Jacquelyn Arends
@jacquelynarends.bsky.social
Designer + Illustrator
Fleurdelia founder
Designing everyday magic
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Minneapolis | she/her 👩🏻💻
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Fleurdelia founder
Designing everyday magic
🗝️✨🌸🍃
Minneapolis | she/her 👩🏻💻
👚 buy a wearable philosophy apparatus here:
fleurdelia.com
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I’m a designer + illustrator. Sometimes my holiday product designs are in mass market stores. (I also have my own shop but don’t usually promote on my personal account.) Interests are children’s lit, reading, and medical science (for sake of one of my kids).
Hi! 👋
I’m a designer + illustrator. Sometimes my holiday product designs are in mass market stores. (I also have my own shop but don’t usually promote on my personal account.) Interests are children’s lit, reading, and medical science (for sake of one of my kids).
Hi! 👋
Reposted by Jacquelyn Arends
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
Reposted by Jacquelyn Arends
Important 🧵!
There's tons of research on this in school contexts (plus DV & cults as Sandy notes). The only programs that effectively address bullying 1) bolster community relationships & 2) provide explicit bystander training. Standing up to a bully/abuser runs counter to human survival instincts.
There's tons of research on this in school contexts (plus DV & cults as Sandy notes). The only programs that effectively address bullying 1) bolster community relationships & 2) provide explicit bystander training. Standing up to a bully/abuser runs counter to human survival instincts.
Just wanted to say: Have been reading versions of this a lot.
If you've survived an abuse situation, you understand the *point* is that he insults her AND that nobody speaks up. Of course nobody does. The entire presentation is the propaganda. It's about the witnesses' compliance and complicity.
If you've survived an abuse situation, you understand the *point* is that he insults her AND that nobody speaks up. Of course nobody does. The entire presentation is the propaganda. It's about the witnesses' compliance and complicity.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Important 🧵!
There's tons of research on this in school contexts (plus DV & cults as Sandy notes). The only programs that effectively address bullying 1) bolster community relationships & 2) provide explicit bystander training. Standing up to a bully/abuser runs counter to human survival instincts.
There's tons of research on this in school contexts (plus DV & cults as Sandy notes). The only programs that effectively address bullying 1) bolster community relationships & 2) provide explicit bystander training. Standing up to a bully/abuser runs counter to human survival instincts.
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Trump’s “plan” for healthcare is to give $2000 directly to the people so they can negotiate their own care.
$2000 won’t do anything when serious illness crops up.
He knows this.
It’s eugenics.
He wants the poor, the disabled & marginalized to die.
He sees us as “useless eaters”.
$2000 won’t do anything when serious illness crops up.
He knows this.
It’s eugenics.
He wants the poor, the disabled & marginalized to die.
He sees us as “useless eaters”.
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump’s “plan” for healthcare is to give $2000 directly to the people so they can negotiate their own care.
$2000 won’t do anything when serious illness crops up.
He knows this.
It’s eugenics.
He wants the poor, the disabled & marginalized to die.
He sees us as “useless eaters”.
$2000 won’t do anything when serious illness crops up.
He knows this.
It’s eugenics.
He wants the poor, the disabled & marginalized to die.
He sees us as “useless eaters”.
Grateful for Dr. Rubin’s work! Families with food allergies already get a WEIRD number of fingers pointed at them by people who read 1-2 headlines and decide they’ve deduced How Food Allergies Work™ (and/or that they aren’t even real). We don’t need any more of that.
Here is a thorough breakdown of RFK Jr’s misleading statements on vaccines and food allergies.
drrubin.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
drrubin.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...
RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines and Food Allergies
Why his claims collapse under real immunology, real epidemiology, and real evidence.
drrubin.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Grateful for Dr. Rubin’s work! Families with food allergies already get a WEIRD number of fingers pointed at them by people who read 1-2 headlines and decide they’ve deduced How Food Allergies Work™ (and/or that they aren’t even real). We don’t need any more of that.
Every day that scientific research loses funding, we lose out on things like this.
“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
Duke Health researchers announces breakthrough in breast cancer vaccine trial
A small group of women with advanced breast cancer participated in a trial where they received a vaccine, and all are alive today.
abc11.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Every day that scientific research loses funding, we lose out on things like this.
Kate Winslet held her breath underwater for over 7 minutes; I can do this*!
*this being drink a tall glass of water without taking a breath
*this being drink a tall glass of water without taking a breath
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kate Winslet held her breath underwater for over 7 minutes; I can do this*!
*this being drink a tall glass of water without taking a breath
*this being drink a tall glass of water without taking a breath
I really, really like the idea of thrifting to find vintage clothing, and also every time I’ve looked it’s such a time-suck to not find anything that for now I can’t justify it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I really, really like the idea of thrifting to find vintage clothing, and also every time I’ve looked it’s such a time-suck to not find anything that for now I can’t justify it.
A weird thing about now is how many things just fall off your bucket list. Very early in my career, I thought it would be neat to someday have some spot illustrations in a few publications, but so many have either shuttered or (completely, utterly, repeatedly!) forfeited their reputations.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A weird thing about now is how many things just fall off your bucket list. Very early in my career, I thought it would be neat to someday have some spot illustrations in a few publications, but so many have either shuttered or (completely, utterly, repeatedly!) forfeited their reputations.
