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they/them | aroace | cmu (astro)physics | monstera lover | trying to romanticize my life a little
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all i wanted was to upgrade from gwtc3 to gwtc4 🫠

vid alt text: 10+ seconds of me scrolling through error messages on jupyter notebook
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
astrogina.bsky.social
weekend vibes
a (single serving size) pot of kimchi jjigae (soup with kimchi, pork, garlic, zucchini, and daikon radish), a bowl of rice, and a spoon and pair of chopsticks a slightly derpy looking watercolor painting of some penguins
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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i went down a rabbit hole in the last month and it ended up becoming a whole section of the paper so now the vibe of the draft is just gonna be like this until i work up the mental strength to actually write new text instead of just editing existing text
the half finished horse drawing meme. the hind third of the horse is a realistic drawing and the front of the horse is a childish looking outline
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
astrogina.bsky.social
ahh i was really unclear omg

its all in one room so transition time is just the speakers switching out laptops LOL but like the first block is a 30 min opening talk and then 13 minutes per speaker (10 min + 3 min for questions) and then theres the 8 min span at the end before the first big break
screenshot of schedule times for the first session of this conference. all times listed are back to back
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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more experimenting!
four differently sized small pieces of watercolor paper. 1) a round pink flower with a thick stem and pink center 2) three stems of small clustering flowers, shaped kind of like lavender or bluebonnets in blue, purple, and pink 3) a few loose pink petals 4) a row of white daisies
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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ive decided to get (sorta) serious about learning watercolors now that i have a portable palette for the tubes i bought ages ago (thrifted!)

first pic was just me with a reference pic i took at phipps and the other three are kinda freestyling post watching a few "easy watercolor flowers" tutorials
a tiny painting of an orangey yellow flower tiny painting of some purple flowers an attempt to paint some pink peonies a small painting of some tiny blue flowers
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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day 3 we had a bit more of a chill home/games day (my phone says we walked 17k steps on day 2!) but we did still hit randyland and the incline
a sign outside of randyland that reads: welcome to northside home sweet home architecture gardens parks poets arts history many different museums/stores a colorful box with an opening to slip paper or small objects inside. it's labeled "the worry box" and says "no money allowed" with arrows labeled "worries only" and "worries" pointing toward the opening. some possible worries are painted on the box: hates, yuck, troubles, bills, life, health, jobs, fears, angers, hurts the facade of the duquesne incline station. A yellowish brown brick building with large red panels and yellow lettering the view from the top of the duquesne incline at night. the point is outlined with lights but mostly dark, while downtown pittsburgh and the surrounding bridges are brightly lit. some clouds are visible in the distance
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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day 2 of friend visiting was mostly phipps and a cmu campus tour
a pyramid of spherical light decorations on top of a pond with fake glaciers. plants surround the water and drape down from hanging baskets one of the interior rooms of Phipps Conservatory, decked out with snowmen, penguins, and fully decorated Christmas trees the front entrance of Phipps Conservatory An extremely bad round of Hues and Cues.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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i unfortunately forgot to take pictures of a lot of the informational cards so i don't remember who the artists are but these were some of my favorites
I don't have a closeup picture of the artist information but it is a large black bookshelf with striking white outlines on the edges. the left side is quite chaotic, reminiscent of water after something has been dropped into it. the right side is flat. Untitled (We Are The Ink...), by Glenn Ligon the print says "we are the ink that gives the white page a meaning" and repeats many times across the piece. it starts out very clear at the top and becomes more increasingly messier and harder to read as it goes down. Place de Lices, St. Tropez by Paul Signac a pointillism painting of a man sitting on a park bench amidst the trees, with vibrant purple, blue, and yellow used in a way that give it a slightly psychedelic vibe I unfortunately forgot to take a picture of the artist and piece information but it's blue wood (I think) panels and glass arranged geometrically. It reminds me a bit of a skyscraper.
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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friend is visiting for the weekend!
pastries from la gourmandine (a raspberry danish and an almond brioche thing i forgot the name of) a section of a photograph from the black photojournalism exhibit at the carnegie art museum. a man at a protest holding up a sign that reads "pigs will be pigs as long as they are supported by a bigot establishment" a photo of a display in the minerals and gems exhibit at the carnegie natural history museum. it looks like if a goldeen was made out of quartz me holding a printed apteka menu in front of the large paper menu on the wall
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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screenshot of the new requirement announcement

