Jenny Yacovissi
@jbywrites.bsky.social
Author, reader, critic, president of Washington Independent Review of Books (which you should read and follow). I’m all about the freedom to read & learn. Moms Demand Action volunteer. Coming to grips that my “golden years” will be spent in The Opposition.
Hey, @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social, I’m insulted on your behalf at the way @indivisible.org is characterized in this @newyorker.com article. We know we’re doing grassroots organizing & building the muscle for a long fight to regain our democracy. I guess we’ll just show them.
February 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Hey, @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social, I’m insulted on your behalf at the way @indivisible.org is characterized in this @newyorker.com article. We know we’re doing grassroots organizing & building the muscle for a long fight to regain our democracy. I guess we’ll just show them.
Not a peep on the @washingtonpost.com home page about the bloodbath that Bezos & Co just wreaked on the entire paper. Absolutely NO MORE books coverage. So here's your reminder that @wirobooks.bsky.social is still here, all day, every day, with no paywall. It's good to be *independent*. Bookmark us!
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Not a peep on the @washingtonpost.com home page about the bloodbath that Bezos & Co just wreaked on the entire paper. Absolutely NO MORE books coverage. So here's your reminder that @wirobooks.bsky.social is still here, all day, every day, with no paywall. It's good to be *independent*. Bookmark us!
Getting ready to suit up for Maryland Moms Demand Action’s Advocacy Day at the state house this Thursday, 2/5 to meet with legislators about common sense gun safety measures. Join us as we rally to raise our voices to end gun violence. @momsdemandaction.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Getting ready to suit up for Maryland Moms Demand Action’s Advocacy Day at the state house this Thursday, 2/5 to meet with legislators about common sense gun safety measures. Join us as we rally to raise our voices to end gun violence. @momsdemandaction.org
It's a classic authoritarian power play: They lie to you. You know they're lying, & they know you know they're lying. It proves they don't care that you don't believe them, & that it doesn't matter that you don't believe them. They know they can get away with it. This admin=Stalin/Putin playbook.
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
It's a classic authoritarian power play: They lie to you. You know they're lying, & they know you know they're lying. It proves they don't care that you don't believe them, & that it doesn't matter that you don't believe them. They know they can get away with it. This admin=Stalin/Putin playbook.
Two months until the next #NoKings protests. It's up to us to increase the pressure every single day against their authoritarian takeover of our democracy. Keep turning the screws. Do not give them a moment's rest.
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Two months until the next #NoKings protests. It's up to us to increase the pressure every single day against their authoritarian takeover of our democracy. Keep turning the screws. Do not give them a moment's rest.
Understand that all of this fascist nightmare is being done in the name of the American people. If you don’t agree with what they are doing, you must speak out against it. Silence is complicity. And is there a single word from anyone in this administration that we are willing to believe?
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Understand that all of this fascist nightmare is being done in the name of the American people. If you don’t agree with what they are doing, you must speak out against it. Silence is complicity. And is there a single word from anyone in this administration that we are willing to believe?
Hasn't tiny Nazi Greg Bovino and all the rest of this cast of miscreants ever seen the movie? Do they not understand that they are the ones whose faces melt off at the end? YOU ARE THE BAD GUYS. YOU WILL NOT TRIUMPH. And we will revel in your defeat.
January 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Hasn't tiny Nazi Greg Bovino and all the rest of this cast of miscreants ever seen the movie? Do they not understand that they are the ones whose faces melt off at the end? YOU ARE THE BAD GUYS. YOU WILL NOT TRIUMPH. And we will revel in your defeat.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 AM
When folks say we’ll never end gun violence in the US, I say, You know what you never hear in a restaurant anymore? “Smoking or non-smoking?” Things are only impossible until they aren’t, because enough people work (long and hard enough) to change reality.
@momsdemand.bsky.social
@momsdemand.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When folks say we’ll never end gun violence in the US, I say, You know what you never hear in a restaurant anymore? “Smoking or non-smoking?” Things are only impossible until they aren’t, because enough people work (long and hard enough) to change reality.
@momsdemand.bsky.social
@momsdemand.bsky.social
Yes, @karaswisher.bsky.social with @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com! Both the Cybertruck and ID. Buzz turn heads; the difference is that when people see the Buzz they *smile*.
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes, @karaswisher.bsky.social with @timmiller.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com! Both the Cybertruck and ID. Buzz turn heads; the difference is that when people see the Buzz they *smile*.
I'm only through the introduction of @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE, and I'm already shouting in agreement with the author's points. When people present themselves as Christians, I always want to ask, "Are you a Jesus Christian or a Trump 'Christian'?"
December 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm only through the introduction of @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE, and I'm already shouting in agreement with the author's points. When people present themselves as Christians, I always want to ask, "Are you a Jesus Christian or a Trump 'Christian'?"
Per this morning's @washingtonpost.com, if this is an accurate quote from Kristi Noem--"I will consider your asking me to resign as an endorsement of my work."--color me flabbergasted that she understands the proper use of a gerund.
