Tony Pennino
@beatnikprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Literature at Stevens Institute of Technology, which means I’ve taught everything from Spaceships to Shakespeare. I wrote a book on 1980s British subversive theatre. Am writing one on James Baldwin. Fulbright Scholar. Playwright.
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Tony Pennino
@beatnikprof.bsky.social
· Jun 4
“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
― William Blake
― William Blake
“There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to see it.
There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to be it.”
― Amanda Gorman
Only if we are brave enough to see it.
There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to be it.”
― Amanda Gorman
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to see it.
There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to be it.”
― Amanda Gorman
Only if we are brave enough to see it.
There is always light.
Only if we are brave enough to be it.”
― Amanda Gorman
“We are all one—and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.”
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
“We are all one—and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.”
Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin
Happy Societally Mandated Corporately Sanctioned Artificially Determined Overpriced Stress Inducing Aesthetically Questionable Love Day to all who celebrate.
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Happy Societally Mandated Corporately Sanctioned Artificially Determined Overpriced Stress Inducing Aesthetically Questionable Love Day to all who celebrate.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
― Ida B. Wells
― Ida B. Wells
February 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
― Ida B. Wells
― Ida B. Wells
Rewatching Deliver Me from Nowhere. Already bawling. #FilmSky
a man in a suit and tie is being pinned with a medal by obama
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media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Rewatching Deliver Me from Nowhere. Already bawling. #FilmSky
“I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. And I defend because in spite of it all, I find that I love.”
― Ralph Ellison
― Ralph Ellison
February 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
“I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility. And I defend because in spite of it all, I find that I love.”
― Ralph Ellison
― Ralph Ellison
I’m sorry, Dave, but the Dow is at 50,000 points.
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media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I’m sorry, Dave, but the Dow is at 50,000 points.
“The Dow is over 50,000 points.”
a man in a military uniform with a tnt logo on the bottom
Alt: a man in a military uniform with a tnt logo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“The Dow is over 50,000 points.”
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― James Baldwin
#BlackHistoryMonth
― James Baldwin
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― James Baldwin
#BlackHistoryMonth
― James Baldwin
#BlackHistoryMonth
“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.”
― Frederick Douglass
― Frederick Douglass
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.”
― Frederick Douglass
― Frederick Douglass
“History is time that won't quit.”
― Suzan-Lori Parks
― Suzan-Lori Parks
February 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“History is time that won't quit.”
― Suzan-Lori Parks
― Suzan-Lori Parks
“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”
John Lewis
John Lewis
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”
John Lewis
John Lewis
This week in teaching. It’s going to be a weird one. #AcademicSky #FilmSky
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This week in teaching. It’s going to be a weird one. #AcademicSky #FilmSky
"I felt a great disturbance in MAGA, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"I felt a great disturbance in MAGA, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
What is it with this superbowl and urine?
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
What is it with this superbowl and urine?
This halftime show is great.
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media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This halftime show is great.
I wish this concert had more music because it’s great.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I wish this concert had more music because it’s great.
I was promised owls.
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I was promised owls.
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Dear Europe,
You didn’t boo JD Vance enough.
You didn’t boo JD Vance enough.
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Dear Europe,
You didn’t boo JD Vance enough.
You didn’t boo JD Vance enough.
“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”
bell hooks
#BlackHistoryMonth
bell hooks
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”
bell hooks
#BlackHistoryMonth
bell hooks
#BlackHistoryMonth
What football teams are playing at the Bad Bunny/Green Day concert?
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
What football teams are playing at the Bad Bunny/Green Day concert?
“Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”
― Malcolm X
― Malcolm X
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”
― Malcolm X
― Malcolm X