🦃Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD
@drwambsgans.bsky.social
Community psychologist cosplaying as a financial risk analyst. Leslie Knope coded. Love, in no particular order: Pokémon, DBZ, Pride & Prejudice, ATLA, USPS & the Census, the Columbia River, & Star Trek. She/her
Jerry said he was proud of me on 2025-01-09
Jerry said he was proud of me on 2025-01-09
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PikaProgress Update: 93% complete!
I wouldn’t normally update so soon but those five tiny stitches in the bottom left corner represent THE BOTTOM of this project! I’m so close to being done.
I wouldn’t normally update so soon but those five tiny stitches in the bottom left corner represent THE BOTTOM of this project! I’m so close to being done.
I had a history professor in college who said assassinations did not impact the greater trends in history. I regularly think about how wrong he was.
Against my better judgement, I am finishing Death By Lightning. It’s fine, I just know how it ends and I don’t like the feeling of steamrolling toward disaster.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I had a history professor in college who said assassinations did not impact the greater trends in history. I regularly think about how wrong he was.
Against my better judgement, I am finishing Death By Lightning. It’s fine, I just know how it ends and I don’t like the feeling of steamrolling toward disaster.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Against my better judgement, I am finishing Death By Lightning. It’s fine, I just know how it ends and I don’t like the feeling of steamrolling toward disaster.
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It makes me equal parts devastated and enraged.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It makes me equal parts devastated and enraged.
Classic Drunk Roommate move.
me: good night. sweet dreams. love you.
goofball: i have a question.
me: ok. make it quick.
goofball: what does “overthrowing the status quo” mean?
goofball: i have a question.
me: ok. make it quick.
goofball: what does “overthrowing the status quo” mean?
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Classic Drunk Roommate move.
So when is Part 2 coming out?
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So when is Part 2 coming out?
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There’s a[n implied] comma in “Quiet, piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There’s a[n implied] comma in “Quiet, piggy.”
There are so many injustices in the world. One that comes around annually and always disappoints is performance reviews. They have to know they are incentivizing us to quiet quit.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
There are so many injustices in the world. One that comes around annually and always disappoints is performance reviews. They have to know they are incentivizing us to quiet quit.
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Me, repeatedly setting the dial back to "Sabrina Carpenter" as racists and billionaires try to change the White Woman setting to Nuzzi, Sweeney, or Greene.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Me, repeatedly setting the dial back to "Sabrina Carpenter" as racists and billionaires try to change the White Woman setting to Nuzzi, Sweeney, or Greene.
Google sent me an email and said I signed up for Gemini. I most certainly did not actively do such a heinous act, so how to I undo this?
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Google sent me an email and said I signed up for Gemini. I most certainly did not actively do such a heinous act, so how to I undo this?
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
Same
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Same
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Just because three white nationalist don't like pedophiles doesn't mean we have to form a sisterhood of traveling pants with then
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just because three white nationalist don't like pedophiles doesn't mean we have to form a sisterhood of traveling pants with then
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Wait a minute, these are the Geoffrey Epstein files
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wait a minute, these are the Geoffrey Epstein files
I really did not anticipate how much parenting time I would spend trying to protect my kid as he explores the internet. Just hours and hours and hours of parental controls and arguing and tears and threats and I’m so tired.
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I really did not anticipate how much parenting time I would spend trying to protect my kid as he explores the internet. Just hours and hours and hours of parental controls and arguing and tears and threats and I’m so tired.
Oh it wasn’t the shut down…
Target investors brace for market share drop, weak sales due to US shutdown reut.rs/44hsnk2
Target investors brace for market share drop, weak sales due to US shutdown
Target's third‑quarter results on Wednesday are expected to lay bare the retailer’s struggles amid mounting economic uncertainty, and as cash-strapped Americans slashed discretionary spending during the prolonged government shutdown.
reut.rs
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Oh it wasn’t the shut down…
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the only real way to think about these raids is terrorist attacks
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
the only real way to think about these raids is terrorist attacks
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
He has done so many abhorrent things, but for some reason this one is really sticking with me. What an odious man.
can’t stop thinking about “quiet piggy” and what an uproar that would’ve caused in any other news environment
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
He has done so many abhorrent things, but for some reason this one is really sticking with me. What an odious man.
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enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
I hate how Word now wants you to post a comment instead of just clicking out of the comment box. Why the extra step?!
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I hate how Word now wants you to post a comment instead of just clicking out of the comment box. Why the extra step?!
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I do want to Let Them Fight (tm) within the ranks of the gop, but I also want every clip of MTJ that circulates to include the context of who she still really is bc I do *not* trust the American electorate to not put her in an even higher office based on the media giving her "reasonable vibes"
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I do want to Let Them Fight (tm) within the ranks of the gop, but I also want every clip of MTJ that circulates to include the context of who she still really is bc I do *not* trust the American electorate to not put her in an even higher office based on the media giving her "reasonable vibes"
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This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
I just got really excited when I remembered one of my work tasks was to go through a policy and critique it/look for irrelevant info that can be removed.
It’s a good thing I love this shit because none of my coworkers do.
It’s a good thing I love this shit because none of my coworkers do.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I just got really excited when I remembered one of my work tasks was to go through a policy and critique it/look for irrelevant info that can be removed.
It’s a good thing I love this shit because none of my coworkers do.
It’s a good thing I love this shit because none of my coworkers do.