aproustian
@aproustian.bsky.social
(she/they) community college physics prof, loves cats, plays too many video games
Let’s plays (mostly unspoiled) at https://www.youtube.com/@aproustian
Let’s plays (mostly unspoiled) at https://www.youtube.com/@aproustian
I hate that American English contains an idiom that’s not just about having an affair, but having an affair *with this one specific guy*
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I hate that American English contains an idiom that’s not just about having an affair, but having an affair *with this one specific guy*
I learned 2 important lessons in Rogue Trader tonight
1) it’s lot harder to win fights when I keep hitting the “end turn” button when I mean to hit the “character abilities” button
2) medkits have to be assigned to each character, it’s not enough for them to be in general inventory
(I still won)
1) it’s lot harder to win fights when I keep hitting the “end turn” button when I mean to hit the “character abilities” button
2) medkits have to be assigned to each character, it’s not enough for them to be in general inventory
(I still won)
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I learned 2 important lessons in Rogue Trader tonight
1) it’s lot harder to win fights when I keep hitting the “end turn” button when I mean to hit the “character abilities” button
2) medkits have to be assigned to each character, it’s not enough for them to be in general inventory
(I still won)
1) it’s lot harder to win fights when I keep hitting the “end turn” button when I mean to hit the “character abilities” button
2) medkits have to be assigned to each character, it’s not enough for them to be in general inventory
(I still won)
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commissioned THE GOAT @possumbandit.bsky.social for art of my warlock atlas and i’m so so happy with how it came out
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
commissioned THE GOAT @possumbandit.bsky.social for art of my warlock atlas and i’m so so happy with how it came out
A beautiful, full double rainbow! We get a lot of rainbows here and I love it every time
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A beautiful, full double rainbow! We get a lot of rainbows here and I love it every time
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Almost a year ago, I started this crazy project. And now, it's finally time to vote on "The Greatest Game of All Time!"
501 entries across all of gaming. Choose your Top 10 and let's see what ends up as the greatest! Voting will remain open until the end of 11/23!
forms.gle/Wg234Zt3GWvD...
501 entries across all of gaming. Choose your Top 10 and let's see what ends up as the greatest! Voting will remain open until the end of 11/23!
forms.gle/Wg234Zt3GWvD...
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Almost a year ago, I started this crazy project. And now, it's finally time to vote on "The Greatest Game of All Time!"
501 entries across all of gaming. Choose your Top 10 and let's see what ends up as the greatest! Voting will remain open until the end of 11/23!
forms.gle/Wg234Zt3GWvD...
501 entries across all of gaming. Choose your Top 10 and let's see what ends up as the greatest! Voting will remain open until the end of 11/23!
forms.gle/Wg234Zt3GWvD...
I told my husband about this and he said, “that sounds right. The ship has been around a lot longer than you have”
Wait, I haven’t named my character (yet???) but I’m naming my ship? This is amazing
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I told my husband about this and he said, “that sounds right. The ship has been around a lot longer than you have”
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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that bar's not gonna fill itself
we can go further, but what if: fill bar now
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
we can go further, but what if: fill bar now
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
that bar's not gonna fill itself
we can go further, but what if: fill bar now
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
we can go further, but what if: fill bar now
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
I desperately wish this were on Mac or console 😭
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November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I desperately wish this were on Mac or console 😭
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November 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I’m kind of flabbergasted but also excited? I’ve been working really hard for MONTHS to get me & C & J up to 490 power (solo grind, coordinating group grinds, etc) so we could gild Conqueror
Then today we did Glassway at 450 and…that was enough to gild??!? I didn’t realize 4/5 triumphs was enough!
Then today we did Glassway at 450 and…that was enough to gild??!? I didn’t realize 4/5 triumphs was enough!
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I’m kind of flabbergasted but also excited? I’ve been working really hard for MONTHS to get me & C & J up to 490 power (solo grind, coordinating group grinds, etc) so we could gild Conqueror
Then today we did Glassway at 450 and…that was enough to gild??!? I didn’t realize 4/5 triumphs was enough!
Then today we did Glassway at 450 and…that was enough to gild??!? I didn’t realize 4/5 triumphs was enough!
Had a great time in the Arkveld trial in FFXIV tonight—both healers and a tank were new, the other 5 were me & my friends but we’d only cleared it once before
I think we wiped like 6 times? But everyone stayed positive & eventually the healers learned to (mostly) dodge the half arena AoEs
I think we wiped like 6 times? But everyone stayed positive & eventually the healers learned to (mostly) dodge the half arena AoEs
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Had a great time in the Arkveld trial in FFXIV tonight—both healers and a tank were new, the other 5 were me & my friends but we’d only cleared it once before
I think we wiped like 6 times? But everyone stayed positive & eventually the healers learned to (mostly) dodge the half arena AoEs
I think we wiped like 6 times? But everyone stayed positive & eventually the healers learned to (mostly) dodge the half arena AoEs
Sometimes I see things on social media that have me making notes to use in my physics class as real world examples
I’m very sad to say this thread probably won’t make that list
I’m very sad to say this thread probably won’t make that list
Slippery, moist, smooth, rigid things will often go WHOOSH if squeezy force is applied. (sorry, we're a Vagina Museum, not a phyics museum)
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Sometimes I see things on social media that have me making notes to use in my physics class as real world examples
I’m very sad to say this thread probably won’t make that list
I’m very sad to say this thread probably won’t make that list
The hat mod has been my absolute favorite part of festival of the lost this year, I love seeing it celebrated
hi happy #FestivalOfTheLost im thinking about how rhulk [ @sketchmatters.bsky.social ] wears hats :]
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The hat mod has been my absolute favorite part of festival of the lost this year, I love seeing it celebrated
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These seem to be the three legs to the Trump regime's political stool, if you consider Trump, Vought, and Miller as the three centers of power:
Corruption (Trump)
Extreme conservative ideology (Vought)
Fascism (Miller)
Corruption (Trump)
Extreme conservative ideology (Vought)
Fascism (Miller)
"Dictatorship to protect corruption" is a plausible master narrative for Trump; it squares well with J6 in particular.
But it's not the same story for Vought, who supports dictatorship to deliver on a hideously unpopular conservative ideological agenda, or Miller, who wants it to do legit fascism.
But it's not the same story for Vought, who supports dictatorship to deliver on a hideously unpopular conservative ideological agenda, or Miller, who wants it to do legit fascism.
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
These seem to be the three legs to the Trump regime's political stool, if you consider Trump, Vought, and Miller as the three centers of power:
Corruption (Trump)
Extreme conservative ideology (Vought)
Fascism (Miller)
Corruption (Trump)
Extreme conservative ideology (Vought)
Fascism (Miller)
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Props to Bungie @destiny2team.bungie.net because this has felt noticeable and really good since the patch
I’m on the cusp of 490 now, my teammates are at 450. Gilding our conqueror title actually feels within reach, even given our busy schedules
I’m on the cusp of 490 now, my teammates are at 450. Gilding our conqueror title actually feels within reach, even given our busy schedules
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Props to Bungie @destiny2team.bungie.net because this has felt noticeable and really good since the patch
I’m on the cusp of 490 now, my teammates are at 450. Gilding our conqueror title actually feels within reach, even given our busy schedules
I’m on the cusp of 490 now, my teammates are at 450. Gilding our conqueror title actually feels within reach, even given our busy schedules
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She made an ofrenda for people who have died in ICE custody, which is a topic not covered enough by the news. 💔
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
She made an ofrenda for people who have died in ICE custody, which is a topic not covered enough by the news. 💔
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
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My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My favourite of the Cow Tools edits