Reposted by Penni W. clamplifier @clamplifier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026in old person culture talking at length about how their children are useless and never bother to see them is the highest honour they can bestow upon you, a total stranger 1173
Reposted by Penni W. Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru... 382249483
Reposted by Penni W. Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Someone like @mattseybold.bsky.social probably knows the answer to this--were there personnel changes that fostered this shift (because it definitely wasn't always this bad) or were the built-in incentives of the publication itself always going to move things in this direction as the vibes shifted? 24811
Reposted by Penni W. Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved. 622116452031
Reposted by Penni W. McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026"What if you go gentle into a different night? 'Oh, I’m not going gentle into that good night. I’m going gentle into a different, mediocre night.' It’s easy to find loopholes like this because poets aren’t really trained in the ways of syllogism or modus ponens-based reasoning." buff.ly/atMd0Cgbuff.lyWays Other Than “Gentle” You Could Go into That Good Night“What if you started going into that good night in a rambunctious manner, really going nuts, but then, once you got into that good night, you switched to goi... 0324
Reposted by Penni W. Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As a California living Brit, let me say it clearly… Steve Hilton was a Brexiteering shitbag and you would do well to stay away from the populist bullshit he sells. 1434644
Reposted by Penni W. maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 167181904549
Reposted by Penni W. Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.” 691714607
Reposted by Penni W. Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH 0363
Reposted by Penni W. Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We live in such a barbaric country 0299
Reposted by Penni W. Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115342862
Reposted by Penni W. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a lil guy and his mulberry branch 262493674
Reposted by Penni W. Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 12671661376
Reposted by Penni W. Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1454531448
Reposted by Penni W. Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone demanding Senator Schmidtt apologize to Jack Smith are again setting the bar too low. They should be demanding his resignation from the Judiciary Committe. He's unfit to serve Pound the table. Make some noise. Turn this into a multi-day story 536471
Reposted by Penni W. Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.techpolicy.pressEight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa FeA jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation. 9917294
Reposted by Penni W. Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026not for nothing, if our justice system actually did convict sexual offenders, my attacker would have correctly been on the SO registry and would not have been able to get a job at the camp where he raped me. but they don’t. so he wasn’t. and now here I am. 19014
Reposted by Penni W. Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why would an aspiring autocrat want to support the cultivation of critical thinking? 1224283
Reposted by Penni W. Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026PMC COVlD Update, Sep 28, 2026 (US): 🔸We're in a 13th COVlD wave. 🔸40 states & territories continue to have COVlD outbreaks, stable from last week. 🔸Levels likely peaked between Sep 7-13 at a PMC-estimated 580,000 new daily infections. pmc19.com/map 3183108
Reposted by Penni W. David Mack @davidmack.pro · 28/09/2026THIS is why I don’t think Texas will go blue this year, or any year: because the TX GOP will blatantly cheat and steal the election in broad daylight, and the Democrats will be too weak and cowardly to stop them. 1184
Reposted by Penni W. Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah yes the circle of life 14298041641
Reposted by Penni W. Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Studies find that universities see an INCREASE in applications and donations after bad press about mismanaged sexual assaults. If you’re a Cornell alum, you should write to your alumni association and vow not to donate. Redirect your funds to your local rape crisis center instead.sciencedirect.comAny press is good press? The unanticipated effects of Title IX investigations on university outcomesSince 2011, when the landmark “Dear Colleague” letter declared that the Department of Education (DoE) would use equal-access requirements of federal l… 15723
Reposted by Penni W. Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026at splice today got to write about the new/old Cramps album, and how they look a lot more like part of the original rockabilly movement now, from this vantage, rather than a retro exercise. www.splicetoday.com/music/origin...splicetoday.comOriginal Rockabilly Ravers, The CrampsGravest Gravy puts Lux and Ivy in context. || Noah Berlatsky 2186
Reposted by Penni W. Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.c-span.org 38247271067
Reposted by Penni W. Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Kamel’s call to Netanyahu’s office came just days before the attack, the Arab government officials said. The Egyptians continued to warn Israel up until 48 hours before the attack, one of these officials said." 113976
Reposted by Penni W. Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason." 11859501283
Reposted by Penni W. NerdParker @nerdparker.com · 28/09/2026I remember walking into class the day we read Bartleby the Scrivener, and my prof said “this is why you’re paying 40 grand for a liberal arts degree. One day you’ll go to a party and someone will say ‘I would prefer not to’ and the people who chuckle are the ones you can probably talk to”. 37211
Reposted by Penni W. McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026BLAMMO. buff.ly/pykYN6fbuff.lyIt’s Decorative Gourd Season, MotherfuckersFor the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads. 113923
Reposted by Penni W. pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Are people who don’t listen to modern pop country better than people who do listen to modern pop country? Yes, obviously. 522723266
Reposted by Penni W. evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The most important thing I learned in my 20s is that being smart doesn't make you special. Eventually you need to learn to try hard and to enjoy learning to do things you're not immediately good at. It turns out that the people who didn't learn this lesson were reading Harry Potter fanfic. 13774106
Reposted by Penni W. David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Are there still straight men out there who don't comprehend how many more women we'd pull by pulling off gay standards of dress, grooming and general taste? I mean, we'd still need to overcome being relentless assholes, but that's just a given. We've worked around that one for centuries. 1635636
Reposted by Penni W. unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds. 9319192
Reposted by Penni W. Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 50936248
Reposted by Penni W. Bob Wheeler @rmwkenpo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So much for standing firm Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 33610
Reposted by Penni W. Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Coming up Wed, Sept 30 - Curator's Talk Conduits of the Unseen: Women Artists Imagine Other Worlds Susan L. Aberth, Robert Cozzolino & Laura Whitcomb consider how #womenartists who shared contact with the otherworldly made their work & what it means for us today. RSVP to info@edlingallery.com 183
Reposted by Penni W. Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You can't unsee this. 10391103
Reposted by Penni W. JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.politico.com/story/2016/1... Richard Branson on the five people who refused to lend Trump money.politico.comRichard Branson: Trump vowed to destroy 5 people who refused to help himBranson “found it very bizarre” that Trump was unwilling to talk about anything else. 111
Reposted by Penni W. Albumism @albumism.com · 26/09/2026Happy Birthday Bryan Ferry! Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/BryanFerryHBD 923930
Reposted by Penni W. Kygosi @kygosi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gym memberships must be crimes against humanity 29518
Reposted by Penni W. Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” 282160855
Reposted by Penni W. Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Financial stuff is understandably a turnoff for most people so let me just say this is alarm bell material. Keep an eye on the AI bubble and regional banks.cnbc.comHistory shows financial calamities occur when rates rise rapidly like this: 'Something always breaks'The 10-year Treasury note yield is spiking to levels not seen in years, and that may be a bad omen for financial markets. 21431143
Reposted by Penni W. Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive. 383903763
Reposted by Penni W. Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 24/09/2026Excellent news. People need as few barriers as possible to seeing this film. 012052
Reposted by Penni W. cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026found a new type of guy 2103685414