wtf are first year grads supposed to submit? an empty transcript? theyve been here like 2 months
Only official transcripts that indicate the most recent academic status for all degree-granting programs will be accepted. Transcripts must be uploaded as a PDF. Transcripts must not be encrypted or password-protected.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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🫡
screenshot of an email from the greater pittsburgh community food bank, for a donation of $32.22
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
astrogina.bsky.social
go vote youve got like 6 more hours to get in line (or more likely, to walk straight into the voting booth)
the most pittsburgh i voted sticker ever. depicts the pittsburgh skyline. top half is a red white and blue half circle with the text "I voted" and the bottom half is a black and yellow half circle with the text "n'at!"
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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love being the most online of all my friends
text message that reads "GOOD MORNING DICK CHENEY DIED" discord message that reads "GOOD MORNING DICK CHENEY IS DEAD"
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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just another one from a different number 💀 make it stop
notification preview of a text message that says "Gina, TOMORROW is Election Day. Public records show you voted in 2024. Remember, who you vote for is private, but whether you vote is public informa..."
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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@thelouvreof.bsky.social
a thread of posts Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social • 17h Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween Alexander Hay @alexanderhay.mya... • 14h Japan's ability to take the piss is much underrated. Gatsby that is Average @averagegatsby.bsky.social They make up for it in racism. November 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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i love adding random shit to my steam wishlist and forgetting about it and then getting an email months later like this
An email notification from Steam The subject line reads "The Biggleboss Incident from your S..." The main text preview reads: "Steam 1 GAME YOU'VE WISHED FOR IS ON SALE! The Biggleboss Incident -25% $14.99 $11.24 SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends Nov 9 10:00..."
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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this really pisses me off like what kind of shaming tactic bullshit is this? i have voted in every single election since i moved here why are you still threatening me with my public voting record? does anyone think this will make someone who didnt vote last year more willing this year? fuck off
text message preview that reads: Gina, Election Day is in 2 days. Public records show you voted in 2024. Who you vote for is private, but whether you vote is public info. Find your polling pl...
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
astrogina.bsky.social
man what the hell
a screenshot of part of my bus tracker, which shows two buses in 30 and 31 minutes, and a third in 48 minutes, marked "scheduled"
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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the world felt especially vibrant today
a vibrant purple pansy. three of the petals are darker purple near the center and it has bright yellow pollen in the middle. there is an orange and yellow pansy in the corner of the shot as well a full frame of the orangey red leaves of a serviceberry tree a cluster of light pink flowers (mums?). there are so many that the leaves and dirt aren't visible below. a thin green vine with large leaves snakes through some of the blooms a sweetgum tree with spiny fruit(?) dangling from branches full of bright red leaves
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
astrogina.bsky.social
got the best vase ive ever seen at ikea yesterday
a burnt orange ish color vase that is cone shaped with two legs at the bottom (the wider side), and a smiley face at the top. a mirror behind the vase reveals a frowny face on the other side
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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💀💀💀
"Sell the team" became Western Pennsylvania's version of "Go Birds." The chants were so audible early in the year that the team was caught muting crowd noise on the radio and television broadcasts. Fans were heard intermittently shouting it out after tee shots during the U.S. Open up the road at Oakmont, and last month a guy traveled 23 hours from Japan to attend a game holding up a sign that said "Sell the Team" in both English and Japanese.
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
astrogina.bsky.social
who robbed the louvre right answer only
an illustration of phantom thief kaito kid from detective conan/magic kaito
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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having a peak fall experience despite the randomly warm temps this weekend
a small, perfect looking bird's nest next to an apple in an apple tree one of the few trees left at the orchard with its branches still full of bright red apples me posing in front of one of the most massive pumpkins ive ever seen (and a collection of regular small pumpkins) me posing and smiling next to a 1000+ pound pumpkin, which i successfully pulled up a hill (on a cart) 💪
October 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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what a wild way to say "we have stolen and will continue to steal everything you ever put on the internet"
Large language models like Claude are pretrained on enormous amounts of public text from across the internet, including personal websites and blog posts. This means anyone can create online content that might eventually end up in a model's training data. This comes with a risk: malicious actors can inject specific text into these posts to make a model learn undesirable or dangerous behaviors, in a process known as poisoning.
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM