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❤️
omg NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley is announcing during the Olympics snowboard cross. I was like “hey that sounds like mah girl Eleanor…” and it totally is!
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
omg NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley is announcing during the Olympics snowboard cross. I was like “hey that sounds like mah girl Eleanor…” and it totally is!
For real: MPD/SPPD could have done the absolutely least most basic bitch traffic law enforcement on ICE fucks in our neighborhoods this past month+ and that would have been useful and supportive.
After yesterday’s crash in Saint Paul, it’s imperative we keep our roads safe for our neighbors. Write to Minneapolis
leaders and let them know that we demand temporary traffic calming to protect us from these federal goons.
actionnetwork.org/letters/slow...
leaders and let them know that we demand temporary traffic calming to protect us from these federal goons.
actionnetwork.org/letters/slow...
Tell Minneapolis: SLOW DOWN ICE on our streets!
Join us in telling the City to implement official anti-ICE traffic calming, or support grassroots filter blockades so they can operate safely!
actionnetwork.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
For real: MPD/SPPD could have done the absolutely least most basic bitch traffic law enforcement on ICE fucks in our neighborhoods this past month+ and that would have been useful and supportive.
Cautiously hopeful to see signs of thawing here in Minneapolis. Still plenty of dirty, shitty 🧊 to be shoveled, swept, ran the fuck out of town. But Minneapolis remains, we remain - with added ✨and ❤️🩹 of our strength, resilience, care and arctic chill levels of fuck you we won’t do what you tell us.
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Cautiously hopeful to see signs of thawing here in Minneapolis. Still plenty of dirty, shitty 🧊 to be shoveled, swept, ran the fuck out of town. But Minneapolis remains, we remain - with added ✨and ❤️🩹 of our strength, resilience, care and arctic chill levels of fuck you we won’t do what you tell us.
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Hey NE Neighbors?
You know the Corner Coffee Shop, the one on Central across from Pillar? They suck.
For lots of reasons. Do not give them your business. Not One of Us.
And it’s extra great they have Fuck Ice on their wall. I assumed they liked it but they’re mad about it 🥳
You know the Corner Coffee Shop, the one on Central across from Pillar? They suck.
For lots of reasons. Do not give them your business. Not One of Us.
And it’s extra great they have Fuck Ice on their wall. I assumed they liked it but they’re mad about it 🥳
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Hey NE Neighbors?
You know the Corner Coffee Shop, the one on Central across from Pillar? They suck.
For lots of reasons. Do not give them your business. Not One of Us.
And it’s extra great they have Fuck Ice on their wall. I assumed they liked it but they’re mad about it 🥳
You know the Corner Coffee Shop, the one on Central across from Pillar? They suck.
For lots of reasons. Do not give them your business. Not One of Us.
And it’s extra great they have Fuck Ice on their wall. I assumed they liked it but they’re mad about it 🥳
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Be cautious about what you consider a victory when the fight is still going on
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of two microphones in front of a plane .
Alt: George W Bush in a suit and tie is standing in front of two microphones on an aircraft carrier, in front of a plane. A banner in the background reads “mission accomplished”
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Be cautious about what you consider a victory when the fight is still going on
Or St. Paul, in this case (but we'll forgive them, their heart's in the right place 😊)
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Or St. Paul, in this case (but we'll forgive them, their heart's in the right place 😊)
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This is beautiful. Thank you, @laurajedeed.bsky.social , and thank you to everyone who was interviewed.
Activists Are Fighting ICE Even Though It Could Get Them Killed. Here’s Why.
ICE is still trying to subjugate Minneapolis. It's still failing.
slate.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is beautiful. Thank you, @laurajedeed.bsky.social , and thank you to everyone who was interviewed.
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📸: Leila Navidi ⬇️
All time photo.
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 AM
📸: Leila Navidi ⬇️
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HORSES forever. ❤️ This much-appreciated mood elevator arrived today from @carynrose.bsky.social.
People have the power: Fuck ICE.
jukeboxgraduate.com/new-book-thr...
People have the power: Fuck ICE.
jukeboxgraduate.com/new-book-thr...
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
HORSES forever. ❤️ This much-appreciated mood elevator arrived today from @carynrose.bsky.social.
People have the power: Fuck ICE.
jukeboxgraduate.com/new-book-thr...
People have the power: Fuck ICE.
jukeboxgraduate.com/new-book-thr...
To my academic colleagues here: anyone getting any AI-generated peer reviews on submitted manuscripts yet? If yes - what's your approach been? Reach out to journal with the receipts (e.g. AI-checker report) and dispute the review? Address any reasonable points in good faith?
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
To my academic colleagues here: anyone getting any AI-generated peer reviews on submitted manuscripts yet? If yes - what's your approach been? Reach out to journal with the receipts (e.g. AI-checker report) and dispute the review? Address any reasonable points in good faith?
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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.