Rebecca Robare
@robareowl.bsky.social
Scientist and writer, parent of twins, Sherlockian. PhD, Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience, CUNY Graduate Center, 2010. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1935/
Knights-in-training too short for their swords and lances? Problemstic page gap.
Angry person yelling at chill person who is responding by being calm, which makes the angry person even more mad? Problematic rage gap.
Prisoners keep escaping because you put the bars too far apart? Problematic cage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Knights-in-training too short for their swords and lances? Problemstic page gap.
Friend snapped this more accurate CVS sign
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Friend snapped this more accurate CVS sign
Suddenly, dermatographia. 🤦🏽♀️
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Suddenly, dermatographia. 🤦🏽♀️
Me: meditating
My brain: Starts writing Star Trek filk
Thoughts arise and subside, like starships passing though local space…
My brain: Starts writing Star Trek filk
Thoughts arise and subside, like starships passing though local space…
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Me: meditating
My brain: Starts writing Star Trek filk
Thoughts arise and subside, like starships passing though local space…
My brain: Starts writing Star Trek filk
Thoughts arise and subside, like starships passing though local space…
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Participants are now enrolling in our #longCovid randomized, controlled trial of tirzepatide. The largest trial to test a treatment for this condition. Home-based—no sites. In today's @sandiegouniontribune.com
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/c...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/c...
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Participants are now enrolling in our #longCovid randomized, controlled trial of tirzepatide. The largest trial to test a treatment for this condition. Home-based—no sites. In today's @sandiegouniontribune.com
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/c...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/c...
Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?
TIL that there is no obvious difference between a bath bomb and a toy dino egg to dig until it fails to dissolve in the bath. 🤦🏽♀️
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
TIL that there is no obvious difference between a bath bomb and a toy dino egg to dig until it fails to dissolve in the bath. 🤦🏽♀️
Happy birthday, RHPS! ❤️👄🕺🏼👯
The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!
September 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy birthday, RHPS! ❤️👄🕺🏼👯
Anyway, shana tova. May our year be good and sweet. youtu.be/q99R-5AtHqo?...
Shana Tova by Muppets
YouTube video by jobeograd
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September 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Anyway, shana tova. May our year be good and sweet. youtu.be/q99R-5AtHqo?...
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PS fevers during pregnancy are linked to autism. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Infection and Fever in Pregnancy and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development
Maternal infection and fever during pregnancy have been implicated in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, studies have not been able to separate the effects of fever itself from t...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
PS fevers during pregnancy are linked to autism. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Once in a work meeting I said, “I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue” and my colleagues were concerned. I hadn’t thought Airplane! was obscure, before then…
What's the most stupid movie reference you have to stop yourself saying regularly? Mine is not replying to "Can I be frank?" with "Okay, Frank. Can I be Bullwinkle".
September 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Once in a work meeting I said, “I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue” and my colleagues were concerned. I hadn’t thought Airplane! was obscure, before then…
It just suddenly clicked in my head. I’m sure everyone else has already had this insight but… It’s not just that the GOP is a death cult. It’s the hierarchy of death: they get to decide who lives and who dies. That’s the order of things that’s violated by international aid and public health.
September 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It just suddenly clicked in my head. I’m sure everyone else has already had this insight but… It’s not just that the GOP is a death cult. It’s the hierarchy of death: they get to decide who lives and who dies. That’s the order of things that’s violated by international aid and public health.
My husband: “Some people will do anything for exotic pussy.”
Our researchers have captured the first ever video footage of a black jaguar mating in the wild with a spotted jaguar! 📹😽
Watch 👉 bit.ly/4nhGbCt
#jaguars #conservation #wildlife #Amazon #nature #animalconservation #Brazil #BlackJaguar
@ueaenv.bsky.social
Watch 👉 bit.ly/4nhGbCt
#jaguars #conservation #wildlife #Amazon #nature #animalconservation #Brazil #BlackJaguar
@ueaenv.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My husband: “Some people will do anything for exotic pussy.”
