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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026

Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?

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will 🚂 @slimerreal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I would buy a book that collected swan boy from the philly trip through the swan boy babysitting arc in a heartbeat. maybe my favourite run of comics ever

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m so glad I finally started reading this. Every panel has been a delight

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh wow, this thing actually had my number

“Dialect map” showing that I talk most like people from Delaware

List of terms that “gave me away” such as calling the night before Halloween “Mischief Night”

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 01/09/2026

This is low-level propaganda that elides the real story, which is that the younger candidate in this race is an anti-trans clown and the older candidate is one of the Senate's strongest progressives. Please vote for Markey in MA, friends. The old guy is the only choice here.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Do we need age limits in Congress? Probably, but we need real progressives a lot more.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Moulton’s super PAC ads directly led me to go out of my way to vote for Markey. Weird AI ads and so much talk of “passing the torch” implying the opponent is some young progressive, but never actually saying who it is or what his policies would be. It felt like a shady, deliberate trick.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Really put into perspective how far things have gone that when I watch Star Trek TNG, I’m bombarded with “PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH” military ads talking about how cool war is.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

*drunk* *crying* HOLD ME WHATEVER LIES BEYONG THIS MORNING ID A LITTLE LATER ON

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I liked the first half more than the second, but I’ve since learned it used to be two books, so that makes sense. I really appreciate the big swings it takes and the absolute, unafraid commitment to how this kind of story should play out.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For me it was always more about learning how the characters saw themselves and each other and the clash of all those different perspectives. I think that was a novel and funny angle to take for a recap episode.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Now finishing up There is No Antimemetics Division, which has definitely been a fun read.

Audiobook cover for There is No Antimemetics Division, a novel by Qntm. A giant rectangular black monolith stretches out of the gold fog of a forest into the red sky.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Was horribly sick with a respiratory virus this month and mostly out of action, but finally recording again today. There’s no feeling like it.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Heartbreaking: Man Who Waited All Week to Treat Himself to Discount Grocery Store Sushi Must Now Work 3 Hours Late

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When I saw it live, I was shocked to hear it, and even more shocked that I gasped too, even though I’d listened to the album a hundred time. You can hear it on the proshot too, which is really cool. Maybe one of the most effective moments ever constructed for the stage

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.

5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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lara 🐠 @violetception.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

i watched the hadestown proshot

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I really enjoyed this. It would make a great movie one day, and it was a fun mix of comedy, horror, and wild imagination. It feels like a familiar kind of story, but it flies and kept me on the edge of my seat. The structure itself collapses manically by the end as things crash together.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Sitting at the bar with a jalapeño margarita, an audiobook in my ear, working on my Canthan Protector title in Guild Wars: Reforged on my phone. Perfect Day off.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time

"Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses." One star out of five.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I don’t know why you’re asking since I’m sure you didn‘t see me bouncing off the walls like Daffy Duck

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I’m being very cool about the Guild Wars 3 reveal. I’m normal with it. Definitely did not let out an audible scream of excitement

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Enjoying a crisp, refreshing glass of sangria (boxed white wine mixed with a Baja Blast)

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is a wild book with real blink-and-you’ll-miss-it pacing. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Robertson Dean and really enjoyed it. One day I need to buy a physical copy to really drill into.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Last night I double featured 12 Angry Men (1957) and Ghost in the Shell (1995), a surprising combo examining the value of life, the law, and execution by the state. Tonight though? It’s back-to-back Karl Urban my dudes.

Image of the poster for Mortal Kombat II

Screenshot of Karl Urban as Billy Butcher in The Boys, holding a tea cup.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Every day of Trump 2.0 I think “it can’t get more outrageous than this,” and I am wrong. This slush fund thing is so fucking rancid and unacceptable and I hate the feeling and reality that no politician is going to stop it, or call in Batman or something. This is not a country.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Wishing I had this image when I read Ron Perlman’s memoir this year

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Now most of the way through Chapter 5 of Neuromancer, which I’ve meant to read for a long time. The thing reads like an action movie and every two seconds I’m like “oh that’s where [movie] got that from.” The whole thing’s playing like an anime from the 90s in my head. I dig it so far.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Absolutely RIPPED through this one in a single day. It just pumps you up. I was sitting passenger in the car last night messing with my iPhone’s camera settings to figure out if I could get a low light night shot to look good (I can).

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Now reading/listening to this insane tale by an absolute legend:

Cover of audiobook for Rebel Without A Crew by Robert Rodriguez.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Finished the second half of Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies“ this weekend. It was fantastic, inspiring, and it’s given me a lot of homework. Immediately moving “The Verdict” to the top of my to-watch list.

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The thing about DnDHAT is that it's the first dnd movie that actually felt like it was written by people who play dnd. I'm sure it isn't the first but little moments like the barbarian suggesting they cross a ravine by tying a rope to her axe and throwing it just sold the "this is a campaign" magic

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A kind of tv show they don’t make anymore is “Guy Comes to Town, Then Leaves.” Kung Fu, Incredible Hulk, Highway to Heaven, things of that nature. We need more Poker Face, that’s all we have left.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 05/05/2026

This is amazing. Someone identify this man and give his name to the Mass Dems immediately.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Over the next two weeks, they’ll alternate between sitting in windowsills and spending some time outside to get acclimated. Then it’ll be time to pick a spot and plant!

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🌶️ Gifts from my friend Zack! Deadpool, Reaper Sbagliato, white Thai, sugar Rush stripey, Naga smokey rainbow, and Tabasco.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It’s not a LAN party without some sort of mishap that stalls playing for an hour! Today we learned a dog had chewed the ethernet cable to the router. One Wal-Mart trip later and we were in business with some Super Battle Golf and Diablo 2

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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/04/2026

NEW: The House advanced a plan to increase ICE and CBP's budget by up to $140,000,000,000 with no strings attached. Congress is one step closer to giving these lawless agencies more money to terrorize our communities — the time to be loud is now.

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Johnny Penney 🎙️ @johnnypenneyvo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I found two new runes in Diablo 4: the requirement is to maintain one summon for 5 seconds, and the reward is that I summon a spirit wolf. When I "overflow" that requirement, it summons another wolf. So because I have 14 skeletons, I summon a shitload of wolves. This is incredible.

Screenshot from Diablo 4 featuring a necromancer player character, 1 skeletons, and 8 spirit wolves.

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