Reposted by Laura Abbotttef @tef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026bumped into an incredible website gavin-theobald.uk/HTML/Pentagr... 17013
Reposted by Laura Abbottplay by post @playbypost.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Someone at the mall made a Mystery Machine van out of beans. 48212
Reposted by Laura AbbottThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026Why the East Coast storm is a nor’easter and not a hurricane.nyti.msNor’easter vs. Hurricane: What’s the Difference?The systems are organized differently, though how they affect your town or neighborhood can be the same. 5398
Reposted by Laura AbbottMs Boba (rebuilding community era) @essentialrandom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hardest part: finding a protocol to use for this joke (SAML fans pls don't kill me) 5785
Reposted by Laura AbbottSteen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Particle board, particle board There’s a big pile on the office floor What in the world are we saving it for? Nobody knows Particle board 23913
Reposted by Laura AbbottCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“School choice” means few, if any, choices for parents of disabled students. In Florida, home to the nation’s largest voucher programs, we found that more than half of private schools say they do not serve students with any type of disabilities.propublica.orgVouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest ... 14422
Laura Abbott @labbott.name · 10/09/2026Proposal to rename “show muted” to “this will probably make you mad” 160
Reposted by Laura Abbottaustin @aparker.io · 08/09/2026“commitment to excellence” is such a funny slogan. i feel like that’s kinda what everyone shoots for. nobody ever goes “oh we’re committed to mediocrity” 3192
Reposted by Laura Abbott[sad beep] acerbic otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026none of my moots seem to have posted it yet so I guess it's on me to 229799
Reposted by Laura AbbottMicah @rincewind.run · 06/09/2026one thing the ai era makes me miss is really shitty bespoke photoshops you used to get just the lowest effort garbage imaginable made by people who have opened the program three times in their entire life, but it had some charm to it and now they just generate the same bullshit as everyone else 914126633
Reposted by Laura AbbottStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 05/09/2026 140583
Reposted by Laura AbbottMolly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.wikiworkersunited.orgWikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWAU.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation 184470830
Reposted by Laura AbbottOnce Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/202623 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com 8550232703
Reposted by Laura AbbottWEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 01/09/2026JUST SCHEDULED FLU & COVID VACCINES 4 THIS *RIDICULUS* HUMAN BODY EYE INHABIT THATS RITE 2026/2027 COVID VACCINE IS NOW AVAILABLE 3385
Laura Abbott @labbott.name · 30/08/2026I’m “my hip hurts getting off the floor at the children’s library” years old 1101
Reposted by Laura AbbottMisty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 26/08/2026Honestly never thought I'd see the day Eve actually moved on from Python 2.7. www.eveonline.com/news/view/th...eveonline.comThe Move to Python 3 Begins! | EVE OnlineHow do you migrate 2.4 million lines of code? 4467
Reposted by Laura AbbottMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP to a legend 9104631948
Reposted by Laura AbbottScissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 24/08/2026I don’t need toucan scissors I don’t need toucan scissors I don’t need toucan scissors I don’t need toucan scissors 48841113
Reposted by Laura AbbottDrew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com 156200278531
Reposted by Laura AbbottJesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)Is Kansas just the beginning? 71065356
Reposted by Laura AbbottErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way. 2245481954
Reposted by Laura AbbottRamin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like: 94142993814
Reposted by Laura AbbottThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/08/2026Going through my parents' stuff and found this weird little gal. She's a transistor radio. Her right eyeball is tuner and her left eyeball is power/volume. 1794798754
Reposted by Laura Abbottti zhang @solarizedtitanium.gg · 09/08/2026du du -h du hast du hast mich du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt 717523
Reposted by Laura AbbottPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Compound bow First developed in the Ancient World Can't be drawn by just a random guy Tensile strength to make bronze arrows fly 292747702
Reposted by Laura AbbottElizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 06/08/2026My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!” 511103181176
Reposted by Laura AbbottErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/07/2026If you have type-O positive blood and you can manage it, please consider donating blood *as soon as possible* - this is a very bad situation. 11542402
Reposted by Laura AbbottKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"It's not just selling to people who are curious about alternatives. It's selling to people in crisis, who are scared and out of options through a system failure that has nothing to do with whether their medication works."wired.comWellness Influencers Are Pushing ‘Natural’ and Unproven Alternatives to AdderallAds on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are painting prescription stimulants in a negative light while promoting supplements for ADHD that lack evidence. 2418
Reposted by Laura AbbottJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Finally someone publishes a forecast of where the US is likely to get episodes of smoke & haze throughout August. Many thanks to @accuweather.com. It must have been an interesting writing & modeling project. I hope we'll see more of this kind of journalism. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-f...accuweather.comCanadian wildfire smoke to be a periodic problem into August across Midwest, NortheastPrevailing winds will direct more wildfire smoke from western Ontario into the Midwest and Northeast often well into August. Needed rain to put out the fires may be scarce. 1134
Reposted by Laura Abbottmr. cannoli @boner.ink · 27/07/2026what's a good post to misinterpret and get mad about for beginners 592280303
Reposted by Laura AbbottLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 25/07/2026We're living in the Golden Age of Food Poisoningnytimes.com1.6 Million Egg Cartons Are Recalled Over Salmonella RiskThe voluntary recall included eggs produced in Texas and sold under several brand names in six states, the Food and Drug Administration said. 1617677
Reposted by Laura AbbottRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph. 416159863947
Reposted by Laura AbbottDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Everything is on fire, but I just saw one of these drinking from the pond. We cannot let the fascists destroy our world. 302220377
Reposted by Laura AbbottJayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 17/07/2026Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one. 131044430
Reposted by Laura AbbottKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I'm not posting Odyssey memes because one must be wary of GIFs bearing Greeks. 9242921050
Reposted by Laura AbbottRikaku @beastmasterrika.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA. 180103324087
Reposted by Laura Abbottceej @ceej.online · 16/07/2026gonna start talking like this to my boss 6180841215
Reposted by Laura AbbottTory Wegerski @producertory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Finally: bridge go boom. The Commercial St. Bridge in Pittsburgh is no more. Here's the implosion from three angles this morning:youtube.comMUST SEE: PennDOT implodes the Commercial Street Bridge in PittsburghYouTube video by CBS Pittsburgh 34731
Reposted by Laura AbbottSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma. 846222253630
Reposted by Laura AbbottStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 06/07/2026Hey guys. Stella here. Just wanted to say I figured out today that “baked beans” is an anagram for “naked babes”. Well, have a good one 461995225
Reposted by Laura AbbottMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 06/07/2026why are people only ever described as "no-nonsense", what if you're a nonsense person, what then 79995160
Reposted by Laura AbbottBayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Entering 17 lines of information to log into a portal and view a message from my doctor’s office that says, “Health Spotlight: Physician’s Corner: The hip bone… REALLY connected to the leg bone? 👀🦴” 867585
Reposted by Laura AbbottAndromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Quote post with something that is a circle. 0133
Laura Abbott @labbott.name · 03/07/2026“I want to pressure wash the car and eat something” only good ideas from 3yo 090