C.A. Petrov
@capetrov.bsky.social
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. Petrov
@capetrov.bsky.social
· Feb 21
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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.
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.
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When bear-baiting is the game there is always a role for dogs
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When bear-baiting is the game there is always a role for dogs
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The incredibly glib inability to assess a given issue in a more systematic context, to see past any given battle the greater war, the total failure to summon one’s collective imagination and intelligence—ostensibly an educated one, at that—to see the greater picture of the world. All to defend this.
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The incredibly glib inability to assess a given issue in a more systematic context, to see past any given battle the greater war, the total failure to summon one’s collective imagination and intelligence—ostensibly an educated one, at that—to see the greater picture of the world. All to defend this.
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The thing about useful idiots in professional spaces is that the whole game, from the perspective of the fascist, is to constantly game them into taking ”innocuous” positions on any given day’s culture war issue, thus forcing them to perpetually conflict with everything left of the fascists.
This won’t be a popular opinion, but I don’t think the instructor was right here. The assignment said that the goal was for students to demonstrate they completed the readings *and* they could do so by reflecting on, among other things, their personal experiences. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The thing about useful idiots in professional spaces is that the whole game, from the perspective of the fascist, is to constantly game them into taking ”innocuous” positions on any given day’s culture war issue, thus forcing them to perpetually conflict with everything left of the fascists.
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“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns
Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive
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mass and light are kissing and they're both boys
Jared. You have to write this now. I’m sorry. Fate had decreed, etc, etc.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
mass and light are kissing and they're both boys
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The encounter that took what was already a great #BearSeason2025 right over the top. Arctic foxes are not the easiest to find around Churchill so getting to spend time with this cutie who is still changing into their winter coat was amazing. #mammals 🌿
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The encounter that took what was already a great #BearSeason2025 right over the top. Arctic foxes are not the easiest to find around Churchill so getting to spend time with this cutie who is still changing into their winter coat was amazing. #mammals 🌿
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we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
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me: I am a rational, adult, human professional person
also me: but if I don’t OPEN the e-mail then it can’t hurt me.
also me: but if I don’t OPEN the e-mail then it can’t hurt me.
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
me: I am a rational, adult, human professional person
also me: but if I don’t OPEN the e-mail then it can’t hurt me.
also me: but if I don’t OPEN the e-mail then it can’t hurt me.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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So, this is about OU, and I think it’s a fair characterization of a problem, the solution to which cannot be “put the instructor on leave immediately.” You cannot do things that way, or the rule is that Calvin gets an A.
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So, this is about OU, and I think it’s a fair characterization of a problem, the solution to which cannot be “put the instructor on leave immediately.” You cannot do things that way, or the rule is that Calvin gets an A.
It's good to re-up this for World AIDS day. If you don't know the whole story I'd recommend reading the thread. It really sucks that Grohl and the band have been allowed to sweep this under the rug, because their support had real, significant consequences.
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's good to re-up this for World AIDS day. If you don't know the whole story I'd recommend reading the thread. It really sucks that Grohl and the band have been allowed to sweep this under the rug, because their support had real, significant consequences.
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We have names! 🎉 Thanks to your votes on Facebook and Instagram, the two baby #capybara girls are now officially Roseta and Pipoca, meaning popcorn in Spanish and Portuguese! 🍿 A huge thank you to everyone who joined in the fun and helped choose their names 🤎
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We have names! 🎉 Thanks to your votes on Facebook and Instagram, the two baby #capybara girls are now officially Roseta and Pipoca, meaning popcorn in Spanish and Portuguese! 🍿 A huge thank you to everyone who joined in the fun and helped choose their names 🤎
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The world agreed on a strategy to end AIDS known as 95-95-95: 95% of people with HIV should know their status, 95% of the diagnosed should be on medication, 95% should have the virus suppressed.
By 2022, the world reached 87-89-94. Then Trump killed aid funding.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/t...
By 2022, the world reached 87-89-94. Then Trump killed aid funding.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/t...
The End of Ending AIDS
As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so.
foreignpolicy.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The world agreed on a strategy to end AIDS known as 95-95-95: 95% of people with HIV should know their status, 95% of the diagnosed should be on medication, 95% should have the virus suppressed.
By 2022, the world reached 87-89-94. Then Trump killed aid funding.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/t...
By 2022, the world reached 87-89-94. Then Trump killed aid funding.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/01/t...