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Per this morning's @washingtonpost.com, if this is an accurate quote from Kristi Noem--"I will consider your asking me to resign as an endorsement of my work."--color me flabbergasted that she understands the proper use of a gerund.
Finally, a tiny bit of good news that we really hope stays in place.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Finally, a tiny bit of good news that we really hope stays in place.
Started it Tuesday night, finished it Thursday night—just before this first snow in DC. @watchusfallbook.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Started it Tuesday night, finished it Thursday night—just before this first snow in DC. @watchusfallbook.bsky.social
Happy to be here at @politicsprose.bsky.social for the book launch for Christina Kovac’s latest WATCH US FALL, with Angie Kim.
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Happy to be here at @politicsprose.bsky.social for the book launch for Christina Kovac’s latest WATCH US FALL, with Angie Kim.
Hey, folks! This Thanksgiving weekend, join @indivisible.org and the Resistance coalition in the consumer blackout of these three large corporations that capitulate to the current regime--Amazon, Target, and Home Depot. Remember to shop small and local this entire holiday season. #weaintbuyingit
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey, folks! This Thanksgiving weekend, join @indivisible.org and the Resistance coalition in the consumer blackout of these three large corporations that capitulate to the current regime--Amazon, Target, and Home Depot. Remember to shop small and local this entire holiday season. #weaintbuyingit
Are you working on your signs? See you out there!
October 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Are you working on your signs? See you out there!
Current situation. We chatted with the gentleman holding the flag, not so much the National Guardsmen (who are still here—thought that time limit was up?) Here on a legislative visit.
September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Current situation. We chatted with the gentleman holding the flag, not so much the National Guardsmen (who are still here—thought that time limit was up?) Here on a legislative visit.
I know @zachpowers.bsky.social already did the big reveal of his mention in this week’s @newyorker.com (Alexandra Schwartz’s article on Patricia Lockwood), but it was still cool to come home from vacation and stumble upon it in the wild! I felt the glow.
September 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I know @zachpowers.bsky.social already did the big reveal of his mention in this week’s @newyorker.com (Alexandra Schwartz’s article on Patricia Lockwood), but it was still cool to come home from vacation and stumble upon it in the wild! I felt the glow.
Anytime these yahoos question the value of vaccines, tell them to go into any older cemetery and do a quick survey of the percentage of graves of children age five and under. Then tell them to kindly piss off.
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Anytime these yahoos question the value of vaccines, tell them to go into any older cemetery and do a quick survey of the percentage of graves of children age five and under. Then tell them to kindly piss off.
Tennis pavilion went in the last time. Now the no-roses Rose Garden Patio--complete with community-pool-quality umbrellas on the four-tops--and ground breaking soon on the vast ballroom ('cause no one's gonna stop him). Bets on when he opens the White House Club, and what the buy-in's gonna be?
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Tennis pavilion went in the last time. Now the no-roses Rose Garden Patio--complete with community-pool-quality umbrellas on the four-tops--and ground breaking soon on the vast ballroom ('cause no one's gonna stop him). Bets on when he opens the White House Club, and what the buy-in's gonna be?
Hey, folks! Join the cool kids and get your pre-order in for @writesloud.bsky.social’s debut collection, FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT, from @stanchion.bsky.social. (The pennant is the extra-cool touch—you know you want one.)
July 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hey, folks! Join the cool kids and get your pre-order in for @writesloud.bsky.social’s debut collection, FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT, from @stanchion.bsky.social. (The pennant is the extra-cool touch—you know you want one.)
After letting the inaugural winner of the Kimbilio National Fiction Prize sit in my TBR for far too long, I just consumed @mshatter.bsky.social’s MALAWI’S SISTERS. It’s a powerful, affecting story of the fallout from the shooting death of a young Black woman; Malawi & her family will stay with you.
July 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
After letting the inaugural winner of the Kimbilio National Fiction Prize sit in my TBR for far too long, I just consumed @mshatter.bsky.social’s MALAWI’S SISTERS. It’s a powerful, affecting story of the fallout from the shooting death of a young Black woman; Malawi & her family will stay with you.
It's an extra-crappy day under the 47 administration, as ICE becomes better funded than 99% of the world's militaries. We all need to find some joy. I recommend listening to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social read her best-selling memoir NOT MY TYPE. She shines--& unlike spineless Rs, refuses to back down.
July 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It's an extra-crappy day under the 47 administration, as ICE becomes better funded than 99% of the world's militaries. We all need to find some joy. I recommend listening to @ejeancarroll.bsky.social read her best-selling memoir NOT MY TYPE. She shines--& unlike spineless Rs, refuses to back down.
Little Belfast, Maine turned out about 1,000 people today to say #NoKings and I was proud to join them. #NoFauxKings
June 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Little Belfast, Maine turned out about 1,000 people today to say #NoKings and I was proud to join them. #NoFauxKings