Jenka
@jenka.bsky.social
• User experience designer
• Healthcare philosopher
• Essayist
📍Mojave Desert
https://jenka.substack.com
• Healthcare philosopher
• Essayist
📍Mojave Desert
https://jenka.substack.com
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Jenka
@jenka.bsky.social
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Heated Rivalry and the Art of Anti-Dystopia
Joy in the present makes joy in the future seem plausible.
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Heated Rivalry shows us that the most transportive, visionary, speculative future isn’t one that looks different from our reality. It’s one that feels different. It’s a difference that we as the audience can feel as if we’ve already lived in that world too.
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Watergate, but if someone was killed.
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Watergate, but if someone was killed.
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Its actually good and okay to try and find moments of joy during the horrors. Dont let anyone shame you for it.
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Its actually good and okay to try and find moments of joy during the horrors. Dont let anyone shame you for it.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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The savage layoffs and editorial undermining at the Washington Post — like the "DOGE" massacres and the takeover of Twitter — are civic sabotage, pure and simple.
When government and democratic institutions are undermined, those who want unaccountable power are strengthened.
When government and democratic institutions are undermined, those who want unaccountable power are strengthened.
February 7, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The savage layoffs and editorial undermining at the Washington Post — like the "DOGE" massacres and the takeover of Twitter — are civic sabotage, pure and simple.
When government and democratic institutions are undermined, those who want unaccountable power are strengthened.
When government and democratic institutions are undermined, those who want unaccountable power are strengthened.
Some of us also possessed native-speaker level Russian and Soviet birth certificates, but nothing beats Americans' exceptionalism.
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Some of us also possessed native-speaker level Russian and Soviet birth certificates, but nothing beats Americans' exceptionalism.
Kara Swisher has the creator and exec producer of Heated Rivalry on her podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyyv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyyv...
Heated Rivalry Producers: How We Made a Hit
YouTube video by Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Kara Swisher has the creator and exec producer of Heated Rivalry on her podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyyv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyyv...
The things Ruth Bader Ginsburg set in motion is my Roman Empire. I think about the Equal Credit Opportunity Act every day. A straight line from there to the male loneliness epidemic. A queen.
February 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
The things Ruth Bader Ginsburg set in motion is my Roman Empire. I think about the Equal Credit Opportunity Act every day. A straight line from there to the male loneliness epidemic. A queen.
"We’ll make a lot more progress against chronic illness in this century once we decide we actually want to understand what we’re dealing with," I wrote in a 2023 essay titled, "The Viral Frontier."
jenka.substack.com/p/the-viral-...
jenka.substack.com/p/the-viral-...
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"We’ll make a lot more progress against chronic illness in this century once we decide we actually want to understand what we’re dealing with," I wrote in a 2023 essay titled, "The Viral Frontier."
jenka.substack.com/p/the-viral-...
jenka.substack.com/p/the-viral-...
When ur desperate to be on trend with “shadow networks”.
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
When ur desperate to be on trend with “shadow networks”.
Look in the mirror ye mighty and despair.
Men do this because deep down they have no intrinsic sense of self worth.
Because they cannot create life they dont know what their purpose is supposed to be.
The oppression of women gives them identity: “provider,“ “protector”.
Because they cannot create life they dont know what their purpose is supposed to be.
The oppression of women gives them identity: “provider,“ “protector”.
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Look in the mirror ye mighty and despair.
Men do this because deep down they have no intrinsic sense of self worth.
Because they cannot create life they dont know what their purpose is supposed to be.
The oppression of women gives them identity: “provider,“ “protector”.
Because they cannot create life they dont know what their purpose is supposed to be.
The oppression of women gives them identity: “provider,“ “protector”.
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Men do this because deep down they have no intrinsic sense of self worth.
Because they cannot create life they dont know what their purpose is supposed to be.
The oppression of women gives them identity: “provider,“ “protector”.
Because they cannot create life they dont know what their purpose is supposed to be.
The oppression of women gives them identity: “provider,“ “protector”.
2 Woke. 2 Furious.
I think "woke" was at least partly identified with "irritating" and the way we're rectifying that in Woke 2 is by being scary instead
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 AM
2 Woke. 2 Furious.
Men seek power to transcend nature. Which is what women's bodies, that created them, are.
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Men seek power to transcend nature. Which is what women's bodies, that created them, are.
This, truly, is not enough.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This, truly, is not enough.
The destruction of childhood is the destruction of the future.
The Right has spent years trying to push a return to child labor and attacking age of consent laws. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re exposing us to mountains of the most horrendous stuff imaginable while also normalizing it.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The destruction of childhood is the destruction of the future.
Running a screenshot of a person speaking on stage in a video ad through Google lens to see if they have any results or if they're AI.
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Running a screenshot of a person speaking on stage in a video ad through Google lens to see if they have any results or if they're AI.
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Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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I’m sorry to say this, but I think it’s true:
The answer to Dr Titanji’s question, I believe, is that NO AMOUNT of preventable measles deaths will convince RFK Jr or his physician enablers to drop their opposition to vaccines
RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx beliefs are based on conspiracy theories—not data😢
The answer to Dr Titanji’s question, I believe, is that NO AMOUNT of preventable measles deaths will convince RFK Jr or his physician enablers to drop their opposition to vaccines
RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx beliefs are based on conspiracy theories—not data😢
It's really appalling that in the midst of a preventable surge of measles sweeping across several US states, leading national health authorities are not loudly and publicly recommending vaccination.
How many more children need to die for this madness to stop?
How many more children need to die for this madness to stop?
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I’m sorry to say this, but I think it’s true:
The answer to Dr Titanji’s question, I believe, is that NO AMOUNT of preventable measles deaths will convince RFK Jr or his physician enablers to drop their opposition to vaccines
RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx beliefs are based on conspiracy theories—not data😢
The answer to Dr Titanji’s question, I believe, is that NO AMOUNT of preventable measles deaths will convince RFK Jr or his physician enablers to drop their opposition to vaccines
RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx beliefs are based on conspiracy theories—not data😢
I just think it's so cute how at home my dog's ears face forward but when we go on a walk the backs rotate towards each other so that the receiver dishes are facing out like )(
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I just think it's so cute how at home my dog's ears face forward but when we go on a walk the backs rotate towards each other so that the receiver dishes are facing out like )(
Remember how there was this whole thing about needing to “understand” Trump voters but then it tuns out they just like voting for pedophiles and its pretty simple actually.
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Remember how there was this whole thing about needing to “understand” Trump voters but then it tuns out they just like voting for pedophiles and its pretty simple actually.
All the dudes complaining (white) women aren't having enough babies being in the Epstein files raises the question: for whom?
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 AM
All the dudes complaining (white) women aren't having enough babies being in the Epstein files raises the question: for whom?
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 AM
What did psychopaths even do before the invention of patriarchy and hierarchically stratified society? Like the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture existed from 5050 to 2950 BC in Southeastern Europe and had almost nonexistent social stratification. How did psychopaths even survive??
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM
What did psychopaths even do before the invention of patriarchy and hierarchically stratified society? Like the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture existed from 5050 to 2950 BC in Southeastern Europe and had almost nonexistent social stratification. How did psychopaths even survive??