Jen M (she/they)
@jensmellspeaches.bsky.social
I. Smell. Peaches.
See also: ADHD, writing, ukulele, bookbinding, bees, SQL, Python.
https://linktr.ee/JenSmellsPeaches
See also: ADHD, writing, ukulele, bookbinding, bees, SQL, Python.
https://linktr.ee/JenSmellsPeaches
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You gotta dance while the music’s still playing.
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Just so y’all know how rough it is for the working poor: a QUARTER of my annual gross income will be dedicated to health insurance next year.
I make about $42k, gross.
My monthly payment went from approximately $200 to $500, deductible went from $2k to $5k.
I make about $42k, gross.
My monthly payment went from approximately $200 to $500, deductible went from $2k to $5k.
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Just so y’all know how rough it is for the working poor: a QUARTER of my annual gross income will be dedicated to health insurance next year.
I make about $42k, gross.
My monthly payment went from approximately $200 to $500, deductible went from $2k to $5k.
I make about $42k, gross.
My monthly payment went from approximately $200 to $500, deductible went from $2k to $5k.
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to underscore this point:
uber requires drivers to have a social security number. lyft allows drivers to use a temporary identification number provided they’ve had their license for at least a year.
these folks all have legal authorization to work here.
uber requires drivers to have a social security number. lyft allows drivers to use a temporary identification number provided they’ve had their license for at least a year.
these folks all have legal authorization to work here.
new: federal agents have targeted rideshare drivers at o'hare on at least ten separate days since october 10.
in some cases, agents returned to abduct drivers multiple times in a single day, taking as many as ten to 20 people each time.
via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:
in some cases, agents returned to abduct drivers multiple times in a single day, taking as many as ten to 20 people each time.
via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:
‘Like shooting fish in a barrel’ - Chicago Reader
Federal agents have repeatedly terrorize rideshare drivers at O’Hare International Airport.
chicagoreader.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
to underscore this point:
uber requires drivers to have a social security number. lyft allows drivers to use a temporary identification number provided they’ve had their license for at least a year.
these folks all have legal authorization to work here.
uber requires drivers to have a social security number. lyft allows drivers to use a temporary identification number provided they’ve had their license for at least a year.
these folks all have legal authorization to work here.
Being a good person in practical terms - a good housemate, or worker, or guest, etc - frequently boils down to this very simple thing:
Look around and see what needs doing. Then, do it.
I’m always stunned at stories of people visiting friends/family, and treating the hosts like servants.
Look around and see what needs doing. Then, do it.
I’m always stunned at stories of people visiting friends/family, and treating the hosts like servants.
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Being a good person in practical terms - a good housemate, or worker, or guest, etc - frequently boils down to this very simple thing:
Look around and see what needs doing. Then, do it.
I’m always stunned at stories of people visiting friends/family, and treating the hosts like servants.
Look around and see what needs doing. Then, do it.
I’m always stunned at stories of people visiting friends/family, and treating the hosts like servants.
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
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We can and SHOULD be concerned about many things at once. This is a big deal. Oh, and also - RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. BRING CONGRESS BACK TO SECTION WHERE THEY F'ING BELONG.
I know it's common to dismiss so many things as "distractions" from the important things we face but I refuse to accept that Trump is literally taking backhoes to the White House and Congress hasn't said a word as an important damn thing. We can be concerned about many things at once.
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We can and SHOULD be concerned about many things at once. This is a big deal. Oh, and also - RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. BRING CONGRESS BACK TO SECTION WHERE THEY F'ING BELONG.
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Give fewer fucks. No, less than that. Less. You’re still 2 fucks too high. There you go. Better living through lower standards.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Give fewer fucks. No, less than that. Less. You’re still 2 fucks too high. There you go. Better living through lower standards.
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I had three days of symptoms. First day and night was overall blah. middle of the night chills kicked in and lasted the whole second day. Third day was sweating profusely.
Get the vax, but like on a Friday!
Get the vax, but like on a Friday!
People saying that this round of vaccines seems... rougher... is true IME. For the first time ever Novovax gave me a fever (thankfully it took almost a day to kick in and the fever was very mild and only lingered for a few hours).
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I had three days of symptoms. First day and night was overall blah. middle of the night chills kicked in and lasted the whole second day. Third day was sweating profusely.
Get the vax, but like on a Friday!
Get the vax, but like on a Friday!
