Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
Professor | Noisemaker | Half-Steeler | Dad | Luddite | Books - One Less Car: Bicycling & the Politics of Automobility, Punkademics, The NFL: Critical & Cultural Perspectives | Views are mine alone, not Penn State’s | https://linktr.ee/punkademic
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Zack Furness
@punkademic.bsky.social
· Nov 12
World Punk Atlas: A Map of DIY Punk Spaces - Google My Maps
Hey punks! This is a collective DIY project aimed at documenting past and present venues that host(ed) punk and hardcore shows around the world. If you're interested, please contribute as much info as...
www.google.com
I started this DIY World Punk Atlas a while ago & have been happy to see it grow. Please feel free to contribute and share it with other folks who might be interested! Simple instructions for contributors are linked in my first reply below. www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
My state is Pennsylvania & this genocide cheerleader can kiss my entire Jewish ass
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
My state is Pennsylvania & this genocide cheerleader can kiss my entire Jewish ass
We’re so busy playing constant catchup with historic atrocities and scams that we still haven’t dealt with the fact that crypto has been mainstreamed
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
We’re so busy playing constant catchup with historic atrocities and scams that we still haven’t dealt with the fact that crypto has been mainstreamed
I expected a little more from one of the country’s most unqualified kooks
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I expected a little more from one of the country’s most unqualified kooks
The doc about the making of the new Frankenstein is pretty wild.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The doc about the making of the new Frankenstein is pretty wild.
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
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Me, in blackface, singing Al Jolson songs and doing minstrel gags: the purpose of this character is to empower children of color you IDIOT
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Me, in blackface, singing Al Jolson songs and doing minstrel gags: the purpose of this character is to empower children of color you IDIOT
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It must be ancient.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It must be ancient.
When you're doing a journalism
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When you're doing a journalism
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The way the unionized Pittsburgh Post Gazette workers held out for THREE YEARS until they got what they deserved is exactly what organized resistance should be.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The way the unionized Pittsburgh Post Gazette workers held out for THREE YEARS until they got what they deserved is exactly what organized resistance should be.
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It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign
Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
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Just as quickly as Spirit Halloween rises from the dust, so too does it quietly dissolve back into the dust. Such is the cycle of life.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just as quickly as Spirit Halloween rises from the dust, so too does it quietly dissolve back into the dust. Such is the cycle of life.
Hey what could go wrong
Turning Point USA has expanded to the Netherlands. Spox says “This means communicating that the Netherlands is a Christian country at its core, and that this also has practical consequences.” (Kuyper was mentioned… iykyk)
cvandaag.nl/107660-jonge...
cvandaag.nl/107660-jonge...
Jongerenorganisatie Charlie Kirk krijgt Nederlandse tak: “Christenen moeten in het offensief” - Cvandaag.nl
Het christendom in Nederland is al decennialang defensief en terugtrekkend ingesteld. Zodra we de kans hebben om iets te behouden of te heroveren, deinzen we vaak terug, uit angst om als onderdrukkend...
cvandaag.nl
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hey what could go wrong
Grim
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Grim
One of the best made
Sunset Boulevard (1950) directed by Billy Wilder stars William Holden, Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim with Nancy Olson, Jack Webb, Lloyd Gough, and Fred Clark in supporting roles.
#Noirvember #FilmNoir
#Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One of the best made
Bad people saying bad things about other bad people
“Veteran ICE officials I spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But most of them see an evil that is necessary.” — Nick Miroff @theatlantic.com apple.news/AwXNR0RSZQBi...
Why They Mask — The Atlantic
Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But they’re not coming off anytime soon.
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Bad people saying bad things about other bad people
There’s effectively no civilian control over police anywhere in this country
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There’s effectively no civilian control over police anywhere in this country
Slop president. Slop senate. Slop videos. Slop music. Slop country.
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
It sounds a lot like everything else
AI slop has reached a new level of ascendancy, as a country song by an AI artist has hit number one on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.…
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Slop president. Slop senate. Slop videos. Slop music. Slop country.
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the worst crime you can commit in america is having nothing
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
the worst crime you can commit in america is having nothing
He doesn’t miss
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
He doesn’t miss
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From Insane Clown Posse's lips to Trump's ears
He did the thing.
"F*cking magnets, how do they work?"
youtu.be/_-agl0pOQfs?...
Juggalos need proper attribution, this is plagiarism of the highest order
He did the thing.
"F*cking magnets, how do they work?"
youtu.be/_-agl0pOQfs?...
Juggalos need proper attribution, this is plagiarism of the highest order
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
From Insane Clown Posse's lips to Trump's ears
He did the thing.
"F*cking magnets, how do they work?"
youtu.be/_-agl0pOQfs?...
Juggalos need proper attribution, this is plagiarism of the highest order
He did the thing.
"F*cking magnets, how do they work?"
youtu.be/_-agl0pOQfs?...
Juggalos need proper attribution, this is plagiarism of the highest order
When will companies realize that interrupting peoples’ *paid* subscription entertainment is arguably the worst way to create a positive association w/ your product or service. “Hey viewer, we’re doing the thing you absolutely hate right now and we want you to know we did it on purpose. We’re GEICO.”
Introducing ads seems like a natural progression for Apple TV, not only because that’s what the competition is doing, but also because Apple TV reportedly doesn’t make money.
Apple TV execs dismiss introducing an ad tier, buying Warner Bros. Discovery
Apple execs say Apple TV shows and movies are about “emotional” experiences.
arstechnica.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
When will companies realize that interrupting peoples’ *paid* subscription entertainment is arguably the worst way to create a positive association w/ your product or service. “Hey viewer, we’re doing the thing you absolutely hate right now and we want you to know we did it on purpose. We’re GEICO.”
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This is what a bunch of Democrats in the Senate just voted for:
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is what a bunch of Democrats in the Senate just voted for:
If you destroy it, you can then milk another 50 years of pilfering public tax dollars via private contracts while simultaneously talking nonstop about how shitty the government is.
The right-wing extremists and ideologues in the United States that have long hated competent and effective government are succeeding in their plan to destroy competent and effective government in the United States.
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you destroy it, you can then milk another 50 years of pilfering public tax dollars via private contracts while simultaneously talking nonstop about how shitty the government is.
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Of all the things this year that could have done it, it was actually seeing a poster arguing, seemingly seriously, that not liking Jar Jar Binks is racist that convinced me we're done as a civilization.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Of all the things this year that could have done it, it was actually seeing a poster arguing, seemingly seriously, that not liking Jar Jar Binks is racist that convinced me we're done as a civilization.