Jennifer Ouellette
@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to two cats: Ariel and Caliban. Baltimore, MD. She/her.
Pinned
This Atlantic analysis echoes the long convo I had recently with a European researcher who maintains that social media cannot be fixed because the problem lies in its very infrastructure and human nature cannot deal with it. I increasingly think he is correct. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
If there’s one thing you’d think Congress could do without controversy, it’s renaming post offices.
But this week, a House committee quietly pulled Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill to rename one in Brookland for Chuck Brown, D.C.’s godfather of go-go.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social has the story:
But this week, a House committee quietly pulled Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill to rename one in Brookland for Chuck Brown, D.C.’s godfather of go-go.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social has the story:
Wilson Building Bulletin: The Chuck Brown post office is no-go
Also: D.C. gets no deference from Congress, and there won't be a referendum on the tipped wage (though the fight isn't over)
51st.news
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If there’s one thing you’d think Congress could do without controversy, it’s renaming post offices.
But this week, a House committee quietly pulled Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill to rename one in Brookland for Chuck Brown, D.C.’s godfather of go-go.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social has the story:
But this week, a House committee quietly pulled Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill to rename one in Brookland for Chuck Brown, D.C.’s godfather of go-go.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social has the story:
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Maybe it’s time to conclude that Mr. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/vlad...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/vlad...
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Maybe it’s time to conclude that Mr. Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants Ukraine.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/vlad...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/vlad...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
So Trump is going to spend all of next year gaslighting voters that the economy is running perfectly and he's a stable genius.
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
Axios on X: "Scoop: Trump plots a travel blitz to tout his economy https://t.co/zu0uab2rJa" / X
Scoop: Trump plots a travel blitz to tout his economy https://t.co/zu0uab2rJa
x.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So Trump is going to spend all of next year gaslighting voters that the economy is running perfectly and he's a stable genius.
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
Crucial memory will soon be a memory itself as Micron abandons consumers in favor of AI data centers
The RAM crisis is just getting started.
www.pcgamer.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
So obviously... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKc...
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So obviously... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKc...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
It's so funny that studio executives don't even run Paramount anymore. It's literally just the fucking president dictating what should get made.
THR: Paramount studio chiefs “only later learned that Paramount would be distributing [Rush Hour 4] around the time news leaked to the media about Trump’s overtures to Larry.”
@thr.com $PSKY
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
@thr.com $PSKY
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's so funny that studio executives don't even run Paramount anymore. It's literally just the fucking president dictating what should get made.
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
“Delaying the shot from birth to 2 months, one of the potential votes for the committee, would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year – all preventable by vaccination…It would also result in more than $222m in additional healthcare costs every year.”
Once again, sheer incompetence is saving us from the worst possible outcomes
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CDC advisers delay vote on restricting infant hepatitis B vaccinations in tense meeting
From 1990 to 2019, reported cases of acute hepatitis B among kids declined by 99% due to infant immunization
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Delaying the shot from birth to 2 months, one of the potential votes for the committee, would lead to at least 1,400 infections, 300 cases of liver cancer, and 480 deaths every year – all preventable by vaccination…It would also result in more than $222m in additional healthcare costs every year.”
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a city | Will Bunch
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
Admiral Bradley is apparently going to tell Congress tomorrow that the two survivors whose boat had been blown to smithereens “were attempting to continue their drug run, making themselves legitimate targets for another attack.”
Via WSJ
🎁 🔗
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Via WSJ
🎁 🔗
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Admiral Bradley is apparently going to tell Congress tomorrow that the two survivors whose boat had been blown to smithereens “were attempting to continue their drug run, making themselves legitimate targets for another attack.”
Via WSJ
🎁 🔗
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Via WSJ
🎁 🔗
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The postal service is not a business, measuring it by revenue is the wrong frame for understanding its worth.
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
Israeli archaeologists uncover royal palace remnants | The Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com/archaeology/...
www.jpost.com/archaeology/...
Israeli archaeologists uncover royal palace remnants | The Jerusalem Post
“It sheds light on the architectural style and the function of the site, which is not mentioned by Josephus, our only historical source for the period,” Dr. Raviv, director of the excavation, said.
www.jpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Israeli archaeologists uncover royal palace remnants | The Jerusalem Post
www.jpost.com/archaeology/...
www.jpost.com/archaeology/...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
The end of the Civil Rights Acts has always been the goal.
