Mandy Pennington
@mandybpenn.bsky.social
Digital marketer, teacher, actor and writer who loves trying new food and making theater. Sr. Director of Digital at Wilkes University. Creator of Girl Walks Into a Movie Theater (solo show). Querying a coming-of-age memoir 🤞
Went to grab a bag of potatoes and was greeted by "Genie in a Bottle" on full blast. It was exactly what I needed in that moment. I love Wegmans after dark. ❤️
August 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Went to grab a bag of potatoes and was greeted by "Genie in a Bottle" on full blast. It was exactly what I needed in that moment. I love Wegmans after dark. ❤️
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curiosity is an antidote to despair
November 6, 2024 at 5:49 PM
curiosity is an antidote to despair
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Orwell's 1984 wasn’t meant to be a how-to guide, but here we are. This October, join the fight for the freedom to read.
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
April 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Orwell's 1984 wasn’t meant to be a how-to guide, but here we are. This October, join the fight for the freedom to read.
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
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Life is a nightmare. You might as well write about it.
March 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Life is a nightmare. You might as well write about it.
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Tell them you don't want any Medicaid cuts. Tell them you don't want any SNAP cuts. Tell them you don't want huge tax cuts for billionaires.
Tell them why it matters to you. *Make them* hear WHY Medicaid matters to you. That is how we convinced Murkowski, Collins, and McCain to vote no.
Tell them why it matters to you. *Make them* hear WHY Medicaid matters to you. That is how we convinced Murkowski, Collins, and McCain to vote no.
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Tell them you don't want any Medicaid cuts. Tell them you don't want any SNAP cuts. Tell them you don't want huge tax cuts for billionaires.
Tell them why it matters to you. *Make them* hear WHY Medicaid matters to you. That is how we convinced Murkowski, Collins, and McCain to vote no.
Tell them why it matters to you. *Make them* hear WHY Medicaid matters to you. That is how we convinced Murkowski, Collins, and McCain to vote no.
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The next most important thing you can do is call your GOP member's office every single day. When I worked in the Senate, in every single weekly all-staff meeting, we went over the phone calls we'd received.
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The next most important thing you can do is call your GOP member's office every single day. When I worked in the Senate, in every single weekly all-staff meeting, we went over the phone calls we'd received.
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The single most important thing you can do, by a parsec, is show up at a town hall w/ your GOP member and talk to them face to face.
Heroes like @indivisible.org helped organize last time. People drove for hours to spend just a few minutes talking to their members. But we saved lives because of it.
Heroes like @indivisible.org helped organize last time. People drove for hours to spend just a few minutes talking to their members. But we saved lives because of it.
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The single most important thing you can do, by a parsec, is show up at a town hall w/ your GOP member and talk to them face to face.
Heroes like @indivisible.org helped organize last time. People drove for hours to spend just a few minutes talking to their members. But we saved lives because of it.
Heroes like @indivisible.org helped organize last time. People drove for hours to spend just a few minutes talking to their members. But we saved lives because of it.
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
My birthday gift to myself this year. I can't wait to dive into flash with this workshop. ❤️
Just over 6 days to sign up for The March Micro Marathon! Write with us if you're a workshop lover. Invitations to join the workshop site go out on February 28, then orientation until March 3, when our first writing task goes live. Our first webinar is March 1! www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...
The March Micro Marathon 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
BOOK HERE We are doing it again! We’re homing in on the micro: 100-word, 250-word, and 400-word stories. In March 2025 SmokeLong is hosting The March Micro Marathon, a 24-day workshop with a new writi...
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February 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
My birthday gift to myself this year. I can't wait to dive into flash with this workshop. ❤️
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Once considered a bastion for free expression, America's record on press freedoms has fallen to a historic low, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.
Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.
Trump's historic war on traditional media
Trump is targeting traditional media sources at a moment of tremendous vulnerability for the industry.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Once considered a bastion for free expression, America's record on press freedoms has fallen to a historic low, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.
Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.
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The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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November 24, 2024 at 10:21 AM