Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
Professor | Noisemaker | Half-Steeler | Dad | Luddite | Books - One Less Car: Bicycling & the Politics of Automobility, Punkademics, The NFL: Critical & Cultural Perspectives | Views are mine alone | Pittsburgh, PA | https://linktr.ee/punkademic
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Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
· Nov 12
World Punk Atlas: A Map of DIY Punk Spaces - Google My Maps
Hey punks! This is a collective DIY project aimed at documenting past and present venues that host(ed) punk and hardcore shows around the world. If you're interested, please contribute as much info as...
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I started this DIY World Punk Atlas a while ago & have been happy to see it grow. Please feel free to contribute and share it with other folks who might be interested! Simple instructions for contributors are linked in my first reply below. www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
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This brainrot is more responsible for the rise of authoritarianism in the US than any of the wokeness it will not shut up about
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This brainrot is more responsible for the rise of authoritarianism in the US than any of the wokeness it will not shut up about
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This represents the most radical anti-trans legislation ever passed by a chamber of Congress. Now it’s time for you and everyone you know to contact your Senators to demand opposition. Here is a letter with @resist.bot
January 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This represents the most radical anti-trans legislation ever passed by a chamber of Congress. Now it’s time for you and everyone you know to contact your Senators to demand opposition. Here is a letter with @resist.bot
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First in @semafor.com: NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
First in @semafor.com: NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
Bugonia was…decidedly not the dark comedy the trailer hinted at lol
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Bugonia was…decidedly not the dark comedy the trailer hinted at lol
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"I'm looking at 2026 as the year that dictators fall.”
Immediately references Mussolini.
Immediately references Mussolini.
Rep. Cory Mills: "I'm looking at 2026 as the year that dictators fall. This is the rise of the lion"
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"I'm looking at 2026 as the year that dictators fall.”
Immediately references Mussolini.
Immediately references Mussolini.
Every tech company needs to be seized and nationalized
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Every tech company needs to be seized and nationalized
Read the Parable of the Sower graphic novel because I apparently needed to spend some of my sunny vacation time activating the lowkey existential dread about The Collapse that I’m perpetually tamping down inside me. Should’ve reread Dawn instead.
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Read the Parable of the Sower graphic novel because I apparently needed to spend some of my sunny vacation time activating the lowkey existential dread about The Collapse that I’m perpetually tamping down inside me. Should’ve reread Dawn instead.
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There was a leak but not to the media
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 AM
There was a leak but not to the media
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The White House posting like an NFL wide receiver during contentious contract negotiations
January 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The White House posting like an NFL wide receiver during contentious contract negotiations
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As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
As we all said, international law, such as it was, no longer exists. The United States, following Israel’s precedent, considers itself to have the explicit authority to blatantly violate sovereignty anywhere in the world and abduct even leaders of other states.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
There are no guardrails whatsoever.
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the longer you wait the harder it will be
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
the longer you wait the harder it will be
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To paraphrase Raoul Vaneigem, people who talk about Resonsible AI or Responsible Tech without referring to the need to restructure our political-economy for the common good and to socialise all infrastructure, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
To paraphrase Raoul Vaneigem, people who talk about Resonsible AI or Responsible Tech without referring to the need to restructure our political-economy for the common good and to socialise all infrastructure, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
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The mainstream media is a fucking sore on the face of this Earth. The people who control it prevent any real journalists from speaking the truth. The reporter's true enemy isn't "bias," it's the editor/producer/owner who insists on accommodating power.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The mainstream media is a fucking sore on the face of this Earth. The people who control it prevent any real journalists from speaking the truth. The reporter's true enemy isn't "bias," it's the editor/producer/owner who insists on accommodating power.
Slopya can get slopped
January 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Slopya can get slopped
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What the fuck
U.S. strikes Venezuela, captures President Nicolás Maduro and his wife
U.S. strikes Venezuela, captures President Nicolàs Maduro and his wife
President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
What the fuck
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so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
‘Scorched-Earth Attack’: Trump Admin Cuts Off Childcare Funds to All States | Common Dreams
"My team and I are exploring all our legal options to ensure that critical childcare services do not get abruptly slashed based on pretext and grandstanding," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ell...
www.commondreams.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
Much love to yinz in 2026
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Much love to yinz in 2026
This fucking sucks on so many levels. @pghcitypaper.com has always been both an incredible local resource & a consistent place to find solid reporting from people who care about our city and its various communities & demographics. This is a real travesty and I wish everyone at CP the absolute best.
Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
December 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This fucking sucks on so many levels. @pghcitypaper.com has always been both an incredible local resource & a consistent place to find solid reporting from people who care about our city and its various communities & demographics. This is a real travesty and I wish everyone at CP the absolute best.
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Oh man how could I forget this one
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oh man how could I forget this one
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RIP to a shit posting legend
December 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RIP to a shit posting legend
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Humanities programs have ceded scholarship of the premodern to bad actors on the right. This is a serious problem, not only because it represents a loss of current and future knowledge, but also because it enables white supremacists and Christian nationalists to twist history to their own ends.
Three, it is a big problem for the humanities that the only programs that appear to be robustly hiring medievalists and classicists are places like the Hamilton Center and its sister programs that are sprouting up at campuses across the country.
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Humanities programs have ceded scholarship of the premodern to bad actors on the right. This is a serious problem, not only because it represents a loss of current and future knowledge, but also because it enables white supremacists and Christian nationalists to twist history to their own ends.
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
How I’m walking out of 2025
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