Jody DiPerna
@jodydiperna.bsky.social
Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
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Jody DiPerna
@jodydiperna.bsky.social
· Feb 16
I am thrilled to join the crew at University Press of Kentucky.
I've been a fan of Abby Freeland's for a lot of years now and, let's face it, it's pretty humbling to share a publisher with @crystalwilki.bsky.social, Frank X Walker and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.
Now I just have to get to WORK.
I've been a fan of Abby Freeland's for a lot of years now and, let's face it, it's pretty humbling to share a publisher with @crystalwilki.bsky.social, Frank X Walker and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.
Now I just have to get to WORK.
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It's like Chuck Schumer wakes up every day by asking "what can I do to make young people despise my party even more?"
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It's like Chuck Schumer wakes up every day by asking "what can I do to make young people despise my party even more?"
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Tourists! Come to America! Our air traffic controllers haven't been paid, so there's a non-zero chance your flight will crash! Don't worry, if you do get here you could be kidnapped by a masked stormtrooper and held indefinitely in torture conditions! Bring your money to the US!
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tourists! Come to America! Our air traffic controllers haven't been paid, so there's a non-zero chance your flight will crash! Don't worry, if you do get here you could be kidnapped by a masked stormtrooper and held indefinitely in torture conditions! Bring your money to the US!
The latest installment of *This Week on My Desk*
(not pitctured -- 'Orange World' by Karen Russell and 'Brawler' by Lauren Groff.)
(not pitctured -- 'Orange World' by Karen Russell and 'Brawler' by Lauren Groff.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The latest installment of *This Week on My Desk*
(not pitctured -- 'Orange World' by Karen Russell and 'Brawler' by Lauren Groff.)
(not pitctured -- 'Orange World' by Karen Russell and 'Brawler' by Lauren Groff.)
For anybody following, I reached out to a few historians who unanimously recommended the book 'The Great Steel Strike & Its Lessons' by William Z. Foster, originally published in 1920. I am also going to check out 'Pittsburgh & the Great Steel Strike of 1919' by @redpgh.com
History dorks, if you are going to recommend one book about the 1919 Steel Strike, what would it be?
I've been reading through newspaper archives, but I'm looking to get a more wholistic sense of it.
I've been reading through newspaper archives, but I'm looking to get a more wholistic sense of it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
For anybody following, I reached out to a few historians who unanimously recommended the book 'The Great Steel Strike & Its Lessons' by William Z. Foster, originally published in 1920. I am also going to check out 'Pittsburgh & the Great Steel Strike of 1919' by @redpgh.com
History dorks, if you are going to recommend one book about the 1919 Steel Strike, what would it be?
I've been reading through newspaper archives, but I'm looking to get a more wholistic sense of it.
I've been reading through newspaper archives, but I'm looking to get a more wholistic sense of it.
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
History dorks, if you are going to recommend one book about the 1919 Steel Strike, what would it be?
I've been reading through newspaper archives, but I'm looking to get a more wholistic sense of it.
I've been reading through newspaper archives, but I'm looking to get a more wholistic sense of it.
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Ever feel like the world has gone mad?
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ever feel like the world has gone mad?
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Gov. Shapiro: “America has a president, a vice president, that don't give a damn about all Americans…When I see hungry people in my state who are hungry because of J.D. Vance's bullshit politics, that makes me angry…America deserves better than J.D. Vance.”
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Gov. Shapiro: “America has a president, a vice president, that don't give a damn about all Americans…When I see hungry people in my state who are hungry because of J.D. Vance's bullshit politics, that makes me angry…America deserves better than J.D. Vance.”
Blessed are the hoagie throwers.
Yesterday, a D.C. jury found the man who threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol officer not guilty on a misdemeanor assault charge.
@mollyroberts.bsky.social reports on the proceedings that led to the acquittal:
@mollyroberts.bsky.social reports on the proceedings that led to the acquittal:
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Blessed are the hoagie throwers.
Nothing like October mornings in northern #Appalachia. #Pittsburgh
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nothing like October mornings in northern #Appalachia. #Pittsburgh
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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This IS a winnable fight! And it’s your fight. Stand with Starbucks workers!
Everybody opposed to authoritarianism and oligarchy should needs to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers who are likely going on strike starting November 13
This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line
This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This IS a winnable fight! And it’s your fight. Stand with Starbucks workers!
I want to listen to a podcast about all of the liars and fabulists, cons and grifters platformed by #Oprah. That shit would be like 4,000+ episodes.
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I want to listen to a podcast about all of the liars and fabulists, cons and grifters platformed by #Oprah. That shit would be like 4,000+ episodes.