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The end of the Civil Rights Acts has always been the goal.
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
Beignet Blanc Investigates the Case of Cookie Monster’s Missing Pie in a ‘Sesame Street’ Parody of ‘Knives Out’ laughingsquid.com/sesame-stree...
Benoit Blanc Investigates the Case of Cookie Monster's Missing Pie in a 'Sesame Street' Parody of 'Knives Out'
Sesame Street characters employ the services of detective Benoit Blanc to investigate the case of Cookie Monster's missing pie.
laughingsquid.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Beignet Blanc Investigates the Case of Cookie Monster’s Missing Pie in a ‘Sesame Street’ Parody of ‘Knives Out’ laughingsquid.com/sesame-stree...
AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy? www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy?
Voters change their opinions after interacting with an AI chatbot – but it seems that AIs rely on facts to influence people
www.newscientist.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy? www.newscientist.com/article/2507...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
"FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members"
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful o...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members"
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
she did not answer the question because she cannot. There is NO justification for this
Reporter: You said that that second strike was in full accordance with the law of armed conflict but the Navy's own manual of law of war says that specifically firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime that's forbidden under U.S. Law and the law of armed conflict…
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
she did not answer the question because she cannot. There is NO justification for this
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
In belated recognition that the national guard are sitting ducks, the Trump regime now has D.C. police patrolling with guardsmen. So, who is getting protection? Surely, Americans would be safer if guardsmen stayed home and D.C. police were assigned to fight crime open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
The ‘buck stops’ nowhere
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In belated recognition that the national guard are sitting ducks, the Trump regime now has D.C. police patrolling with guardsmen. So, who is getting protection? Surely, Americans would be safer if guardsmen stayed home and D.C. police were assigned to fight crime open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
I'm gonna say @johngary.bsky.social is being unfair here as this is CLEARLY more evocative of ONE TREE HILL's season 1 promo poster.
🎶IIIIIII don't wanna be... anything other than what I've been tryn be late-leyyyy🎶
🎶IIIIIII don't wanna be... anything other than what I've been tryn be late-leyyyy🎶
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'm gonna say @johngary.bsky.social is being unfair here as this is CLEARLY more evocative of ONE TREE HILL's season 1 promo poster.
🎶IIIIIII don't wanna be... anything other than what I've been tryn be late-leyyyy🎶
🎶IIIIIII don't wanna be... anything other than what I've been tryn be late-leyyyy🎶
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
So would you say, Mr McCarthy, you were trying to make the GOP conference more diverse, by stressing equal representation and inclusion?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So would you say, Mr McCarthy, you were trying to make the GOP conference more diverse, by stressing equal representation and inclusion?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
Dear corporate media: here is your simple explainer for the IG report on Signalgate.
The information was properly classified. It was copied from a classified written document. It was sent over a non-classified system, namely Signal. Hegseth took no steps to declassify any of it.
End of article.
The information was properly classified. It was copied from a classified written document. It was sent over a non-classified system, namely Signal. Hegseth took no steps to declassify any of it.
End of article.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dear corporate media: here is your simple explainer for the IG report on Signalgate.
The information was properly classified. It was copied from a classified written document. It was sent over a non-classified system, namely Signal. Hegseth took no steps to declassify any of it.
End of article.
The information was properly classified. It was copied from a classified written document. It was sent over a non-classified system, namely Signal. Hegseth took no steps to declassify any of it.
End of article.
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
There's been weirdly little coverage of this point. Trump/ McMahon are demanding an end to gender-based affirmative action in admissions and they clearly still believe we're in the world where aa benefits young *women* applicants, but that world is long gone.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There's been weirdly little coverage of this point. Trump/ McMahon are demanding an end to gender-based affirmative action in admissions and they clearly still believe we're in the world where aa benefits young *women* applicants, but that world is long gone.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Reposted by Jennifer Ouellette
Today on his birthday, we’re remembering the great Tony Todd, not only for the iconic roles he embodied, but for the tremendous passion he had for his work, and for his thoughtful and nuanced approach to a genre that was lucky to benefit from his gifts. He is missed.
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today on his birthday, we’re remembering the great Tony Todd, not only for the iconic roles he embodied, but for the tremendous passion he had for his work, and for his thoughtful and nuanced approach to a genre that was lucky to benefit from his gifts. He is missed.