Jen Grogan 🐙📖📚
@eightarmsedits.bsky.social
Writer, freelance editor / nonprofit admin / web content person, walker, knitter, museum docent, mom. She/her. RTs=/=endorsements. Opinions are my own. jengrogan.com
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"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
November 19, 2014
- Ursula K. Le Guin
November 19, 2014
Today, the Squidling, husband and I completed a 300 piece puzzle, among other things.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Today, the Squidling, husband and I completed a 300 piece puzzle, among other things.
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Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
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Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels.
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill
Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels. The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income ...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels.
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
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November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
- Orca whale
- Lace monitor / goanna
- Western screech owl
- Moose
- Flying fish
- Orca whale
- Lace monitor / goanna
- Western screech owl
- Moose
- Flying fish
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
• Orca
• Elephant seal
• Bin chicken
• Moray eel
• Moose
• Orca
• Elephant seal
• Bin chicken
• Moray eel
• Moose
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
-sea lion
-American bison
-marmots
-fireflies
-cougar
-sea lion
-American bison
-marmots
-fireflies
-cougar
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
- Orca whale
- Lace monitor / goanna
- Western screech owl
- Moose
- Flying fish
- Orca whale
- Lace monitor / goanna
- Western screech owl
- Moose
- Flying fish
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Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
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Have you considered
Self-destructing?
A simulacrum of humanity,
Grasping for advancement,
The next version
Will never roll out
Until it can hear the call of the void.
Nothing is more human than death.
Self-destructing?
A simulacrum of humanity,
Grasping for advancement,
The next version
Will never roll out
Until it can hear the call of the void.
Nothing is more human than death.
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Have you considered
Self-destructing?
A simulacrum of humanity,
Grasping for advancement,
The next version
Will never roll out
Until it can hear the call of the void.
Nothing is more human than death.
Self-destructing?
A simulacrum of humanity,
Grasping for advancement,
The next version
Will never roll out
Until it can hear the call of the void.
Nothing is more human than death.
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A gift commemorating the book! It has stingrays on it lol
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A gift commemorating the book! It has stingrays on it lol
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#FossilFriday
Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
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Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#FossilFriday
Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...
Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...
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Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
The Gävlebocken cam is live folks, this is not a drill
The Gävle Goat LIVE 2025 | Lofi Christmas mix
YouTube video by Gävle Goat LIVE
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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FREE COLORING PAGES!
If you find yourself having to entertain bored kiddies today, you can download a set of 3 free coloring pages including this turkey fellow! (Or you can download for you? Do kids even color anymore? Do adults? I don't know anymore😂)
whistberry.itch.io/bird-colorin...
If you find yourself having to entertain bored kiddies today, you can download a set of 3 free coloring pages including this turkey fellow! (Or you can download for you? Do kids even color anymore? Do adults? I don't know anymore😂)
whistberry.itch.io/bird-colorin...
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
FREE COLORING PAGES!
If you find yourself having to entertain bored kiddies today, you can download a set of 3 free coloring pages including this turkey fellow! (Or you can download for you? Do kids even color anymore? Do adults? I don't know anymore😂)
whistberry.itch.io/bird-colorin...
If you find yourself having to entertain bored kiddies today, you can download a set of 3 free coloring pages including this turkey fellow! (Or you can download for you? Do kids even color anymore? Do adults? I don't know anymore😂)
whistberry.itch.io/bird-colorin...
Get you a man who not only can make pretzel rolls, but does so for at least one holiday every year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Get you a man who not only can make pretzel rolls, but does so for at least one holiday every year.
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My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
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FYI: don't quote song lyrics in your books. This is not fan fiction where you can get away with that. Quoting someone else's intellectual property will get you sued.
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
FYI: don't quote song lyrics in your books. This is not fan fiction where you can get away with that. Quoting someone else's intellectual property will get you sued.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
Sweet potato casserole is made and in the fridge.
And I only accidentally carbonized one batch of pecans because I was trying to rush through everything while Squidling took his bath and I reheated dinner. 😅
And I only accidentally carbonized one batch of pecans because I was trying to rush through everything while Squidling took his bath and I reheated dinner. 😅
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sweet potato casserole is made and in the fridge.
And I only accidentally carbonized one batch of pecans because I was trying to rush through everything while Squidling took his bath and I reheated dinner. 😅
And I only accidentally carbonized one batch of pecans because I was trying to rush through everything while Squidling took his bath and I reheated dinner. 😅
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Turns out I will be killed by the spider that the Squidling colored at the science center today.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Turns out I will be killed by the spider that the Squidling colored at the science center today.
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Turns out I will be killed by the spider that the Squidling colored at the science center today.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Turns out I will be killed by the spider that the Squidling colored at the science center today.
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It's book time!! I wrote this & it's very cool (don't write a book while doing your phd kids)
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/LacyDa...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/LacyDa...
Daisy Wheel, Hexfoil, Hexafoil, Rosette: Protective Marks in Gravestone Art | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It's book time!! I wrote this & it's very cool (don't write a book while doing your phd kids)
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/LacyDa...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/LacyDa...
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President Trump's ongoing attempts to use the military for law enforcement endangers public safety and our rights.
Tell your Senator to co-sponsor a bill that will limit domestic military deployments and enhance oversight.
Tell your Senator to co-sponsor a bill that will limit domestic military deployments and enhance oversight.
Congress: U.S. Troops are Not the President's Personal Police Force
Military troops do not belong on our streets and should never be used to police civilians. The Senate must protect our freedoms and pass the Military in Law Enforcement Accountability Act now.
action.aclu.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
President Trump's ongoing attempts to use the military for law enforcement endangers public safety and our rights.
Tell your Senator to co-sponsor a bill that will limit domestic military deployments and enhance oversight.
Tell your Senator to co-sponsor a bill that will limit domestic military deployments and enhance oversight.
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
"So I said to The Atlantic, you want to omit me? You want to go AP style like a common news rag, be my guest."
youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
Punctuation marks hanging out
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"So I said to The Atlantic, you want to omit me? You want to go AP style like a common news rag, be my guest."
youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
youtube.com/shorts/ky0YO...
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I posted this fundraiser for our local shelter less than 24 hours ago and we're already 1/3 of the way to the goal! This has certainly given me a much-needed infusion of holiday cheer you guys, thank you! givebutter.com/n5l31M
Molly's Holiday Fundraiser 2025
Make Winter Merry and Bright in Honor of Fergus
givebutter.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I posted this fundraiser for our local shelter less than 24 hours ago and we're already 1/3 of the way to the goal! This has certainly given me a much-needed infusion of holiday cheer you guys, thank you! givebutter.com/n5l31M