Is standing outside in the dark waiting for a photo of the aurora to finish loading on my phone the new shaking a Polaroid?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Is standing outside in the dark waiting for a photo of the aurora to finish loading on my phone the new shaking a Polaroid?
TIL Peter Brady sells furniture
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
TIL Peter Brady sells furniture
Granted my phone is newer now to pick up more in pictures than previous times, but I’ve never seen the aurora this red before. At points, it seemed blood red.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Granted my phone is newer now to pick up more in pictures than previous times, but I’ve never seen the aurora this red before. At points, it seemed blood red.
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What the Senate Democratic defectors did is like the Montgomery bus boycotters calling it quits after 40 days because city leaders promised to “review” bus seating policies.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What the Senate Democratic defectors did is like the Montgomery bus boycotters calling it quits after 40 days because city leaders promised to “review” bus seating policies.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
Sometimes I’ll wonder which people in government are doing things for nefarious reasons and which people are doing things out of ignorance, but since functionally the outcome is the same I’m not sure that it really matters.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sometimes I’ll wonder which people in government are doing things for nefarious reasons and which people are doing things out of ignorance, but since functionally the outcome is the same I’m not sure that it really matters.
Any time I see really cool heels, I know I won’t buy them for 2 reasons: the price and, more importantly, because I’ll walk like a newborn giraffe right up until the point I roll my ankle.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Any time I see really cool heels, I know I won’t buy them for 2 reasons: the price and, more importantly, because I’ll walk like a newborn giraffe right up until the point I roll my ankle.
the weather app so far hasn’t mentioned it, but alas: I just saw first flakes of the season ❄️
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
the weather app so far hasn’t mentioned it, but alas: I just saw first flakes of the season ❄️
Probably the next headline after this one: “Did Women Ruin the Workforce?”
(Would seem they’ve since updated it to “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?” but nonetheless.)
(Would seem they’ve since updated it to “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?” but nonetheless.)
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Probably the next headline after this one: “Did Women Ruin the Workforce?”
(Would seem they’ve since updated it to “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?” but nonetheless.)
(Would seem they’ve since updated it to “Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?” but nonetheless.)
There’s a LittlePeople™ Backstreet Boys toy set???? And it’s real?
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There’s a LittlePeople™ Backstreet Boys toy set???? And it’s real?
I’m hoping the contents of these aren’t something like exotic termites that have gained my sympathy. However, since they are apparently going to hang out like this till spring, that means I need to find a safe place to put them before it snows but not so safe they emerge too soon.
We finally got around to dealing with a big collection of sticks in the yard (still very new to this ‘having a yard’ thing), and in the process found these. I *want* to believe they have cool moths inside (like the giant orange/brown one my grandma showed me as a kid), but also…
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’m hoping the contents of these aren’t something like exotic termites that have gained my sympathy. However, since they are apparently going to hang out like this till spring, that means I need to find a safe place to put them before it snows but not so safe they emerge too soon.
Every time I see a December expiration date on dairy products in the fridge it gives me a mini surge of anxiety thinking about everything that will need to get done.
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Every time I see a December expiration date on dairy products in the fridge it gives me a mini surge of anxiety thinking about everything that will need to get done.
Do you ever look at some of the tea bags you forgot you even had and think to yourself “I dunno, maybe it’s none of my business when the expiration dates were”?
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Do you ever look at some of the tea bags you forgot you even had and think to yourself “I dunno, maybe it’s none of my business when the expiration dates were”?
That time of year again. Also, it sucks how useless Google searches are for this.
Me: I need kids’ snow pants.
Store: We don’t have them yet; we aren’t ready.
Me: Same thing.
Store: Same story.
Me:
Store: Not yet.
Me: *forgets because of stretch of unseasonably warm weather*
Store: Great news! We have snow pants! They’re on sale! The size you need…is sold out.
Store: We don’t have them yet; we aren’t ready.
Me: Same thing.
Store: Same story.
Me:
Store: Not yet.
Me: *forgets because of stretch of unseasonably warm weather*
Store: Great news! We have snow pants! They’re on sale! The size you need…is sold out.
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
That time of year again. Also, it sucks how useless Google searches are for this.
We managed to get some Halloween stuff together, albeit last minute-ish. I’m grateful to have not done anything beyond hemming for kids’ costumes this year.
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
We managed to get some Halloween stuff together, albeit last minute-ish. I’m grateful to have not done anything beyond hemming for kids’ costumes this year.
Youngest always refers to an “[American] football” as a “soccer ball,” but the reason it amuses me is that it’s always pronounced “sucker ball.” 🏈
November 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Youngest always refers to an “[American] football” as a “soccer ball,” but the reason it amuses me is that it’s always pronounced “sucker ball.” 🏈
I’m surprised with all the nostalgia for past tech there aren’t more options for something akin to a contemporary stereo that isn’t reliant on logins, phones, or Bluetooth.
Every time I see my kid carrying the family iPad, I laugh to myself imagining younger me carrying the family stereo or TV.
Every time I see my kid carrying the family iPad, I laugh to myself imagining younger me carrying the family stereo or TV.
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I’m surprised with all the nostalgia for past tech there aren’t more options for something akin to a contemporary stereo that isn’t reliant on logins, phones, or Bluetooth.
Every time I see my kid carrying the family iPad, I laugh to myself imagining younger me carrying the family stereo or TV.
Every time I see my kid carrying the family iPad, I laugh to myself imagining younger me carrying the family stereo or TV.