Tony Pennino
@beatnikprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Literature at Stevens Institute of Technology, which means I’ve taught everything from Spaceships to Shakespeare. I wrote a book on 1980s British subversive theatre. Am writing one on James Baldwin. Fulbright Scholar. Playwright.
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Tony Pennino
@beatnikprof.bsky.social
· Jun 4
“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
― William Blake
― William Blake
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” -Louis D. Brandeis
January 20, 2026 at 4:26 AM
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” -Louis D. Brandeis
I’d like to announce that since I was not admitted to Harvard, I have declared war on Cornell.
January 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I’d like to announce that since I was not admitted to Harvard, I have declared war on Cornell.
“A time comes when silence is betrayal.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
“A time comes when silence is betrayal.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Price of eggs go down yet?
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Price of eggs go down yet?
Who wants to give me their Tony Award?
a man in a tuxedo stands in front of a globe on a stage
Alt: a man in a tuxedo stands in front of a globe on a stage
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Who wants to give me their Tony Award?
Reposted by Tony Pennino
Don’t know who made this but….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
January 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Don’t know who made this but….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted.”
― Arthur Miller
― Arthur Miller
January 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
“An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted.”
― Arthur Miller
― Arthur Miller
“If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.”
― John Patrick Shanley
― John Patrick Shanley
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.”
― John Patrick Shanley
― John Patrick Shanley
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
“The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
George Orwell
George Orwell
January 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
George Orwell
George Orwell
Three children lost their mother.
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Three children lost their mother.
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
The murder itself is abhorrent.
The response to it by him and his cronies, the enablers across the media ecosystem, the bots and chronically online, and a segment of the population is soul-sickening.
How did we ever reach such a nadir?
The response to it by him and his cronies, the enablers across the media ecosystem, the bots and chronically online, and a segment of the population is soul-sickening.
How did we ever reach such a nadir?
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The murder itself is abhorrent.
The response to it by him and his cronies, the enablers across the media ecosystem, the bots and chronically online, and a segment of the population is soul-sickening.
How did we ever reach such a nadir?
The response to it by him and his cronies, the enablers across the media ecosystem, the bots and chronically online, and a segment of the population is soul-sickening.
How did we ever reach such a nadir?
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
― Hannah Arendt
― Hannah Arendt
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
― Hannah Arendt
― Hannah Arendt
“You come to room 1013 over at the hospital, I'll show you America. Terminal, crazy and mean.”
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
“You come to room 1013 over at the hospital, I'll show you America. Terminal, crazy and mean.”
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.”
― Thomas Paine
― Thomas Paine
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.”
― Thomas Paine
― Thomas Paine
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
― Soren Kierkegaard
― Soren Kierkegaard
January 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
― Soren Kierkegaard
― Soren Kierkegaard
Strangely relevant today.
two men are standing next to each other in a room and one of them is pointing at the other 's forehead .
Alt: two men are standing next to each other in a room and one of them is pointing at the other 's forehead .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Strangely relevant today.
“Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war.”
#ShakespeareSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
January 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
“Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war.”
#ShakespeareSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
🎶 Dis-le toi désormais
Même s'il est sincère
Aucun rêve jamais
Ne mérite une guerre🎶
Jacques Brel
Même s'il est sincère
Aucun rêve jamais
Ne mérite une guerre🎶
Jacques Brel
January 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🎶 Dis-le toi désormais
Même s'il est sincère
Aucun rêve jamais
Ne mérite une guerre🎶
Jacques Brel
Même s'il est sincère
Aucun rêve jamais
Ne mérite une guerre🎶
Jacques Brel
It took them two years to prepare for the invasion of Iraq, and it was still a clusterfuck. What will be the long term consequences of this misadventure?
January 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
It took them two years to prepare for the invasion of Iraq, and it was still a clusterfuck. What will be the long term consequences of this misadventure?