Jen
@ourownstrings.bsky.social
They/them. Geriatric Millennial. X-Files Bisexual. Cranky Yankee farmer.
This one really depressed me. All the country's problems and wasting time legislating cruelty. Even if it doesn't pass the Senate it breaks my heart that this is where we are.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This one really depressed me. All the country's problems and wasting time legislating cruelty. Even if it doesn't pass the Senate it breaks my heart that this is where we are.
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"Starting 01/21/2026, AI Companion features will be automatically enabled for your account."
Zoom is planning to auto enable AI on all accounts in January. You CAN disable this tech now and you CAN click a setting to not auto-enable it in the new year. Check your Settings.
Zoom is planning to auto enable AI on all accounts in January. You CAN disable this tech now and you CAN click a setting to not auto-enable it in the new year. Check your Settings.
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Starting 01/21/2026, AI Companion features will be automatically enabled for your account."
Zoom is planning to auto enable AI on all accounts in January. You CAN disable this tech now and you CAN click a setting to not auto-enable it in the new year. Check your Settings.
Zoom is planning to auto enable AI on all accounts in January. You CAN disable this tech now and you CAN click a setting to not auto-enable it in the new year. Check your Settings.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I'm on this week's Outdoor Cats talking about the Worcester Mammoth Bean Fair and how I ended up throwing this annual party for an heirloom bean. Skip to minute 4 if you don't want to hear our ramblings about the co-host's absence due to norovirus. www.worcestersucks.email/p/episode-46...
Episode 46: What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Bean
Worcester has its own bean and folks—it's mammoth
www.worcestersucks.email
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm on this week's Outdoor Cats talking about the Worcester Mammoth Bean Fair and how I ended up throwing this annual party for an heirloom bean. Skip to minute 4 if you don't want to hear our ramblings about the co-host's absence due to norovirus. www.worcestersucks.email/p/episode-46...
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
Someone is applying for resident only parking for my street where I'm one of the only people without a driveway. Out of complete annoyance, I went on a walk with my morning coffee to document that there is always plenty of parking. I should just go on morning walks and talk to my neighbors more.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Someone is applying for resident only parking for my street where I'm one of the only people without a driveway. Out of complete annoyance, I went on a walk with my morning coffee to document that there is always plenty of parking. I should just go on morning walks and talk to my neighbors more.
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Re-reskeeting sandwich guy synced with Freedom.
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Re-reskeeting sandwich guy synced with Freedom.
This is well-intentioned but misguided. Let kids have fun. Poor kids take on stress about food and money from a young age (I know I did). Trick or treating may feel like one of the only times you interact with your neighbors. Push yourself to find other ways to help and connect.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that I'm surprised by this headline or the fact that I probably shouldn't be:
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is well-intentioned but misguided. Let kids have fun. Poor kids take on stress about food and money from a young age (I know I did). Trick or treating may feel like one of the only times you interact with your neighbors. Push yourself to find other ways to help and connect.
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The Massachusetts rainy day fund has 8.6 billion in it right now. Look around @massgovernor.bsky.social - it's raining.
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Massachusetts can't cover SNAP benefits shortfall if funding stops amid government shutdown, Healey says
Gov. Healey says there's "no way" Massachusetts would be able to make up for lost SNAP funding from the federal government.
www.cbsnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Massachusetts rainy day fund has 8.6 billion in it right now. Look around @massgovernor.bsky.social - it's raining.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
I want city a councilor who hears this story from a constituent and does research into the actual history of Worcester’s Poor/Home Farm as well as the best policies for ending homelessness and concerns of unhoused residents. This was real place that existed in Worcester for over a hundred years.
Here's the 'send the homeless to work farms' line from Satya Mitra last night. You gotta love the applause (one lady very stoked) almost as much as him calling it "innovation"
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I want city a councilor who hears this story from a constituent and does research into the actual history of Worcester’s Poor/Home Farm as well as the best policies for ending homelessness and concerns of unhoused residents. This was real place that existed in Worcester for over a hundred years.
