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Yoni Brande
@yonibrande.bsky.social
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phd astrologer, world class barista, and professional chef
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some shots that didn't make the grid post:
a dachshund wearing a "dachshunds for due process" protest sign on a vest a man with young trotsky-like hair and dark sunglasses holds a "No Kings, No Wars, No Empires" sign printed by the party for socialism and liberation a crowd of people stand in front of a monument, framed by overhanging tree branches. centered, in the foreground, a young woman wears a shirt reading "when injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" a crowd of people march towards the US Capitol. one person holds a "No Kings, Just Citizens" sign, and another holds one reading "Marx was right"
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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immediately after posting this album, I got hit with a content warning saying my posts glorified dangerous individuals and organizations. who knows if it was the "trans rights" sign, or the "fuck ICE" sign, or even the old lady in RBG cosplay (lmao)
a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. several people sit on the concrete berm of the US Capitol reflecting pool, with the building itself looming over them in the background a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. a woman in a shiny jumpsuit, wearing a mask and a large feathery hairpiece, holds a sign reading "NO KINGS, YAAAS QUEENS!" a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. two people, a white woman and a latino man, hold signs among protesters. the woman's sign reads "jeffrey dahmer has less convictions than donald trump" and the man's sign reads "I drink my horchata warm cause FUCK ICE" a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. several DC police officers stand by a truck in front of a department of labor building, with a large banner featuring Donald Trump's face hanging over them
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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scenes from No Kings, deemed too "dangerous" to post on instagram by their automated content filtering
a black and white photograph from the no kings rally, showing a crowd of people in front of the US Capitol building. someone holds up a sign that says "Trans Rights are Human Rights". another sign reads "DC and America are NOT for sale. FIGHT PLUTOCRACY" a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. a police officer speaks to a woman high above his head, crouched on top of an electrical box plastered in rally advertising flyers. a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. three people, a black woman and two white men, are sitting on a concrete bench on the side of a government building. one of the men is holding a hand-painted sign that reads "Fascists feed on your fear, starve them!" a black and white photograph from the no kings rally. An older woman, wearing knee-high boots, a scarf, and a "Queen RBG" shirt, walks among protesters, looking shockingly like RBG herself
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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some campus views from the start of the semester and an abandoned synagogue in my neighborhood. kodak gold 200
a large, patinated bronze sundial showing the seal of the university of maryland, with a large brick porticoed library in the background, against the blue sky. a view of mckeldin mall, centered on the terraced ODK fountain, which peaks with mckeldin library in the background a red granite bench with bronze statues of jim henson speaking to kermit the frog, shaded under trees with the brick of the stamp student union behind a large brick synagogue, with a decorative menorah candelabra on the exterior niche wall, framed between overgrown bushes and trees, with rusting handlebars along a cracked concrete walkway
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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tuna steak au poivre
a blue ceramic plate with a portion of seared tuna steak, sliced and covered with a peppercorn cream sauce, served alongside crispy french fries
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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having mandatory couch time
Luna, a big white dog, smiles sweetly and shows off her gaping maw Luna, a big white dog, reclines on a couch and gets scratched under the chin
October 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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pissed off because I wouldn't let him have my boba
a small brown fluffy bird perches on a blue painted metal chair
September 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I will never be able to afford a house
egg, cheese, avocado, and latke on an everything bagel with an iced coffee
August 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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actually starting to live in a place now
a gray couch with striped throw pillows sitting on a dark blue rug a TV stands on a console/bookshelf, holding cookbooks, fiction, nonfiction, and a nintendo switch
August 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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David pops a bottle of champagne David and his partner, Shaun David and his PhD advisor, Ian David and the rest of the astronomy grad students
July 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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congrats to Dr. David Coria, who defended his dissertation with honors on stellar elemental abundance and isotopic ratios (and had an emergency appendectomy last week when he was supposed to originally defend!)
David speaking at a lectern, presenting some slides on stellar spectroscopy and elemental abundance measurements celebratory whiteboard, with champagne and party hat
July 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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views from the alameda antique fair. canon ql17 giii, kentmere 400
a man in a flat cap, looking slightly downward, hangs out of the side of his van at a stall full of books and paintings. a distraught clown peeks out from behind a framed painting. shipping containers and loading cranes provide a skyline in the background a man in a stall of furniture and wall art looks at an offscreen patron, while a painting of a glamorous woman in an early/mid-century style stares straight at the viewer a woman orders from the Lockeford Sausage stand, advertising BIG OLE BRATS for $10 a man, sitting inside a large white sprinter van, wistfully stares out the door. another man, standing in front of the open van door with his back to the viewer is speaking to another unseen person inside the van, next to a large standee of santa claus
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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montréal is kind of nice I guess
large and majestic fireworks fill the sky over a bridge behind a ferris wheel
July 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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accidentally poignant commentary by the local daycare kids
a tattered looking american flag made of toilet paper streamers hangs limply on a chain link fence
July 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I'm going to get mission impossible 1'd in the malott elevator
a closed elevator door, with light shining through visible gap into the empty shaft in which there is no actual elevator
June 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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mike lee go jump off one of the mountains you want to sell
yoni posing at a campsite up in the mountains eliot, cassidy, connor, and anat posing for a picture on top of a mountain, with snowy peaks in the background
June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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it was raining cats and dogs at pride
me holding a very tiny fluffy baby kitten a white dog wearing a pride flag laying on the ground two corgis in pride gear at pride a corndog slathered in ketchup and mustard
June 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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a man wearing a red western shirt with a black yoke, showing an embroidered scene of four men playing poker, and a label "Hold 'em or Fold 'em" a man tying balloons for two girls, while wearing a large, multicolored, elaborate balloon hat a red heeler vaults over a tall hurdle into the arms of its handler, while festivalgoers watch a small puppy lays on a bench next to its owner
June 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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views from the lawrence busker festival the other week
two aerialists support each other hanging off the ground an aerialist suspends herself from long, flowing, pink silks an aerialist in an extended post, tangled in an orange silk an aerialist kneels on a safety mat, after a performance
June 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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"Dr." Jeremy, head of the "Temple of Miriam the Prophetess", who apparently just lost his Shamir that he uses to make amulets
Amulet disclaimer
May 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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it's ceremonially official, they can't revoke my doctorship now
yoni and his parents before the hooding ceremony David, Alex, and yoni before the hooding yoni, Alex, and David standing in front of a big sculpture yoni, advisor ian, Alex, and Davis all posing with doctoral hoods and regalia
May 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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@opalite.bsky.social sighting
fluorescent opal, glowing green under a blacklight, in the KU Natural History Museum
May 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Happy to announce that I passed my PhD defense this morning (with honors)! It's been a wonderful five years with KU Physics and Astronomy, and I couldn't have asked for a better advisor in Ian Crossfield.
yoni, a dark haired, bearded man in a blue dress shirt and tie, shakes hands with PhD advisor Ian yoni, holding a novelty "hot jewish doctor" tank top
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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dissertation draft sent to committee
Coraline's dad, sitting at a computer and looking exhausted
April 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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took vanguard like twelve hours to send this lol
Email from vanguard: Vanguard is monitoring the unfolding trade situation Stay the course. We'll be right there with you. With the White House announcing new tariffs, the markets have become volatile, testing the resolve of even the most disciplined investor.
April 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM