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Spartan Nat

@spartannat.bsky.social
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Aspiring storyteller, heading down the road of studying archeology. Eyes turned skyward while yelling angrily at Starship. Historic US space program enjoyer, misser of space art whimsy.

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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
save-the-academy.org Donate to the cause to save The Academy of Natural Sciences
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Save the Academy of Natural Sciences
Don't mourn — organize. The museum's last public day is Sunday, Sept 27. Ten things you can do today.
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gonna use my voice to further promote saving the Academy of Natural Sciences here in Philly. There’s still time to act and limit the damage as much as possible so you might as well lend some time and a voice to one of Philly’s best museums.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
we're boarding now. a gate attendant literally screamed at us to board by boarding group... and a hundred people just laughed in her face. we have formed a self-governing society at this point and her attempt to order us around is oddly funny
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Comm WIPs. Forever thankful that those who ask me for comms have a saint's patience and are beyond understanding. LOVE YOU. Hope to have these done soon. 💜 #Halo #WIP
A work-in-progress of an ODST from Halo, cropped from the waist down. The character's armor is battered and worn down, with muddy boots, scuffed and damaged armor plating, and pouches lining their right leg. A watermark reads "Saphira-B318".
A Spartan from Halo: Reach wearing the EOD helmet, and an ODST shoulder, with a collared chest. Their armor is blue, slightly worn down, with red accents, and a golden visor. A watermark reads "Saphira-B318".
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LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Has anyone started a conspiracy theory that Candace Owens had Kirk killed yet?
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
From their own words; the now infamous on here "I'll fight till hell freezes over and then I'll cut the ice and fight on" quote was specifically in response to seeing a slaveowner auctioning off his own barely teenaged daughter
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
WOMEN IN ARMOR ARE MY WEAKNESS. I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT. (I love sketching my friend's OC lmao) #Halo
An armored woman stands tall and confident. Her armor is olive-green and gray, with a deep charcoal techsuit. Her eyes are green, her hair is brown and messy, and she's fair-skinned. She has a confident smile, and is shouldering a shotgun. A watermark reads "SAPHIRA-B318".
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Someone asked me to sketch Package-era Kelly without the goofy boob armor and heels. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee slay queen. #Halo
Art of Kelly-087 from the Halo franchise. The left drawing of her has her in a full sprint, dashing at an unseen target, mid-stride. The right is a chest-up bust, with her expression being a confident smile. Her armor is white, and a mix of her Mark IV and Mark VI GEN3 armor from Halo Legends and Halo Infinite, her eyes are blue, and she has reddish hair in a ponytail. "087" is written on her chest plate. A pink watermark reads "Saphira-B318".
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Probably the most evil colorset I've made (for now) for two characters that I do nothing but sweet self-indulgence art pieces with lmaoooo. #Halo #Yuri
Two woman in armor similar to o-yoroi. The left girl, colored in silver, black, and red, leans forward to kiss her partner, holding a katana in her right hand. Her partner is colored a deep iron-gray, with a maroon bodysuit, and is holding her wrist gently with her left hand, her right held behind her back as she returns the kiss. A watermark reads Saphira-B318.
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A$AP Clocky @robingriswold.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Enterprise Challenger Discovery Atlantis Columbia Endeavour
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A LINEART WIP. Some delays hit me like a truck, but I'm close to finishing and shading. #Yuri #Halo
Two woman in armor similar to o-yoroi. The left girl, colored in purple, leans forward to kiss her partner, holding a katana in her right hand. Her partner in gold is holding her wrist gently with her left hand, her right held behind her back as she returns the kiss. A watermark reads Saphira-B318.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I wrote a piece about the origins of may day a few years ago. About the immigrants and a formerly enslaved woman who built a movement to abolish their oppressors: the state and capitalism. www.tangledwilderness.org/features/hur...
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Hurrah for Anarchy: A History of Haymarket, May Day, and the Chicago Anarchists — Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
by Margaret Killjoy Zine #29 — May 2024 A History of Haymarket, May Day, and the Chicago Anarchists
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day! We are of a proud legacy. Every state in the world has tried to erase that legacy, but we are still here.
