@penelopepenguin.bsky.social
blue dot in a red state. Into crushing the patriarchy, supporting refugees, gardening, and vegetarian cooking.
Reposted
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
Reposted
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
Reposted
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
Reposted
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
Reposted
Read Performatively with Effin' Birds buttons, shirts, mugs and stickers.
20% off with the code SHOPWIDE20:
eatf.art/reading
20% off with the code SHOPWIDE20:
eatf.art/reading
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Read Performatively with Effin' Birds buttons, shirts, mugs and stickers.
20% off with the code SHOPWIDE20:
eatf.art/reading
20% off with the code SHOPWIDE20:
eatf.art/reading
Reposted
The US Senate is a worthless institution that has, with a few very brief exceptions, been a reactionary force in the US for all its history, holding back progress, holding back the will of the voters, upholding a grossly oligarchic, patriarchal, racist hierarchy. Flush it down the toilet.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The US Senate is a worthless institution that has, with a few very brief exceptions, been a reactionary force in the US for all its history, holding back progress, holding back the will of the voters, upholding a grossly oligarchic, patriarchal, racist hierarchy. Flush it down the toilet.
Reposted
Reposted
holy shit.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
holy shit.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
I think he's the first...and it's notable that it's him, a very centrist D considered a pragmatist, with a lot of credibility inside and outside the caucus.
Reposted
Give me the opening line of the spite obit you’d write. No need to identify the decedent. Let fly.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Give me the opening line of the spite obit you’d write. No need to identify the decedent. Let fly.
Reposted
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Reposted
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
Reposted
Reminder folks that the CR still has to pass the House AND IT SHOULD DIE THERE.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reminder folks that the CR still has to pass the House AND IT SHOULD DIE THERE.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Reposted
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Reposted
Chris Murphy should call for a vote to oust Schumer as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Chris Murphy should call for a vote to oust Schumer as leader.
Reposted
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Reposted
this slug has had it with your shit
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
this slug has had it with your shit
Reposted
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
Reposted
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
Reposted
If you want to make it look more like a present, get mason jars and fill them with things like dried soups, chili mixes and overnight oats. Things you just add water to. Tie ribbons around the jars and little tags with instructions. Anyone who isn’t rich is gonna love you for it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you want to make it look more like a present, get mason jars and fill them with things like dried soups, chili mixes and overnight oats. Things you just add water to. Tie ribbons around the jars and little tags with instructions. Anyone who isn’t rich is gonna love you for it.
Reposted
If you’re trying to figure out what to give each other this holiday season?
It’s food. Give soups, teas, coffees and fruit. Make sure everyone you know is eating.
It’s food. Give soups, teas, coffees and fruit. Make sure everyone you know is eating.
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you’re trying to figure out what to give each other this holiday season?
It’s food. Give soups, teas, coffees and fruit. Make sure everyone you know is eating.
It’s food. Give soups, teas, coffees and fruit. Make sure everyone you know is eating.
Reposted
New "How to Report ICE" zine:
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
St-Louis-SALUTE-zine-11-8-.pdf
drive.google.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New "How to Report ICE" zine:
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
#StLouis metro area in Spanish!
drive.google.com/file/d/122IW...
Also, correction to the St. Louis zine in English:
drive.google.com/file/d/1OuxY...
Reposted
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
Reposted
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Reposted
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Reposted
Men who are worth something are so unfazed when women generally don’t like men. They literally get it so there’s that 🤷🏾♀️
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Men who are worth something are so unfazed when women generally don’t like men. They literally get it so there’s that 🤷🏾♀️