Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 1hThey hate those situations because they know they’re less likely to come out looking good, because they’re much more likely to be the less intelligent, hard working, and dedicated one there. A black woman is going to have had to try so much harder to get to the same place as a white man. 010
Reposted by PenncatRobert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com · 19hthe plainness with which this is put covers up a sort of powerless rage that you feel as a parent of a trans kid. it’s, to say the least, an alienating experience to see people bicker over the niceties of this or that pension policy when the party and the government has done this to your family 412753
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 19hHannah Spencer is awesome. I like her more and more, the more I see of her. 010
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 21h“Around half of households with an under-22 on universal credit’s health element are in poverty, disability charity Scope estimates, a figure it says would rise to around nine in 10 if the support was removed.” So guess what Labour want to do… 01611
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 21hIf anyone does know if Winter, who used to be on here and was a shark specialist trans woman with MS (I think), is okay, can they please reassure me? She deleted her account some time ago and I have asked before but heard nothing. She may want nothing to do with me, I don’t care, just is she ok? 063
Reposted by PenncatPenncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is it awkward to suggest to your beloved child that he might stand by while someone gets raped? OH I’M SORRY. It’s a lot more than awkward for rape victims who don’t get justice because it was just a bit too difficult to bring the topic up with your son and hammer in the right thing to do. 072
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is really long and I should not have read it at this time of night, but it’s very good at describing what ChatGPT etc is and what it isn’t, without prejudice. (I have prejudice, lots of it. My work was stolen for these things, and they’re killing the environment. I’m allowed. But this doesn’t.) 030
Reposted by PenncatPenncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In reference to the Cornell case, I messaged my own 21 year old son, saying: “I truly hope that if someone put you on a group chat of a lot of guys talking about rape, you would report it to someone, even if it meant every single other male member of that group chat never forgave you.” 1103
Reposted by PenncatRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They’ve come from Palestine to perform this in London - on Saturday - please support , please share www.pleasance.co.uk/event/2077-w...pleasance.co.uk2077 who wants to survive | Pleasance Theatre Trust 16438
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In reference to the Cornell case, I messaged my own 21 year old son, saying: “I truly hope that if someone put you on a group chat of a lot of guys talking about rape, you would report it to someone, even if it meant every single other male member of that group chat never forgave you.” 1103
Reposted by PenncatPenncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read … And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains.” 152
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wait, what the actual fucking fuck…? “People who have voluntarily become intoxicated to the point that they are unable to give consent are currently not protected by New York's rape laws” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWoman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry 'failed' by officials, says New York governorThe woman, known as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students at a fraternity house at the university in 2024. 030
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read … And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains.” 152
Reposted by PenncatAccessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Alt text is not the same as a photo caption. Captions are typically written to support a photo, and usually depend on users being able to see the photo. But alt text is meant to be the stand-in for the photo. The alt text is what a screen reader user gets in place of the photo. 19556
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Does Trump realise a diesel ban will raise prices in the USA for imported goods, & leave refineries with too much of some types of oil unless they reduce production of all types? Well, tbh, it probably doesn’t matter to him as long as he gets the important “Number Go Down” headline for the mid terms 020
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Jane Austen novels correspond to seasons so obviously in my mind that it regularly surprises me that it is not an accepted fact about them that there are the two Spring novels, two Summer novels, one Autumn, and one Winter novel. (Sanditon, I believe, was gearing up to be another Autumn.) 010
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Soooo the dehydration from being really really ill and unable to eat and drink has fucked up my receding gums by making them recede very far very fast and my teeth are now fucked and this is just not fair. 240
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What's the stupidest joke you most have to fight the urge to tell? When my son urges a footballer who is in a position to make a good cross to “whip it!” and I have to bite my tongue not to say “greyhound”. Every time. Also I’ve done it enough times he still hears me thinking it and glares at me… 010
Reposted by PenncatQuakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 01/10/2026The climate impact of military activity is often left out of the conversation. If we are serious about reaching net zero, no sector should get a free pass. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/n…quaker.org.ukCount military emissions in climate plans, Quakers sayQuakers in Britain have joined more than 20 organisations in calling for the military's climate impact to be fully included in the UK's plans to tackle climate change. 0239
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This boggles the mind. If I had spent hours virtually queuing to get the tickets, and then made the journey to get to the exhibition, only to get this, I’d be fucking *furious*. “You might not get to see this thing you may have no other chance of seeing because we fucked up, oh well, oops” isn’t ok. 282
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Amused by the not-theory, but also once more astounded by the arrogance of humans to assume that other civilisations would work in anything *like* the same way as ours. Why when the species creating it could be so wildly different, with utterly different needs, would you think that? 130
