Abby Oakwright
@oakwright.gay
Old. Tired. Angry. Trans. Plural. Polyamorous. Aromantic. Auntie. Disabled. Hacker. Artist. Writer. Bicycle lover. Banjo player. Burnout. Stoner. Retired SW. Anarchist. Witch. She/her/they
We are.
We are.
What a really bad nightmare
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What a really bad nightmare
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This is me politely asking you all to review this skeet and, as a result, think twice before engaging in "smell-this 'activism.'"
DID YOU SEE THIS AWFUL THING THIS AWFUL MAN SAID
HOW ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE GUY, ISN'T IT HE TERRIBLE
OK, so... why are you his street team? Why are you signal-boosting?
DID YOU SEE THIS AWFUL THING THIS AWFUL MAN SAID
HOW ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE GUY, ISN'T IT HE TERRIBLE
OK, so... why are you his street team? Why are you signal-boosting?
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is me politely asking you all to review this skeet and, as a result, think twice before engaging in "smell-this 'activism.'"
DID YOU SEE THIS AWFUL THING THIS AWFUL MAN SAID
HOW ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE GUY, ISN'T IT HE TERRIBLE
OK, so... why are you his street team? Why are you signal-boosting?
DID YOU SEE THIS AWFUL THING THIS AWFUL MAN SAID
HOW ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE GUY, ISN'T IT HE TERRIBLE
OK, so... why are you his street team? Why are you signal-boosting?
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Okay now that it is seemingly confirmed via datamine stuff and not just folks posting on Twitter:
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Okay now that it is seemingly confirmed via datamine stuff and not just folks posting on Twitter:
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
If/when Harry Potter stuff comes to Fortnite if you are still playing that game I Will Be Judging You. Fortnite is fun. I've enjoyed playing it over the years.
An HP collab is a Hard Out. Don't do it
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In other words, traffic deaths are a policy choice
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
In other words, traffic deaths are a policy choice
Seasonal depression is kicking my ass. Normally I have to pour a lot of effort into keeping my seasonal in check, but these past two months have been rough for non-seasonal reasons which has been taking all my energy and I have nothing left to fight the seasonal with.
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Seasonal depression is kicking my ass. Normally I have to pour a lot of effort into keeping my seasonal in check, but these past two months have been rough for non-seasonal reasons which has been taking all my energy and I have nothing left to fight the seasonal with.
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Mr. Beast is one of those celebrities or shows in the background of a dystopian story to give you an idea of how completely the broken society has become. You can't convince me he's real.
a man in a tuxedo is being attacked by two women in a movie and they are talking about a dollar .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is being attacked by two women in a movie and they are talking about a dollar .
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Mr. Beast is one of those celebrities or shows in the background of a dystopian story to give you an idea of how completely the broken society has become. You can't convince me he's real.
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This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
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🕙 10–11 AM PT
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🕙 10–11 AM PT
📍 Online
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@getdweb.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🌱 Curious about decentralized, open-source ag tech? Join the #DWeb Virtual Meetup to hear from innovators developing tools that strengthen small-farmer sovereignty & advance sustainable, community-driven food futures.
📅 Nov 26
🕙 10–11 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1974935071...
@getdweb.net
📅 Nov 26
🕙 10–11 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1974935071...
@getdweb.net
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"build one to throw away" applies to so many things
my best code is written in a two-step process:
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"build one to throw away" applies to so many things
While typoed “magnetometer” into “mangometer” and am laughing my ass off about it. Imagine a sensor built specifically to detect mangos. 🥭 🟰 🧲
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
While typoed “magnetometer” into “mangometer” and am laughing my ass off about it. Imagine a sensor built specifically to detect mangos. 🥭 🟰 🧲
Every time I open bsky it’s an assault to my psyche, but it doesn’t compare to the psychic assault that happens when I open fb. That app has been showing me sponsored ads and posts from groups I don’t follow that are very specifically things that would piss me off.
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Every time I open bsky it’s an assault to my psyche, but it doesn’t compare to the psychic assault that happens when I open fb. That app has been showing me sponsored ads and posts from groups I don’t follow that are very specifically things that would piss me off.
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1. I love that someone came up with and then followed through with this.