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Calling @t-mobile.bsky.social to express my extreme disgust that that they are funding the demolition of the east wing of the white house, and that they reconsider their involvement, lest I'll be forced to take my many lines elsewhere.
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Calling @t-mobile.bsky.social to express my extreme disgust that that they are funding the demolition of the east wing of the white house, and that they reconsider their involvement, lest I'll be forced to take my many lines elsewhere.
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brb rewriting goals
It's never too late to learn something new.
It's never too late to discover the secret language of trees.
It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & malice and become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
It's never too late to discover the secret language of trees.
It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & malice and become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
brb rewriting goals
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learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.
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Oh, now I'm REALLY pissed
Apparently they also cut out trees. Look how big it was.
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Oh, now I'm REALLY pissed
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Dear god please let them nail Trump on a permit issue by the county
“As of September, the White House had not even submitted plans to the National Capital Planning Commission, which by law must approve construction for most federal buildings …
The president and his allies have claimed that Trump doesn’t need approval for the demolition and building.”
The president and his allies have claimed that Trump doesn’t need approval for the demolition and building.”
“Trump’s new ballroom was originally billed as a $100 million project but has since ballooned into a $250 million behemoth …”
"The demolition work comes despite Trump insisting during an executive order signing in July that his ballroom renovations wouldn’t ‘interfere with the current building.’”
"The demolition work comes despite Trump insisting during an executive order signing in July that his ballroom renovations wouldn’t ‘interfere with the current building.’”
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Dear god please let them nail Trump on a permit issue by the county
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Elizabeth Warren: "I'm just going to say something that a lot of people said on Saturday. We don't have a king in this country, and Donald Trump doesn't get to sit over in the White House and make all of these decisions by himself. At least he doesn't get to if Senate Republicans would grow a spine"
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Elizabeth Warren: "I'm just going to say something that a lot of people said on Saturday. We don't have a king in this country, and Donald Trump doesn't get to sit over in the White House and make all of these decisions by himself. At least he doesn't get to if Senate Republicans would grow a spine"
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Rick Scott was CEO of a company forced to settle what the DOJ called “the largest healthcare fraud case in history.”
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Rick Scott was CEO of a company forced to settle what the DOJ called “the largest healthcare fraud case in history.”
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
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I have a photo of it here:
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I have a photo of it here:
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Reminder that Trump is tearing down the WH literally and there's still a massive contingent of Dems obsessed over trying to fight against their own nominee in the NYC mayoral race, including people not even in NYC lol
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reminder that Trump is tearing down the WH literally and there's still a massive contingent of Dems obsessed over trying to fight against their own nominee in the NYC mayoral race, including people not even in NYC lol
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Every single writer I know is SO bummed about how horribly heavy-handed the plot of the universe is right now. We’d never get away with this nonsense, and it pisses all of us off.
But also, the people in charge have no respect for the arts, so why would they be good at writing, I guess?
But also, the people in charge have no respect for the arts, so why would they be good at writing, I guess?
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Every single writer I know is SO bummed about how horribly heavy-handed the plot of the universe is right now. We’d never get away with this nonsense, and it pisses all of us off.
But also, the people in charge have no respect for the arts, so why would they be good at writing, I guess?
But also, the people in charge have no respect for the arts, so why would they be good at writing, I guess?
Hey, friends, followers, and “None of the above”: would you agree that it’s just basic web etiquette to provide Alt Text descriptions for images?
Let me hear all the takes.
Let me hear all the takes.
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hey, friends, followers, and “None of the above”: would you agree that it’s just basic web etiquette to provide Alt Text descriptions for images?
Let me hear all the takes.
Let me hear all the takes.
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IF YOU’RE NOT A JOURNALIST HOW CAN IT BE OFF THE RECORD
a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
IF YOU’RE NOT A JOURNALIST HOW CAN IT BE OFF THE RECORD
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i mean, if you don't warn the subject of a story that they're the subject of a story, they clearly can say "backsies" and the journalist doesn't respond "no backsies" the journalist can't publish, that's how the rules work, right?
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
i mean, if you don't warn the subject of a story that they're the subject of a story, they clearly can say "backsies" and the journalist doesn't respond "no backsies" the journalist can't publish, that's how the rules work, right?
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.
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Happy HA/DR day for those of you running services in AWS.
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy HA/DR day for those of you running services in AWS.