Jen Chien
@jchien.bsky.social
Dog lover, kid parent, sourdough enthusiast, Frisco kid, dancing queen, public media/podcast person (currently director of podcasts at KQED)
*I'm just an animal looking for a home and
Share the same space for a minute or two*
*I'm just an animal looking for a home and
Share the same space for a minute or two*
I think this one is my favorite
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I think this one is my favorite
This thread ... whew
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
Good morning. Back in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who is expected to rule in 20 minutes on the use of force by federal agents against protesters and journalists in Chicago.
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This thread ... whew
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
Lynda Barry, one of the best to ever do it ("it" being drawing, comics, writing, art, mixtapes! IYKYK)
"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Lynda Barry, one of the best to ever do it ("it" being drawing, comics, writing, art, mixtapes! IYKYK)
holy shit
The only real breakdown you need of the news out of Venezuela comes from Jesse Welles.
Venezuela
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
holy shit
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
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i love winding the clocks back an hour. you get an extra hour of sleep and the only downside is several months of horrible despair.
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
i love winding the clocks back an hour. you get an extra hour of sleep and the only downside is several months of horrible despair.
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Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
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My friend @andrewjparsons.bsky.social on what it is like working in an industry that is clearly experiencing a bubble. His experience was in podcasting, but there was a lot of this in digital journalism over the last two decades — all abruptly ending in recent years.
Watching the Podcast Bubble Burst From the Inside
I started my first podcast in 2009. It wasn’t anything special, just...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My friend @andrewjparsons.bsky.social on what it is like working in an industry that is clearly experiencing a bubble. His experience was in podcasting, but there was a lot of this in digital journalism over the last two decades — all abruptly ending in recent years.
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My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
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Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
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makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
Wow, @goodtrailcams.bsky.social is 100% bangers
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Wow, @goodtrailcams.bsky.social is 100% bangers
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happy bday poet John Berryman, b.1914
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”
“I cry. Evil dissolves, & love, like foam;
that love. Prattle of children powers me home,
my heart claps like the swan’s
under a frenzy of who love me & who shine.”
“That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.”
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”
“I cry. Evil dissolves, & love, like foam;
that love. Prattle of children powers me home,
my heart claps like the swan’s
under a frenzy of who love me & who shine.”
“That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.”
October 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
happy bday poet John Berryman, b.1914
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”
“I cry. Evil dissolves, & love, like foam;
that love. Prattle of children powers me home,
my heart claps like the swan’s
under a frenzy of who love me & who shine.”
“That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.”
“We must travel in the direction of our fear.”
“I cry. Evil dissolves, & love, like foam;
that love. Prattle of children powers me home,
my heart claps like the swan’s
under a frenzy of who love me & who shine.”
“That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.”
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You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
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The arrival of fascism in San Francisco isn't an invasion.
It’s a homecoming—a nightmare scaled by venture capital.
It’s a homecoming—a nightmare scaled by venture capital.
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The arrival of fascism in San Francisco isn't an invasion.
It’s a homecoming—a nightmare scaled by venture capital.
It’s a homecoming—a nightmare scaled by venture capital.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Nothin like eating tacos on the street when it’s past your bedtime
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Nothin like eating tacos on the street when it’s past your bedtime
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The point of recognizing that the main power we have is speaking as much as possible with precision & accuracy is to set us free from calculation: the BS that ranges from online performativity & machismo to spin to the fundamental violations of human solidarity urged by the consultant class.
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The point of recognizing that the main power we have is speaking as much as possible with precision & accuracy is to set us free from calculation: the BS that ranges from online performativity & machismo to spin to the fundamental violations of human solidarity urged by the consultant class.
XENOMORPH!
(I might have gotten too into #alienearth, because this used mixer someone posted for sale looks only like an alien to me)
(I might have gotten too into #alienearth, because this used mixer someone posted for sale looks only like an alien to me)
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
XENOMORPH!
(I might have gotten too into #alienearth, because this used mixer someone posted for sale looks only like an alien to me)
(I might have gotten too into #alienearth, because this used mixer someone posted for sale looks only like an alien to me)
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)
❤️
In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich."
A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."
A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."
September 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
❤️
Waste Not, by Song Dong - Simple but incredibly deep and moving arrangement of all the material possessions of the artist's mother. Personal and political/historical, mundane and profound, one of the most affecting things I've ever seen in a museum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG4S...
September 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Waste Not, by Song Dong - Simple but incredibly deep and moving arrangement of all the material possessions of the artist's mother. Personal and political/historical, mundane and profound, one of the most affecting things I've ever seen in a museum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG4S...
It is a balm to laugh at something stupid and inconsequential rn
September 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It is a balm to laugh at something stupid and inconsequential rn