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Hen

@hennypenny.bsky.social
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gen-x, art school dropout, creative technologist, secular humanist

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Found a box that was mailed to me years ago that was never opened. What a pleasant surprise to find a limited edition 3d axis gizmo made by @freya.bsky.social - I decided to go with right-handed since I’m learning Blender.
Mysterious small box from SwedenAn assortment of colorful plastic pieces on a white table top
The assembled 3d axis gizmo (right handed) sits at the base of my monitor.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The "Sliver Platters" have withdrawn from the Ed Sheeran tour.
The Silver Platters, performing "Sunshine Day," on the Pete Sterne Amateur Hour TV show.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I ate the devil’s chicken last night, and it was damned delicious.
A close up of a label on a package of chicken drumsticks with a price of $6.66.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18? GVS's casting William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest was a nice touch...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/07/2026
Physical discs come with more ownership rights than their digital equivalent— and that needs to change. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Sony Nerfs Videogame Ownership
Playstation’s decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with culture digitally. Rent-seeking corporations and negligent lawmakers share
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
spicy beer chili, onions, mustard and coleslaw
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Verify your age: My high school had both smoking and 'chewing' sections, yee haw!
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Woah, woah there - she ate lunch AND dinner?
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Charles Apple @charlesapple.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Perhaps this will help, Trish. I built this 13 years ago for the Orange County Register.
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Sean McCracken @seantron.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I made a machine that generates cyberpunk horror movie music 🎵
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
NYC’s mayor out here Irish-maxing, and kicking history.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
quote with one of your favorite final shots in film history
Final frame from Stanley Kubrick's movie "The Killing" - a stark black and white image, 2 hard-boiled plain clothes detectives, revolvers drawn, walk towards the camera, filling the frame. The movie's title THE KILLING and THE END, boldly superimposed over the entire image.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🔵 This week's comic IN WHICH Mickey Mouse is reunited with his dog in the public domain, but it doesn't go quite like either expected... BROUGHT TO YOU BY the Inner Hive, including long-time member Steve Alcott & new member Billie on Thames ( patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership ) READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
One of my contributions to Friendsgiving
Overhead view of a dozen cloverleaf dinner rolls cooling on my countertop.Close up of cloverleaf dinner rolls showing patches of salt along the golden tops.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/11/2025
Data is power. In a climate where so many of us worry about which rights the government will take away next, EFF is focused on protecting your data privacy. Support our work today: supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
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Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out. But it’s not who you’ve been told. #EconSky #Housing #PolSky #RonanFarrow
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court. Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
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The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/10/2025
Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/10/2025
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken.  How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The John Henry hypercard stack is back. Enjoy. jonuleis.com/jh/ (big big h/t to our hero Jon Uleis)
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TMBG John Henry HyperCard Sampler
They Might Be Giants has just completed a new album, John Henry, which will be in the stores this August, but you don't have to wait until then to experience the twenty new songs (interpretive snippet...
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The strongest predictor of autism is genetics. Data: • If one identical twin has ASD, the other has a 90–99% chance. • Compare that to 31–67% chance for fraternal twins. • Non-twin siblings have ~20% likelihood of ASD, 7-fold higher than general population. 1/
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
let's regroup on this later
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Better Call Solomon when you need a riff with some righteous indignation.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Ezra's grift is abundantly clear
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
If you see this, quote post with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who and Transformers
A close-up of the sentient pie-shaped necklace known as Dr. Theopolis from the '80s TV show, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 09/07/2025
It is definitionally insane that most people in our country are living under threat of instant medical bankruptcy the moment they or a family member get sick and yet this is not the major topic of discussion in this country's daily political discourse.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The only movie I've probably watched more than "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" is "Barry Gordy's the Last Dragon"
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 23/06/2025
🧵 A lot of people experiencing the NY mayor’s race have started wondering why the city’s elite media so hates Zohran Mamdani and so worships Andrew Cuomo. Follow along and let me explain...
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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 18/05/2025
webgl is still the worst way to play, but now it's a little less worse dean-sick.itch.io/puppy-truck-...
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Puppy Truck (tiny playground) by dean_sick
an absolutely miniscule movement playround for curious fans.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
No shirt, no shoes, no parking on the dance floor
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Congratulations to @anntelnaes.bsky.social for leaving this unprincipled rag (oh, and winning a Pulitzer).
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beany tuesday @beanytuesday.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Wrestling, As I Have Come To Understand It (2024)
Describes the average famous american wrestler.Describes the average famous japanese wrestler
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What a lovely story
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy Earth Day 🌍
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/04/2025
Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim. We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file…
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/04/2025
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...
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Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Opening at Museum of Modern Culture. #sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity #writing #prompt
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Sirota on point (as usual).
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A man says "fuck it. I wanna be serialized. I'm tired of living comic to comic. I want to experience more. I don't want my eternally reviving body to be used for momentary vignettes. I want to be somebody." Another man says "Oh Gary, I don't think it works like that. We are doomed to nothingness after the next panel." Gary shakes his fists toward the heavens and shouts "NO! I refuse! My name is Gary! I deserve more life!"
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Hen @hennypenny.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I would most certainly make the worst choice possible and sit in 3. I can fix them.
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