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Jenica
@jgillm.bsky.social
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Unapologetically progressive liberal feminist
Interests public policy-health, environmental, transit, repro rights, more; food, sourdough, traveling, technology, biking, art. Former teacher.
OH>MD>TX. Would be C Tex #Zone9a #Zone8b gardener.
Soccer sicko.
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Anyone look over their old posts and see LOTS of old content labeled as SPAM by moderation? I haven't been here for a minute and just noticed that half my old posts are labeled as spam by moderation, including a post about BREAD. What?!
Screenshot of a post labeled as SPAM. Post is about lighting a chiminea and baking bread, with pictures of both.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Contact both of your Senators and your Representative NOW calling for their support for Articles of Impeachment.
Call their DC & local offices and leave a message at both. Here’s a script if you want:
“Hi my name is ____. I live in CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE #####. I am a constituent of ______. I believe Donald Trump has overstepped his Constitutional authority by bombing Iran, among many other actions. I ask that you support articles of impeachment against President Trump immediately before he further erodes our founding principles. Our generation is tired of fighting wars in the Middle East. Thank you”
June 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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People in San Antonio keep talking about anti-ICE protestors being violent or damaging property (of which there are no reports) and calling them rioters, all while this guy is clearly brandishing on what is likely federal property (Alamo). @nps.gov.
Member of This is Texas Freedom Fighters brandishing a gun (his finger is on the trigger). His gun rests on his bloated belly, his shaggy, tobacco stained beard cut as if he is one of the last living relics of the Civil War. He wears a black tee shirt with a white Texas logo with the outline of an automatic rifle on it. Dandruff covers his cosplay outfit. From https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/06/11/protests-over-ice-detentions-to-continue-in-downtown-san-antonio/ Up close of the previous picture showing details of the man’s bloated belly, a bird tattoo on the hand of his trigger finger (on the trigger), and a sticker on his gun of his idol, Chuck Norris. Member of This is Texas Freedom Fighters brandishing a gun (his finger is on the trigger). His gun rests on his bloated belly, his shaggy, tobacco stained beard cut as if he is one of the last living relics of the Civil War. He wears a black tee shirt with a white Texas logo with the outline of an automatic rifle on it. Dandruff covers his cosplay outfit. From https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/06/11/protests-over-ice-detentions-to-continue-in-downtown-san-antonio/
June 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Southwest trying to brand these changes as something great is the equivalent to handing out shit sandwiches with a smile. No one asked for this. Time to switch credit cards and to start shopping around for flights since there’s no reason to stay brand loyal to Southwest now. #NoLuv
Screenshot from Southwest investor relations on a blue background: “Latest News 11 MAR 2025 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES OUTLINES CHANGES TO DRIVE REVENUE GROWTH AND REWARD ITS MOST LOYAL CUSTOMERS”
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Don’t give the Liar in Chief any of your viewing time. There will be plenty of lowlights to watch later. What are you watching tonight? I’ll be tuning in to Pete later.
Ad for Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the Late Show Live tonight.
March 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Finished loaves.
Two loaves of fresh-baked sandwich loaf bread resting on a bamboo cutting board. Golden dome crust.
February 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Got my Chi-mini-nea set up on temporary blocks to enjoy a chilly Texas morning. Looking forward to getting a more permanent set up. Afternoon discard bread while chili simmers.
Two legs in camo pants extend to the foot of a mini chiminea with a glowing fire inside. Morning light. Scattered on a gray and black granite countertop: Two uncooked loaves of sandwich bread in loaf pans. Boxed roll of Kirkland parchment paper. Base of a silver stand mixer. Minced garlic on a cutting board. Floral print bowl covers.
February 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Last night I made way too many sourdough discard pretzels on the first run before I could problem shoot. Also, I neglected to make a beer cheese dip. However, I can confirm the recipe was forgiving and they made for delicious breakfast sandwiches.
Tray of puffy, golden brown baked sourdough pretzels cooling on the stove next to the edge of a pan of chicken tikka masala. White plate with a pretzel breakfast sandwich cut in half. A serrated knife rests on the plate above the sandwich. A coffee mug filled with black coffee sits on the glass table, which reflects tree branches, and a grayish white sky.
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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CALL YOUR SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVES! Call both their DC and local offices. Call back until you get someone on the line—for some, the lines are busy and you may have to call back to get through. Be specific and stick to one or two topics per day. Jot down some notes or use a script if you need to.
Phone log showing calls to Senator John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Rep. Tony Gonzales. Purple sticky note with phone call notes: “ private taxpayer info-security breach, dismantling of government institutions-no stakeholder input-no evidence based decision-making process, unconstitutional, impeachable, Texans have some of the most to lose, presidency was sold to EM”
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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A friend of mine who works for a private university shared this this morning. This is not what a free society looks like.
Screen capture of text from FB. Reads: A large part of my job is applying for and managing federal grants. I just learned today that federal grants have all been paused to review alignment with political ideology of the executive branch. This impacts student scholarships, research, partnerships with businesses, and training people to enter the workforce - so much that helps to improve our society.
January 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Used this morning to #procrastibake and get my head on straight. Shaped cinna rolls, put some more in the freezer, & prepped two loaves to go in the fridge for a day or more. Time to read about epidemiology and pretend like our health care infrastructure isn’t at risk.
Left to right: top: stainless steel bowl with sourdough proofing, red cup of coffee. Bottom: pan of fresh baked cinnamon rolls, plate with two cinnamons with icing drizzled on top. Granite countertop with baking mess: bowls covered in towels, scale, dirty spatula, open sourdough starters, 2 open containers of flour, folded over rolling mat, marble rolling pin, more bowls Rolling mat with one uncut roll of cinnamon roll dough and one unrolled rectangle of dough with cinnamon sugar butter spread across the surface
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Morning sourdough cinnamon rolls. Loving this puff!
Bowl of risen dough on top of a floured rolling sheet Rolled out dough on a floured mat. Approximately 16”x24”. Marble rolling pin rests to the right.
January 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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FEMINISTS VS FASCISTS
January 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The Sound of Music (1965)

