Jon Pennington
@jonpennington.bsky.social
Pro-labor, liberalish, leftish, semi-normie antifascist
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Tip for any ambitious capitalist out there. You know what there’s going to be an ENORMOUS market for in the near future? Authentic human expression. Most normal people fucking hate AI slop and there’s already emerging a significant backlash against it.
According to Hiatus Kaiyote bassist Paul Bender, this AI scam problem is “symbolic of how little these tech people give a fuck about actual music and the people who make it.”
Why Is It So Easy to Flood Streaming With AI Slop?
And what the hell is Operation Clown Dump?
www.hearingthings.co
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tip for any ambitious capitalist out there. You know what there’s going to be an ENORMOUS market for in the near future? Authentic human expression. Most normal people fucking hate AI slop and there’s already emerging a significant backlash against it.
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“Home Deport”.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Home Deport”.
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Telling your mob of supporters to storm the Capitol and stop the ratification of a democratic election? No problem
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Telling your mob of supporters to storm the Capitol and stop the ratification of a democratic election? No problem
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
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Apparently, Stephen Miller cosplayed a “many great legal scholars” last night.
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Apparently, Stephen Miller cosplayed a “many great legal scholars” last night.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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Ok. This man is a completely & dangerously deranged unhinged lunatic. Will ANY elected Republican have the courage to stand up to this madness?!
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Ok. This man is a completely & dangerously deranged unhinged lunatic. Will ANY elected Republican have the courage to stand up to this madness?!
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On September 4, 1866, President Andrew Johnson set the precedent for Trump’s latest outrage: In Cleveland, Ohio, Johnson called those who opposed his plan for reversing the Union’s Civil War victory (by reinstating and nationalizing the Confederacy) “traitors” and called for them to be hanged.
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On September 4, 1866, President Andrew Johnson set the precedent for Trump’s latest outrage: In Cleveland, Ohio, Johnson called those who opposed his plan for reversing the Union’s Civil War victory (by reinstating and nationalizing the Confederacy) “traitors” and called for them to be hanged.
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The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
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“The average eighth grader’s math skills are now a full school year behind where they were in 2013. The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“The average eighth grader’s math skills are now a full school year behind where they were in 2013. The premise that foundational ideas don’t need to be learned anymore is a recipe for idiocracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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One of the most important voices of the Arab world's reaction to Mamdani
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One of the most important voices of the Arab world's reaction to Mamdani
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Epstein abused girls as young as 11.
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Epstein abused girls as young as 11.
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Bad news! Even if the main target seems to be federal employees, rather than researchers of political extremism, this is chilling for the latter too.
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Bad news! Even if the main target seems to be federal employees, rather than researchers of political extremism, this is chilling for the latter too.
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Interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers says she will plead the fifth if forced to testify to Congress. But she willingly sat down with Todd Blanche? What a load of horseshit. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says
The late sex offender's convicted co-conspirator has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers says she will plead the fifth if forced to testify to Congress. But she willingly sat down with Todd Blanche? What a load of horseshit. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
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Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
People believe & say this, yes. All the sentiment polls show it. And yet, all the inflation-adjusted wage, income & consumption data & revealed preferences on travel, retail, etc., strongly suggest otherwise. Just write what is actually true & you can prove.
People believe & say this, yes. All the sentiment polls show it. And yet, all the inflation-adjusted wage, income & consumption data & revealed preferences on travel, retail, etc., strongly suggest otherwise. Just write what is actually true & you can prove.
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
People believe & say this, yes. All the sentiment polls show it. And yet, all the inflation-adjusted wage, income & consumption data & revealed preferences on travel, retail, etc., strongly suggest otherwise. Just write what is actually true & you can prove.
People believe & say this, yes. All the sentiment polls show it. And yet, all the inflation-adjusted wage, income & consumption data & revealed preferences on travel, retail, etc., strongly suggest otherwise. Just write what is actually true & you can prove.
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Greene spewed the worst vile poison at the left for years. After two weeks of being on the receiving end of that right wing vitriol, she's throwing in the towel. Lame. Lame and weak.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Greene spewed the worst vile poison at the left for years. After two weeks of being on the receiving end of that right wing vitriol, she's throwing in the towel. Lame. Lame and weak.
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Basically Mamdani bought some probably temporary coverage for New York while also splitting the republicans, which is a pretty good trade
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Basically Mamdani bought some probably temporary coverage for New York while also splitting the republicans, which is a pretty good trade
Autism is only a “problem” because an ableist, neurotypical society refuses to make accommodations to enable neurodivergent people to thrive. We need to problematize the eugenicist “Should autistics exist?” assumptions promoted by the CDC under RFK Jr, not just that anti-vaxxism is factually wrong.
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I am autistic and proud. I take the position that even if vaccines *did* cause autism, we should encourage their use anyway b/c autism is not enough of a “problem” to throw away the public health benefits of keeping kids safe from easily preventable childhood diseases.
I am autistic and proud. I take the position that even if vaccines *did* cause autism, we should encourage their use anyway b/c autism is not enough of a “problem” to throw away the public health benefits of keeping kids safe from easily preventable childhood diseases.
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Autism is only a “problem” because an ableist, neurotypical society refuses to make accommodations to enable neurodivergent people to thrive. We need to problematize the eugenicist “Should autistics exist?” assumptions promoted by the CDC under RFK Jr, not just that anti-vaxxism is factually wrong.
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I am autistic and proud. I take the position that even if vaccines *did* cause autism, we should encourage their use anyway b/c autism is not enough of a “problem” to throw away the public health benefits of keeping kids safe from easily preventable childhood diseases.
I am autistic and proud. I take the position that even if vaccines *did* cause autism, we should encourage their use anyway b/c autism is not enough of a “problem” to throw away the public health benefits of keeping kids safe from easily preventable childhood diseases.
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I am autistic and proud. I take the position that even if vaccines *did* cause autism, we should encourage their use anyway b/c autism is not enough of a “problem” to throw away the public health benefits of keeping kids safe from easily preventable childhood diseases.
I am autistic and proud. I take the position that even if vaccines *did* cause autism, we should encourage their use anyway b/c autism is not enough of a “problem” to throw away the public health benefits of keeping kids safe from easily preventable childhood diseases.
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RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
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Remember when. Dr. Sen. Bill Cassidy obtained a promise from RFK Jr. not to remove CDC language about vaccines not causing autism?
What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Remember when. Dr. Sen. Bill Cassidy obtained a promise from RFK Jr. not to remove CDC language about vaccines not causing autism?
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Fuck RFK Jr forever (gift link)
defector.com/vaccines-do-...
defector.com/vaccines-do-...
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism, No Matter What The CDC Website Now Says | Defector
On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—a name that feels increasingly misleading, given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s track record of sowing outbreaks of infectious diseases—quietly upda...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Fuck RFK Jr forever (gift link)
defector.com/vaccines-do-...
defector.com/vaccines-do-...
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I know nothing about gaming. But I know evil when I see it. And a CEO who answers the question 'how do you think of the problem of predators on Roblox?' with 'We think of it not necessarily just as a problem, but an opportunity' is either the stupidest person in existence, or straightforwardly evil.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I know nothing about gaming. But I know evil when I see it. And a CEO who answers the question 'how do you think of the problem of predators on Roblox?' with 'We think of it not necessarily just as a problem, but an opportunity' is either the stupidest person in existence, or straightforwardly evil.