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Das Janssen

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he, him, his Don't worry; I'm not anyone important. SF, Silly Watercolors, Cats, Phenomenology/Gender Profile: Old picture of me grinning while a hand touches my first beard hairs. Background: A silly watercolor of white flowers on a yellow background.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Jan 5

Oh, hey, new anthology just dropped! #NewBook #ShamelessBookPromotion #GenderStudies #ContinentalPhilosophy
#BeCarefulTheresALotOfHeideggerInThere

The book Heidegger, Dasein, and Gender: Thinking the Unthought, edited by Tricia Glazebrook & Susanne Claxton on a desk with other books, posters, and stuff

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning.

It's been 30 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

> @newyorker.com

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 7d

It's like grading the worst papers instead of just getting to write myself.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 7d

Agreed. I'd add adopting a dog and not training it appropriately for your environment.

It's unfair to the dog and the neighbors.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, some folks in my neighborhood bring poorly-trained dogs into the grocery store. I don't want to buy the package of cookies that dog just licked.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 9d

"All-the-fun," opposite of "zero-sum"

It literally generates more, the more it is used.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 9d

youtube.com/shorts/mIrIx...

Now be needed carnage. #youtubeshorts #fyp #story

YouTube video by Nick Muller

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 13d

We are more connected than we have ever been. We are more informed than we have ever been.*

This is our country and they can't have it.

*Despite targeted disinformation campaigns.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=3QsGs2oX7VZngdJh

Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism

Robert Reich

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 13d

We are more connected than we have ever been. We are more informed than we have ever been.*

This is our country and they can't have it.

*Despite targeted disinformation campaigns.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 15d

Safe travels!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21d

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 23d

Ba-room, ba-room, ba-room, barpity, barpity, barpity, barpity-Good. His dad had the pickup going. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 24d

Attention I ask from all the sacred people, greater and lesser offspring of Heimdall! Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · 27d

Well? Didja chomp?

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 20

I did one arm so this freeloader could still sleep draped across my other arm, as she is wont to do.

An extremely innocent-looking orange and white cat slumbers peacefully on mismatched quilts with her tail wrapped around her hind legs while Papa has his post-vaccine reaction.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 20

Doing that right now.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 20

Rawr!

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 19

A colorful dragon in watercolor painted on 27 August 2025

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Sep 17

The truth hurts: Kash Patel is the least qualified FBI Director in history. On his watch, white supremacists run free, qualified staff are pushed out, and he refuses to even name right-wing extremism as the top threat. I have ZERO confidence in him to keep Americans safe.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 17

Please do what's best for you and know we miss you and want the best for you.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 17

Thank you.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 12

For about 3 years now, every big shooting has been followed by claims that the shooter was trans. Some troll farm or other has been making a concerted effort to seed the public consciousness with that expectation.

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Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bragging: This bossy, razor-clawed beastie jumps onto the back of the couch (where the light is good) at pill time, cued by the jaunty song my phone plays every 12 hours. She hates Pill Time, but when I let her choose where to take it, she started complying quickly to get to Treat Time.

A sweet-looking tabbycat napping in a circle, showing no hint of the domineering personality or bloodletter claws that define her very essence.

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Creative Crimbinality!

Das Janssen @dasjanssen.bsky.social · Aug 28

For about three years, there has been chatter about the shooter being trans right after every shooting.

This one may have been, maybe not.

It doesn't matter what we do, even if we could be perfect, the propaganda machine is coming for us.

We really need our allies to shout the lies down.