Jessica
@jesszen.bsky.social
She/her Co/Den progressive politics
Mother to Troubled Gay Teen(™️)
Mediocre wife
Correct takes on pop culture
Opinions all mine
Mother to Troubled Gay Teen(™️)
Mediocre wife
Correct takes on pop culture
Opinions all mine
I don’t post on here a lot but my mom died yesterday and that only happens to you once. She was very loved. And she worked very hard to give me and my sis a more expansive life than she had.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I don’t post on here a lot but my mom died yesterday and that only happens to you once. She was very loved. And she worked very hard to give me and my sis a more expansive life than she had.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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A few months ago I was talking with a friend about how the anti-exclamation mark pearl-clutching was probably misogyny.
Welp. All the way down.
Welp. All the way down.
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A few months ago I was talking with a friend about how the anti-exclamation mark pearl-clutching was probably misogyny.
Welp. All the way down.
Welp. All the way down.
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If you’re a Colorado legislator choosing to wine & dine with corporate lobbyists in Vail instead of standing up for working people…
You’re part of the problem.
The people you are supposed to represent are paying attention. And they’re tired of being sold out.
coloradosun.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...
You’re part of the problem.
The people you are supposed to represent are paying attention. And they’re tired of being sold out.
coloradosun.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...
A group of Democrats rubbed elbows with lobbyists last weekend in Vail. Who paid the tab?
coloradosun.bluelena.io
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you’re a Colorado legislator choosing to wine & dine with corporate lobbyists in Vail instead of standing up for working people…
You’re part of the problem.
The people you are supposed to represent are paying attention. And they’re tired of being sold out.
coloradosun.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...
You’re part of the problem.
The people you are supposed to represent are paying attention. And they’re tired of being sold out.
coloradosun.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...
Fuck this guy.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fuck this guy.
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Reading about Democrats who agree with Trump's plan to forcibly commit homeless people
October 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reading about Democrats who agree with Trump's plan to forcibly commit homeless people
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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And yet Johnston didn’t touch their budget and wants to make it less transparent
The Office of Independent Monitor, which provides civilian oversight of the Denver police and sheriff's departments, has not publicly reported its recommendations about law enforcement misconduct investigations and disciplinary actions for years, undermining its effectiveness, the city auditor found
Denver’s police oversight office does too much work in secret, audit finds
The Office of Independent Monitor provides civilian oversight for the Denver Police Department and Denver Sheriff Department.
www.denverpost.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And yet Johnston didn’t touch their budget and wants to make it less transparent
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You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.
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he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today:
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy.
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Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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I'm sure the right's reaction to all of this will be totally chill and not at all extreme.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm sure the right's reaction to all of this will be totally chill and not at all extreme.
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When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
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I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
August 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
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"It is very hard to wall off data collected from lawful government use. The simple truth of digital surveillance is that if you build it, it will be used, and likely used against those with the least amount of political power.”
This spring, the New Orleans Police Department was found to have worked with a private organization to run live facial recognition technology. Now, the city is moving to legalize its use.
New Orleans May Hand Its Police Live Facial Recognition Tech. Critics Warn It’ll Help ICE.
The city says it won’t lend this tool to ICE for surveillance. But a state law requires that local officials assist ICE, and New Orleans also wants to end a court order restricting compliance.
boltsmag.org
August 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"It is very hard to wall off data collected from lawful government use. The simple truth of digital surveillance is that if you build it, it will be used, and likely used against those with the least amount of political power.”
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NEW: Records obtained by 9NEWS show Loveland Police have given the Border Patrol access to a network of license plate reading cameras in Colorado. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports. #copolitics
August 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
NEW: Records obtained by 9NEWS show Loveland Police have given the Border Patrol access to a network of license plate reading cameras in Colorado. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports. #copolitics
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COMMENTARY: Hundreds of Denverites may drop off their kids for the first day of school next Monday then lose their jobs hours later. The goal for the Mayor and his administration should be compassion and competence in handling these mass layoffs. #copolitics
August 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
COMMENTARY: Hundreds of Denverites may drop off their kids for the first day of school next Monday then lose their jobs hours later. The goal for the Mayor and his administration should be compassion and competence in handling these mass layoffs. #copolitics
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A brewery to avoid, Denver metro friends.
Denver area locals: Westfax Brewing is hosting a MAGA event, so that's one brewery to steer clear of: lakewoodinformer.com/now-or-never...
Now or Never Event - Lakewood Informer
Join us for a night to connect with local conservatives to discuss schools, elections, how we lost Colorado and how we win it back
lakewoodinformer.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A brewery to avoid, Denver metro friends.
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Honestly can't think of a more straightforward example of how men profit from the sexual degradation of women
From @theathletic.com: A memecoin — Green Dildo Coin — and it's community are responsible for some of the disruptions at WNBA games.
The group's coin was created the day before the first incident, and as of Thursday, its worth had nearly tripled in one week.
The group's coin was created the day before the first incident, and as of Thursday, its worth had nearly tripled in one week.
WNBA sex toy incidents may be linked to cryptocurrency group’s money scheme
The group's coin was created the day before the first incident, and as of Thursday, its worth had nearly tripled in one week.
nyti.ms
August 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Honestly can't think of a more straightforward example of how men profit from the sexual degradation of women
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San Francisco has spent the last 3 years undoing any evidence-based drug policy in order to appease a very vocal group of uneducated but rich, fascist, right-wing losers (Sacks, Tan, Tandler, Shellenberger, etc). As everyone with understanding of this topic warned, San Franciscans are dying bc of it
San Francisco’s overdose deaths are rising — because
Mayor Daniel Lurie is repeating failed strategies.
The data is clear: Policing won’t solve a public health crisis.
Handcuffs make for good headlines, temporarily.
But these deaths are Lurie's legacy.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...
Mayor Daniel Lurie is repeating failed strategies.
The data is clear: Policing won’t solve a public health crisis.
Handcuffs make for good headlines, temporarily.
But these deaths are Lurie's legacy.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...
Why S.F.’s ‘remarkable’ drop in fatal drug overdoses has proved to be short-lived
After a promising decline in overdose deaths across the nation last year, fatalities are back on the rise in San Francisco. Experts say the supply chain for drugs has “reconfigured” itself.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
San Francisco has spent the last 3 years undoing any evidence-based drug policy in order to appease a very vocal group of uneducated but rich, fascist, right-wing losers (Sacks, Tan, Tandler, Shellenberger, etc). As everyone with understanding of this topic warned, San Franciscans are dying bc of it
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Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists.
This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.
This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists.
This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.
This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.
Did I do the best I could with the skills I had?
Probably not.
Did I do the best that I thought the task required?
Meh. It’s just a kitchen.
Probably not.
Did I do the best that I thought the task required?
Meh. It’s just a kitchen.
July 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Did I do the best I could with the skills I had?
Probably not.
Did I do the best that I thought the task required?
Meh. It’s just a kitchen.
Probably not.
Did I do the best that I thought the task required?
Meh. It’s just a kitchen.