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
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to enjoy art and culture, you have to have some sort of actual aesthetic judgment, even if only expressed & measured by yourself
the rightwing folks I know IRL (& ones I see on here) are too obsessed with in-group & elite acceptance and approbation to have an actual, real opinion of their own
the rightwing folks I know IRL (& ones I see on here) are too obsessed with in-group & elite acceptance and approbation to have an actual, real opinion of their own
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
to enjoy art and culture, you have to have some sort of actual aesthetic judgment, even if only expressed & measured by yourself
the rightwing folks I know IRL (& ones I see on here) are too obsessed with in-group & elite acceptance and approbation to have an actual, real opinion of their own
the rightwing folks I know IRL (& ones I see on here) are too obsessed with in-group & elite acceptance and approbation to have an actual, real opinion of their own
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i have come to the view that there is an extent to which elites are projecting the salience of bigotry on the broad public. *they* are preoccupied with this stuff and so they imagine the public must be obsessed with it.
February 18, 2026 at 2:09 PM
i have come to the view that there is an extent to which elites are projecting the salience of bigotry on the broad public. *they* are preoccupied with this stuff and so they imagine the public must be obsessed with it.
This entire thread.
Very timely—been thinking about taking more of my devices permanently offline & starting to seriously think about backing up various OSs & firmware (how long before my PS4 won't load a non-live service game I have physical media for Or won't boot without an active network?
Very timely—been thinking about taking more of my devices permanently offline & starting to seriously think about backing up various OSs & firmware (how long before my PS4 won't load a non-live service game I have physical media for Or won't boot without an active network?
This is an entirely authoritarian move, meant to lock people into ecosystems and walled off Gardens for life while also providing a perfect surveillance and surveillance capital system for the fascist oligarchy that controls our information spaces
This should be seen as a form of colonization
This should be seen as a form of colonization
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This entire thread.
Very timely—been thinking about taking more of my devices permanently offline & starting to seriously think about backing up various OSs & firmware (how long before my PS4 won't load a non-live service game I have physical media for Or won't boot without an active network?
Very timely—been thinking about taking more of my devices permanently offline & starting to seriously think about backing up various OSs & firmware (how long before my PS4 won't load a non-live service game I have physical media for Or won't boot without an active network?
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Report: Texas Republican candidate Don Huffines owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Santa Fe ranch
https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/17/report-texas-republican-candidate-don-huffines-owns-jeffrey-epsteins-santa-fe-ranch/
https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/17/report-texas-republican-candidate-don-huffines-owns-jeffrey-epsteins-santa-fe-ranch/
Report: Texas Republican candidate Don Huffines owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Santa Fe ranch
A new report revealed that Donald Huffines, a Republican running in Texas’ Comptroller of Public Accounts race in 2026, is the owner of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Santa F...
heartlandsignal.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Report: Texas Republican candidate Don Huffines owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Santa Fe ranch
https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/17/report-texas-republican-candidate-don-huffines-owns-jeffrey-epsteins-santa-fe-ranch/
https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/17/report-texas-republican-candidate-don-huffines-owns-jeffrey-epsteins-santa-fe-ranch/
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it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
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Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
When you work with broad swathes of people, this really is true. It's horribly fascinating how even people from the same family will fall indifferent sides of the line. So much of the world's everyday suffering is due to ppl punishing everyone except those who hurt them.
There are two kinds of people in the world:
People who suffered, and think because of that, everyone else should suffer the way they did because otherwise it's not fair.
People who suffered, and think because of that, no one else should have to suffer either.
Be the second.
People who suffered, and think because of that, everyone else should suffer the way they did because otherwise it's not fair.
People who suffered, and think because of that, no one else should have to suffer either.
Be the second.
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When you work with broad swathes of people, this really is true. It's horribly fascinating how even people from the same family will fall indifferent sides of the line. So much of the world's everyday suffering is due to ppl punishing everyone except those who hurt them.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
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“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”
Great thread on why how they handle Geordi's disability rep in TNG matters
As I've been on a roll with Star Trek threads today, let's continue with this one: you know one of the best parts of Geordie's visor?
90% of the time, nobody fucking mentions it.
90% of the time, nobody fucking mentions it.
a man is standing in a hallway with a blue light behind him
Alt: Geordie LaForge, rolling to make it out of Engineering under the lowering blast doors.
