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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My first reading in freshman lab was her “Seeing.” I’ve revisited it today and it’s lovely.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Did they ever reply, even to say no?

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Am I clapping because you replaced it with The Clapper?

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Good old Warbler Neck, from looking at tiny little guys high above you.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Life birds are so fun! Before you know it you’ll be planning trips to go see birds in other countries. Have you seen American Dipper yet, our only aquatic songbird? Cute little guys and easy to find in Yellowstone!

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I did not realize the hellocobber shelve was so close to the cat tree! This is entrapment!

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

We’ve met several platonic buddies on cruises! Including these delightful ladies from the north of England and we still talk about how they talked about their husbands (“me ‘usband”) happily hanging out at home while the wives traveled the world. Cruises also let you pick one or two beds in a room!

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Designercon @mahoukarp.com · 09/02/2026

world hard and cold but chicken nugget soft and warm

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Thank you—legitimately—for clarifying. I had a moment of morning panic that it was Monday and oh god I’m late for meetings and no I’m too tired for this. But then: sweet relief, at the cost of those poor overworked children having to go to school on Sunday.

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Johan Nohr @handle.invalid · 01/02/2026

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Yes, the Monte Cristo was developed right along with Monte Espacio, Monte Gran Trueno, and Monte Salpicón.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

That I scrolled (quickly, granted) and didn’t see @maryrobinettekowal.com’s Lady Astronaut series is a crime. It would be such a *good* tv series adaptation.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Honestly, I think I’d pick Operation Mincemeat. I know it’s still on Broadway with its OBC, but it’s so good and I think it’d benefit from an actual film.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

“Order, design, tension, composition, balance, light… Dot, I cannot read this word.” “Harmony.” “So much love in his words. Forever with his colors. How George looks…” “White. A blank page or canvas. His favorite. So many possibilities.”

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Plain, a goodly amount of cream cheese. Not toasted. Lox if I’m feeling fancy.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Found this, while attempting to answer the inevitable questions. JOHNSON! JOHNSON!! JOHNSON!!!

The dramatis personae of the 19th century play Too Much Johnson which concludes with the lines

ACT I—JOHNSON!
ACT II—JOHNSON!!
ACT III—JOHNSON!!!

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Honky Tonk Blues? In this economy? Shan't. I can maybe, *maybe* give you the beat, boys, if your soul needs to be freed.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Have you seen the rent these days? Surely you cannot expect that I will give you shelter simply because you demanded it.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

When people were having loud sex in the college dorms, a friend liked to turn speakers to the walls and play "C Is For Cookie" at full blast. It worked *almost* every time.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Maybe a finer sized decomposed granite?

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I know exactly the part you mean, and I literally thought "I bet Kathryn's watch threw an alert tonight"

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I really like Ellipsus, even though not having pages (yet) is taking some real getting used to. Not having AI anywhere near it is enough to make me put up with the lack of pages.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

And a publication covering immersive theatre, too! 😆

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🧵 I’m in my sickbed, looking tragic yet beautiful [think Lord Byron], & considering the world. There is no doubt about it, that everyone feels at least a little anxious & some of us, afraid. So let me share 10 small things to help you feel less on edge & more mellow?

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

This is SO highly state dependent that you really can’t make generalized advice like this without knowing the specific states and details. someone who lives in NJ and works in NY would be screwed by following this advice. Unless it was an aspirational “should” like “this ideally should be the law”

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

“You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.” “It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.” is also a strong contender tbh

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

As promised, purchased! 🙌

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Can these be stickers, please? We would buy them immediately.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Absolutely fantastic—and fascinating—interview. Thank you for this.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Katie Dowd's travel articles are universally worth reading.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I cannot emphasize enough that the New York City subway is not scary. It’s one of my favorite parts of living here. I grew up in the suburbs having to drive on highways everywhere and that’s way scarier

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Is this an action the law allows him to take?

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I appreciate how open you are, generally. I met you at Worldcon many a year ago in San Antonio and I appreciated then how open to meeting new people you were too!

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is a civil lawsuit and not criminal charges, despite what the AG said. You’d think the USAG would know the difference, but that’s where we are right now.

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sarah mccarry @sarahmccarry.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"...the imagination is not an optional extra, which we can humour in our children but safely discard in adulthood. It is at the very heart of everything. It is deadly serious, the necessary condition of political change, of love. It is the sharpest tool of ethics." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?

Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

It makes me very happy that this character shows Jersey City some love ❤️

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Cardinals can be members of religious orders that have special customary dress! Cardinal Seán O'Malley is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a Franciscan order. So you see photos of him wearing his Franciscan habit/tunic along with his red zucchetto (the little hat they wear).

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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/01/2025

At a time where it feels like we're losing, we need to remember our victories that not only have happened in the past, but continue to exist today. Thus I give you, California Condor 926 of the SoCal flock. Great grandchild of Condor # 1. We as humanity can still do good things. #birds

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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.

A caption from an exhibition in the Science Museum in London about a model of an Apollo 11 lunar module built by a 12 year old boy, which reveals at the very end that the creator of the model now works as Curator of the Museum’s Space Technology Collection.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 21/01/2025

Historians have long believed that native Hawaiians greeted Captain James Cook as a god... until a spicy debate broke out 30 years ago. In my newsletter, I look into why neither side of this infamous debate included any Hawaiian perspectives. And why it matters. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

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They Debated Hawaiian Beliefs, But Didn't Listen to Native Hawaiians

Welcome, new subscribers! If you just subscribed to this newsletter as a result of my livestreamed conversation with Rebecca Solnit et al., then you can read...

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Release ten insects for every level of the sting index. When you hear a scream, guess which number it was, give that part of the talk.

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N*Kim @nkimillustrate.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

제주도 Jeju Island

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

"This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full, and descend."

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

My high school did that in the same season - Hamlet/R&G, in rep. Same cast, same set. Just monumental effort for high schoolers, but it was brilliant and I still think about it.

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Penelope @penwrites.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental got caught up on homophones and suggested “Ewe” reversing to, well, “ewe.” Which sounds like “yew.” Then it said “mole” reverses to “Elom,” which kind of sounds like “elm.” Then it tried a couple nonsensical ones and gave up saying there is no answer.

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