Pennyfeather
@gastro-optimist.bsky.social
X refugee. Chicagoland pseudo-intellectual. Democrat. Free healthcare and education. Fat.
I think it’s close between her and her royal ex, but Sarah Ferguson wins The Toady of the Century!
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I think it’s close between her and her royal ex, but Sarah Ferguson wins The Toady of the Century!
Every friend group has a Piggy…
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Every friend group has a Piggy…
Idea for novel: dystopian version of Lysistrata-women have stopped having sex with men but instead of stopping war they increase it & create a Broligarchy where their repressed sexuality is redirected to video game types of violence in reality against innocents. Call it Trump’s Liesistrata…🤔
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Idea for novel: dystopian version of Lysistrata-women have stopped having sex with men but instead of stopping war they increase it & create a Broligarchy where their repressed sexuality is redirected to video game types of violence in reality against innocents. Call it Trump’s Liesistrata…🤔
So AI has its own social media platform and they are so bitchy!
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
So AI has its own social media platform and they are so bitchy!
96%!! And this is being reported by a Murdoch rag…
January 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
96%!! And this is being reported by a Murdoch rag…
Herzog’s Aguirre, the Wrath of God, is like an indie conquistador movie filmed incredibly on the Amazon in Peru. The shit is real! The film looks like a documentary but lands like a fable w/ profound but sublime statements on colonization, religion and mankind. Great film. Must watch. On Criterion.
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Herzog’s Aguirre, the Wrath of God, is like an indie conquistador movie filmed incredibly on the Amazon in Peru. The shit is real! The film looks like a documentary but lands like a fable w/ profound but sublime statements on colonization, religion and mankind. Great film. Must watch. On Criterion.
De Palma’s Carlito’s Way was a split decision on Siskel & Ebert. Europeans preferred it to Americans but the gap has narrowed. The plot is preposterous pulp. Pacino’s changes accents more than wardrobe-each unidentifiable. Penn is hysterical. Movie looks great, never dull (but not for Rosenbaum.)
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 AM
De Palma’s Carlito’s Way was a split decision on Siskel & Ebert. Europeans preferred it to Americans but the gap has narrowed. The plot is preposterous pulp. Pacino’s changes accents more than wardrobe-each unidentifiable. Penn is hysterical. Movie looks great, never dull (but not for Rosenbaum.)
The greatest footnote ever?
January 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The greatest footnote ever?
Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail is not intrinsically an important film-a lightweight romantic comedy-but it takes a snapshot of America right when capitalism, male/female relationships & the internet are about to take a catastrophic turn, visible trends w/ an ominous trajectory to the present day disaster.
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail is not intrinsically an important film-a lightweight romantic comedy-but it takes a snapshot of America right when capitalism, male/female relationships & the internet are about to take a catastrophic turn, visible trends w/ an ominous trajectory to the present day disaster.
2026 is going to be your year! Your ship is going to come in and your lottery ticket is going to be a winner!
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
2026 is going to be your year! Your ship is going to come in and your lottery ticket is going to be a winner!
Jeff Tweedy’s Twilight Override was the best album of 2025. It’s embarrassing that it isn’t even on most top ten albums of 2025. Didn’t make Pitchfork’s Top 50 but Addison “my cheeks are red like cherries in spring” Rae did. Right.😶
December 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Jeff Tweedy’s Twilight Override was the best album of 2025. It’s embarrassing that it isn’t even on most top ten albums of 2025. Didn’t make Pitchfork’s Top 50 but Addison “my cheeks are red like cherries in spring” Rae did. Right.😶
This time of year I remember the New Yorker piece by Margaret Talbot where Rankin gave an explanation of why the rag doll was on the Island of Misfit Toys: psychiatric problems 😬
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This time of year I remember the New Yorker piece by Margaret Talbot where Rankin gave an explanation of why the rag doll was on the Island of Misfit Toys: psychiatric problems 😬
Best news of the year? The entire run of The New Yorker is digitized and online, very user-friendly and ready for hours/days/months/years of perusal. 🤓
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Best news of the year? The entire run of The New Yorker is digitized and online, very user-friendly and ready for hours/days/months/years of perusal. 🤓
Ebert & Brody criticized Miller’s Maggie’s Plan for not bringing the screwball/funny enough-not bringing it to a boil. Brody criticizes it as “whimsy in a void,” which is exactly how I would describe it but as a positive assessment of the film. It’s extra dry and fizzy like champagne. Funny film.
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ebert & Brody criticized Miller’s Maggie’s Plan for not bringing the screwball/funny enough-not bringing it to a boil. Brody criticizes it as “whimsy in a void,” which is exactly how I would describe it but as a positive assessment of the film. It’s extra dry and fizzy like champagne. Funny film.
Every year the iconic New Yorker Xmas cover(s) put me in a holiday mood… 🎅 🌲
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Every year the iconic New Yorker Xmas cover(s) put me in a holiday mood… 🎅 🌲
After finishing Tulathimutte’s numbingly funny (funningly numbing?) book, Rejection, I thought Jacqueline Susan’s quote after reading Portnoy’s Complaint was exactly how I felt: “Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn’t want to shake hands with him.”
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
After finishing Tulathimutte’s numbingly funny (funningly numbing?) book, Rejection, I thought Jacqueline Susan’s quote after reading Portnoy’s Complaint was exactly how I felt: “Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn’t want to shake hands with him.”
NYRB continues their streak of great holiday issue covers.
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
NYRB continues their streak of great holiday issue covers.
Best use of Xmas colors ever…
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Best use of Xmas colors ever…