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A Penn State associate professor allegedly hoped for the deaths of prominent conservative voices, including former President Donald Trump, Jordan Peterson, and Ben Shapiro.

The Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo shared alleged screenshots of alarming tweets sent by Zack Furness a Penn State University associate professor of communications at the Greater Allegheny campus. Furness reportedly replied to a popular Twitter account that posts unusual moments from American politics.

On March 26, the Twitter account shared a photo from 2017 of then-President Trump tossing out paper towels to Puerto Ricans who were ravaged by Hurricane Maria.

According to screenshots posted by Ngo, Furness replied to the tweet of Trump by writing, "Should've been Lincolnd five minutes later." Furness is referencing the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, who was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.

Ngo also shared a screenshot of an alleged tweet from Furness written in September 2020, in which he hoped that several conservative commentators, as well as centrist and left-leaning figures, be killed.

"I'd like to build an arc and fill it with, Michael Tracey, Andrew Sullivan, Bari Weiss, Andy Ngo, Ian Miles Cheong, Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, and Fox & Friends. And then launch it toward the sun," Furness wrote on Sept. 9, 2020.

Tracey is a journalist and political commentator who was a member of the progressive The Young Turks network and is known for his anti-war ideology. Sullivan is a British author and writer who has written for New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Time, and Newsweek. Weiss is a left-leaning writer who previously covered culture and politics at the New York Times until she resigned and later said the "newspaper of record" attempts to "satisfy the narrowest of audiences." Cheong is an online commentator who has written for several media outlets about gaming, culture, and politics. Peterson is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. Shapiro is a conservative commentator and founder of the Daily Wire.

Furness has since deleted his account with the handle "@punkademic."

On the Penn State University website, Furness wrote a description of himself.

"My name is Zack Furness and I am Associate Professor of Communications at Penn State Universitys Greater Allegheny campus, where I also serve as the Communications Program Coordinator and the WMKP Radio General Manager," Furness said.

"My work as both a researcher and a teacher draws upon a web of influences that include communication and cultural studies, cultural geography, feminist and Marxist theory, anarchism, environmentalism, critical pedagogy, history and philosophy of technology, and punk rock," he added.

Furness also said that he has "performed in punk bands and other musical projects since 1997, most recently in Barons, and my current research is all related to music in some way."

"During the 2018-2019 academic year, I began that work as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, while on sabbatical from Penn State," he noted.

The Post Millenial reported, "One particular communications class, titled 'Gender, Diversity & the Media,' explores the cultural, socioeconomic, historical, and political implications of media content, media practices, and media literacy."

The course syllabus stated, "Course readings and assignments are designed to help students build deeper understandings of gender, race, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation and class diversity in media. Communication theory helps explain how media representations impact human construction of meaning in social relationships, in both the US and throughout the world."

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Candace Owens has accused Jada Pinkett Smith of leaving her husband, Will Smith, "spiritually annihilated" as she shared her take on why she believes the actor slapped Chris Rock at Sunday's Oscars.

As has been well documented, Smith stunned Oscars viewers and attendees alike when he made his way onto the stage and struck Rock across the face in reaction to a joke he had made about Pinkett Smith.

"Jada, I love you. G.I. Jane 2, can't wait to see it," he said, referring to Pinkett Smith's close-cropped haircut. The actress has, in the past, publicly shared how her hair loss is due to alopecia.

While recounting the night's events on her Daily Wire show Candace on Tuesday, Owens said in a clip shared on her Instagram account: "When Chris Rock first makes the joke, Will laughs, meaning that he takes the joke as it was intendedlightly.

"But then he looks over and sees that his wife does not find the joke funny and he immediately goes from an amused attendee to a thug-like husband, defending the honor of his wife's hair."

After further analysis of the incident, the conservative commentator said: "Through all of these jokes and the rampant commentary that is being offered, there is conversation that is being neglecteda truer assessment of what we observed on that Oscars stage.

"For the first time, we saw the real Will Smith, not a Fresh Prince, not a survivor of a zombie apocalypse in I Am Legend, not a crime-fighting cop in Bad Boys or a Hancock superhero, but the real Will Smithan incredibly broken man and the residual product of a directionless society that is filled with them.

"The kind of society that produces men that look to their more domineering wives, with their tails planted firmly between their legs, for instruction on what and who they ought to be in every room."

Owens then went on to discuss Pinkett Smith's 2020 confession that she had a romantic relationship with singer August Alsina, a situation that she famously referred to as an "entanglement" on her show, Red Table Talk.

