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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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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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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Perhaps she'd like to read Redcliffe Salaman's supposedly classic "The History and Social Influence of the Potato" (1949). From the preface:
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Perhaps she'd like to read Redcliffe Salaman's supposedly classic "The History and Social Influence of the Potato" (1949). From the preface:
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I can tell this salmon was farm-raised because of its work ethic
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I can tell this salmon was farm-raised because of its work ethic
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Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
Good. This is the way.
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Good. This is the way.
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Cenobite at open mic night: we have such sights to show you…such exquisite pain…but enough about being married FOLKS haha I kid, my wife is a great teeth monster
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Cenobite at open mic night: we have such sights to show you…such exquisite pain…but enough about being married FOLKS haha I kid, my wife is a great teeth monster
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IMPORTANT
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
IMPORTANT
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
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Last thing for today: if you truly are progressive, that means you don’t leave any vulnerable person behind. Even vulnerable ppl who live in the South. And if you have an exception to that rule, you aren’t actually progressive.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Last thing for today: if you truly are progressive, that means you don’t leave any vulnerable person behind. Even vulnerable ppl who live in the South. And if you have an exception to that rule, you aren’t actually progressive.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
We fight for all vulnerable ppl. Period.
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watching my cat clumsley walk across my dresser and knock every single thing off
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
watching my cat clumsley walk across my dresser and knock every single thing off
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Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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If you’re media covering CBP in Charlotte, I would really recommend getting a dash cam.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you’re media covering CBP in Charlotte, I would really recommend getting a dash cam.
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An unhinged Republican just tried to ambush me with holy water?? Bc I am “demonic” and “possessed”?????
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
Don’t forget:Tonight is Heater sticker night!
Donating on stream is the only way to get one so make sure to join at 7 PM CT on YouTube or Twitch! 🐈🧡
Donating on stream is the only way to get one so make sure to join at 7 PM CT on YouTube or Twitch! 🐈🧡
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
An unhinged Republican just tried to ambush me with holy water?? Bc I am “demonic” and “possessed”?????
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
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Despite being on this Earth for 28 years it still feels like a huge betrayal every time the sun sets at 5 pm. How can they keep getting away with this
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Despite being on this Earth for 28 years it still feels like a huge betrayal every time the sun sets at 5 pm. How can they keep getting away with this
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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I personally know 4 restaurant managers (2 are kitchen, 2 are general) here in Ashevile, and all of them have confirmed they will not be serving ICE at their restaurants and will trespass them if they refuse to elave
We aren't a very big city, but we are quite protective of our neighbors
We aren't a very big city, but we are quite protective of our neighbors
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I personally know 4 restaurant managers (2 are kitchen, 2 are general) here in Ashevile, and all of them have confirmed they will not be serving ICE at their restaurants and will trespass them if they refuse to elave
We aren't a very big city, but we are quite protective of our neighbors
We aren't a very big city, but we are quite protective of our neighbors
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the neurodivergent urge to wonder if you are performing Friendliness correctly. if your Friendliness has been appropriately calibrated to the situation at hand.😮💨
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
the neurodivergent urge to wonder if you are performing Friendliness correctly. if your Friendliness has been appropriately calibrated to the situation at hand.😮💨
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Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.
Thank you.
Thank you.
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Please add alt-text when sharing images, so that blind and low-vision people aren't excluded from the conversation. Some context and copy/paste or a brief description are often enough. Checking the "reminder to add alt-text" box in your accessibility settings helps a lot.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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"I know what you did last fall"
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"I know what you did last fall"