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Jen Gentleman
@jenmsft.bsky.social
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I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input + more

You can find me on most of the other social media apps including Twitter and reddit with the same account name @jenmsft
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Yes, I had a ring pop - what gave it away?
A photo of me sticking out my tongue - it's vibrantly blue, matching my eyes. I have long big brown hair which looks like it's from the 80s
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Emails waiting and ready to circle back now that it's the new year
A man stares, with a creepy / knowing smile, waiting from the other side of open horizontal blinds of a window
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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The world: Let's celebrate new years with fireworks

Seattle: lol have some fog
A photo of the Seattle downtown with the space needle at night. A semi transparent layer has been sketched on top of it, with squiggles of red and blue to simulate fog and fireworks
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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"Do you have any plans for New Year's?"

The plans:
Three identical drawings of a stick figure in bed, sleeping. Captioned 11:59 pm, 12:00 am, and 12:01 am
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Mountain's out 😆
A view of Mount Rainier from crossing the i90 bridge, in the pale setting sunlight
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I get way more entertainment out of this card holder than I probably should
A black leather ID holder. On the front it says Bat ID, and an outline of Batman is displayed, with a cut out such that when you put your ID in it turns you into batman in the mask
December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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When you realize it's Monday, but you don't have to work for another week
Jeremy Clarkson momentarily looking concerned and saying "Oh no", then he turns to the camera, expression relaxing, continuing to say "Anyway"
December 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The weird thing about having lost 65 lbs is that, mentally, I'm aware I lost that much weight, but still it feels surreal to pick up a weight and feel how heavy it is and to think I used to contain a cupboard of these
Holding up a pink dumbbell
December 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Help I have been introduced to a dangerous new chocolate shop
Stacks and stacks of different types of chocolate bark at the front counter of Laderach. They have ones with nuts, blackberries, Florentine, espresso, and more
December 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Is this how you celebrate boxing day?
My cat Basil looking up at me from his position sitting in a tiny box
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Merry Christmas 😊
A photoshopped image of Clippy standing on a piece of paper, saying, it looks like you're trying to have a "Merry Christmas - can I help with that?"
December 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Hug ops to whoever's having to deal with this on Christmas eve
From the fortnite status Twitter account: We are investigating login issues players are currently experiencing. We are working on a fix ASAP and will share an update once this has been resolved
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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My cat Nutmeg suddenly passed away this year and didn't make it to Christmas, so I commissioned an ornament of him in his cat ball so he could still be there with us

Look how perfect it turned out ❤️
Closeup of the ornament from the front on my Christmas tree - Nutmeg sits inside a shark ball cat bed (although it's a little hard to tell from this angle that it's a shark) A few of the ornament from the side - it's now a lot more clear that nutmeg is sitting in a shark Another picture of the ornament - Nutmeg has been removed from the shark ball and is held out beside it An old photo of my real cat Nutmeg from last year - hanging out inside his shark ball next to the Christmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Meme template - cartoon scene with a man gesturing at a butterfly. The butterfly is captioned with "copy pasting text". "is this hacking?" the man asks
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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When you're filling out a form with pen and make a mistake
A photo of Ben Affleck standing outside, eyes closed, face pointed up slightly towards the sky. He's holding a cigarette in one hand and looks as if the weight of the world is on his shoulders
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Got a great deal on some cheap ram for my computer
A bunch of tiny sheep sitting on my laptop
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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If websites can use cookies to improve performance, I can too
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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My mom's looking for a good vegetarian main course to make for a nice dinner with guests - anyone have any favourite go tos? 🍽️
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Mental health is important - take care of yourself 💙
December 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I don't know what I expected out of the end of 2025, but I can say for sure that a warning about toilet rats was not on that list
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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For folks who use multiple monitors in Windows 11, if you haven't noticed already we've been rolling out the ability to open the notification center on all your monitors - if you want to check your notifications, or just want to check the calendar / big clock

As always, appreciate your feedback 🙏
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Should I try it?
A fallout vault tec supply pack - 12 Jones soda, sunrise sasaparil, Nuka cola, and Nuka grape
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Trying to get answers from people before they go on holiday
A chocolate gorilla sitting in a pot of hot milk. "listen kid", he says, as he starts sinking and dissolving. "I don't have much time - the reason the code works this way is—" and he's gone, disappeared into a pool of hot chocolate
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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In other news, wow, this stuff is great
Holding up a pint of Jeni's boozy eggnog ice cream
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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And after the storm, there are bluskys
A pure, light blue sky
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM