Jen Anderson
@jen.clearingblocks.com
Teeth shouldn't be luxury bones! Healthcare comms, Tetris mastermind, catmancer, F1 fan, and freelance copy editor. Lots about brain injuries here. Views my own. She/her. 🏳️🌈
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Conferences are a lot different when you're trying to prioritize brain health and sleep.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Conferences are a lot different when you're trying to prioritize brain health and sleep.
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Health insurance is a hellscape of confusing options right now, and I'm seeing similar employer-sponsored plans with wildly varied employer/employee cost-sharing arrangements (e.g., a PPO plan at $2,750 for employee + spouse per year versus $6,700 a year). If you have questions, I can try to help!
Speaking of insurance—we're in open enrollment season! Whether you're choosing a plan through your employer or purchasing a plan from the marketplace, there are some things you should know. Prepare yourself for a thread on health insurance!
November 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Health insurance is a hellscape of confusing options right now, and I'm seeing similar employer-sponsored plans with wildly varied employer/employee cost-sharing arrangements (e.g., a PPO plan at $2,750 for employee + spouse per year versus $6,700 a year). If you have questions, I can try to help!
First session of the day at NNOHA and there's more political courage and spine in this one room of oral health professionals than in any so-called hall of power in Washington.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
First session of the day at NNOHA and there's more political courage and spine in this one room of oral health professionals than in any so-called hall of power in Washington.
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Anyway, it's day one of NNOHA, and kicked it off with a long walk and pan dolce.
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Anyway, it's day one of NNOHA, and kicked it off with a long walk and pan dolce.
It doesn't seem to matter what city I'm in: Folks are always stopping me to ask for directions.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It doesn't seem to matter what city I'm in: Folks are always stopping me to ask for directions.
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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the polling on data centers is just atrocious for the AI industry:
• the younger people are, the more likely they are to dislike them
• arguments against data centers consistently poll as more convincing than arguments for them
• the dislike is also bipartisan, spans across all other demos
• the younger people are, the more likely they are to dislike them
• arguments against data centers consistently poll as more convincing than arguments for them
• the dislike is also bipartisan, spans across all other demos
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the polling on data centers is just atrocious for the AI industry:
• the younger people are, the more likely they are to dislike them
• arguments against data centers consistently poll as more convincing than arguments for them
• the dislike is also bipartisan, spans across all other demos
• the younger people are, the more likely they are to dislike them
• arguments against data centers consistently poll as more convincing than arguments for them
• the dislike is also bipartisan, spans across all other demos
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Lol “confusion about who is press is leading to first amendment violations”—what about the PROTESTORS who are getting their shit rocked on the regular? Is that not *also* a first amendment violation?
The constitution is supposed to protect ALL of us
The constitution is supposed to protect ALL of us
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lol “confusion about who is press is leading to first amendment violations”—what about the PROTESTORS who are getting their shit rocked on the regular? Is that not *also* a first amendment violation?
The constitution is supposed to protect ALL of us
The constitution is supposed to protect ALL of us
As someone who now struggles with intense fatigue issues, the time change and early darkness is really ruining my life lol.
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As someone who now struggles with intense fatigue issues, the time change and early darkness is really ruining my life lol.
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Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
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if you didn't follow the VA governor race you didn't know that Earle-Sears ran like a billion anti-trans campaign ads and Spanberger didn't flinch or pull a Newsom.
going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
if you didn't follow the VA governor race you didn't know that Earle-Sears ran like a billion anti-trans campaign ads and Spanberger didn't flinch or pull a Newsom.
going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
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Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
May 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
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Even my 71-year-old mother in New Hampshire is like, "Mamdani better win."
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Even my 71-year-old mother in New Hampshire is like, "Mamdani better win."
If you're an #OralHealth nerd going to NNOHA next week, let me know so I can catch up with you!
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If you're an #OralHealth nerd going to NNOHA next week, let me know so I can catch up with you!
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Reminder - the Long COVID Treatment Trial - Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is open in 49 US states (all but Hawaii), DC, & PR.
More info & eligibility survey here:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We're hosting a webinar w/ Q&A on 11/5, register here:
scrippsresearch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More info & eligibility survey here:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We're hosting a webinar w/ Q&A on 11/5, register here:
scrippsresearch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reminder - the Long COVID Treatment Trial - Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is open in 49 US states (all but Hawaii), DC, & PR.
More info & eligibility survey here:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We're hosting a webinar w/ Q&A on 11/5, register here:
scrippsresearch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More info & eligibility survey here:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We're hosting a webinar w/ Q&A on 11/5, register here:
scrippsresearch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and punched him in the head.
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls to disperse an angry crowd and arrested two U.S. citizens. In Evanston, one repeatedly pointed his weapon at protesters while another knelt on a man’s back and punched him in the head.
Kid Dressed as Dragon: Can I tell you a joke?
Me: Yeah, dude.
Kid: Why did the octopus cross the reef?
Me: Why?
Kid: TO GET TO THE OTHER TIDE! *runs away*
Me: Yeah, dude.
Kid: Why did the octopus cross the reef?
Me: Why?
Kid: TO GET TO THE OTHER TIDE! *runs away*
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Kid Dressed as Dragon: Can I tell you a joke?
Me: Yeah, dude.
Kid: Why did the octopus cross the reef?
Me: Why?
Kid: TO GET TO THE OTHER TIDE! *runs away*
Me: Yeah, dude.
Kid: Why did the octopus cross the reef?
Me: Why?
Kid: TO GET TO THE OTHER TIDE! *runs away*