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Sabrina Imbler

@sabs.bsky.social

charismatic megafauna at Defector books How Far the Light Reaches & Dyke (geology) newsletter Creatures NYC πŸ€™ https://buttondown.com/simbler/ signal: simbler.88

14,739 Followers  |  428 Following  |  1,067 Posts  |  Joined: 03.05.2023  |  2.1798

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His name was Alex Pretti, he was 37. He was recording ICE, directing traffic, and helping up someone agents had shoved to the ground. They murdered him for it.

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a picture of the herbal celestial seasonings tea bengal spice which has a tiger on it

a picture of the herbal celestial seasonings tea bengal spice which has a tiger on it

celestial seasonings didn't have to go this hard! but they did! and I am grateful!

23.01.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

does anyone know of any documentaries or movies that prominently feature seals?

23.01.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let The Record Show That Γ–tzi Fucked | Defector Γ–tzi, the 5,000-something-year-old man found frozen in the Alps, did not have an easy go of it. He was probably murdered, shot from behind with an arrow that missed his vital organs and led to heavy b...

laughed so hard at this blog that my throat now hurts defector.com/let-the-reco...

23.01.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

yup, that lil stinker has taken up residence in my brain! classic barry

23.01.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some all-time Imbler blogging here in defense of an much-maligned critter (Γ–tzi the Ice-Man)

23.01.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hahaha thank you asher!

23.01.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let The Record Show That Γ–tzi Fucked | Defector Γ–tzi, the 5,000-something-year-old man found frozen in the Alps, did not have an easy go of it. He was probably murdered, shot from behind with an arrow that missed his vital organs and led to heavy b...

today I set the record straight !
defector.com/let-the-reco...

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How Do You Justify Abducting A Child? | Defector On Tuesday, some number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents camped out near Liam Conejo Ramos’s home in the Twin Cities suburb of Columbia Heights and waited for him to return with his fathe...

"A group of grown men in tactical gear, working under the auspices of the federal government, bum-rushed a kid in a bunny hat with a Spider-Man backpack on his way home"
read @justinellis.bsky.social on ICE's ambush of Liam Conejo Ramos

defector.com/how-do-you-j...

22.01.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

loooove when technology happens to me without my consent

22.01.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

is there any way to turn off the AI overviews on gmail they keep misgendering me lol

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Veronika The Cow's Record Scratch | Defector Veronika was 4 years old when she picked up her first tool: a tree branch, found in her pasture in the town of NΓΆtsch im Gailtal in the Austrian alps. Veronika lives with Witgar Wiegele, an organic fa...

chronicled the cow of the moment
defector.com/veronika-the...

22.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

boys are so gross!!!!!!!

21.01.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

last night where I was standing with three beautiful woman each of whom was wearing a distinct and lovely perfume and we all took turns smelling everyone's perfume and then when it was my turn I asked if anyone wanted to smell my deodorant

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stiff by mary roach!

21.01.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

science! the book is stiff by mary roach

21.01.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yes!

21.01.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yep stiff! it was very funny with the context which alas the other STI clinic-goers were lacking. the receptionist nodded at me and said "I also love true crime podcasts"

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my screen froze and I couldn't turn it off so everyone got to hear about cadavars being exploded

21.01.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

amazing moment this morning when my audiobook about corpses started playing loudly at the STI clinic πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

21.01.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

phew!! 🫢

21.01.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

all I need is a word, ONE WORD, from you!

20.01.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

there comes a time in every situationship where you must choose whether or not to reveal that you were on an improv team for eight years

20.01.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

haha thank you!

17.01.2026 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Worm Is A Millennial | Defector Sometime in the late 1990s, an adult ribbon worm was scooped up from the murk in the waters off the San Juan Islands, in the Pacific Northwest. He was moved to a tank along with a smattering of other ...

I wrote about the unlikely but very sweet bond between a scientist and a 30-year-old worm
defector.com/this-worm-is...

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JD Vance Is A Hog That'll Eat Any Slop | Defector The operating principle of JD Vance’s life in politics seems to be as follows: How can I serve every powerful person while appealing to literally no normal person? There is no boot he won’t lick, no s...

a fantastic blog & headline, by @girinathan.bsky.social
defector.com/jd-vance-is-...

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In The War On Protein, We Have Been Humiliatingly Defeated By Protein | Defector In light of the Trump administration’s escalating threats of military action overseas and the militarized occupation of Minneapolis, the administration’s announcement on Jan. 11 may have come as a sur...

wrote about how RFK Jr. has come up with cool new ways for us to die :))
defector.com/in-the-war-o...

16.01.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is bad lol but each time it's happened it passes after a few months. i think i just like it when someone listens to me πŸ’€

16.01.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

wow bingo, and also I had crushes on both my ex-therapist and my current therapist (but left that out for sake of readability, and this is also clearly something I need to work on in therapy)

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Let Your Buyers Become Your Criers When You Pull The Rug Out From Beneath The Table Of Success | Defector I have some unsurprising news: Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched a memecoin to combat antisemitism, and someone connected to the coin’s launch appears to have executed a clean rug pull wi...

a perfect @redford.bsky.social headline & blog
defector.com/let-your-buy...

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