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Gonna take the occasion considering today is May Day to say this: The boot does not care for the uniform it is part of; it will step on you all the same. Use it, spread it. Reject authority. Reject authoritarians. Punch a fascist. Punch a campist bootlicker. Power to the workers, always.
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
First canonical kiss drawing??? Cute girls kissing??? Oh no. Do I dare give them the happy ending????? I'll probably turn this into more than the basic sketch it is right now lol. #Halo #Yuri
Two woman in armor similar to o-yoroi. The left girl, outlined in black, leans forward to kiss her partner, holding a bloody katana in her right hand. Her partner in gold is holding her wrist gently with her left hand, her right held behind her back as she returns the kiss. A watermark reads Saphira-B318.
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I haven't had a lot of time to draw so teehee, take another brief sketch of two women having a good(???) time. Wonder what'd cause this sort of reaction. #Halo #Yuri
Two girls in armor, one purple, and one yellow. The purple one has her hand on the back of her neck, with a nervous expression, while the yellow one has her arms crossed and looks annoyed. A watermark reads "Saphira-B318".
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Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.
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m @cowboyadjacent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
bedtime mindfulness routine
staring at super bright phone screen
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Amaze amaze amaze! Working on the KSP install so I'm dusting off the craft-making skills.
A near-future style exploratory spacecraft orbits a modded version (Techo's) of the Mun in KSP. Kerbin is much further away than in the stock game.A lander descends to the Munar surface. It sits atop a deorbit stage meant to slow down (But not land) the spacecraft.A shot of the lander on the surface of the Mun. Kerbin can be seen over the horizon.Another shot of the same lander on touchdown in another location. Kerbol is visible instead of Kerbin and the spacecraft is kicking up regolith.
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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Every time I do little updates to my hairstyle I just come out looking more and more like a Storch lmaooooo.
An angry looking Spartan from Halo wearing distinctly gray-black armor with white-blue racing stripes. She has a semi-hime cut, with fluffier bangs. A watermark reads "Saphira-B318".
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Games Workshop has always known the same thing the writers of Star Trek knew: if you include just a little bit for the horny weirdo, they'll spend thousands on your merchandise. This is something George Lucas only did by accident, because he doesn't really know about sex
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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider (remembers that jupiter has some excellent vocational colleges now) or learn a useful trade (remembers they run an exploitative military recruitment program) despite the jovian colonial system (remembers i've been microchipped to advertise protein slurry) drin
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
SECULAR LIBERALS: ".....and so you see, under the definition of blasphemy as put forward in the Bishop of Rome's 1687 encyclical 'De Viis Malis' and the Chalcedonian formulation of the Nicene Creed, Trump is, in fact, a heretic!!!" AMERICAN CHRISTIANS: "God says its OK for me to drive drunk."
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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Fascism is not inevitable.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend
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AJ McTERROR @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Operation At What Point Is It No Longer Inappropriate To Call Us Fucking Nazis
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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Fun fact: many of the prettiest photos taken by robotic spacecraft were similarly framed ahead of time by humans using simulators of view geometry to pick when the spacecraft should shoot the photo. Case in point: this photo of Europa over Jupiter from New Horizons science.nasa.gov/image-detail...
New Horizons Spies Europa
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took this image of Europa hanging above Jupiter's cloud tops with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 11:48 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, six hours after the spacecraft's closest approach to Jupiter. The picture was one of a handful of the Jupiter system that New Horizons took primarily for artistic, rather than scientific, value. This particular scene was suggested by space enthusiast Richard Hendricks of Austin, Texas, in response to an Internet request by New Horizons scientists for evocative, artistic imaging opportunities at Jupiter. The spacecraft was 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Jupiter and 3 million kilometers (1.8 million miles) from Europa when the picture was taken. Europa's diameter is 3,120 kilometers (1,939 miles). The image is centered on Europa coordinates 5 degrees south, 6 degrees west. In keeping with its artistic intent - and to provide a more dramatic perspective - the image has been rotated so south is at the top.

