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Abby Koch

@abbykoch.bsky.social

Knitter, kitty mama, armchair sled dog enthusiast #uglydogs

created August 23, 2023

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Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Because they see children (and women) as possessions

29/8/2025, 6:42:01 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Totally normal

29/8/2025, 6:40:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Right? I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were positively OUTRAGED that Obama invested in a solar power company. How DARE he put a thumb on the scale to disadvantage oil and gas companies

29/8/2025, 6:23:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s like the crime journalist moonlighting at Zillow

29/8/2025, 3:58:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Overflowing with empathy 🙄

29/8/2025, 3:53:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

The institutional knowledge and continuity that comes with experienced civil servants is an incredibly powerful asset of these agencies, which is exactly why they’re working so hard to destroy the civil service

28/8/2025, 8:00:16 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

So proud of them all. People who choose to work in public health are some of the most committed folks I’ve ever met. I always wanted to work for CDC and am heartbroken to see all of this

28/8/2025, 7:29:27 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

He sucked then and still sucks now. I really dgaf what he thinks dems should do

28/8/2025, 3:58:01 PM | 42 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah absolutely not. WTF

28/8/2025, 3:56:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe if those motherfuckers had identified themselves it wouldn’t have played out like this

27/8/2025, 7:32:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Scientists like facts 🤷‍♀️

27/8/2025, 6:28:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

True but it’s unclear to me whether sanctions carry much weight in the current environment either

27/8/2025, 6:27:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

In that sense, Israel is very much the abusive partner saying “See what you made me do” as though they had no choice.

27/8/2025, 6:25:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

The people making the distinction seem to believe that civilian deaths aren’t concerning as long as Israel claims they HAD to bomb that hospital or refugee camp because Hamas is using those people as human shields. The idea that Israel has a choice in the matter is downplayed.

27/8/2025, 6:25:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

There should be! At least in my non-lawyer opinion. Or they can keep getting their asses handed to them by grand juries, I guess.

27/8/2025, 6:02:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Tim Alberta has done some of the best reporting and analysis about how Christian Nationalism isn’t really very Christian at all.

27/8/2025, 6:00:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Strange times when I agree with that guy

27/8/2025, 5:59:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Overreach. They know it’s going too far but they also HAVE to charge the felony or the mad king will be unhappy. (Maybe Judge Wino doesn’t know but the prosecutor assigned the case sure does)

27/8/2025, 5:57:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Seth Cotlar (@sethcotlar.bsky.social) reposted

I hope Musk throttles the Twitter account of the DC sandwich guy so that he can start a podcast entitled "They Tried to Shadow Banh Mi!"

27/8/2025, 5:42:58 PM | 834 119 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Gen Xer here who went back to school for public health in the 2010s. I was a little surprised to realize I had to explain what AIDS meant before highly active anti-retrovirals became available in 1996. The kids I was in school with had not known HIV/AIDS as a death sentence.

27/8/2025, 5:50:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

And yet they say it’s not a genocide. But I don’t know what else to call it when you kill kids to make sure they don’t grow up to be the enemy.

26/8/2025, 11:00:48 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

People are safer without military occupation. They aren’t there to protect and serve, they are there to prey on and intimidate.

26/8/2025, 10:56:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

“For a minute there, I thought you were saying it was ok to kill children if we don’t like their parents…” “That is what I’m saying”

26/8/2025, 9:32:27 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

fuck that focus group bullshit

26/8/2025, 4:22:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

And then SCOTUS treats them like dogshit and allows the administration to do whatever they want

26/8/2025, 4:16:53 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t forget to add “Created presidential immunity out of thin air” with a big arrow straight at Roberts, the mfer

26/8/2025, 4:16:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

“Unfortunate” sounds like something that just happened, which is not remotely accurate. The examples cited earlier in the footnote look like a strategy to me.

26/8/2025, 4:14:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Be Best: AI version

26/8/2025, 3:37:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh no I hope the eventual skin graft goes well for the officer. Thoughts & prayers. (Seriously good on the DC grand jury for rejecting the bullshit felony for the lil boo-boo suffered while roughing up citizens)

26/8/2025, 3:36:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Compared to Stephen Milker and Emil Bove, my 54 years are looking pretty decent on me. Of course, I’m not a fascist.

26/8/2025, 3:32:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely no one, least of all the Europeans, call him the president of Europe. Why why why did we re elect him I will never understand.

26/8/2025, 3:29:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

WTF does that have to do with maturity?

