Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
Professor | Noisemaker | Half-Steeler | Dad | Luddite | Books - One Less Car: Bicycling & the Politics of Automobility, Punkademics, The NFL: Critical & Cultural Perspectives | Views are mine alone | Pittsburgh, PA | https://linktr.ee/punkademic
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Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
· Nov 12
World Punk Atlas: A Map of DIY Punk Spaces - Google My Maps
Hey punks! This is a collective DIY project aimed at documenting past and present venues that host(ed) punk and hardcore shows around the world. If you're interested, please contribute as much info as...
www.google.com
I started this DIY World Punk Atlas a while ago & have been happy to see it grow. Please feel free to contribute and share it with other folks who might be interested! Simple instructions for contributors are linked in my first reply below. www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
People were doing wild style back in WWII?
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
People were doing wild style back in WWII?
This is so cool
"The Minnesota Wild celebrated Native American Heritage Day in a unique and historic way -- the team's game against the Colorado Avalanche Friday was broadcast entirely in Ojibwe, the first telecast of its kind." www.nhl.com/news/topic/s...
Wild celebrate Native American Heritage Day with Ojibwe language broadcast | NHL.com
Minnesota hosts historic telecast with trio of announcers, first of its kind
www.nhl.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is so cool
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Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
All Rad, No Bad | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭
IG twhattcomethru
IG twhattcomethru
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭
IG twhattcomethru
IG twhattcomethru
Emerging from two days of stomach flu. Worst Thanksgiving ever 🫡
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Emerging from two days of stomach flu. Worst Thanksgiving ever 🫡
Is 400 tons a lot?
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Is 400 tons a lot?
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
When all is said and done, AI will likely be both the biggest con and the biggest waste of money in the history of this world.
OpenAI is now at $1.8T in commitments to various AI infrastructure providers over the next few years. HSBC updated its model with some generous numbers on projected revenue from subscriptions. enterprise and ads but still sees a shortfall of over $200B by 2030.
And this is the bull case for OpenAI.
And this is the bull case for OpenAI.
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When all is said and done, AI will likely be both the biggest con and the biggest waste of money in the history of this world.
These pessimists aren’t telling you what a banger year 2031 is gonna be
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
These pessimists aren’t telling you what a banger year 2031 is gonna be
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
Got to see my cousin’s kitty, Ravioli, who is now like twice as big as the last time I saw him 🥹
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Got to see my cousin’s kitty, Ravioli, who is now like twice as big as the last time I saw him 🥹
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Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
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i’m sorry what the fuck are you tryna sell me?
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
i’m sorry what the fuck are you tryna sell me?
I should not be unsupervised around pies
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I should not be unsupervised around pies
Not only is this argument insane and offensive, I think the humans arguing this position should be stripped of their first amendment rights for debasing the constitution.
BREAKING: RealPage is suing New York, challenging a new state law that bans landlords from using algorithms to set rents.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Not only is this argument insane and offensive, I think the humans arguing this position should be stripped of their first amendment rights for debasing the constitution.
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Advancing techno-fascism, the EO edition.
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Advancing techno-fascism, the EO edition.
Less juice than a bottle of Sunny D
The Affordable Care Act tax credits expire next month.
House Republicans refuse to extend them.
These extremists are unfit to govern.
House Republicans refuse to extend them.
These extremists are unfit to govern.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Less juice than a bottle of Sunny D
Bo French
A prominent Texas Republican is running for Railroad Commission in order to fight the "Islamic invasion." He's vying for a seat vacated by a former commissioner, who is now running for Texas Comptroller on a vow to protect girls' sports.
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
The latest on Texas' (increasingly Islamophobic) primaries:
What Does the Railroad Commision Have to Do With “Radical Islam”? Everything, One Candidate Says
Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French, known for his incendiary online presence, recently tendered his resignation to seek a position on the regulatory body that oversees the oil-and-gas industry.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bo French
Imagine everything happening over the past week and this is what you choose to spend time talking about
Jeffries: These reports that Republicans are going to follow Marjorie Taylor Greene to the exit, these are all consistent with some of the things that we’re hearing in the House of Representatives when we’re on the floor.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Imagine everything happening over the past week and this is what you choose to spend time talking about
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At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
These French babies arguing 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