Jen Talley
@jentalley.bsky.social
Librarian, artist, mom, GenXer
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Jen Talley
@jentalley.bsky.social
· Jan 23
New website! I have an independent merch store now at jentalleydesign.dashery.com. it's a great alt to the bigger t-shirt companies and allows you to see all my designs in one place as well as search and filter. I would love for you to check it out!
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Either we have autonomy over our own bodies or we are not full citizens. Full stop.
I will never vote for a pro-life candidate and that is a promise. fuck you
Ezra Klein 🤝 Neera Tanden
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
Despite the overwhelming popularity of abortion rights in all states, we should surrender instead
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Either we have autonomy over our own bodies or we are not full citizens. Full stop.
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also, if I’m not mistaken, the FCC chair just affirmed his plan to end free speech in America in a reply to the guy who played the wheelchair kid on Glee
September 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
also, if I’m not mistaken, the FCC chair just affirmed his plan to end free speech in America in a reply to the guy who played the wheelchair kid on Glee
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Hate to get all partisan, but it should be legal to mock the president.
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hate to get all partisan, but it should be legal to mock the president.
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you need to be mean and uncouth and callous and unrepentant because there is a rapidly intensifying hunt to suppress and punish wrongthink and the more people who are on some shit, the less harm that hunt can cause. “i am spartacus” but for being an asshole.
September 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
you need to be mean and uncouth and callous and unrepentant because there is a rapidly intensifying hunt to suppress and punish wrongthink and the more people who are on some shit, the less harm that hunt can cause. “i am spartacus” but for being an asshole.
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Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.
generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)
September 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.
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People want everything to be a binary between dooming and “we’re so back” but I’ll just say this is both a really troubling attack on press freedom and an open admission that your regime is fragile enough to feel threatened by Jimmy fucking Kimmel
September 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
People want everything to be a binary between dooming and “we’re so back” but I’ll just say this is both a really troubling attack on press freedom and an open admission that your regime is fragile enough to feel threatened by Jimmy fucking Kimmel
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this one right here.
it's hard to see anything as a turning point, honestly, since there have already been so many "this should be a turning point" moments.
it's hard to see anything as a turning point, honestly, since there have already been so many "this should be a turning point" moments.
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
this one right here.
it's hard to see anything as a turning point, honestly, since there have already been so many "this should be a turning point" moments.
it's hard to see anything as a turning point, honestly, since there have already been so many "this should be a turning point" moments.
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I ignored the murder of Melissa Hortman. Here’s why I’ll be talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk all day today.
by most liberal pundits
by most liberal pundits
September 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I ignored the murder of Melissa Hortman. Here’s why I’ll be talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk all day today.
by most liberal pundits
by most liberal pundits
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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I will say that it is CONVENIENT that all these Dem politicians are giving us written statements explicitly stating their respect for a Nazi who has said explicit Nazi things.
If we ever get to the other side of this regime, it will be nice to have these voluntary confessions in hand
If we ever get to the other side of this regime, it will be nice to have these voluntary confessions in hand
September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I will say that it is CONVENIENT that all these Dem politicians are giving us written statements explicitly stating their respect for a Nazi who has said explicit Nazi things.
If we ever get to the other side of this regime, it will be nice to have these voluntary confessions in hand
If we ever get to the other side of this regime, it will be nice to have these voluntary confessions in hand
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Sometimes I'll be like "omg | relate so hard to ALL of these memes" then see they're from some account named like “memes for aging nostalgia obsessed existentially fragile depressives with bad posture” and be like oh
September 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sometimes I'll be like "omg | relate so hard to ALL of these memes" then see they're from some account named like “memes for aging nostalgia obsessed existentially fragile depressives with bad posture” and be like oh
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you cannot be disparaged by your own words... people cannot attack you with your own ideas
if ones words are repeated and they are viewed unfavorably that is not a reflection of the one who repeats
it is a reflection of the author
if ones words are repeated and they are viewed unfavorably that is not a reflection of the one who repeats
it is a reflection of the author
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
you cannot be disparaged by your own words... people cannot attack you with your own ideas
if ones words are repeated and they are viewed unfavorably that is not a reflection of the one who repeats
it is a reflection of the author
if ones words are repeated and they are viewed unfavorably that is not a reflection of the one who repeats
it is a reflection of the author
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An instantly-leaked internal bulletin at the politicized federal law enforcement agencies just so happens to say what the Trump admin and its allies want it to say.
