Ursula K. PenGuin
@ikiruined.bsky.social
Librarian. Sad and weird in Ohio. They/them 🏳️⚧️
Emergency caturday reporting for duty
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Emergency caturday reporting for duty
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Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Once again: There is no better time than now to unsubscribe from the New York Times. Yes, that includes games. Yes, that includes cooking.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Once again: There is no better time than now to unsubscribe from the New York Times. Yes, that includes games. Yes, that includes cooking.
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sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
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don’t you remember…
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
don’t you remember…
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At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
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This is HUGE news announced by @flfreedomread.bsky.social that will affect all Floridians. If public libraries are legally considered to be an arm of the government and lose their “free speech” rights, we are royally fucked. I’ll likely end up leaving the profession for good. 😡
December 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is HUGE news announced by @flfreedomread.bsky.social that will affect all Floridians. If public libraries are legally considered to be an arm of the government and lose their “free speech” rights, we are royally fucked. I’ll likely end up leaving the profession for good. 😡
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he's gotta go
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
he's gotta go
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Excellent deep-dive into the violence perpetrated by fascist Zionist thugs at UCLA. Democrats, Republicans, the ADL, and the media have spent over a year lying that the violence was an antisemitic attack on Jews, and have used it and other lies to eviscerate higher education in the US:
“That was the day that it hit: UCLA has changed forever. It marked a turning point in the militarization of campus.”
Read Will Alden's deep dive on political dynamics at California's largest public university:
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Read Will Alden's deep dive on political dynamics at California's largest public university:
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…
jewishcurrents.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Excellent deep-dive into the violence perpetrated by fascist Zionist thugs at UCLA. Democrats, Republicans, the ADL, and the media have spent over a year lying that the violence was an antisemitic attack on Jews, and have used it and other lies to eviscerate higher education in the US:
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Spoilers for Horses, but like... this is it. This is the game.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Spoilers for Horses, but like... this is it. This is the game.
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The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
C'mon man, what are we even doing here?
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
C'mon man, what are we even doing here?
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I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
LET! ME! FUCK! MALEVOLA!
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
LET! ME! FUCK! MALEVOLA!
Yet another example of the New York Times actively misinforming the public. Wild!
writing that republicans "do not seem to be considering" a full-scale porn ban, despite your own sources for this story AND republicans themselves saying they want to ban porn, is sending me to outer space nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yet another example of the New York Times actively misinforming the public. Wild!
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you gotta remember that from a conservative perspective, these programs are a failure. they don't want to reduce homelessness, they want to punish homeless people. they'd pay 10x as much for that happily
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
you gotta remember that from a conservative perspective, these programs are a failure. they don't want to reduce homelessness, they want to punish homeless people. they'd pay 10x as much for that happily
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Dude went ahead and wrote this and sent it to Sony to publish in their blog. "Here's something that's good to tell everyone about myself," he thought.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Dude went ahead and wrote this and sent it to Sony to publish in their blog. "Here's something that's good to tell everyone about myself," he thought.
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Actually, the likelihood is 100%. In US jurisprudence, accused people are innocent until proven guilty. Hegseth's victims were not proven guilty; they were not even tried. Therefore they were ALL, to the last man, legally innocent. Hegseth ordered the murders of several dozen innocent men.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Actually, the likelihood is 100%. In US jurisprudence, accused people are innocent until proven guilty. Hegseth's victims were not proven guilty; they were not even tried. Therefore they were ALL, to the last man, legally innocent. Hegseth ordered the murders of several dozen innocent men.
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i think the reason why i keep pushing to create greater context behind these seemingly nonsensical bans is that it is never just one game or just one developer--it's valve! it's fucking valve! they are a monopoly and that is bad :)
I think my whole take on Horses isn't "what could possibly be objectionable about this game?" and more "what is fucking wrong with Valve and why do they keep doing this?" Unfortunately this just isn't a new problem!
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
i think the reason why i keep pushing to create greater context behind these seemingly nonsensical bans is that it is never just one game or just one developer--it's valve! it's fucking valve! they are a monopoly and that is bad :)
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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Apple Music Replay is up. A little surprised Janelle Monae was lower than Ashe and Lucy Dacus, tbh, as I'd list her as more of a favorite.
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Apple Music Replay is up. A little surprised Janelle Monae was lower than Ashe and Lucy Dacus, tbh, as I'd list her as more of a favorite.
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If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
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This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
I know how we typically use the "This hole was made for me" meme but this is basically what happens to everyone in the Amigara Fault too.
Headline of the day. American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Firefighters embarked on an "extraordinary rescue mission" when an American exchange student got his leg trapped inside a giant vagina sculpture.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I know how we typically use the "This hole was made for me" meme but this is basically what happens to everyone in the Amigara Fault too.