Jen D-M
@jpdmath.bsky.social
I try to follow the campsite rule, for work and life: Leave things better than you find them. Writing, editing, process and operations, giant TBR stacks, strong black coffee, long hikes, perfect Manhattans, slow running, garden dabbling. She/her/hers.
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
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Imagine what this number will look like when health insurance premiums go through the roof and countless people will have no coverage.
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Imagine what this number will look like when health insurance premiums go through the roof and countless people will have no coverage.
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on
Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
n.pr
October 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
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George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
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“What’s happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures
Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
abcnews.go.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“What’s happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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This is really hard to read. And the thing that is sitting with me the most about it is that it has always legal and possible to do this for decades. The only thing preventing this from having been the norm was a sense of humanity.
This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.
This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.
This passage nearly broke me.
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is really hard to read. And the thing that is sitting with me the most about it is that it has always legal and possible to do this for decades. The only thing preventing this from having been the norm was a sense of humanity.
This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.
This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.
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Whooping cough cases are rapidly rising in Louisiana. The vaccine-preventable infection has already caused 2 deaths of infants. State leaders say it's the "worst whooping cough outbreak in the past 30 yrs." There has been no public health assistance from the CDC, which is now controlled by RFK jr👇
Whooping cough cases rapidly rise in Louisiana, leading to two deaths
Whooping cough cases rapidly rise in Louisiana, leading to two deaths
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September 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Whooping cough cases are rapidly rising in Louisiana. The vaccine-preventable infection has already caused 2 deaths of infants. State leaders say it's the "worst whooping cough outbreak in the past 30 yrs." There has been no public health assistance from the CDC, which is now controlled by RFK jr👇
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
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Tips for spotting tariffs
📦 Watch shipping. Sudden hikes or higher free-shipping thresholds are a red flag
🧾 Check for vague fees. "Handling," "processing" or "import" charges may mask tariff costs
👗 Look at the rack. Sticker-over-sticker, missing tags, or conflicting signs often mean recent changes
📦 Watch shipping. Sudden hikes or higher free-shipping thresholds are a red flag
🧾 Check for vague fees. "Handling," "processing" or "import" charges may mask tariff costs
👗 Look at the rack. Sticker-over-sticker, missing tags, or conflicting signs often mean recent changes
Instead of putting "tariff" on the tag, some retailers are slipping costs into shipping, fees or relabels.
www.axios.com/2025/09/28/t...
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How retailers are masking tariffs in new shipping and fee hikes
Instead of putting "tariff" on the tag, some retailers are slipping costs into shipping, fees or relabels.
www.axios.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Tips for spotting tariffs
📦 Watch shipping. Sudden hikes or higher free-shipping thresholds are a red flag
🧾 Check for vague fees. "Handling," "processing" or "import" charges may mask tariff costs
👗 Look at the rack. Sticker-over-sticker, missing tags, or conflicting signs often mean recent changes
📦 Watch shipping. Sudden hikes or higher free-shipping thresholds are a red flag
🧾 Check for vague fees. "Handling," "processing" or "import" charges may mask tariff costs
👗 Look at the rack. Sticker-over-sticker, missing tags, or conflicting signs often mean recent changes
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After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors. www.wired.com/story/presid...
Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors
After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
After five deadline extensions and several rounds of negotiations, President Trump signed an executive order to put TikTok’s US operations in the hands of Oracle and other American investors. www.wired.com/story/presid...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
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Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
September 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
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Fifteen Democratic New York elected officials were arrested at a federal building in Manhattan while seeking access to an ICE holding facility — the latest clash between Democratic officials and immigration authorities.
Democratic elected officials arrested at ICE facility in New York City
Fifteen New York elected officials were arrested at a federal building in Lower Manhattan in the latest clash between Democratic officials and immigration authorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Fifteen Democratic New York elected officials were arrested at a federal building in Manhattan while seeking access to an ICE holding facility — the latest clash between Democratic officials and immigration authorities.
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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SPECIAL REPORT: A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded into the past, a six-month NBC News investigation in collaboration with scientists at Stanford University finds.
Data investigation: Childhood vaccination rates are backsliding across the U.S.
A monthslong NBC News data investigation finds that much of the U.S. doesn't have the protection needed to stop the spread of deadly diseases. St. Louis is a window into the problem communities face n...
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
SPECIAL REPORT: A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded into the past, a six-month NBC News investigation in collaboration with scientists at Stanford University finds.
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A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.
Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.
n.pr
September 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.
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The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
The CDC’s Cuts to FoodNet Could Threaten Americans’ Health
Public health experts worry that downsizing the sprawling FoodNet surveillance system could make it harder to prevent food-borne illnesses.
nyti.ms
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
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Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.