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Jen

@jenelaina.bsky.social

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She/Her Michigander with narcolepsy. Environmental non-profit comms etc., equivalent of tweets here my own. Team #GreatLakes #MIvoting #FreePalestine #DisabilityJustice #ImmigrantsWelcome #TransRightsAreHumanRights. Speramus meliora resurgent cineribus.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · Nov 28

Don't mind me, just pinning a Bluesky post.

Take care of yourself and each other, fight the good fights as best you're able, build community, and keep on keeping on. ❤️💧

PS please follow @cleanwatermi.bsky.social, thank you.
PPS guess where this is and I'll mail you a cool sticker why not.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 9h

"I kinda want to edit the sculpt we’ve been using and put “Chinga La Migra” on the side tho"

Please do this tysm

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Eric Weinberger @ericweinberger.bsky.social · 11h

ICE sent a Massachusetts 7th grader 500 miles away without his parents or even telling them

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 10h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

Of course, you're in a business to make a profit, so you have to sell it for more than you paid. Typical mark-up for a brand is 2x (some can be 2.5x). This will help cover your other costs, such as design, warehousing, worker benefits, etc.

So you sell this shirt to a store for $90.

A bunch of plaid flannel shirts from Gitman Vintage. They were made in the USA.

Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 13h

Feel like that would be more the corn maze

So much corn entertainment

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely it's the best massage ever, me and one of the growing humans have been looking forward to it for weeks.

Not this one. This one just enjoys the corn chaos.

Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 13h

That always ends well, doesn't it? I have learned exactly no history.

Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 13h

lauren

@NotABigJerk

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i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 13h

Proof of life

My dork ass self took a selfie (upside down somehow) wearing sunglasses in the middle of a huge vat of dry corn. Don't knock it till you try it it's fun AF and also awesome at exfoliating

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 3d

1. TY
2. FFS

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✧𓂃𓈒*｡ﾟ Ne ｡ﾟ*𓂃𓈒 ✧ @artofne.bsky.social · 4d

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 4d

I genuinely haven't had time to dig into exacts but have seen a lot of posts from folks saying it was nonsense

bsky.app/profile/pwr2...

Dr ICE Scream Maker: Slasher of Fash 🔪 @pwr2dppl.bsky.social · 6d

BANNED FOR PRESUMED SUBTEXT IN THE ALT TEXT !!! APPEAL DENIED BC WHY BELIEVE US

Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 4d

Wisconsin Data Center fight update, Charlie Berens still has some of the best civic engagement content I've seen in a minute.

Worth the watch and a good 101 on public meeting points challenging data centers anywhere

youtube.com/shorts/jPqUI...

Manitowoc Minute Special Report: AI questions for policymakers

YouTube video by Charlie Berens

youtube.com

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah. That's the one.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

God willing.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5d

It’s not too late for the Bluesky admins to say - yeah, ok, a permanent ban was an overreaction. Times are tough. Let’s try again. They could do it right now.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

What the actual hell has been going on here while I've been busy and shit?!

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 6d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

Nevermind I figured it out WHAT THE HELL?!?

Absolutely sincerely mean that they were a HUGE reason I stuck around and began not only moving myself here but like a dozen work accounts, cause they were so damn welcoming and uplifting. FFS!

bsky.app/profile/thin...

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 6d

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

All I'll add is that I'm pretty sure Rev Black thinks they can be redeemed still. But idk if I can match that. Really don't.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 5d

I don't believe in heaven or hell, I haven't for years, but I do believe that certain people can't be redeemed.

That's somewhat of a newer view.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

That picture is gonna stay with me for a long while.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

Oh what did I miss now

(Genuinely if someone has the time to catch me up I'd appreciate it.)

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 5d

Red checks out except no one is really gonna want Indiana in and Kentucky might jump to Appalachia states.

Ohio is... Idk how that would play out, truth be told. Same as Indiana I reckon.

MI-WI-IL-MN is solid is my point.

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 8d

Washtenaw + mutuals only, seriously I have to know you (or know someone who will absolutely vouch for you):

There's organizing and training happening to protect our undocumented neighbors. DM for info before Monday. TY. ♥️

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Jen @jenelaina.bsky.social · 8d

It's all good!