25/8/2025, 9:08:33 PM | 25 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I think that wins you a presidential commendation so long as the coup is MAGA

25/8/2025, 4:09:21 PM | 41 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

JD knows this, of course. Their calculation is that no one cares

24/8/2025, 1:54:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I like your list better

24/8/2025, 1:47:01 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

We confused misogyny and rape culture for humor. Or romance (looking at you, Say Anything and Pretty Woman)

24/8/2025, 12:11:09 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

My god why did they think that would be a good marketing tool lmfao

24/8/2025, 12:04:18 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I was also guessing that he’s getting IVs in his hand. Too much handshaking doesn’t cause bruising like that but needles sure do.

23/8/2025, 7:35:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

If only he could give folks his energy and charisma…

23/8/2025, 7:01:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Antonio Bonasera (@antoniobnsr.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Gosh!

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22/8/2025, 3:54:18 PM | 94 18 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Is this anything other than announcing that they are planning to violate court orders? Can DOJ play dumb yet again, “Golly gee whiz, I don’t know who made that decision, I don’t even know what a decision is”. They sure believe in their criminal case against him don’t they?

22/8/2025, 10:55:05 PM | 18 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Because they plan those things way far in advance, long before masked thugs were kidnapping people off the streets

22/8/2025, 5:39:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

So now he cares about classified documents?

22/8/2025, 2:47:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I live in Colorado Springs and this is how the local paper is covering his death. Their editorial decisions are, generally speaking, garbage so this is not surprising.

Screenshot from the Colorado Springs Gazette showing their headline about the death of James Dobson. It reads “Dr. James Dobson remembered for his compassionate ways and steadfast Christian testimony”
21/8/2025, 5:14:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

😍 they are both gorgeous! Congratulations!

21/8/2025, 4:51:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

She crushed him in that debate and it made no difference whatsoever.

21/8/2025, 4:49:18 PM | 55 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

This was my big takeaway as well. JD just said straight up that if he needs to tell heinous lies about legal residents of his state for political gain, he will do so without hesitation. Not even the decency to show remorse for the lie.

21/8/2025, 4:48:20 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh I’m so jealous I can’t seem to figure out increases and decreases in brioche

21/8/2025, 2:03:56 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Pictures please!

21/8/2025, 2:02:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

They have cameramen with them!

20/8/2025, 10:10:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Call me crazy but it’s not a show of force when 15 masked agents in full combat gear are required to arrest Sandwich Guy, who offered to come in on his own. It’s a show of the incredible waste of resources now deployed to DC.

20/8/2025, 10:04:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Not to mention that their entire agenda re unhoused people is to rid them from sight. Beyond that I think they dgaf. Certainly not providing services.

20/8/2025, 9:37:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Which case?

20/8/2025, 4:18:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Congrats on the new gig

20/8/2025, 3:07:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

You’d think they would have gotten into shape in prison. Maybe they’ve been pounding beers and fast food since the pardons?

20/8/2025, 3:03:50 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Complaining that they treat slavery like it was a bad thing… but hey this is exactly what MAGA wants from him, they like him because he “tells it like it is” which is to say that he doesn’t hide the racism like the other politicians did

19/8/2025, 11:13:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Anyone who would tweet like that has to be an unserious person 🙄

19/8/2025, 5:45:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Lake Michigan is the deadliest Great Lake

19/8/2025, 2:04:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously I was looking at $10 for a pound today and thought maybe not.

19/8/2025, 6:01:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted

two things are true: 1. making it so you have to crawl over broken glass to vote may backfire for the side whose voting coalition is now low info, because it’s the other side that’s actually willing to crawl over broken glass 2. nobody should have to crawl over broken glass to vote

18/8/2025, 4:36:56 PM | 4083 659 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) (@jontayler.bsky.social) reposted

"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."

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18/8/2025, 2:18:45 PM | 10653 1974 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s super disheartening. Definitely not why I became an epidemiologist in my 40s.

18/8/2025, 4:58:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t know your story, but as a person who has experienced an extended period of limited mobility, hell yeah you should celebrate this moment! Especially the without agonizing pain part, it’s incredibly hard to do anything through constant pain.

18/8/2025, 4:56:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

RFK Jr is a liar, plain and simple.

18/8/2025, 4:53:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I dunno I mean I don’t really disagree except I don’t think that’s what is driving demand for raw milk. It’s all the propaganda imho. I think it would be better if people believed it was deadly bacteria and not a magic elixir that “they” don’t want you to know about.

