Jen Grogan 🐙📖📚
@eightarmsedits.bsky.social
Writer, freelance editor / nonprofit admin / web content person, walker, knitter, museum docent, mom. She/her. RTs=/=endorsements. Opinions are my own. jengrogan.com
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"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
November 19, 2014
- Ursula K. Le Guin
November 19, 2014
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Oregon friends, can you help out with ideas for a Eugene trip?
Driving my daughter to Eugene, OR this month to visit her childhood friend. Anyone who can recommend things to do there--museums, libraries, parks, local cafes, places to stay?
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Oregon friends, can you help out with ideas for a Eugene trip?
Oh no! I had the pleasure of visiting the California Academy of Science several years ago, and Claude was one of many highlights of that trip.
He was a charismatic and awe-inspiring ambassador of his kind, and I’d hoped the Squidling could see him someday soon.
He was a charismatic and awe-inspiring ambassador of his kind, and I’d hoped the Squidling could see him someday soon.
Claude, the Cal Academy albino alligator, has passed after turning 30 this year.
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California Academy of Sciences on Instagram: "It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude was an iconic Academy r...
14K likes, 930 comments - calacademy on December 2, 2025: "It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude was an ico...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Oh no! I had the pleasure of visiting the California Academy of Science several years ago, and Claude was one of many highlights of that trip.
He was a charismatic and awe-inspiring ambassador of his kind, and I’d hoped the Squidling could see him someday soon.
He was a charismatic and awe-inspiring ambassador of his kind, and I’d hoped the Squidling could see him someday soon.
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Images you can hear with the sound off. (Alt text: a tuxedo cat, standing on a bodega's refrigerated-section shelf, looking directly at the camera and yelling.)
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Images you can hear with the sound off. (Alt text: a tuxedo cat, standing on a bodega's refrigerated-section shelf, looking directly at the camera and yelling.)
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I copyedited all @kwakjessie.bsky.social's SF novels (so far). I bought a few sets in paperback to send out for holiday gifts this year. And the one that's always been my secret favorite—if I admit to having a favorite—is free to download right now ... so.
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
He's in over his head. And the one man he needs to trust the most is the one he's been contracted to kill.
Manu Juric's quick wit and knack for creating unexpected explosions has taken him a long way in the hit man business. At least, until he signs on to a job that might just be out of his league: taking ...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I copyedited all @kwakjessie.bsky.social's SF novels (so far). I bought a few sets in paperback to send out for holiday gifts this year. And the one that's always been my secret favorite—if I admit to having a favorite—is free to download right now ... so.
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
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The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The people who are trying to destroy universities when it comes to inclusion around race and gender are also opposed to inclusion around disability. This bullshit gives them cover. Once again, legacy media laundering far right complaints because it makes elites feel smug.
I would watch the living daylights out of this.
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I would watch the living daylights out of this.
A few favorite books that I've read this year:
Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Woman They Could Not Silence, Kate Moore
The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo
Spear, Nicola Griffith
How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix
The Family Plot, Cherie Priest
American Jezebel, Eve LaPlante
And you?
Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Woman They Could Not Silence, Kate Moore
The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo
Spear, Nicola Griffith
How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix
The Family Plot, Cherie Priest
American Jezebel, Eve LaPlante
And you?
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A few favorite books that I've read this year:
Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Woman They Could Not Silence, Kate Moore
The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo
Spear, Nicola Griffith
How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix
The Family Plot, Cherie Priest
American Jezebel, Eve LaPlante
And you?
Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Woman They Could Not Silence, Kate Moore
The Brides of High Hill, Nghi Vo
Spear, Nicola Griffith
How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix
The Family Plot, Cherie Priest
American Jezebel, Eve LaPlante
And you?
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as much as I hate the incessant newsletters to Buy Buy Buy, giving Tuesday makes me wish I could just max out the budgets for a lot of people doing amazing work.
I don't know how billionaires exist.
I don't know how billionaires exist.
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
as much as I hate the incessant newsletters to Buy Buy Buy, giving Tuesday makes me wish I could just max out the budgets for a lot of people doing amazing work.
I don't know how billionaires exist.
I don't know how billionaires exist.
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This #GivingTuesday please consider donating to Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc! Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps! 🐾
Thank you so much for supporting these kitties💙
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Thank you so much for supporting these kitties💙
www.facebook.com/donate/15528...
December 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This #GivingTuesday please consider donating to Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc! Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps! 🐾
Thank you so much for supporting these kitties💙
www.facebook.com/donate/15528...
Thank you so much for supporting these kitties💙
www.facebook.com/donate/15528...
