Tara E. Jenson
@tejenson.bsky.social
Compassionate nihilist & gender traitor | Queer AF 🏳️🌈 | Postdoc @ BUSPH | Located in Mpls | Occasionally actual environmental epidemiology content (dementia/Alz) but mostly jaded cynicism & swears | she/they
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Tara E. Jenson
@tejenson.bsky.social
· Jan 20
“I am, as you say, relentlessly cheerful because it’s the best fuck you I can think of to this terrible world.” - Senior Chief Petty Officer Jenks Khan, from “And the Mighty Will Fall”
Thank you @kbwagers.com for another joyful read, and the perfect encapsulation of feels I’m holding close today❤️
Thank you @kbwagers.com for another joyful read, and the perfect encapsulation of feels I’m holding close today❤️
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if someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
if someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
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one of the single worst elements of Soviet repression were the silent disappearances overnight; at least in Minneapolis, when fedl agents are doing their kidnapping, the whole street is aware and trying to help
January 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
one of the single worst elements of Soviet repression were the silent disappearances overnight; at least in Minneapolis, when fedl agents are doing their kidnapping, the whole street is aware and trying to help
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2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
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The story in Minnesota is not about “clashes” or protests. What is happening here is the clearest example in my life of the government violating every basic principle America is supposedly founded upon. It is lawless, unconstitutional, and un-American.
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The story in Minnesota is not about “clashes” or protests. What is happening here is the clearest example in my life of the government violating every basic principle America is supposedly founded upon. It is lawless, unconstitutional, and un-American.
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Good news fam down 6 lbs since occupation started.
Want to lose weight? Have you considered living under a federal occupation with armed masked goons with no identification kidnapping people for being brown and as a result being so stressed out that you can't eat? Well I have a diet plan for you.
Want to lose weight? Have you considered living under a federal occupation with armed masked goons with no identification kidnapping people for being brown and as a result being so stressed out that you can't eat? Well I have a diet plan for you.
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Good news fam down 6 lbs since occupation started.
Want to lose weight? Have you considered living under a federal occupation with armed masked goons with no identification kidnapping people for being brown and as a result being so stressed out that you can't eat? Well I have a diet plan for you.
Want to lose weight? Have you considered living under a federal occupation with armed masked goons with no identification kidnapping people for being brown and as a result being so stressed out that you can't eat? Well I have a diet plan for you.
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Instead of giving your money to Simon Rosenberg's vague plea to fund the DFL for vague reasons, please give to shelter our unsheltered Indigenous relatives TODAY during this very cold cold snap.
Our community is in peril. Our neighbors need our help in this time of ICE presence and subzero temperatures.
Mpls has a shortage of available shelter for residents, and our city govt has not developed adequate resources to humanely house people.
Please support MIWRC in this time of emergency.
Mpls has a shortage of available shelter for residents, and our city govt has not developed adequate resources to humanely house people.
Please support MIWRC in this time of emergency.
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Instead of giving your money to Simon Rosenberg's vague plea to fund the DFL for vague reasons, please give to shelter our unsheltered Indigenous relatives TODAY during this very cold cold snap.
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ICE is all over my area today, rural and semirural Minnesota.
This did not happen in the Cities, and yes I am fucking reporting it. And yes I am going back out again when healed, because fuck these anti-American cowardly shit eaters.
This did not happen in the Cities, and yes I am fucking reporting it. And yes I am going back out again when healed, because fuck these anti-American cowardly shit eaters.
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
ICE is all over my area today, rural and semirural Minnesota.
This did not happen in the Cities, and yes I am fucking reporting it. And yes I am going back out again when healed, because fuck these anti-American cowardly shit eaters.
This did not happen in the Cities, and yes I am fucking reporting it. And yes I am going back out again when healed, because fuck these anti-American cowardly shit eaters.
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Since whistles are the hot new fashion accessory of the season, can I put in a good word to the 3D printers on behalf of the pastel goths? We have a lot of darks and brights. We don’t have a lot of pastels
January 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Since whistles are the hot new fashion accessory of the season, can I put in a good word to the 3D printers on behalf of the pastel goths? We have a lot of darks and brights. We don’t have a lot of pastels
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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Some of the finished snow sculptures from the World Snow Sculpting Championship held in Stillwater! One of the many things that makes Minnesota so special.
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Some of the finished snow sculptures from the World Snow Sculpting Championship held in Stillwater! One of the many things that makes Minnesota so special.
This is one of the stories we know about, there are now hundreds (thousands?) of these stories that we don't have documentation/video about and people just disappeared and never released.
Minneapolis man says ICE agents took 'trophy' photos, locked him in overcrowded cell
Garrison Gibson, a Minneapolis man from Liberia, shared details of his experience with federal immigration enforcement this week at a press conference Saturday.
www.mprnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This is one of the stories we know about, there are now hundreds (thousands?) of these stories that we don't have documentation/video about and people just disappeared and never released.
Please don't repost the bathtub viking being chased by ICE ffs it's fucking AI
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Please don't repost the bathtub viking being chased by ICE ffs it's fucking AI
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Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
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The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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More people should know about the day 90% of Icelandic women went on strike, forcing real political change towards gender equality:
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 AM
More people should know about the day 90% of Icelandic women went on strike, forcing real political change towards gender equality:
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
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are foreign countries unable to drop special forces into maralago and “arrest” the president on drug and gun charges in their own country? please?
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 AM
are foreign countries unable to drop special forces into maralago and “arrest” the president on drug and gun charges in their own country? please?
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Other countries are sending their foreign war correspondents to cover ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
The Department of Defence has put the US Army on alert for possible deployment to the city.
This was never about immigration.
They’re turning it into a war zone.
The Department of Defence has put the US Army on alert for possible deployment to the city.
This was never about immigration.
They’re turning it into a war zone.
January 18, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Other countries are sending their foreign war correspondents to cover ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
The Department of Defence has put the US Army on alert for possible deployment to the city.
This was never about immigration.
They’re turning it into a war zone.
The Department of Defence has put the US Army on alert for possible deployment to the city.
This was never about immigration.
They’re turning it into a war zone.
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So, like, if we get attacked by paratroopers, I really hope the rest of you know we tried our best. And I hope you impeach the motherfuckers who thought it was okay to even consider this.
In a just world even the consideration of an attack your own people should be grounds for impeachment.
In a just world even the consideration of an attack your own people should be grounds for impeachment.
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 AM
So, like, if we get attacked by paratroopers, I really hope the rest of you know we tried our best. And I hope you impeach the motherfuckers who thought it was okay to even consider this.
In a just world even the consideration of an attack your own people should be grounds for impeachment.
In a just world even the consideration of an attack your own people should be grounds for impeachment.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
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This is the attitude Minnesotans are giving ICE: I’m not stuck in here with you. YOU’RE stuck in here with ME
January 18, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This is the attitude Minnesotans are giving ICE: I’m not stuck in here with you. YOU’RE stuck in here with ME
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i gotta say watching a nazi influencer get his shit rocked in minneapolis has been great for morale today
January 18, 2026 at 3:17 AM
i gotta say watching a nazi influencer get his shit rocked in minneapolis has been great for morale today
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Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.
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We had more people for our first DJ bike ride in 2022 than are attending this protest.
Absolute buffoonery.
Absolute buffoonery.
January 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
We had more people for our first DJ bike ride in 2022 than are attending this protest.
Absolute buffoonery.
Absolute buffoonery.