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Great thread on why how they handle Geordi's disability rep in TNG matters
Rami and his family need our help. The genocide is on-going still despite what corporate media reports.
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Rami and his family need our help. The genocide is on-going still despite what corporate media reports.
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random reminder that Brett Kavanaugh was accused of rape by multiple women and Clarence Thomas was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women.
Neither is in the epstein files afaik, but it seems like sexual violence against women should matter even so. 1
Neither is in the epstein files afaik, but it seems like sexual violence against women should matter even so. 1
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 AM
random reminder that Brett Kavanaugh was accused of rape by multiple women and Clarence Thomas was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women.
Neither is in the epstein files afaik, but it seems like sexual violence against women should matter even so. 1
Neither is in the epstein files afaik, but it seems like sexual violence against women should matter even so. 1
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🕯️ March 1st is the Disability Day of Mourning, in memory of people with disabilities killed by family members or caregivers. Learn more and make a plan to attend a vigil: autisticadvocacy.org/ddom2026
#DDoM2026
#DDoM2026
February 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
🕯️ March 1st is the Disability Day of Mourning, in memory of people with disabilities killed by family members or caregivers. Learn more and make a plan to attend a vigil: autisticadvocacy.org/ddom2026
#DDoM2026
#DDoM2026
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it's deeply funny how maintaining the belief in fascism requires hiding any contrary information, and how every institution has to abase itself toward that end.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
it's deeply funny how maintaining the belief in fascism requires hiding any contrary information, and how every institution has to abase itself toward that end.
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For autistic people, wage theft is the absolute norm.
You're more likely to have your job expand far beyond its description, to voluntarily take on unpaid labor, to be persuaded by appeals to empathy for coworkers who'll be affected by you saying no, etc
You're more likely to have your job expand far beyond its description, to voluntarily take on unpaid labor, to be persuaded by appeals to empathy for coworkers who'll be affected by you saying no, etc
October 13, 2024 at 8:29 PM
For autistic people, wage theft is the absolute norm.
You're more likely to have your job expand far beyond its description, to voluntarily take on unpaid labor, to be persuaded by appeals to empathy for coworkers who'll be affected by you saying no, etc
You're more likely to have your job expand far beyond its description, to voluntarily take on unpaid labor, to be persuaded by appeals to empathy for coworkers who'll be affected by you saying no, etc
SFUSD is on strike & as rough as it is on kids and families, it's with good cause. The purposeful, chronic underfunding of anything that helps people for free being while there are always trillions for death and suffering has been true my entire life /Xennial
We don't have to live like this
We don't have to live like this
Weird how they keep finding more money to fund the gestapo that is damaging job numbers by deporting workers but can't find any for a universal healthcare system that will save money, a free housing for homeless folk program that will save money, or universal basic income that'll boost the economy.
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
SFUSD is on strike & as rough as it is on kids and families, it's with good cause. The purposeful, chronic underfunding of anything that helps people for free being while there are always trillions for death and suffering has been true my entire life /Xennial
We don't have to live like this
We don't have to live like this
I've had Kidney in a Cooler stuck in my head for a week now. Yesterday, after stumbling across a mention on here, I tried to sent Guantanamera after it—this earworm has had strong staying power in the past—to no avail. Trying to decide if it's worth making a devil's pact & mainlining TMBG
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I've had Kidney in a Cooler stuck in my head for a week now. Yesterday, after stumbling across a mention on here, I tried to sent Guantanamera after it—this earworm has had strong staying power in the past—to no avail. Trying to decide if it's worth making a devil's pact & mainlining TMBG
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Welcome to our weekly game, Violent Atrocities or Gross Incompetence? in which we try to decode minimally informative breaking news without scaring the chickens
February 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Welcome to our weekly game, Violent Atrocities or Gross Incompetence? in which we try to decode minimally informative breaking news without scaring the chickens
Folks in Gaza still need our help. Give if you can, share if you can't
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Folks in Gaza still need our help. Give if you can, share if you can't
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
A moment of quiet joy & gratitude: the wild deliciousness of just roasting potatoes, onions, and garlic with some thyme in olive oil. So much flavor from just a few things!
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
A moment of quiet joy & gratitude: the wild deliciousness of just roasting potatoes, onions, and garlic with some thyme in olive oil. So much flavor from just a few things!
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jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...