Jillbles
@jillbles.bsky.social
Fuck everything.
I occasionally stream on Twitch.
GenX
She/Her, cis
I'm me everywhere because I'm not very original.
Sometimes I make things. Mostly I buy supplies to make things, & then don't make the things.
Header image is a resin cabochon I made.
I occasionally stream on Twitch.
GenX
She/Her, cis
I'm me everywhere because I'm not very original.
Sometimes I make things. Mostly I buy supplies to make things, & then don't make the things.
Header image is a resin cabochon I made.
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Jillbles
@jillbles.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment?
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
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They aren’t backing down here in Minneapolis. They’re hanging out at school bus stops. Yesterday they raided the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul. They’re targeting the most vulnerable.
January 28, 2026 at 2:23 PM
They aren’t backing down here in Minneapolis. They’re hanging out at school bus stops. Yesterday they raided the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul. They’re targeting the most vulnerable.
They had wheeled an AV cart into my 5th grade class so we could watch it live.
👀
I don't know about anyone else, but we were not offered the opportunity to talk with someone, after. We weren't asked how what we'd seen made us feel. We weren't comforted.
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I don't know about anyone else, but we were not offered the opportunity to talk with someone, after. We weren't asked how what we'd seen made us feel. We weren't comforted.
For Gen Xers, this was our "where were you when Kennedy was shot?" Everyone remembers when this happened.
On this day in 1986, seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger — Ellison S. Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair and Judy Resnik — died when the spacecraft broke apart 73 seconds into its launch.
Learn more: https://to.pbs.org/4hr9ob7
Learn more: https://to.pbs.org/4hr9ob7
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
They had wheeled an AV cart into my 5th grade class so we could watch it live.
👀
I don't know about anyone else, but we were not offered the opportunity to talk with someone, after. We weren't asked how what we'd seen made us feel. We weren't comforted.
👀
I don't know about anyone else, but we were not offered the opportunity to talk with someone, after. We weren't asked how what we'd seen made us feel. We weren't comforted.
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“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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government handout to a failing business
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
government handout to a failing business
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trump, next week: why do people around me keep singing “yub nub” under their breath?
January 28, 2026 at 7:51 AM
trump, next week: why do people around me keep singing “yub nub” under their breath?
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I don't bother to ask anyone how they're doing. They're not ok. We're not ok.
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I don't bother to ask anyone how they're doing. They're not ok. We're not ok.
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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STOP MAKING US LOOK AS BAD AS WE ARE!
Sen Tillis just went off on Noem in what looked like a hallway scrum. Said in no uncertain terms that she should be canned.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
STOP MAKING US LOOK AS BAD AS WE ARE!
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Oh so it was premeditated murder.
CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Oh so it was premeditated murder.
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There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
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I am so tired of the, "Stop! Or I'll say, "Stop!" again!" model of Democratic Party leadership.
House Democratic caucus leaders issued a threat this afternoon to impeach HHS Kristi Noem if Donald Trump does not fire her, citing a “DHS killing spree unleashed in Minnesota.”
An hour later, Trump was asked by reporters if Noem would step down, and he said, "No."
Here we go.
An hour later, Trump was asked by reporters if Noem would step down, and he said, "No."
Here we go.
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I am so tired of the, "Stop! Or I'll say, "Stop!" again!" model of Democratic Party leadership.
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The fundamental thing Democrats don't seem to get is that we are not just asking for things to get better we're asking for consequences for those who made it worse.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The fundamental thing Democrats don't seem to get is that we are not just asking for things to get better we're asking for consequences for those who made it worse.
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The only constant in Trump's politics is that he doesn't have any beliefs in the way that most of us conceptualize what "a belief" is. What he claims to believe at any moment is just what he thinks is necessary to say right then and there to gain advantage for himself.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The only constant in Trump's politics is that he doesn't have any beliefs in the way that most of us conceptualize what "a belief" is. What he claims to believe at any moment is just what he thinks is necessary to say right then and there to gain advantage for himself.
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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Meta needs to be blasted with the anti-trust cannon.
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Users From Sharing Website Listing ICE Agents
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Meta needs to be blasted with the anti-trust cannon.
I signed up for the monthly themed box that the people I ordered the hydraulic press from do.
Which sounds good in theory.
In practice, month 1's theme is something I'm indifferent to (floral), and next month is a theme I actively dislike (mid-century modern).
Boo.
Which sounds good in theory.
In practice, month 1's theme is something I'm indifferent to (floral), and next month is a theme I actively dislike (mid-century modern).
Boo.
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I signed up for the monthly themed box that the people I ordered the hydraulic press from do.
Which sounds good in theory.
In practice, month 1's theme is something I'm indifferent to (floral), and next month is a theme I actively dislike (mid-century modern).
Boo.
Which sounds good in theory.
In practice, month 1's theme is something I'm indifferent to (floral), and next month is a theme I actively dislike (mid-century modern).
Boo.
They're making noises about more snow, and may I just say, as someone who genuinely likes winter and snow: could we not? Please? At least till what we have melts a bit? Which it won't be doing this week?
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
They're making noises about more snow, and may I just say, as someone who genuinely likes winter and snow: could we not? Please? At least till what we have melts a bit? Which it won't be doing this week?
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Weird how “diversity of thought” always comes back to centering right leaning voices
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Weird how “diversity of thought” always comes back to centering right leaning voices
It's a teen show in the Star Trek universe.
For teens.
The rest of us are watching, because it's Trek, but it's for teens. So dorm hijinks, & sneaking around, & so. many. hormones.
And it's fine. It's cute. I like it so far.
And it's SEASON 1.
TNG was troubled, season 1, too.
For teens.
The rest of us are watching, because it's Trek, but it's for teens. So dorm hijinks, & sneaking around, & so. many. hormones.
And it's fine. It's cute. I like it so far.
And it's SEASON 1.
TNG was troubled, season 1, too.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is... not great. In fact, we're not even sure who it's for at this point.
The latest episode of The Backdrop from @darrenmooney.bsky.social is now available!
The latest episode of The Backdrop from @darrenmooney.bsky.social is now available!
How Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Betrays the Next Generation | The Backdrop
YouTube video by Second Wind
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January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
It's a teen show in the Star Trek universe.
For teens.
The rest of us are watching, because it's Trek, but it's for teens. So dorm hijinks, & sneaking around, & so. many. hormones.
And it's fine. It's cute. I like it so far.
And it's SEASON 1.
TNG was troubled, season 1, too.
For teens.
The rest of us are watching, because it's Trek, but it's for teens. So dorm hijinks, & sneaking around, & so. many. hormones.
And it's fine. It's cute. I like it so far.
And it's SEASON 1.
TNG was troubled, season 1, too.
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Just ban the USA outright at this point rather than allow this.
ICE personnel will help protect US delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a US embassy source said, confirming local media reports and prompting anger among some Italian politicians reut.rs/3M9PJ5o
US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and p...
reut.rs
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Just ban the USA outright at this point rather than allow this.