Pagan Kennedy
@pagankennedy.bsky.social
Author of "The Secret History of the Rape Kit" and 11 other books. Contributor to NY Times, Atlantic, New Yorker, etc. Former "zine queen" of the 1990s.
No doubt the mutant H3N2 flu is also spreading in the US, but without CDC data we're flying blind
www.europesays.com/us/374538/
www.europesays.com/us/374538/
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain H3N2 causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K. - United States
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing outbreaks in other countries. The CDC hasn't provided any insights on what's happening in the U.S. in weeks.
www.europesays.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
No doubt the mutant H3N2 flu is also spreading in the US, but without CDC data we're flying blind
www.europesays.com/us/374538/
www.europesays.com/us/374538/
Boycotts and protests work! This is how we do it, people!
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Boycotts and protests work! This is how we do it, people!
Have you noticed that when you're dreaming, your phone ALWAYS breaks? You're late to an exam, have no pants on, and then you discover that your phone won't work because it's partially made out of cheese!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Have you noticed that when you're dreaming, your phone ALWAYS breaks? You're late to an exam, have no pants on, and then you discover that your phone won't work because it's partially made out of cheese!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
People, we need to invent a DREAM-PROOF phone!
Activism works! vtdigger.org/2025/10/01/a...
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Activism works! vtdigger.org/2025/10/01/a...
I've been SCRAPED. I just typed my name into LibGen and found that AI companies have stolen so much of my IP -- there are 15 entries, including the Chinese translation of my book Inventology. I don't want their fuckin' blood money. I want them to respect my copyrights.
September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I've been SCRAPED. I just typed my name into LibGen and found that AI companies have stolen so much of my IP -- there are 15 entries, including the Chinese translation of my book Inventology. I don't want their fuckin' blood money. I want them to respect my copyrights.
Essential reading for our time: Ed Zitron's "A Hater's Guide To the AI Bubble." He lays out a convincing case that AI is basically the WeWork of the 2020s, and he does it with a barrage of facts in a blistering, hilarious rant.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Essential reading for our time: Ed Zitron's "A Hater's Guide To the AI Bubble." He lays out a convincing case that AI is basically the WeWork of the 2020s, and he does it with a barrage of facts in a blistering, hilarious rant.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Times of London just declared Somerville (my former home) to be "the most polyamous city" in America!
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
Forget love triangles. Meet the ‘polycule’ with 80 people in it
Polyamory is on the rise — especially in one US city where romantic partners have organised themselves into ever expanding networks
www.thetimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Times of London just declared Somerville (my former home) to be "the most polyamous city" in America!
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
The Fox news guy in charge of NASA just said he's going to build a nuclear reactor on the moon -- and it's inspiring some super-weird news graphics.
August 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The Fox news guy in charge of NASA just said he's going to build a nuclear reactor on the moon -- and it's inspiring some super-weird news graphics.
THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS STILL RISING, even as the Far Right tries to stoke fear of a "low-birth-rate apocalypse" This article does an excellent job of debunking the BS
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS STILL RISING, even as the Far Right tries to stoke fear of a "low-birth-rate apocalypse" This article does an excellent job of debunking the BS
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
theconversation.com/fears-that-f...
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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This is serious. Very serious.
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is serious. Very serious.
Here I am generating power, Gilligan's Island-style, on a bike hooked up to a battery: A scene from our imaginary hippie future! All human exercise will be turned into electricity!
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
July 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here I am generating power, Gilligan's Island-style, on a bike hooked up to a battery: A scene from our imaginary hippie future! All human exercise will be turned into electricity!
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
Check it out at the Museum of Reclaimed Space on the Lower East Side.
This just in... the lastest political prank from two of my favorite agit-prop groups, The Yes Men and Trillionaires for Trumpe
www.gofundme.com/f/support-un...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-un...
Donate to The President told America #GoFundYourself! So here we are., organized by Americans who have bodies that sometimes get sick and who prefer not to die
Hi, we're America. And we need your help.
The President &… Americans who have bodies that sometimes get sick and who prefer not to die needs your support for The President told America #GoFundYour...
www.gofundme.com
June 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This just in... the lastest political prank from two of my favorite agit-prop groups, The Yes Men and Trillionaires for Trumpe
www.gofundme.com/f/support-un...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-un...
