Jen Popa
@jenpopa.bsky.social
Writer. Ph.D. Special Folios Editor at Pleiades. Keeper of a small flock of animals. Eldest daughter feasting exclusively on a diet of low-hanging fruit. A “pick me” but for dogs.
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Jen Popa
@jenpopa.bsky.social
· Mar 30
Why would I get him a DNA test when I already know that he is A Problem?
Was casually chatting with my mom when she hit me with “Hang on, I need to check on Donald Trump.” Turns out this is what she named her roomba that just got locked in the closet. She says the name was chosen so she can say, “Suck it, Donnie.” I cannot stress enough that I am related to this woman.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Was casually chatting with my mom when she hit me with “Hang on, I need to check on Donald Trump.” Turns out this is what she named her roomba that just got locked in the closet. She says the name was chosen so she can say, “Suck it, Donnie.” I cannot stress enough that I am related to this woman.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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We did it, guys! We outlived one of the motherfuckers. Stay active, eat your vegetables, and get your moles checked out. We have a lot more motherfuckers to outlive.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We did it, guys! We outlived one of the motherfuckers. Stay active, eat your vegetables, and get your moles checked out. We have a lot more motherfuckers to outlive.
Brought my neighbor sourdough last night. Saw them at the polls today hyping up my bread while I cosplayed democracy. I’m already impossible to be around.
a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop computer and making a funny face .
Alt: a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop computer and making a funny face while tossing her hair over her shoulders
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November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Brought my neighbor sourdough last night. Saw them at the polls today hyping up my bread while I cosplayed democracy. I’m already impossible to be around.
Pretty sure Panera and Dave Matthews Band signed a 1,000-year contract in 1998.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pretty sure Panera and Dave Matthews Band signed a 1,000-year contract in 1998.
I walked through the cemetery for my stupid mental health. If I have to exercise, I want it to be with the teens doing tarot, the power walkers, the landscapers enjoying some midday weed, and of course Doris & Morris’s shared headstone, there to remind me that love is eternal and so is rot.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I walked through the cemetery for my stupid mental health. If I have to exercise, I want it to be with the teens doing tarot, the power walkers, the landscapers enjoying some midday weed, and of course Doris & Morris’s shared headstone, there to remind me that love is eternal and so is rot.
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We live in an episode of Veep
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We live in an episode of Veep
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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Just when I thought I couldn’t like Zohran anymore, here’s a clip of him saying “I think of Toni Morrison often…” Like?????? A MAN!!!!
As Toni Morrison said, “the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work.” But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.
TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani
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October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just when I thought I couldn’t like Zohran anymore, here’s a clip of him saying “I think of Toni Morrison often…” Like?????? A MAN!!!!
There may be signs of aging, but I’m still young enough that my mom called me from the waiting room to ask me to explain “We are the sons of the hamburger you couldn’t help” to her and a stranger she’d just befriended.
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There may be signs of aging, but I’m still young enough that my mom called me from the waiting room to ask me to explain “We are the sons of the hamburger you couldn’t help” to her and a stranger she’d just befriended.
Had my first request to share my sourdough starter, so yes, I am telling everyone who will listen that Strega Doughna is pregnant and I’m to be a grandmother: proud, unhinged, and thinking of baby names.
October 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Had my first request to share my sourdough starter, so yes, I am telling everyone who will listen that Strega Doughna is pregnant and I’m to be a grandmother: proud, unhinged, and thinking of baby names.
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Heartbreaking, disturbing, symbolic, utterly fucked up, stupid, unlawful, destructive, dangerous. Pick your adjective, they all apply.
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Heartbreaking, disturbing, symbolic, utterly fucked up, stupid, unlawful, destructive, dangerous. Pick your adjective, they all apply.
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ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.
Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.
Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.
Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.
Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.
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whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
After 34 hours, I am devastated to report that using my starter for cinnamon rolls has summoned a pastry so good I may never know peace again.
October 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
After 34 hours, I am devastated to report that using my starter for cinnamon rolls has summoned a pastry so good I may never know peace again.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
My car broke down and the tow truck guy decided it was a first date and we’re moving back to Michigan together.
Windows down, 70 mph, me shouting “WHAT?” every time he talks.
Him: “Ya got kids?”
Me: “No.”
Him: “I got two.”
Me: “Bummer.”
So anyway, I think we’re engaged now.
Windows down, 70 mph, me shouting “WHAT?” every time he talks.
Him: “Ya got kids?”
Me: “No.”
Him: “I got two.”
Me: “Bummer.”
So anyway, I think we’re engaged now.
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My car broke down and the tow truck guy decided it was a first date and we’re moving back to Michigan together.
Windows down, 70 mph, me shouting “WHAT?” every time he talks.
Him: “Ya got kids?”
Me: “No.”
Him: “I got two.”
Me: “Bummer.”
So anyway, I think we’re engaged now.
Windows down, 70 mph, me shouting “WHAT?” every time he talks.
Him: “Ya got kids?”
Me: “No.”
Him: “I got two.”
Me: “Bummer.”
So anyway, I think we’re engaged now.
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I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
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Happy Spooky Season!!!
three skeletons are dancing in a cemetery
Alt: three skeletons are dancing in a cemetery
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October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Happy Spooky Season!!!
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October 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Everything is terrible, but here in war-torn Chicago, I have a neighbor who takes his pet parakeets, in their fancy cage, out to his back porch every morning to give them "the air and the sunshine."
October 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Everything is terrible, but here in war-torn Chicago, I have a neighbor who takes his pet parakeets, in their fancy cage, out to his back porch every morning to give them "the air and the sunshine."