jen by.
@jenbyers.com
• journalist | witch •
stories @ aljazeera, calmatters, the guardian, philadelphia inquirer, prism, showtime, truthout, etc.
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jen by.
@jenbyers.com
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do not trust anyone
who gets too excited
about war.
no,
do not trust anyone
who gets excited
at all.
who gets too excited
about war.
no,
do not trust anyone
who gets excited
at all.
my comments section rn is too much —
"hey guys! we can't only eat pancakes! other food has merit!"
--> "IN DEFENSE OF PANCAKES"
🤡
"hey guys! we can't only eat pancakes! other food has merit!"
--> "IN DEFENSE OF PANCAKES"
🤡
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
my comments section rn is too much —
"hey guys! we can't only eat pancakes! other food has merit!"
--> "IN DEFENSE OF PANCAKES"
🤡
"hey guys! we can't only eat pancakes! other food has merit!"
--> "IN DEFENSE OF PANCAKES"
🤡
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
someone today said "spirituality itself is an alt-right pipeline," and omfg, i disagree so much.
atheism cannot be the only way to be a leftist. that both ignores long histories of churches, meeting halls & ceremonies as resistance. and it alienates so many amazing people.
no. no. absolutely not.
atheism cannot be the only way to be a leftist. that both ignores long histories of churches, meeting halls & ceremonies as resistance. and it alienates so many amazing people.
no. no. absolutely not.
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
someone today said "spirituality itself is an alt-right pipeline," and omfg, i disagree so much.
atheism cannot be the only way to be a leftist. that both ignores long histories of churches, meeting halls & ceremonies as resistance. and it alienates so many amazing people.
no. no. absolutely not.
atheism cannot be the only way to be a leftist. that both ignores long histories of churches, meeting halls & ceremonies as resistance. and it alienates so many amazing people.
no. no. absolutely not.
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BREAKING: 30 young people were just arrested after blocking an ICE detention facility near Alligator Alcatraz.
ICE is kidnapping our neighbors on behalf of fascist billionaires. It's time for every single American to stand up to their intimidation tactics. Let's shut it down.
ICE is kidnapping our neighbors on behalf of fascist billionaires. It's time for every single American to stand up to their intimidation tactics. Let's shut it down.
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: 30 young people were just arrested after blocking an ICE detention facility near Alligator Alcatraz.
ICE is kidnapping our neighbors on behalf of fascist billionaires. It's time for every single American to stand up to their intimidation tactics. Let's shut it down.
ICE is kidnapping our neighbors on behalf of fascist billionaires. It's time for every single American to stand up to their intimidation tactics. Let's shut it down.
right now, i feel like the land:
the harvest is done.
i have nothing left to offer you.
the harvest is done.
i have nothing left to offer you.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
right now, i feel like the land:
the harvest is done.
i have nothing left to offer you.
the harvest is done.
i have nothing left to offer you.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
one day i will get around to detailing the life-long challenges being groomed gives to you.
but that day is not today.
today, i'll just say:
be kind to the crazy bitches (familiar, loving) in your life. you have no idea what we've been through & how much this predation can change us.
but that day is not today.
today, i'll just say:
be kind to the crazy bitches (familiar, loving) in your life. you have no idea what we've been through & how much this predation can change us.
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
one day i will get around to detailing the life-long challenges being groomed gives to you.
but that day is not today.
today, i'll just say:
be kind to the crazy bitches (familiar, loving) in your life. you have no idea what we've been through & how much this predation can change us.
but that day is not today.
today, i'll just say:
be kind to the crazy bitches (familiar, loving) in your life. you have no idea what we've been through & how much this predation can change us.
i am so grateful for everyone combing thru the epstein letters & also i would like to say:
to anyone who has experienced similar abuse or exploitation.... do whatever the fuck you want right now.
it is completely fine to let other people immerse themselves in this sludge. take care of yourself.
to anyone who has experienced similar abuse or exploitation.... do whatever the fuck you want right now.
it is completely fine to let other people immerse themselves in this sludge. take care of yourself.
