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
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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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“fuck this, fuck my skis, fuck my poles, fuck everything I’m going to live in the woods now” is the single most relatable thing an Olympian has done so far
I sure can’t do any of the stuff these people can but I will absolutely go live in the woods if I fuck up badly enough
I sure can’t do any of the stuff these people can but I will absolutely go live in the woods if I fuck up badly enough
February 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
“fuck this, fuck my skis, fuck my poles, fuck everything I’m going to live in the woods now” is the single most relatable thing an Olympian has done so far
I sure can’t do any of the stuff these people can but I will absolutely go live in the woods if I fuck up badly enough
I sure can’t do any of the stuff these people can but I will absolutely go live in the woods if I fuck up badly enough
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Denver, 2008: Seeing I was lost, Jackson offered me a seat and shared his perspective about what was about to take place. I saved tape from what he said on record, memory from he said off record. Minutes later and just a few yards away, Obama accepted the nomination.
Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.
Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Denver, 2008: Seeing I was lost, Jackson offered me a seat and shared his perspective about what was about to take place. I saved tape from what he said on record, memory from he said off record. Minutes later and just a few yards away, Obama accepted the nomination.
Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.
Rest in peace, Jesse Jackson.
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The Guardsman was never found.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The Guardsman was never found.
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Good time to remind people that civil asset forfeiture is always theft, not just when ICE does it.
February 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Good time to remind people that civil asset forfeiture is always theft, not just when ICE does it.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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this is so wholesome I’m dying
My students starting singing “We’re all in this together” when they realized Ramadan and Lent are at the same time this year.
🤣😩
🤣😩
February 18, 2026 at 4:38 AM
this is so wholesome I’m dying
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Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring 🤗🐞🐞🐞❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
#365DaysWild
February 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring 🤗🐞🐞🐞❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
#365DaysWild
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Look, if you think Newsom is going to lose in 2028 because trans rights supporters will sit out the election but you’re not doing everything in your power now to prevent Newsom from being nominated, I guess that’s on you.
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Look, if you think Newsom is going to lose in 2028 because trans rights supporters will sit out the election but you’re not doing everything in your power now to prevent Newsom from being nominated, I guess that’s on you.
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Meeting the Ocean --- Biggg WIP
(ill be done soon gotta finish other works)
- Sorry for the quietness, been making art nonstop for work but its been a couple months since ive made a personal piece ive enjoyed. Feeling alive again with this one
(ill be done soon gotta finish other works)
- Sorry for the quietness, been making art nonstop for work but its been a couple months since ive made a personal piece ive enjoyed. Feeling alive again with this one
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Meeting the Ocean --- Biggg WIP
(ill be done soon gotta finish other works)
- Sorry for the quietness, been making art nonstop for work but its been a couple months since ive made a personal piece ive enjoyed. Feeling alive again with this one
(ill be done soon gotta finish other works)
- Sorry for the quietness, been making art nonstop for work but its been a couple months since ive made a personal piece ive enjoyed. Feeling alive again with this one
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Yes.
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Yes.
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
Staph infections were fatal so often that we distinguished them by what part of the body they attacked first. "Childbed fever" is a term for a variety of post-birth complications that killed a lot of women. There are reasons wet nurses used to be so common. (And they're not all class-based.)
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yeah everything that is responsive to reality is lib coded. It's part of the broader split between cranks and non-cranks. What's extremely notable is that while business is falling in the non-crank side, business ONWERS are solidly on the crank end.
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
yeah everything that is responsive to reality is lib coded. It's part of the broader split between cranks and non-cranks. What's extremely notable is that while business is falling in the non-crank side, business ONWERS are solidly on the crank end.
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Happy year of the Fire Horse. Let it cleanse the world. 🔥🐎
February 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Happy year of the Fire Horse. Let it cleanse the world. 🔥🐎
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Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
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Guess what fuckers, the flip side to "ideas are all that matters" is IDEAS ARE HARD
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Guess what fuckers, the flip side to "ideas are all that matters" is IDEAS ARE HARD
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*endless screaming*
Like, there's so much to scream about but the "cumulative infections per person: 5.07" is the thing that's making me scream the hardest
Like, there's so much to scream about but the "cumulative infections per person: 5.07" is the thing that's making me scream the hardest
PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
*endless screaming*
Like, there's so much to scream about but the "cumulative infections per person: 5.07" is the thing that's making me scream the hardest
Like, there's so much to scream about but the "cumulative infections per person: 5.07" is the thing that's making me scream the hardest
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The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The horror stories rolling in from Minnesota are just the tip of the iceberg. This 20-year-old, who's lawfully present in the country, was arrested for being Latino, then jailed in a filthy cell where he couldn't even sit down. 18 days of illegal detention. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
How many of the media outlets eulogizing Rev. Jesse Jackson today spent decades trying to undermine his work & turn him into a punchline?
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
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And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.
February 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.
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The. Chamber. Of. WHAT. Is. A. Left. Wing. Group????
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The. Chamber. Of. WHAT. Is. A. Left. Wing. Group????
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More importantly, Jesse Jackson recognized these people were just as much working-class as white dudes with hard hats in construction.
“He shined a light on jobs increasingly performed by minority and immigrant workers—janitors, hospital orderlies, home care workers—who were not yet on the nation’s radar during his presidential campaigns.”
Before there was Bernie, there was Jesse: showing up seemingly every time workers battled for a better deal on the job and a more just social order. Nobody fused the perspectives of race and class, nor battled more consistently for the claims of both, than Jesse Jackson. buff.ly/Ycz1CeH
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
More importantly, Jesse Jackson recognized these people were just as much working-class as white dudes with hard hats in construction.
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People always ask, "What would you do if you were born in another time period?"
With my health the answer is almost always, "Die before kindergarten."
Medical progress is the real deal, buddies.
With my health the answer is almost always, "Die before kindergarten."
Medical progress is the real deal, buddies.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
People always ask, "What would you do if you were born in another time period?"
With my health the answer is almost always, "Die before kindergarten."
Medical progress is the real deal, buddies.
With my health the answer is almost always, "Die before kindergarten."
Medical progress is the real deal, buddies.
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I love that the CBC olympics coverage has so many Indigenous language options! Inuktitut hockey coverage has been going the whole time, but today also had Innu, Cree and Atikamekw language events!
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I love that the CBC olympics coverage has so many Indigenous language options! Inuktitut hockey coverage has been going the whole time, but today also had Innu, Cree and Atikamekw language events!