Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s October 1st! I had grand plans of reading so many Spooky Season novels and playing so many Spooky Season video games, but I’m not off to a good start. Still, October is a new month! 120
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just re-read “You Are Old, Father William,” from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures,” and it’s really giving all those AI videos of Mitch McConnell breakdancing and doing back flips. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are...en.wikipedia.orgYou Are Old, Father William - Wikipedia 000
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am begging people to know the difference between Old, Middle, and early/modern English. Shakespeare did NOT write in Old English. Not even close!!! Yes, this sub-skeeting things I saw on insta re: Egger’s R&J adaptation. 010
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineTyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As there is a new cat, so is there a new mouse. The cycle is unbroken 101477580
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026Trump says he's "banning the free press" 4132943883
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Sony let Kojima's next experimental game slip away to Xbox" "The hot new Looney Tunes movie was barely saved from oblivion by Ketchup Entertainment" "No one can figure out the premise for a new Muppet Show" we are living through an era of exceptionally high incompetence from corporate leadership 191867456
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 128190498288
Reposted by Dr Abigail FinePaul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...en.wikipedia.orgDolly Parton - Wikipedia 151569352
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I do think believing that using AI to pull together research for you for the purposes of writing fundamentally misunderstands why doing your own research is an important part of the writing process. 738777
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineDr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026What blows my mind with AI is the people who are like "how could you possibly function without it?" To which I say, "you, YOU literally did until what like 3 years ago? Did it degrade your brain that fast that you can't figure out how to do the thing you trained for years and earned a PhD to do?" 19889210
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers. 352232956641
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Very disappointing. It’s a cool bookshop space, but the way they’re doubling down and blocking critical comments on socials is terrible. 110
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026“If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them.”theverge.comDave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’He called AI writing “pastiche nonsense.” 202376597
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineHarlot🔞 @harlotprincess.bsky.social · 17/07/2026guys, taco bell is the only place that reported the parasite on their lettuce because the trump administration decided companies don't have to report it anymore. that means taco bell is likely one of the safest places because they cared enough to report it anyway. don't be fuckin marks. 7599166
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineTaco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply 120125073555
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Probably shouldn't have let a handful of weird business perverts unwind the cultural miracle of American research universities 23629695
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineK.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 21/05/2026thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis the "we're going to force this on you and you have no choice" is ALSO not helping 0297
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I realize I sound like old man yelling at clouds but... ...in my day WE READ ALL THE CITATIONS BEFORE WE CITED THEM. That's how you GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO CITE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Signed: Someone who literally read two whole books on the color blue just to write a single 1000 word article. 371188245
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJustine O-S 🪞 @justineodashs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Our audiobook is available TODAY wherever you get your listening media ♥️♥️♥️ 123
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible. 238207385375
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2026In light of the Supreme Court’s horrific gutting of the Voting Rights Act today 💔, and to help students respond to the many forms of voter suppression, teach about long, ongoing history of the fight for voting rights. Find K-12 lessons, primary docs, & books ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...zinnedproject.orgTeach the Struggle for Voting RightsTo help students respond to voter suppression, teach about the long history of the fight for voting rights. 06650
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New episode available today on the first season of The Terror (2018)! We get into the lost Franklin Expedition, cannibalism, maritime norms, the show’s use of Inuit mythology, and why we as a species are drawn to historical mysteries. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...podcasts.apple.comThe Terror (2018)Podcast Episode · Historical Friction · April 24 · 1h 34m 062
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Do you love new, indie music and supporting small artists? Then back Emily Henry’s Kickstarter! 93% there, 9 days to go! If you havent heard her stuff, it’s consistently amazing and we NEED a new album! www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...kickstarter.comNEW ALBUM FROM EMILY HENRYI’m making a new album about love and heartbreak and joy and murder (shhh it’s fine) and I need YOUR HELP!!! LET’S GET ‘EM 🌸🔪 000
Reposted by Dr Abigail FinePublius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 16/04/2026It's amazing how quickly this went from @chucktingle.bsky.social horror novel to thing Hollywood is actually doing. 224649
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I am watching DropOut’s April Fools D20: On a Bus, having no real context for it because I haven’t seen the Gamechanger ep in which it originated, but I love it. 000
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineDot @dotmaetrix.bsky.social · 31/03/2026In the spirit of trans visibility, lemme just plug my ongoing project to document as many pre-2010 games as possible that had a trans person on the dev team. You might be surprised by what's on there. There's games going right back to the sixties! dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslistdotmaetrix.neocities.orgA List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010 301289889
Reposted by Dr Abigail Finejess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared 43200228797
Reposted by Dr Abigail Finecait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/03/2026in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy 90138363153
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 22/02/2026New episode of Historical Friction available now!! Come listen to/commiserate with our thoughts on the new ‘Wuthering Heights’ film!podcasts.apple.com'Wuthering Heights' (2026)Podcast Episode · Historical Friction · February 20 · 1h 38m 020
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This Kickstarter for a new musical is so close to being funded, but only has 6 days left! If you have anything to spare for live theater and creative new work, please check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...kickstarter.comEdgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Musical10 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe threw a murder mystery dinner party. Now he's at it again, this time on stage with original music! 000
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways 4258311559
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineWieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026 25155575653
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/01/2026Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country. That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections. 102150550
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 12/01/2026 385364724
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 31/12/2025They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria. 8629661565
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Need a Yuletide treat? Check out this new episode of Historical Friction (@historicalfriction.bsky.social) on The Muppet Christmas Carol! Hosted by me, @aaprocter.bsky.social, and @helenvmurray.bsky.social!podcasts.apple.comThe Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)Podcast Episode · Historical Friction · 12/22/2025 · 56m 044
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/12/2025Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why. Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy. 833052873
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 18/12/2025Collective failure to repudiate Trumpism is how we got here. Throwing trans folks under the bus is how we got here. Denying the fact that healthcare is a human right is how we got here. I don’t know what else to say. We are not getting through to enough people for some reason. 25519
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineChris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025This entire weekend 215341627194
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineLinotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The 'ai' fraud is a uniquely dangerous accelerationist scam because its harms begin right now and extend indefinitely: • in the short term, it fucks up your immediate work, needs, safety,and erodes trust in any image or text • creative people are instantly impacted as workers &victims of plagiarism 9404143
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineBradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 14/12/2025All of this thread. We cannot turn whole universities into AI development centers. This is a commercial and political obsession, not education or skill-development. 112735
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineRebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 06/12/2025I’m just a simple country historian w/o a law degree, but it’s more than a ‘long standing tradition’ when its IN THE CONSTITUTION 1239192
Dr Abigail Fine @onceuponafine.bsky.social · 27/11/2025What could be better for a family-oriented holiday? An episode on the ultimate parent-child relationship: Frankenstein! Put on those headphones and listen to our first new podcast episode in three years! Or leave those headphones off and share the episode with the fam! Quality time!podcasts.apple.comHistorical Resurrection! Frankenstein (2025)Podcast Episode · Historical Friction · 11/22/2025 · 1h 19m 010
Reposted by Dr Abigail FineCethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 12/11/2025Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails. 68142343106