Jennifer Petitt
@jenniferpetitt.bsky.social
Nationals fan by birthright. Capitals fan by marriage.
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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
This is a great (short) piece on the new airport in Pittsburgh.
And the end cracked me up, "And long may US Airways be dead".
slate.com/business/202...
And the end cracked me up, "And long may US Airways be dead".
slate.com/business/202...
This Major American Airport Is Getting a $1.7 Billion Facelift. Thank God.
After US Airways left Pittsburgh high and dry, yinzers finally built an airport on their own terms—and it’s incredible.
slate.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is a great (short) piece on the new airport in Pittsburgh.
And the end cracked me up, "And long may US Airways be dead".
slate.com/business/202...
And the end cracked me up, "And long may US Airways be dead".
slate.com/business/202...
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Airport safety doesn’t start in the cockpit, it starts on the ground—with workers often ignored and underpaid.
Let’s remember those who keep travel moving, and let's build a world where their rights and dignity matter as much as our flights. ✊🏾 https://seiu.co/3XbLtV2
Let’s remember those who keep travel moving, and let's build a world where their rights and dignity matter as much as our flights. ✊🏾 https://seiu.co/3XbLtV2
Airport safety begins on the ground, with the workers we too often ignore
The people who keep planes moving and cargo flowing often earn poverty wages. That's unacceptable.
seiu.co
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Airport safety doesn’t start in the cockpit, it starts on the ground—with workers often ignored and underpaid.
Let’s remember those who keep travel moving, and let's build a world where their rights and dignity matter as much as our flights. ✊🏾 https://seiu.co/3XbLtV2
Let’s remember those who keep travel moving, and let's build a world where their rights and dignity matter as much as our flights. ✊🏾 https://seiu.co/3XbLtV2
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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SCOOP: Kristi Noem Waives Major Environmental Laws to Speed Border Wall Construction in Arizona
On Wednesday, the embattled DHS secretary quietly suspended dozens of environmental, historic preservation, and water protections to fast-track wall building.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-noem...
On Wednesday, the embattled DHS secretary quietly suspended dozens of environmental, historic preservation, and water protections to fast-track wall building.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-noem...
SCOOP: Noem Waives Major Environmental Laws to Speed Border Wall Construction in Arizona
On Wednesday, embattled DHS secretary Kristi Noem quietly suspended dozens of environmental, historic preservation, and water protections to fast-track wall building under Section 102 authority.
migrantinsider.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
SCOOP: Kristi Noem Waives Major Environmental Laws to Speed Border Wall Construction in Arizona
On Wednesday, the embattled DHS secretary quietly suspended dozens of environmental, historic preservation, and water protections to fast-track wall building.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-noem...
On Wednesday, the embattled DHS secretary quietly suspended dozens of environmental, historic preservation, and water protections to fast-track wall building.
migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-noem...
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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For the public
“Vaccines do not cause autism” is the message.
If you start talking about “association,” you’ve lost. And we lose herd immunity.
“Vaccines do not cause autism” is the message.
If you start talking about “association,” you’ve lost. And we lose herd immunity.
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
For the public
“Vaccines do not cause autism” is the message.
If you start talking about “association,” you’ve lost. And we lose herd immunity.
“Vaccines do not cause autism” is the message.
If you start talking about “association,” you’ve lost. And we lose herd immunity.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
A really good quick hit from Amanda Mull on why the TJ Maxx family of stores is doing so well right now. Personally, Marshalls is my go-to in this group.
I wrote today’s Businessweek newsletter about why TJ Maxx is thriving right now
It's hard to imaging TJ Maxx stores in the city getting more crowded but, as @amandamull.bsky.social writes, they seem to be built for this moment. 🎁 link:
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A really good quick hit from Amanda Mull on why the TJ Maxx family of stores is doing so well right now. Personally, Marshalls is my go-to in this group.
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it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
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The official position of the United States government is that swastikas aren't hate symbols and displaying a Pride flag is a fireable offense.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
State-sponsored discrimination encourages private discrimination.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The official position of the United States government is that swastikas aren't hate symbols and displaying a Pride flag is a fireable offense.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
This is not ambiguous signaling.
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So great to see BLS back to work measuring and informing us about our large and dynamic economy.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So great to see BLS back to work measuring and informing us about our large and dynamic economy.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
What Ward said!
I'm really sorry. I realize now that I should not have chosen to be born into a family with a history of skin cancer and a high risk for psoriatic arthritis. I'm sorry that I didn't make healthier choices before I existed. I'll do better next time.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What Ward said!
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Republicans enacted the largest cut to health care access in U.S. history, stripping health care coverage from 15 million Americans to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. And by refusing to extend ACA subsidies, they're raising health insurance costs for 24 million more.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Republicans enacted the largest cut to health care access in U.S. history, stripping health care coverage from 15 million Americans to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. And by refusing to extend ACA subsidies, they're raising health insurance costs for 24 million more.
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Trump is propping up the fossil fuel industry to please Saudi Arabia.
***According to Trump.***
***According to Trump.***
Trump: "I don't think Saudi Arabia would like me too much if we decided to kill oil and natural gas. There's nothing like it. It works. Windmills don't work. Other things -- I don't want to get it into too much -- but they don't work. What does work is natural gas, oil, nuclear, and other things."
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Trump is propping up the fossil fuel industry to please Saudi Arabia.
***According to Trump.***
***According to Trump.***
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How many women have to die? How much suffering do these bans need to cause before Republicans admit that there is no safe or moral way to legislate pregnancy?
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How many women have to die? How much suffering do these bans need to cause before Republicans admit that there is no safe or moral way to legislate pregnancy?
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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Remember that Intuit (the owner of Turbotax) lobbied extensively to kill Direct File, which did tax filing for free and somehow managed to make a good and intuitive user experience without AI.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remember that Intuit (the owner of Turbotax) lobbied extensively to kill Direct File, which did tax filing for free and somehow managed to make a good and intuitive user experience without AI.
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This has such uncomfortable Holocaust vibes, and they should be ashamed of it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This has such uncomfortable Holocaust vibes, and they should be ashamed of it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Please read this wonderful and important piece by Chris. (It’s short.) I had never read the words of E.B. White that Chris quotes here, and I’m extremely glad I now have.
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Please read this wonderful and important piece by Chris. (It’s short.) I had never read the words of E.B. White that Chris quotes here, and I’m extremely glad I now have.
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It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
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“Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children…have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown…hampering their pursuit of child predators…efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
The Department of Deportation
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children…have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown…hampering their pursuit of child predators…efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Yes, exactly this!
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Yes, exactly this!