Reposted by John AnneseChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12hThe Tennessean: Christa Pike still alive after administered drugs, attorneys say www.tennessean.com/story/news/c... 23387101
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 18hNew today: An ex-NYPD cop has pleaded guilty to posing as an ICE official and threatening to deport a woman who rebuffed him romantically. "ICE will come get you and your family and you will always live poor. Matter of fact I will make the phone call myself." www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/30/e...nydailynews.comJilted ex-NYPD cop admits posing as ICE agent, threatening woman with deportationAtickul Islam, 30, threw away his police career and possibly his freedom with text messages he sent, threatening to call ICE on the woman, then pretending he was the agency’s New York field office dir... 43925
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New from me today: Joseph LaBarbera, 33, alleges in a federal discrimination lawsuit his supervisors at the NYC Department of Transportation hazed him over his bowel condition while his co-workers called him cruel nicknames like “Diaper Boy” and “Shitty Pants.” www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/29/i...nydailynews.comIn discrimination lawsuit, NYC DOT worker claims bosses mocked bowel condition; was called namesJoseph LaBarbera, 33, alleges his supervisors at the city Department of Transportation hazed him while his co-workers called him cruel nicknames like “Diaper Boy” and “S—ty pants.” 041
Reposted by John Annese🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 28/09/2026The mayor of Ithaca (my friend and former fellow PhD candidate in Government at Cornell) announces a moratorium on permitting Greek Life activities until Cornell produces new standards of addressing sexual assault. 281470301
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I had to move from Staten Island some years back, and the options were “You Get What You Paid For Brothers Moving” and “Stand-Up Guys Who Won’t Break Your Stuff We Swear It.” 050
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You are Casper Darling, and the three-hole punch is giving you good vibes from across the room. Do you: a) Wink seductively b) Walk up to it and say hey c) Break out your best Object of Power pick-up line d) Ignore it and talk to the copier e) REDACTED f) Sing a rock ballad 220
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh god I just realized the opening scene in Toy Story 5 is a riff on the opening scene in Lost. 020
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BING BING DING We’ve discovered a new Object of Power. It’s just, the projection is off the charts, it’s so exciting. The song is a complete mystery. No one has heard it, but once you have, the resonance takes over and you’re forced to discuss it until your mind rots completely. I can’t wait until 030
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New from the me today: Inmates at the MDC Brooklyn federal jail were locked in their smoke-filled cells for several minutes, maybe as long as a half hour, after an inmate lit toilet paper on fire near a vent. Defense lawyers tell me the emergency buttons failed. www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/27/m...nydailynews.comMDC Brooklyn inmates trapped in smoke-filled cells after emergency buttons failA toilet paper fire sent smoke pouring into a locked-down unit at MDC Brooklyn federal jail, panicking inmates who had to wait for someone to notice their plight because their cell emergency buttons w... 021
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is an extraordinary editorial, and as a Cornell Daily Sun alum, I’m heartened and proud to see its excellence and independence continues. 042
Reposted by John AnneseCol. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 25/09/2026In their opening song the Warner Siblings state they have “Pay of Play Contracts.” However they are all canonically below the age of majority, meaning those contracts are open to disaffirmation at any time by the siblings unless approved by the California Superior Court. In this paper I will… 714819
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When I was a teen, the only anime you could find was a handful of Streamline Pictures tapes, and maybe two of the eight Bubblegum Crisis tapes, on a sad shelf at Blockbuster labeled “Japanimation.” Now McDonald’s has a SpongeBob/One Piece crossover happy meal. 150
Reposted by John AnnesePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Democratic lieutenant governor resigns after a report accused him of sexual harassment and ethics lapses. 1842495
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 24/09/2026PROBST: Welcome to the Open Era, where anything is possible! Heres’s Mr. Beast. MR. BEAST: Hi, guys. It’s an hon—urk! Probst takes out his rice-stabbing knife, plunges it into Mr. Beast’s gut. PROBST: That’s how you do it on Survivor! Wanna know what you’re playing for? Fried chicken and waffles! 000
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New from me today: The son of a hero firefighter who died on 9/11 says in a lawsuit the NYC’s archaic age restrictions kept him from following in dad’s footsteps — because a last-minute delay to the FDNY test meant he turned 29 before he could apply for the job. www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/23/s...nydailynews.comSon of FDNY hero who died on 9/11 sues city after age cutoff keeps him from following dad’s footstepsSkyler Mercado is the son of Steve Mercado, a firefighter with Engine Co. 40 on Manhattan’s West Side, who died along with 342 other members of the FDNY in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Cente... 021