An interesting look into what it takes to loan and transport priceless art and artifacts across borders between museums.
Good vibrations: Terms of Bayeux Tapestry loan arrangement revealed
Government publishes full copy of agreement signed by Britain and France in July
Government publishes full copy of agreement signed by Britain and France in July
Good vibrations: Terms of Bayeux Tapestry loan arrangement revealed - Museums Association
Government publishes full copy of agreement signed by Britain and France in July
www.museumsassociation.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
An interesting look into what it takes to loan and transport priceless art and artifacts across borders between museums.
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It's important to write hand-written letters to your friends when you need to send them something. Ideally while doing a bit. Maybe you're a union soldier, separated from your ladylove. Maybe a hot air balloon operator.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's important to write hand-written letters to your friends when you need to send them something. Ideally while doing a bit. Maybe you're a union soldier, separated from your ladylove. Maybe a hot air balloon operator.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
We mustn't let the realities of today restrain the nonsense within us.
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Strega Nona fanart! I think more of us should draw fanart of our childhood faves. What were the kids’ books that you remember fondly?
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Strega Nona fanart! I think more of us should draw fanart of our childhood faves. What were the kids’ books that you remember fondly?
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It’s #GivingTuesday! UCS needs urgent support to continue leading the charge to defend science, our planet, and our communities. With 500+ documented attacks on science this year alone, this work is more important than ever.
💝Give before midnight.
Donate: act.ucsusa.org/Giving2025
💝Give before midnight.
Donate: act.ucsusa.org/Giving2025
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It’s #GivingTuesday! UCS needs urgent support to continue leading the charge to defend science, our planet, and our communities. With 500+ documented attacks on science this year alone, this work is more important than ever.
💝Give before midnight.
Donate: act.ucsusa.org/Giving2025
💝Give before midnight.
Donate: act.ucsusa.org/Giving2025
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Yesterday was #WorldAIDSDay. It's the first time since its inception in 1988 that the US has not formally recognized it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yesterday was #WorldAIDSDay. It's the first time since its inception in 1988 that the US has not formally recognized it.
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I have eaten
the planets
that were in
the inner solar system
and which
you were probably
saving
for living on
Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so warm
the planets
that were in
the inner solar system
and which
you were probably
saving
for living on
Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so warm
Elderly stars just get hungry, and orbiting planets are *right there.* 🔭🧪
New research from Edward Bryant @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Vincent Van Eylen @University College London, input from Sabine Reffert @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/pla...
New research from Edward Bryant @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Vincent Van Eylen @University College London, input from Sabine Reffert @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/pla...
Planet-Eating Stars Hint at Earth’s Ultimate Fate - Eos
A sampling of aging Sun-like stars demonstrates that they likely eat their closest planets.
eos.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have eaten
the planets
that were in
the inner solar system
and which
you were probably
saving
for living on
Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so warm
the planets
that were in
the inner solar system
and which
you were probably
saving
for living on
Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so warm
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
OH MY GOD, REALLY??? 😍🎅
Santa has been reading your skeets all year.
Most of you are getting dictionaries.
Most of you are getting dictionaries.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
OH MY GOD, REALLY??? 😍🎅
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December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Accurate.
Whenever you make art you should make it the most self indulgent thing that has ever existed. make it so self indulgent ppl are like Hmm is this a fetish, they went so hard with it, wow, I don't even go here but maybe I do now
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Accurate.
Oh, hey. They DID find some voter fraud, I guess.
REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oh, hey. They DID find some voter fraud, I guess.
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Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
I adore Artemisia Gentileschi's work. She has the most fabulous use of shadow and expression.
Fascinating painting of a very rare subject by Artemisia Gentileschi going up for auction tomorrow at Christie's: A mother presenting her newborn child to St. Blaise (San Biagio), identifiable by the wool comb, the instrument of his martyrdom. www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I adore Artemisia Gentileschi's work. She has the most fabulous use of shadow and expression.
I apparently offended the neck gods last night. I have propitiated them with acetaminophen, but they found the sacrifice insufficient.
When the hour is appropriate for another sacrifice, I will try ibuprofen. And maybe a hot pad.
When the hour is appropriate for another sacrifice, I will try ibuprofen. And maybe a hot pad.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I apparently offended the neck gods last night. I have propitiated them with acetaminophen, but they found the sacrifice insufficient.
When the hour is appropriate for another sacrifice, I will try ibuprofen. And maybe a hot pad.
When the hour is appropriate for another sacrifice, I will try ibuprofen. And maybe a hot pad.
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”