Jen in Motion
@jeninmotion.bsky.social
I'm here to be a reply gal and continue my 20+ year habit of being social & shitpost-y on the internet. Love #fantasy, #scifi, and historical fiction. My favorite media of the 2020s is #OldGodsofAppalachia, #TheLockedTomb, and #AgathaAllAlong. I lift heavy
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"-major ego trips
- have a curated perfect image
- houses built on lies and harm
- judgment for struggling"
Disobedience=harm.
"When you grow up in systems where the powerful are never wrong...you don't just leave a household. You leave the ideology & obsession over appearances."
- have a curated perfect image
- houses built on lies and harm
- judgment for struggling"
Disobedience=harm.
"When you grow up in systems where the powerful are never wrong...you don't just leave a household. You leave the ideology & obsession over appearances."
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"-major ego trips
- have a curated perfect image
- houses built on lies and harm
- judgment for struggling"
Disobedience=harm.
"When you grow up in systems where the powerful are never wrong...you don't just leave a household. You leave the ideology & obsession over appearances."
- have a curated perfect image
- houses built on lies and harm
- judgment for struggling"
Disobedience=harm.
"When you grow up in systems where the powerful are never wrong...you don't just leave a household. You leave the ideology & obsession over appearances."
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Hence the portrayal of those who are/were estranged from their parents (hi) as "dramatic, selfish, fashionable."
As Brooke puts it:
"If children can walk away from dysfunctional families, they can walk away from dysfunctional governments, churches, and leaders, too."
As Brooke puts it:
"If children can walk away from dysfunctional families, they can walk away from dysfunctional governments, churches, and leaders, too."
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hence the portrayal of those who are/were estranged from their parents (hi) as "dramatic, selfish, fashionable."
As Brooke puts it:
"If children can walk away from dysfunctional families, they can walk away from dysfunctional governments, churches, and leaders, too."
As Brooke puts it:
"If children can walk away from dysfunctional families, they can walk away from dysfunctional governments, churches, and leaders, too."
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"I don't understand why humanistic education is important or necessary" - guy with Alcibiades in his username.
That is why you need it. Perhaps if you had approached with a more open mind, you might have gained more by it.
That is why you need it. Perhaps if you had approached with a more open mind, you might have gained more by it.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"I don't understand why humanistic education is important or necessary" - guy with Alcibiades in his username.
That is why you need it. Perhaps if you had approached with a more open mind, you might have gained more by it.
That is why you need it. Perhaps if you had approached with a more open mind, you might have gained more by it.
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Maybe this is a conversation we need every 10 yrs in a consumer-driven capitalist society. Purely transactional relationship is an inappropriate model for ed & for healthcare too. It’s also anathema to religion, despite the “prosperity gospel” charlatans. What makes us human isn’t measured in ROI.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Maybe this is a conversation we need every 10 yrs in a consumer-driven capitalist society. Purely transactional relationship is an inappropriate model for ed & for healthcare too. It’s also anathema to religion, despite the “prosperity gospel” charlatans. What makes us human isn’t measured in ROI.
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It drives me to distraction that so many people who spend twelve hours a day demanding the Democrats do crimes without specifying which crimes they should do at root are mad that Robert's Rules of Order don't constrain people automatically.
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It drives me to distraction that so many people who spend twelve hours a day demanding the Democrats do crimes without specifying which crimes they should do at root are mad that Robert's Rules of Order don't constrain people automatically.
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It is very weird that people on here who will issue daily primal screams about the existence of AI will turn around and be like "it is violence to suggest taking away children's phones in the classroom"
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It is very weird that people on here who will issue daily primal screams about the existence of AI will turn around and be like "it is violence to suggest taking away children's phones in the classroom"
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Biden wasn’t even allowed to say the economy was doing well, even though it objectively was, because that was insensitive to anyone anywhere who was struggling.
But Republicans can go “oh, you can’t afford health care now, waaaaa cry more” and apparently that’s fine.
But Republicans can go “oh, you can’t afford health care now, waaaaa cry more” and apparently that’s fine.
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Biden wasn’t even allowed to say the economy was doing well, even though it objectively was, because that was insensitive to anyone anywhere who was struggling.
But Republicans can go “oh, you can’t afford health care now, waaaaa cry more” and apparently that’s fine.
But Republicans can go “oh, you can’t afford health care now, waaaaa cry more” and apparently that’s fine.
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Its a tell that Ds are doing what centrist pundits have explicitly said they should do—center "kitchen table issues"—but theyre moving the goalposts to still give them grief anyways bc Ds arent doing the thing they *implicitly* want them to also do—throw trans ppl, minorities, & women under the bus
As long as these people disapprove and stay home, I'm happy
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Its a tell that Ds are doing what centrist pundits have explicitly said they should do—center "kitchen table issues"—but theyre moving the goalposts to still give them grief anyways bc Ds arent doing the thing they *implicitly* want them to also do—throw trans ppl, minorities, & women under the bus
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NEW: Our experts, along with @consumerreports.org and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social looked into how Instacart was deciding prices on grocery items across the country.
What we found will shock you.
