Jess
@astorycollector.bsky.social
A Chicago based storyteller. Actor. Photographer. Writer. Reader. 📚🌻
AStoryCollector on both StoryGraph and Fable.
AStoryCollector on both StoryGraph and Fable.
I’ll be supporting Dylan Blaha and so should you. Nikki Budzinski has got to go. She does not share the values I hold dear.
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’ll be supporting Dylan Blaha and so should you. Nikki Budzinski has got to go. She does not share the values I hold dear.
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For over a year our 2yo has been obsessed with videos of the Lowes animatronic Halloween reaper band. So for his 3rd birthday, we surprised him with his own reaper band. Now all he wants to do is perform with the 7ft tall reapers, specifically as an *animatronic* skeleton. He’s a method actor.
May 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For over a year our 2yo has been obsessed with videos of the Lowes animatronic Halloween reaper band. So for his 3rd birthday, we surprised him with his own reaper band. Now all he wants to do is perform with the 7ft tall reapers, specifically as an *animatronic* skeleton. He’s a method actor.
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I still think it’s backwards that mass shooters owning assault weapons is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.
May 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I still think it’s backwards that mass shooters owning assault weapons is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.
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When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this:
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this:
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
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I’m at the market crash. I’m at the tariff war. I’m at the combination market crash and tariff war.
April 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m at the market crash. I’m at the tariff war. I’m at the combination market crash and tariff war.
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Donald Trump, in Michigan, on Nov 1st.
NEWS | U.S. forces have killed at least 31, mostly women and children, and wounded 101 others in a wave of attacks across Yemen, the Ministry of Health said Sunday.
March 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Donald Trump, in Michigan, on Nov 1st.
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
@durbin.senate.gov
You are certainly not serving me, my family, or my community.
I had a group of folks calling your offices all week, and no one was able to speak with an aide. You don’t even give your constituents the opportunity to leave a voicemail.
You are certainly not serving me, my family, or my community.
I had a group of folks calling your offices all week, and no one was able to speak with an aide. You don’t even give your constituents the opportunity to leave a voicemail.
March 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
@durbin.senate.gov
You are certainly not serving me, my family, or my community.
I had a group of folks calling your offices all week, and no one was able to speak with an aide. You don’t even give your constituents the opportunity to leave a voicemail.
You are certainly not serving me, my family, or my community.
I had a group of folks calling your offices all week, and no one was able to speak with an aide. You don’t even give your constituents the opportunity to leave a voicemail.
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i think if you still defend dem leadership after this you should be studied in a lab to figure out what’s wrong with you. unfortunately that lab has also been defunded
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
i think if you still defend dem leadership after this you should be studied in a lab to figure out what’s wrong with you. unfortunately that lab has also been defunded
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
My Valentine’s Day read is The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston.
What’s yours? 📚💙
What’s yours? 📚💙
February 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My Valentine’s Day read is The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston.
What’s yours? 📚💙
What’s yours? 📚💙
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Finally saw "Wicked" and it's basically the same exact movie as "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."
February 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Finally saw "Wicked" and it's basically the same exact movie as "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."
My hubby got me a foot massager for Christmas. I put it under my desk. And now I’m like, oh so sorry, I need to work on this for at least 5 more minutes. So sorry. It’s important.
February 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My hubby got me a foot massager for Christmas. I put it under my desk. And now I’m like, oh so sorry, I need to work on this for at least 5 more minutes. So sorry. It’s important.
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I just keep journaling every day. It’s really important to me to have evidence of dates, times, things that Ive seen, who did what, what is happening.
All of this can fall apart and be deleted. But there has to be evidence. Writing matters and there has to be evidence of what happened
All of this can fall apart and be deleted. But there has to be evidence. Writing matters and there has to be evidence of what happened
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I just keep journaling every day. It’s really important to me to have evidence of dates, times, things that Ive seen, who did what, what is happening.