I wish I lived in a parallel reality with flying whales. (This world looks like a Studio Ghibli film. I will not be taking questions.)
OTOH, getting shat on by a pigeon the other week was a minor inconvenience; whale shit from the sky would be a little more troublesome.
OTOH, getting shat on by a pigeon the other week was a minor inconvenience; whale shit from the sky would be a little more troublesome.
RFK Jr claims that windmills are "wiping out the whale population" in the Atlantic
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I wish I lived in a parallel reality with flying whales. (This world looks like a Studio Ghibli film. I will not be taking questions.)
OTOH, getting shat on by a pigeon the other week was a minor inconvenience; whale shit from the sky would be a little more troublesome.
OTOH, getting shat on by a pigeon the other week was a minor inconvenience; whale shit from the sky would be a little more troublesome.
I realized that every mitigating action about climate change matters, because it’s a matter of degrees.
August 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I realized that every mitigating action about climate change matters, because it’s a matter of degrees.
Ooh. Mine is Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon. (I consider it a positive influence.)
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
August 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ooh. Mine is Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon. (I consider it a positive influence.)
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
August 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
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Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them.
tomlehrersongs.com
tomlehrersongs.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tom Lehrer made all of his music 100% public domain so if seeing people sad about his death makes you want to check them out… it’s free. he wanted you to share them.
tomlehrersongs.com
tomlehrersongs.com
If you see this, post a flower
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If you see this, post a flower
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I'm doing a U.S. book giveaway to send an extra copy of The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott to a good home! Giveaway closes at 11:59PM CDT today! #booksky
Intergalactic Mixtape: Book Giveaway Form
Welcome to the Intergalactic Mixtape Book Giveaway form! Whenever there's a book giveaway, this form will be live. Current giveaway:
One hardcover copy of The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott.
To enter...
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July 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm doing a U.S. book giveaway to send an extra copy of The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott to a good home! Giveaway closes at 11:59PM CDT today! #booksky
Is it that easy to build ML classifiers these days? Because I will tell you, I reviewed at least 60 abstracts and classified them into “possibly useful” and “not useful” with my own brain today. We use software that you can train to identify needed articles but by the time I’ve trained it for 1/2
If i built an unsupervised ML pipeline myself that classified the papers into a number of theoretical frameworks so that i could use only the papers that apply the framework I’m interested in, instead of reading the 60 papers and sorting them myself, am i letting my app do my thinking for me?
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Is it that easy to build ML classifiers these days? Because I will tell you, I reviewed at least 60 abstracts and classified them into “possibly useful” and “not useful” with my own brain today. We use software that you can train to identify needed articles but by the time I’ve trained it for 1/2
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Only three more days to grab your copy of my #SciFi novel NEW EYES for 🔥FREE🔥
Take a trip to #Mars with a quirky, brilliant found-family ensemble of unforgettable characters (some of whom are #androids).
Think deep thinks!
Feel real feels!
Laugh big laughs!
www.amazon.com/New-Eyes-Tob...
Take a trip to #Mars with a quirky, brilliant found-family ensemble of unforgettable characters (some of whom are #androids).
Think deep thinks!
Feel real feels!
Laugh big laughs!
www.amazon.com/New-Eyes-Tob...
New Eyes
Amazon.com: New Eyes eBook : Cabral, Tobias: Kindle Store
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July 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Only three more days to grab your copy of my #SciFi novel NEW EYES for 🔥FREE🔥
Take a trip to #Mars with a quirky, brilliant found-family ensemble of unforgettable characters (some of whom are #androids).
Think deep thinks!
Feel real feels!
Laugh big laughs!
www.amazon.com/New-Eyes-Tob...
Take a trip to #Mars with a quirky, brilliant found-family ensemble of unforgettable characters (some of whom are #androids).
Think deep thinks!
Feel real feels!
Laugh big laughs!
www.amazon.com/New-Eyes-Tob...