Jen Dick
@jendick.bsky.social
learning & teaching & books & writing & art & music & games • geek, nerd & dork • Channeler of Cosmic Angst, Lover of Genre Trash • she/her • caring & doing & being Too Much • Pls mask: vulnerable people are everywhere • typical atypical autistic
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I finally got confirmation that ICE agents have been getting paid this whole shutdown. Only people who’ve had guaranteed pay this whole time are the lawmakers responsible for the shutdown and kidnappers
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I finally got confirmation that ICE agents have been getting paid this whole shutdown. Only people who’ve had guaranteed pay this whole time are the lawmakers responsible for the shutdown and kidnappers
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This place is so fucked up
Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This place is so fucked up
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Hi I don't know who needs to hear this, but "socialized as male" "socialized as female" is a transphobic dogwhistle
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hi I don't know who needs to hear this, but "socialized as male" "socialized as female" is a transphobic dogwhistle
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
It pretends to respect your gender while reinforcing your assigned gender at birth as your primary and "true" gender identity
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What happens to disabled people WILL ALWAYS happen to you.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What happens to disabled people WILL ALWAYS happen to you.
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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The different between the right and centrists is that the right gleefully kills millions of people and centrists present mass murder as a technical solution, like they added up all the numbers and carried a zero and oops, sorry, millions have to die.
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The different between the right and centrists is that the right gleefully kills millions of people and centrists present mass murder as a technical solution, like they added up all the numbers and carried a zero and oops, sorry, millions have to die.
This whole thread, but esp this
The idea that some people *should* be disposable & the fact that a whole lotta societies can't operate without throwing ppl under the bus is really quite horrifying!
But colonialism, capitalism & white supremacy demand it, so folks don't think too hard about it
The idea that some people *should* be disposable & the fact that a whole lotta societies can't operate without throwing ppl under the bus is really quite horrifying!
But colonialism, capitalism & white supremacy demand it, so folks don't think too hard about it
Offsetting or bypassing social harms is not the same thing as solutions and eradicating the issue. So many folks just mobilized on fear based on groups of the imagined "other".
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This whole thread, but esp this
The idea that some people *should* be disposable & the fact that a whole lotta societies can't operate without throwing ppl under the bus is really quite horrifying!
But colonialism, capitalism & white supremacy demand it, so folks don't think too hard about it
The idea that some people *should* be disposable & the fact that a whole lotta societies can't operate without throwing ppl under the bus is really quite horrifying!
But colonialism, capitalism & white supremacy demand it, so folks don't think too hard about it
This piece gets at why I hate the word & concept of emasculation, as if men are owed some level of agency and power that women aren't
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This piece gets at why I hate the word & concept of emasculation, as if men are owed some level of agency and power that women aren't
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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This is no shade to Karen, but a lot depends on how primaries are held in your state. If you're a progressive in a closed primary state like NY, congrats registering as an independent blocked you from voting from Mamdani in the primary. If you're in an open primary state, you do you.
And this is why I’m registered as an independent.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is no shade to Karen, but a lot depends on how primaries are held in your state. If you're a progressive in a closed primary state like NY, congrats registering as an independent blocked you from voting from Mamdani in the primary. If you're in an open primary state, you do you.
They're so close!!! Donate if you can, share if you can't
Our Dream Is Waiting at the Finish Line 🏁❤️
I’M TRULY HAPPY WE’VE COME THIS FAR, YET IT HURTS THAT EVERYTHING PAUSED AT THE LAST STEP.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT US, BUT SILENCE STILL WINS.
ONLY $1,050 LEFT TO REACH OUR GOAL — PLEASE DON’T LET OUR DREAM FADE NOW. ❤️
With all our hope and love. ❤️
I’M TRULY HAPPY WE’VE COME THIS FAR, YET IT HURTS THAT EVERYTHING PAUSED AT THE LAST STEP.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT US, BUT SILENCE STILL WINS.
ONLY $1,050 LEFT TO REACH OUR GOAL — PLEASE DON’T LET OUR DREAM FADE NOW. ❤️
With all our hope and love. ❤️
Donate to Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War, organized by Fatima Ayub
My name is Ahmad Johar, a 25-year-old, Palestinian from Gaza. I have lived throu… Fatima Ayub needs your support for Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War
gofund.me
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
They're so close!!! Donate if you can, share if you can't
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
i will repeat: this is psychological torture for SNAP recipients.
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
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the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
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a rather good sort of god, who perhaps meant well enough upon the whole, but in all cases did not succeed in his benevolent designs
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
a rather good sort of god, who perhaps meant well enough upon the whole, but in all cases did not succeed in his benevolent designs
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this is the only kind of internecine conflict I would like to exist
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
this is the only kind of internecine conflict I would like to exist
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Nancy Pelosi secretly being queen of the stock market and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vocally opposing elected officials profiting off the stock market feel like intrinsically connected facts that quietly explain their instant bad blood the minute they became House colleagues
There’s a cottage industry of investors who monitor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disclosed stock trades, match her every move, and usually make a profit along the way.
That trend will now end in 2027.
That trend will now end in 2027.
Stock traders might miss Pelosi after she retires | CNN Politics
There's a cottage industry of investors who monitor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's disclosed stock trades, match her every move, and usually make a profit along the way.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Nancy Pelosi secretly being queen of the stock market and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vocally opposing elected officials profiting off the stock market feel like intrinsically connected facts that quietly explain their instant bad blood the minute they became House colleagues
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A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock
When the president puts his political enemies on trial on pretextual grounds, jurors have the option of refusing to convict.
www.theatlantic.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A reminder that if you are called to be part of a jury in a political prosecution you have a right to refuse to convict on the grounds the prosecution is unjust. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Y'all have so much unexamined ableism and healthism and underlying eugenicist thinking going on.
And it always shows up whenever there's any sort of adverse health event for someone you don't like.
And it always shows up whenever there's any sort of adverse health event for someone you don't like.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Y'all have so much unexamined ableism and healthism and underlying eugenicist thinking going on.
And it always shows up whenever there's any sort of adverse health event for someone you don't like.
And it always shows up whenever there's any sort of adverse health event for someone you don't like.