2. I wonder if the specific superhero matters? Batman feels like a loaded choice.
3. I wonder if you'd get similar results from any non-superhero uniforms.
2. I wonder if the specific superhero matters? Batman feels like a loaded choice.
3. I wonder if you'd get similar results from any non-superhero uniforms.
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
1. I love that someone came up with and then followed through with this.
2. I wonder if the specific superhero matters? Batman feels like a loaded choice.
3. I wonder if you'd get similar results from any non-superhero uniforms.
2. I wonder if the specific superhero matters? Batman feels like a loaded choice.
3. I wonder if you'd get similar results from any non-superhero uniforms.
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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My least favorite genre of trans person is the kind who sees another trans person being happy and says "If I can't be happy, you can't be either," and does what they can to bring down every trans person around them.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My least favorite genre of trans person is the kind who sees another trans person being happy and says "If I can't be happy, you can't be either," and does what they can to bring down every trans person around them.
My stress levels are too high.
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My stress levels are too high.
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One of the reasons I recommend knitting as a decompression hobby is that it keeps both of your hands busy in ways that makes it very difficult to click around the Internet and/or social media.
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
One of the reasons I recommend knitting as a decompression hobby is that it keeps both of your hands busy in ways that makes it very difficult to click around the Internet and/or social media.
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Raising a fireside toast to Rebecca Heineman with the first game I ever played that she programmed and co-designed: Bard's Tale III: The Thief of Time.
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Raising a fireside toast to Rebecca Heineman with the first game I ever played that she programmed and co-designed: Bard's Tale III: The Thief of Time.
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My cat, Schrödinger, has a new electric car, but it just broke down. Can anyone recommend a good quantum mechanic?
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My cat, Schrödinger, has a new electric car, but it just broke down. Can anyone recommend a good quantum mechanic?
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A thing that doesn't get brought up enuff, cuz it's terrifying: We still don't know WHY the original 1929 US stock market crash happened. There are theories, but... it just happened, after years of nervous speculation it was gonna happen.
Because the stock market is fucking irrational.
Because the stock market is fucking irrational.
could it be today
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A thing that doesn't get brought up enuff, cuz it's terrifying: We still don't know WHY the original 1929 US stock market crash happened. There are theories, but... it just happened, after years of nervous speculation it was gonna happen.
Because the stock market is fucking irrational.
Because the stock market is fucking irrational.
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Help Becky if you can.
Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social needs to be transfered by helicopter to a medical center where they can better treat her cancer, which means her gofundme needs $20k more. please give to support this trans game dev elder if you can!
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Help Becky if you can.
Because I have absurd allergies I often times can’t smell very well. And when I do smell things, I often can’t categorize scents because it’s often been years since I smelled that particular scent and might not recognize it. Some days my nose works though. And I realize Everything Has A Smell.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Because I have absurd allergies I often times can’t smell very well. And when I do smell things, I often can’t categorize scents because it’s often been years since I smelled that particular scent and might not recognize it. Some days my nose works though. And I realize Everything Has A Smell.
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Excellent short piece contesting the "technological revolution" narrative around the printing press, and how the metaphor of the tech "democracizing knowledge" is deeply flawed.
What, exactly, does this string of words mean? Why does everyone who stands to profit from selling "AI" love to repeat it? And what's the value of slogans that masquerade as history?
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Excellent short piece contesting the "technological revolution" narrative around the printing press, and how the metaphor of the tech "democracizing knowledge" is deeply flawed.
That’s how the fey get ya
OH MAN. See, this is gonna fuck a lot of people up.
I got this AI-Assisted pop up on a contract I'm reading. You...really gotta actually read your contracts? So you don't get business fucked? This is stupid.
I got this AI-Assisted pop up on a contract I'm reading. You...really gotta actually read your contracts? So you don't get business fucked? This is stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
That’s how the fey get ya
It’s 1:30 pm and I have finally managed to properly reset all of my joints that subluxed while sleeping. Feels great being able to take a full breath of air without a rib being all twisty.
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s 1:30 pm and I have finally managed to properly reset all of my joints that subluxed while sleeping. Feels great being able to take a full breath of air without a rib being all twisty.