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Lara Eakins

@rhubarble.com
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Science and tech geek, history buff, needleworker, and all-around nerd deep in the heart of Texas. UT Austin Astronomy staff and alumna #HookEm!

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i can feel the spookiness in the air
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/09/2026
Happy 9 to 5 day, Sister Dolly. We miss you ❤️
Photo of Dolly Parton in the movie "9 to 5."
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why learn science? Because lots of things can seem like a big scary conspiracy theory when you don’t understand how the world works! Empower yourself by learning about facts and evidence and reality. As a bonus, it’ll lead to a healthier and more prosperous society for others around you.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sep 17th - The date of the giant vegetable competition at Tottington Hall. 📽️📅 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
2 Screenshots from the movie "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005): First, Gromit the dog stands in a greenhouse surrounded by ripening vegetables like bell peppers and tomatoes, looking wide-eyed and alert. Second, Gromit looks at a hanging calendar marked with red Xs, showing the date September 17 circled for the Giant Vegetable Competition at Tottington Hall, with illustrations of large carrots and other produce in the background.
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Space.com @space.com · 17/09/2026
Star Trek actors welcomed the Space Shuttle Enterprise 50 years ago today | Space photo of the day for Sept. 17, 2026 www.space.com/space-explor...
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Star Trek actors welcomed the Space Shuttle Enterprise 50 years ago today | Space photo of the day for Sept. 17, 2026
This was a seriously iconic lineup.
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A screenshot of a Tumblr post about scientists wanting to tell people about their science
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 15/09/2026
woo-hoo!!!!
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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Telescopic triptych The 107-inch telescope dome at @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social
Triptych with three photos of a large observatory telescope dome on a hill under a starry night sky. In the center image, a long exposure has rendered the motion of the stars as circles in the sky around the dome like a halo. Photos: Bill Dunford
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 13/09/2026
I feel like I should go take an extra blood pressure pill... 🤘 #hookem #longhorns
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The clear lesson here is that Texas fans booing Ted Cruz is always good luck.
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Collin S @cseguin03.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Ted Cruz Curse
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/09/2026
And then suddenly you find the most important question ever asked in an 17th century book. The depth, the power, the genius... Is cheese rational? Well, is it? IS IT?! web.archive.org/web/20200915...
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/09/2026
I’m going to need everyone who’s reporting on AI psychosis and how it’s making people, especially men, come up with theories of everything to please talk with the scientists who have been getting multiple emails from “theory of everything” guys for decades
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sep 5th 1959 - Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern discovered the body of Ray Brower. 📽️📅 Stand by Me (1986)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Stand by Me" (1986): First, a group of boys run along train tracks surrounded by dense forest with the subtitle "There he is! I see him! Look!". Second, four boys stand closely together in the woods, one pointing ahead with urgency, the others looking tense and serious. Third, a view of a forest floor near a riverbank shows a body partly hidden under bushes with the subtitle "Somewhere under those bushes was the rest of Ray Brower."
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douglaspoland.bsky.social @douglaspoland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just like the Germans did with the Berlin Wall. Hand out sledgehammers and let the people express how they feel about Trump’s monuments to himself.
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 03/09/2026
Just talked with a student reporter about what the atmosphere was like on campus on 9/11... he finds it interesting and is doing a story on it because HE WASN'T BORN YET. Excuse me while I go turn into dust...
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 03/09/2026
Today's "Adventures in PMA" - no A/C on 14, 15, 16, 17 since about lunchtime yesterday. 🥵 (they've brought in fans and coolers, but of course they are LOUD)
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 01/09/2026
Nooooooo! I loved going to that museum when I visited Philly several years ago. 😧
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 01/09/2026
It's that time again! And even if it's 100°F today, I will still be celebrating the start of meteorological fall. 🍁 (credit - sarahcandersen.com)
September. Summer is dead. Summer, peeking from within a coffin - "Actually, I'm still around for a few more weeks". (image of girl doing frantic hammering to nail the coffin shut)
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Michelle H. Davis @lonestarleft.com · 01/09/2026
No, Texas didn't suspend 1.2 million voters. Here's what actually happened.
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Suspense, Suspended, Purged, Purgatory
No, Texas didn't suspend 1.2 million voters. Here's what actually happened.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 31/08/2026
Archery Feat xkcd.com/3288/
Comic. [person drawing bow and arrow in front of a line of twelve axes, in front of a person seated on the ground with an apple on their head, in front of an archery target with an arrow in the bullseye that has been split by another arrow.] [caption] I want to prove that my new protagonist is a better shot than all those other protagonists.
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Jeff Foust @jfoust.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Liftoff of NASA's Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy, as seen from the KSC Press Site.
Falcon Heavy liftoff from KSC LC-39A.
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CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Aug 29th 1997 - Skynet become self aware. 📽️📅 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
3 Screenshots from the movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991): First, a man in a suit sits in a clinical, white-walled room watching a TV monitor that displays a woman in a white tank top sitting at a table across from another man; the subtitle reads "- I'm sure it feels real to you. - On August 29, 1997...". Second, a close-up of the TV monitor shows the same woman and man in the interview room, with the subtitle "anyone not wearing two-million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?". Third, the terminator is driving a car through a desert looking at a passenger with the subtitle "The computer becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29."
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 26/08/2026
I know everyone will talk about Clue and Rocky Horror, but I loved the complete randomness (to 18-year-old me, at least) of Tim Curry as the sub's doctor in The Hunt for Red October. And his audiobooks were delightful - I listened to him read all of the Lemony Snicket series and they were great!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 26/08/2026
Is there no other
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 26/08/2026
WRONG 80-YEAR-OLD AGAIN!! Gah!!
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If this next hurricane lives up to its name, it won't hurt anyone and will break up, bringing just the right amount of rain to drought-stricken counties.
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 26/08/2026
Absolutely!!!
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The story of Dolly giving Brigette Bandit a guitar is so cool: www.kxan.com/news/local/a...
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Dolly Parton sends signed, bejeweled guitar to Austin drag performer Brigitte Bandit
The year ended on a high note for one local performer after unwrapping a gift sent from one queen to another.
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The Handlen, The Zack, And The Crypt @zhandlen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
live your life so that when you pass, people wish your death on someone else.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 25/08/2026
Everyone else has already said it better than I could, but RIP to a great one. I can't begin to explain the impact that 9 to 5 had on me and my girl friends as kids - we watched that thing on repeat in the early 80s! We were convinced that's what work was going to be like when we grew up. 😆
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Ryan Kinnett @rkinnett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Comet 10P/Tempel, observed on Fri night from Stony Ridge Observatory. Not an alien spaceship. I checked. This well-known comet was discovered in 1873 and visits every 5.4 years. #Astrophotography 🔭 #Astronomy 🧪
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oi! We saw you from across the bar and your vibe is TERRIBLE.
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 19/08/2026
Finally! You have no idea how long I’ve had to pretend I didn’t know all this! #murderbot #murderbotseason2 #booksky
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