This is how it works in authoritarian regimes, the cops are too busy with propaganda and repression to actually solve crimes.
This is how it works in authoritarian regimes, the cops are too busy with propaganda and repression to actually solve crimes.
Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say.
Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources
Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.
The older-model
on.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An instantly-leaked internal bulletin at the politicized federal law enforcement agencies just so happens to say what the Trump admin and its allies want it to say.
This is how it works in authoritarian regimes, the cops are too busy with propaganda and repression to actually solve crimes.
This is how it works in authoritarian regimes, the cops are too busy with propaganda and repression to actually solve crimes.
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They have never, ever expressed anything close to this level of pain and sympathy for school shooting victims.
September 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
They have never, ever expressed anything close to this level of pain and sympathy for school shooting victims.
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In honor of Charlie Kirk, I, Gavin Newsom, will behave even worse toward the trans community
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In honor of Charlie Kirk, I, Gavin Newsom, will behave even worse toward the trans community
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Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
defector.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
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The Times is very misinformed. There is no evidence that the virus has evolved to be less dangerous. Herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2 has not been achieved. The immunity that exists is due to both natural infection and vaccination, but is short-lived and will decline with reduced vaccine availability.
September 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Times is very misinformed. There is no evidence that the virus has evolved to be less dangerous. Herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2 has not been achieved. The immunity that exists is due to both natural infection and vaccination, but is short-lived and will decline with reduced vaccine availability.
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My brother if you are worried about Michigan Ohio violence I suggest you do not watch the buckeyes play the wolverines
September 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My brother if you are worried about Michigan Ohio violence I suggest you do not watch the buckeyes play the wolverines
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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You are part of an elite group www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
You are part of an elite group www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
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Even in the darkest of times, people laugh, create art, are silly, and bring pleasure to themselves and others. Reject the urge to shit on people's good time. You don't like football or Swift, or even what she represents? Fine. Move along. We are allowed & MUST have fun.
Had a fun time writing about bread and circuses vs. bread and roses and whether in crises we're allowed to have fun. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-...
Circuses vs. Roses: Notes on Pleasure and Scold Culture
Someone made this extra-grumpy meme about the fact that football player and podcaster Travis Kelce proposed to pop superstar Taylor Swift and now they're engaged, or rather about the fact that of cour...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Even in the darkest of times, people laugh, create art, are silly, and bring pleasure to themselves and others. Reject the urge to shit on people's good time. You don't like football or Swift, or even what she represents? Fine. Move along. We are allowed & MUST have fun.
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Library Vote
After a heated race marked by legal disputes, lawn signs, and fervent online discourse, voters cleared the way for an expansive new downtown library. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/library-vote...
After a heated race marked by legal disputes, lawn signs, and fervent online discourse, voters cleared the way for an expansive new downtown library. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/library-vote...
Library Vote - Ann Arbor Observer
Proposals A and B both got about 58 percent of the more than 23,000 votes cast.
annarborobserver.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Library Vote
After a heated race marked by legal disputes, lawn signs, and fervent online discourse, voters cleared the way for an expansive new downtown library. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/library-vote...
After a heated race marked by legal disputes, lawn signs, and fervent online discourse, voters cleared the way for an expansive new downtown library. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/library-vote...
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Libraries are nice because sometimes we just need to go somewhere organized, but preferably not someone’s home so we don’t have to feel like giant disaster people for not having it all together like they do
August 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Libraries are nice because sometimes we just need to go somewhere organized, but preferably not someone’s home so we don’t have to feel like giant disaster people for not having it all together like they do