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Ms. Jen
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Creator : Maker : Photographer : Writer : MSc, PAW, PPITA, FOA TA
Books: https://books2read.com/ap/RQe612/Jenifer-Hanen
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Ms. Jen @msjen.bsky.social · Dec 29
Hello New BlueSky-ers and New Followers:
My Name is Jenifer Hanen.

I have a weekly newsletter at msjen.substack.com

And I have written a humor / historical fiction book (soon to be books plural) at books2read.com/ap/RQe612/Je...

#writer #newsletter #books #WhoisMsJen
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This morning's adventures at the backyard bird feeder is that the goldfinches* have found the finch thistle seed sock. Yay!

*American and Lesser Goldfinches

#birds #backyardbirding #California
Close-up camera phone photo of a finch sock with 5 small goldfinches picking out thistle seeds. Background is a wood fence. Photo by Jenifer Hanen, taken with her camera phone today Jan 21, 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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skeskali.ca
US imperialism vs UK imperialism is feeling like the Partnership for a Drug-Free America ad where the kid points at his dad and shouts “You dad! I learned it from you!”
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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The real reason I had no little birds at the feeder this morning. This juvenile Cooper's hawk was less than 6 ft from the feeder.

#Birds #birdsky #hawk
A close-up photo of a small juvenile hawk standing on an electrical outlet near a bird feeder. Wood fence in the background. Photo by Jenifer Hanen, msjen.com, on Jan 19, 2026.
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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goreckis.co
I can not emphasize enough giw important it is for us to maintain ownership and control of our devices.

The rent seeking never ends and our autonomy is eroded a little more everytime we buy into these ideas.

www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?
www.windowscentral.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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The Owens River, she is a beautiful one.

#OwensRiver #EasternSierraNevadaMountains #California

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January 13, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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#SilentSunday
A photo of a rustic metal water trough, of which was frozen over but a layer of liquid water is now over the ice and a dog ball is now sitting on the ice - except by optical illusion it appears the dog ball is floating on top of the water. Photo by Jenifer Hanen, Jan 2026, msjen.com.
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Goodnight.
🖼️ Barn Owl eyes up its prey, Veronique Cole.
Painting, a barn owl descends in flight to catch prey in long grass against starry night sky.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
msjen.bsky.social
Blog post to read: How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026?

This not just for the folks who work at big companies or start-ups, also relevant for those of us who free-lance or are one person web devs.

Thanks, @anildash.com

www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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“I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight.”

(Mary Shelley)

🎨 David Blackwood

#wintersky
A finely detailed black-and-white print of an Arctic seascape. In the background rises a huge, sculpted iceberg, its ridges and planes catching a soft, luminous light. In front of it, a small sailing schooner with dark sails glides across calm water, its reflection mirrored on the surface. Two smaller chunks of ice float in the foreground, emphasising the scale of the towering berg. The scene is hushed and atmospheric, suggestive of fragile passage through a vast, frozen world.
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Congress sucks. Damn thing doesn't work for shit. I was promised checks and balances. I want a refund.
January 4, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Time for a New Ms. Jen's Tidbits post: A few musings on the day set for New Year, a small update, and photos!

#NewYear #January #PhotosbyJeniferHanen #photos

msjen.substack.com/p/roman-poli...
Roman Politics and a January New Year
Or Happy 2026 to you and yours..
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December 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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🤣🤣🤣
goreckis.co Matt Gorecki @goreckis.co · 22d
Apparently the Epstein redactions didn’t work because Elon cancelled the DOJ’s Adobe licenses and that kind of redaction is a premium feature.
Of Course Jim Carrey GIF
Alt: Of Course Jim Carrey GIF
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December 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
msjen.bsky.social
Jaws - age 6
TV News - 1971 to 1975*

