JustJen
@dr-jla.bsky.social
Sees the world with a sense of humor.
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Another day, another ECG. Life with heart damage from covid.
Having long covid feels like living in an alternate reality where I've been left behind. My friend @emendenhall.bsky.social makes the invisible visible in her powerful new book
Having long covid feels like living in an alternate reality where I've been left behind. My friend @emendenhall.bsky.social makes the invisible visible in her powerful new book
Invisible Illness by Emily Mendenhall - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Another day, another ECG. Life with heart damage from covid.
Having long covid feels like living in an alternate reality where I've been left behind. My friend @emendenhall.bsky.social makes the invisible visible in her powerful new book
Having long covid feels like living in an alternate reality where I've been left behind. My friend @emendenhall.bsky.social makes the invisible visible in her powerful new book
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Renée Good is one of at least nine people across the country who have been shot by immigration agents since September. There is something every case has in common:
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Renée Good is one of at least nine people across the country who have been shot by immigration agents since September. There is something every case has in common:
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.
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The philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues in her new book that the often-painful struggle to justify our existence is the very thing that makes us human, John Kaag writes:
A New Understanding of Human Beings’ Most Basic Desire
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that a good life is one that seeks to create order out of a natural state of chaos.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues in her new book that the often-painful struggle to justify our existence is the very thing that makes us human, John Kaag writes:
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
The term docu-fiction is misleading. What happened was not fiction. The portrayals are based on testimony and factual evidence along with the actual emergency center recording of this little girl who was terrorized and brutally murdered along with the response team that tried to rescue her.
EURONEWS: 'The Voice of Hind Rajab': Blending documentary and fiction to portray the war in Gaza www.euronews.com/culture/2025... @euronews.com #journalism #photojournalism #documentary
'The Voice of Hind Rajab': The reality of the Gaza war through fiction
How can filmmakers tell the horrors of the war in Gaza without distorting reality? With 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', director Kaouther Ben Hania offers an answer, halfway between documentary and fiction...
www.euronews.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The term docu-fiction is misleading. What happened was not fiction. The portrayals are based on testimony and factual evidence along with the actual emergency center recording of this little girl who was terrorized and brutally murdered along with the response team that tried to rescue her.
Capitalism is neither bad nor good. I have a problem with those who are not satisfied with making a profit, but feel the need to make a killing to the cost of others' livelihoods and well-being. Capitalism is not bad. Greed is.
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Capitalism is neither bad nor good. I have a problem with those who are not satisfied with making a profit, but feel the need to make a killing to the cost of others' livelihoods and well-being. Capitalism is not bad. Greed is.
Until the day mankind can learn to weaponize kindness, we are doomed.
January 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Until the day mankind can learn to weaponize kindness, we are doomed.
Beware fake AI images and fake news...
www.rumorguard.org/post/mislead...
www.rumorguard.org/post/mislead...
January 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Beware fake AI images and fake news...
www.rumorguard.org/post/mislead...
www.rumorguard.org/post/mislead...
Can't fix stupid. Miller needs to be removed and lose all contact with ANY government official.
'I'm sick of stupid': GOP Sen. Tillis slams Stephen Miller over Greenland comments
The North Carolina senator had strong criticism for Stephen Miller Wednesday over his recent comments on U.S. control of Greenland.
abc11.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Can't fix stupid. Miller needs to be removed and lose all contact with ANY government official.
"Our political system isn’t just divided; it’s structurally unable to hold the complexity of this moment. Binary choices flatten nuance and obscure more than they reveal. Organizing only within ideological camps often accepts terrain chosen by the very forces we hope to challenge."
Post-Partisan Pathways: Why Food and Place Matter for Democracy
Post-partisan practice is not compromise; it’s a strategy for shared survival. Perhaps the path through this civilizational turning begins with a simpler question: What does this place need, and who e...
www.resilience.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"Our political system isn’t just divided; it’s structurally unable to hold the complexity of this moment. Binary choices flatten nuance and obscure more than they reveal. Organizing only within ideological camps often accepts terrain chosen by the very forces we hope to challenge."
Well, at least one country's president believes in holding insurrectionists accountable.
Brazil's Lula vetoes bill cutting former President Bolsonaro's sentence reut.rs/45Lnb8S
Brazil's Lula vetoes bill cutting former President Bolsonaro's sentence
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday a bill passed by Congress cutting former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
reut.rs
January 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Well, at least one country's president believes in holding insurrectionists accountable.
Who still uses this crap?
Thousands of people on X are using Grok to create sexualized images of adults + minors wearing minimal clothing. This not only violates X's own content policy, it may violate the guidelines of Apple’s App Store and the Google Play store:
www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Who still uses this crap?
Release the Epstein files.