All of this can fall apart and be deleted. But there has to be evidence. Writing matters and there has to be evidence of what happened
All of this can fall apart and be deleted. But there has to be evidence. Writing matters and there has to be evidence of what happened
Opinions by Roxane Gay! 3.5⭐️
I love Gay’s writing. She is a must buy author for me. This anthology is a great collection of her published opinion pieces, but the format left something to be desired. I wish the essays had been organized chronologically. Full review on StoryGraph and Fable!📚💙
I love Gay’s writing. She is a must buy author for me. This anthology is a great collection of her published opinion pieces, but the format left something to be desired. I wish the essays had been organized chronologically. Full review on StoryGraph and Fable!📚💙
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Opinions by Roxane Gay! 3.5⭐️
I love Gay’s writing. She is a must buy author for me. This anthology is a great collection of her published opinion pieces, but the format left something to be desired. I wish the essays had been organized chronologically. Full review on StoryGraph and Fable!📚💙
I love Gay’s writing. She is a must buy author for me. This anthology is a great collection of her published opinion pieces, but the format left something to be desired. I wish the essays had been organized chronologically. Full review on StoryGraph and Fable!📚💙
Current reads:
Physical book:
I know what I am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Gina Siciliano
EBook:
There’s Always The Year: On Basketball and Ascension
by Hanif Abdurraqib
Audio:
Opinions
by Roxane Gay
Happy Reading Folks 📚💙
Physical book:
I know what I am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Gina Siciliano
EBook:
There’s Always The Year: On Basketball and Ascension
by Hanif Abdurraqib
Audio:
Opinions
by Roxane Gay
Happy Reading Folks 📚💙
February 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Current reads:
Physical book:
I know what I am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Gina Siciliano
EBook:
There’s Always The Year: On Basketball and Ascension
by Hanif Abdurraqib
Audio:
Opinions
by Roxane Gay
Happy Reading Folks 📚💙
Physical book:
I know what I am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Gina Siciliano
EBook:
There’s Always The Year: On Basketball and Ascension
by Hanif Abdurraqib
Audio:
Opinions
by Roxane Gay
Happy Reading Folks 📚💙
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Chicago has a new Women’s sports team!!! Let’s go Chicago Tempest!
If you don’t know, Rugby is the coolest. Ilona Maher says so. Get into it!
@wertempest.bsky.social
#chicagotempest
#womensrugby
#womenssports
If you don’t know, Rugby is the coolest. Ilona Maher says so. Get into it!
@wertempest.bsky.social
#chicagotempest
#womensrugby
#womenssports
February 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Chicago has a new Women’s sports team!!! Let’s go Chicago Tempest!
If you don’t know, Rugby is the coolest. Ilona Maher says so. Get into it!
@wertempest.bsky.social
#chicagotempest
#womensrugby
#womenssports
If you don’t know, Rugby is the coolest. Ilona Maher says so. Get into it!
@wertempest.bsky.social
#chicagotempest
#womensrugby
#womenssports
6 books! Quite the month of reading.
Still thinking about Intermezzo. Might change my rating…
And then I remember rating is arbitrary and dumb. My least favorite bookish thing.
Still thinking about Intermezzo. Might change my rating…
And then I remember rating is arbitrary and dumb. My least favorite bookish thing.
February 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
6 books! Quite the month of reading.
Still thinking about Intermezzo. Might change my rating…
And then I remember rating is arbitrary and dumb. My least favorite bookish thing.
Still thinking about Intermezzo. Might change my rating…
And then I remember rating is arbitrary and dumb. My least favorite bookish thing.
January Reading Recap:
The Book of Doors 2.75⭐️
The Nickel Boys 5⭐️
Iron Flame 3.5⭐️
Onyx Storm 4⭐️
On Tyranny (graphic edition) 5⭐️
Intermezzo 4.5⭐️
The Book of Doors 2.75⭐️
The Nickel Boys 5⭐️
Iron Flame 3.5⭐️
Onyx Storm 4⭐️
On Tyranny (graphic edition) 5⭐️
Intermezzo 4.5⭐️
February 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
January Reading Recap:
The Book of Doors 2.75⭐️
The Nickel Boys 5⭐️
Iron Flame 3.5⭐️
Onyx Storm 4⭐️
On Tyranny (graphic edition) 5⭐️
Intermezzo 4.5⭐️
The Book of Doors 2.75⭐️
The Nickel Boys 5⭐️
Iron Flame 3.5⭐️
Onyx Storm 4⭐️
On Tyranny (graphic edition) 5⭐️
Intermezzo 4.5⭐️
Finished Onyx Storm!
Spoiler free thoughts:
What a fun rollercoaster.
Can’t wait to ride the next one.
But my mind needs some brain food.
Onto the next:
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Spoiler free thoughts:
What a fun rollercoaster.
Can’t wait to ride the next one.
But my mind needs some brain food.
Onto the next:
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
January 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Finished Onyx Storm!
Spoiler free thoughts:
What a fun rollercoaster.
Can’t wait to ride the next one.
But my mind needs some brain food.
Onto the next:
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Spoiler free thoughts:
What a fun rollercoaster.
Can’t wait to ride the next one.
But my mind needs some brain food.
Onto the next:
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
You see how I’m 65% through Onyx Storm and I haven’t posted any spoilers?
Very mindful. Very demure.
Very mindful. Very demure.
January 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You see how I’m 65% through Onyx Storm and I haven’t posted any spoilers?
Very mindful. Very demure.
Very mindful. Very demure.