Jasper Brown
@jasperbbrown.bsky.social
Transmasc (he/they), writer, artist, disabled, abolitionist. 🏴✊
Check out my site for publications and upcoming projects!
jasperbrown.net
jasperbrown.itch.io
Check out my site for publications and upcoming projects!
jasperbrown.net
jasperbrown.itch.io
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Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
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The size of the winter COVlD wave has been revised upward as post-holiday data come in.
We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious.
🔥WV: 1 in 14
🔥IN: 1 in 15
🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21
🔥MO: 1 in 22
🔥CT: 1 in 24
🔥KS: 1 in 25
🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27
Quick 🧵 1/4
We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious.
🔥WV: 1 in 14
🔥IN: 1 in 15
🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21
🔥MO: 1 in 22
🔥CT: 1 in 24
🔥KS: 1 in 25
🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27
Quick 🧵 1/4
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The size of the winter COVlD wave has been revised upward as post-holiday data come in.
We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious.
🔥WV: 1 in 14
🔥IN: 1 in 15
🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21
🔥MO: 1 in 22
🔥CT: 1 in 24
🔥KS: 1 in 25
🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27
Quick 🧵 1/4
We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious.
🔥WV: 1 in 14
🔥IN: 1 in 15
🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21
🔥MO: 1 in 22
🔥CT: 1 in 24
🔥KS: 1 in 25
🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27
Quick 🧵 1/4
It only took six years. 🙃 Hopefully this finally puts some BS to rest at local hospitals and urgent care centers that are still enthusiastically asking for handwashing and waving flimsy surgicals.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It only took six years. 🙃 Hopefully this finally puts some BS to rest at local hospitals and urgent care centers that are still enthusiastically asking for handwashing and waving flimsy surgicals.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I've seen people saying that the ICE murder in Minneapolis will be a turning point, & I very much hope they're right, but please also remember that ICE murdered Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in suburban Chicago in Sept, video & witnesses put a spotlight on their lies, & it wasn't a turning point.
Footage of deadly ICE shooting in Chicago suburb challenges official narrative
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was pulled over and eventually shot by an ICE agent.
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I've seen people saying that the ICE murder in Minneapolis will be a turning point, & I very much hope they're right, but please also remember that ICE murdered Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in suburban Chicago in Sept, video & witnesses put a spotlight on their lies, & it wasn't a turning point.
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It's very clear from the commentary exploding on the timeline right now that hardly anyone outside Chicago knows ICE shot and killed a man in his car here in the fall.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
It's very clear from the commentary exploding on the timeline right now that hardly anyone outside Chicago knows ICE shot and killed a man in his car here in the fall.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
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Hey all -- got a wonderful response for my starter pack for trans and nonbinary authors. Here is the pack so far! I encourage all to go follow all of these amazing, talented folks. And let me know if you want included!
go.bsky.app/UNqyu2c
go.bsky.app/UNqyu2c
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Hey all -- got a wonderful response for my starter pack for trans and nonbinary authors. Here is the pack so far! I encourage all to go follow all of these amazing, talented folks. And let me know if you want included!
go.bsky.app/UNqyu2c
go.bsky.app/UNqyu2c
Masks are in again, folks. They should've never gone out of vogue in the first place, but alas. 🙃
A community public health tip: cloth masks don't protect you from covid-19. It has evolved from unchecked spreading. Consider an N95 or KN95 - which you can get in cute colors! 😷
A community public health tip: cloth masks don't protect you from covid-19. It has evolved from unchecked spreading. Consider an N95 or KN95 - which you can get in cute colors! 😷
Worried about the surveillance dystopia? There are ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems, and it doesn’t require owning clothes with a special design or high-tech gear. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
Full guide by @samleecole.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/the-state-of...
