Jen Dick
@jendick.bsky.social
learning & teaching & books & writing & art & music & games • geek, nerd & dork • Channeler of Cosmic Angst, Lover of Genre Trash • she/her • caring & doing & being Too Much • Pls mask: vulnerable people are everywhere • typical atypical autistic
Reminder that if you stopped masking, you can re-start at any time to protect your family & community
“The influenza season is in full swing, and it’s already proving to be deadly for some of the most vulnerable Americans around: children.”
“Several states have reported their first pediatric flu deaths…experiencing record-level surges of illness… driven by an unexpected strain of the H3N2 flu”
“Several states have reported their first pediatric flu deaths…experiencing record-level surges of illness… driven by an unexpected strain of the H3N2 flu”
Last week, “New York health officials reported experiencing the largest weekly surge in flu cases ever recorded in modern history—71,123 positive flu cases during the week of December 20.”
January 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Reminder that if you stopped masking, you can re-start at any time to protect your family & community
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One thing u'll learn about colonialism is how it extracts until things reach full saturation and then it moves on to create more husk of what once was.
It's commonstance when Natives get exploited at sites of extraction.
Just like everything colonizers do with extraction. Once they've hit empty theyll move to the next extraction site.
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One thing u'll learn about colonialism is how it extracts until things reach full saturation and then it moves on to create more husk of what once was.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
Love an important point of substance doing double duty as a sick burn
Yes, he's just one dude, a mayor, BUT he's smart AF & that city is NYC. May he truly lead with the principles he's espoused & may we actually get to see what happens when leaders center pro-social values
Hope is a hell of a drug
Yes, he's just one dude, a mayor, BUT he's smart AF & that city is NYC. May he truly lead with the principles he's espoused & may we actually get to see what happens when leaders center pro-social values
Hope is a hell of a drug
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Love an important point of substance doing double duty as a sick burn
Yes, he's just one dude, a mayor, BUT he's smart AF & that city is NYC. May he truly lead with the principles he's espoused & may we actually get to see what happens when leaders center pro-social values
Hope is a hell of a drug
Yes, he's just one dude, a mayor, BUT he's smart AF & that city is NYC. May he truly lead with the principles he's espoused & may we actually get to see what happens when leaders center pro-social values
Hope is a hell of a drug
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When they try to prevent trans children from expressing themselves as trans people, they are trying to snuff out the possibility that they will grow up into trans adults
That is literally genocidal logic
That is literally genocidal logic
December 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When they try to prevent trans children from expressing themselves as trans people, they are trying to snuff out the possibility that they will grow up into trans adults
That is literally genocidal logic
That is literally genocidal logic
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Knowing is half the battle
Unfortunately, the other half involves a lot of severed limbs
Unfortunately, the other half involves a lot of severed limbs
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Knowing is half the battle
Unfortunately, the other half involves a lot of severed limbs
Unfortunately, the other half involves a lot of severed limbs
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Today with our last post of the year: @freeblackgirl.bsky.social on the fragility of body positivity, and what happens when a radical movement gets co-opted.
The Fragility of Body Positivity
How a radical movement lost its way.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today with our last post of the year: @freeblackgirl.bsky.social on the fragility of body positivity, and what happens when a radical movement gets co-opted.
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Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
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Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
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Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
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At this time of the year, I'm simply trying to give my family a small sense of safety.
We're not asking for much—just for hearts that still believe that giving, even in small ways can make a real difference.
A simple donation, even £25 can mean:
🧒a child’s smile
❤️the feeling that we are not alone.
We're not asking for much—just for hearts that still believe that giving, even in small ways can make a real difference.
A simple donation, even £25 can mean:
🧒a child’s smile
❤️the feeling that we are not alone.
December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At this time of the year, I'm simply trying to give my family a small sense of safety.
We're not asking for much—just for hearts that still believe that giving, even in small ways can make a real difference.
A simple donation, even £25 can mean:
🧒a child’s smile
❤️the feeling that we are not alone.
