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Jenn Mercer, CT

@jennmercer.bsky.social

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NO KINGS ATA-Certified French to English Translator with artisanal sleep schedule (she/her) collector of comics (Mostly Marvel), very much etc.

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Please do not shoot people, even people you hate. Hate is corrosive and will rot you from the inside.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

So my buddy Carlota, who is taking over Dogskull Patch, has a group of feral cats to deal. She’s been trapping and neutering as possible, but one sweetheart named Big Daddy showed up on the porch limping. Some asshole shot him. She’s raising money for his amputation and care. gofund.me/3b6cf293e

Donate to Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot, organized by Carrie Sykes

There's a colony of lovely cats living in a rural neighborhood in Goldston, NC. Fr… Carrie Sykes needs your support for Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot

gofund.me

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 23h

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Katrina Lehto @lithera.bsky.social · 23h

How I started to just cry and cry when the message from the frog resistance started...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 1d

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 12d

Completely unrelated to my 2am doomposting but does anyone know an English to Japanese translator, ideally with experience in screenplays?

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 2d

It has been far too much for quite a while, but oddly, nothing has changed by my saying this.

Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 2d

We'll just use AI

Kimista @kimista.bsky.social · 3d

Group project worth 40%+

MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Transcribed 100% verbatim"

Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 5d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suc... blow

three red blow ups are sitting on top of a map

ALT: three red blow ups are sitting on top of a map

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 5d

I say she gets the room and he sleeps in the lobby

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: A librarian fired by in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves just got the last laugh – a $700,000 settlement for violating her first amendment rights. 👏 May this be a warning across the nation.

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fitba11.bsky.social @fitba11.bsky.social · 5d

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 6d

Me; No, Ivy! No.. no.. that is also no! Still no! All of it! It is all no!
Ivy: ???
*assorted crashing noises*

A grey tabby kitten gazes upwards. Her soul is light as a feather.

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 6d

Have something beautiful: youtu.be/WOCuxsRnVTQ?...

Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres Skate to "The Sound of Silence" (No Audience Noise)

YouTube video by Matthew Grenier

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 6d

There is a recurring thread on the turtle subreddits:
Q: oh no! What is this?!? Is my turtle dying?

A: Congratulations! You have a boy turtle! That is a healthy turtle and yes, he is doing what you think he's doing to that rock.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Captain Crowfood @cryptan.bsky.social · 7d

JFC.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

🎨 The decoration painted onto these bottles is on the inside of the glass!

The process is known as verre églomisé, it is an application that not only requires special tools but an incredible level of skill.

A glass bottle painted from the inside with a rural Chinese scene with three women sitting under a tree

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 8d

A pair of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, swimming in the shallow coastal waters of Early Triassic Asia

#paleoart #sciart #art

Illustration showing a pair of Cartorhynchus swimming in coastal waters

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 9d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 9d

Imagine you are a kitten
... and you are full of bees
...and there are two of you
... and you DON'T BELIEVE in WALLS

Two kittens/teenagers are refueling for the night's adventures. At left is a grey tabby eating from a bowl on the ground, and to the left, a black kitten is eating from a bowl on a short stand.

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🎃 Spooky Chip bitney 🎃 @fragboner.bsky.social · 10d

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Did You Know?
@frog-page
When provoked, FROGS will defend themselves by traveling back in time to make sure you were never born!

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Jenn Mercer, CT @jennmercer.bsky.social · 9d

All waffles are beautiful

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Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Sunday. Have a snack. (Not me, a different snack.) 🤭

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10d

🎶 Ther ys a place biyonde the wyrmhole
A place to loveres solelye knowne -
The brave, the hopeful, the lost, the worthye,
Peraventure me and thee!
Will not thou wende wyth these fooles and dreameres
To the planete we calle home?
We hope we wil greete thee soone
On Sanctuarye Moone 🎶

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