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.
Please don't follow me unless you like reading my skeets.
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C.A. Petrov
@capetrov.bsky.social
· Feb 21
street fighter II, print ad, snes (1992) archive.org/details/mean...
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.
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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Photographs from Africa Foto Fair www.vogue.com/article/insi...
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Photographs from Africa Foto Fair www.vogue.com/article/insi...
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This is the hardest life lesson I’ve learned over the last few years
Another thing my elders taught me: when ppl are intent on misunderstanding you, it don't matter what you say
That’s absolutely fair. The language you’re using and how you’re each defining it will dictate the interpretation.
If you can’t agree on the definition, you won’t agree on the interpretation. Hence the misunderstanding you referenced.
If you can’t agree on the definition, you won’t agree on the interpretation. Hence the misunderstanding you referenced.
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is the hardest life lesson I’ve learned over the last few years
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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I took up basket weaving for Thanksgiving…
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I took up basket weaving for Thanksgiving…
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We have entire generations that don't know what static on a tv is
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
We have entire generations that don't know what static on a tv is
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Headshots ...this is probably the most unconventional I'iwi shot I've ever gotten, and one of my faves for that reason. 📷🌿🦉
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Headshots ...this is probably the most unconventional I'iwi shot I've ever gotten, and one of my faves for that reason. 📷🌿🦉
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This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Logs on, checks discourse: “Hey let’s make humanity’s protein source something that can become the intellectual property of billionaires”
Some of the worst people on Bluesky: “how about not”
Poasters: “wow, fascists want to do an animal cruelty”
Some of the worst people on Bluesky: “how about not”
Poasters: “wow, fascists want to do an animal cruelty”
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Logs on, checks discourse: “Hey let’s make humanity’s protein source something that can become the intellectual property of billionaires”
Some of the worst people on Bluesky: “how about not”
Poasters: “wow, fascists want to do an animal cruelty”
Some of the worst people on Bluesky: “how about not”
Poasters: “wow, fascists want to do an animal cruelty”
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this. Nobody can stop you from doing what you want. You cannot demand pats on the back for it, thats some maga level insecurity.
And I mean look, if you're going to pirate a book, there's not really anything I or anyone else can do to stop you from doing that. Whatever. You just can't expect everyone to pat you on the back and tell you what a good leftist you are for doing it.
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
this. Nobody can stop you from doing what you want. You cannot demand pats on the back for it, thats some maga level insecurity.
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so. many. hands. have touched every single thing you eat, wear, use. none of us is independent; we all exist in a web of support, relying on people we have never met and may never meet for our safety, our sustenance, our joy, our satiety. you are alive because of so many people's labor.
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
so. many. hands. have touched every single thing you eat, wear, use. none of us is independent; we all exist in a web of support, relying on people we have never met and may never meet for our safety, our sustenance, our joy, our satiety. you are alive because of so many people's labor.
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For the movie lovers w/more spare time than me, the Criterion Channel is having a sale on the annual sub -- blackfriday25 takes 25% off of the total (making it $75).
$6.25 a month is a great deal. I just don't think I'd take advantage of it.
#FirstPageFriday #writerslife #ScriptSky #FilmSky #film
$6.25 a month is a great deal. I just don't think I'd take advantage of it.
#FirstPageFriday #writerslife #ScriptSky #FilmSky #film
a woman in a sweater is standing in a library looking at books
ALT: a woman in a sweater is standing in a library looking at books
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
For the movie lovers w/more spare time than me, the Criterion Channel is having a sale on the annual sub -- blackfriday25 takes 25% off of the total (making it $75).
$6.25 a month is a great deal. I just don't think I'd take advantage of it.
#FirstPageFriday #writerslife #ScriptSky #FilmSky #film
$6.25 a month is a great deal. I just don't think I'd take advantage of it.
#FirstPageFriday #writerslife #ScriptSky #FilmSky #film
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This is really sobering… I’m uplifted to learn of the solidarity in action, but horrified to hear the extent of the terror unleashed on cities in our neighbouring nation. I follow the stories but they still have the capacity to shock me.
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really sobering… I’m uplifted to learn of the solidarity in action, but horrified to hear the extent of the terror unleashed on cities in our neighbouring nation. I follow the stories but they still have the capacity to shock me.
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Nothing makes me happier than these three getting their moment. They are the most wholesome adorable joyful presences on tiktok and I hope they continue to experience unprecedented success.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
KPOP Demon Hunters “Golden” 2025 Macys Thanksgiving Parade Performance - NBC LIVE - HUNTRIX
YouTube video by BradC-ORL
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Nothing makes me happier than these three getting their moment. They are the most wholesome adorable joyful presences on tiktok and I hope they continue to experience unprecedented success.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjo_...