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Incredible reporting by @brittanyhailer.bsky.social for @themarshallproject.org on the tragic and dangerous conditions inside youth treatment centers. Hailer is one of the best there is out there.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Incredible reporting by @brittanyhailer.bsky.social for @themarshallproject.org on the tragic and dangerous conditions inside youth treatment centers. Hailer is one of the best there is out there.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/06/r...
I started this book and it is a wild ride right from the jump. #RabihAlameddine #TheTrueTrueStoryOfRajaTheGullible. #Beirut
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I started this book and it is a wild ride right from the jump. #RabihAlameddine #TheTrueTrueStoryOfRajaTheGullible. #Beirut
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A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.
As SNAP funds froze, mayors and governors have pledged to supplement the missing federal assistance, while federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration should use contingency funds to keep food aid running despite the government shutdown.
Uncertainty hits after vulnerable Americans woke up to a SNAP freeze
Amid a benefits pause, nonprofit groups plan to work extra hours to get food out to vulnerable residents, and local community members are also stepping up.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.
@support.bsky.team
There is a copycat of me out there and I have reported them and emailed. What's up? Are you doing anything about these fraud accounts or what?
There is a copycat of me out there and I have reported them and emailed. What's up? Are you doing anything about these fraud accounts or what?
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@support.bsky.team
There is a copycat of me out there and I have reported them and emailed. What's up? Are you doing anything about these fraud accounts or what?
There is a copycat of me out there and I have reported them and emailed. What's up? Are you doing anything about these fraud accounts or what?
Both of my cats like puff pastry.
Cat mom of the century!
Cat mom of the century!
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Both of my cats like puff pastry.
Cat mom of the century!
Cat mom of the century!
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My latest piece @thenation.com aims to update a common 2016 talking point by looking at the dire current reality:
"THE BUST OUT: Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry" www.thenation.com/article/poli...
"THE BUST OUT: Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry" www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry
The thrill many felt of having a made-for-TV-mobster president is gone.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My latest piece @thenation.com aims to update a common 2016 talking point by looking at the dire current reality:
"THE BUST OUT: Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry" www.thenation.com/article/poli...
"THE BUST OUT: Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry" www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Dear fellow Pittsburghers, Mandi Sheffel is coming to read from her fantastic new memoir, 'The Nature of Pain.' She will be joined by the great Joy Priest at Riverstone in Sq. Hill on Nov 18th. Please come!
www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
An Evening with Mandi Sheffel in Conversation with Joy Priest — Riverstone Books
Author Mandi Sheffel joins us to talk about her book, The Nature of Pain. She will be joined in conversation by Joy Priest.
www.riverstonebookstore.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Dear fellow Pittsburghers, Mandi Sheffel is coming to read from her fantastic new memoir, 'The Nature of Pain.' She will be joined by the great Joy Priest at Riverstone in Sq. Hill on Nov 18th. Please come!
www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
www.riverstonebookstore.com/events/an-ev...
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God has promised me my enemies will receive the word in the form of a rage stroke in a Florida golf course toilet. I remain steadfast in hope.
October 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
God has promised me my enemies will receive the word in the form of a rage stroke in a Florida golf course toilet. I remain steadfast in hope.
The GOP is nothing more than a death cult at this point.
Thanks to a bunch of wealthy fascists and fascist enablers, *2 million* Pennsylvania residents are officially losing their SNAP benefits next month. That includes 500,000 Philadelphians—1 in 3 residents. The GOP fiddles while our people starve
www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
SNAP benefits jeopardized by federal government shutdown
Most SNAP households have elderly people, children, or individuals with disabilities.
www.inquirer.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The GOP is nothing more than a death cult at this point.
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UPDATE: Jon Karl just failed to ask Speaker Johnson about Trump’s AI video.
Here let us help: “Mr. Speaker, do you think Trump posting a video of himself dumping literal shit on Americans helps or hurts his @nobelprize case? And do you still plan on leading that charge?”
Here let us help: “Mr. Speaker, do you think Trump posting a video of himself dumping literal shit on Americans helps or hurts his @nobelprize case? And do you still plan on leading that charge?”
October 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
UPDATE: Jon Karl just failed to ask Speaker Johnson about Trump’s AI video.
Here let us help: “Mr. Speaker, do you think Trump posting a video of himself dumping literal shit on Americans helps or hurts his @nobelprize case? And do you still plan on leading that charge?”
Here let us help: “Mr. Speaker, do you think Trump posting a video of himself dumping literal shit on Americans helps or hurts his @nobelprize case? And do you still plan on leading that charge?”
These people are stone stupid.
This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.
October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
These people are stone stupid.
Guys, this is bad
i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get
October 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Guys, this is bad