The House refused to override President Trump's veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures.
House refuses to override Trump vetoes as Republicans stick with president
The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Release the Epstein files.
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“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are:
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Shhhaaaa, no. The media such as this is unraveling. Leaving California? Bye-bye. Going to Texas? Good luck. Billionaire? You've been messing with real estate prices since the SF earthquake. GDP fourth largest in the world. It's our mess and yet folks keep moving here. Our votes still count. Suck it.
RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA: The White House is Newsom’s to Lose | Will Swaim & David Bahnsen
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/national-reviews-radio-free-california-podcast/the-white-house-is-newsoms-to-lose/
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/national-reviews-radio-free-california-podcast/the-white-house-is-newsoms-to-lose/
The White House Is Newsom’s to Lose | National Review
California is unraveling — yet none of it may matter in 2028.
www.nationalreview.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Shhhaaaa, no. The media such as this is unraveling. Leaving California? Bye-bye. Going to Texas? Good luck. Billionaire? You've been messing with real estate prices since the SF earthquake. GDP fourth largest in the world. It's our mess and yet folks keep moving here. Our votes still count. Suck it.
In 2015, when questioned in a presidential debate about his shady business dealings, Trump challenged anyone to stop him. He loves loopholes and litigation. He challenged the government to stop him. He never had a moral compass.
Asked “if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
In 2015, when questioned in a presidential debate about his shady business dealings, Trump challenged anyone to stop him. He loves loopholes and litigation. He challenged the government to stop him. He never had a moral compass.
Funny and scary.
Could one person replace the federal services targeted by Donald Trump? @petridishes.bsky.social was determined to try. Inside her five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms:
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Funny and scary.
"When all its many offenses are cataloged and counted, fashion is the third-most-polluting industry on the planet, after energy and food. "
Stop buying new clothes.
Stop buying new clothes.
What your cheap clothes cost the planet
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
grist.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"When all its many offenses are cataloged and counted, fashion is the third-most-polluting industry on the planet, after energy and food. "
Stop buying new clothes.
Stop buying new clothes.
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Formaldehyde is the No. 1 cancer-causing air pollutant and can trigger headaches, respiratory illness and asthma.
You might be breathing in unhealthy levels of the chemical in your own home or car.
Here’s what our testing found.
(Published Dec. 2024)
You might be breathing in unhealthy levels of the chemical in your own home or car.
Here’s what our testing found.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Much Formaldehyde Is in Your Car, Your Kitchen or Your Furniture? Here’s What Our Testing Found.
The chemical can trigger health problems and causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Our reporters traveled around New York City and New Jersey with equipment to measure its presence. T...
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Formaldehyde is the No. 1 cancer-causing air pollutant and can trigger headaches, respiratory illness and asthma.
You might be breathing in unhealthy levels of the chemical in your own home or car.
Here’s what our testing found.
(Published Dec. 2024)
You might be breathing in unhealthy levels of the chemical in your own home or car.
Here’s what our testing found.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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“There’s a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn’t have to be US taxpayer money,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz claimed about Iraq in March 2003.
That wasn’t the case, and just like what would happen in Iraq, the military campaign in Venezuela is likely to have steep costs.
That wasn’t the case, and just like what would happen in Iraq, the military campaign in Venezuela is likely to have steep costs.
The lie of "self-financing" oil wars
Trump wages into a new war with the same mistakes that led the US into Iraq.
www.motherjones.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
“There’s a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn’t have to be US taxpayer money,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz claimed about Iraq in March 2003.
That wasn’t the case, and just like what would happen in Iraq, the military campaign in Venezuela is likely to have steep costs.
That wasn’t the case, and just like what would happen in Iraq, the military campaign in Venezuela is likely to have steep costs.
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JUST IN: Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules reut.rs/3N7WzZk
January 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
JUST IN: Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules reut.rs/3N7WzZk
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Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Our #8 most-read story of 2025:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Our #8 most-read story of 2025:
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Our #8 most-read story of 2025:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Our #8 most-read story of 2025:
Impeach. Remove. Indict.
🇺🇸👀 Trump: Nobody can stop us. There’s nobody with the capability that we have.
When I watch that war in Russia going on and on and on, with everybody dying, it’s primitive. It’s primitive. It’s horrible.
When I watch that war in Russia going on and on and on, with everybody dying, it’s primitive. It’s primitive. It’s horrible.
January 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Impeach. Remove. Indict.
No one was hurt? The very definition of dehumanizing behavior.
Rep. Sheri Biggs: "I'm just grateful for President Trump. The first thing I thought about this morning when I became aware early of the transactions, I was just very grateful that President Trump was our chief and that he was in control and making sure that this was carried out to precision."
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 AM
No one was hurt? The very definition of dehumanizing behavior.