Reposted by PepGiraffeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026🚨 TEXAS PEEPS, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. A DPS screwup left voter registration applications sitting unprocessed for months. The deadline to register is October 5. Don’t find out at the ballot box that you’re not registered. CHECK IT NOW. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... 9519301640
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Question for you: what to do app have you found useful? 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Citi raised my APR again. It isn't based on anything I've done with them. I've kept up. It's based on my credit score. My behavior hasn't changed except that I'm paying them hundreds in interest. It's bullshit is what it is. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Who can possible live a poem (because the word 'recite' could hardly fit) better than the one who created it? I've read it before but thanks for posting this rendition @moonchldbrie.bsky.social! 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ok, tomorrow starts the month long walking challenge. 🚶♀️ 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Festival of Cinema! Let's gooooooooo. I mean, they already started. #FestivalOfCinema 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026And, as @rahaeli.bsky.social implies earlier in this same thread, the standard of proof for not voting for someone as senator can (and should?) be higher than "maybe raped someone." 010
Reposted by PepGiraffeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Remember this scene the next time a corporate reporter tries to insist that a rural diner full of white men in their 60s is somehow a more authentically "American" place, somehow more representative of who we are as a nation. 118129653170
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Sorry I have to work from home today. My hair looks stupid. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I'm unexpectedly outside among the greenery, just sitting in a chair and it occurred to me that I don't know how to just *be* outside anymore. But then I remembered I was like this in my 20s, too, so whew. 000
Reposted by PepGiraffeAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 18/05/2026When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it. 976132854140
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Good news. It's not pneumonia. It's just an atypical infection. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I think I might have pneumonia. I got a cold last month. And I got better except I've had a cough ever since. When I was in urgent care for something else, I asked about it and they said allergies. Last week, my doctor said to take Mucinex. Now it sounds like I've got crackles in my chest. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Someone at Elizabeth City State University is doing a survey about severe climate. If you would like to participate, here is the link: minds.testable.org/experiment/h...minds.testable.orgClimate and Health - Health Psychology | Testable MindsThe National Academy of Medicine has identified extreme weather and climate as significant threats to human health. This... 000
Reposted by PepGiraffePlaces Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026"Benches are where optimistic visions of civic life meet reality. To remove them, or to curate who gets to sit, is to abandon the work of defining a civic ideal and determining, together, how to live up to it." NEW: Why benches are slowly disappearing from public spaces — and why we need them back:placesjournal.orgThe Disappearance of the Public BenchBenches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest. 401875688
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I may have to stop taking Lyft. Don't tell me you'll get me somewhere before 8 if you can't get me there until 8:15. It's not like you don't know what traffic is. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Okay #UberEats, you almost got me. You said I had $40 in Uber Eats money only and half of it expired today. Let's have some pizza. Except when I went to pay, it says I have no Uber cash at all. Unless I go into my account and then it is still there. Just no way to use it. And half an hour later, 100
Reposted by PepGiraffeMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The symmetry of a turn in the air. Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechiae) are small birds known for their splendid "circling flight" while building their nest. [📷 Glen Noyer] Original post 1296706863
Reposted by PepGiraffeLex Roman @lexroman.com · 13/04/2026Once again, I am holding a FREE event to help publishers leave Substack this Thursday. luma.com/qho2pswsluma.comLet's make a plan to leave Substack together! · LumaLet's make a plan to leave Substack together! Now is the time. This is the place. Here's how we're going to use our time: - Opening discussion about biggest… 910587
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Among everything completely wrong with his post, he isn't even Catholic!media.tenor.coma crowd of people with the words she does n't even go here in the cornerAlt: Scene from Mean Girls where Damien, in a hoodie and sunglasses, is bowing his head hiding after saying "she doesn't even go here". Those words are also in the screen and there are quick cuts to a group of standing high school girls and then to teachers. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026For those who haven't heard, I finally got a job earlier this year. Which is awesome. And I'm grateful. But this is the first time in this century that I've worked for a place that wants me to come in while I'm sick. I just started working. I have no sick days. I have been masked, but 100
