Jen
@ladyjenpool.bsky.social
Librarian. Voracious reader and knitter. Oxford comma. Awkward panda. Deadpool stan. Daria-esque.
You should be able to call out of work in December because it's cold and dark and you just can't goddamn do it today
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
You should be able to call out of work in December because it's cold and dark and you just can't goddamn do it today
If elected, there will be a 4 day work week with 1 hour lunches
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If elected, there will be a 4 day work week with 1 hour lunches
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Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes, and what if your access to affordable healthcare was considered a right guaranteed to everyone by the government and not a bauble of certain types of employment or friggin club store membership? What then?
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
Now reading The First World War by John Keegan.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Now reading The First World War by John Keegan.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
My feet were so cold I put thick wool socks on and now my feet are cold and I'm wearing socks
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My feet were so cold I put thick wool socks on and now my feet are cold and I'm wearing socks
Personally, I would make sure I could successfully do a chin-up before going on camera.
These freaks go on about fitness and can't even perform correctly
These freaks go on about fitness and can't even perform correctly
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Personally, I would make sure I could successfully do a chin-up before going on camera.
These freaks go on about fitness and can't even perform correctly
These freaks go on about fitness and can't even perform correctly
Do I hate everything or is it just dark at 5 pm
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Do I hate everything or is it just dark at 5 pm
I am not a Christmas person, I try to keep it to myself but at work the sheer level of decoration makes me feel like the Grinch in Whoville
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am not a Christmas person, I try to keep it to myself but at work the sheer level of decoration makes me feel like the Grinch in Whoville
My coworkers decorated for Christmas and there's a large Snoopy doghouse inflatable (by large I mean as tall as a person). The constantly running motor isn't a distraction at all.
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My coworkers decorated for Christmas and there's a large Snoopy doghouse inflatable (by large I mean as tall as a person). The constantly running motor isn't a distraction at all.
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My favorite thing about big Teddy Bear Toss photos is the jumping into and smothering in stuffed animals
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My favorite thing about big Teddy Bear Toss photos is the jumping into and smothering in stuffed animals
Me, out in the cold: this is fine
Me, sitting at my desk: why can't I stay warm
Me, sitting at my desk: why can't I stay warm
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Me, out in the cold: this is fine
Me, sitting at my desk: why can't I stay warm
Me, sitting at my desk: why can't I stay warm
What if we all just start sending postcards to this yahoo that just say "you're a worse chief justice than Roger Taney"
In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What if we all just start sending postcards to this yahoo that just say "you're a worse chief justice than Roger Taney"
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
Hello friends,
A tip from your friendly librarian
The library has pattern books for crochet, knitting, sewing, quilting and felting.
In the Libby or Overdrive app, there are crafting magazines where you can get even more patterns.
(We also have how to in other arts and crafts)
A tip from your friendly librarian
The library has pattern books for crochet, knitting, sewing, quilting and felting.
In the Libby or Overdrive app, there are crafting magazines where you can get even more patterns.
(We also have how to in other arts and crafts)
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello friends,
A tip from your friendly librarian
The library has pattern books for crochet, knitting, sewing, quilting and felting.
In the Libby or Overdrive app, there are crafting magazines where you can get even more patterns.
(We also have how to in other arts and crafts)
A tip from your friendly librarian
The library has pattern books for crochet, knitting, sewing, quilting and felting.
In the Libby or Overdrive app, there are crafting magazines where you can get even more patterns.
(We also have how to in other arts and crafts)
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
like i have been saying, if you have ADHD you should be standing with trans people on their medical rights for basic moral and solidarity reasons but also the practical reason that you can fight at their barricade or you can fight at ours but it's the same fight
I don't think you can circumvent biological imperatives without disastrous consequences but what do I know
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don't think you can circumvent biological imperatives without disastrous consequences but what do I know
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I applied to be on the local climate action plan committee. There were seven people for six seats. By just showing up, I kept a conservative conspiracy theorist from getting on.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I applied to be on the local climate action plan committee. There were seven people for six seats. By just showing up, I kept a conservative conspiracy theorist from getting on.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
Now reading Beneath The Rising by @premeemohamed.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Now reading Beneath The Rising by @premeemohamed.com
I hurt my back unpacking a tote of socks. How's your night?
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hurt my back unpacking a tote of socks. How's your night?
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Saw a comment where someone described newsom as someone who secretes his own hair gel and I can't stop thinking how accurate that is
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Saw a comment where someone described newsom as someone who secretes his own hair gel and I can't stop thinking how accurate that is