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Astra (She/Her)

@astranought.bsky.social
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Begrudging social media user. Physicist by training, dropout by necessity. Enthusiastic tinkerer and putterer. Autodidactic polymath (it's more fun that way). Cryptid witch of the backwoods.

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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There's a lot more to be said of what is present in the story of the Odyssey and Christopher Nolan's artful adaptation. Your climate read is well worth further exploration.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
To my eye, the film's main focuses are two threads -- 1) societal decline & transgression and 2) crisis & learning to let go of the control you don't really have (surrender of self, surrender to the gods, surrender to consequences).
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
There's certainly a case to be made that the film subtly communicates climate driven collapse via the hardships inflicted by the gods upon Odysseus and his crew. However, I don't know if I'd say any such messaging was purposefully included in the already thematically crowded story and film.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A climate driven collapse is definitely a compelling read of the narrative. In the film, the gods are experienced by most phenomenally -- especially through climate. Odysseus: Why can't gods speak in ways we understand? Athena: Who doesn't understand thunder? Fire? A child's smile? A good harvest?
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thoughts on Nolan's "The Odyssey" and @jessiegender.bsky.social's reflections in www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALiZ.... Give it a watch. She's got some sharp observations.
Screenshot of a short essay on Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" and arguments made by @jessiegender.bsky.social in her video essay "Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Is Fundamentally Conservative". 

Would add the content text here in the alt text, but I got carried away writing. It's too long for a 2000 character alt text. If you need a text readable version, feel free to reach out and I'll get you one (unless this blows up in which case I'll figure something else out).
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This was and is one of my favorite movies full stop. Beautiful and so damn sad
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Majorly satisfying reward/punishment for a minor act of rebellion XD
The "Rule Breaker" game summary screen in Hank Green's 4x3 word game (awarded for selecting the hub word last for all 4 categories).
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Furthermore, we can do far better than to adopt the same kinds of purity architctures and reactive politics as those held by the real threats to our community.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
If the movement is so precarious that it can't afford to integrate internal criticism, then the movement is doomed to fail. These kinds of internal dialogs should invite discourse that forges a stronger movement.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Seriously unsettling to see this exchange pop into my feed but even more so to check the account's comments page and see a track record of this kind of rabid, great purge-esque discourse directed at the people they profess to fight for.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Screenshot of quoted account comment stating "If your politics has you targeting trans people rather than cops, your politics are fucking worthless".
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Also, IDK what the hell my phone camera was on with that bokeh.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Ended up spending a few hours sitting outside shaping some scrap wood from another project into a "worry rock". IDK it was a perfect day to futz about outside and now I know I can burnish wood with whatever random smooth stones I can find.
A burnished pine "worry rock" and the stone used to painstakingly burnish it for *reasons*.
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So apparently Puff Daddy did a remix of Roxanne (Sting & the Police) and... man I am so confused why this exists and even more so why I own the CD...
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I take fish oil every night because my neurodivergent brain needs every edge it can get. Otherwise, tea (green tea with ginseng every morning, oolong when I can afford the good stuff) and tisanes (lemonbalm, catnip, rooibos) have been the backbone of my burnout/depression recovery (plus meds).
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
My sister just told me about iNaturalist and I have to say, after just 10 minutes of digging into it, I'm obsessed. Excuse me while I add another special interest to my collection 🏃‍♀️💨
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Astra (She/Her) @astranought.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looking at this, I hear Danny Devito yelling, "I got your white spot right here!"
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