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Masks are in again, folks. They should've never gone out of vogue in the first place, but alas. 🙃
A community public health tip: cloth masks don't protect you from covid-19. It has evolved from unchecked spreading. Consider an N95 or KN95 - which you can get in cute colors! 😷
A community public health tip: cloth masks don't protect you from covid-19. It has evolved from unchecked spreading. Consider an N95 or KN95 - which you can get in cute colors! 😷
Reposting because it is still relevant... and won't stop being relevant until we recognize collectively how destructive AI is.
#genAI #AI #openAI #agenticAI #environment #capitalism
#genAI #AI #openAI #agenticAI #environment #capitalism
AI does not belong in journalism.
AI does not belong in toys.
It does not belong in the hands
of little girls or boys.
We do not want it at home.
We do not want it in our phones.
We do not want it polluting our air.
We do not want it anywhere.
- Dr. Seuss, probably
AI does not belong in toys.
It does not belong in the hands
of little girls or boys.
We do not want it at home.
We do not want it in our phones.
We do not want it polluting our air.
We do not want it anywhere.
- Dr. Seuss, probably
Hey, @propublica.org ..
I canceled my subscription to the Guardian when they announced a deal with OpenAI.
I will do the same with you as well
I will apologize to @propublicaguild.org writers, but I can't support AI based journalism
I canceled my subscription to the Guardian when they announced a deal with OpenAI.
I will do the same with you as well
I will apologize to @propublicaguild.org writers, but I can't support AI based journalism
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Reposting because it is still relevant... and won't stop being relevant until we recognize collectively how destructive AI is.
#genAI #AI #openAI #agenticAI #environment #capitalism
#genAI #AI #openAI #agenticAI #environment #capitalism
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First CES panel. Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese is proud of his company's integration with OpenAI, which involves giving AI read/write access to tax data. Since prompt injection attacks are unavoidable, I asked him who will be liable when customer data is exposed: Intuit, OpenAI, etc?
He had no idea.
He had no idea.
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
First CES panel. Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese is proud of his company's integration with OpenAI, which involves giving AI read/write access to tax data. Since prompt injection attacks are unavoidable, I asked him who will be liable when customer data is exposed: Intuit, OpenAI, etc?
He had no idea.
He had no idea.
Do you like tarot? So do I. Read my musings about what 2026 has in store. 🧙♂️
#tarot #transwriter #transmasc #2026 #witchy
jasperbrown.net/posts/tarot/
#tarot #transwriter #transmasc #2026 #witchy
jasperbrown.net/posts/tarot/
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Do you like tarot? So do I. Read my musings about what 2026 has in store. 🧙♂️
#tarot #transwriter #transmasc #2026 #witchy
jasperbrown.net/posts/tarot/
#tarot #transwriter #transmasc #2026 #witchy
jasperbrown.net/posts/tarot/
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Don't let anyone tell you that this is too complicated, that you don't have the expertise or background knowledge to understand some obscure nuance.
It is exactly what it looks like.
It is exactly what it looks like.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Don't let anyone tell you that this is too complicated, that you don't have the expertise or background knowledge to understand some obscure nuance.
It is exactly what it looks like.
It is exactly what it looks like.
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none of this is legal. none of this is normal. feel free to tell anyone who says otherwise to fuck off.
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
none of this is legal. none of this is normal. feel free to tell anyone who says otherwise to fuck off.
At the time of the holidays, when folks with long covid are gaslit the most, this would be a good time to ask how they're really doing. Amazing article. #stillsick #longhauler #covid
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
At the time of the holidays, when folks with long covid are gaslit the most, this would be a good time to ask how they're really doing. Amazing article. #stillsick #longhauler #covid
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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Every post from @sffreview.bsky.social - which I’ve now blocked - reads like genAI, and based on their posts, is an outlet no one should support in any way.
December 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Every post from @sffreview.bsky.social - which I’ve now blocked - reads like genAI, and based on their posts, is an outlet no one should support in any way.
