Sabrina Imbler
@sabs.bsky.social
charismatic megafauna at Defector
books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology)
newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/
signal: simbler.88
books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology)
newsletter Creatures NYC 🤙 https://buttondown.com/simbler/
signal: simbler.88
does anyone know what kind of beetle this is? inaturalist is just suggesting some kind of scarab. I saw it in the adirondacks by tupper lake in july
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
does anyone know what kind of beetle this is? inaturalist is just suggesting some kind of scarab. I saw it in the adirondacks by tupper lake in july
I wrote about the best Olympic sport
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High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector
To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course, this o...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I wrote about the best Olympic sport
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For people outside of paleontology:
This senior paleontologist, who married a 19-year-old, visited a convicted pedophile in 2012 & 2016. Is beefing over a conference argument from 13 years ago, angry because he was banned from a family-friendly event across the Atlantic. The level of petty.
This senior paleontologist, who married a 19-year-old, visited a convicted pedophile in 2012 & 2016. Is beefing over a conference argument from 13 years ago, angry because he was banned from a family-friendly event across the Atlantic. The level of petty.
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
For people outside of paleontology:
This senior paleontologist, who married a 19-year-old, visited a convicted pedophile in 2012 & 2016. Is beefing over a conference argument from 13 years ago, angry because he was banned from a family-friendly event across the Atlantic. The level of petty.
This senior paleontologist, who married a 19-year-old, visited a convicted pedophile in 2012 & 2016. Is beefing over a conference argument from 13 years ago, angry because he was banned from a family-friendly event across the Atlantic. The level of petty.
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If you’re in New York and have a free evening on Saturday, come and hear some cool readings and help fundraise for Haitian refugees and Palestinians
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If you’re in New York and have a free evening on Saturday, come and hear some cool readings and help fundraise for Haitian refugees and Palestinians
yesterday while having a conversation I thought I was only a little anxious about I broke out in neck hives for the first time in my life 💅
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
yesterday while having a conversation I thought I was only a little anxious about I broke out in neck hives for the first time in my life 💅
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can this man call me? I have 100 questions defector.com/biathlon-oly...
Norwegian Biathlete, At Summit Of His Life’s Work: I Cheated On My Girlfriend | Defector
The biathlon encourages athletes to balance two things at once. A competitor must be able to ski a great distance at an immense speed, and then, as if turning off a light switch, lower their heart rat...
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February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
can this man call me? I have 100 questions defector.com/biathlon-oly...
I wrote about the Olympics
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Which Other Olympic Mascots Could Italian Stoats Tina And Milo Slaughter In Cold Blood? | Defector
Apologies to all otters, ferrets, badgers, ferret-badgers, weasels, fishers, polecats, wolverines, martens, and grisons, but the mustelid of the moment is the stoat. The mascots of the 2026 Winter Oly...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I wrote about the Olympics
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it’s amazing how you can listen to lovers in the parking lot anytime you want
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM
it’s amazing how you can listen to lovers in the parking lot anytime you want
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fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
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The New Fabio Is Claude
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February 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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"For all of his grandstanding horseshit, Bezos has pretty quickly lost interest in operating a publication that might ever, even by accident, express or defend or otherwise illuminate ideas that oppose his own."
@christhompson.bsky.social on wapo
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@christhompson.bsky.social on wapo
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The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead | Defector
The Washington Post is being gutted. Jeff Bezos, one of the handful of wealthiest people on the planet, is through pretending to be a conscientious steward of the 150-year-old newspaper, and is now ra...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"For all of his grandstanding horseshit, Bezos has pretty quickly lost interest in operating a publication that might ever, even by accident, express or defend or otherwise illuminate ideas that oppose his own."
@christhompson.bsky.social on wapo
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@christhompson.bsky.social on wapo
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Pivoting my national newspaper to fash opinion sludge and some AI-related handwaving, on account of economic headwinds and also because neither I nor anyone in my cohort of elites knows how to read.
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Pivoting my national newspaper to fash opinion sludge and some AI-related handwaving, on account of economic headwinds and also because neither I nor anyone in my cohort of elites knows how to read.
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We’ve never been more back*
*sad
*sad
February 4, 2026 at 1:20 AM
We’ve never been more back*
*sad
*sad
thank you mitski for understanding that I am desperately needing to weep!!!!!!!
February 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
thank you mitski for understanding that I am desperately needing to weep!!!!!!!
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"If only the annoying guys of this age would devote themselves to the mystery of Prototaxites, maybe society would finally have a chance to heal."
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
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Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"If only the annoying guys of this age would devote themselves to the mystery of Prototaxites, maybe society would finally have a chance to heal."
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"Prototaxites was a strange sort of life form. It had no branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, nor a discernable root system. Instead, it resembled a beautiful sausage sprouting from the ground." @sabs.bsky.social is a national treasure
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
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Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Prototaxites was a strange sort of life form. It had no branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, nor a discernable root system. Instead, it resembled a beautiful sausage sprouting from the ground." @sabs.bsky.social is a national treasure
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This is what paleontology is really about
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
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Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is what paleontology is really about
fellas is it just me or is are things the bleakest they've ever been
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
fellas is it just me or is are things the bleakest they've ever been
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
defector.com/who-the-hell...
defector.com/who-the-hell...
Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
defector.com/who-the-hell...
defector.com/who-the-hell...
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It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
February 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
just realized Ötzi died dabbing….
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 AM
just realized Ötzi died dabbing….
babe wake up nellie bowles is in the epstein files
January 31, 2026 at 4:49 PM
babe wake up nellie bowles is in the epstein files
crying again
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“Diana’s Piano” And All The Cats I’ve Loved And Lost | Defector
I think I knew it was near the end when she came up onto my porch. Mango, the neighborhood stray, had never approached me before. But one morning she came up onto the porch and meowed. She purred as s...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
crying again
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Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
The Garden State Parkway's Jon Bon Jovi Rest Stop Is Playing Fast And Loose With Famous Quotes | Defector
CHEESEQUAKE, N.J. — Have you ever scored a touchdown? I never played real football, so my own experiences have been pretty low-key, but man, did they feel great. I think I remember almost all of them—...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Here's a thread of some Dan McQuade blogs that we really loved 🦅
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi rest stop is playing fast and loose with famous quotes: defector.com/the-garden-s...
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walking around muttering to myself "who is baby gronk dad" in memory of Dan defector.com/livvy-rizzin...
Livvy Rizzing Up Baby Gronk, Explained | Defector
Did you hear the news? Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk!!! Despite being a 40-year-old man, I am uniquely in tune with the younger generation because I go to the mall. I am more than happy to explain this a...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
walking around muttering to myself "who is baby gronk dad" in memory of Dan defector.com/livvy-rizzin...
is this a hermit thrush? (spotted in brooklyn bridge park last week)
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
is this a hermit thrush? (spotted in brooklyn bridge park last week)