Caroline Dodds Pennock
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
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Genuinely overwhelmed that #OnSavageShores has been shortlisted for the Pen Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Supporting writers facing persecution and censorship, @englishpen.bsky.social’s work is sorely needed right now, & I’m honoured to be in such wonderful company. 🗃️ #history
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If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told
School leaders welcome the
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's mindboggling really.
February 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
It's mindboggling really.
A very fair point.
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
A very fair point.
I know! You don’t often find people who will out themselves quite so extensively.
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I know! You don’t often find people who will out themselves quite so extensively.
I’ve never seen @victorpatrascan.bsky.social’s comedy before, but this clip of him doing crowd work with two Canadian racists is incredible. “What’s your genocidal [settler] background?”
conversation with 2 Canadians turns sour very quickly
YouTube video by Victor Patrascan
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I’ve never seen @victorpatrascan.bsky.social’s comedy before, but this clip of him doing crowd work with two Canadian racists is incredible. “What’s your genocidal [settler] background?”
Absolutely. Exceptions only for people who have EXPLICITLY STATED that this is what they want.
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Absolutely. Exceptions only for people who have EXPLICITLY STATED that this is what they want.
Ha! Not in my severance-ridden sector, sadly. 😢
February 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Ha! Not in my severance-ridden sector, sadly. 😢
NB I would otherwise agree 100% on the principle of the original post! I HATE public/attention-appropriating proposals.
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
NB I would otherwise agree 100% on the principle of the original post! I HATE public/attention-appropriating proposals.
I KNOW. Maybe the novelty wears off at your second Olympics ;-) (She also won the gold medal four days ago - this came not long after she crashed out of the Super-G.)
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I KNOW. Maybe the novelty wears off at your second Olympics ;-) (She also won the gold medal four days ago - this came not long after she crashed out of the Super-G.)
I would normally heartily agree, but apparently she’d told him that her dream was to get engaged at the Olympics…
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I would normally heartily agree, but apparently she’d told him that her dream was to get engaged at the Olympics…
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“Crazy Hawk said she felt immigration enforcement echoed the violence experienced by Native Americans at the hands of the U.S. government, stretching back several hundred years and including the interment of Dakota people in the stockade at Fort Snelling in the winter of 1862-1863.”
A Dakota prayer camp has gone up across the highway from Whipple Federal Building to protest U.S. immigration enforcement. Organizers draw connections between current practices and historical injustices.
Indigenous group speaks out against immigration enforcement with prayer camp
A Dakota prayer camp has gone up across the highway from Whipple Federal Building to protest U.S. immigration enforcement. Organizers draw connections between current practices and historical injustic...
www.mprnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“Crazy Hawk said she felt immigration enforcement echoed the violence experienced by Native Americans at the hands of the U.S. government, stretching back several hundred years and including the interment of Dakota people in the stockade at Fort Snelling in the winter of 1862-1863.”
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Meanwhile, down in the cellar.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Meanwhile, down in the cellar.
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My husband volunteers at St Joseph’s Hospice Bereavement Service in Hackney and he’s running the local Half Marathon to raise a little bit of cash for them. If you can spare something, it’s a very worthy cause: www.justgiving.com/page/mike-wi...
Mike's fundraiser for St Joseph's Hospice Hackney
Help Mike Witcombe raise money to support St Joseph's Hospice Hackney
www.justgiving.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 AM
My husband volunteers at St Joseph’s Hospice Bereavement Service in Hackney and he’s running the local Half Marathon to raise a little bit of cash for them. If you can spare something, it’s a very worthy cause: www.justgiving.com/page/mike-wi...
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The "Trans/Rad/Fem" audiobook page is now live on Itch! Narrated by @clockwork-sapphire.bsky.social, available to experience in a new form :)
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
Trans/Rad/Fem Audiobook by Talia Bhatt, Clockwork Sapphire
Essays on Transfeminism - Audiobook Version
taliabhatt.itch.io
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The "Trans/Rad/Fem" audiobook page is now live on Itch! Narrated by @clockwork-sapphire.bsky.social, available to experience in a new form :)
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
Link: taliabhatt.itch.io/transradfem-...
PS If you look at the quotes, you’ll see what I mean ;-)
February 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
PS If you look at the quotes, you’ll see what I mean ;-)
Just FYI, it also reads as annoying and pretentious to British people, which is one of the reasons it’s being mocked and satirised so ruthlessly!
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Just FYI, it also reads as annoying and pretentious to British people, which is one of the reasons it’s being mocked and satirised so ruthlessly!
This is a real thing, in the (last?) Year of Our Lord 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
This is a real thing, in the (last?) Year of Our Lord 2026.
You’re not wrong. But it’s not the head of state and it’s not personal abuse in the same way. But certainly not great!
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
You’re not wrong. But it’s not the head of state and it’s not personal abuse in the same way. But certainly not great!
The UK is going to hell in handcart right now, but I’m relieved to say that it’s still inconceivable that our head of state/government would single out individual athletes at the #Olympics for abuse. The USA is in a dark place. A remarkable article.
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The UK is going to hell in handcart right now, but I’m relieved to say that it’s still inconceivable that our head of state/government would single out individual athletes at the #Olympics for abuse. The USA is in a dark place. A remarkable article.
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Yeah - he’s well known here. 😊 (I see his stuff on TikTok though!)
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Yeah - he’s well known here. 😊 (I see his stuff on TikTok though!)
We can only hope he is soon far away from influencing anything!
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
We can only hope he is soon far away from influencing anything!