I started a notes section on my website, where I'll be posting about a myriad of things. Some of my Substack posts will be re-edited to fit the times and added. There's an RSS function to work with your fave feed reader, too. No subscription required 😁 🏳️⚧️
jasperbrown.net/posts/
jasperbrown.net/posts/
December 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I started a notes section on my website, where I'll be posting about a myriad of things. Some of my Substack posts will be re-edited to fit the times and added. There's an RSS function to work with your fave feed reader, too. No subscription required 😁 🏳️⚧️
jasperbrown.net/posts/
jasperbrown.net/posts/
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
AI does not belong in journalism.
AI does not belong in toys.
It does not belong in the hands
of little girls or boys.
We do not want it at home.
We do not want it in our phones.
We do not want it polluting our air.
We do not want it anywhere.
- Dr. Seuss, probably
AI does not belong in toys.
It does not belong in the hands
of little girls or boys.
We do not want it at home.
We do not want it in our phones.
We do not want it polluting our air.
We do not want it anywhere.
- Dr. Seuss, probably
Hey, @propublica.org ..
I canceled my subscription to the Guardian when they announced a deal with OpenAI.
I will do the same with you as well
I will apologize to @propublicaguild.org writers, but I can't support AI based journalism
I canceled my subscription to the Guardian when they announced a deal with OpenAI.
I will do the same with you as well
I will apologize to @propublicaguild.org writers, but I can't support AI based journalism
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
AI does not belong in journalism.
AI does not belong in toys.
It does not belong in the hands
of little girls or boys.
We do not want it at home.
We do not want it in our phones.
We do not want it polluting our air.
We do not want it anywhere.
- Dr. Seuss, probably
AI does not belong in toys.
It does not belong in the hands
of little girls or boys.
We do not want it at home.
We do not want it in our phones.
We do not want it polluting our air.
We do not want it anywhere.
- Dr. Seuss, probably
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When I asked Marie Gluesenkamp Perez if she would vote against the Trans care ban for minors, she wouldn’t give a straight answer
December 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"But in this oh-so-streamlined process, what happens to those of us who can’t or won’t play the game?"
Damn, I feel like I could've written this article. This is exactly how I felt - and still feel. I haven't been able to find a full-time (or even contract work) with my skill set in over 2 years.
Damn, I feel like I could've written this article. This is exactly how I felt - and still feel. I haven't been able to find a full-time (or even contract work) with my skill set in over 2 years.
Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis
Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis
In my six months of looking for work, I’ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever, says columnist for the i newspaper and Diva, Eleanor Margolis
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"But in this oh-so-streamlined process, what happens to those of us who can’t or won’t play the game?"
Damn, I feel like I could've written this article. This is exactly how I felt - and still feel. I haven't been able to find a full-time (or even contract work) with my skill set in over 2 years.
Damn, I feel like I could've written this article. This is exactly how I felt - and still feel. I haven't been able to find a full-time (or even contract work) with my skill set in over 2 years.
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Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Turns out climate change keeps happening even when we decide we don't want to talk about it anymore
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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If anyone wants an idea for a Nazi trap we just had great results with a pride flag planted in over a foot of snow by the road. Some dickwad and his teenage goons tried to swerve off the road and run it over - missed by a long shot and then got stuck. No one was hurt unless you count their egos. 😆
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If anyone wants an idea for a Nazi trap we just had great results with a pride flag planted in over a foot of snow by the road. Some dickwad and his teenage goons tried to swerve off the road and run it over - missed by a long shot and then got stuck. No one was hurt unless you count their egos. 😆
This is an absolute abomination for higher education. More than anything it shows how deep in corporate pockets such institutions are, rather than valuing independent thought and creativity.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is an absolute abomination for higher education. More than anything it shows how deep in corporate pockets such institutions are, rather than valuing independent thought and creativity.
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Honestly, none of this THC ban should be surprising. When a government normalises controlling people’s bodily autonomy in one area, it’s only a matter of time before it expands that control elsewhere.
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Honestly, none of this THC ban should be surprising. When a government normalises controlling people’s bodily autonomy in one area, it’s only a matter of time before it expands that control elsewhere.