Gretchen Jones
@gnjones.bsky.social
Pan. Gender-free. They/Them.
AuDHD. Chronically ill (POTS, Sjogren’s, hEDS, chronic pain)
Effusive Book nerd. Host of House of Fire and Blood podcast. I write SFF and talk about abolition and colonialism.
AuDHD. Chronically ill (POTS, Sjogren’s, hEDS, chronic pain)
Effusive Book nerd. Host of House of Fire and Blood podcast. I write SFF and talk about abolition and colonialism.
I measure every grief I meet (561)
-Emily Dickinson
-Emily Dickinson
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I measure every grief I meet (561)
-Emily Dickinson
-Emily Dickinson
That’s my baby girl 😌
She sounds like an old lady, snuggles against my chest, and snores and mumbles in her sleep.
I love her so much
She sounds like an old lady, snuggles against my chest, and snores and mumbles in her sleep.
I love her so much
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
That’s my baby girl 😌
She sounds like an old lady, snuggles against my chest, and snores and mumbles in her sleep.
I love her so much
She sounds like an old lady, snuggles against my chest, and snores and mumbles in her sleep.
I love her so much
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Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.
September 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.
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Every person harmed by Charlie Kirk’s proactively malicious agenda has a family. Every teen girl he told rape wasn’t real, every non white person, every trans person, every non Christian person has a family. Every other person killed by a gun he rallied for, they all have - or had - families.
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every person harmed by Charlie Kirk’s proactively malicious agenda has a family. Every teen girl he told rape wasn’t real, every non white person, every trans person, every non Christian person has a family. Every other person killed by a gun he rallied for, they all have - or had - families.
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The fact that right-wingers commit the vast bulk of domestic terrorism in the US is well-established by numerous expert investigations & reports.
But the right *accuses* the left more often, makes more *noise* about it, so they've bullied reporters into framing this as a "both sides" problem.
But the right *accuses* the left more often, makes more *noise* about it, so they've bullied reporters into framing this as a "both sides" problem.
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The fact that right-wingers commit the vast bulk of domestic terrorism in the US is well-established by numerous expert investigations & reports.
But the right *accuses* the left more often, makes more *noise* about it, so they've bullied reporters into framing this as a "both sides" problem.
But the right *accuses* the left more often, makes more *noise* about it, so they've bullied reporters into framing this as a "both sides" problem.
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Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
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i don’t like the idea of the president missing. he could be anywhere. i am suddenly aware how little i appreciated opening my shower curtain knowing the president would not be standing there
August 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
i don’t like the idea of the president missing. he could be anywhere. i am suddenly aware how little i appreciated opening my shower curtain knowing the president would not be standing there
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(lol gif usage is intentional here)
August 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(lol gif usage is intentional here)
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every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
Are you a a fandom lover? Do you like gorgeous wood art for you wall? Bid for homemade art to support a small queer con! 💜 Auction runs from August 1-10. event.auctria.com/ff45725f-81a...
Auctria
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July 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Are you a a fandom lover? Do you like gorgeous wood art for you wall? Bid for homemade art to support a small queer con! 💜 Auction runs from August 1-10. event.auctria.com/ff45725f-81a...
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The United States military is the largest carbon emitter in the world.
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT of global military carbon emissions are from the United States.
Working class people cooling their apartments with air conditioning is not the problem.
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT of global military carbon emissions are from the United States.
Working class people cooling their apartments with air conditioning is not the problem.
July 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The United States military is the largest carbon emitter in the world.
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT of global military carbon emissions are from the United States.
Working class people cooling their apartments with air conditioning is not the problem.
SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT of global military carbon emissions are from the United States.
Working class people cooling their apartments with air conditioning is not the problem.
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this is a great thread about why we absolutely could pay farm workers a living wage
This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor!
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.
It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
this is a great thread about why we absolutely could pay farm workers a living wage
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People don’t fake disability, they fake being well.
They aren’t stealing your tax dollars, they’re forced into legislated poverty.
