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C.A. Petrov
@capetrov.bsky.social
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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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To fully grasp the extent to which he chose violence you must watch all the way to the end.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQcFdrE...
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I actually like spiders, but I also never miss a chance to post this because it makes me laugh
Two photos. The top photo shows a multi-story building being contstructed, with construction equipment and a fair amount of rubble. On a chain link fence in front of it is a 'Super 8' sign. The caption says "My local Super 8 is being rebuilt". 2nd photo: caption says "Now I know why". The camera has shifted to the right, we can see the sign on the fence, and to the right of that we see one of those customizable outdoor signs that reads "There was a spider/It's all OK now".
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Tell me again what the difference is between this skeet and what Trump was doing in the photo on the left?

Trick question: in addition to the simple mockery, the skeet manages an additional level of ableism by saying disability can be deserved.

Which is a real thing disabled people hear.
Skeet by @mrsbettybowers.bsky.so... Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma On the left is a photo of Trump mocking a disabled reporter with exaggerated facial and hand gestures. On the right is a photo of Trump seated with what appears to be a drooping open mouth and his left hand against his chest awkwardly.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Looks like it really started to pick up after 2006, but that may have given it a boost. Interestingly, if you limit it to Britsh English there's nothing for WWII, but a bump between 1984 and 1994. My first thought was the Falkands War but that was 1982.
Google Ngram Viewer for the phrase "Keep Calm and Carry On" from 2000-2022. It's flat until 2006 then starts to rise, flatteing out a little at 2018. Google Ngram Viewer for the phrase "Keep Calm and Carry On" from 1930-2022. The line barely rises from zero between 1936 and 1946, then in 2006 it starts to climb significantly. Google Ngram Viewer for the phrase "Keep Calm and Carry On" from 1930-2022, from the British-English corpus only. Flat until a slight bump between 1984 and 1994, then also starts a significant rise after 2006.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Tweet by Alexander J.A Cortes (@AJA_Cortes) Unnatural hair colors in woman are a warning signal to stay away, Its an example Aposematism-the phenomenon of poisonous animals in nature advertising their toxicity and lethality Reply by JulieG (@stringy) Aposematism is there to warn off predators, not sexual partners. If you're repelled by it, it's working.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday 📽
A row of 4 movie posters with the header "Recent Activity" From left to right the posters are Superman (3.5 stars), The Blue Gardenia (3 stars), Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (3.5 stars), and Mantis (3 stars)
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I really didn't get how bad he was until Eric brought in that other tweet of his. If you missed it, here's a screenshot. There's no ambiguity in "successfully cleansed itself of Jews".
@r-s-s.bsky.social There's only one country in the word that has successfully cleansed itself of Jews and it's not the US. It's Britain. (Attached is a quoted skeet from The New Yorker with a link headlined "How did a civilized society come to embrace Hitler's extreme ideas?")
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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I peeked on X and Bill Ackman posted THEE most anodyne congratulations when hours earlier he was reposting tweets suggesting Mamdani supports terrorism, even some suggesting he was funded by it.
Tweet by @BillAckman .@ZohranKMamdani, congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do. Nov 4, 2025
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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🎉🍾💃

