Jessica Mason
@jessicamason.bsky.social
Anthropologist | Pedestrienne | Senior Policy Analyst @ National Partnership for Women & Families. Personal account.
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Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
A Neandertal recipe with lentils and grain
Looking at a fascinating new study that finds mixtures of different plants within ancient morsels of charred foods.
www.johnhawks.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
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More women work as registered nurses than work in any other occupation in this country: nationalpartnership.org/wp-content/u....
This designation is a slap in the face not only to nurses -- who are absolutely professionals -- but to all women, whose work is so often undervalued.
This designation is a slap in the face not only to nurses -- who are absolutely professionals -- but to all women, whose work is so often undervalued.
Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree’ by Trump Admin.
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
More women work as registered nurses than work in any other occupation in this country: nationalpartnership.org/wp-content/u....
This designation is a slap in the face not only to nurses -- who are absolutely professionals -- but to all women, whose work is so often undervalued.
This designation is a slap in the face not only to nurses -- who are absolutely professionals -- but to all women, whose work is so often undervalued.
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Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Social Security backed off a change to the way disability insurance works — a huge relief to advocates and the many people who rely on it — after a raft of criticism. They don't call Social Security the third-rail of politics for no reason.. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/s...
Social Security not planning major disability overhaul amid criticism
A reported plan would've reduced the number of people who qualified for disability, panicking advocates.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Social Security backed off a change to the way disability insurance works — a huge relief to advocates and the many people who rely on it — after a raft of criticism. They don't call Social Security the third-rail of politics for no reason.. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/s...
but I've been seeking out vaccines my whole life and I'm still not on the spectrum, what am I doing wrong!?!
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
but I've been seeking out vaccines my whole life and I'm still not on the spectrum, what am I doing wrong!?!
I'm sure it's a good sign that child care employment, disproportionately staffed by immigrant women and a backbone of our economy, is dropping. #NumbersDay
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm sure it's a good sign that child care employment, disproportionately staffed by immigrant women and a backbone of our economy, is dropping. #NumbersDay
It's illegal for employers to make hiring decisions based on national origin, including whether someone was born in the United States. www.eeoc.gov/national-ori...
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's illegal for employers to make hiring decisions based on national origin, including whether someone was born in the United States. www.eeoc.gov/national-ori...
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We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
It's a legitimate question.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's a legitimate question.
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STOP talking trash about apples.
Cosmic Crisp are DELICIOUS
Gala are SERVICEABLE
Stayman are PERFECTLY CRONCHY AND SWEET
Honeycrisp are EXPENSIVE BUT GREAT
Granny Smith are SOUR IF THAT’S YOUR THING
McIntosh are TASTY BUT OFTEN MUSHY
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious are SERVED IN CAFETERIAS
Cosmic Crisp are DELICIOUS
Gala are SERVICEABLE
Stayman are PERFECTLY CRONCHY AND SWEET
Honeycrisp are EXPENSIVE BUT GREAT
Granny Smith are SOUR IF THAT’S YOUR THING
McIntosh are TASTY BUT OFTEN MUSHY
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious are SERVED IN CAFETERIAS
October 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
STOP talking trash about apples.
Cosmic Crisp are DELICIOUS
Gala are SERVICEABLE
Stayman are PERFECTLY CRONCHY AND SWEET
Honeycrisp are EXPENSIVE BUT GREAT
Granny Smith are SOUR IF THAT’S YOUR THING
McIntosh are TASTY BUT OFTEN MUSHY
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious are SERVED IN CAFETERIAS
Cosmic Crisp are DELICIOUS
Gala are SERVICEABLE
Stayman are PERFECTLY CRONCHY AND SWEET
Honeycrisp are EXPENSIVE BUT GREAT
Granny Smith are SOUR IF THAT’S YOUR THING
McIntosh are TASTY BUT OFTEN MUSHY
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious are SERVED IN CAFETERIAS
It's not yet politically incorrect to say it, but I'm against the war in Venezuela
October 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's not yet politically incorrect to say it, but I'm against the war in Venezuela
One in five working adults don't have paid sick leave. They're supposed to take three times as many days off to go to the pediatrician, with no pay and potentially getting fired, so these anti-vax weirdos can pretend they care about kids' health?
The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak
Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
One in five working adults don't have paid sick leave. They're supposed to take three times as many days off to go to the pediatrician, with no pay and potentially getting fired, so these anti-vax weirdos can pretend they care about kids' health?