* End of Vietnam and almost all of Nixon. Then they wondered why I fell in love with punk rock ala 1981. Shocking.
sophianyx.bsky.social Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 24d
Name 1 movie from your childhood you were way too young to watch.
December 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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#SilentSunday
I walked up a local hill amongst the sagebrush and found a small post-rain pond with a littered can of coca-cola rolling against the near shore. In the background to the right is the White Mountains covered in need snow and to the left a row of telephone poles marching into the distance. Photo by Jenifer Hanen, msjen.com, taken on Sat. Dec. 21, 2025 north of Bishop, California. Close up photo of the near shore of the small pond on the top of the sagebrush hill: in the bottom of the photo is tire tracks in the wet sand, the top half of the photo is silly, muddy water of the pond formed into tiny waves by the wind, and smack dab in the middle is the littered can of coca-cola. Yes, I took the can of coke, drained it, and walked it a mile to the nearest rubbish bin. Photo taken by Jenifer Hanen, msjen.com, on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 north of Bishop, California.
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
msjen.bsky.social
I can confirm that planning and writing out the backstory and oftentimes the front story entertains my brain / Muse than actually writing the story.
poppyrick.bsky.social Rick @poppyrick.bsky.social · 26d
Researching and Writing a significant portion of the OED. He also had an inordinate amount of work to do working out the full history of the “world” so there were no inconsistencies. Much of that was in the Silmarilion, which I think was the work that intrigued him the most.
December 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
msjen.bsky.social
I have switched my phone to an accessible black, white, and grey palette with no color. It is very restful on the eyes and I feel calmer using it. Most photos look better as well.

This NYT opinion piece today gave me the idea: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o...

#BlackandWhite #NoColor
Opinion | I Killed Color on My Phone. The Result Shocked Me.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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#SilentSunday
Photo of the century sagebrush brush high desert ecosystem in the foreground, winter nude trees and mountains in the middle ground, and the sky is spectacular with three rows of lenticular clouds and blue sky peeping out between the clouds. Photo taken by Jenifer Hanen on December 21, 2025 while on a walk in the sagebrush north of Bishop, Calif.
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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#SilentSunday
A photo of a frozen lake with a few pine trees on the right shore and a snowy, rocky mountain in the background along with a clear blue sky. The ice on the lake is interesting as part of it is clear ice and part is full of air bubbles obscuring what is underneath the ice. There are a number of pine cones and sticks on top of the ice. Photo by Jenifer Hanen taken at Intake Lake #2, Bishop Creek, Inyo County, California Dec. 2025.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Preach, Cory, Preach!
anildash.com Anil Dash @anildash.com · Dec 12
lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE
Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Oh. Hello. No.
natfairhouse.bsky.social National Fair Housing Alliance @natfairhouse.bsky.social · Dec 11
Join NFHA & @warren.senate.gov in sounding the alarm on the Trump Admin's plan to gut the law that gave women access to credit without the need of a male co-signer. This Admin is trying to set us back generations. We only have until 12/15 to act. Make your voice heard: bit.ly/4pwy1aD.
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Intake Lake #2 has ice, frozen swim buoys, and interesting shadows. Bishop Creek, Aspendell, Calif.

#Photography #SierraNevadaMountains #California #PhotobyJeniferHanen
Photo of an iced up lake with a lightly snowy mountain in the background. To the left is the concrete hydroelectric dam, to the right is a steel and concrete bridge to the intake control (not the technical term). In the middle is a line of frozen swimming buoys to keep folks away and an interesting shadows. Photo by Jenifer Hanen at Intake Lake #2, Bishop Creek, California taken on Dec. 9, 2025.
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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My favorite stories are when a character starts as a complete tool and, slowly but surely, they evolve out of that once they learn the world is bigger than they were told.

There's hope for us all.
heavenscalyx.bsky.social Yet Another Enby Dragon @heavenscalyx.bsky.social · Dec 10
I really didn't like Leo at the beginning, but he's definitely growing on me. I'm still not to the point of OT3 -- I prefer Robin/Charlie with Leo as their BiHag.
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This is why I love the web, but they never loved the web. They just thought it was new territory to mine and exploit. That’s why they’re trying to replace all this diversity with AI slop they can control.

They never loved the web. I don’t think they ever even liked it.
werd.io Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · Dec 8
"History shows us that all progress comes from the meeting of diverse people, with different ideas, and different backgrounds." The web is no different. werd.io/the-web-runs...
The Web Runs On Tolerance
"History shows us that all progress comes from the meeting of diverse people, with different ideas, and different backgrounds." The web is no different.
werd.io
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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there's only one use of AI that I'd REALLY like to see...

"you appear to not being using any of the AI features on your phone. Would you like to remove them all and any associated data that we've scraped without your permission?"

that's it. AI to detect AI refusniks which then deletes itself.
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Book Cover of the Day:
Blue cover with giant yellow sun with wavy rays and birds in flight in black across the rays.
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM