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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Such gothic weather we’re having lately

The trees in my backyard are legit spooky! Silhouettes of bare skinny trees and a few fluffy evergreens stand out in total blackness against a sky lit diffusely gray by lightning

James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Really, really enjoyed Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! Jessie Buckley is volcanic as always, and Christian Bale shows a sweet, tender, conflicted Frank. Impressive across the board, and I’m usually pretty lukewarm on Bale. May Maggie Gyllenhaal live long and make many more strange, singular movies.

A poster for the film The Bride! by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The two stars’ faces are close together and take up most of the poster. Bale’s face has suggestions of classic Creature scars, Buckley’s has a stain of black ink on one side of her mouth and cheek.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Wednesday literally loves smelling flowers #blackcat

A black cat sits on a table with a red and black tablecloth. She has her nose buried in a bouquet of red and white roses, with a purple candle (unlit) beside her

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Out here representing in PA. Hoping for good news from NYC.

An I Voter sticker on my mustard-colored sweater. You can see the lower half of my face, too.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I have to say, seeing my hand like this gave me Feelings

Closeup of my left hand, pale-skinned, in a lacy black glove with black nail polish and a silver wedding band.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween, friends! This is Wednesday—she let me dress up as her for our Halloween party last weekend!

A beautiful black cat with a white tuft on her chest sits on a set of wood stairs. Next to her reclines a 30-something white guy (myself) wearing a black steampunk-style jacket with silver buttons over a lacy white blouse. He also wears black lacy gloves and cat ears, purple sparkles on his cheeks to represent whiskers, and an attempt at cat-eye eyeliner

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

One of the most satisfying parts of fatherhood is sharing the beautiful things in life* with your daughters** *chicken wings **Claudia and Wednesday

A gray tabby with green eyes and her tail hooked upwards stares longingly at a buffalo chicken wing

A black cat with a tiny white tuft on her chest and green eyes stares longingly up at a buffalo chicken wing

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Here, have a photo of Claudia holding my hand while we read together.

A gray tabby cat, sitting on my lap, reaches out her leg to rest her paw on my palm while I hold a lit Kindle.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

That canceled tv show you’ll never stop thinking about

A poster for the TV show “My Lady Jane.” The two stars are near-kiss in color in foreground, supporting cast are smaller in monochrome silvery blue in background

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Book mail is the best mail, but book mail written by friends is even better! So excited (and more than a little scared) to read this new collection by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social, from @chestnutreview.bsky.social!

The cover of Mario Aliberto III’s chapbook “All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury.” The cover features a black and white photo of dolls reclining on grass.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Happy book birthday to @1cdaigle.bsky.social and her book Heavy Are The Stones! I was lucky enough to read an earlier draft of this horror thriller and it is SCARY

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Biscuits with the boss! (daytime Halloween look)

Yours truly, a 30-something white guy with brown hair, wearing blue and gray and holding a pink cardboard box, sports a mustache in the style of Ted Lasso

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

My Bluesky number is #887,478! I’m one of the elders, I think! Not sure why I got this notification a week behind everybody else but c’est la vie

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #887,478, James Parenti ‪@jamesparenti.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 6, 2023"

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Birthday portraits by mi esposa

30-something guy with green eyes in a green button-up, smizing on an armchair in front of a blood-red wall

The same 30-something white guy with a big cheesy smile

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

A gray tabby cat lounges before a window, staring through the camera lens into the viewer’s soul. Her whiskers are white brush strokes and her nose is a pink triangle. Behind her is a small, imperfectly trimmed but lovely bouquet of pink roses.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

I JUST MET TONY KUSHNER I’m not usually the type to speak to heroes but I had to. He was so gracious and asked my name! I was tongue-tied but managed to get out: “I did Angels 10 years ago and it was one of the defining moments of my life.”

A 30-something caucasian dweeb (myself) has straight-up tears in his eyes on the streets of NYC. Green shirt, fucking backpack straps because when you go to NYC you have to carry your whole life on your back.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

This is my daughter Claudia and I love her. She recently turned 5 but she’s still small enough to fit all four of her feet on top of this jewelry box.

A gray tabby cat with a sweet little face and upturned tail stands with all four feet on the closed lid of a small tan jewelry box. Beside her is a Tiffany-style floral lamp roughly the same size as her.

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

Personal assistant taking a lil break

A gray tabby cat clings to the bluejean-clad leg of a person sitting at a wood desk. Her face says “I will hug you and nap here whether you like it or not.”

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James Parenti @jamesparenti.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

It’s official! My sci-fi novella “A Streak of Light” will be published later this year by Weird Little Worlds as part of their “From Below” novella collection!