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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · Jan 20

“I am, as you say, relentlessly cheerful because it’s the best fuck you I can think of to this terrible world.” - Senior Chief Petty Officer Jenks Khan, from “And the Mighty Will Fall”

Thank you @kbwagers.com for another joyful read, and the perfect encapsulation of feels I’m holding close today❤️

Book cover titled “and the mighty will fall - a NEOG Novel” by K. B. Wagers with illustration of a space station in the foreground above the planet Mars.

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 31m

ooooh adding to my 2026 audiobook tbr omnomnom. it’s time.

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1h

exactly that!!! Corny as hell, and also you fucking go girl singing about your dude's cock! 😂

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1h

lol T.Swift aint need me to defend her, just anytime anyone comes for a woman musician's lyrics for being too [fill in the blank] I always enjoy (hate) instantly thinking of 5000 dude musicians of whatever genre doing same or more in spades but being lauded for artistry, depth or just a good time

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1h

guarantee anyone (and by that I mean dudes obvs) throwing shade at T.Swift for "Wood" is also first to chime in with "Nice...." anytime 69 makes an appearance and has so many mixtapes/playlists full of cockrock faves that are nothing but packed-with-eye-roll-inducing-corny-innuendos fuck songs.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

we seem to have deprived them entirely of the footage they were obviously hoping for

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

30s/40s ?

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

Like this is in the realm of what was happening, but ill-fitting and short sleeved. And, well - it was incredible.

A masc-presenting person with 70s's era hair style in a black leather/plether jumpsuit

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

In the building I'm working late in on an all-women's campus, there's a guy who walking around unironically with Hardy-Boys x REO speedwagon hair wearing an ill-fitting 70's era black plether/vinyl short sleeved belted jumpsuit/romper and I feel like someone's punking me or that I'm in danger

a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat

Alt: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat saying "ha ha I'm in danger"

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

That (going back thru highlights from my twitter archive) is something I need to do at some point!

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

RIGHT?? These are the stupid things I most love the internets for gifting us 😭

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

But hey here's to an all-timer Cheezburger (or CB-adjacent/inspired/tangential?) that's still to be found :)

Viking Kittens

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

We've checked & have yet to unearth it even in the wayback machine - iirc was removed by involved prof's request before the wayback existed? And I'm talking the original "searchin, seizin, surveillin - wit no warrants" post by the students (coworkers? postdocs?) not the subsequent cheezburger posts

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 1d

💯! I remain bereft that the original full ceiling cat narrative is no longer (afaik) anymore to be found anywhere on the interwebs

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

It's an iron law of history: if a bunch of people try to convince you that the professors, queers, and immigrants are the "real" threat, buy a fucking gun, because authoritarianism is on the horizon. Every time.

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 4d

I literally thought this gif about an hour ago when I was adding a date to a code file. great brains on the same wavelength 🧠😄

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a cowboy hat is holding a cell phone in his hand and says `` 10-4-1 , good buddy ! ''

Alt: Burt Reynolds is wearing a cowboy hat, holding a CB radio in his hand, and yelling, "10-4 , good buddy! ''

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Taylor-ing and cat'ing to y'all 🥰

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 5d

it's Taylor while I'm working late. Not magical maybe cuz working but better for Taylor being the soundtrack 💜

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 5d

As a newish Swiftie (since the Eras tour), I can confirm that converts are the absolute worst.

Also happy Life of a Showgirl day to all who celebrate.

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 6d

Get you a neighbor like me who runs around in the dense jungle of a backyard in the dark w/a head lamp or iphone light at 10:00 at night yelling and chasing one of her dogs who is chasing/trying to murder a [fill in the blank urban wildlife that this night happens to be a possum] instead of peeing

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 6d

BUT WHAT IF WE ASK IT NICELY

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 6d

lol

Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 6d

Minnesota wyd 🧐

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning

The most commonly misspelled porn search terms by state

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 6d

Never not a good time to quote HHGTTG!