envelope Crop Top from the USPS store....
come on up to the house......COME ON UP to the house...you gotta come on UP to the HOUSE......come ON UP to THE HOUSSEEEE 🗣️
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
come on up to the house......COME ON UP to the house...you gotta come on UP to the HOUSE......come ON UP to THE HOUSSEEEE 🗣️
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I read American Canto and I think it’s wonderful. haha jk
American Cant | Defector
Dante Alighieri thought he could write himself out of exile. In 1300, while serving on a governing committee in his beloved Florence, the poet was involved in a factional dispute among city leaders. T...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I read American Canto and I think it’s wonderful. haha jk
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I'm really honored by these kind words from @evaholland.bsky.social niemanstoryboard.org/2025/12/11/n...
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm really honored by these kind words from @evaholland.bsky.social niemanstoryboard.org/2025/12/11/n...
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loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
loath to be too precious about this stuff but I want one lesson of defector to be "you can choose to not do stuff that sucks" even if "doing stuff that sucks" is the default
this is the year I finally accept that I am a small guy and should buy shirts made for small guys if I don't want to be mistaken for a middle schooler again in ballys atlantic city
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
this is the year I finally accept that I am a small guy and should buy shirts made for small guys if I don't want to be mistaken for a middle schooler again in ballys atlantic city
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I can't believe a story about a frog eating a hornet made me tear up. defector.com/is-this-the-...
I Shall Never Mess Up Again | Defector
How do you mend a broken three-chambered heart? This question tailed me as I wandered lost and lonely from the burrow of the frog I once loved most ardently. It is true she endeavored to devour me, re...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I can't believe a story about a frog eating a hornet made me tear up. defector.com/is-this-the-...
honored to welcome A. Frog back to the pages of Defector for what might have been his final blog
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I Shall Never Mess Up Again | Defector
How do you mend a broken three-chambered heart? This question tailed me as I wandered lost and lonely from the burrow of the frog I once loved most ardently. It is true she endeavored to devour me, re...
defector.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
honored to welcome A. Frog back to the pages of Defector for what might have been his final blog
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truly the only time that AI has ever been helpful to me and I resent it.........
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
truly the only time that AI has ever been helpful to me and I resent it.........
absolutely thrilled to share that I am, as of this week, will be seeing only one therapist 😌
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
absolutely thrilled to share that I am, as of this week, will be seeing only one therapist 😌
calling for an immediate moratorium on "yap" and all its permutations on the apps (saw someone self-describe as being fluent in "yapanese")
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
calling for an immediate moratorium on "yap" and all its permutations on the apps (saw someone self-describe as being fluent in "yapanese")
Defector Watches a Christmas Movie is BACK with Dave and Leigh McKenna, who were very kind to watch another movie they hated
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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: 'Jingle Bell Heist' | Defector
It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, available holiday movies. The first movie in our lineup is Jingle Bell Heis...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Defector Watches a Christmas Movie is BACK with Dave and Leigh McKenna, who were very kind to watch another movie they hated
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