Jon Pennington
@jonpennington.bsky.social
Pro-labor, liberalish, leftish, semi-normie antifascist
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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House of Representatives Republicans resigning because of TRUMP...What COWARDS they could stand up and do something put up a fight instead of being a useless RUBBER STAMP. The people elected you to do a job and you failed.👶👶👶
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
House of Representatives Republicans resigning because of TRUMP...What COWARDS they could stand up and do something put up a fight instead of being a useless RUBBER STAMP. The people elected you to do a job and you failed.👶👶👶
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
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I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
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'Make Europe Healthy Again' (MEHA) Launch is Dominated by Anti-Vaxxers and Far Right Politicians
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'Make Europe Healthy Again' Launch Is Dominated By Anti-Vaxxers And Far Right Politicians - Health Policy Watch
The Make Europe Healthy Again (MEHA) launch at the European Parliament in Brussels last week brought together what is now a familiar alliance of far-right
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
'Make Europe Healthy Again' (MEHA) Launch is Dominated by Anti-Vaxxers and Far Right Politicians
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Since Trump really start declining in early June nothing he and his regime have done have been able to stop his fall. He just keeps dropping. It's pretty remarkable.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Since Trump really start declining in early June nothing he and his regime have done have been able to stop his fall. He just keeps dropping. It's pretty remarkable.
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Seems like GenXers (at least of my vintage) should probably empathize. Coming out of college in ’88 the economy was a mess (made my decision to pursue music easier). The whole “McJobs” thing was coined in Copeland’s book, no?
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Seems like GenXers (at least of my vintage) should probably empathize. Coming out of college in ’88 the economy was a mess (made my decision to pursue music easier). The whole “McJobs” thing was coined in Copeland’s book, no?
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Totally agree. We should empathize with younger generations. The challenges younger generations face are way different and more complex than the were for us at their age.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Totally agree. We should empathize with younger generations. The challenges younger generations face are way different and more complex than the were for us at their age.
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"My name is Bari Weiss, and I am one of maybe 5 people on the planet who would describe Alan Dershowitz as "charismatic", when the term preferred by really almost everyone who knows who he is, is "repulsive," whether he leaves his underwear on or not."
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"My name is Bari Weiss, and I am one of maybe 5 people on the planet who would describe Alan Dershowitz as "charismatic", when the term preferred by really almost everyone who knows who he is, is "repulsive," whether he leaves his underwear on or not."
“There goes Alan Dershowitz, that rizzler,” said no one ever.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“There goes Alan Dershowitz, that rizzler,” said no one ever.
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I understand why people are focusing on the, uh, considerable baggage of both people, but also, “let’s have Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch debate gun control” isn’t a bold or daring new idea, it’s what a Piers Morgan producer who fell into a glacier in 2013 would say upon being revived.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I understand why people are focusing on the, uh, considerable baggage of both people, but also, “let’s have Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch debate gun control” isn’t a bold or daring new idea, it’s what a Piers Morgan producer who fell into a glacier in 2013 would say upon being revived.
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I’m Gen X, but I’m really not a fan of how Boomers and Xers are already starting to reply in a way that proves Litman’s point.
Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
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November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I’m Gen X, but I’m really not a fan of how Boomers and Xers are already starting to reply in a way that proves Litman’s point.
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Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
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important to realize just how seriously feelings of powerlessness in the face of vast structures & a learned understanding of the futility of individual effort are generational givens that anybody my age or older (work hard! succeed! things work out!) has no way to fully grasp—but we need to try
Young people feel like we've lost agency over our lives. We can't *really* pick where to live, or whether to change jobs, or how many kids to have -- the cost of living makes us feel trapped.
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Younger candidates can powerfully speak to that emotional truth. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
important to realize just how seriously feelings of powerlessness in the face of vast structures & a learned understanding of the futility of individual effort are generational givens that anybody my age or older (work hard! succeed! things work out!) has no way to fully grasp—but we need to try
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When you only want boy-friendly spaces
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When you only want boy-friendly spaces
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I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
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the corporate press softsells it, and "AI" gets all the attention, but this administration really is trying to impose a ban on all federal and state oversight of corporate power
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it’s back—in Trump form.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the corporate press softsells it, and "AI" gets all the attention, but this administration really is trying to impose a ban on all federal and state oversight of corporate power
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
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When I think "where the vast majority of Americans actually are," I think about the millionaire lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein & Harvey Weinstein & Donald Trump who was recently in the news for threatening to sue a pierogi seller in Martha's Vineyard, where he has one of his homes.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
When I think "where the vast majority of Americans actually are," I think about the millionaire lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein & Harvey Weinstein & Donald Trump who was recently in the news for threatening to sue a pierogi seller in Martha's Vineyard, where he has one of his homes.
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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"On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled 'Dreams Under the Olive Trees.'
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Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, shutting down a children’s show.
On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled “Dreams Under the Olive…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled 'Dreams Under the Olive Trees.'
lithub.com/israeli-forc...
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