Jess Conger-Henry
@allybaster.bsky.social
New England based flibbertigibbet. Mostly posts about cats, baking, social justice, and how cute I am. BA in US History and MPA in American Government.
I'm 41. Can't wait for the 4th-ish "once in a lifetime" economic crash of my life.
It’s funny to look back at the 2008 Financial Crisis (I was 17 at the time) because we’re literally seeing the same things happen again right now with AI. Living in the US is so FUCKED.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm 41. Can't wait for the 4th-ish "once in a lifetime" economic crash of my life.
"piss christ got milkshake ducked" is a brand new sentence
regret to inform everyone, piss christ got milkshake ducked
This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"piss christ got milkshake ducked" is a brand new sentence
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
No fucking shit
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
No fucking shit
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Makes sense to me.
Why stay in a country that will not allow you medical care, guaranteed maternity leave, affordable child care, decent schools, or bodily autonomy?
Why stay in a country that will not allow you medical care, guaranteed maternity leave, affordable child care, decent schools, or bodily autonomy?
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Makes sense to me.
Why stay in a country that will not allow you medical care, guaranteed maternity leave, affordable child care, decent schools, or bodily autonomy?
Why stay in a country that will not allow you medical care, guaranteed maternity leave, affordable child care, decent schools, or bodily autonomy?
If any country wanted middle aged, middle class Americans, I'd be there in a second.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups"
Something tells me it's more than wanderlust
Something tells me it's more than wanderlust
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If any country wanted middle aged, middle class Americans, I'd be there in a second.
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is transvestigation bad? yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
is transvestigation bad? yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
He's younger than me, too. WTF
This man is YOUNGER than me.
This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
He's younger than me, too. WTF
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It didn’t go far enough. It never went far enough.
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It didn’t go far enough. It never went far enough.
Part of my job is sending out emails every quarter to every project manager at work who has a federally funded project to remind them to do their MPRs and FFRs. This last quarter FEMA was inaccessible due to the shutdown. Their auto reminders sure do work, though!
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Part of my job is sending out emails every quarter to every project manager at work who has a federally funded project to remind them to do their MPRs and FFRs. This last quarter FEMA was inaccessible due to the shutdown. Their auto reminders sure do work, though!
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
How in the hell do I lose 30+ pounds and not go down a pants size???
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
How in the hell do I lose 30+ pounds and not go down a pants size???
Oh, snap! The first radio show I performed in is up on the @pmrpboston.bsky.social podcast!
www.buzzsprout.com/2245345/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2245345/epis...
Episode Ten : Lady Molly of Scotland Yard - The Ninescore Mystery - The PMRP Podcast - Post-Meridian Radio Players
From our Summer Mysteries, 2014, it's the first episode of Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.You can purchase this performance (and support the PMRP) as part of our Super Sleuths package, available here:htt...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Oh, snap! The first radio show I performed in is up on the @pmrpboston.bsky.social podcast!
www.buzzsprout.com/2245345/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2245345/epis...
Banner love Trump
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Banner love Trump
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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*tapping the sign with great glee*
Please check all that apply
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
*tapping the sign with great glee*
I got my nose pierced a couple of months after I turned 40. I'd always wanted a nose stud and now, more than a year later, I still smile every time I see it in a photo, even if I hate the photo itself. Case in point.
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I got my nose pierced a couple of months after I turned 40. I'd always wanted a nose stud and now, more than a year later, I still smile every time I see it in a photo, even if I hate the photo itself. Case in point.
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This Thursday I'm in Beverly MA talking fairy tales, folklore, feminism, and other F words with my friend Jess, and signing books! Register here: copperdogbooks.com/event/2025-1...
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This Thursday I'm in Beverly MA talking fairy tales, folklore, feminism, and other F words with my friend Jess, and signing books! Register here: copperdogbooks.com/event/2025-1...
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It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
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Someday I'll have more to say, but for now it suffices that no queer person alive will be surprised by this.
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
Holocaust Researcher Says Up to 1/3 of Imprisoned LGBTQ+ People Reported by Friends and Family
A new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center aims to shed light on the diversity of LGBTQ+ Holocaust stories.
www.them.us
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Someday I'll have more to say, but for now it suffices that no queer person alive will be surprised by this.
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
You can be anything you set your mind to!
Okay, so: once you’ve nicked £90m in assorted crown jewels from a national museum, I think it’s safe to say you no longer fall into the “petty crime” category even if you haven’t previously been noteworthy in your field.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Louvre jewel heist by petty criminals, not organised professionals, says Paris prosecutor
Laure Beccuau said ‘upper echelons of organised crime’ unlikely to be involved as one perpetrator remains at large
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
You can be anything you set your mind to!
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Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.
Honestly, we severely underestimate how drunk our past was. However drunk you think it was, triple that, at least.
in the 1830s, philadelphia town ball, itself adapted from philadelphia round ball, was the hottest recreational pastime for urban males other than drinking themselves to death. club teams began emerging when folks started crossing the river to camden, new jersey to escape urban life and play ball.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Honestly, we severely underestimate how drunk our past was. However drunk you think it was, triple that, at least.