Prof Peregrine “Perry” Balmat 🏳️⚧️
@profperrybalmat.bsky.social
Professor of Academic Literacy and Linguistics @CUNY, author of The Subtlety of the Street: The Discourse of Responsibility (in press), co-editor of Analysing Social Work Communication: Discourse in Practice. Dapper gent. Occasional glass walker.
@nytimes.com Cooking app: These TUMS™️-chip cookies are totally gonna get you through the holidays for no particular reason.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@nytimes.com Cooking app: These TUMS™️-chip cookies are totally gonna get you through the holidays for no particular reason.
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From this month's edition of The Onion.
In other news, the NYT continues to be a biased, piece of shit. Idk why people continue to be surprised.
July 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In other news, the NYT continues to be a biased, piece of shit. Idk why people continue to be surprised.
My phone is blowing up with my family’s joyful affirmations about the 4th, and I just want to projectile vomit on all of them like Regan from the exorcist.
July 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My phone is blowing up with my family’s joyful affirmations about the 4th, and I just want to projectile vomit on all of them like Regan from the exorcist.
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At least the Bush/Cheney warmongers went to Congress for authorization. Trump bombing Iran without congressional approval is illegal. Full stop.
But he’s never been held accountable for any of the illegal things he’s done in his life so why not drag us all down with him
But he’s never been held accountable for any of the illegal things he’s done in his life so why not drag us all down with him
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
At least the Bush/Cheney warmongers went to Congress for authorization. Trump bombing Iran without congressional approval is illegal. Full stop.
But he’s never been held accountable for any of the illegal things he’s done in his life so why not drag us all down with him
But he’s never been held accountable for any of the illegal things he’s done in his life so why not drag us all down with him
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We are at war, as per credible reporting, because our President thought it looked cool on TV and didn’t want to miss out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
June 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We are at war, as per credible reporting, because our President thought it looked cool on TV and didn’t want to miss out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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It's June 12th, Pulse Remembrance Day, and it's important to know that the City of Orlando has not delivered on the promises made to the families of the 49. No permanent memorial, no code violation inspection, no accountability.
The 49 deserve better.
The 49 deserve better.
June 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's June 12th, Pulse Remembrance Day, and it's important to know that the City of Orlando has not delivered on the promises made to the families of the 49. No permanent memorial, no code violation inspection, no accountability.
The 49 deserve better.
The 49 deserve better.
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Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance
Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance
WASHINGTON—Acknowledging that his tariff hikes could result in a frozen supply chain this holiday season, President Donald Trump claimed Friday that any toy shortages Americans experienced could be ea...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance
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We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
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I don’t want this to be true and I don’t say stuff like this because it makes me sound like a scold but I do think there is a lot of truth here and reading both Plato and Milton it has been on my mind: lack of self control seems like freedom but it’s actually enslaving yourself to your worst parts.
biggest divide in american politics is not between left or right. its between people who believe adulthood requires self-discipline and those who do not
April 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I don’t want this to be true and I don’t say stuff like this because it makes me sound like a scold but I do think there is a lot of truth here and reading both Plato and Milton it has been on my mind: lack of self control seems like freedom but it’s actually enslaving yourself to your worst parts.
I 100% get the “no kings” vibe, but Trump and Elon are giving Prince John and Sir Hiss— grasping, childish, usurping, scheming, petty little tyrants who troll the poor and working class to fill their coffers. Despite our distaste for monarchy, “No Kings” is too ennobling.
Robin Hood Prince John Sir Hiss
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April 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I 100% get the “no kings” vibe, but Trump and Elon are giving Prince John and Sir Hiss— grasping, childish, usurping, scheming, petty little tyrants who troll the poor and working class to fill their coffers. Despite our distaste for monarchy, “No Kings” is too ennobling.
Angry, terrified, and frustrated. The reality is that I am an interesting person, a solid academic, and I have so many more things that could occupy my time and thoughts that lay outside “are Trump and Elon going to erase/criminalize/detransiton/kill us today?”
1,100 pieces against trans people in just 4 papers over 1 year. Almost 1 a day per paper. With absolutely no recourse at all. Is it any wonder that trans people are both angry and terrified?
Was actually wrong, I'm just two days away form having a full year's worth of stats.
It's going to come in at just under 1,100 articles about trans people in the Guardian, Times, Mail and Telegraph over that time, almost all attacks.
That's an ave of 3 a day every single day from just those papers
It's going to come in at just under 1,100 articles about trans people in the Guardian, Times, Mail and Telegraph over that time, almost all attacks.
That's an ave of 3 a day every single day from just those papers
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Angry, terrified, and frustrated. The reality is that I am an interesting person, a solid academic, and I have so many more things that could occupy my time and thoughts that lay outside “are Trump and Elon going to erase/criminalize/detransiton/kill us today?”
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The SAVE Act, a.k.a the Save the Republicans' Asses Act, is a shameless attempt to block Americans—especially married women—from voting. Requiring birth certificates to cast a ballot? That’s not election security. That’s voter suppression.
April 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The SAVE Act, a.k.a the Save the Republicans' Asses Act, is a shameless attempt to block Americans—especially married women—from voting. Requiring birth certificates to cast a ballot? That’s not election security. That’s voter suppression.
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Hey, wait a second, that seems like a conflict of interest!
We were told by the administration that Nazi Billionaire Elon Musk wouldn’t do that!
Could the Crime President have lied to us?!
We were told by the administration that Nazi Billionaire Elon Musk wouldn’t do that!
Could the Crime President have lied to us?!
April 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hey, wait a second, that seems like a conflict of interest!
We were told by the administration that Nazi Billionaire Elon Musk wouldn’t do that!
Could the Crime President have lied to us?!
We were told by the administration that Nazi Billionaire Elon Musk wouldn’t do that!
Could the Crime President have lied to us?!
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⚡️JUST NOW: @SenBoWatson’s cruel bill to keep documented kids out of schools across 🇺🇸 by overturning Plyler PASSED the senate 19-13 — multiple senators were crying, including a Republican
🚨 The bill is up in a House finance subcommittee Monday 🚨
🚨 The bill is up in a House finance subcommittee Monday 🚨
April 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
⚡️JUST NOW: @SenBoWatson’s cruel bill to keep documented kids out of schools across 🇺🇸 by overturning Plyler PASSED the senate 19-13 — multiple senators were crying, including a Republican
🚨 The bill is up in a House finance subcommittee Monday 🚨
🚨 The bill is up in a House finance subcommittee Monday 🚨
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🏫 Student visas are being canceled and international staff and students are being targeted -- and there's a lot we can do to defend our people on campus.
April 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🏫 Student visas are being canceled and international staff and students are being targeted -- and there's a lot we can do to defend our people on campus.
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why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
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It’s just so brazen! Right in front of the cameras! Right on 5th avenue! Nice job, nation!
“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
April 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s just so brazen! Right in front of the cameras! Right on 5th avenue! Nice job, nation!
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Read this thread on what we are losing and weep, rage, and protest. Along the way, call your house rep and senators.
Trump's NEH has, it seems, just cancelled a bunch of fellowship programs with deadlines in the next couple of weeks. A brief thread:
1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...
1/ Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities has been cancelled for FY 2026 www.neh.gov/grants/resea...
Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities
Supports individual faculty or staff members at Tribal Colleges and Universities pursuing research of value to humanities scholars, students, or general audiences.
www.neh.gov
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Read this thread on what we are losing and weep, rage, and protest. Along the way, call your house rep and senators.