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thanks to mike here and his buddies the odds are pretty good that if you’re a young pregnant woman who shows up at an ER you’re not going to get treated at all
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
thanks to mike here and his buddies the odds are pretty good that if you’re a young pregnant woman who shows up at an ER you’re not going to get treated at all
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"Relax. I'm just boning up on the old constitution."
"You're going to regret that, pinko.
Oh, I am so sick of people
Hiding behind the bill of rights.
Look, he got chocolate on it."
"I didn't mean to."
"Mm-hmm. You just licked off the part
that forbids cruel and unusual punishment."
"Beautiful."
"You're going to regret that, pinko.
Oh, I am so sick of people
Hiding behind the bill of rights.
Look, he got chocolate on it."
"I didn't mean to."
"Mm-hmm. You just licked off the part
that forbids cruel and unusual punishment."
"Beautiful."
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Relax. I'm just boning up on the old constitution."
"You're going to regret that, pinko.
Oh, I am so sick of people
Hiding behind the bill of rights.
Look, he got chocolate on it."
"I didn't mean to."
"Mm-hmm. You just licked off the part
that forbids cruel and unusual punishment."
"Beautiful."
"You're going to regret that, pinko.
Oh, I am so sick of people
Hiding behind the bill of rights.
Look, he got chocolate on it."
"I didn't mean to."
"Mm-hmm. You just licked off the part
that forbids cruel and unusual punishment."
"Beautiful."
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Today's the last day for 150K+ feds who took the "Fork" (deferred resignation program), including 800+ at the Social Security Administration.
The experience at SSA demonstrates 3 things about the DRP:
1. It's the tip of the iceberg
2. It wasn't really voluntary
3. It hurts service to the public
The experience at SSA demonstrates 3 things about the DRP:
1. It's the tip of the iceberg
2. It wasn't really voluntary
3. It hurts service to the public
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today's the last day for 150K+ feds who took the "Fork" (deferred resignation program), including 800+ at the Social Security Administration.
The experience at SSA demonstrates 3 things about the DRP:
1. It's the tip of the iceberg
2. It wasn't really voluntary
3. It hurts service to the public
The experience at SSA demonstrates 3 things about the DRP:
1. It's the tip of the iceberg
2. It wasn't really voluntary
3. It hurts service to the public
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I was so physically ill after reading through a bit of my following feed tonight I went in search of diversion classifying wildlife in my volunteer gig at Snapshot Wisconsin (Zooniverse, citizen science). Here's some critters that made me feel less lost. 🌿📷🌎 1/10 red fox
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I was so physically ill after reading through a bit of my following feed tonight I went in search of diversion classifying wildlife in my volunteer gig at Snapshot Wisconsin (Zooniverse, citizen science). Here's some critters that made me feel less lost. 🌿📷🌎 1/10 red fox
TERFs: "We are the only true defenders of women's rights!"
Also TERFs: "Women can be basically considered a form of currency"
Also TERFs: "Women can be basically considered a form of currency"
What it sounds like when philosophers who are also anti-trans activists submit an amicus brief to a US court where they argue for banning trans girls and women from women's sports.
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
TERFs: "We are the only true defenders of women's rights!"
Also TERFs: "Women can be basically considered a form of currency"
Also TERFs: "Women can be basically considered a form of currency"
What a waste of District resources, at a moment when we're cutting services for non-billionaire people.
BREAKING: The Council just officially passed the RFK Campus Redevelopment Deal.
This is the final step in securing our future at the new RFK Stadium.
Our businesses, our people, our project. Now, let's get to work.
This is the final step in securing our future at the new RFK Stadium.
Our businesses, our people, our project. Now, let's get to work.
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
What a waste of District resources, at a moment when we're cutting services for non-billionaire people.
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Brilliant letter!
"Of course, I am not K, but I find myself uncannily identified with his predicament." Judith Butler's open letter to UC Berkeley.
Kafka-land at UC Berkeley
The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE's Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.
www.thenation.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Brilliant letter!
the "work" of this vile man with odious views was making a fortune fomenting racism and sexism, so... no
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
the "work" of this vile man with odious views was making a fortune fomenting racism and sexism, so... no
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man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence
September 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence
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SSI lifted millions from poverty last year. The Trump Administration plans to cut it next year, harming nearly 400K low-income disabled and older people.
www.cbpp.org/blog/analyzi...
www.cbpp.org/blog/analyzi...
September 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
SSI lifted millions from poverty last year. The Trump Administration plans to cut it next year, harming nearly 400K low-income disabled and older people.
www.cbpp.org/blog/analyzi...
www.cbpp.org/blog/analyzi...
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Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.
September 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.