election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...
Graphic from Decision Desk HQ declaring Zohran Mamdani as the projected winner for NYC Mayor
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Happy Godzilla Day! It's been 71 years since the first Godzilla movie was released in Japan theaters.
An intentionally childish painting of a burning city with the silhouette of Godzilla in the background. The text above reads, "DO MORE OF THE THINGS YOU LOVE." Art by @badlydrawnbears.bsky.social Text above a photo of Godzilla's face says: Saying "my life stinks" when things go wrong is self deprecating, defeatist, and fills you with sadness. Saying "this isn't the life Godzilla wants for me" is motivating, makes you think about Godzilla, and reminds you that Godzilla cares about you. Skeet by @ygrene.bsky.social Godzilla, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot stomp on, courage to shoot them with atomic breath, and wisdom to do a big roar afterwards. Skeet by Michael John Simmons (@selmerguy.bsky.social) When Shin Godzilla was released, Bandai released a series of figurines of kaiju apologizing for the trouble they have caused. Except for Hedorah, whose sign apparently says something like, "I apologize for nothing." Attached are images of Godzilla, Ghidora, Mechagodzilla, and Hedorah standing at podiums that have nametags and a sign on the front, presumably the apologies and non-apology.
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I think about this tweet a lot:
Tweet by sara mchenry (@yellowcardigan) My therapist: <laughs at a joke I said> Me (to myself): This is great. I'm going to get a good grade in therapy, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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My #LastFourWatched
A row of 4 movie posters with the header "Recent Activity" From left to right the posters are Bram Stoker's Dracula (4 stars)(rewatch), Muppets Haunted Mansion (3 stars)(rewatch), Under the Shadow (4 stars), and Something Wicked This Way Comes (4 stars)(rewatch)
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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A lot of moments in this article about the revision of history that made me throw up in my mouth a little. This one in particular:

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Bar-Joseph adds that October 7 "gives us perspective on what a truly disastrous war looks like," comparing it to Israel's two major wars – in 1948 and 1973. "The War of October 7 puts the Nakba in a completely different light. In 1948, the number of Palestinians who surrendered and were killed didn't exceed 700. It was an atrocity, but relatively small numbers," he says. "In the current war we turned Gaza into rubble and slaughtered a civilian population with no purpose except revenge." The Nakba, he adds, at least had a purpose. "It was a great injustice – hard as it is to say – but the expulsion of 700,000 Arabs from the Jewish state's territory was, in the end, an achievement: it allowed the Jewish state to exist and was eventually accepted by the world. Today no one talks about returning the refugees of 1948," he says.
October 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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He did throw in the American Revolution as an afterthought at the end there, but he really wanted to kill brown people. He also showed a level of knowledge of military history that's one more reason to not believe he never knew he had a Nazi tattoo.
Deleted Reddit post by Graham Platner: What American wars would you have volunteered to fight in? P-Hustle: The Indian Wars, the Phillipines, Haiti and Nicaragua in in t the 1920's, Vietnam, Nicaragua and El Salvador again in the 80's. As for would have, I "did" for Iraq and would love to get to the Ghan. Small wars are pretty enjoyable. It's the big ones, with days of artillery llery fire fire ar and inhuman brutality that take the fun out of fighting. But small wars (and Iraq and Afghanistan are indeed small wars) provide the rush of small combat actions along with the intellectual challenge of building personal relationships and infrastructure within the local community. Small wars are thinking wars, which I much prefer over the bloody slugfests of great power conventional warfare. Oh, and the revolution, because I'm Amuuurican.
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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This guy seems to think it's better that children starve to death instead of possibly growing up to vote for Republicans.
Skeet by Uncle Lumpy (@unclelumpy.bsky.social) Bull. If you consciously and deliberately voted to make others suffer, you have no right to demand compassion if you suffer as a result. "Oh, but what about their kids? They didn't vote! And with any luck, now they never will. #NoMercyForTheMerciless October 29, 2025
October 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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If you see this, post four female characters you love
Helen Mirren as Victoria in 'RED 2'. She's in the passenger seat of a car with a pistol in each hand pointed out both windows. Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan. She's wearing her costume, posing in front of her bedroom mirror with a big smile. Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher in 'Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'. She's leaning against a car wearing a very stylish black and white chinoserie jacket, along with a smart looking hat. Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton in 'Atomic Blonde'. She's in an interrogation room, smoking.
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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I heard "California Dreamin'" as soon as I saw Faye's photo.

