Mab
@mabdese.bsky.social
30 something. Mab isn't short for anything (but I am short)
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no reason for him to be like this
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
no reason for him to be like this
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Every year for Hanukkah I like to share panels from this special holiday comic I edited when I was on staff at Marvel. There remains a dearth of specifically Hanukkah stories in comics and this one only ever appeared in print once.
Every year I am proud to share and celebrate the light of Hanukkah:
Every year I am proud to share and celebrate the light of Hanukkah:
December 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Every year for Hanukkah I like to share panels from this special holiday comic I edited when I was on staff at Marvel. There remains a dearth of specifically Hanukkah stories in comics and this one only ever appeared in print once.
Every year I am proud to share and celebrate the light of Hanukkah:
Every year I am proud to share and celebrate the light of Hanukkah:
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whenever i watch an old timey movie and see the small handbags the ladies would carry all i can think is “that would never hide a rotisserie chicken”
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
whenever i watch an old timey movie and see the small handbags the ladies would carry all i can think is “that would never hide a rotisserie chicken”
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Over ten years ago I pitched a piece about how all these glowing profiles were being done about 3d printing companies "disrupting" and "democratizing" prosthetics and how that was simply not true. I was told it was too boring/negative and nobody wanted it.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.
Britt Young, writer and lecturer at UC Berkeley, explains why 3D printing has not brought down costs of prosthetic limbs.
www.marketplace.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Over ten years ago I pitched a piece about how all these glowing profiles were being done about 3d printing companies "disrupting" and "democratizing" prosthetics and how that was simply not true. I was told it was too boring/negative and nobody wanted it.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
mas é óbvio que ele iria se arriscar pra ir tirar um cochilo no melhor lugar
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
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Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
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gotta be honest with you all, Seasonal Minion Fire Hydrant is carrying my mental health on its back.
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
gotta be honest with you all, Seasonal Minion Fire Hydrant is carrying my mental health on its back.
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One of the most disturbing things about the U.S. government getting themselves into the anti-vaccine game is that it is a time-release poison pill.
It will take a few years before the worst of the harm is visible to enough people that they will truly understand what has been done to them.
It will take a few years before the worst of the harm is visible to enough people that they will truly understand what has been done to them.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
One of the most disturbing things about the U.S. government getting themselves into the anti-vaccine game is that it is a time-release poison pill.
It will take a few years before the worst of the harm is visible to enough people that they will truly understand what has been done to them.
It will take a few years before the worst of the harm is visible to enough people that they will truly understand what has been done to them.
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“What I see as a labor economist is we have starved everything to feed one mouth,” says Ron Hetrick, Principal Economist at Lightcast. “These are now three years that we have foregone development in so many industries as we shove food into a mouth that’s already so full.”
Silicon Valley has placed a trillion-dollar bet that gen AI can transform the global economy and pave the way for AGI. But warning signs show the marketing hype has vastly overrated what current AI tech can achieve, creating a bubble with growing costs when it pops, writes @jeremyhsu.bsky.social.
When it all comes crashing down: The aftermath of the AI boom
AI has buoyed the stock market and a struggling US economy but warning signs indicate a bubble that everyone will pay for when it bursts.
thebulletin.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“What I see as a labor economist is we have starved everything to feed one mouth,” says Ron Hetrick, Principal Economist at Lightcast. “These are now three years that we have foregone development in so many industries as we shove food into a mouth that’s already so full.”
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December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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bad news: another portal to hell has opened
good news: nothing has gotten noticeably worse
good news: nothing has gotten noticeably worse
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
bad news: another portal to hell has opened
good news: nothing has gotten noticeably worse
good news: nothing has gotten noticeably worse
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What's breaking people is being in a kind of permanent low grade flight or fight response they can't get out of, while having to pretend they're not having it, going about their lives as if everything is fine when it isn't.
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What's breaking people is being in a kind of permanent low grade flight or fight response they can't get out of, while having to pretend they're not having it, going about their lives as if everything is fine when it isn't.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
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you know how when you were a little kid you could go up to people and be like, “you, girl with the pink ponytail, do you want to be friends?” and then you were friends?
you can also do that as a grownup; they don’t want you to know this, but people hardly ever say no
you can also do that as a grownup; they don’t want you to know this, but people hardly ever say no
December 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
you know how when you were a little kid you could go up to people and be like, “you, girl with the pink ponytail, do you want to be friends?” and then you were friends?
you can also do that as a grownup; they don’t want you to know this, but people hardly ever say no
you can also do that as a grownup; they don’t want you to know this, but people hardly ever say no
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this is exactly how i look going to get a little snack out of the fridge at 2am
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
this is exactly how i look going to get a little snack out of the fridge at 2am
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what do you MEAN Trudeau is taking Katy Perry to meet the former Japanese prime minister
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
what do you MEAN Trudeau is taking Katy Perry to meet the former Japanese prime minister
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Day 3: #ArtAdventCalendar
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
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#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Day 3: #ArtAdventCalendar
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
Tisha Mark ©2025, Knowing Glances, oil on Gessobord, 7"x5"
tishamark.com/product/know...
#art #painting #TraditionalArt #bsnm #SciArt
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.