"The truth is that off the big screen, Will Smith has been spiritually annihilated by his wife," Owens said. "Don't forget, it was Jada Pinkett Smith who openly shared with the world how she cheated on her husband, remember? And with who? Her son's friend.

"Jada carried out an extramarital affair with a young man who was, at first, friends with her son. Then she dragged her puppy dog husband out onto the world stage and told the public while making him sit through it, listen to it and agree that she had the right to do what she did."

During the Red Table Talk special, Pinkett Smith and Smith said that the relationship with Alsina happened while they were on a break. Smith later revealed that he also sought affection outside of their marriage as their relationship became non-monogamous.

"The takeaway from this interview was that they together represented some newer, more progressive form of what it means to be in a marriage, which is to say, not being in a real marriage at all," Owens said.

She said: "Will Smith today is someone who should be pitiednot prosecuted in a courtroom, or even persecuted in the public eyebut pitied by every person who has the clarity to see how our society, as sponsored by the perversion of these Hollywood types, is falling apart.

"Will Smith is what [psychologist] Jordan Peterson cautions against. He's nothing more than a casualty in the great war against masculinity."

Continuing her assessment of Pinkett Smith, Owens went on to say why she believes Pinkett Smith would be suitable to star in a remake of the 1997 movie G.I. Jane, which originally starred Demi Moore.

She explained that the film "tells the story of a woman being integrated into the all-male space of the United States military. It is the inspired tale of a loss of one woman's femininity to meet the grueling physical demands of the more masculine environment that she finds herself in.

"And so though not perhaps the punchline that Chris Rock had intended, I have to agree that yes, Jada Pinkett would be the perfect individual to play that role in a remake.

"And not because of her hair, obviously, but because of her success in stripping her husband of any trace understanding of what it means to be a real man. And let me tell you, Will, it isn't slapping a man across the face because your wife tells you to.

"I'm sorry to say that real manhood is not won on a stage at the Oscars with a meaningless trophy. Rather, real manhood begins and ends in your own household.

"It starts with the first step of being able to accurately identify what a good man, what a good woman and what a good, meaningful relationship even is. And with that, we wish you luck Will on your real-life pursuit of happiness."

Newsweek has contacted representatives of Smith and Pinkett Smith for comment.

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Hereford girls lacrosse midfielder Lindsey Moneymaker knew Tuesdays early-season showdown with Westminster matched two unbeaten teams. She also knew it was her time to shine.

Moneymaker scored six goals, including a crucial one to give Hereford the lead for good as the host Bulls topped visiting Westminster, 13-11, in a nonleague contest.

Hereford (4-0) trailed by as many as four goals, 7-3, midway through the first half before rallying.

Jess Kent led the Owls (2-1) with five goals of her own.

Westminsters a tough team, and its a good win for us, first-year Hereford coach Kelly Swift said. We knew wed get a good game from them, and thats exactly what happened.

Hereford's Cam Kauffman, center, runs downfield as teammate Maddie Magliocca, right, and Westminster's Riley Ebersole trail during a girls lacrosse game on Tuesday. (Steve Ruark for Carroll County Times/Carroll County Times)

The Bulls looked a little lost in the first half. Westminster won most of the early draws and controlled the clock for a good portion of the first half. With the teams tied at 2, the Owls went on a run. Kent scored three straight goals in a 2:02 span to give Westminster a 5-2 advantage. Her second goal of the sequence came on a mistake by Hereford goalie M.K. McGonigle that left the net wide open, and the last came just 11 seconds later off a fast break following a draw control.

Hereford cut into the lead when Moneymaker scored from the top of the slot with a bounce shot that beat Westminster first-half goalie Syd Hetrick to cut the margin to 5-3. Westminster, though, added goals by Bridget Sheehy and Kate McAlohan to push the lead to 7-3 with 8:23 left in the first half.

Then it was Herefords turn.

The Bulls used two goals by Cam Kauffman and one each by Jordan Peterson, Maya Antonakas and Bailey Berquist to outscore the Owls 5-1 the rest of the half, tying the game at 8 entering the break.

Hereford's Maya Antonakas, left, shoots while being defended by Westminster's Lauren Appleby and Reagan Davis during Tuesday's game. (Steve Ruark for Carroll County Times/Carroll County Times)

The Bulls took the lead just 10 seconds into the second half when Moneymaker converted off a draw control win to jump ahead, 9-8. Hereford got another less than five minutes later when Antonakas scored on a free position.

To their credit, the Owls were not done. Kent scored the next two goals, the first coming on a free position, to tie the game at 10 with 17:42 left.

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Hereford controlled possession after that, with Moneymaker scoring the next two goals and Antonakas adding one to take a 13-10 lead with 8:40 left.