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).

3/20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films 📽🎥🎬🎞
Movie poster for The Sound of Music. A lovely young woman runs joyfully though a field at the top of a small mountain with Alps in the background. She is wearing a pink dress and carrying luggage and a guitar case. Behind her stands a handsome man with 7 children in yellow play clothes gleefully running behind her.
December 23, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).

2/20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films 📽🎥🎬🎞
Movie poster for Fried Green Tomatoes. At the top of the poster, three tomatoes: 2 red with 1 green in the center. They sit on a tan table cloth. In the center is a photograph of two women, one middle aged and another elderly. Underneath is the title and movie information.
December 20, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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Day 20 #ArtAdventCalendar “Absolute: Frequency” by Daric Gill, oil on maple panel. 21 1/4” x 30 1/2.” Created for a show in Cuba.
Light wood background. There are four layers of increasingly deeper blue color, as if layers of ocean. The center drops into a rectangular chasm. Across that chasm is a white rectangle, atop which is a vertical, wavy stick with small sticks coming off.
December 20, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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“Little Otik,” nebo “Otesánek” v česky.

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters (GIFs in reply).

1/20
#filmsky
#filmchallenge
#films 📽🎥🎬🎞
Movie poster for Little Otik. Background is black. A mother in a white robe like dress is holding a child swaddled in the same white cloth with a pacifier in its mouth. Under further inspection, the child is actually a gnarled route with wooden arms and legs jutting out.
December 12, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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Triangle
By Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen

#BookChallenge day 8 #BookSky
#Books
Front cover of Triangle Board book. A simple black triangle stands on two stick legs with eyes open wide The back cover of Triangle. White cover, with the back of a black triangle with stick legs. There are words on the back of the triangle. Triangle stands on the left edge of the page, casting side eyes at Square. He is a simple, black triangle with two stick legs and two wide eyes. Square, and simple black square with two legs, stands on the right page, just outside the door of his brown square home, casting side eye at Triangle. The landscape is sparse.
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 AM
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This is “Absolute: Insulation” by Daric Gill. Oil paint on reclaimed cherry wood. 12 3/4” x 15 5/8”.

I love the interplay of the painted branch and the natural coloration of the cherry wood.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10
A leafless branch is vignetted in the center of the undulating patterns of the wood below. The top half of the branch, sheathed in a coating of white, reaches outward and upward. The base of the branch fades into the background wood. Look close enough and you can see dried remnants of moss on the twig. A deep red-brown color envelopes around the center; its rich color coursing through the wavy cherry wood grain. Seasonally sparse, the Green Hawthorn twig bares no berries and no thorns (as is its normal winter outfit). The white coating of paint that is traditionally intended to ward off potential dangers to the trunks of saplings, now coats the tips of the branch rather than the base. The composition is asymmetrically balanced. Small growths stretch to one side while the bend of the branch leans to the other. The fade at the bottom finds itself dissolving into a flat gradient instead of maintaining a dimensional look. These small little visual metaphors serve as elements of meaning throughout the piece. From the artist (Daric Gill) description at https://daricgill.com/2016/12/15/insulation/ Close up of branch detail Close up of disappearing branch and artist signature Close up of branch and artist signature
December 11, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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“When I Die” published in The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998, published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Reading by Ms. Giovanni: youtu.be/OFdj1e5-pMM

