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El :)

@blimby.bsky.social
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lesbian husband to @katieaki.bsky.social | they/them | 29 | rva -> roc | what hurts you hurts me! 🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥

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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
omg I love this!! thank you! 💖
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
our new rental. not even 1% landlord special!! they said it couldn’t be done.
a glass doorknob on a French door, with original brass hardware. it’s in pristine condition! another glass doorknob with a brass backplate. no paint just original fixture!
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
what do you MEAN 'powered by doordash'!!!
text (a screenshot from the t-mobile website) reads: "The fastest 5G home internet, now delivered the fasted. Powered by DoorDash."
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
rat meat before beer? feel a bit queer. beer before rat meat? puke in the back seat.
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
best data practices were not being followed at the tail end of my phd
a plain R (code) file, which is named "scared2delete.r"
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
new landlord is letting us put our UBoxes in the driveway for a few days, saving us $50/day (!!!!) in permit fees from the city of Rochester to have them on the street
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
man, I was checking if a video was AI in my DREAM last night
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it’s not official yet since the lease is not signed, but I *think* the place we’re getting will have an ice maker!! 🤞thank you though, that’s so kind!
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
we’ve been getting playfully close to Cleveland Sober ever since moving bc we’re living out of this Airbnb. just enjoying Rochester’s finest tap water and the amount of ice that two ice cube trays can make
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
wish I would have tweeted abt it at the time, but while I was at my conference over the summer (in cleveland) I was “”Cleveland Sober”” which is when things are so dire you have not only no booze but also no ice, no diet coke, and no brita filter, so you just drink lukewarm tap water
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I saw a bunch of this on Reddit! it’s so strange bc like, we have wegmans as a grocery store back home, but zero connection to the corporate structure etc
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m scared of the idea of running into a a Wegman Man in the wild…. 😰
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
they should do a behind the bastards on James Fitzjames. or any polar explorer who is a bastard. which I gotta assume is most of em
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
also DONT WORRY my grandfather is alive and well. we're just moving and he's old as hell :')
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
my life made so much more sense when I realized my mom had me in the role of "husband-eldest daughter" long before I was trans.
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
this property company might want to re-consider linking their YouTube channel to their rental listings....,,,
clickbait-style YouTube thumbnails: "LIVE SQUATTERS FOUND: VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED" and "EVICTION GONE WRONG: 5 Steps Landlords Can't Miss"
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
my graduation photos with @katieaki.bsky.social came in!! our sweet friend did an incredible job taking these for us 💖
Katie and I walking in a garden, with me in my PhD robes and rainbow cords Katie and I in front of a lake, hugging. I’ve lost the robe but am still wearing the rainbow cords Katie and I again, and I’ve put my goofy phd hat on her and she’s grinning Katie and I looking at each other, beside a lake. I’m in my PhD robes
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nobody's Fool 🧵🦋☀️ #art
a digital drawing of Dolly Parton as the tarot card "the fool", based on the song Dumb Blonde. Instead of blithely walking toward the edge of the cliff, she walks away from it, her little dog Crackerjack at her feet. She holds a multi-colored bindle over her shoulder, with a spook of thread poking out, leading to the needle held aloft in her hand. She wears a purple-blue jumpsuit with a sheer neckline and voluminous sleeves. The whole suit is bedazzled and there is a scene of Icarus falling from the heavens into the sea on her lower half. The border is pink, with a repeating pattern of butterflies, sparkly crying eyes, rhinestones, hands with crossed fingers, flowers, broken hearts, and pocket watches.
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
we really, really loved this place 😭
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
photos of me being walked down the aisle by my mom and stepmom at my feminist lesbian wedding to Dolly Parton’s Love Is Like a Butterfly youtu.be/N057bnM44UM?...
Not the most flattering photo of me, but one I love very very much. My mom, me, and my step-mom (my dad’s wife, this is not a nepo gay situation) squeeze down the aisle at my wedding.Another photo of us, we’re all laughing and smiling as we squeeze down the aisle.
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I Will Always Love You Is A Breakup Song Please Stop Putting It On Your Wedding Playlists #art #dollyparton
a black and halftone drawing of Dolly Parton in a heart-shaped frame above a butterfly on a banner. The text says "I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU IS A BREAKUP SONG!!". In the drawing, Dolly sheds a single sparkling tear with a bittersweet smile.
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
INCREDIBLE shirt
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
our ubox facility keeps bringing our boxes out naked, without their little orange cover they are supposed to have which makes them waterproof. and it keeps raining super big!! I am stressin
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
she’s a good gardener and composter, despite her flaws! she sent me photos of them getting integrated into the existing composting system once she got home
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I LOVE the little nose guys. independently was about to comment this then saw Katie already did!!
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
boohoo cried because I had to rehome the worms with my mom 😭 she was laughing at me but IM NOT!!!
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
why are so many of these from peaky blinders
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“kind of chic to–“ I do not aspire to be Parisian or to fuck a Kennedy. I want to be a recurring side character in Pee-wee’s Playhouse
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
