Penelope
@penwrites.bsky.social
nyc-based storyteller, theatre nerd, writer, experience creator, history communicator, refugee from a red state. witch. opinions are mine and not shared by my employer, is a thing I should probably say. 🏳️🌈
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🧵 I’m in my sickbed, looking tragic yet beautiful [think Lord Byron], & considering the world.
There is no doubt about it, that everyone feels at least a little anxious & some of us, afraid.
So let me share 10 small things to help you feel less on edge & more mellow?
There is no doubt about it, that everyone feels at least a little anxious & some of us, afraid.
So let me share 10 small things to help you feel less on edge & more mellow?
May 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🧵 I’m in my sickbed, looking tragic yet beautiful [think Lord Byron], & considering the world.
There is no doubt about it, that everyone feels at least a little anxious & some of us, afraid.
So let me share 10 small things to help you feel less on edge & more mellow?
There is no doubt about it, that everyone feels at least a little anxious & some of us, afraid.
So let me share 10 small things to help you feel less on edge & more mellow?
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Great news for fellow #NorthOfNorth fans!
Canadian Comedy ‘North Of North’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix
On the heels of a successful Season 1, Canadian Arctic comedy North of North will be back for a second season at Netflix, the streamer announced today.
deadline.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Great news for fellow #NorthOfNorth fans!
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Mr. Miyazaki sir, I love your movies about how capitalism and the destruction of nature are evil, I made a shitty facsimile of them in a computer that drains reservoirs, do you like it
March 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mr. Miyazaki sir, I love your movies about how capitalism and the destruction of nature are evil, I made a shitty facsimile of them in a computer that drains reservoirs, do you like it
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I cannot emphasize enough that the New York City subway is not scary. It’s one of my favorite parts of living here. I grew up in the suburbs having to drive on highways everywhere and that’s way scarier
February 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the New York City subway is not scary. It’s one of my favorite parts of living here. I grew up in the suburbs having to drive on highways everywhere and that’s way scarier
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"...the imagination is not an optional extra, which we can humour in our children but safely discard in adulthood. It is at the very heart of everything. It is deadly serious, the necessary condition of political change, of love. It is the sharpest tool of ethics." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?
Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"...the imagination is not an optional extra, which we can humour in our children but safely discard in adulthood. It is at the very heart of everything. It is deadly serious, the necessary condition of political change, of love. It is the sharpest tool of ethics." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”
January 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”
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At a time where it feels like we're losing, we need to remember our victories that not only have happened in the past, but continue to exist today.
Thus I give you, California Condor 926 of the SoCal flock.
Great grandchild of Condor # 1.
We as humanity can still do good things.
#birds
Thus I give you, California Condor 926 of the SoCal flock.
Great grandchild of Condor # 1.
We as humanity can still do good things.
#birds
January 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
At a time where it feels like we're losing, we need to remember our victories that not only have happened in the past, but continue to exist today.
Thus I give you, California Condor 926 of the SoCal flock.
Great grandchild of Condor # 1.
We as humanity can still do good things.
#birds
Thus I give you, California Condor 926 of the SoCal flock.
Great grandchild of Condor # 1.
We as humanity can still do good things.
#birds
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I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.
January 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.
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Historians have long believed that native Hawaiians greeted Captain James Cook as a god... until a spicy debate broke out 30 years ago.
In my newsletter, I look into why neither side of this infamous debate included any Hawaiian perspectives. And why it matters.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
In my newsletter, I look into why neither side of this infamous debate included any Hawaiian perspectives. And why it matters.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
They Debated Hawaiian Beliefs, But Didn't Listen to Native Hawaiians
Welcome, new subscribers! If you just subscribed to this newsletter as a result of my livestreamed conversation with Rebecca Solnit et al., then you can read...
buttondown.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Historians have long believed that native Hawaiians greeted Captain James Cook as a god... until a spicy debate broke out 30 years ago.
In my newsletter, I look into why neither side of this infamous debate included any Hawaiian perspectives. And why it matters.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
In my newsletter, I look into why neither side of this infamous debate included any Hawaiian perspectives. And why it matters.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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Run out of numbers? This printer seems to have improvised for signatures: the 2 is a z, the 3 was a B, the 4 is a broken st ligature & the 5 is a broken S(?). Suetonius’ Lives of the XII Caesars, printed at Venice in 1480, probably by Johannes Rubeus. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.3.B.3.152[4304].
December 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Run out of numbers? This printer seems to have improvised for signatures: the 2 is a z, the 3 was a B, the 4 is a broken st ligature & the 5 is a broken S(?). Suetonius’ Lives of the XII Caesars, printed at Venice in 1480, probably by Johannes Rubeus. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.3.B.3.152[4304].
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This reminded me of Twitter pre-Musk. Thousands of journalists and citizen journalists around the world getting controversial news coverage out of repressive countries NPR-How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2022, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
This reminded me of Twitter pre-Musk. Thousands of journalists and citizen journalists around the world getting controversial news coverage out of repressive countries NPR-How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
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(1/3) November 10 is #SesameStreetDay! Fun fact: In 1977, on an episode of Sesame Street, Buffy St. Marie became the first woman to breastfeed on national television.