Westminster got one back with 3:30 left when Belle Dintino scored on a free position, but the Owls couldnt get any closer.

We started to come together as a team in the second half, Moneymaker said. We were getting to a lot of the 50-50 balls that we werent getting in the first half and our defense started playing better. It was good for us to come back like that, because we need games like this to get us ready for the rest of the season. We started to play better and better as the game went on.

Hereford 13, Westminster 11

Goals: W Kent 5, Sheehy 2, McAlohan 2, Dintino, Moreland; H Moneymaker 6, Antonakas 3, Kauffman 2, Berquist, Peterson.

Assists: H Antonakas, Ziegler.

Saves: W Hetrick 4, Parks 5; H McGonigle 5. Halftime: 8-8

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Prayer was my topic of discussion the last time I wrote in ThePerryNews.com. But that post mentioned something else that is key to revival. That post stated that true revivals are a back-to-prayer movement and a back-to-the-Bible movement.

I want to finish that post by encouraging you to make not only a back-to-prayer movement. I want to encourage you to make a back-to-the-Bible movement. The Bible is essential for your life.

There is something amorous about reading a hard copy of the Bible. Yet every generation of Americans seems to grow more and more Bible illiterate. I can remember people thinking that reading physical books would fall out of existence when the internet was just becoming popular.

That has proven to be false. Paper books are selling at faster rates every year. But there is one book that deserves our attention more than any other book. That book is the Bible.

Jordan Peterson recently called the Bible the bedrock of agreement, which has built the beautiful way of life those in the U.S. share. That does not mean America is perfect. It means that there needs to be a certain level of agreement among people if they are to get along, build something worth fighting for and continue to exist.

The Bible is the only book that establishes such a consistent point of agreement. The Bible is indispensable to the flourishing of any nation. And it is indispensable to your life.

The Bible gives us four reasons why you need to read the Bible every day. First, The law of the Lord is perfect, bringing back the soul (Ps. 19:1a.). The truths found in the Bible bring you back to God. Read the Bible if you want to hear from God. They are his words.

Second, the Bible makes wise the nave person (Ps. 19:1b.). It is easy think that we have it all together. The challenges of life prove otherwise. We are more nave than we are willing to admit.

God knows the truth, and he loves us so much that he has given us his wisdom in the Bible. Read the Bible if you want to make wise decisions.

Third, the instructions of the Lord are right, rejoicing the hear (Ps. 19:2a.). You are always happy when you know with absolute certainty that you have made the right decision. I am happy every time I think about the woman I chose to marry. Marrying Mandie is the second-best decision I have ever made.

The Bible says that you will be a happier person when you know what God has to say in the Bible because knowing the right thing always makes us happier people.

This leads us to the fourth reason why you ought to read the Bible every day. The greatest decision I have ever made was not marrying Mandie. It was coming back to God for salvation from sin, eternal death and Hell.

Hell is a real place no matter who denies it. Psalm 19:11 says, by them (the judgments of the Lord) Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward (NASB95).

What does the Bible warn us about? The Bible warns us about a place called Hell and the Lake of Fire. The Bible says that God will send you to a real place full of eternal torment in fire called the Lake of Fire if your name is not found in his book of life (Rev. 20:15).

Now many who read this will immediately complain and say that God is unloving for punishing anyone. And it is not my purpose here to offer a defense of the truth. What is true is that God would be unloving to not tell us about a place called the Lake of Fire and how to escape that damnation.

Would you be loving or unloving to tackle your friend who was about to walk off the side of a cliff and fall to his death? You would be loving to save his life. In the same way, God has shown a great deal of his love by giving us the Bible, which warns us about his wrath to come so that we would escape that wrath. That is the ultimate reward for keeping his judgments.

When you keep the judgments of the Lord (Ps. 19:9b.), by reading the Bible, the Bible warns you about the eternal Lake of Fire. The Bible also tells you how you can be saved from that Lake of Fire. Your reward will be eternity in heaven with Jesus when you die if you heed the call to the answer for salvation from the Lake of Fire.

Death is coming for all of us. No matter what trials you go through in life, heaven will be your home if you heed the warning and obey Gods judgments. No matter how scary the times are, eternity with Jesus will be your resting place if you heed the warning and obey Gods judgments.

Salvation from sin and its consequences in Hell will be your reward.

How do you attain the reward? The Bible says, call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 1:2). You can have the forgiveness of sins and eternal life in heaven if you place your faith in Jesus Christ. He alone can save you.

The Bible says, Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved (Acts 16:31a). The Bible says, if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans 10:9, NASB95).