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As the GTA 6 launch approaches, please enjoy this story I wrote in 2013 about three guys from Staten Island who were busted for pretending to be cops — so they could jump the line for the launch of GTA 5. www.silive.com/news/2013/09...silive.comNYPD say three posed as police on Staten Island to get early copy of 'Grand Theft Auto V'The trio flashed badges to buy Grand Theft Auto V while hundreds waited on line outside the Staten Island Mall, authorities say. 030
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“A strange game. The only winning move is Shots! Shots! Shots!” 020
Reposted by John AnneseProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 410113496039
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The real Multiverse is the friends we never met along the way. 050
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This last episode of Lanterns bugged me a bit. Why did Hal spend 10 years in fed prison? What was the charge? What did the sentencing memo look like? Just a pet peeve — he did something generically “bad” so he has to go to generic “federal prison?” These shows can do better. 230
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I take issue with the word “ends” but everything else in this is spot-on. Somewhere, somewhen, Casper Darling is still pitching curveballs. 062
Reposted by John Anneserob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 20/09/2026man they picked the perfect looking guy for this story 392188194
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sadly, this quote that Rebecca White got from one of the suspect’s neighbors didn’t make the cut: “It should have been murder. Because if you see the guy, you’d look at him like, nah. But if you see her, you’d be like, yeah.” www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/20/w...nydailynews.comWoman arrested for manslaughter for stabbing man during domestic clash in her Brooklyn apartmentJennifer Ayala, 36, is charged with manslaughter, assault and weapon possession for the slaying of Pedersin Pelissier, also 36. 011
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The funeral scene in the latest Slow Horses was, without a doubt, Very Good Television, and I’m glad people still care about the craft of storytelling. 131
Reposted by John AnneseBirds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy Batman Day 222649
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. Quelle bande de clowns!” 030
Reposted by John AnneseThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026"I make the rules now, and you mustn’t defy me!" — President Donald Trumptheonion.comAnguished, Screaming Trump Bans Father’s Ghost From Press Room For Silently Pointing At HimWASHINGTON—Forcefully closing his eyes, grasping his head with both hands, and repeatedly screaming to be left alone, a visibly anguished President Donald Trump was observed Thursday banning the ghost... 392056306
Reposted by John Annesewoke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026how come “Lynchian” never means “a nice old man rides around on a lawnmower and solves familial disputes” 727937
Reposted by John Anneseda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NOW DO IT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN 0462160
Reposted by John AnneseAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026youtu.beReinek: Marslight - Starring Julianne Michelle and Wandalese MirandaYouTube video by Larry Chan 571
Reposted by John AnneseThe Onion @theonion.com · 15/09/2026Horrified Guests Begin Gagging As Dinner Host Reveals They’ve Been Eating USDA Beef theonion.com/horrified-guests-begin… 191162133
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New from me today: Yet another massive brawl at the MDC Brooklyn federal jail — several inmates were stabbed in gang-on-gang violence on Sept. 6 www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/15/i...nydailynews.comInmates stabbed, slashed during massive brawl at troubled MDC Brooklyn federal jailThe federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the fight broke out at about 7:25 a.m. Sept. 6 inside the Sunset Park lock-up. 020
Reposted by John AnneseThe Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 15/09/2026OK, I will go for one brief bit of the complaint. But literally ONLY because several people unrelated to the case, including my old high school classmate (and the DM of the first AD&D campaign I ever played in) @johnannese.bsky.social assure me I must watch the video. 21007
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am everyone and no one. Everywhere. Nowhere. Call me... Sharkman. 181
Reposted by John AnneseMike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just a matter of time until they get to #3 822535
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Busy day today at Manhattan Criminal Court today. Worked on this with my brilliant colleague Rebecca White. www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/13/l...nydailynews.comFamily of slain Washington Heights woman erupts in court, demands ‘gas chamber’The family of murdered Manhattan mom Lovay Williams exploded with rage after seeing her alleged killer in Manhattan criminal court, cursing him and demanding he be put to death in a chaotic scene Sund... 000
Reposted by John AnneseBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 230113251303
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Has CNN asked Tilly Norwood for comment yet about OpenAI delaying its IPO? 0193
John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The year is 2030. The remnants of humanity are settling into their second year in the Silos. The Major is hard at work, chasing the Puppet Master. And the new StarCraft game has just been delayed 12 months. 000