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
i am so grateful for everyone combing thru the epstein letters & also i would like to say:
to anyone who has experienced similar abuse or exploitation.... do whatever the fuck you want right now.
it is completely fine to let other people immerse themselves in this sludge. take care of yourself.
to anyone who has experienced similar abuse or exploitation.... do whatever the fuck you want right now.
it is completely fine to let other people immerse themselves in this sludge. take care of yourself.
they really don't make weird white boys like they used to.
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
they really don't make weird white boys like they used to.
seeing a band i liked in high school & everyone in here is an old hipster.
back to a simpler time 😭
back to a simpler time 😭
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
seeing a band i liked in high school & everyone in here is an old hipster.
back to a simpler time 😭
back to a simpler time 😭
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Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
"The longer visible signs of social decay are allowed to fester, the more inclined those with means will be to simply check out ... leaving those without the ability to relocate to deal with playgrounds littered with drug paraphernalia." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have normalized delinquent, disorderly behaviour in our cities for too long
There is nothing normal about an encampment forcing toddlers in the daycare next door to stay inside
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
how would you even begin to reverse the things he did?
if a bad person was enabled for decades, will there be a reckoning? or is the american way to just throw him out, move on & pretend that case is close?
how many horrible ideas did he proliferate? who did they hurt? what is repair?
if a bad person was enabled for decades, will there be a reckoning? or is the american way to just throw him out, move on & pretend that case is close?
how many horrible ideas did he proliferate? who did they hurt? what is repair?
👀 Inside the sharp rise and steep fall of Larry Summers, who dominated economic thought in Washington for the better part of 40 years.
After decades of power, Washington shuns Larry Summers over Epstein ties
Larry Summers helped shape U.S. economic policy for decades. His close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein scuttled much of that legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
how would you even begin to reverse the things he did?
if a bad person was enabled for decades, will there be a reckoning? or is the american way to just throw him out, move on & pretend that case is close?
how many horrible ideas did he proliferate? who did they hurt? what is repair?
if a bad person was enabled for decades, will there be a reckoning? or is the american way to just throw him out, move on & pretend that case is close?
how many horrible ideas did he proliferate? who did they hurt? what is repair?
america is so misogynistic & i hate it here.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
america is so misogynistic & i hate it here.
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Without breaking confidences, many of them noted how deeply this affected their lives -- driving them out of chosen fields of study, or just traumatizing them as they continued to navigate a male-dominated world, and their own relationships. Even if they escaped the worst, a psychic meat grinder.,
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Without breaking confidences, many of them noted how deeply this affected their lives -- driving them out of chosen fields of study, or just traumatizing them as they continued to navigate a male-dominated world, and their own relationships. Even if they escaped the worst, a psychic meat grinder.,
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
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god i wish it were true
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
god i wish it were true
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if anyone has contacts to journalists in the chicagoland area, i have a story about how a very prominent area high school enabled pedophiles / groomers & covered up victims stories.
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
if anyone has contacts to journalists in the chicagoland area, i have a story about how a very prominent area high school enabled pedophiles / groomers & covered up victims stories.
it behooves us to move from shock -> acceptance.
and then, acceptance -> subversion.
yes, he is horrible. he is preceded by countless unimaginable horrors.
we need to accept this, to fight, subvert or well outlive it.
and then, acceptance -> subversion.
yes, he is horrible. he is preceded by countless unimaginable horrors.
we need to accept this, to fight, subvert or well outlive it.
how can the president demand the extrajudicial killing of elected representatives? does he not know about our norms?
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
it behooves us to move from shock -> acceptance.
and then, acceptance -> subversion.
yes, he is horrible. he is preceded by countless unimaginable horrors.
we need to accept this, to fight, subvert or well outlive it.
and then, acceptance -> subversion.
yes, he is horrible. he is preceded by countless unimaginable horrors.
we need to accept this, to fight, subvert or well outlive it.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
my favorite part of living in a city with so many slumlords is that i get to learn so much about home improvement 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🔪
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
my favorite part of living in a city with so many slumlords is that i get to learn so much about home improvement 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🔪
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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the irony here is that filler was pioneered by sex workers & dolls.
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’
The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
the irony here is that filler was pioneered by sex workers & dolls.