We're not asking for much—just for hearts that still believe that giving, even in small ways can make a real difference.
A simple donation, even £25 can mean:
🧒a child’s smile
❤️the feeling that we are not alone.
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The only New Year’s resolutions you need:
- haunt more forests
- wander more moors
- terrify more towns
- draw more townsfolk towards their mossy doom with the awesome and terrible grandeur of your dark shambling form
- haunt more forests
- wander more moors
- terrify more towns
- draw more townsfolk towards their mossy doom with the awesome and terrible grandeur of your dark shambling form
December 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The only New Year’s resolutions you need:
- haunt more forests
- wander more moors
- terrify more towns
- draw more townsfolk towards their mossy doom with the awesome and terrible grandeur of your dark shambling form
- haunt more forests
- wander more moors
- terrify more towns
- draw more townsfolk towards their mossy doom with the awesome and terrible grandeur of your dark shambling form
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The wildest thing to me is that multiple Black people had to die in a manner akin to public spectacles for 2020 to happen and the backlash is being fueled by white guys who can’t sell a screenplay or manuscript.
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The wildest thing to me is that multiple Black people had to die in a manner akin to public spectacles for 2020 to happen and the backlash is being fueled by white guys who can’t sell a screenplay or manuscript.
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We are now entering the most dangerous time of the year.
The Bean Dad Zone.
Think before you post.
The Bean Dad Zone.
Think before you post.
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We are now entering the most dangerous time of the year.
The Bean Dad Zone.
Think before you post.
The Bean Dad Zone.
Think before you post.
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
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Gender is immutably determined by biology… and by what dog you own, I guess?
December 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Gender is immutably determined by biology… and by what dog you own, I guess?
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Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
“What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place, eh?”
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Another birb on a branch for #ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Another birb on a branch for #ArtAdventCalendar
If you're able, please consider sending help to Moataz and his family.
I write these words with a heavy heart...
My family suffers from contaminated water and spoiled food.
If you can help with clean water and healthy food, please support us and protect us from a harsh winter 🙏
And if not, keep us in your prayers
chuffed.org/project/135556
My family suffers from contaminated water and spoiled food.
If you can help with clean water and healthy food, please support us and protect us from a harsh winter 🙏
And if not, keep us in your prayers
chuffed.org/project/135556
December 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If you're able, please consider sending help to Moataz and his family.
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wish they would just say UBI and universal healthcare “won’t work” bc keeping people sick and stressed and scared is the only thing allowing me personally to rob them blind
I wish they would just come out and say "it won't work because if people don't have that sword hanging over their head they won't feel as compelled to accept shitty pay, and also I want to make money off of it" because those are the actual reasons
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
wish they would just say UBI and universal healthcare “won’t work” bc keeping people sick and stressed and scared is the only thing allowing me personally to rob them blind
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Two years ago today, the three of us began Crips for eSims for Gaza. Alice, are you reading this? (We know you are.)
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Two years ago today, the three of us began Crips for eSims for Gaza. Alice, are you reading this? (We know you are.)
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
Today, we’re launching something special we’ve been working on, & we’re grateful Alice was able to see before her passing: our official logo! #ConnectingGaza @thellpsx.bsky.social
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there's a certain way certain people write fiction about disability that really sets my teeth on edge, and it's an approach that I can only describe as 'educational hugboxing'
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
(🧵)
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
(🧵)
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
there's a certain way certain people write fiction about disability that really sets my teeth on edge, and it's an approach that I can only describe as 'educational hugboxing'
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
(🧵)
in this, portrayal of disability must be constantly affirming, and it must use specific and correct terminology
(🧵)
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To the trans kids taking today holed up in their dysphoria hoodie, hang in there.
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To the trans kids taking today holed up in their dysphoria hoodie, hang in there.
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Ableism is just another fascist isolation tactic and some folks who say they hate fascism embrace it wholey.
December 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ableism is just another fascist isolation tactic and some folks who say they hate fascism embrace it wholey.