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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it’s totally unbelievable I know but it’s true, you CAN actually resolve hurt feelings and make things better by stating that you would like for that to happen and then finding a way to ask the person if they would like to do that with you
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
it’s totally unbelievable I know but it’s true, you CAN actually resolve hurt feelings and make things better by stating that you would like for that to happen and then finding a way to ask the person if they would like to do that with you
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conspiracy
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Conspiracy
www.smbc-comics.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Overheard conversation between my boyfriend and Marcel last night:
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Overheard conversation between my boyfriend and Marcel last night:
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
BF: No, you can't touch my food with your paw.
Marcel: Mew.
BF: Why? I think you know why.
Seeing a lot of posts about bans for wishing bad people bad things, but I sighed with deep relief after seeing @scumbelievable.bsky.social is still here 😄
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Seeing a lot of posts about bans for wishing bad people bad things, but I sighed with deep relief after seeing @scumbelievable.bsky.social is still here 😄
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This is what all in pricing with itemization looks like in practice. This is what musicians have been fighting for federally and in the states, despite the opposition of Ticketmaster, StubHub, Vivid Seats, and other predatory resellers and their proxies.
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is what all in pricing with itemization looks like in practice. This is what musicians have been fighting for federally and in the states, despite the opposition of Ticketmaster, StubHub, Vivid Seats, and other predatory resellers and their proxies.
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
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just once, I think one of the major orchestras should play “Hot cross buns”, stick it to those elementary school bands once and for all
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
just once, I think one of the major orchestras should play “Hot cross buns”, stick it to those elementary school bands once and for all
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They want $60 for an hour at the axe throwing place? For that money I can buy a case of beer and my own axe, and throw it at whatever I want until I'm arrested again
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They want $60 for an hour at the axe throwing place? For that money I can buy a case of beer and my own axe, and throw it at whatever I want until I'm arrested again
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Don't have the bandwidth = weak signal, struggling
Too much on my plate = predator mindset, hungry, go getter
Too much on my plate = predator mindset, hungry, go getter
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Don't have the bandwidth = weak signal, struggling
Too much on my plate = predator mindset, hungry, go getter
Too much on my plate = predator mindset, hungry, go getter
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This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
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When Republicrats tell you that a leftist policy can’t work, what they’re actually saying is that they fear it working. This is the same shit they’ve done “communism” for decades.
Prior to that they were openly afraid that “godless communism” DID work economically and that was the whole problem.
Prior to that they were openly afraid that “godless communism” DID work economically and that was the whole problem.
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When Republicrats tell you that a leftist policy can’t work, what they’re actually saying is that they fear it working. This is the same shit they’ve done “communism” for decades.
Prior to that they were openly afraid that “godless communism” DID work economically and that was the whole problem.
Prior to that they were openly afraid that “godless communism” DID work economically and that was the whole problem.
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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Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
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Frankenstein (2025)
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Frankenstein (2025)
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Michael asked his new manager a technical question about the structure of the company's server, and his response was that he was 'going to ask copilot'.
I think husband is 🤏this close to chewing his keyboard in frustration
I think husband is 🤏this close to chewing his keyboard in frustration
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Michael asked his new manager a technical question about the structure of the company's server, and his response was that he was 'going to ask copilot'.
I think husband is 🤏this close to chewing his keyboard in frustration
I think husband is 🤏this close to chewing his keyboard in frustration
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When Ohio voters protected the rights "to make reproductive decisions and travel for healthcare, they didn’t intend for their state to subsidize the very surveillance tools that can criminalize those choices,” EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @clevelandscene.bsky.social.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Has Contract With Flock, Firm That Tracked Abortion Patient - Cleveland Scene
Flock Safety has received criticism for tracking a Texan who drove to Illinois to flee the state's forced-birth laws. Despite 2023's Ohio Issue 1 decision, Ohio's state highway patrol gave the firm te...
www.clevescene.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When Ohio voters protected the rights "to make reproductive decisions and travel for healthcare, they didn’t intend for their state to subsidize the very surveillance tools that can criminalize those choices,” EFF’s @tsnvaa.bsky.social told @clevelandscene.bsky.social.
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The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
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A *ton* of autism focused groups are struggling financially this year as the federal government attacks the community. The Somali Parents Autism Network here in Minnesota supports Somali families in providing culturally competent resources on autism for them. They need $25,000 by year end.
Donation - Somali Parents Autism Network
Donate
www.somaliautism.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A *ton* of autism focused groups are struggling financially this year as the federal government attacks the community. The Somali Parents Autism Network here in Minnesota supports Somali families in providing culturally competent resources on autism for them. They need $25,000 by year end.
This is the one thing I will hand. Wisconsin drivers, they know what a fast lane is. Now if only they understood what following distance is...
In most U.S. states, there is a “slower traffic keep right” law: if you’re moving more slowly than the normal speed of traffic, you should use the right-most lane when a lane is available.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is the one thing I will hand. Wisconsin drivers, they know what a fast lane is. Now if only they understood what following distance is...
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I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work:
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work:
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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We've got a few to choose from!
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We've got a few to choose from!
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.