Jen
@jkmahal.bsky.social
Former lots of things, current Jill-of-all-trades. Also Associate Director of the Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Manga lover. Anime fan. Quaker. Unashamed reader of romance. Will write for food.
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Jen
@jkmahal.bsky.social
· Sep 12
I am so proud of my husband @n-w-f.bsky.social’s new book: Animal Crossing New Horizons: Can a Game Take Care of Us? It’s deeply personal and made me cry (in a good way). He got his preview copy today (it’s out Oct. 9 ) and I just have to share the preface…. Congratulations, my love.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
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We got a notice just yesterday that our premium was going up by $300 and the deductible our going up by 50%, just because. It’s already bad overpriced insurance but the only affordable option to keep our kid’s pediatrician (who has been vital to his health issues). Great work by everyone involved.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We got a notice just yesterday that our premium was going up by $300 and the deductible our going up by 50%, just because. It’s already bad overpriced insurance but the only affordable option to keep our kid’s pediatrician (who has been vital to his health issues). Great work by everyone involved.
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SEATTLE: If you know someone who lives in Seattle and guess they probably voted for Katie Wilson for Mayor, your contribution to this fight is to text them this information about making sure they voted with their signature on the envelope! TEXT them NOW.
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
SEATTLE: If you know someone who lives in Seattle and guess they probably voted for Katie Wilson for Mayor, your contribution to this fight is to text them this information about making sure they voted with their signature on the envelope! TEXT them NOW.
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everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
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I got the jam one last year and that was really lovely, but if I had infinity money I’d be going straight to Biscotte Yarns 👀
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I got the jam one last year and that was really lovely, but if I had infinity money I’d be going straight to Biscotte Yarns 👀
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
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Prem Thakker @premthakker.bsky.social reports on the release of British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi whose visa was intentionally revoked by the Trump admin so he could be detained by ICE for ‘overstaying’.
Full scoop at zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/british-mu...
Full scoop at zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/british-mu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Prem Thakker @premthakker.bsky.social reports on the release of British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi whose visa was intentionally revoked by the Trump admin so he could be detained by ICE for ‘overstaying’.
Full scoop at zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/british-mu...
Full scoop at zeteo.com: zeteo.com/p/british-mu...
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PHILIPPINES: “Multiple dead, 1M+ displaced in the Philippines following Typhoon Fung-Wong” montreal.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... - @citynewsmtl.bsky.social
#FungWong #Philippines #TyphoonFungWong #Typhoon
#FungWong #Philippines #TyphoonFungWong #Typhoon
Multiple dead, 1M+ displaced in the Philippines following Typhoon Fung-Wong
At least 4 people are dead and more than 1 million are now displaced across the Philippines following Typhoon Fung-Wong. Karling Donoghue reports.
montreal.citynews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
PHILIPPINES: “Multiple dead, 1M+ displaced in the Philippines following Typhoon Fung-Wong” montreal.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... - @citynewsmtl.bsky.social
#FungWong #Philippines #TyphoonFungWong #Typhoon
#FungWong #Philippines #TyphoonFungWong #Typhoon
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#TeamUP and #ReadUP in the arts, performing arts & media studies with works by @uchicagopress.bsky.social, @n-w-f.bsky.social, @cmupress.bsky.social, @nupress.bsky.social & more in the #UPWeek Gallery https://bit.ly/3WTl7XD
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#TeamUP and #ReadUP in the arts, performing arts & media studies with works by @uchicagopress.bsky.social, @n-w-f.bsky.social, @cmupress.bsky.social, @nupress.bsky.social & more in the #UPWeek Gallery https://bit.ly/3WTl7XD
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Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now.
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now.
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
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This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
More than 10,000 flights delayed in worst day of disruptions since shutdown
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Sunday, while Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the shutdown’s impact on airports is “only going to get worse.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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Writers and artists: reply with a link to one of your works. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some creators.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some creators.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Writers and artists: reply with a link to one of your works. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some creators.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some creators.
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The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.
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In theory this deal is days away from getting out of the senate unless they all agree to unanimous consent.
So this isn't over yet.
Just don't send the senators any fucking thank yous for standing strong if you are calling them. My god.
So this isn't over yet.
Just don't send the senators any fucking thank yous for standing strong if you are calling them. My god.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In theory this deal is days away from getting out of the senate unless they all agree to unanimous consent.
So this isn't over yet.
Just don't send the senators any fucking thank yous for standing strong if you are calling them. My god.
So this isn't over yet.
Just don't send the senators any fucking thank yous for standing strong if you are calling them. My god.
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Buy books as holiday gifts (you can give yourself gifts, why not?) and help people eat this winter
Let's go, readers: buy books, fight hunger!
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
Ruadán Books will donate 50% of all profits on our books sold between 11/1-12/23/25 to @gr8bosfoodbank.bsky.social. Our CEO will personally match this donation as well.
Buy our books direct:
🔗 ruadanbooks.com
📚 or wherever books are sold!
#BookSky
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Buy books as holiday gifts (you can give yourself gifts, why not?) and help people eat this winter
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"He built a life for himself and runs a barber shop in Atlanta. He recently became engaged to be married. He is a job creator in his community and is well loved by friends and neighbours." What can we do? I don't know, but (especially if you live in Georgia) you can at least make a phone call.
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"He built a life for himself and runs a barber shop in Atlanta. He recently became engaged to be married. He is a job creator in his community and is well loved by friends and neighbours." What can we do? I don't know, but (especially if you live in Georgia) you can at least make a phone call.
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Zohran being in Puerto Rico for the Somos Conference is a big deal. It’s the largest healthcare summit, bringing together politicians, providers, and agencies that impact millions of Latino New Yorkers. These are the rooms where real change for our communities starts. #Pinks #Momsky
Man they’re already scraping the bottom of the the barrel for things to get mad about
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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We've done it!! The Trans People Take the World bundle crossed $2000! Everyone has really shown up for this. 🌈📚
I have BAKER THIEF in this, and it stands alongside some truly great works. Go check it out!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
I have BAKER THIEF in this, and it stands alongside some truly great works. Go check it out!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We've done it!! The Trans People Take the World bundle crossed $2000! Everyone has really shown up for this. 🌈📚
I have BAKER THIEF in this, and it stands alongside some truly great works. Go check it out!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
I have BAKER THIEF in this, and it stands alongside some truly great works. Go check it out!
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
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Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.