Jan (née ZetteZelle)
@jtfd.bsky.social
Liberal arts success story (Oberlin ‘93). Living kidney donor. Any bad thing that happens to me can and will be made into a funny story.
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Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
I grew up in New England rooting for the Patriots (I still feel the pain of Super Bowl XX). Moving away didn’t stop my fandom; that happened when they started winning all the damn time and got smug and boring. Tonight’s loss may have been cleansing enough for me to become a fan again.
February 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I grew up in New England rooting for the Patriots (I still feel the pain of Super Bowl XX). Moving away didn’t stop my fandom; that happened when they started winning all the damn time and got smug and boring. Tonight’s loss may have been cleansing enough for me to become a fan again.
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im building machines that i keep saying will both throw you out of work and allow masked special police forces in service to a lunatic i bought and paid for to recognize your face and check if i agree with your beliefs. im part of a pedophile ring that put this into motion. why are you rude to me
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
im building machines that i keep saying will both throw you out of work and allow masked special police forces in service to a lunatic i bought and paid for to recognize your face and check if i agree with your beliefs. im part of a pedophile ring that put this into motion. why are you rude to me
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If the Republican US attorney for the District of Columbia doesn't recognize the Heller decision then no state is under any obligation to do so either
Pirro: "You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail. I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law abiding law owner somewhere else. You bring a gun into this District, count on going to jail. And that makes all the difference"
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
If the Republican US attorney for the District of Columbia doesn't recognize the Heller decision then no state is under any obligation to do so either
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It was literally preferable in some school districts to imply the Roanoke settlers all starved to death, were murdered, or sucked up by UFO tractor beams than to acknowledge a local tribe went "Dang, dude. You need a hand? Come sit by the fire. BTW I think my sister likes u."
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was literally preferable in some school districts to imply the Roanoke settlers all starved to death, were murdered, or sucked up by UFO tractor beams than to acknowledge a local tribe went "Dang, dude. You need a hand? Come sit by the fire. BTW I think my sister likes u."
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🚨As if DC didn’t already have enough to deal with, today we learned the Senate and House will vote next wk on SJ Res. 102 and HJ Res. 142 to disapprove a bill to decouple provisions of DC’s tax code from the feds.
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 AM
🚨As if DC didn’t already have enough to deal with, today we learned the Senate and House will vote next wk on SJ Res. 102 and HJ Res. 142 to disapprove a bill to decouple provisions of DC’s tax code from the feds.
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
This would blow a $820 MILLION hole through the financial plan!
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the thing that jumps out across multiple agencies is how they think the *mechanics* of *writing regulations* is the difficult task to be solved and that the content of the regulation is easy. it's almost as wrong as you can possibly be
January 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
the thing that jumps out across multiple agencies is how they think the *mechanics* of *writing regulations* is the difficult task to be solved and that the content of the regulation is easy. it's almost as wrong as you can possibly be
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There are a lot of men out there who do not see any of the logistics happening around them and they're like "wait, where the fuck did these hand warmers come from?"
Look at every kid wearing mittens, and that's your answer. From the people who have been silently keeping hands warm for centuries.
Look at every kid wearing mittens, and that's your answer. From the people who have been silently keeping hands warm for centuries.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 AM
There are a lot of men out there who do not see any of the logistics happening around them and they're like "wait, where the fuck did these hand warmers come from?"
Look at every kid wearing mittens, and that's your answer. From the people who have been silently keeping hands warm for centuries.
Look at every kid wearing mittens, and that's your answer. From the people who have been silently keeping hands warm for centuries.
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Think about how although Pretti was a gunowner, when he saw someone being attacked his first response wasn't to use the gun but to help them up and ask them if they're ok.
It wasn't even on his mind that a gun would be useful.
Compare that to the paranoia of rightwing gun culture.
It wasn't even on his mind that a gun would be useful.
Compare that to the paranoia of rightwing gun culture.
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Think about how although Pretti was a gunowner, when he saw someone being attacked his first response wasn't to use the gun but to help them up and ask them if they're ok.
It wasn't even on his mind that a gun would be useful.
Compare that to the paranoia of rightwing gun culture.
It wasn't even on his mind that a gun would be useful.
Compare that to the paranoia of rightwing gun culture.
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There’s not a single person in this country that they couldn’t easily come up with a post facto justification for murdering
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
There’s not a single person in this country that they couldn’t easily come up with a post facto justification for murdering
My church announced yesterday that there would be no Sunday services due to the predicted storm. It’s a decision they made for the safety of staff and congregation, and I don’t fault them for it…
But at this moment I’m in desperate need to be with the community that shares my values and sorrow.
But at this moment I’m in desperate need to be with the community that shares my values and sorrow.
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
My church announced yesterday that there would be no Sunday services due to the predicted storm. It’s a decision they made for the safety of staff and congregation, and I don’t fault them for it…
But at this moment I’m in desperate need to be with the community that shares my values and sorrow.
But at this moment I’m in desperate need to be with the community that shares my values and sorrow.
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The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
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The central question of the last decade+ in America is if the police can kill you if they feel afraid, and it was my understanding that you sign up for the job knowing there’s going to be danger and you’re paid to be better than “I shot him because I was scared”
January 24, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The central question of the last decade+ in America is if the police can kill you if they feel afraid, and it was my understanding that you sign up for the job knowing there’s going to be danger and you’re paid to be better than “I shot him because I was scared”
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in case you don’t speak Anglican, this means “if you work for ICE you are going to hell” which is both based and theologically sound
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
in case you don’t speak Anglican, this means “if you work for ICE you are going to hell” which is both based and theologically sound
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My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”
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I don’t know what I did to Prose, but it’s hard to maintain friendships in adulthood
December 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don’t know what I did to Prose, but it’s hard to maintain friendships in adulthood
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Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Odd that Gender is a biological, immutable certainty AND something you can lose if you own the wrong dog.
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Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
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I think abusing your position at a think tank to fix the outcome of a gambling contract on a real life war by altering a map is immoral, but tbh probably less immoral than genuinely gambling on what's going to happen in a real life war is?
Appears the allegations were true
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I think abusing your position at a think tank to fix the outcome of a gambling contract on a real life war by altering a map is immoral, but tbh probably less immoral than genuinely gambling on what's going to happen in a real life war is?
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a new jersey-based christmas tree delivery service called Spruce Bringsteen
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
a new jersey-based christmas tree delivery service called Spruce Bringsteen
My sole employer to have followed federal wage and hour regulations was a huge law firm that represented corporations who had engaged in nefarious behaviors. The nonprofits didn’t even understand that they weren’t supposed to ask the intern to stay til 9 pm.
something I think is underdiscussed about employment/capitalism discourse is that abusive/bad labor/management practices are probably more common in nonprofits and trendy organizations that people on the left are likely to work for than big boring office companies
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My sole employer to have followed federal wage and hour regulations was a huge law firm that represented corporations who had engaged in nefarious behaviors. The nonprofits didn’t even understand that they weren’t supposed to ask the intern to stay til 9 pm.
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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I named my fists Bert and Ernie because one’s a little bigger than the other. Wait. That’s my boobs, not my fists. My bad.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I named my fists Bert and Ernie because one’s a little bigger than the other. Wait. That’s my boobs, not my fists. My bad.
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It's so funny when someone writes a song to try to get someone to have sex with them. That's what a bird would do!
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's so funny when someone writes a song to try to get someone to have sex with them. That's what a bird would do!