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Our A2 science team similarly had to simulate views for months to prepare the crew for shots like this. The beautiful point imho is that humans on crewed AND robotic missions are taking time to capture the wonder along with the baseline data.
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pig'slaundry @pigslaundry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad
Screenshot of Elmo next to his pet's fishbowl in Elmo's World. The subtitles say "We. Dorothy's been thinking abou and down to what’s her daughter."four birds in a cartoon from Sesame Street, with the caption reading "Oh, shit"Another Sesame Street cartoon saying "Oh shit"Screenshot of Big Bird in Hooper’s Store with live human Alan and a flying red bird. The subtitles read: "Time for the birth of terror. Me"
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The Count of S 🇧🇲🖼️✍️ @thecountofs.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
For the record, Philly sports fans will climb anywhere, even up Earth’s gravity well. www.inquirer.com/sports/artem...
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Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch is a big Philly sports fan — and even watches games from space
Astronaut Christina Koch is a proud Philly sports fan, streaming games on the International Space Station.
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Also more for why Fuck Eric Berger
Eric Berger:

It's good that NASA finally confirmed that Artemis II won't happen enxt year. What they won't say today, but it is a very real possibility that, is that Artemis II won't fly on the SLS rocket either.

December 5th, 2024
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A little throwback and 30 minute colored sketch for my friend. JUST WANTED TO DRAW HER THAT MUCH. Giulia-B255 belongs to @bulletero.bsky.social (And also me, I called dibs on her LMAO) #Halo
A smug looking woman in green armor. She's smiling widely, holding her collar and looking down at something in front of her. Her eyes are green, her hair is brown, and she has large shoulder pauldrons and a series of shotgun shells on her wrist. A watermark reads "SAPHIRA-B318".
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Still debating how I go forward with KSP... like I both have the time and I don't. I'd like to work on it but also I want to turn my brain off. Functionally, I have a world for this all to take place in yet something's holding me back. Not sure what but I hope in the summer things will work out.
A rocket on the launch pad in Kerbal Space Program. It is white with black paint and has four solid rocket motors. It sits on top of a mobile launch platform.
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Saphira-B318 @saphira-b318.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sometimes you just need to sketch art of women having a good time.
Two woman, one shaded in yellow, the other in purple. The gold one is sitting on her knees, propping herself up with her hand, and the purple one is laying back with her upper body resting against her yellow partner's lap. Her yellow partner is covering her eyes in a playful manner, likely teasing a kiss, as purple smiles gleefully.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country
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Flying Squid is always very serious. Probably. @flyingsquid.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Why I am having trouble convincing myself to go to bed right now.
Artemis II approaching the moon as shown on my projection TV, featuring sleeping dog.
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jaze @jazetallo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
pov: you're making history. you're working with the most advanced technology in the world. outlook still doesn't fucking work.
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Anne C. Serling @anneserling.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 05/04/2026
for every 20 likes, I will give Ed Baldwin more cheese on his spaghetti
Ed Baldwin eating spaghetti with a lot of cheese
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Dani Carr @itsdanicarr.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
THEY TRAINED THE AI ON ACTUAL WRITERS. YOU CANNOT TELL IF SOMETHING IS AI SIMPLY BASED ON IT USING PROPER GRAMMAR. IT STOLE FROM US!!! IT STOLE!!! IT IS A THIEF AND I WILL NOT EVER BE QUIET ABOUT IT!!!!
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Callisto 🌒 @thatcallisto.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
YOU CAN PRY THE EM DASH FROM MY COLD DEAD NEURODIVERGENT HANDS
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy but because you've seen the other shit this country spends tax money on. At least going to the moon is cool.
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
So we're at around 5 minutes to launch. GO ARTEMIS! 🎉
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It feels weird. The energy for Artemis seems to have only really popped up in the last 24h, at least for what I'm seeing. Maybe it's the months of scrubs but I think people are not holding their breath this time in the case of more scrubs?
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Thinking about how people that like mummies probably like them because it means in the back of their head that if people 2000+ years ago could preserve people for 2000+ years, people today could preserve your body for future generations even further beyond 2000+ years. People want to be remembered.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/03/2026
#OtD 30 Mar 1915 legendary Catalan anarchist guerrilla, Francesc Sabate Llopart aka El Quico, was born in Barcelona. After the Civil War, he fought in the underground resistance against the Franco dictatorship, becoming Franco's public enemy no. 1 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1030...
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Spartan Nat @spartannat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My hot political take in the Big 26 is that while I quite despised a certain far-right political pundit and find his digital afterlife mildly amusing, I’m also tired of seeing his face and particularly what I’ll jokingly call use of The People’s AI. I’m not upset, I’m just tired of seeing him now.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
honestly, this was the median opinion among protestors at no kings, and it's hard to tell if that's getting through to the establishment
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