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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 | Pittsburgh, PA | https://linktr.ee/punkademic

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Unreal

28.02.2026 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

US and Israel trying desperately to start WWIII

28.02.2026 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is insane

28.02.2026 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Putting the party in communist party

28.02.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SMUT FROM COMMUNISTS

SMUT FROM COMMUNISTS

Some excellent headlines from the April 1963 National Eagle, the Portland, OR newspaper edited by the future chair of the Oregon Republican Party.

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Need to research this. For science.

28.02.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No notes

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I really love America sometimes.

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Yes

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Tremendous

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this is what they said it would be like under socialism

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New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues.

In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

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I’m sure Americans would be very cool and normal with this statement if it was made by a vegetarian in a democratic controlled White House

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"We Discuss The Loosemeat Sandwiches of Iowa" is easily the worst track from Sufjan Stevens' 50 state project.

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Plus, they had to endure the indignity of not being able to use slurs at work

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Josh Shapiro Doesn’t Care if You Kill A Pennsylvania Citizen Provided you’re an illegal Israeli settler in the West Bank, that is.
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Last week we did a Pittsburgh screening of Sex Work: It’s Just a Job! The seats were full, the crowd was engaged, and there was palpable love in the room β™₯️
πŸ“·: Dawn Hartman

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INBOX: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped a 90s sitcom-themed video endorsement of @bradlander.bsky.social, specifically calling out AIPAC's influence:

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today it’s snowballs. tomorrow it could be marshmallows, pillows, stuffed animals, or worse

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MAHA is eating Big Macs, drinking unpasteurized milk, and leeching glyphosate directly into your bloodstream

25.02.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard af

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sleep well tonight. each day moves us closer to an immense reckoning.

sleep well tonight. each day moves us closer to an immense reckoning.

Raffi’s Sephiroth posting on threads

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seems these scholars with racist, misogynist views (which buttress and impact their scholarship + teaching), are being expelled not for the quality of their research + teaching, or their harmful views and actions, but reputational damage their associations w/Epstein could have for the university.

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Sorry but asking this person questions instead of clearly and explicitly denouncing her fraudulent bullshit is a waste of time and thus dangerous for everyone in the country.

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It's the same brain worms that equivocate freedom of speech with "I have the right to a national audience"

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Excellent dad reflexes on display here

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i’ve touched grasses you wouldn’t believe

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Dude should man up and expose himself to some ebola

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