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people make fun of the "happily ever after" genre convention but a group of people who just want everyone to be happy can do a lot of good!
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
people make fun of the "happily ever after" genre convention but a group of people who just want everyone to be happy can do a lot of good!
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Ye olde screenshottes.
Part 23 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
1845 daguerreotype of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and daguerreotype accessories in an airtight daguerreotype frame
1845 daguerreotype of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and daguerreotype accessories in an airtight daguerreotype frame
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ye olde screenshottes.
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Also no one wants me to go on a rant about how the definitions of labour have shifted, but because artists keep various crafts alive even in the capitalistic hellscape, artists are actually closer to what Marx was talking about regarding labour.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Also no one wants me to go on a rant about how the definitions of labour have shifted, but because artists keep various crafts alive even in the capitalistic hellscape, artists are actually closer to what Marx was talking about regarding labour.
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What a thread.
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What a thread.
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Malley and Daniel Levy (who I think is a British Israeli?) are the only Westerners who seem to have actually learned anything from having been involved in the peace process themselves as negotiators.
![In a discussion at Harvard, host Tarek Masoud asked former U.S. diplomat and longtime Middle East peace negotiator Rob Malley [
@Rob_Malley
] why Americans should “invest in the Palestinian cause” when Palestinians reject what Masoud called the only “realistic” outcomes available under Israel’s overwhelming power.
Malley responded that weakness does not create an obligation to “surrender,” saying “dignity, pride [and] national self-determination matter. You don’t simply say we’re weaker, therefore we’re going to give everything up.”
Under the logic Masoud proposed, Malley pointed out, “the Israelis could say: we’re going to give you 10% of the West Bank, you’re going to live in Bantustans… and why shouldn’t the Palestinians accept it?”
Malley, who took part in negotiations in the 1990s and early 2000s, said the U.S. peace team “was not that diverse in terms of understanding why a Palestinian may not react as enthusiastically to what some people call a ‘generous’ offer.”
He said decades of talks were shaped by a “major discrepancy of narratives”: “The Israelis believe that the original sin was Palestinian rejection of ’48. The Palestinians think it was the partition plan which took away the majority of their land.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreibgsay7mhsuv2miolitb5ez7vghp6lek74kvqjmb6oof527oouvrq@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Malley and Daniel Levy (who I think is a British Israeli?) are the only Westerners who seem to have actually learned anything from having been involved in the peace process themselves as negotiators.
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Congrats Vera! I cried with her listening to the last part of this interview.
#AlaskaWriterLaureate #AlaskaSky #Alaska
#AlaskaWriterLaureate #AlaskaSky #Alaska
Juneau's Vera Starbard earns Emmy nomination for ‘Molly of Denali’ Thanksgiving episode
The Alaska State Writer Laureate wrote an episode about the show’s titular character navigating the complex history of Thanksgiving to create a celebration that honors Alaska Native culture.
www.ktoo.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Congrats Vera! I cried with her listening to the last part of this interview.
#AlaskaWriterLaureate #AlaskaSky #Alaska
#AlaskaWriterLaureate #AlaskaSky #Alaska
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Stay strong, Hong Kong
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Stay strong, Hong Kong
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We ultimately wouldn’t have to rely on cars as much as we do either.
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We ultimately wouldn’t have to rely on cars as much as we do either.
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If you haven't watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, let me recommend it for the beautiful visuals, the adorable actual teenager turtle boys, and the absolutely banging soundtrack.I'd post the Ante Up sequence but that's a huge spoiler, so here's No Diggety.
youtu.be/3Etbn-v32zI?...
youtu.be/3Etbn-v32zI?...
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you haven't watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, let me recommend it for the beautiful visuals, the adorable actual teenager turtle boys, and the absolutely banging soundtrack.I'd post the Ante Up sequence but that's a huge spoiler, so here's No Diggety.
youtu.be/3Etbn-v32zI?...
youtu.be/3Etbn-v32zI?...
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Good morning Anchorage! Anyone else scream and dive under table at that shaker? Just me? #alaskasky
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Good morning Anchorage! Anyone else scream and dive under table at that shaker? Just me? #alaskasky
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
Haha. Happy thanksgiving!
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Little Thanksgiving earthquake gave me 2018 flashbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Little Thanksgiving earthquake gave me 2018 flashbacks.