They’re not the reason you can’t get ahead. Denying them healthcare or social supports won’t better your life.
Also, almost everyone ends up disabled eventually.
They aren’t stealing your tax dollars, they’re forced into legislated poverty.
They’re not the reason you can’t get ahead. Denying them healthcare or social supports won’t better your life.
Also, almost everyone ends up disabled eventually.
July 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
People don’t fake disability, they fake being well.
They aren’t stealing your tax dollars, they’re forced into legislated poverty.
They’re not the reason you can’t get ahead. Denying them healthcare or social supports won’t better your life.
Also, almost everyone ends up disabled eventually.
They aren’t stealing your tax dollars, they’re forced into legislated poverty.
They’re not the reason you can’t get ahead. Denying them healthcare or social supports won’t better your life.
Also, almost everyone ends up disabled eventually.
Calling collect and speaking really fast to tell someone to pick you up at the airport when you were told to speak your name.
Also hand cranking down your windows in the car.
Also hand cranking down your windows in the car.
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Calling collect and speaking really fast to tell someone to pick you up at the airport when you were told to speak your name.
Also hand cranking down your windows in the car.
Also hand cranking down your windows in the car.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
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Elon Musk is one of the worst mass murderers of the 21st Century.
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
www.propublica.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Elon Musk is one of the worst mass murderers of the 21st Century.
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NO endless wars.
NO murdering civilians.
NO using *our* tax dollars for illegal and immoral military action.
NO murdering civilians.
NO using *our* tax dollars for illegal and immoral military action.
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
NO endless wars.
NO murdering civilians.
NO using *our* tax dollars for illegal and immoral military action.
NO murdering civilians.
NO using *our* tax dollars for illegal and immoral military action.
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if it wasn’t already clear to you before, it should be clear to you now, that current dem leadership has opted into a strategy of waiting out trump’s term. maybe they get some power after the midterms but it’s clear where it will be wielded: to bargain and compromise, not in oversight.
Hakeem Jeffries: "The Trump administration bears the heavy burden of explaining to the American people why this military action was undertaken."
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
if it wasn’t already clear to you before, it should be clear to you now, that current dem leadership has opted into a strategy of waiting out trump’s term. maybe they get some power after the midterms but it’s clear where it will be wielded: to bargain and compromise, not in oversight.
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God my absolute heart is with the people of Iran, who’ve fought so steadfastly for their own liberation, and are getting fucked half a dozen ways by a whole pantheon of geriatric war criminals while being told they should be grateful for it
June 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
God my absolute heart is with the people of Iran, who’ve fought so steadfastly for their own liberation, and are getting fucked half a dozen ways by a whole pantheon of geriatric war criminals while being told they should be grateful for it
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May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
May every single human being on this planet be safe.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
May every single person be protected from harm.
May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.
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Everyone running for public office needs to unequivocally say whether they support Trump’s attacks on Iran — attacks which put hundreds of millions of lives at risk.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Everyone running for public office needs to unequivocally say whether they support Trump’s attacks on Iran — attacks which put hundreds of millions of lives at risk.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
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Fuck capitalism, fuck imperialism, fuck the US war machine, fuck colonialism, fuck Christofascism, fuck all of the intertwined systems of domination and oppression that have led us here.
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Fuck capitalism, fuck imperialism, fuck the US war machine, fuck colonialism, fuck Christofascism, fuck all of the intertwined systems of domination and oppression that have led us here.
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we only have each other, the entire media is gonna be creaming for war coverage
Ah here comes @cnn.com with the bullshit straight out of 2003
June 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
we only have each other, the entire media is gonna be creaming for war coverage
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The US is arming a literal genocide, has blocked international action against that genocide, and has now started a war with a sovereign nation by bombing some power plants its own intelligence reports are simply power plants - all on behalf of the country committing genocide.
June 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The US is arming a literal genocide, has blocked international action against that genocide, and has now started a war with a sovereign nation by bombing some power plants its own intelligence reports are simply power plants - all on behalf of the country committing genocide.