Jenn Chen
@thejennchen.bsky.social
Writer & photographer in specialty coffee #coffeesky (EAL at sprudge.com), food & bev, and beyond. Visual storyteller for creative solopreneurs.
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Photos in ProPublica.
A mail service that helps people regain their footing—hard to get a job, hard to deal with the gov, hard to pay your bills without a stable address.
Many of the folks we spoke to _used_ to be unhoused & attributed part of their current situation to the aid they got from K2C.
A mail service that helps people regain their footing—hard to get a job, hard to deal with the gov, hard to pay your bills without a stable address.
Many of the folks we spoke to _used_ to be unhoused & attributed part of their current situation to the aid they got from K2C.
NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Photos in ProPublica.
A mail service that helps people regain their footing—hard to get a job, hard to deal with the gov, hard to pay your bills without a stable address.
Many of the folks we spoke to _used_ to be unhoused & attributed part of their current situation to the aid they got from K2C.
A mail service that helps people regain their footing—hard to get a job, hard to deal with the gov, hard to pay your bills without a stable address.
Many of the folks we spoke to _used_ to be unhoused & attributed part of their current situation to the aid they got from K2C.
Trying to write lately has felt like multiple trash fires of shit (and so has not posting here)
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trying to write lately has felt like multiple trash fires of shit (and so has not posting here)
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This is a great piece by @thejennchen.bsky.social, deftly tackling an issue that is both immediately pressing and also somehow distant and abstracted. #CoffeeSky
The World Badly Needs A Global Coffee Seed Vault | Sprudge Coffee
In the face of coffee's uncertain future, a global seed vault may be a necessary failsafe.
sprudge.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is a great piece by @thejennchen.bsky.social, deftly tackling an issue that is both immediately pressing and also somehow distant and abstracted. #CoffeeSky
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😳 Holy shit. This Vox article is from 2016. Think about that as you read:
Curtis Yarvin’s (Moldbug) “vision is corporatist,” where a nation “belongs to corporation.” When asked who shld lead it, Yarvin said, “‘It’s easy to say ‘put Elon [Musk] in charge, he’ll figure it out,’ & he might well…’” 1/
Curtis Yarvin’s (Moldbug) “vision is corporatist,” where a nation “belongs to corporation.” When asked who shld lead it, Yarvin said, “‘It’s easy to say ‘put Elon [Musk] in charge, he’ll figure it out,’ & he might well…’” 1/
May 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
😳 Holy shit. This Vox article is from 2016. Think about that as you read:
Curtis Yarvin’s (Moldbug) “vision is corporatist,” where a nation “belongs to corporation.” When asked who shld lead it, Yarvin said, “‘It’s easy to say ‘put Elon [Musk] in charge, he’ll figure it out,’ & he might well…’” 1/
Curtis Yarvin’s (Moldbug) “vision is corporatist,” where a nation “belongs to corporation.” When asked who shld lead it, Yarvin said, “‘It’s easy to say ‘put Elon [Musk] in charge, he’ll figure it out,’ & he might well…’” 1/
My transcription service substituted "egg" for "air" so now it reads like "this is a egg roaster, uses egg to push the beans up to the chamber" and all I can picture is eggs doing hard work
May 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My transcription service substituted "egg" for "air" so now it reads like "this is a egg roaster, uses egg to push the beans up to the chamber" and all I can picture is eggs doing hard work
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Guess investing in baristas IS important... if only SOMEONE had ideas that could, say, be put into a union contract......... oh wait
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Guess investing in baristas IS important... if only SOMEONE had ideas that could, say, be put into a union contract......... oh wait
Welp I'm sick. Post-expo cold not covid. I was terrible to my body during the show and I think I picked something up on Sunday or Monday.
May 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Welp I'm sick. Post-expo cold not covid. I was terrible to my body during the show and I think I picked something up on Sunday or Monday.
Four nights of godawful sleep, fourish days of early wake up times, dehydration, not eating enough meals, has my body very unhappy with me.
April 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Four nights of godawful sleep, fourish days of early wake up times, dehydration, not eating enough meals, has my body very unhappy with me.
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This weekend seemed to cement a lot of power consolidation in the industry by the SCA, while taking a very heavy-handed consumption-sided approach to value distribution. srossmktg.com/2025/04/26/c... #coffeesky
Coffee Value Assessment vs. Equitable Value Distribution?
The Specialty Coffee Association just took over the CQI Q Grader licensing and added in its Coffee Value Assessment. Now what?
srossmktg.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This weekend seemed to cement a lot of power consolidation in the industry by the SCA, while taking a very heavy-handed consumption-sided approach to value distribution. srossmktg.com/2025/04/26/c... #coffeesky
If you're going to coffee expo next week in Houston and would like a quieter, sober event to network in- I am hosting game night on Saturday! Deliberately low-key and for introverts who hate networking. #coffeesky
bit.ly/expogame25
bit.ly/expogame25
Expo Game Night · Luma
Game Night for Expo attendees and local specialty coffee professionals
SCA Expo can be an overwhelming experience, no matter how many times you’ve attended.…
bit.ly
April 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you're going to coffee expo next week in Houston and would like a quieter, sober event to network in- I am hosting game night on Saturday! Deliberately low-key and for introverts who hate networking. #coffeesky
bit.ly/expogame25
bit.ly/expogame25
Two notifications today:
1- got paid $40 via Venmo for Facebook's internet tracking settlement
2- blue shield of CA says hey, your info might have been shared with Google. Health care plan, patient name, drs, subscriber ID but don't worry, not your ssn or drivers license #!
