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
street fighter II, print ad, snes (1992) archive.org/details/mean...
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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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Trying to (finally) wind down, and what better way to do that than remind y'all that Cabbage Appa is REAL.
From the TheLastAirbender community on Reddit: Can we all just chill for a moment and admire cabbage Appa? 🥬
Explore this post and more from the TheLastAirbender community
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November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trying to (finally) wind down, and what better way to do that than remind y'all that Cabbage Appa is REAL.
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God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Your new motto should be: if it’s fine for disabled people, it’s fine for me.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Your new motto should be: if it’s fine for disabled people, it’s fine for me.
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If you see this, post your bird art! 🪶
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you see this, post your bird art! 🪶
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JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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Folks... 🪶
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Folks... 🪶
To fully grasp the extent to which he chose violence you must watch all the way to the end.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQcFdrE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQcFdrE...
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
To fully grasp the extent to which he chose violence you must watch all the way to the end.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQcFdrE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQcFdrE...
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You are agreeing to deal with "the foe". The foe is not Trump. The foe is the entire right at the moment. I know it's hard to bear that in mind when you work with people but they are not your friends.
No one’s feelings are wrong. That’s not my point. We’re in a real battle, against a corrupt and malevolent foe, with huge stakes. We must win.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You are agreeing to deal with "the foe". The foe is not Trump. The foe is the entire right at the moment. I know it's hard to bear that in mind when you work with people but they are not your friends.
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Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Canada loses Measles elimination status, as does the entire Americas region.
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Clinics here have signs warning about Measles but no masks in healthcare
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
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The Edmund Fitzgerald was launched the same day Prince was born, do with that information what you will
November 10, 2024 at 2:07 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald was launched the same day Prince was born, do with that information what you will
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senate brain is a disease, man
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
senate brain is a disease, man
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Aliette de Bodard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_bod... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artist: Tithi Luadthong, Alyssa Winans, Maurizio Manzieri and [couldn't identify]):
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Aliette de Bodard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/de_bod... was born on this day, so here are some of her book covers (Artist: Tithi Luadthong, Alyssa Winans, Maurizio Manzieri and [couldn't identify]):
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This sounds like a really cool project!
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This sounds like a really cool project!
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This is absolutely the best way I’ve ever heard North American deer described, hands down.
A small heard of 15-20 insurance claims just sitting around in the dark, staring at you, waiting.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is absolutely the best way I’ve ever heard North American deer described, hands down.
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trans journalists you should follow who cover trans lives well and deserve your support:
@katelynburns.com
@sydney-bauer.com
@kissphoria.bsky.social
@oriion.bsky.social
@parkermolloy.com
cis person who covers it this in congress MUCH better than erin:
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
@katelynburns.com
@sydney-bauer.com
@kissphoria.bsky.social
@oriion.bsky.social
@parkermolloy.com
cis person who covers it this in congress MUCH better than erin:
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Like who? I can tell personally that she's a poor, often alarmist, reporter but it is very difficult to convince trans people in my life of that without an alternative to point to.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
trans journalists you should follow who cover trans lives well and deserve your support:
@katelynburns.com
@sydney-bauer.com
@kissphoria.bsky.social
@oriion.bsky.social
@parkermolloy.com
cis person who covers it this in congress MUCH better than erin:
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
@katelynburns.com
@sydney-bauer.com
@kissphoria.bsky.social
@oriion.bsky.social
@parkermolloy.com
cis person who covers it this in congress MUCH better than erin:
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
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This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
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The fine folks at Scarleteen provide so much help and information for young people and absolutely deserve good health benefits to take care of themselves as well!! Please consider making a donation if you're able. These are some of my favorite people out there. 💕
Scarleteen has been providing free sex education since 1998 and we believe in sex ed for all! We ALSO believe health educators deserve healthcare and we’re raising $40,000 to support our staff and volunteers. Donate here, and more details in thread: www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The fine folks at Scarleteen provide so much help and information for young people and absolutely deserve good health benefits to take care of themselves as well!! Please consider making a donation if you're able. These are some of my favorite people out there. 💕
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Every fairy tale is about how the woods are so deadly that we'd rather go hang out with the witch or the beast or the wolf instead.
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Every fairy tale is about how the woods are so deadly that we'd rather go hang out with the witch or the beast or the wolf instead.