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OMG! TOO CUTE??? ❤️ Scientists taught rats to drive tiny cars and found that even when they didn't give them treats, they would still intentionally get into car crashes for the purpose of sexual gratification
June 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
OMG! TOO CUTE??? ❤️ Scientists taught rats to drive tiny cars and found that even when they didn't give them treats, they would still intentionally get into car crashes for the purpose of sexual gratification
Yo, Western MA -- let's do this!
June 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yo, Western MA -- let's do this!
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The National Association of Black Journalists has spoken out against recent violence targeting journalists covering protests.
June 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The National Association of Black Journalists has spoken out against recent violence targeting journalists covering protests.
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The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
Tomorrow! www.cooperhewitt.org/event/redesi...
June 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tomorrow! www.cooperhewitt.org/event/redesi...
Please get your (free) ticket now so you can join us on Zoom for this edgy, mind-blowing discussion of feminist design and the rape kit.
www.cooperhewitt.org/event/redesi...
www.cooperhewitt.org/event/redesi...
Redesigning the Sexual Assault Kit | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Redesigning the Sexual Assault Kit Please be advised this program contains content related to sexual assault. In 2021, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and the National Museum of American Hist...
www.cooperhewitt.org
May 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Please get your (free) ticket now so you can join us on Zoom for this edgy, mind-blowing discussion of feminist design and the rape kit.
www.cooperhewitt.org/event/redesi...
www.cooperhewitt.org/event/redesi...
What is the most horrifyingly dystopian tech in develop now? I nominate Palantir's new "operating system" that will identify immigrants and speed up their “removal” from the United States, with the goal of making "deportation logistics” more efficient.
www.wired.com/story/ice-pa...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pa...
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
www.wired.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What is the most horrifyingly dystopian tech in develop now? I nominate Palantir's new "operating system" that will identify immigrants and speed up their “removal” from the United States, with the goal of making "deportation logistics” more efficient.
www.wired.com/story/ice-pa...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pa...
Hey New Yorkers - Looking for something to do on Thursday night? Please come join us at the McNally Jackson ideas festival for talk, drinks and mingling. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/051525
www.mcnallyjackson.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hey New Yorkers - Looking for something to do on Thursday night? Please come join us at the McNally Jackson ideas festival for talk, drinks and mingling. www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/051525
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The Secret History of the Rape Kit by Pagan Kennedy is a must read for everyone. It is a difficult topic which Kennedy presents masterfully. I read it in a few hours. Couldn’t put it down. #BookSky 📚💙
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The Secret History of the Rape Kit by Pagan Kennedy is a must read for everyone. It is a difficult topic which Kennedy presents masterfully. I read it in a few hours. Couldn’t put it down. #BookSky 📚💙
Hey New York -
On May 15th, I'll be discussing the rape kit, forensic science, and the future of evidence with Ilse Knecht (director, End the Backlog project) and Sarah Weinman (author of The Real Lolita). www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/051525
On May 15th, I'll be discussing the rape kit, forensic science, and the future of evidence with Ilse Knecht (director, End the Backlog project) and Sarah Weinman (author of The Real Lolita). www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/051525
May 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Hey New York -
On May 15th, I'll be discussing the rape kit, forensic science, and the future of evidence with Ilse Knecht (director, End the Backlog project) and Sarah Weinman (author of The Real Lolita). www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/051525
On May 15th, I'll be discussing the rape kit, forensic science, and the future of evidence with Ilse Knecht (director, End the Backlog project) and Sarah Weinman (author of The Real Lolita). www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/051525
Trump has ordered the NIH to produce bullshit studies showing that trans people "regret" receiving gender-affirming care. Here's a helpful guide to ACTUAL STUDIES of best practices in Europe -- and the science you can (and can't) trust.
www.pagankennedy.space/trans-science
www.pagankennedy.space/trans-science
trans science — Pagan Kennedy
www.pagankennedy.space
April 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trump has ordered the NIH to produce bullshit studies showing that trans people "regret" receiving gender-affirming care. Here's a helpful guide to ACTUAL STUDIES of best practices in Europe -- and the science you can (and can't) trust.
www.pagankennedy.space/trans-science
www.pagankennedy.space/trans-science