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Every 10 minutes in 1991 someone died of AIDS. The tape was the sound of the Riverside Church bell sounding once every 10 minutes.
Electric Blanket -- "Remember AIDS is an International Epidemic" - was first projected on the facade of Cooper Union in 1990.
The bag is also a project of Visual AIDS.
Electric Blanket -- "Remember AIDS is an International Epidemic" - was first projected on the facade of Cooper Union in 1990.
The bag is also a project of Visual AIDS.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Every 10 minutes in 1991 someone died of AIDS. The tape was the sound of the Riverside Church bell sounding once every 10 minutes.
Electric Blanket -- "Remember AIDS is an International Epidemic" - was first projected on the facade of Cooper Union in 1990.
The bag is also a project of Visual AIDS.
Electric Blanket -- "Remember AIDS is an International Epidemic" - was first projected on the facade of Cooper Union in 1990.
The bag is also a project of Visual AIDS.
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Skimming my morning feeds, seeing a couple of takes about the incident from university faculty types, I think this holds up well.
Also - one reason I ultimately decided not to go into academics after finishing my PhD was that my tolerance for chickenshit had been thoroughly exhausted.
The lack of support that this institution is giving its grad student instructor is a good example of this.
The lack of support that this institution is giving its grad student instructor is a good example of this.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Skimming my morning feeds, seeing a couple of takes about the incident from university faculty types, I think this holds up well.
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There's not a single anti-trans campaigner or group with a major platform on twitter who haven't posted *horrifying* things and it's a stain on our entire media ecosystem that not a single major outlet has done even basic reporting of it.
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There's not a single anti-trans campaigner or group with a major platform on twitter who haven't posted *horrifying* things and it's a stain on our entire media ecosystem that not a single major outlet has done even basic reporting of it.
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The British government and forces left their local translators and interpreters to be killed by the Taliban so they couldn't give evidence in any war-crimes trials
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The British government and forces left their local translators and interpreters to be killed by the Taliban so they couldn't give evidence in any war-crimes trials
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A mentor-to-be of mine (Philip Yenawine) created A Day Without Art as part of the Visual AIDS collective in 1989. A day to honor the loss of brilliance as a result of the epidemic. 1/x
This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.
This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A mentor-to-be of mine (Philip Yenawine) created A Day Without Art as part of the Visual AIDS collective in 1989. A day to honor the loss of brilliance as a result of the epidemic. 1/x
This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.
This year, Trump cancelled recognition of World AIDS Day, today, & cuts to funding worldwide have consequences.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
*checking my mail* Huh, a letter from an old employer, wonder what that's about?
*fantasize that an audit revealed they owe me money*
Ah, they're notifying me about a data breach that included my SSN. Of course.
(It was a pretty thin fantasy anyway considering I helped with annual audits there.)
*fantasize that an audit revealed they owe me money*
Ah, they're notifying me about a data breach that included my SSN. Of course.
(It was a pretty thin fantasy anyway considering I helped with annual audits there.)
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
*checking my mail* Huh, a letter from an old employer, wonder what that's about?
*fantasize that an audit revealed they owe me money*
Ah, they're notifying me about a data breach that included my SSN. Of course.
(It was a pretty thin fantasy anyway considering I helped with annual audits there.)
*fantasize that an audit revealed they owe me money*
Ah, they're notifying me about a data breach that included my SSN. Of course.
(It was a pretty thin fantasy anyway considering I helped with annual audits there.)
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OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
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November 30th / December 1st
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
November 30th / December 1st
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If you spend decades undermining a liberal arts education, you get college students who can't write a decent essay. But you also get adults who can't recognize a decent essay and sincerely think the issue is the beliefs and not that reading this is painful.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you spend decades undermining a liberal arts education, you get college students who can't write a decent essay. But you also get adults who can't recognize a decent essay and sincerely think the issue is the beliefs and not that reading this is painful.
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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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I admit it, I'm scrooge - this country created a commercial holiday from a religion that is not mine that lasts like two fucking months and is inescapable . But this xmas song list has me in *tears.*
"I'll be home for Christmas, you can count on me...I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams." Ummmm, okay? So will you be home or not? This isn't Schrödinger's fucking Christmas; I need to know the number of place settings. Jesus Christ.
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I admit it, I'm scrooge - this country created a commercial holiday from a religion that is not mine that lasts like two fucking months and is inescapable . But this xmas song list has me in *tears.*