Peter Pumpkin 🎃
@nanou2.bsky.social
If you're wondering whether I said something in earnest, I DID. Minneapolis antifascist & abolitionist. Parent, neighbor, queer. He/him. Fuck the police. Angrily spreading joy.
Banner pic: X-Men's Wolverine saying, "Pete! What's wrong with you?
Banner pic: X-Men's Wolverine saying, "Pete! What's wrong with you?
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Peter Pumpkin 🎃
@nanou2.bsky.social
· Jan 21
The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civi...
www.uncannymagazine.com
A few months ago, I FINALLY read this short fiction from our local SF&F author (among other things) Naomi Kritzer (@naomikritzer.bsky.social). It's a post-disaster story, but in the vein of Hope Punk & Solar Punk.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-... 1/2
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-... 1/2
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NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
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“Fuck you. You’re not even real Minnesotans. You’re all from Canada.”
A real thing a federal agent yelled in my face today when I asked if he liked his job after they had hauled my wife away.
Clearly far *FAR* from the most important thing that happened today but, wtf? Weird shit.
A real thing a federal agent yelled in my face today when I asked if he liked his job after they had hauled my wife away.
Clearly far *FAR* from the most important thing that happened today but, wtf? Weird shit.
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Fuck you. You’re not even real Minnesotans. You’re all from Canada.”
A real thing a federal agent yelled in my face today when I asked if he liked his job after they had hauled my wife away.
Clearly far *FAR* from the most important thing that happened today but, wtf? Weird shit.
A real thing a federal agent yelled in my face today when I asked if he liked his job after they had hauled my wife away.
Clearly far *FAR* from the most important thing that happened today but, wtf? Weird shit.
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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I just want a restaurant in every town with a baked potato bar. Is that too much to ask for?
(I’m aware I’m a potato and some chives away from having everything I need to make this a reality in my own home.)
(I’m aware I’m a potato and some chives away from having everything I need to make this a reality in my own home.)
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I just want a restaurant in every town with a baked potato bar. Is that too much to ask for?
(I’m aware I’m a potato and some chives away from having everything I need to make this a reality in my own home.)
(I’m aware I’m a potato and some chives away from having everything I need to make this a reality in my own home.)
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I shudder to think how many kids getting rounded up by ICE terror squads are ending up in situations like this.
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I shudder to think how many kids getting rounded up by ICE terror squads are ending up in situations like this.
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i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying
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When half the internet doesn't work because of a failure of a single vendor, that vendor is a utility, in the same way that power, water, and, back in the day, the phone companies, are/were utilities.
3/5
3/5
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
When half the internet doesn't work because of a failure of a single vendor, that vendor is a utility, in the same way that power, water, and, back in the day, the phone companies, are/were utilities.
3/5
3/5
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And remember, no matter how hard you try, you can't save everyone. Practice withdrawing and prioritizing your own health when you're supporting others in dire circumstances.
There’s been so much loss within the disability community lately … it’s important to remember to be kind to one another.
Take space when you need it.
Rear & unplug.
Wear a mask.
Boost mutual aid.
Practice community care.
We’re in this together.
Take space when you need it.
Rear & unplug.
Wear a mask.
Boost mutual aid.
Practice community care.
We’re in this together.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
And remember, no matter how hard you try, you can't save everyone. Practice withdrawing and prioritizing your own health when you're supporting others in dire circumstances.
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delete your account, @mikeferguson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
delete your account, @mikeferguson.bsky.social
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Oh, absolutely. A true cat of the people would realize that all of the proletariat can has cheezburger as they are owed the output of their labor.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Oh, absolutely. A true cat of the people would realize that all of the proletariat can has cheezburger as they are owed the output of their labor.
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We used to be asking the important questions, like “can that cat has cheezburger?”
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We used to be asking the important questions, like “can that cat has cheezburger?”
@tkingfisher.com "Acolytes of the Many-Armed God wore green. Brenner looked like a large, lethal shrubbery." 😄🫶
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@tkingfisher.com "Acolytes of the Many-Armed God wore green. Brenner looked like a large, lethal shrubbery." 😄🫶
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My regional library system, MELSA, just added Beyond the
Glittering World, a collection of shorter works from North American indigenous & queer authors, including the amazing @littlebadger.bsky.social. @libbyapp.com automatically let me know this requested item had been added 🫶
Glittering World, a collection of shorter works from North American indigenous & queer authors, including the amazing @littlebadger.bsky.social. @libbyapp.com automatically let me know this requested item had been added 🫶
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My regional library system, MELSA, just added Beyond the
Glittering World, a collection of shorter works from North American indigenous & queer authors, including the amazing @littlebadger.bsky.social. @libbyapp.com automatically let me know this requested item had been added 🫶
Glittering World, a collection of shorter works from North American indigenous & queer authors, including the amazing @littlebadger.bsky.social. @libbyapp.com automatically let me know this requested item had been added 🫶
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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Perhaps she'd like to read Redcliffe Salaman's supposedly classic "The History and Social Influence of the Potato" (1949). From the preface:
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Perhaps she'd like to read Redcliffe Salaman's supposedly classic "The History and Social Influence of the Potato" (1949). From the preface:
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I can tell this salmon was farm-raised because of its work ethic
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I can tell this salmon was farm-raised because of its work ethic
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Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
Good. This is the way.
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Good. This is the way.
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Cenobite at open mic night: we have such sights to show you…such exquisite pain…but enough about being married FOLKS haha I kid, my wife is a great teeth monster
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Cenobite at open mic night: we have such sights to show you…such exquisite pain…but enough about being married FOLKS haha I kid, my wife is a great teeth monster
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IMPORTANT
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
IMPORTANT
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
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Last thing for today: if you truly are progressive, that means you don’t leave any vulnerable person behind. Even vulnerable ppl who live in the South. And if you have an exception to that rule, you aren’t actually progressive.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Last thing for today: if you truly are progressive, that means you don’t leave any vulnerable person behind. Even vulnerable ppl who live in the South. And if you have an exception to that rule, you aren’t actually progressive.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
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watching my cat clumsley walk across my dresser and knock every single thing off
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
watching my cat clumsley walk across my dresser and knock every single thing off
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Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.