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@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 16/08/2026
Never thought I'd see the day where my UK friends are posting like Texans about the first rain they've seen in three months...
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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It’s that time again, friends. Time to share the greatest eclipse explainer ever.
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 11/08/2026
The things you find when clearing out a cabinet in an old IT space...
Manilla folder labeled "Y2K - PC Profiles"
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 01/08/2026
Hello August! (comic from sarahcandersen.com)
4 panel comic - 1st panel: figure saying "It's me, August). 2nd panel shows young woman next to August and fall leaves, ghosts and pumpkins behind August. 3rd panel is woman shoving August out of the way. 4th panel is August trying to get back into woman's view so she can look longingly at the autumn fun!!
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 30/07/2026
Vera Rubin Observatory xkcd.com/3278/
Comic. Vera Rubin Observatory Discoveries: Bingo Card. [5 x 5 bingo card: black hole tidally disrupting a star; Planet Nine; remnants of a former Milky Way companion galaxy, 10,000 new trans-Neptunian objects, object on interstellar trajectory, star being eclipsed by weird object, secret military satellite, Kuiper Belt object that’s a surprising color; Mars-sized TNO, local group supernova, spurious signal from observatory kitchen, glitch in alert system spams all astronomers, space (free), Earth-sized TNO, defunct spacecraft, surprising number of small galaxies, neutron star merger, new supernova constraints on dark energy, new dwarf plane bigger than Pluto/Eris, lost historical comet, 5 million asteroids and comets, 50,000 near-Earth asteroids, object likely to impact Earth, Vera Rubin herself (faked death, stole spaceship), many very small dots.
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Lara Eakins @rhubarble.com · 30/07/2026
On my mom's side - I'd be a teacher (grandma) or be a teacher and then transition to education administration (grandpa). Which isn't too far off of what I do now!
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