18/8/2025, 2:10:15 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Spot on. Gavin tweeting like Trump is pretty fucking hilarious if only because it forces the point that Trump is absurd

18/8/2025, 2:03:36 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lord Guardian of Gastown (@darkdementus.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Newsom is showing that the savvy deployment of parody and mockery is uniquely effective It highlights the absurdity of Trump, is different from the standard critiques and, critically, garners attention Would love to see more of this from the subset of Dems who can credibly pull this off

17/8/2025, 9:15:41 PM | 341 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe they should sue RFK Jr and the MAHA podcasters instead of the dairy

17/8/2025, 10:39:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

While pregnant. JFC these people love to give safety and public health the finger right up until they want to blame someone else for their bad decisions.

17/8/2025, 10:37:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t love Gavin but he’s meeting the moment better than most.

17/8/2025, 3:46:23 PM | 47 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

“I will not name them in a box, I will not name them with a fox.”

17/8/2025, 3:37:00 PM | 80 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

What a dick. We all know there were no concessions but he’s performing for the mad king

17/8/2025, 3:36:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Would love to know how many of them are joining ICE now that they have no standards except a willingness to harass brown people

16/8/2025, 8:23:09 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Same thought. Why don’t we just all mind our own business when it comes to other people’s genitals and the fabric covering them?

16/8/2025, 3:44:03 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Second breakfast is the (second?) most important meal of the day

16/8/2025, 11:57:58 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

The Wronged Man is their whole brand

15/8/2025, 5:43:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

100% Jeffries may get a footnote in history. If he’s really lucky, it won’t focus on his fecklessness.

15/8/2025, 5:32:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Such tough guys

15/8/2025, 5:27:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Hope those tough guys felt safe in their body armor… do they have no self respect? Two guys could’ve walked in there and arrested him without assault weapons—bringing the whole heavily armed crew makes everyone involved less safe.

15/8/2025, 5:09:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Which sandwich chain has the hardest bread?

15/8/2025, 4:32:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Shawn Patrick Farrell (@shawnfarrell.bsky.social) reposted

Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.

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15/8/2025, 12:51:00 PM | 10934 2585 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Those fuckin guys.

14/8/2025, 12:13:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

So glad they are addressing serious crimes 🙄

13/8/2025, 9:50:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Clueless, Dazed & Confused, Goodfellas. Honorable mention to Groundhog Day

13/8/2025, 4:15:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

And unhoused people. Of course they don’t want to improve conditions on the ground so much as they’d like to just whisk away anyone they find unpleasant so the snowflake white people don’t feel uncomfortable.

12/8/2025, 7:21:51 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

And let’s be honest, the subways were never so clean. Glad they will receive the compensation they deserve.

12/8/2025, 4:05:30 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonder how many proud boys and oath keepers have been hired so far? I bet a J6 pardon is an asset for them

12/8/2025, 4:03:48 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s so hard not to be mad all the time

12/8/2025, 4:02:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Do you have something special planned for your green bean?

12/8/2025, 4:01:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

whew

12/8/2025, 3:47:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh holy crap, I’d be in a murderous rage 24/7 if I didn’t have knitting and printmaking. I also force myself to read fiction sometimes for a break. We’re only halfway through the first year, can’t afford to burn out

12/8/2025, 3:46:09 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

This

12/8/2025, 3:31:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Who are these wimps? What kind of tough guy MAGA he-man is afraid of cities? If they need to step aside for fear of their safety, we can put some grown ups in charge.

12/8/2025, 3:30:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Good luck to you and your cute lil ear tufts, kitten.

12/8/2025, 3:26:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

Is it like a rule that Fox hosts have to fuck their producers?

12/8/2025, 3:23:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

And he is actively hostile to actual science because it’s been very lucrative for him and elevated him to a position of power.

12/8/2025, 3:21:06 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish we had Lowly in charge! He liked to help people.

12/8/2025, 3:19:46 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish I could just dismiss him as a fucking moron but he’s causing too much harm to dismiss. I hope there’s a special extra hot place in hell for all these wealthy idiots who have taken a functioning country and broken it for their own gain. Fuck them all.

12/8/2025, 3:19:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

And she’s become a conehead, apparently

12/8/2025, 12:03:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Abby Koch (@abbykoch.bsky.social) reply parent

By this logic, nothing at all.

11/8/2025, 9:09:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view