Capella
@catpella.bsky.social
They/them, queer AF. Reader of #romancelandia and SF/F. Avid video gamer and sometimes player of tabletops. Writes fiction sometimes. Raised money for democracy and happiness with Romancing the Vote and Happily Ever After 4 Trans Kids.
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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If you have a very low-latitude aurora observation from tonight, please record your exact time and rough location and DO NOT DELETE your photo. These observations will be important for scientific research of this event.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If you have a very low-latitude aurora observation from tonight, please record your exact time and rough location and DO NOT DELETE your photo. These observations will be important for scientific research of this event.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
Comment below if you have a low-latitude aurora sighting.
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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Heeey, Artist! Quote with your strong woman art!💪
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Heeey, Artist! Quote with your strong woman art!💪
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From the rooftops
If I lived in Virginia, the second that Spanberger is sworn in as governor, I'd be demanding @kaine.senate.gov's resignation so she could replace him with someone who's actually aware of what is going on.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
From the rooftops
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
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Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
The Senate has decided the HSA idea from Trump is a win and they're going to do it.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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“This out gay man who was sixteen years old and living in Indiana when Matthew Shepard was murdered used to wish he could be straight. This proves that he is homophobic.”
Do these people hear themselves?
Do these people hear themselves?
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“This out gay man who was sixteen years old and living in Indiana when Matthew Shepard was murdered used to wish he could be straight. This proves that he is homophobic.”
Do these people hear themselves?
Do these people hear themselves?
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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Immigration-related xenophobia has a much broader and more active constituency in America than transphobia does
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Immigration-related xenophobia has a much broader and more active constituency in America than transphobia does
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The majority of US voters, so far as I can tell, flatly do not care about trans people one way or another. They aren't necessarily especially friendly to them, but they clearly find the notion that they're supposed to obsess over them distinctly offputting. (Despite major efforts by the right!)
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The majority of US voters, so far as I can tell, flatly do not care about trans people one way or another. They aren't necessarily especially friendly to them, but they clearly find the notion that they're supposed to obsess over them distinctly offputting. (Despite major efforts by the right!)
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I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
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As someone who very much feels Israel has a right to exist, I absolutely cannot support this kind of terror.
People should not feel they must walk on eggshells in their own country because another country can reach out and attack specific individuals for exercising their God-given freedoms.
People should not feel they must walk on eggshells in their own country because another country can reach out and attack specific individuals for exercising their God-given freedoms.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
As someone who very much feels Israel has a right to exist, I absolutely cannot support this kind of terror.
People should not feel they must walk on eggshells in their own country because another country can reach out and attack specific individuals for exercising their God-given freedoms.
People should not feel they must walk on eggshells in their own country because another country can reach out and attack specific individuals for exercising their God-given freedoms.
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15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
So now let’s fund Amtrak like we fund air travel!!
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
So now let’s fund Amtrak like we fund air travel!!
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This interview is a celebration of Baldur's Gate 2. After 25 years it's still one of the best cRPG's ever made. Be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the bell so you don't miss future videos I have coming out. :)
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Celebrating 25 Years Of Baldur's Gate 2: Part 1 w/ @edgreenwoodofficial, David Gaider & Trent Oster
YouTube video by Slandered Gaming
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This interview is a celebration of Baldur's Gate 2. After 25 years it's still one of the best cRPG's ever made. Be sure to subscribe to the channel and hit the bell so you don't miss future videos I have coming out. :)
Full Link: youtu.be/_yLQ56tGDqE
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That's another side-effect of this display. It keeps the focus on healthcare. And the Dems have been pretty successful at this throughout the shutdown. The GOP keeps trying and failing to change the narrative on this, and today is one more failure.
"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That's another side-effect of this display. It keeps the focus on healthcare. And the Dems have been pretty successful at this throughout the shutdown. The GOP keeps trying and failing to change the narrative on this, and today is one more failure.
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
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Well, that’s one way to take a bull by its horn.
have y'all ever seen the classical statue of theseus low-key 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 the minotaur like a bucking bronco
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Well, that’s one way to take a bull by its horn.
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We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We’re on the right track! Make sure you track your ballot to confirm it is accepted, NOT challenged. Check our links in bio to do so! More votes will be counted on Monday!
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One last note about Watson, Crick, and Franklin: when Watson, Crick, and Wilkins stole her photographs, FRANKLIN was a PhD with a student of her own.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
One last note about Watson, Crick, and Franklin: when Watson, Crick, and Wilkins stole her photographs, FRANKLIN was a PhD with a student of her own.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
Crick was a grad student. Watson was a pretty newly minted PhD (1950).
Far too many people don’t know it was DOCTOR Franklin.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A few people have asked, so here's her obituary. www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/r...