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Jennifer Ouellette

@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

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I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to two cats: Ariel and Caliban. Baltimore, MD. She/her.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 25d

This Atlantic analysis echoes the long convo I had recently with a European researcher who maintains that social media cannot be fixed because the problem lies in its very infrastructure and human nature cannot deal with it. I increasingly think he is correct. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 56m

A lost ancient language may be hiding in plain sight www.popsci.com/science/lost...

A lost ancient language may be hiding in plain sight

Clues are left behind in the ruins of the Mesoamerican megacity Teotihuacan.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 57m

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 56m

The Real Reason You Might Be Unable to Tag Portland on TikTok During Trump’s Invasion gizmodo.com/the-real-rea...

The Real Reason You Might Be Unable to Tag Portland on TikTok During Trump's Invasion

Trump is falsely claiming an

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2h

Covid destroyed a lot of businesses. A Soho bakery called Once Upon a Tart was one of them. Sad they're gone, grateful I have their cookbook for their excellent buttermilk currant scones. Here's a close copy of their recipe: www.runningfoodie.com/2009/10/once...

A bunch of currant scones cooling on a wire rack

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 57m

This is not what democracy looks like. Anyone who cares at all about the Constitution has to take a stand against this and against MAGA.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 57m

5 Things ‘Castle Rock’ Got Perfectly Right in Expanding Stephen King’s World gizmodo.com/5-things-cas...

5 Things ‘Castle Rock’ Got Perfectly Right in Expanding Stephen King’s World

With 'It: Welcome to Derry' arriving soon, here are some lessons from that earlier King-inspired TV series also starring Bill Skarsgård.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 58m

Musicians Perform Beautiful Instrumentals on the Last Playable 1679 Stradivarius Guitar in the World laughingsquid.com/last-playabl...

Musicians Perform Beautiful Instrumentals on the Last Playable 1679 Stradivarius Guitar in the World

Rolf Lislevand, Krishnasol Jiménez, and Ugo Nastrucci separately performed on the last playable 1679 Stradivarius guitar in the world.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 58m

TOXIC AVENGER Fans Raised $15 Million to Erase Medical Debt nerdist.com/article/toxi...

TOXIC AVENGER Fans Raised $15 Million to Erase Medical Debt

The Toxic Avenger fandom exceeds expectations, helps to erase crushing medical debt for over 10,000 families in need, raising $15 million.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 59m

Scientists Just Discovered an Exotic New Element in Apollo-Era Moon Dust gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

Scientists Just Discovered an Exotic New Element in Apollo-Era Moon Dust

More than 50 years after the Apollo 17 Moon rocks returned to Earth, researchers are still uncovered surprising new details about their composition.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

Ted Cruz doesn’t seem to understand Wikipedia, lawyer for Wikimedia says arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Ted Cruz doesn’t seem to understand Wikipedia, lawyer for Wikimedia says

Wikipedia host’s lawyer wants to help Ted Cruz understand how the platform works.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

George Morrison Painted a Different Picture of Abstract Expressionism hyperallergic.com/1047487/geor...

George Morrison Painted a Different Picture of Abstract Expressionism

The Ojibwe artist was active in New York's midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1h

“What do you do?”

TIRED: I’m a biologist/geneticist/neuroscientist/bioinformatician…

WIRED: *explains latest cool research problem*

INSPIRED: I’m a biology knight errant.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

Supreme Court Weighs Colorado’s Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’ www.scientificamerican.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court Weighs Ban on Scientifically Discredited ‘Conversion Therapy’

The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, an ineffective and often harmful practice targeting LGBTQ+ youth, violates a therapist’s right to free speech

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1h

It's almost as if a movement that began with lusty chants of "lock her up" in regard to the opposition party's candidate for President in 2016...combined with a refusal to honor the results of the election...has morphed into a cult of unaccountable, authoritarian power.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

Despite RFK Jr.’s shenanigans, COVID shot access will be a lot like last year arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Despite RFK Jr.’s shenanigans, COVID shot access will be a lot like last year

Most people can get vaccinated at their local pharmacy like normal.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1h

One thing that piece missed was this collection of ~10 local right wingers who are also creating confirmation bias, MAGA-friendly content about "war ravaged Portland" at the ICE facility. They are adept at presenting as "regular citizens just reporting what's happening." bsky.app/profile/seth...

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

There is an entire stable of far right "influencers" cosplaying as journalists who are in Portland "covering" events there. The person who compiled this list was arrested for his actions on January 6. He texted a friend from DC to celebrate that the Proud Boys were "beating the shit" out of BLM.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

[SATIRE] "You have been warned, this day is coming. A day we stop asking if we can befoul your bathroom, & we forcibly start doing our business in there. If there’s a bathroom code, you’d better have it. Otherwise, everyone in the store gets arrested and deported." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ple...

Please Let Our Warfighters Use Your Restroom

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, ...

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

Podcast: How to Cover Science Under Trump undark.org/2025/10/08/p...

Podcast: How to Cover Science Under Trump

Our hosts talk to Undark’s editor-in-chief about the current moment in science and science journalism.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

Floating electrons on a sea of helium arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Floating electrons on a sea of helium

Yes, it’s another potential qubit. But it’s also some very cool physics.

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Kevin Young Propagandist @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 1h

This shutdown is utterly unique in US political history in that it essentially stems entirely from the House majority's total inability to do anything but run in circles trying to satisfy the whims of an unstable, incompetent, self-obsessed president. It doesn't obey normal political rules.

Travis Mason-Bushman @snarkranger.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson furiously backpedaling on the back pay thing is a pretty good indication that nobody in the GOP has the slightest clue how to deal with the shutdown.

Jennifer Shutt @jennifershutt.bsky.social · 1h

Speaker Johnson appears to say furloughed federal workers should get back pay under 2019 law

"It has always been the case. It is tradition and I think it is statutory law that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position."

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely loved S1 and can't wait to see what's up with S2: ‘Drops Of God’ Season 2 Sets Premiere Date & Unveils First-Look Image deadline.com/2025/10/drop...

‘Drops Of God’ Season 2 Sets Premiere Date & Unveils First-Look Image

Apple TV+'s 'Drops of God' has an early 2026 premiere date and has released a first-look image.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 1h

So, a 79-year-old junior senator in 2027 is Dem establishment's play for Maine??? SERIOUSLY???
Does any polisci prof in America have any hair left they haven't pulled out?

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 6h

77-year-old Maine Gov. Janet Mills has apparently been coaxed into jumping into the Maine Senate race, challenging Graham Platner in a Democratic primary.

The 40-year-old Platner has become a favorite of progressives and Democrats wanting a more muscular response to Trump. He has raised millions.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025...

2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy and Clean Up the Environment

Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and...

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ TV Audience Spike “Paled In Comparison” To YouTube Numbers, Says Exec – MIA Market deadline.com/2025/10/jimm...

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ TV Audience Spike “Paled In Comparison” To YouTube Numbers, Says Exec – MIA Market

The ratings uptick on TV generated by the return of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on ABC was dwarfed by numbers generated on YouTube, according to an exec.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1h

Not prosecuting every last person involved in January 6th, from Trump to his co-conspirators in Congress, has cost us dearly as a nation.

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