What we found will shock you.
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
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December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
NEW: Our experts, along with @consumerreports.org and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social looked into how Instacart was deciding prices on grocery items across the country.
What we found will shock you.
What we found will shock you.
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It's a panic response that has to be dressed up in better language. You have to balance the budget, I get that! But anything truly innovative is scary, and cutting things that the Chronicle tells you are unpopular and irrelevant is the least scary maneuver for admin.
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's a panic response that has to be dressed up in better language. You have to balance the budget, I get that! But anything truly innovative is scary, and cutting things that the Chronicle tells you are unpopular and irrelevant is the least scary maneuver for admin.
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IT NEVER WORKS. NEVER. EVER. NEVER WORKS. IT HAS NEVER WORKED. AUSTERITY LEADS TO ENROLLMENT COLLAPSE LEAVES TO UNIVERSITY CLOSURE. EVERY TIME. ALWAYS.
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
IT NEVER WORKS. NEVER. EVER. NEVER WORKS. IT HAS NEVER WORKED. AUSTERITY LEADS TO ENROLLMENT COLLAPSE LEAVES TO UNIVERSITY CLOSURE. EVERY TIME. ALWAYS.
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congratulations to Rand Paul on inventing
*checks notes*
single payer healthcare
*checks notes*
single payer healthcare
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
congratulations to Rand Paul on inventing
*checks notes*
single payer healthcare
*checks notes*
single payer healthcare
One of the opinions I could be inclined to support is "ban all business undergrad degrees"
every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One of the opinions I could be inclined to support is "ban all business undergrad degrees"
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there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.
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This man probably lacks the legal capacity to enter into contracts, and asking him to sign things constitutes elder abuse.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This man probably lacks the legal capacity to enter into contracts, and asking him to sign things constitutes elder abuse.
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This is ... literally what the ACA marketplaces are?
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is ... literally what the ACA marketplaces are?
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honestly job training should be provided by the employer, the way it was from the 50s up til even the 80s. Outside of specialist professions like engineering and medicine -and in as much as ed should focus on work-skills- it ought to focus on generally applicable skills, which LA is all about.
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
honestly job training should be provided by the employer, the way it was from the 50s up til even the 80s. Outside of specialist professions like engineering and medicine -and in as much as ed should focus on work-skills- it ought to focus on generally applicable skills, which LA is all about.
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The thing that bums me out about this is how much of the student loan debate centered around pushing for unilateral executive action on forgiveness rather than pushing for legislative change moving forward. Helping some people out of a burning building without doing anything to try to put it out.
Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers
The Trump administration announced a proposed joint settlement with Missouri that would soon force millions of student loan borrowers into repayment.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The thing that bums me out about this is how much of the student loan debate centered around pushing for unilateral executive action on forgiveness rather than pushing for legislative change moving forward. Helping some people out of a burning building without doing anything to try to put it out.
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We’re at the desperation stage. Altman on Fallon, Huang on Rogan. They have no idea what to do anymore
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We’re at the desperation stage. Altman on Fallon, Huang on Rogan. They have no idea what to do anymore
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Oh look, they’ve modernized the burning of scientific journals.
"EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites"
"The agency modified sections of its website by deleting information about human-created greenhouse gases and the role they play in warming the planet. It also removed links to scientific data and information."
"The agency modified sections of its website by deleting information about human-created greenhouse gases and the role they play in warming the planet. It also removed links to scientific data and information."
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
www.eenews.net
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Oh look, they’ve modernized the burning of scientific journals.
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Colts audition Philip Rivers in possible act of elder abuse: defector.com/colts-auditi...
Colts Audition Philip Rivers In Possible Act Of Elder Abuse | Defector
Barry Petchesky, editor of this website, assured you only yesterday that you would not have to think about the Indianapolis Colts again this year. The Colts had dropped a third straight game, their…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Colts audition Philip Rivers in possible act of elder abuse: defector.com/colts-auditi...
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Reminds me of those people who were like "OMG. Biden just canceled 100k of my student loans. My life is forever changed for the better! Also, still fuck Biden and I hope he loses his election."
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reminds me of those people who were like "OMG. Biden just canceled 100k of my student loans. My life is forever changed for the better! Also, still fuck Biden and I hope he loses his election."
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You could not waterboard a confession like that out of me.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You could not waterboard a confession like that out of me.
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Fondly remembering all the people who insisted this wasn't happening and mockingly said "number go up" about one of the best economic conditions for low income workers in decades. I still remember who you are!
yep. and particularly low income workers whose wages were rising faster than anyone else's and much faster than inflation. that's now reversed bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
But if you spent 2021 and 2022 whining about the prices of burrito taxis instead of celebrating the best ever job market for workers in the 21st century you should know that you were helping the bosses' little scheme. Scheme worked! Trump's back and people are now desperately holding onto their jobs
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fondly remembering all the people who insisted this wasn't happening and mockingly said "number go up" about one of the best economic conditions for low income workers in decades. I still remember who you are!
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What is the best Christmas decoration and why is it these ceramic light-up trees
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What is the best Christmas decoration and why is it these ceramic light-up trees