Reposted by PenncatTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 01/10/2026That politicians feel empowered to so brazenly assist institutions in covering up and getting away with sexual abuse is an indictment of our society and culture, and how badly they continue to fail women. 832884
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Aaaand that’s with the World Cup. I’m not surprised no one wants to go to the US. I *am* surprised the World Cup didn’t cover it up more. Next year’s figures are going to be horrendous, cos it ain’t like the good ol’ US of A is out there making lots of new friends at the moment. 0112
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I love* how some people care more about this than about genocides in Yemen, Sudan, Gaza… *I do not love it. 071
Reposted by Penncat Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 01/10/2026Images are once again borked on Bluesky, and once again you see why alt text has more than one use. 10637130
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every time I read anything about the AI lot I come away thinking “what the fuck did I just read?” 150
Reposted by PenncatRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Disgusting, desperate behaviour from Bradford here. Please share and support the incredible folks at the National Observer! 720567
Reposted by PenncatAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope." 482516714
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What the fuck is wrong with people in the US? “What about our children having to deal with clear up in 40 years when the solar panels fail?” What about your children having to deal with a burning, unliveable world because you used fossil fuels, you twillops? 030
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nice to see Israeli football fans giving a better impression of their country abroad by *checks notes* directing monkey chants at an Irish player with a Nigerian mother. Really persuading us you’re the good guys, fellas. 030
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I love this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBirmingham union jack art made from discarded lamp-post flagsThe huge union jack was produced using tattered flags previously hung from lamp-posts. 000
Reposted by PenncatMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 201147664
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I wish every doctor had to live a week in the body of a chronically ill person told they’re fine. 3153678
Reposted by PenncatKaterona @hohnmensontennis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tactical voting is for centrists. If you are in a minority vote for who you want. We cannot keep letting the two main parties think we have given them a mandate when most people vote for the lesser of two evils. We ended up with Reform under Labour anyway. 5105
Reposted by PenncatJewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 25/09/2026150 Berlin Jews, Israelis Back Left-Led Government, Rejecting Israel's Antisemitism Claim Prominent Jewish cultural figures, many of whom are Israelis, signed an open letter welcoming Die Linke's victory in the Berlin mayoral election. Israel's envoy called the result 'unsettling' archive.ph/vZ5U4archive.ph 053
Reposted by PenncatProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...reuters.comExxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal declineThe world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as the burning of coal could decline at a slo... 15922561158
Reposted by PenncatLoki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Welcome to the UK. Fascist terrorists are called "activists" and anti-genocidal activists are called "terrorists". 17733
Reposted by PenncatDuchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Right fuck this. I have reported Danny Tommo’s YouTube video and I implore others to do the same. They are platforming a man who live streamed himself essentially committing a crime and he will be making money off of it as well. Please please report the video www.youtube.com/live/lkeZbk8... 84565250
Reposted by PenncatWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Endangering another during a journey by sea; criminal damage; carrying an offensive weapon; possession of a bladed article; conduct endangering ships or individuals; unlawfully and intentionally destroying a ship breaching section 11 of the aviation and maritime security act; 14540158
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And this, bless them, is so,some who knows how to use alt text well, so if you want to know what the actual types of mushrooms are being described, they’re explained in the alt text. 051
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is utterly disgusting. Try that here and I’ll be out in my rainbow jumper and wheelchair with my poster atop a sword saying “IMMIGRANTS LOOK AFTER YOUR ELDERLY RELATIVES AND YOUR DISABLED FAMILY. SAFE ROUTES FOR IMMIGRANTS.” (Or a pic of how small boat crossings are massively down.) 092
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When Trump is praising Burnham, that makes me very worried about what he’s agreed to behind the scenes. Anyone who thinks he hasn’t agreed to Jackdaw is going to find themselves sold down a river of oil. And the “defensive” support for Saudi Arabia is another dodgy area. Always money for bombs? 040
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Might buy spouse a white poppy this year. I never really bother personally as it seems pointless to wear one in bed by myself, and frankly a little bit weird. Though I suppose I wouldn’t criticise someone for wearing a flower brooch, and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with weird. 120
Reposted by PenncatMake Polluters Pay International @makepolluterpayint.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is huge! The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has just used his final General Assembly speech to world leaders to pay tribute to our #MakePollutersPay movement. “You are on the right side of history – keep going.” This movement is powerful. We are changing politics. Get involved! 213459
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So grateful to George for doing this. I’ve refused to go through another lot of ME/CFS “help” because my experience of the treatment centres has all been the same and I don’t have the energy to try this one and see if magically the eighth one is different. 090
Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What the actual fuck. I know my mum was grateful she was a teacher at my school so the school didn’t think I was a school refuser, and I was grateful my doctor had seen me grow up and knew I wasn’t anxious about going to school because I was worried about exams or anything, I was just ill. 082
Reposted by PenncatAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Myanmar is another serious crisis at risk of slipping from global attention, per Guterres: "These and so many other conflicts show what happens when power gets out of control, force outpaces diplomacy, military budgets soar, and accountability goes out the window." 1345