Janet Watson
@janetskwatson.bsky.social
History professor at UConn, mother, knitter, long COVID and cardiac arrest survivor. Author, Fighting Different Wars. Be kind, stand strong, and aim for democracy. Cats. Personal account.
Michael Phelps has a VERY unusual body: broad chest/shoulders, huge wingspan, short legs. Those things don’t go together but are ideal for swimming fast.
Good thing he has money because no way he can buy suits off the rack.
A massive naturally-occurring genetic advantage.
No one says he cheated.
Good thing he has money because no way he can buy suits off the rack.
A massive naturally-occurring genetic advantage.
No one says he cheated.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Michael Phelps has a VERY unusual body: broad chest/shoulders, huge wingspan, short legs. Those things don’t go together but are ideal for swimming fast.
Good thing he has money because no way he can buy suits off the rack.
A massive naturally-occurring genetic advantage.
No one says he cheated.
Good thing he has money because no way he can buy suits off the rack.
A massive naturally-occurring genetic advantage.
No one says he cheated.
Some of those are making my fingers twitch!
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Some of those are making my fingers twitch!
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8/ The Kremlin is conducting multiple information operations against the Baltic states as it did to justify the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, likely as part of Phase Zero conditions-setting for a possible attack on the Baltic states at some point in the future.
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
8/ The Kremlin is conducting multiple information operations against the Baltic states as it did to justify the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, likely as part of Phase Zero conditions-setting for a possible attack on the Baltic states at some point in the future.
No option - that’s what I remember them telling me afterwards, to explain why I’d just been through that.
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
No option - that’s what I remember them telling me afterwards, to explain why I’d just been through that.
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I'm in medicine and I'm convinced if men experienced period pain even for one day of the year, we would have more treatments on the market
qz.com/611774/perio...
qz.com/611774/perio...
Period pain can be “almost as bad as a heart attack.” Why aren’t we researching how to treat it?
It’s time to talk about period pain. Every month, every woman you know who’s pre-menopause and post-puberty bleeds from their vagina. Periods are one of the most basic facts of life. Any squeamishness...
qz.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm in medicine and I'm convinced if men experienced period pain even for one day of the year, we would have more treatments on the market
qz.com/611774/perio...
qz.com/611774/perio...
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people gotta lose their positions of power and influence
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
people gotta lose their positions of power and influence
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
Reposted by Janet Watson
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?