You can make the greatest decision you will ever make today by trust in Jesus Christ to forgive your sins, save you from The Lake of Fire and promise you heaven when you die.

Call out to Jesus today, and be saved. And if you do trust in Jesus to save you, let me know at pastorandyfbcperry@gmail.com.

The Bible is essential for your life.

The Rev. Andrs Reyes is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Perry.

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In the last year, TikTok has rapidly become one of the most influential social media platforms. The platform has also influenced publishingmainly through the community known as BookTok. BookTok consists of booksellers, authors, publishers, and (mostly) readers making videos about reading. After creators featured They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, sales of the book rose by 900%. Barnes and Noble began setting up #BookTok tables (and store TikTok accounts), and self-published books starting getting picked up by major publishers (like Olivia Blakes The Atlas Six, acquired by Tor).

Back in September, when I first covered the BookTok phenomenon, I pointed to the feedback loop from readers, then stabilized by (already super-acute) algorithms, that results in hyping up a bestselling book. When booksellers like Barnes & Noble construct these I saw it on #BookTok tables and pull from these lists, that increases the chances people will buy them. Then, readers go and engage with the same kind of content that convinced them to buy it, fueled by algorithms. Rinse, and repeat.

Im not criticizing because these books are popular. Ive read and enjoyed a handful of these authors and have some of the titles on my TBR list. Do I have a problem with them? Sure, some. Do I think there is an oversaturation of a handful of them in greater book discourse? Absolutely. Some of the obvious gaps are that the list is overwhelmingly (racially, not ethnically) white, and there is a gender disparity between fiction and non-fiction.

Authors who wind up promoted by these BookTok echo chambers often include the likes of Sarah J Maas, Holly Black, Holly Jackson, Tracy Deonn, Delia Owens (a whole mess), Madeline Miller, E. Lockhart, Leigh Bardugo, Emily Henry, and Taylor Jenkins Reid (especially her first two novels.) Non-fiction (if you even come across these videos) doesnt fare much better. Theyre (also) New York Times bestsellers from names like Bob Woodward, Robert Acosta, Malcolm Gladwell, Yuval Harai, and Robin Di Angelo.

Sometimes authors (both traditionally published and self-published) will get a boost from social media because of good luck, work ethic, and privilege. The privilege comes from the resources of being social media savvy or deemed attractive by a narrow window of white-centered beauty standards. However, many books that oversaturate BookTok are already supported by traditional publishingan industry with these same barriers (except maybe luck), is less involved. This structure extends into film/TV adaptations, book subscription boxes (like Illumicrate, Owlcrate, and Book of the Month) and celebrity book clubs (most influential to TikTok being Reeses) that work with publishers.

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I appreciate those whose actually listen to BIPOC voices #readdiversebooks #diversifyyourbookshelves #RufflesOwnYourRidges #blackbooktok #bipoctiktok

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The people that get the most views, attention, and engagement are also creators from a place of privilege. In the past, TikTok has admitted to suppressing the reach of those susceptible to bullying and harassment such as fat, queer and disabled creators. However, unconscious bias on the individual leads to people staying within their group. and their For You Page (FYP) ends up looking a lot like the people who look like them. The algorithm has everyone ending up at different lunch tables recommending the same books to the same people. People with similar interests and life experiences (including nationality) will already have similar books in common.

Good news for viewers at home! There is an easy-ish fix to this. Follow, engage, and like more videos by marginalized creators. Yes, many will still lust over a few of these titles, but they also center non-white, non-Western books in their lists and round ups all the time. For example, Black and brown creators dont wait until some viral act of racism or brutality happens to share books by these communities. And, when they do share Black books, they arent solely highlighting books centered on Black pain. This applies to many BookTokkers of color, marginalized religion (within the U.S.), gender, and sexuality.

Another group worth mentioning is the examination of books by male readers, especially for fiction. As much as Ill eye-roll and cringe at the more viral TikToks of men (particularly in the man-o-sphere and podcast land) talking about books, Ive also had great luck following some. If they mention Jordan Peterson, Robert Greene, any philosopher or dating book, take a quick left and reread the instructions because I said fiction. (There are always exceptions to this rule of course because, #NotAllMen.) If there is a particular trend based on an audio feature from a sub-community (based on a trope, genre, etc.), check there.

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Speaking of this audio feature, please use it. Its not just for creators but also for viewers to find other videos. Some audio trends later emerged to kinda counteract these same authors being passed around, so use it! One of the many BookTok specific ones includes the tag A Book You Have Not Seen. These interactions will help your FYP give new suggestions pretty consistently.

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