November 10, 2024 at 2:14 PM
(1/3) November 10 is #SesameStreetDay! Fun fact: In 1977, on an episode of Sesame Street, Buffy St. Marie became the first woman to breastfeed on national television.
“You cannot be neutral. You must either join with us who believe in the bright future or be destroyed by those who would return us to the dark past.”—Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin. Suffragist, civil rights activist. Recruited Thurgood Marshall to the NAACP. Make her proud. Vote.
November 3, 2024 at 8:54 PM
“You cannot be neutral. You must either join with us who believe in the bright future or be destroyed by those who would return us to the dark past.”—Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin. Suffragist, civil rights activist. Recruited Thurgood Marshall to the NAACP. Make her proud. Vote.
Inez Milholland toured to agitate for women’s right to vote. Despite having pernicious anemia and against the advice of her family, she persevered. She died at 30 after collapsing in the middle of a speech. Her last public words were “how long must women wait for liberty?”
Make Inez proud. Vote.
Make Inez proud. Vote.
November 3, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Inez Milholland toured to agitate for women’s right to vote. Despite having pernicious anemia and against the advice of her family, she persevered. She died at 30 after collapsing in the middle of a speech. Her last public words were “how long must women wait for liberty?”
Make Inez proud. Vote.
Make Inez proud. Vote.
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Thanks to the influx of #newskies we've updated our #Immersive Sky Starter Pack.
This one brings together IRL and #XR immersive creators, journalists, and more key figures across #gaming, #performingarts, #themedentertainment, and art.
go.bsky.app/FcLHUFg
This one brings together IRL and #XR immersive creators, journalists, and more key figures across #gaming, #performingarts, #themedentertainment, and art.
go.bsky.app/FcLHUFg
October 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Thanks to the influx of #newskies we've updated our #Immersive Sky Starter Pack.
This one brings together IRL and #XR immersive creators, journalists, and more key figures across #gaming, #performingarts, #themedentertainment, and art.
go.bsky.app/FcLHUFg
This one brings together IRL and #XR immersive creators, journalists, and more key figures across #gaming, #performingarts, #themedentertainment, and art.
go.bsky.app/FcLHUFg
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We run a little shop that punches way above its financial weight.
I’d sure love to be able to have the resources to professionalize what we do: from paying my own taxes on time to have stipends for our reviewers (and a freelance budget).
If #immersive *anything* is your deal: become a backer!
I’d sure love to be able to have the resources to professionalize what we do: from paying my own taxes on time to have stipends for our reviewers (and a freelance budget).
If #immersive *anything* is your deal: become a backer!
NoPro is closing in on a major milestone, and we need your help to get there!
We’re just $560 in monthly pledges away from the $4k mark.
If you want to see MORE immersive arts & entertainment coverage, then jump in for as little as $5 a month.
We’re just $560 in monthly pledges away from the $4k mark.
If you want to see MORE immersive arts & entertainment coverage, then jump in for as little as $5 a month.
Get more from No Proscenium on Patreon
The Guide To Everything Immersive
www.patreon.com
September 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
We run a little shop that punches way above its financial weight.
I’d sure love to be able to have the resources to professionalize what we do: from paying my own taxes on time to have stipends for our reviewers (and a freelance budget).
If #immersive *anything* is your deal: become a backer!
I’d sure love to be able to have the resources to professionalize what we do: from paying my own taxes on time to have stipends for our reviewers (and a freelance budget).
If #immersive *anything* is your deal: become a backer!
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Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
one of my favorites from the entire series
one of my favorites from the entire series
September 22, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
one of my favorites from the entire series
one of my favorites from the entire series
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Every city should have a walrus signal that you shine into the sky whenever you have crimes to solve or a burrito that needs eating
August 31, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Every city should have a walrus signal that you shine into the sky whenever you have crimes to solve or a burrito that needs eating
About 8% of trans Americans have already changed states because of bigotry. That’s 130k-260k people. If each of those brought just ONE family member on average, that’s 260k-520k people. These are Oregon Trail numbers (about 400k went to OR/CA/UT on the trail). Will we get a video game and monuments?
August 24, 2023 at 11:16 AM
About 8% of trans Americans have already changed states because of bigotry. That’s 130k-260k people. If each of those brought just ONE family member on average, that’s 260k-520k people. These are Oregon Trail numbers (about 400k went to OR/CA/UT on the trail). Will we get a video game and monuments?
My phone just autocorrected “eepy” to “republicans” and that is NOT OK, PHONE
August 19, 2023 at 4:03 AM
My phone just autocorrected “eepy” to “republicans” and that is NOT OK, PHONE
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I love how chickadees chirp their name:
🎶 chickadedededede🎶
(📷 Steven Menalson)
🎶 chickadedededede🎶
(📷 Steven Menalson)
August 12, 2023 at 9:39 PM
I love how chickadees chirp their name:
🎶 chickadedededede🎶
(📷 Steven Menalson)
🎶 chickadedededede🎶
(📷 Steven Menalson)