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/
Also my dishwasher had a secret little filter we did not know about at first (moved into house, no manual). Cleaning that sucker makes a big difference!
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Also my dishwasher had a secret little filter we did not know about at first (moved into house, no manual). Cleaning that sucker makes a big difference!
That dress looks great on you.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
That dress looks great on you.
Oh good! I was worried that a “but” was dangling beyond the end there. (Like when the pediatrician told me that lactation consultants love to diagnose tongue ties and they’re always wrong, but then she actually looked at my child…)
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Oh good! I was worried that a “but” was dangling beyond the end there. (Like when the pediatrician told me that lactation consultants love to diagnose tongue ties and they’re always wrong, but then she actually looked at my child…)
My sister had her tonsils out to alleviate snoring. The pain was horrendous and it didn’t help at all. (Obviously an anecdote and YMMV.)
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My sister had her tonsils out to alleviate snoring. The pain was horrendous and it didn’t help at all. (Obviously an anecdote and YMMV.)
Reminds me a bit of how Signed Exact English was trying to pitch itself as a better alternative to ASL, but I read about that in undergrad more than 20 years ago and it was 20 years old at the time, so my memory is pretty vague.
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reminds me a bit of how Signed Exact English was trying to pitch itself as a better alternative to ASL, but I read about that in undergrad more than 20 years ago and it was 20 years old at the time, so my memory is pretty vague.
…it looks like your car gave birth and now someone needs to cut the cord…
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
…it looks like your car gave birth and now someone needs to cut the cord…
Fish fingers and custard vibes, there
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Fish fingers and custard vibes, there
My twins (8) were up late last night talking about different versions of folktales they read in school, and yeah, I get you…
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My twins (8) were up late last night talking about different versions of folktales they read in school, and yeah, I get you…
I’m glad to hear you put it in those terms, because when I saw the diagram of how the money is flowing the phrase that came to mind was “circle jerk…”
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’m glad to hear you put it in those terms, because when I saw the diagram of how the money is flowing the phrase that came to mind was “circle jerk…”
Have you heard about @chuckwendig.bsky.social’s sandwich? So surprising, so delicious.
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Have you heard about @chuckwendig.bsky.social’s sandwich? So surprising, so delicious.
As a parent of math kids, I love our school’s social-emotional curriculum as much as the differentiated math curriculum!
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
As a parent of math kids, I love our school’s social-emotional curriculum as much as the differentiated math curriculum!
These bodies have a lot to answer for.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
These bodies have a lot to answer for.
Yes, and there’s also the “oxygen not making it to your brain” aspect of anemia, and if your brain starts to glitch emotional stability is the first thing to go, so really we’re getting hit from all sides. 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yes, and there’s also the “oxygen not making it to your brain” aspect of anemia, and if your brain starts to glitch emotional stability is the first thing to go, so really we’re getting hit from all sides. 🫠
I write about medical technology. One assignment was about setons to treat anal fistulas, which have been used since ancient Greece.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I write about medical technology. One assignment was about setons to treat anal fistulas, which have been used since ancient Greece.
I am so glad the experimentalist among my children confined his unsupervised research to mixing things in a pot. We got him a little plastic lab equipment set of his own, and bleached the pot.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am so glad the experimentalist among my children confined his unsupervised research to mixing things in a pot. We got him a little plastic lab equipment set of his own, and bleached the pot.
I remember the illustration of the mouse and mole from Thumbelina!
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I remember the illustration of the mouse and mole from Thumbelina!
I am currently in the middle of Gormenghast, and I’m rather of the opinion that it is not a novel so much as a poem. At least, not a lot has *happened* but I keep getting drunk on the language.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I am currently in the middle of Gormenghast, and I’m rather of the opinion that it is not a novel so much as a poem. At least, not a lot has *happened* but I keep getting drunk on the language.
That’s a nice lifestyle, though. Cat, sword, coffee, great view…
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
That’s a nice lifestyle, though. Cat, sword, coffee, great view…
Oh they are so cute!
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Oh they are so cute!
So… we should replace them with LLM’s because then they might learn from updated data? (This is sarcasm, if anyone couldn’t tell.)
October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
So… we should replace them with LLM’s because then they might learn from updated data? (This is sarcasm, if anyone couldn’t tell.)