Laurie Penny
@pennyred.bsky.social
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June 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I know what crows like
I know what pyes want
I see them looking
I know what pyes want
I see them looking
June 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I know what crows like
I know what pyes want
I see them looking
I know what pyes want
I see them looking
I hope that our few remaining friends
give up on trying to save us
give up on trying to save us
June 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I hope that our few remaining friends
give up on trying to save us
give up on trying to save us
Excuse me. I know for a fact that I can handle at least four high-agency men going at it at once. Especially with a break for snacks and water.
I nonetheless object to watching the remains of liberal democracy held hostage by howling overpowered bitchbabies screaming at each other’s shadows.
I nonetheless object to watching the remains of liberal democracy held hostage by howling overpowered bitchbabies screaming at each other’s shadows.
June 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Excuse me. I know for a fact that I can handle at least four high-agency men going at it at once. Especially with a break for snacks and water.
I nonetheless object to watching the remains of liberal democracy held hostage by howling overpowered bitchbabies screaming at each other’s shadows.
I nonetheless object to watching the remains of liberal democracy held hostage by howling overpowered bitchbabies screaming at each other’s shadows.
I know there’s no word for dignity in kekistan but sir it is still a bizarre moment to be this horny on main
June 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I know there’s no word for dignity in kekistan but sir it is still a bizarre moment to be this horny on main
For an awful two minutes he was standing on that wall shouting, looking like he might jump- and he hadn’t managed to fly yet. But then HE FLEW.
And MUM OR DAD FLEW TO MEET HIM.
And MUM OR DAD FLEW TO MEET HIM.
May 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
For an awful two minutes he was standing on that wall shouting, looking like he might jump- and he hadn’t managed to fly yet. But then HE FLEW.
And MUM OR DAD FLEW TO MEET HIM.
And MUM OR DAD FLEW TO MEET HIM.
He’s calling for mum and dad here. I found him on my doorstep, in the stairwell, parents nowhere to be seen- by the time I realised he wasn’t injured, just a baby, I worried it was too late.
May 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
He’s calling for mum and dad here. I found him on my doorstep, in the stairwell, parents nowhere to be seen- by the time I realised he wasn’t injured, just a baby, I worried it was too late.
CROW UPDATE: after a night in Crow Hotel, I took him outside to keep an eye on him and see if he would try to fly. I was so scared he would jump off the garden wall- we’re 3 stories up. But then this happened. You can see mum or dad in the 3rd video!
May 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
CROW UPDATE: after a night in Crow Hotel, I took him outside to keep an eye on him and see if he would try to fly. I was so scared he would jump off the garden wall- we’re 3 stories up. But then this happened. You can see mum or dad in the 3rd video!
Baby crow update:
He’s
He’s
May 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Baby crow update:
He’s
He’s
He seems fine. I’m boiling him some eggs, per the internet. Have updated the door so nobody gets a fright using the loo.
May 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
He seems fine. I’m boiling him some eggs, per the internet. Have updated the door so nobody gets a fright using the loo.
CROW.
There was an injured crow on our front step this morning. He can’t fly but seems fine otherwise. I’ve taken him in and put him in the downstairs loo so local cats don’t get him.
I’ve put some fruit and nuts and a dish of water and taken the plants away apart from his favourite.
What now?
There was an injured crow on our front step this morning. He can’t fly but seems fine otherwise. I’ve taken him in and put him in the downstairs loo so local cats don’t get him.
I’ve put some fruit and nuts and a dish of water and taken the plants away apart from his favourite.
What now?
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
CROW.
There was an injured crow on our front step this morning. He can’t fly but seems fine otherwise. I’ve taken him in and put him in the downstairs loo so local cats don’t get him.
I’ve put some fruit and nuts and a dish of water and taken the plants away apart from his favourite.
What now?
There was an injured crow on our front step this morning. He can’t fly but seems fine otherwise. I’ve taken him in and put him in the downstairs loo so local cats don’t get him.
I’ve put some fruit and nuts and a dish of water and taken the plants away apart from his favourite.
What now?
Came down for breakfast in my jimjams and my housemate gave me a very funny look. Thought I’d done something to upset her.
Then she asked why I was dressed as Astarion.
Then she asked why I was dressed as Astarion.
April 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Came down for breakfast in my jimjams and my housemate gave me a very funny look. Thought I’d done something to upset her.
Then she asked why I was dressed as Astarion.
Then she asked why I was dressed as Astarion.
‘What are you so afraid of?’- thousands of trans people, feminists, union members and allies in Parliament Square today. With guest appearance from Emmeline Pankhurst:
April 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
‘What are you so afraid of?’- thousands of trans people, feminists, union members and allies in Parliament Square today. With guest appearance from Emmeline Pankhurst:
"The right sort of ethically suspect protagonist still does far more political damage by force of personality than they do by committing actual crime." lauriepenny.substack.com/p/guilty-ple...
February 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"The right sort of ethically suspect protagonist still does far more political damage by force of personality than they do by committing actual crime." lauriepenny.substack.com/p/guilty-ple...
Never change, North London.
February 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Never change, North London.
Challenge: in 200 words or fewer, write a story about this sink.
January 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Challenge: in 200 words or fewer, write a story about this sink.
'We are who we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be.' -Kurt Vonnegut
January 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'We are who we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be.' -Kurt Vonnegut
Genuine double-take moment on the tube just now.
December 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Genuine double-take moment on the tube just now.
When my friends ask me about my love life:
November 29, 2024 at 11:51 AM
When my friends ask me about my love life:
I found this children’s picture book from 1967 in the Little Free Library. It’s a collection of ‘Stories of Courage’ clearly meant to inspire young readers. Heroic tales of Nelson, Socrates, Joan of Arc etc. Role Models.
Anyway, the cover features a child fully shooting a Nazi.
Anyway, the cover features a child fully shooting a Nazi.
November 13, 2024 at 10:34 AM
I found this children’s picture book from 1967 in the Little Free Library. It’s a collection of ‘Stories of Courage’ clearly meant to inspire young readers. Heroic tales of Nelson, Socrates, Joan of Arc etc. Role Models.
Anyway, the cover features a child fully shooting a Nazi.
Anyway, the cover features a child fully shooting a Nazi.
I mean, it's 1030pm, there are three floors of this and it's already carnage. Tender literary looking people in black sitting against the walls having intense drunken conversations.
September 29, 2023 at 8:34 PM
I mean, it's 1030pm, there are three floors of this and it's already carnage. Tender literary looking people in black sitting against the walls having intense drunken conversations.