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We’ll always be on the side of human rights, love & compassion.
I will always fight for my constituents.
Rosane is free but that freedom came at a steep cost.
May we never give up defending our immigrant neighbors.
www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
I will always fight for my constituents.
Rosane is free but that freedom came at a steep cost.
May we never give up defending our immigrant neighbors.
www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
Worcester mother breaks silence after months being jailed by ICE
In her first interview since being arrested by ICE in Worcester in May, Rosane Ferreira De Oliveira shares her experience of being arrested, detained and released by ICE.
www.masslive.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We’ll always be on the side of human rights, love & compassion.
I will always fight for my constituents.
Rosane is free but that freedom came at a steep cost.
May we never give up defending our immigrant neighbors.
www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
I will always fight for my constituents.
Rosane is free but that freedom came at a steep cost.
May we never give up defending our immigrant neighbors.
www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
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STOP THE GENOCIDE
“We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities, as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces... This is the last thing we wanted.”
We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.
We have been forced to suspend our activities and leave Gaza City.
MSF forced to suspend activities amid Israeli offensive in Gaza City | MSF
The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.
www.msf.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
STOP THE GENOCIDE
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you can't get out the vote or show up to protest or bake your neighbor a casserole if you're laid up by long COVID. you can do all of those things while wearing an n95. we simply do not HAVE to hand it to disease.
okay Massachusetts, for real: if we're in public shared space these days and you've both learned this information and you're not wearing a mask, I'm going to have to wonder how much you care about your neighbors. it's yucky season, y'all. break out the n95s, get your boosters, turn on the HEPAs, etc
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
you can't get out the vote or show up to protest or bake your neighbor a casserole if you're laid up by long COVID. you can do all of those things while wearing an n95. we simply do not HAVE to hand it to disease.
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This is why you really don't need to post through it in situations like this. Much of the initial reporting is based on scant details and your mind starts filling in gaps as a matter of habit. My personal rule is news folks who deal in speculation in times like this are never to be trusted again.
September 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is why you really don't need to post through it in situations like this. Much of the initial reporting is based on scant details and your mind starts filling in gaps as a matter of habit. My personal rule is news folks who deal in speculation in times like this are never to be trusted again.
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settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
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as an elder millennial Bill is the first president I was meaningfully aware of and I will be first in line to throw him directly under the bus
GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.
September 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
as an elder millennial Bill is the first president I was meaningfully aware of and I will be first in line to throw him directly under the bus
You have 6 votes for At-Large City Councilor. You don’t have to vote for 6. This election will determine which 12 of the 14 candidates advance to the general election.
🎉It’s preliminary day!!
🗳️What’s your plan to 🗳️?
🗳️Polls are open at 7 am- 8 pm!
🗳️ Find out your polling location: www1.worcesterma.gov/applications...
🗳️ Today you’re voting to advance at-large city council candidates to Nov. $ if you’re in school committee District E, school cmt District E.
🗳️What’s your plan to 🗳️?
🗳️Polls are open at 7 am- 8 pm!
🗳️ Find out your polling location: www1.worcesterma.gov/applications...
🗳️ Today you’re voting to advance at-large city council candidates to Nov. $ if you’re in school committee District E, school cmt District E.
Where Do I Vote?
www1.worcesterma.gov
September 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You have 6 votes for At-Large City Councilor. You don’t have to vote for 6. This election will determine which 12 of the 14 candidates advance to the general election.
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Mayor Frey of Minneapolis:
August 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Mayor Frey of Minneapolis:
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Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for The Associated Press and other news organizations and produced harrowing images of the war in Gaza, was killed Monday by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33.
Mariam Dagga, AP freelance journalist in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli strike
Mariam Dagga, a freelance visual journalist in Gaza for The Associated Press, was killed by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33.
apnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for The Associated Press and other news organizations and produced harrowing images of the war in Gaza, was killed Monday by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33.
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ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
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I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
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ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIED OF TYPHUS
ANNE FRANK DIE