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C.A. Petrified 🎃

@capetrov.bsky.social

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she/her. aka FullMetaDuchess. Naturalized ✡️, absent most Saturdays. Learning every day if I'm lucky. On the downside of middle age and drifting ever leftward. Header from 'Dreams' by Melton Fisher. Please don't follow me unless you like reading my skeets.

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · Feb 21

If accounts like this can do alt text you can copy and paste the text from your article excerpt or social media post.

Whether or not you're willing to consciously admit it, not doing it is says you think disabled people don't need to know the things you think are so important that you have to post.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · Feb 21

street fighter II, print ad, snes (1992) archive.org/details/mean...

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

clownery/absurdity in the face of extremism and violence function to take the wind out of the sails of whatever volatile opposition is being stood up against.

that tactic, though, only works if there’s a direct confrontation.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 2h

when you’ve got influencers breaking their backs to deter you from (and tainting) reading about what materially unimpactful activity looks like, how easily a charming moment can neutralize momentum, and how you can be more intentional in your organizing - consider who that benefits.

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Alycia the Autist 🪶 @alycia.art · 19h

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW JUST FUCKING DIED OF COVID

SHE HAD ALL THE BOOSTERS

AND COVID STILL KILLED HER

WEAR A GODDAMN MASK

Philip Bite Marks @philipmarks87.bsky.social · 20h

The people who are adamantly against masking are fucking awful.

That's a ton of you, apparently

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Sable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 10h

The problem with people learning incorrect things from porn is a problem with media literacy rather than a problem with pornography <3

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 9h

there is also a distinct possibility that none of what she described actually happened

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 17h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

you have the right to not hang out with assholes. you deserve not to hang out with assholes. you are under 0 obligation to socially interact with assholes in your free time.

it is truly terrible that our culture tricked so many people into thinking that they’re obliged to be friends with assholes!

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

we have spent the last decade witnessing a national epidemic of “it should be illegal to not hang out with me just because I’m a mean asshole” behavior

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 17h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

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ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 6h

the proper comparison isn't between these leaked private chats and the public statements of republicans in 2007, but between leaked private chats and the email forwards of 2007 which where absolutely fucking like this.

Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Bmore Gabe @bmoregabe.bsky.social · 10h

Jews love multiple layers of meaning so here are multiple layers to why this is interesting:

Bmore Gabe @bmoregabe.bsky.social · 10h

‘Why do we have to waste a few weeks?’: Satmar rabbi congratulates Mamdani during Williamsburg sukkah hop www.jta.org/2025/10/10/p...

'Why do we have to waste a few weeks?': Satmar rabbi congratulates Mamdani during Williamsburg sukkah hop - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Plus, the first poll post-Eric Adams' exit shows gains for Cuomo, but not enough to win

www.jta.org

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6h

You always have the ability to choose *Not* to be a condescending dick.

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · 9h

Ooh, gonna show her the Roger Corman movie after you're done?

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 9h

For the record the Young Republicans I was dealing with in 1991 absolutely did say they loved Hitler aloud back then and totally got away with it. Their rape threats against me for being queer were also framed as a good moral action. So yeah, they’ve always been like this.

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 13h

I wonder how many people don't know that Alaska had a Typhoon because it affected Indigenous people at a disproportionate rate.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 10d

Geordi La Forge Nope/Yes meme, but the yes has laser eyes in the visor:

NOPE:
"Do Not Comply In Advance"
- bossy
- already a cliche
- implies permission to comply later

YES:
"Fuck You, Make Me"
- leads by example
- directs yelling at opposition instead of allies
- easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 14h

“More than at any other time — I'm finally realizing that the world is simply divided into people that care about others, and those who don't — but don't want to be shamed for it.”

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!

Tulika Bose @TulikaBose_
More than at any other time — I'm finally realizing that the world is simply divided into people that care about others, and those who don't — but don't want to be shamed for it
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 11h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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NO GODS, NO MASTERS, BISEXUAL DISASTERS 🇵🇸 🇺🇦🔞 @travisteatime.bsky.social · 12h

Always important to point out that 99% of our idea of what Nazism was like is THE NAZIS' OWN PROPAGANDA.

Nazis were orderly, efficient, dignified & the pinnacle of human physique, because... that's what the Nazis said they were like, and would a Nazi ever lie to us?

Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 14h

History kinda glosses over that Hitler was a pedophile obsessed with his own niece Geli Raubal who he pretty much kept as a prisoner in his home until she took her own life, or for that matter how young Eva Braun was when they first met.

Nazis were always just like that it seems.

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · 11h

But I thought it was OK to bomb Gaza civilians because they were all supporting Hamas?

www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Hamas ‘carries out public executions’ of rivals

Hamas public executions: latest news after Gaza ceasefire

www.thetimes.com

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Céline pina colada @basalthrull.bsky.social · 13h

Lord Farquad devant son miroir. Un texte dit « the dumbest person you know is being told "You're absolutely right!" by ChatGPT »

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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SÓÓPACAAT @ruffandtuff.bsky.social · 14h

MTV was 100% selective culture. They did so much damage by convincing youth that selective acceptance of each other was normal while still redlining blk culture & pushing blk stereotypes.

Disgraceful.

Prince, MJ, Living Colour, Janet & HipHop broke the gates only because of audience demand.

Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.blackskycomra.de · 17h

Gonna do an essay about how MTV made white Gen X-ers think racism evaporated in the 90s.

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 12h

This is not a dunk on Hamed, but if you are a European seeking to resettle as a refugee in the United States you by definition do not “oppose migration.”

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program to its bare bones while giving preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration, according to documents.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Tzfardea b'Yachad Chazek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 13h

But consider also Shemot 8:2 -

"And Aaron held up his arm over the waters of Egypt and THE FROG came up and covered the land of Egypt"

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 16h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15h

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees

Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

www.aip.org

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 13h

The strength of libertarianism is you never run out of other people’s money

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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