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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 1h

And people as objects as opposed to people.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 1h

Jenka @babiejenks
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It is a particular cultural lens to see the systems of the natural universe in constant, hierarchical competition. A different view sees ecosystems in constant, cyclical spirals of harmony & disharmony. Darwinism is an interpretation. And not even the most interesting or salient.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

The Daily’s credulous/willfully ignorant/deliberately misleading portrait of Vought matters because it is indicative of a much broader tendency to normalize the assault on the constitutional order - to sanitize those who are responsible for it and the extremist ideas that are animating them.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

Vought is at war with large swaths of the population, with the very idea of a society defined by democratic pluralism. If you have correctly identified that this guy is now in a really powerful position, that people like him are in control of the government, how is that not the main story?

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

Vought’s ideology of “radical constitutionalism” captures the defining sensibility on the Trumpist Right: “The Left,” he believes, has command of America, there is nothing left to conserve, nothing short of a radical “counter-revolution” can now save the nation.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

Vought is not interested in “normal” democratic politics: He seeks to “traumatize” civil servants, use the military to suppress protests, and sees Trump as an agent of God’s will. He is convinced to be fighting a noble war to defend his “real America” of white Christian patriarchal rule.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 1h

I think people do choose it. It reinfoces a narrative that they find comforting. The choice is in whether ur priority is adopting a comfortable narrative or finding a solution, which is often incredibly not comfortable. But when ur parentified as a child there’s no one else who will solve it.

Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 2h

Unfortunately I will say tho that i have found “I should have been able to forsee this” very motivating to the relentlessness to find ways to fix (or prevent) the problems. Is there a way to be relenteless without the pit in ur stomach driving u?

Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 2h

I would love to know how handle setbacks or disappointment with less “i should have been able to foresee this” self blame (which is just a soothing tactic to create control in an uncontrollable situation). Like, ive wondered how does Warren Buffet handle losses

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 2h

I dont have an interest in having a fixed mindset because how would that be helpful in solving problems? Doesnt seem very smart.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 2h

Just realized this is hoarding behavior but for people.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The majority of Chatfishers say they would never dream of letting Al do all of their talking. Most are like 38-year-old Londoner Nick, who sees it as a tool to help foster stronger connections with app matches. He works in tech and lives with his girlfriend; they're in an open relationship and both date other people casually. He sometimes uses ChatGPT in his conversations on the dating apps Feeld and Bumble. "If I'm using a dating app," he says, "I want to start a conversation that feels meaningful from the beginning so I can hook the other person in - but also I don't want to spend too much time on it. Equally, while I want it to be 'meaningful', I don't necessarily want to get super heavy and emotional straight away - it feels like quite a balancing act." ChatGPT, he says, helps him tread that fine line: offering enough charm to spark a connection, without the investment of time or emotional labour that might otherwise feel wasted if the match fizzles out after a handful of messages.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 2h

I steamroll through difficult problems but when i havent lived up to my expectations of myself, & feel i should have done better i am an incredibly harsh self critic. My parents expected me to hold up the world for them, so when a piece falls theres no one responsible but myself. U don’t have that?

Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 2h

Im a 1st gen immigrant so i was translating for my parents since i was 6 & solving their problems for them. I was also very valued for my resourcefulness & ingenuity solving adults’ problems so dont worry there are also drawbacks to being the opposite of emotionally fragile. Emotionally a marine.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 9h

Lets just say no one has ever complimented me on my agreeableness.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 9h

We are conditioned by the things we are valued for.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 9h

I was thinking about this because my dog is really really ridiculously cute looking to the point that she has basically never seen a face that wasnt smiling at her in her life and the things she will do to get attention from people are extreme.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 9h

Was thinking today about how hearing ppl tell me “you’re so smart” from as far back as i can remember even as a child, and the result of internalizing being valued for that, has played a role in my position of extreme aversion to a cognitive impairment causing infection.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 11h

After he died I found my dad’s Soviet patent for this system. Which, of course, meant nothing there. Hard to even contemplate what his life
would have been like if he had gotten it here. Cant say the concept of living in the wrong place at the wrong time feels abstract personally.

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 15h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 11h

In the USSR my father invented a ventilation system that kept produce fresh on trains from the farms to the cities. However this created a surplus, which was unacceptable under communism, so he was forced to make his system worse, so that some of the produce would rot. Anyway.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 11h

They literally did vote for this.

bsky.app/profile/juli...

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 13h

This article I had published at @motherjones.com in January feels very relevant with federal special ed office layoffs. Project 2025 targeted disability education services. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids

Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.

www.motherjones.com

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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 12h

Her streak of existence of never seeing a face that wasnt smiling at her continues undefeated.

Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · Jul 8

When ur not smiling at my dog, this is what ur not smiling at

A fluffy frenchie that looks like a real life muppet making a face that looks like a frog

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