Tara E. Jenson
@tejenson.bsky.social
Compassionate nihilist & gender traitor | Queer AF 🏳️🌈 | Postdoc @ BUSPH | Located in Mpls | Occasionally actual environmental epidemiology content (dementia/Alz) but mostly jaded cynicism & swears | she/they
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Tara E. Jenson
@tejenson.bsky.social
· Jan 20
“I am, as you say, relentlessly cheerful because it’s the best fuck you I can think of to this terrible world.” - Senior Chief Petty Officer Jenks Khan, from “And the Mighty Will Fall”
Thank you @kbwagers.com for another joyful read, and the perfect encapsulation of feels I’m holding close today❤️
Thank you @kbwagers.com for another joyful read, and the perfect encapsulation of feels I’m holding close today❤️
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i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.
February 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Infosec used to be serious
February 11, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Infosec used to be serious
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i know you’re all wondering how my day is going because you care deeply and sure it’s barely begun but i just walked into the kitchen and i don’t drink or smoke weed and no one is ever kind enough to give me vicodin for christmas, so i ate two fistfuls of loose brown sugar.
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
i know you’re all wondering how my day is going because you care deeply and sure it’s barely begun but i just walked into the kitchen and i don’t drink or smoke weed and no one is ever kind enough to give me vicodin for christmas, so i ate two fistfuls of loose brown sugar.
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Jacob Frey in practice is no different from the people who are doing this to us and our neighbors. He just wears jorts occasionally.
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Jacob Frey in practice is no different from the people who are doing this to us and our neighbors. He just wears jorts occasionally.
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How is it possible to "Dox a murderer"?
Is that just called "helping to capture and prosecute a murderer"?
Asking for a country.
Is that just called "helping to capture and prosecute a murderer"?
Asking for a country.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
How is it possible to "Dox a murderer"?
Is that just called "helping to capture and prosecute a murderer"?
Asking for a country.
Is that just called "helping to capture and prosecute a murderer"?
Asking for a country.
Shout out to all y'all here in MN (and other places w/ICE infestations) who are contributing in whatever ways and pieces and threads to the patchwork quilt that's doing all we can to take care of each other and fight fascism. Let yourself enjoy moments of care and lower-vigilance when you can ❤️🩹✊🏼
Went out for drinks/food/cribbage with a friend (who is also a n'hood ICE patroller) last night for the first time since...before Thanksgiving? (Which isn't a "oh poor me" - just a reflection on how off the rails my personal, work and community-level life has been.
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Shout out to all y'all here in MN (and other places w/ICE infestations) who are contributing in whatever ways and pieces and threads to the patchwork quilt that's doing all we can to take care of each other and fight fascism. Let yourself enjoy moments of care and lower-vigilance when you can ❤️🩹✊🏼
Went out for drinks/food/cribbage with a friend (who is also a n'hood ICE patroller) last night for the first time since...before Thanksgiving? (Which isn't a "oh poor me" - just a reflection on how off the rails my personal, work and community-level life has been.
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Went out for drinks/food/cribbage with a friend (who is also a n'hood ICE patroller) last night for the first time since...before Thanksgiving? (Which isn't a "oh poor me" - just a reflection on how off the rails my personal, work and community-level life has been.
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OK BUT THE SOURCING AND CONSTRUCTION OF OLYMPIC CURLING STONES IS SO FREAKING COOL i'm glad people are yapping about this
(i did not Understand a damn thing about curling until quite recently and am low-key mildly obsessed now)
(i did not Understand a damn thing about curling until quite recently and am low-key mildly obsessed now)
Yes, we talked to a geologist who curls about the very special geology of curling's stones, please enjoy
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
OK BUT THE SOURCING AND CONSTRUCTION OF OLYMPIC CURLING STONES IS SO FREAKING COOL i'm glad people are yapping about this
(i did not Understand a damn thing about curling until quite recently and am low-key mildly obsessed now)
(i did not Understand a damn thing about curling until quite recently and am low-key mildly obsessed now)
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when unknown men come into our government center to grab teenagers, is there anyone that verifies somehow that they are actually federal agents?
These assholes look like the psychotically violent henchmen in a mediocre movie
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM
when unknown men come into our government center to grab teenagers, is there anyone that verifies somehow that they are actually federal agents?
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My husband just texted me there's a downhill skier called Breezy Johnson in the same year that the ski jumpers are in trouble for letting out the crotches of their suits and this cannot be true?!
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
My husband just texted me there's a downhill skier called Breezy Johnson in the same year that the ski jumpers are in trouble for letting out the crotches of their suits and this cannot be true?!
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
China Mieville's The City & The City: 2 cities in same geography: "A denizen of one city must dutifully "unsee"...denizens, buildings, events in the other city."
MN as a whole feels like this right now - especially wrt outstaters like my parents who pretend/behave as tho this siege does not exist.
MN as a whole feels like this right now - especially wrt outstaters like my parents who pretend/behave as tho this siege does not exist.
Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
China Mieville's The City & The City: 2 cities in same geography: "A denizen of one city must dutifully "unsee"...denizens, buildings, events in the other city."
MN as a whole feels like this right now - especially wrt outstaters like my parents who pretend/behave as tho this siege does not exist.
MN as a whole feels like this right now - especially wrt outstaters like my parents who pretend/behave as tho this siege does not exist.
Nope - nothing has changed/de-escalated here. Sunday I was out observing ICE with others in my neighborhood and witnessed ICE (as per one of their usual intimidation tactics) lead us right up to and stop in front of the house where one of us in the group lives.
Q: Is Tom Homan easing the situation in MN?
Lyon: "We’ve seen a deescalation in the fact that the protests ... have subsided and ICE has been allowed to do their targeted intelligence-driven enforcement operations."
This is false. I talk to MN folks every day who say NOTHING has changed.
Lyon: "We’ve seen a deescalation in the fact that the protests ... have subsided and ICE has been allowed to do their targeted intelligence-driven enforcement operations."
This is false. I talk to MN folks every day who say NOTHING has changed.
February 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Nope - nothing has changed/de-escalated here. Sunday I was out observing ICE with others in my neighborhood and witnessed ICE (as per one of their usual intimidation tactics) lead us right up to and stop in front of the house where one of us in the group lives.
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Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
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Walking up to an open restaurant and pulling on the door before realizing it’s locked and you need to wait for someone to let you in. Pretty common experience the last 2 months around the metro.
Minneapolis, February 2026
Minneapolis, February 2026
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Walking up to an open restaurant and pulling on the door before realizing it’s locked and you need to wait for someone to let you in. Pretty common experience the last 2 months around the metro.
Minneapolis, February 2026
Minneapolis, February 2026
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Bad Bunny did his homework.
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Bad Bunny did his homework.
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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this is my heated rivalry 👀🥵🏈🇵🇷🔥
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
this is my heated rivalry 👀🥵🏈🇵🇷🔥
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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The children see you, Ring
That Ring “search party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like “are they gonna use this for ICE?”
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The children see you, Ring
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The vibe of the Halftime Show
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The vibe of the Halftime Show
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"In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the front lines."
www.glamour.com/story/the-wo... @glamour.com
www.glamour.com/story/the-wo... @glamour.com
The Women Holding Minneapolis Together
In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron...
www.glamour.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the front lines."
www.glamour.com/story/the-wo... @glamour.com
www.glamour.com/story/the-wo... @glamour.com