#BookChallenge day 7 bending the rules
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Page of Nikki Giovanni’s poem “When I Die” Audio version here: youtu.be/OFdj1e5-pMM Page of Nikki Giovanni’s poem “When I Die” Audio version here: youtu.be/OFdj1e5-pMM Front cover of paperback The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 Back cover of paperback The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Immortality by Milan Kundera for #BookChallenge Day 6

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Weathered front cover of paperback Immortality by Milan Kundera Immortality by Milan Kundera back cover
December 9, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 8, I present a painting that hangs on the wall above my piano: “Absolute: Journey” by Daric Gill, Oil paint on reclaimed oak. 12 1/4″ x 18 1/4″
A thin string is wound tightly around a branch from a Green Hawthorn tree. The string’s loose ends fall to the side. Below lies a well-worn black field journal. Hints of aged paper peek out from the insides. The pages are dog-eared and their contents remain a mystery. The warm wood boasts two faint stripes that parallel each other off-center behind the collection of objects. Five weathered holes pierce the wood in an orderly fashion, posing indirect clues to the wood’s past life. (The author's description from https://daricgill.com/2016/06/15/video-a-voyage-into-my-latest-painting-absolute-journey/) Close up of the painting at the crux of Hawthorne leaves, where a tiny brown string is wrapped around the stem. Below is the weathered black leather of a notebook. Detail of the back of the painting. On the reclaimed oak wood are the words 'Absolute: Journey' and the author's signature "Daric Gill" and 6-12-16 and some numbers that are just out of focus.
December 9, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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It’s a dreary day here in Texas. Today’s #BookChallenge 5 is Croatia: A Nation Forged in War by Marcus Tanner.

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Front paperback cover of Croatia: A Nation Forged in War by Marcus Tanner. Receipt of some sort from 2006 with print in Croatian that was used as a bookmark. Back paperback cover of Croatia: A Nation Forged in War by Marcus Tanner. Receipt of some sort from 2006 with print in Croatian that was used as a bookmark.
December 8, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Just realized I forgot to share the actual image for today's #ArtAdventCalendar. Here you go: "Absolute: Passage" by Daric Gill. The ALT text includes a description in the artist's own language.
An oil painting in a vertical rectangular format. A series of arched geometry grow concentrically from the center of the composition, creating a perspective similar to that of looking down a hallway or through a passageway. At the forefront is a vertical translucent white element, long & flat on the sides, with rounded bottom corners & an arched top. A single forest-green leaf transitions in focus beneath the frosted shape. Below the leaf are a pair of pastel pink-orange shapes. Similar in appearance to cut paper, they are stacked in a way that resembles a stylized upside-down tulip. The light source is above & to the left, which casts fairly stark shadows down & to the right. The top teardrop shape on the left, a shade darker in value than the one on the right, is also slightly shorter. This creates a directional focus that angles up & to the left, matching the diagonal placement of the leaf. Below these layers is a sky-blue plane with an arched portal cut out in the center, outlined in a neutral blue-grey, exposing a soft yellow background in the furthest plane. Looking to the bottom left of the portal, you can see two small drops of water about to drip down from the light blue background. The artist’s signature is opposite to the small drips on the bottom right, located slightly lower in the negative space created by the central elements in the painting. The piece is held in a simple light brown walnut frame. (From the artist's description on https://daricgill.com/2024/11/17/absolute-passage/)
December 7, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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A collection of the shortest stories by Barry Yourgrau for #BookChallenge day 3.
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Bonus: a 20+ year old bookstore card used as a bookmark.
Paperback from cover of “WEARING DAD’S HEAD” by Barry Yourgrau. The illustration on the cover is of an infantilized man who is carrying random objects, including a shadowing figure on his back. His mouth is covered. He walks past some plants. In the background are two shadowy mountains and a dark sky. To the right of the book is an outdated business card for Starrlight Books in Flagstaff, AZ. The back cover (paperback) of Barry Yourgrau’s book Wearing Dad’s Head. There is commentary and a black and white photo of the author.
December 7, 2024 at 3:08 PM