Shelly Penton
@plaidsilk.bsky.social
PhD Candidate Religious Studies. UVA. Skeets my own.
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
"non-human that can move by itself therefore dog" does a lot of cognitive labor for infants and toddlers lol
baby’s at the stage where they can say dog and the modal animal they see is a dog so therefore every animal is a dog
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"non-human that can move by itself therefore dog" does a lot of cognitive labor for infants and toddlers lol
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I am at peace with my God, prepared to be cancelled for my Takes.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am at peace with my God, prepared to be cancelled for my Takes.
You laugh, but this is actually the number one rule in academic publishing for petty and disaffected scholars.
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You laugh, but this is actually the number one rule in academic publishing for petty and disaffected scholars.
Also, my sister does this so much better than me. I break under pressure eventually and argue with them. She becomes even more polite and pleasant, leading them to both ignore her and somehow think better of her after the conversation. Masterclass.
This strategy has been one of my go-tos with my family for years, but I didn't realize it had a name. Or where the name came from.
lol...i have never heard grey rocking outside of how to survive an abusive relationship before you have the means to flee
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Also, my sister does this so much better than me. I break under pressure eventually and argue with them. She becomes even more polite and pleasant, leading them to both ignore her and somehow think better of her after the conversation. Masterclass.
This strategy has been one of my go-tos with my family for years, but I didn't realize it had a name. Or where the name came from.
lol...i have never heard grey rocking outside of how to survive an abusive relationship before you have the means to flee
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This strategy has been one of my go-tos with my family for years, but I didn't realize it had a name. Or where the name came from.
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Old enough to remember Very Serious Journalists who lapped up the Nuzzi piece on Biden last summer as gospel and if you think anyone in that category is going to offer a mea culpa you’ve got another thing coming.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Old enough to remember Very Serious Journalists who lapped up the Nuzzi piece on Biden last summer as gospel and if you think anyone in that category is going to offer a mea culpa you’ve got another thing coming.
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We imagined that we rang in an Information Age … but the possibilities of disinformation turned out to be far more staggeringly lucrative.
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We imagined that we rang in an Information Age … but the possibilities of disinformation turned out to be far more staggeringly lucrative.
This is so dystopian even Baudrillard would never.
your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is so dystopian even Baudrillard would never.
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I don't think $140k makes sense as a "poverty line," but worth noting such a family is likely paying a similar or higher total effective tax rate than most billionaires.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I don't think $140k makes sense as a "poverty line," but worth noting such a family is likely paying a similar or higher total effective tax rate than most billionaires.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
American taxes are structured to make it hard to turn income into savings but easy to grow existing wealth into greater wealth.
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i’m definitely using this one.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
i’m definitely using this one.
Elon Musk's presence in my home state (the least small "d" democratic of the 50 states, depending on your metric) adds insult to the ongoing injury done to Tennesseans by their legislature.
"CEO Steve Davis hosted a two-hour live update session on X...in which he touted progress on the Music City Loop and described the project as smoothly underway...
An hour later, Shane’s team left the site."
what absolute posers lmaooo
An hour later, Shane’s team left the site."
what absolute posers lmaooo
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Elon Musk's presence in my home state (the least small "d" democratic of the 50 states, depending on your metric) adds insult to the ongoing injury done to Tennesseans by their legislature.
Turkey redemption is a sacrament and cannot be removed by any but the giver of grace. Rank heresy.
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid. n.pr/48nUsYx
Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony
President Trump brought grievances to the Thanksgiving pardoning ceremony on Tuesday. He joked about sending the turkeys to a prison in El Salvador, and claimed that last year's turkey pardons were invalid.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Turkey redemption is a sacrament and cannot be removed by any but the giver of grace. Rank heresy.
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I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
4am on bluesky means watching the Germans and the Brits clean up the last bit of their political panic before the Americans roll in bright eyed and bushy tailed for a new wave of fresh hell
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
4am on bluesky means watching the Germans and the Brits clean up the last bit of their political panic before the Americans roll in bright eyed and bushy tailed for a new wave of fresh hell
"CEO Steve Davis hosted a two-hour live update session on X...in which he touted progress on the Music City Loop and described the project as smoothly underway...
An hour later, Shane’s team left the site."
what absolute posers lmaooo
An hour later, Shane’s team left the site."
what absolute posers lmaooo
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"CEO Steve Davis hosted a two-hour live update session on X...in which he touted progress on the Music City Loop and described the project as smoothly underway...
An hour later, Shane’s team left the site."
what absolute posers lmaooo
An hour later, Shane’s team left the site."
what absolute posers lmaooo
I would genuinely love it if any theologian who follows me would comment on AI being used to generate....a prayer.
Like. Please. I think my soul is dying.
Like. Please. I think my soul is dying.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I would genuinely love it if any theologian who follows me would comment on AI being used to generate....a prayer.
Like. Please. I think my soul is dying.
Like. Please. I think my soul is dying.
It is my honor to announce the winner of the annual AAR Squeegee Game Prize...Ben Menghini!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
Presenting God's Gifts and Divine Reception for the Divine Sovereignty and Human Liberation panel on the final day of AAR.
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It is my honor to announce the winner of the annual AAR Squeegee Game Prize...Ben Menghini!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
Please, academics, you don't "critically examine/analyze" anything, you "examine/analyze" it.
Thank you for coming to my last-day-of-AAR (broken, weeping) TED Talk.
Thank you for coming to my last-day-of-AAR (broken, weeping) TED Talk.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Please, academics, you don't "critically examine/analyze" anything, you "examine/analyze" it.
Thank you for coming to my last-day-of-AAR (broken, weeping) TED Talk.
Thank you for coming to my last-day-of-AAR (broken, weeping) TED Talk.
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"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
This is the message of MeToo...which was blown over by men.
THIS. This is women’s reality in this world. It is time right now to face it and blow this system up and burn it down. This will take all of us who aren’t actively working to keep it this way. Examine your role in allowing it to happen, then work harder to support the innovative bravery of women.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is the message of MeToo...which was blown over by men.
New record for spilling coffee on my new AAR conference tote: 19 hours.
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New record for spilling coffee on my new AAR conference tote: 19 hours.
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tbf, this is Trump's entire schtick
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
tbf, this is Trump's entire schtick
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.