1- got paid $40 via Venmo for Facebook's internet tracking settlement
2- blue shield of CA says hey, your info might have been shared with Google. Health care plan, patient name, drs, subscriber ID but don't worry, not your ssn or drivers license #!
April 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Two notifications today:
1- got paid $40 via Venmo for Facebook's internet tracking settlement
2- blue shield of CA says hey, your info might have been shared with Google. Health care plan, patient name, drs, subscriber ID but don't worry, not your ssn or drivers license #!
1- got paid $40 via Venmo for Facebook's internet tracking settlement
2- blue shield of CA says hey, your info might have been shared with Google. Health care plan, patient name, drs, subscriber ID but don't worry, not your ssn or drivers license #!
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How Substack steals your audience and your revenue: 16 ways they take from creators
journalistspaythemselves.com/p/how-substa... cc @angryblacklady.bsky.social
journalistspaythemselves.com/p/how-substa... cc @angryblacklady.bsky.social
How Substack steals your audience and your revenue
They're not just bad for humanity. They're bad for business.
journalistspaythemselves.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How Substack steals your audience and your revenue: 16 ways they take from creators
journalistspaythemselves.com/p/how-substa... cc @angryblacklady.bsky.social
journalistspaythemselves.com/p/how-substa... cc @angryblacklady.bsky.social
Ghost introduced a beta connection between website & fediverse & I'm not sure how I feel about possibly having to manage another social account. I get why it's there and it seems neat, if it was the only account I have
April 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ghost introduced a beta connection between website & fediverse & I'm not sure how I feel about possibly having to manage another social account. I get why it's there and it seems neat, if it was the only account I have
Curious if the 17k+ attendees from 90+ countries stats that sca used in today's expo promo email is going to be adjusted for all the people and countries being blocked from entering the us. #coffeesky mailchi.mp/sca.coffee/t...
📅 This Week at the SCA
mailchi.mp
April 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Curious if the 17k+ attendees from 90+ countries stats that sca used in today's expo promo email is going to be adjusted for all the people and countries being blocked from entering the us. #coffeesky mailchi.mp/sca.coffee/t...
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Another attempt at distilling everything that's going on through the lens of coffee.
This time, a look at how Trump's border crackdown, combined with the Texas legislature's anti-trans mania, have put people off attending the SCA's Expo trade show in Houston next month.
#CoffeeSky
This time, a look at how Trump's border crackdown, combined with the Texas legislature's anti-trans mania, have put people off attending the SCA's Expo trade show in Houston next month.
#CoffeeSky
Travel Warnings and Detainments Cast a Shadow Over America’s Biggest Coffee Trade Show
Amidst the U.S. government’s crackdown at the border and a raft of anti-trans legislation in Texas, some coffee professionals are skipping the Specialty Coffee Association’s Expo in Houston.
www.thepourover.coffee
March 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Another attempt at distilling everything that's going on through the lens of coffee.
This time, a look at how Trump's border crackdown, combined with the Texas legislature's anti-trans mania, have put people off attending the SCA's Expo trade show in Houston next month.
#CoffeeSky
This time, a look at how Trump's border crackdown, combined with the Texas legislature's anti-trans mania, have put people off attending the SCA's Expo trade show in Houston next month.
#CoffeeSky
Yesterday, I presented my art as art for the first time ever and in as supportive a space as I can think of. It felt a little weird to be the only photographer among paint, textile, clay, mixed media and such artists but it was fun nonetheless
March 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Yesterday, I presented my art as art for the first time ever and in as supportive a space as I can think of. It felt a little weird to be the only photographer among paint, textile, clay, mixed media and such artists but it was fun nonetheless
Weekly photo challenge 13/52 mood. I was feeling rather uninspired this week, so I chose wilted as my mood. #52frames #52frames_mood
March 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Weekly photo challenge 13/52 mood. I was feeling rather uninspired this week, so I chose wilted as my mood. #52frames #52frames_mood
Started playing cult of the lamb with my partner. It's my first dungeon crawler game but it also has cozy elements of farming and building! Surprisingly fun so far and the artwork is great.
March 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Started playing cult of the lamb with my partner. It's my first dungeon crawler game but it also has cozy elements of farming and building! Surprisingly fun so far and the artwork is great.
back to the weekly photo challenge! This week was shallow depth of field. I went to the conservatory here and submitted the first one. #52frames #52frames_shallowdepthoffield 🌱
March 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
back to the weekly photo challenge! This week was shallow depth of field. I went to the conservatory here and submitted the first one. #52frames #52frames_shallowdepthoffield 🌱
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Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
Yet again sent a newsletter and forgot to include an important link
March 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Yet again sent a newsletter and forgot to include an important link
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
I woke up at 545 am on Monday, departed at 1045. And landed now, 625 on monday and have to repeat this day I hate Groundhog Day
March 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I woke up at 545 am on Monday, departed at 1045. And landed now, 625 on monday and have to repeat this day I hate Groundhog Day