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Okay. In line at LGA. It says 90m from this point. My flight board in 2 hours. I'm feeling good about this. But damn this Republican shutdown. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 28/03/2026My flight leaves on Monday from LGA. Planning on getting to airport 4 hours early. Am I being ridiculous and if so, am I leaving too early or too late? 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A math problem for the #adhd crowd: If you leave in the morning with a coat, a bag, and a backpack, decide to go back inside to put on another layer, put down the bag, the backpack, and the coat to put on the extra layer, what are the odds that you will forget the bag when you leave? 121
Reposted by PepGiraffeThomas Beck @tomfodw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Whenever you ask a government official or a politician something and they say they don’t know or haven’t heard, the VERY NEXT QUESTION should be, “Well, now that you know about it, what are you going to do about it?” Follow up! Dig deeper! Push back! Don’t let them dodge! 1183490769
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Trying to explain what IYKYK means is a modern day Abbott and Costello routine. 110
Reposted by PepGiraffe28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026a lot of stuff online is “not antisemitic” in the way that me holding my finger a half inch from your nose is “not touching you” 111227
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Perhaps the most confusing thing to me about Purim is how Ahashuarus and Xerxes is the same name. 000
Reposted by PepGiraffeKarlito P @litop12.blacksky.app · 01/03/2026Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation. 11385182888
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 18/02/20262nd day of the new job. Occupational safety training. The person leading it was using the many accidents on the set of The Wizard of Oz as examples but she referred to it as "a movie from the 1950s I think" and I feel like that should somehow be a reportable offense. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 17/02/2026In the grand scheme of things, it seems relatively insignificant what with everything else going on, but after a very long time, I finally got a job and it starts in half an hour. #SomeGoodNews 000
Reposted by PepGiraffeKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...news.wisc.eduPop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.” 8762141386
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 07/02/2026It took 3 minutes of watching the NBC "Olympics pening ceremony" before getting so annoyed I want to turn it off. Why are we talking about the Super Bowl? 010
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026ICE has not yet been abolished. But it will happen. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Republican politicians do anything terrible & 1) a few Democrats vote with them. Response: Why didn't the Democrats do anything? 2) some Democrats push back. Response: This is what happens when you don't deny Israel's right to exist. 3) Democrats push back but nothing changes. Response... 100
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I don't want to be politically active. I really don't. And I don't know how much this helps. But I called all the people who are supposed to represent me to let them know that if they let this go through, I'm simply not voting for them again. At all. The app 5Calls streamlines the calling process. 000
Reposted by PepGiraffeAdam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California. This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all. 181508852
Reposted by PepGiraffemaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 20/01/2026If you are: -a leftist -who does not like the DNC -and lives in a red district -that is rural or suburban I encourage you to check out your local Dems and maybe get involved. Red districts are often ignored by national Dems; you may have more influence to push left locally than you think. 351413270
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I didn't know about any of this. Check your license plate here: haveibeenflocked.comhaveibeenflocked.comHave I Been Flocked? - License Plate Privacy Check - Search Flock Safety Audit LogsHave police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate 000
Reposted by PepGiraffeAvishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 11/01/2026My colleagues at the INSS have built a real-time tracker and dashboard for the protests in Iran. I hope it's useful to folks. www.inss.org.il/publication/...inss.org.ilProtests in Iran: Dashboard | INSSDashboard: Protests in Iran Dashboard: Protests in Iran Real-Time Tracker The wave of protests sweeping Iran over the past two weeks presents the Iranian regime with its most significant challenge in ... 02010
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Warning! Welcome to #Derry is NOT related to Derry Girls. At all. 000
PepGiraffe @pepgiraffe.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I love how product placement on #Korean television is so blatant that no one mistakes it for anything else. 000
Reposted by PepGiraffeWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS... 13848621421
Reposted by PepGiraffeJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23/12/2025These declines are MASSIVE. And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING. “Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?” THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it. Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS. 9440021406