the Angel Wormwood Listening Church Convent omamori collection is ✨live✨! katieaki.com/store?catego...
a digital flyer announcing the Angel Wormwood omamori collection. It has a photo of a creeping shadow hand over an omamori sitting on a stack of books. It says "angel wormwood collection: divination, academic success, and general good luck" below. behind it is a repeating pattern of crying eyes.
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I guess that’s a wrap! I’m all out of runway! Gonna seal it on my very last day next week.
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
finally some actionable mental health advice that might actually help
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Jennifer Davis @jenniferdavisart.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
rabbit rabbit! #mural
Mural of two big weird rabbits in striped sweaters on a bright red background. I painted this on a large electrical box for Metro Transit in 2023. You can see it from the train- it’s on the transitway over by “United Crushers.” The other sides of the box are painted too👀
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
thanks! I think another aspect is being in a very very niche sub field, so limited number of jobs which are plausible (and I hadn’t yet started applying to like… random shit)
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I think this might seem like a fairly low number to folks outside science, but many of these required some or all from the mix of: cv, cover letter, research statement, teaching statement, personal statement, short proposal about how my work matches the prospective mentor, diversity statement, etc.
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
made this plot from my job spreadsheet (as a treat). I put in 46 total job applications to yield one job offer, which I signed today!
a sankey plot showing that I applied for 46 jobs, and was rejected from 13, ghosted by 18, six had no funding, 2 were frozen, and 1 grant I wrote was not funded. I was interviewed for six gigs, yielding one acceptance
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
entering a beautiful and blessed phase of my life where I have signed the job offer and but not yet started the job…. cheers!
me and Katie clinking our plastic drink cups together. I have a blue hawiaan and she has a cherry limeade. she has a fresh set of nails which are pink with big red starsessentially the same picture but you can see I’m spilling mine a little
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
this is me and Katie (I’m obviously the husband)
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
my field (research science) got super impacted by nsf cuts, but I get the impression it’s bad everywhere!
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
(I got a p*stdoc position)
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
how I feel about my success getting a new gig in the current scientific funding environment
survivorship bias plane (showing a hypothetical pattern of damage sustained by an aircraft that returned from combat, which in fact represents all the non-fatal ways an aircraft can be hit)
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
On the Road Again #art
A moving announcement. The image is a cartoony digital drawing of me and my butch husband packing up our house to move. I’m sitting on top of two boxes they’re struggling to carry, pouting (not working). Text says “good god we’re moving”. A banner that once said “Richmond” has been poorly altered to read “Rochester NY”. Below, it says “here we come”.
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Doctor, Doctor !! 💥 #art
a digital drawing of my butch husband crouched down and smiling, their knees pulled up to their chest, barely fitting inside a house. A tiny me stands next to the house, presenting them. A big speech bubble says “there is a doctor in the house”
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
dissertation defense tomorrow. please send good, smart brain vibes my way!
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We would have moved to Hell if the devil had a post doc
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muura 🩸 LUSH BEAST @verikoira.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
this year & all future years should be the time where we start putting in the effort to reading the works of small creators and talk about them to all our friends and also strangers. most of the recs for work i love ive gotten from people who know me and my tastes really well, not a trending ig reel
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s Blood from a Stone Thursday, get squeezin 🩸
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Anthropeum.com · Jul 14 2026 🟨🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟦 71,771 · top 47% of players today! ^not that good of a score but the first time I played I got "worse than almost everyone". so we're improving!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Today marks ten whole years since I made what I’d consider the first Wasteland drawing.
An acrylic marker and colored pencil drawing of a blue girl in a reconstructed dress. She has a vintage kind of black Lauren Bacall cut and glowing yellow eyes with dark sclera. She is inside of a ramshackle house with stars showing through the many holes in the walls.Screenshot of text that reads: On July 14, 2016, I finished what I would consider to be the *first* piece in the body of work I'm still deeply invested in. There were pieces around this one that were certainly close, and at the time, I didn't think "I am starting something new", but in retrospect, this piece was the start point of a trail that I am following to this day, ten years later. My work, obviously, has evolved, both technically and thematically, but I think you can really see this drawing as the ancestor of what I am putting out today. I'm proud of the work I've done, even the work I've outgrown a little, and I hope that I can say that again, ten years from now :-) Thanks for looking at my blue women* for ten full years. 

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/07/2026
As I prepare for surgery in a couple of days I wanted to dash off a quick 'actionable analysis' post that's our tag line here at Shouldn't Need to be a (Public Health) Lawyer.... Here's how to protect yourself from Cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea parasite taking the country by storm
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Cyclosporiasis Is Here: How to Protect Yourself | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Cyclospora infection is often asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur, illness is characterized by anorexia, nausea, flatulence, fatigue, abdo
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El :) @blimby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
misc fruit (1%) and “other” (4%), looks like from their tables it was stuff like cut fruit mixes, veggie trays and juice
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