Abigail Plumb-Larrick
@eminencegrise.bsky.social
Qualitative realness. UX research and product discovery. User research doer and teacher. Strong opinions, weakly held.
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
Amazing! I just invented noise canceling headphones that keep you from hearing the voices of nearby men Telling Facts to their hapless seatmates. (How much protein should you eat? Where are Gucci loafers made? Is pufferfish dangerous to eat? HE WILL TELL U.)
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Amazing! I just invented noise canceling headphones that keep you from hearing the voices of nearby men Telling Facts to their hapless seatmates. (How much protein should you eat? Where are Gucci loafers made? Is pufferfish dangerous to eat? HE WILL TELL U.)
Progressive insurance app with the Pittsburgh/Cleveland null copula (“Needs set”). Yay grammar!
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Progressive insurance app with the Pittsburgh/Cleveland null copula (“Needs set”). Yay grammar!
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Every AI Trump video
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Every AI Trump video
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
In fact, this is the origin of the dreaded Ohio maneuverability test #trueohiofacts
Even more incredible, after they deliver their load at the steel mills, the freighters go in reverse up the Crooked River (which is what "Cuyahoga" means btw) and journey 5 miles BACKWARDS through those turns back to Lake Erie!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWlx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWlx...
Time Lapse of Freighter Sam Laud Backing Down the Cuyahoga River
YouTube video by Share the River
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In fact, this is the origin of the dreaded Ohio maneuverability test #trueohiofacts
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
wapo.st
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Do you think unbending Clippy until he was a long piece of metal would be painful for him. Or do you think it would cause him to feel a great sense of relief
September 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Do you think unbending Clippy until he was a long piece of metal would be painful for him. Or do you think it would cause him to feel a great sense of relief
Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy. [Disturbingly close]
September 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy. [Disturbingly close]
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Epstein always had young women around him, Krauss told an interviewer in 2011, but “as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people.”
FOR SCIENCE 🤺
FOR SCIENCE 🤺
Fully entered a state of madness by the time I finished this essay, on the remarkable intellectual (and political) failures of New Atheism, and a new anthology edited by Lawrence Krauss nymag.com/intelligence...
How the New Atheists Joined the MAHA War on Science
A new anthology showcases the intellectual failures of a diminishing brand.
nymag.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Epstein always had young women around him, Krauss told an interviewer in 2011, but “as a scientist, my presumption is that whatever the problems were I would believe him over other people.”
FOR SCIENCE 🤺
FOR SCIENCE 🤺
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
August 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
I’m not sure what Walmart’s survey panel is doing here with the defaults but at least I feel young
July 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I’m not sure what Walmart’s survey panel is doing here with the defaults but at least I feel young
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Zohran Mamdani being *more* popular among NYC Jews than among NYC voters as a whole is a wild fact, and completely belies much of the national narrative surrounding his candidacy.
The people in the national media who talk a lot about antisemitism are often not listening to actual Jews.
The people in the national media who talk a lot about antisemitism are often not listening to actual Jews.
July 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani being *more* popular among NYC Jews than among NYC voters as a whole is a wild fact, and completely belies much of the national narrative surrounding his candidacy.
The people in the national media who talk a lot about antisemitism are often not listening to actual Jews.
The people in the national media who talk a lot about antisemitism are often not listening to actual Jews.
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
“The designers come in at the end, to make sure it matches the style guide”
July 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“The designers come in at the end, to make sure it matches the style guide”
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
July 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
If you’ve never seen Ms. Tamara Walcott deadlift 641 pounds, I’d highly recommend watching this:
July 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
If you’ve never seen Ms. Tamara Walcott deadlift 641 pounds, I’d highly recommend watching this:
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Still a bit swollen because I just had it done. Please make note of font in case they photoshop “antifa” on it in comic sans or whatever
May 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Still a bit swollen because I just had it done. Please make note of font in case they photoshop “antifa” on it in comic sans or whatever
Someone got the Meta ai app to make this picture of me
July 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Someone got the Meta ai app to make this picture of me
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd
July 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
We're gonna need a bigger Hague
May 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We're gonna need a bigger Hague
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
When we balkanize, I hope Zohran (PBUH) enjoins the New York City Jihad with the Great Khan of the Midwest Steppes, JB Pritzker.
We'll have girls in fishnets, trans people ridding bareback training their archery, and an agreement that Chicago provides the hot dogs and NYC the pizza.
We'll have girls in fishnets, trans people ridding bareback training their archery, and an agreement that Chicago provides the hot dogs and NYC the pizza.
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When we balkanize, I hope Zohran (PBUH) enjoins the New York City Jihad with the Great Khan of the Midwest Steppes, JB Pritzker.
We'll have girls in fishnets, trans people ridding bareback training their archery, and an agreement that Chicago provides the hot dogs and NYC the pizza.
We'll have girls in fishnets, trans people ridding bareback training their archery, and an agreement that Chicago provides the hot dogs and NYC the pizza.
Reposted by Abigail Plumb-Larrick
“wearing the device around the neck” is not a use case.
do words mean ANYTHING any more
do words mean ANYTHING any more
I’m a little disappointed this doesn’t have a shock collar
May 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“wearing the device around the neck” is not a use case.
do words mean ANYTHING any more
do words mean ANYTHING any more