From 6 years ago, me in The New Yorker, which is still funny to say out loud. So much has changed, but this remains: we all matter or none of us do. t.co/7WbTnR6AXl - ThreadSky

pmskinner.bsky.social • 189 days ago

From 6 years ago, me in The New Yorker, which is still funny to say out loud. So much has changed, but this remains: we all matter or none of us do.

https://t.co/7WbTnR6AXl

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avvocato.bsky.social•73 days ago

Very inciteful. Thanks for doing what you do. Cannot have been easy.

cindralaluna.bsky.social•186 days ago

So glad to find you here (I got off of twitter 2.5 yrs ago due to musk) you were one of my most missed 🐈🐈🐈

carriehighlander.bsky.social•167 days ago

I agree with you.
Following you. I know you said you are a terrible follower. I’ll take my chances 🤡

warhorse1.bsky.social•177 days ago

Just wondering which Skinner line you belong to

sfransmith.bsky.social•105 days ago

I am duly impressed!

liseski.bsky.social•187 days ago

this story got me following you. and the Orangeys

freeman22.bsky.social•33 days ago

I read some of your writing in The New Yorker and was very impressed. Also enjoyed the gangs of cats bc I have 3 rescues and can relate,especially with the stink eye.

outofmemory.bsky.social•189 days ago

Very glad to see you here, as you and a very few others were the only reason I ventured back to Xitter in the last many months. See also my pinned post:

https://bsky.app/profile/outofmemory.bsky.social/post/3kbgosv4xsy2i

tarawalls31.bsky.social•189 days ago

Welcome to the blue sky!

alohamax.bsky.social•179 days ago

So glad to see you here.

lhesq.bsky.social•189 days ago

So inspiring!

lisamarianyc.cloud•177 days ago

Happy to see you made it over. The New Yorker story was phenomenal.

spanglismexico.bsky.social•25 days ago

I know this is not the place but I knew a Patrick Skinner in high-school in Texas. Is that you?

pmskinner.bsky.social•25 days ago

Nope. I’m from here. Savannah

mythkenner9.bsky.social•150 days ago

That was a great read. Thank you for your service to our country, and to the residents of Savannah. Bless you.

flinthillchick.bsky.social•189 days ago

Thanks for posting.

chimaera.bsky.social•182 days ago

I'm so glad you are here, I have really missed your peace. Daughter went to select one orange kitten but came home with two, so you know the world is a scary place now.

vedranav.bsky.social•111 days ago

It just got a shout-out on The Daily Beans podcast in the Good News segment 🤩!

muttsylvania.bsky.social•168 days ago

Ahhhhh, I was starting to enjoy this article but one sentence in, the paywall came crashing down.

sillygirlsc.bsky.social•81 days ago

So glad I've found your page. Sorry you had to go to Cleveland 🫤
Growing up we called it the mistake on the lake, since the water caught fire

bettygianforte.bsky.social•187 days ago

Welcome Mean Cat, Bakey, Sweet Potato Pie, all the Skinner kitties, The Eastside Orangeys and neighbors and the Skinners and all in The Skinner Universe!!💙

msdpw.bsky.social•68 days ago

Great read.

buckscience.bsky.social•188 days ago

We're so glad to have you here; leaving the other site was easy, except for losing contact with the orangeys. Thank you for doing what you do. I wish more cops would look at the world the way you do.

cameronblazer.bsky.social•187 days ago

So glad to see you here.

milly-molly-mandy.bsky.social•189 days ago

is Kittykate coming along Pat? And the rest of your followers?

momsapplepie.bsky.social•189 days ago

So glad to see you here! The adventures at Skinnerville are a daily dose of sunshine. 😎🐈🐈🐈

jdkiff.bsky.social•188 days ago

Saw a T-shirt I wish I could find.

All lives DON’T matter
until
ALL lives matter.

melissadl.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Dude! You should train all the cops, everywhere. Except that would be cruel to you. Thanks for your work, and your neighborhood is hella lucky.

legedan.bsky.social•188 days ago

Glad to see you here @pmskinner.bsky.social

I've been missing your recipes!

starry-eyedfool.bsky.social•99 days ago

You’re a remarkable man who has led an incredible extraordinary life.
Thank you for your service and remembering that most of us are just law abiding citizens, not civilians, and we appreciate what you do. And we all do matter.
No question.

loborealis.bsky.social•178 days ago

I just posted this in a comment about policing and was told you’re here. Yay! Looking forward to community building talk and cat pics.

suewny.bsky.social•189 days ago

I actually sent that link to myself so I could bookmark it outside of Twitter. While I started following you because of “mean cat” that’s a really cool story about a really decent human I enjoy following.🧡🧡

hermionegingold.bsky.social•155 days ago

I FOUND YOU AGAIN! My favorite follow on Twitter. :-)

rehamme.bsky.social•187 days ago

Patrick, Since leaving Twitter in May, I’ve really missed your posts, especially about your wok adventures and the Eastside Orangeys. I’m very pleased to have found you here. Good luck on your exams! - Roy

petrichor666.bsky.social•189 days ago

Great article. Wow.

msmele.bsky.social•141 days ago

Thank you for sharing your story. It gives me hope that other good people still stand for what they can in ways they can.

lennyesque.bsky.social•188 days ago

Glad you're here!!

selsworth4.bsky.social•102 days ago

📌

selsworth4.bsky.social•105 days ago

Your extraordinary life. Grateful to stumble onto your acct. As I was reading Ben Taub's piece starring you this very day, "breaking news" announces an unclassified email to the WH containing partial identities of low hanging fruit for firing: <2yr CIA employees. The vetting. The training. The loss.

thatgirl99.bsky.social•81 days ago

Can you gift a copy of this?

coppercookie.bsky.social•188 days ago

So glad to find you here!

gib54.bsky.social•189 days ago

Woo hoo! Good to see you here. I was only hanging on the X for you!

ak-ritaj.bsky.social•185 days ago

I was overjoyed to find you here. It gave me courage to nuke my X-twitter acct. Yours was one of specific accts I would miss seeing by leaving X behind.

ak-ritaj.bsky.social•186 days ago

Yay found you here!

nedisangry.bsky.social•147 days ago

Great article. Funny how engaging in, interacting with and respecting people within the neighborhoods you work can go a long way. Congratulations and best wishes to you.

epopp.bsky.social•123 days ago

Just so cool,Patrick!!

vandystar7.bsky.social•186 days ago

Welcome to BlueSky, I’m very happy to see you here. You’re the last person I’m following on Twitter, been waiting to see you here. Good luck on the CrimLaw final!

chocolate234.bsky.social•151 days ago

Cute dog

avlgal.bsky.social•141 days ago

I'm so glad I found you here! Happiest New Year to you, your lady, and all yout critters! (Especially the orange/ginger kitties!)

paulginva.bsky.social•187 days ago

Patrick, when you retire, I'd encourage you to write a memoir. I'm 78, so there's a pretty substantial likelihood that I won't be around to read it. Nonetheless, you have lived a life far more interesting than most, have learned much about yourself and the world, and have much to say. Do it, please.

lisas25.bsky.social•188 days ago

Here it is -picture & all - if you want it. We’re so glad to have you and the orangeys (et al) here!

The Spy Who Came Home https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/the-spy-who-came-home

criticallyspeaking.bsky.social•152 days ago

This doesn’t make you a doofus 🤷‍♀️

animaveromundi.bsky.social•177 days ago

Glad you are here now, Patrick! Besides the sordid tales of Meancat and excellent food recipes, now we get to make a better world together no matter the darkness that surrounds us

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