Jen
@jkmahal.bsky.social
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Former lots of things, current Jill-of-all-trades. Also Associate Director of the Center for Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Manga lover. Anime fan. Quaker. Unashamed reader of romance. Will write for food.
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jkmahal.bsky.social
I am so proud of my husband @n-w-f.bsky.social’s new book: Animal Crossing New Horizons: Can a Game Take Care of Us? It’s deeply personal and made me cry (in a good way). He got his preview copy today (it’s out Oct. 9 ) and I just have to share the preface…. Congratulations, my love.
Book page from Animal Crossing New Horizons: Can a Game Take Care of Us? “Preface
I Hated Animal Crossing
I’m passionate about Animal Crossing New Horizons. 
This book is the story of how that passion developed, how it turned to hatred, and then how that hatred came undone. 
It’s the story of playing a game with my kids, while the COVID-19 swept by outside our windows. 
It’s a story about fatherhood and paternalism, about trying care for my kids as a disabled dad, and about a game codesigned by a father who hoped to caretaker at a distance. 
It’s a book about wondering ‘Can a game help take care of us in a time of crisis? Do we want it to try? And what do we have to give up to fall into its embrace?’

Noah Wardrip-Fruin 
Santa Cruz, Calif. 
April 2024
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i-am-estevan.bsky.social
I love black and white films (of many different genres) as much as I love comedy or horror.

If you like these old classics, #monochromecreeps is watching Psycho tomorrow night. #frightclub

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barelyashley.bsky.social
Mother won’t approve, but I’m inviting you anyway… 💋💀

This Saturday at 11/ET, #MonochromeCreeps checks into the Bates Motel for PSYCHO!

Come for the hot showers and stay for the stabbing 🔪

Stream on Shudder, Peacock, Physical Media

See you there, Creeps

#PSYCHO
#MutantFam
@frightya.bsky.social
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prisonculture.bsky.social
CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org
Find Me A Therapist
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jkmahal.bsky.social
Thanks. I needed that. 🪶
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banditelli.org
It's easy to be a doomer tonight.

So I won't be. 🪶
A western goal watching the sunset from Shore . Image taken, I don't know, 9 months ago?
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altcdc.altgov.info
RIFed:

(We think) people working on the NHANES surveys.

🧠🪱 is obsessed about healthy eating and ending the obesity outbreak.

Um, this is where you get DATA to learn about what people eat, drink, and their health.

Nothing says “fight obesity” like cutting the team that studies, uh… nutrition. 🍎
About NHANES
Learn about the only national health survey that includes health exams and laboratory tests
www.cdc.gov
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cthonicyouth.bsky.social
Day 10; #sweep the porch #pokétober #poketober2025 #inktober #inktober2025 #psyduck🐥 #pidgeot #butterfree #pokemon
Psyduck sweeping a porch. There are nice flower beds and a pideoto sits nearby and a butterfree flutters near the blooms
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standupforscience.bsky.social
UPDATE‼️The Hill reports at least 4,100 employees fired today as Russell Vought and Trump devastate our government agencies and slash the federal workforce.

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ziqqix.bsky.social
Been big into brush pen lately
Drawing of a falcon done in pentel orange/red brush pen
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nora.zone
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
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altcdc.altgov.info
RIFed:

LLS - Laboratory Leadership Service

Y’know, another crucial hands-on and practical training program where fellows hone their laboratory expertise and skills.

Yet another blow for when the next novel disease outbreak comes…..

So fucking short sighted.
About The Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)
LLS is a laboratory fellowship for health professionals to gain laboratory expertise and skills.
www.cdc.gov
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kamimagic.bsky.social
I found the agitators! They are 2 unicorns, giraffe, canary, panda, mouse, dinosaur, mouse, Stitch, and the frog! And they are right outside of Portland's ICE facility! 🤣🤣🤣

#ProudBlue
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olgalautman.bsky.social
In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts
Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.
www.bloomberg.com
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repgregstanton.bsky.social
This weekend, AZ may get slammed with severe rain and flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla.

Please watch the weather, monitor emergency alerts from the AZ EIN & the Maricopa County Dept. of Emergency Management, and make a plan for your household with Ready.gov (EN)/ Ready.gov/es (ES).
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donmoyn.bsky.social
RIFs can’t be done without agency leadership so this is RFK Jr extending his purge of CDC scientists to help Vought’s shutdown agenda. Genuine public health risks created by aggrieved men.
sherylnyt.bsky.social
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
$20 billion for a trump fan. But we are stripping our own people of health care, food stamps and cancer research.
washingtonpost.com
The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.
The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms
The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.
www.washingtonpost.com
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charmainechua.bsky.social
The Berkeley Faculty Association is currently running an event featuring about the UC’s release of 160 names of faculty, staff and students to the Trump administration’s OCR. Three lawyers - Catherine E. Lhamon, Brian Soucek, and Asli Bali will speak. I’ll be live-tweeting key moments.
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, #Japan.
Light shines through a grove of trees with autumn leaves.
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paris.nyc
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
jkmahal.bsky.social
Happy Book Birthday!!!! Congratulations on finding new depths to Animal Crossing New Horizons. 🥳🫶🏽🎆🎇
n-w-f.bsky.social
It's the #BookBirthday of Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Can a Game Take Care of Us?

If you were one of the players swept up in the embrace of #ACNH, or one of the people puzzled by the whole phenomenon, I hope this book reveals something new.

Thanks to everyone at @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Book held open by hand, with two images of Animal Crossing, one on each page. There is text below the images, which begins: In time we got more rambunctious. We would run around playing tag and follow-the-leader, narrowly skirting the flower beds. He'd run laps around Resident Services, then suddenly head off toward another area of the island. I'd have a hint that he was about to climb a cliff or jump a stream, because I'd see a ladder or vaulting pole appear in his character's grip. He'd zig and I'd take a risk on zagging, opening or closing the distance between us. The game kept our running speed the same. I might tire out mentally, but I sure lasted longer than I would have physically.