Reminds me of my favorite Letterboxd review
Letterboxd review for Chungking Express by 'Jacob', who has a Gonzo pfp. 4.5 stars. "me, after california dreamin' plays for the 400th time: "PLAY IT AGAIN WONG""
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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He implied it but never really said it outright. This is a good example. apnews.com/article/dona...
Asked whether he would pledge to only serve one term if elected, Biden said he wouldn’t make such a promise but noted he wasn’t necessarily committed to seeking a second term if elected in 2020. “I feel good and all I can say is, watch me, you’ll see,” Biden said. “It doesn’t mean I would run a second term. I’m not going to make that judgment at this moment.”
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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See a pigeon, post a pigeon #birds
Close-up photo of a feral pigeon on an icy sidewalk
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Skeet by Paul Rosenberg (paulrosenberg.bsky.social) give it a rest dude. i've had queer friends since i was at least 5. i wrote under a gay black persona in a zine as a teen in the 60s. i've been the only straight dude in a queer performance art space & teased for it by the performer who i was there to support. i REALLY don't have time for yr BS. October 25, 2025 At the time the screenshot was taken it had 6 reposts, 328 quotes, 13 likes, and 41 saves.
October 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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My ##LastFourWatched
A row of 4 movie posters with the header "Recent Activity" From left to right the posters are The Thing From Another World (4 stars)(rewatch), The Black Cat (1934) (3.5 stars)(rewatch), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (3 stars), and Beetlejuice (4 stars) (rewatch)
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I don't want to talk about his goddamned tattoos anymore. I want to talk about how he wanted to be part of the armies that tried to exterminate Indigenous people in North America, and just generally kill a lot of brown people all over the world. That's a lot of people made to feel unsafe.
Deleted Reddit post by Graham Platner. Reply to: What American wars would you have volunteered to fight in? P-Hustle The Indian Wars, the Phillipines, Haiti and Nicaragua in the 1920's, Vietnam, Nicaragua and El Salvador again in the 80's. As for would have, I "did" for Iraq and would love to get to the Ghan. Small wars are pretty enjoyable. It's the big ones, with days of artillery fire and inhuman brutality that take the fun out of fighting. But small wars (and Iraq and Afghanistan are indeed small wars) provide the rush of small combat actions along with the intellectual challenge of building personal relationships and infrastructure within the local community. Small wars are thinking wars, which I much prefer over the bloody slugfests of great power conventional warfare. Oh, and the revolution, because I'm Amuuurican.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Also, the organization in question was founded in 1876, not 1919.
Screenshot of the top of the Appalachian Mountain Club mobile site, with a logo that has their name and "since 1876".
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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It's from a deleted Reddit post, and it gets worse. Note that ALL his picks are imperialist wars where he'd get to kill brown people. They aren't all as genocidal as the Indian Wars, but they're still pretty bad.
Deleted Reddit post by Graham Platner. Reply to: What American wars would you have volunteered to fight in? P-Hustle The Indian Wars, the Phillipines, Haiti and Nicaragua in the 1920's, Vietnam, Nicaragua and El Salvador again in the 80's. As for would have, I "did" for Iraq and would love to get to the Ghan. Small wars are pretty enjoyable. It's the big ones, with days of artillery fire and inhuman brutality that take the fun out of fighting. But small wars (and Iraq and Afghanistan are indeed small wars) provide the rush of small combat actions along with the intellectual challenge of building personal relationships and infrastructure within the local community. Small wars are thinking wars, which I much prefer over the bloody slugfests of great power conventional warfare. Oh, and the revolution, because I'm Amuuurican.
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Yeah, I'm less concerned about how much he knew when he got it then his claims that he didn't know what it was last week.

Add to that the post where he talked about wanting to fight in the genocidal Indian Wars, plus others that feature killing brown people. It's not a good combo.
Deleted Reddit post by Graham Platner. Reply to: What American wars would you have volunteered to fight in? P-Hustle The Indian Wars, the Phillipines, Haiti and Nicaragua in the 1920's, Vietnam, Nicaragua and El Salvador again in the 80's. As for would have, I "did" for Iraq and would love to get to the Ghan. Small wars are pretty enjoyable. It's the big ones, with days of artillery fire and inhuman brutality that take the fun out of fighting. But small wars (and Iraq and Afghanistan are indeed small wars) provide the rush of small combat actions along with the intellectual challenge of building personal relationships and infrastructure within the local community. Small wars are thinking wars, which I much prefer over the bloody slugfests of great power conventional warfare. Oh, and the revolution, because I'm Amuuurican.
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM