aaron boothby
@ellipticalnight.bsky.social
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No words. I’m a block from home.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
No words. I’m a block from home.
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Imperial Irrigation District’s camera on the Salton Sea near Niland, California, exploding with Aurora color.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Imperial Irrigation District’s camera on the Salton Sea near Niland, California, exploding with Aurora color.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Try to make your ALT TEXT a poem
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Try to make your ALT TEXT a poem
what's happening in the sky tonight is why our ancestors didn't need screens, that and the terrifying visions in their minds of course
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
what's happening in the sky tonight is why our ancestors didn't need screens, that and the terrifying visions in their minds of course
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A few more photos from tonight’s incredible #aurora. I’m fascinated by the amount of red light tonight. This is generated by oxygen molecules being excited by light plasma at least 600 km above the Earth. The green is also oxygen molecules, but much lower (100-250km). Definitely a great night.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A few more photos from tonight’s incredible #aurora. I’m fascinated by the amount of red light tonight. This is generated by oxygen molecules being excited by light plasma at least 600 km above the Earth. The green is also oxygen molecules, but much lower (100-250km). Definitely a great night.
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I literally shouted
later I accosted several students passing through
later I accosted several students passing through
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I literally shouted
later I accosted several students passing through
later I accosted several students passing through
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The world would be a better place if we all spent more time looking at cool stuff in the sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The world would be a better place if we all spent more time looking at cool stuff in the sky.
nobody won but at least we have regular public transit again starting tomorrow
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
nobody won but at least we have regular public transit again starting tomorrow
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joyce carol oates and elon musk are the social media avatars of the true fearless poster and the sniveling reply guy lol
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
joyce carol oates and elon musk are the social media avatars of the true fearless poster and the sniveling reply guy lol
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forcing millions of people to live at the whims of rich ghouls posing as public servants continues to be the incurable wound of this farce of a nation
This means the order that full SNAP benefits for November be paid out now remains blocked by the Supreme Court through the end of Thursday.
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
forcing millions of people to live at the whims of rich ghouls posing as public servants continues to be the incurable wound of this farce of a nation
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THE GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN CAUCUS IS BACK, MOTHERFUCKERS
I think it’s now safe to call this race.
Progressive urban planner Katie Wilson defeats centrist incumbent Bruce Harrell and will become Seattle’s next mayor.
Progressive urban planner Katie Wilson defeats centrist incumbent Bruce Harrell and will become Seattle’s next mayor.
Seattle's mayor race update:
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
Katie Wilson's lead grows to 1,346 votes over and incumbent corporate-Democrat Bruce Harrell.
Kate Wilson won 61.23% of the 6,121 ballots counted today.
Overall total:
Katie Wilson 50.08% 137,217
Bruce Harrell 49.59% 135,871
Write-in 0.33% 908
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
THE GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN CAUCUS IS BACK, MOTHERFUCKERS
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November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
if we're getting technical it's a soy bean soup with coffee bean infusion and vanilla bean extract (so yes)
Yo.
Coffee is a bean.
Vanilla is a bean.
Soy milk comes from beans.
So a Vanilla Soy Latte is just 3 bean soup.
Right? RIGHT?
Coffee is a bean.
Vanilla is a bean.
Soy milk comes from beans.
So a Vanilla Soy Latte is just 3 bean soup.
Right? RIGHT?
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
if we're getting technical it's a soy bean soup with coffee bean infusion and vanilla bean extract (so yes)
a new döner / pizza place opened around the corner and there's a few things perhaps contributing to its lack of success such as gray interior walls, black with red "graffiti" exterior (?) and posterboard menus but the logo with an ai generated animal that looks like a skunk (??) really seals it
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
a new döner / pizza place opened around the corner and there's a few things perhaps contributing to its lack of success such as gray interior walls, black with red "graffiti" exterior (?) and posterboard menus but the logo with an ai generated animal that looks like a skunk (??) really seals it
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This particular passage from Paradise Lost is one of those things that has stuck with me and affects how I see the world constantly. It really feels like it rewired my brain, to use the cliché.
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This particular passage from Paradise Lost is one of those things that has stuck with me and affects how I see the world constantly. It really feels like it rewired my brain, to use the cliché.
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Fuck yeah northern lights!
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fuck yeah northern lights!
I truly do not understand why americans consent to living like this, said as a citizen of that uncivilized country
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I truly do not understand why americans consent to living like this, said as a citizen of that uncivilized country
heathrow isn't even that bad, there are airports that man would have perished in
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
heathrow isn't even that bad, there are airports that man would have perished in
Dionne Brand's *A Map to the Door of No Return*
the poetry and novels too but Map opened up ways of reading and being in the world that altered everything
I do often read it in public it's a very good book to carry around and dip into
the poetry and novels too but Map opened up ways of reading and being in the world that altered everything
I do often read it in public it's a very good book to carry around and dip into
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dionne Brand's *A Map to the Door of No Return*
the poetry and novels too but Map opened up ways of reading and being in the world that altered everything
I do often read it in public it's a very good book to carry around and dip into
the poetry and novels too but Map opened up ways of reading and being in the world that altered everything
I do often read it in public it's a very good book to carry around and dip into
I'm guessing the "republicans kill you, democrats let you die" gave the mods squirmy feelings
anyway apparently you can't post here without the mods getting squirmy and hitting ban
anyway apparently you can't post here without the mods getting squirmy and hitting ban
micro.blog/sarahkendzio... they can be found here, i didn't see anything ban worthy at all.
Micro.blog - @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
micro.blog
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm guessing the "republicans kill you, democrats let you die" gave the mods squirmy feelings
anyway apparently you can't post here without the mods getting squirmy and hitting ban
anyway apparently you can't post here without the mods getting squirmy and hitting ban
fittingly, bsky's head of trust and safety hasn't earned trust or keep anyone safe, so an average HR rep overall
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
fittingly, bsky's head of trust and safety hasn't earned trust or keep anyone safe, so an average HR rep overall
if people can't tell the difference then they deserve the slop
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
if people can't tell the difference then they deserve the slop