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Jenn Mercer, CT

@jennmercer.bsky.social

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NO KINGS ATA-Certified French to English Translator with artisanal sleep schedule (she/her) collector of comics (Mostly Marvel), very much etc.

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Please do not shoot people, even people you hate. Hate is corrosive and will rot you from the inside.

Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 1d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suc... blow

three red blow ups are sitting on top of a map

ALT: three red blow ups are sitting on top of a map

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 1d

I say she gets the room and he sleeps in the lobby

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: A librarian fired by in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves just got the last laugh – a $700,000 settlement for violating her first amendment rights. 👏 May this be a warning across the nation.

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fitba11.bsky.social @fitba11.bsky.social · 1d

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 2d

Me; No, Ivy! No.. no.. that is also no! Still no! All of it! It is all no!
Ivy: ???
*assorted crashing noises*

A grey tabby kitten gazes upwards. Her soul is light as a feather.

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 2d

Have something beautiful: youtu.be/WOCuxsRnVTQ?...

Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres Skate to "The Sound of Silence" (No Audience Noise)

YouTube video by Matthew Grenier

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 2d

There is a recurring thread on the turtle subreddits:
Q: oh no! What is this?!? Is my turtle dying?

A: Congratulations! You have a boy turtle! That is a healthy turtle and yes, he is doing what you think he's doing to that rock.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Captain Crowfood @cryptan.bsky.social · 3d

JFC.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

🎨 The decoration painted onto these bottles is on the inside of the glass!

The process is known as verre églomisé, it is an application that not only requires special tools but an incredible level of skill.

A glass bottle painted from the inside with a rural Chinese scene with three women sitting under a tree

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 5d

A pair of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, swimming in the shallow coastal waters of Early Triassic Asia

#paleoart #sciart #art

Illustration showing a pair of Cartorhynchus swimming in coastal waters

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 5d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine you are a kitten
... and you are full of bees
...and there are two of you
... and you DON'T BELIEVE in WALLS

Two kittens/teenagers are refueling for the night's adventures. At left is a grey tabby eating from a bowl on the ground, and to the left, a black kitten is eating from a bowl on a short stand.

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🎃 Spooky Chip bitney 🎃 @fragboner.bsky.social · 6d

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Did You Know?
@frog-page
When provoked, FROGS will defend themselves by traveling back in time to make sure you were never born!

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 5d

All waffles are beautiful

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Sunday. Have a snack. (Not me, a different snack.) 🤭

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 6d

🎶 Ther ys a place biyonde the wyrmhole
A place to loveres solelye knowne -
The brave, the hopeful, the lost, the worthye,
Peraventure me and thee!
Will not thou wende wyth these fooles and dreameres
To the planete we calle home?
We hope we wil greete thee soone
On Sanctuarye Moone 🎶

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, if he wants to be on a coin that bad ...

Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 6d

The entire idea of mimosas is that they are acceptable for AM drinking. I wonder if there is a time that is too late for mimosas?

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 7d

Netherlands = alien autopsy????

Amsterdam, pretty buildings, a tourist boat on a canal

Icky, mummified, vaguely alien shaped body on a slab Honestly, if you can't see this, count your lucky stars.

Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 8d

I was really hoping that it was because waffles are delicious

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 8d

I'm a shadowy cat for Halloween, but I still offer CATS READING BOOKS for $50.

Pick a cat— maybe YOUR cat— pick a book— maybe a book you wrote or maybe your favorite read— and I draw you the digital illustration like these—
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...

DM me for info! Boooooo! I'm a spooky cat!

tuxedo cat reading Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by TS Eliot

Siamese cat reading FEAR AND TREMBLING by Søren Kierkegaard

GHOST SKELETON CAT reading Pet Sematary by STEPHEN KING

Orange tabby reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 9d

Everything's coming up Milhouse

Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 9d

Wait until he learns what they do with the wine

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 9d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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