Jen M (she/they)
@jensmellspeaches.bsky.social
I. Smell. Peaches.
See also: ADHD, writing, ukulele, bookbinding, bees, SQL, Python.
https://linktr.ee/JenSmellsPeaches
See also: ADHD, writing, ukulele, bookbinding, bees, SQL, Python.
https://linktr.ee/JenSmellsPeaches
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You gotta dance while the music’s still playing.
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It was a very discombobulating experience this year to see someone (in a rebuttal to a review I had submitted for their paper) cite a paper by me, on a topic I publish in, in a journal I publish in, with coauthors I publish with, but which DIDN’T EXIST!
Stop this crap immediately.
Stop this crap immediately.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It was a very discombobulating experience this year to see someone (in a rebuttal to a review I had submitted for their paper) cite a paper by me, on a topic I publish in, in a journal I publish in, with coauthors I publish with, but which DIDN’T EXIST!
Stop this crap immediately.
Stop this crap immediately.
I have disagreements about the narcissist-in-chief’s effects on us, but regardless, this is truth for narc relationships:
>The narcissistic cycle is impressively fine-tuned to scramble your logical processors and squeeze out your sense of selfhood so it can be replaced with a sense of his selfhood.
>The narcissistic cycle is impressively fine-tuned to scramble your logical processors and squeeze out your sense of selfhood so it can be replaced with a sense of his selfhood.
This explains it all & why we’ve become addicted to the bad & why it’s so triggering to the many of us who’ve been victims of narcissists.
Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
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So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I have disagreements about the narcissist-in-chief’s effects on us, but regardless, this is truth for narc relationships:
>The narcissistic cycle is impressively fine-tuned to scramble your logical processors and squeeze out your sense of selfhood so it can be replaced with a sense of his selfhood.
>The narcissistic cycle is impressively fine-tuned to scramble your logical processors and squeeze out your sense of selfhood so it can be replaced with a sense of his selfhood.
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They think writers can be replaced because they don't understand what writing is effective, yes, but don't discount the desire to cut human labor out of the process entirely, not just for "cost savings" but because the management class and especially the investor class just fucking hate humans.
Is that why people think that ChatGPT and other AI(?) could replace authors - the people in management can't recognize good writing and so assume that no one else can, either? It seems like that would quickly be dismissed witjh any sort of beta readership, but.
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
They think writers can be replaced because they don't understand what writing is effective, yes, but don't discount the desire to cut human labor out of the process entirely, not just for "cost savings" but because the management class and especially the investor class just fucking hate humans.
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This is actually a really common scam these days. A scammer will call and use AI to replicate a family member’s voice and the family member will sound distressed and having an emergency so you don’t have time to think. Best thing to do is hang up and call that family member “back” to confirm.
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is actually a really common scam these days. A scammer will call and use AI to replicate a family member’s voice and the family member will sound distressed and having an emergency so you don’t have time to think. Best thing to do is hang up and call that family member “back” to confirm.
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The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.
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People who can’t tell the difference between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can’t put into words.
🙃
🙃
December 6, 2024 at 3:46 PM
People who can’t tell the difference between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can’t put into words.
🙃
🙃
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this makes me smile every time i see it www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0A...
Tubthumping - They Might Be Giants & The AV Club Chorus
YouTube video by ParticleMen
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
this makes me smile every time i see it www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0A...
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“What about when only my tracks are visible, my lord? Where were you then?”
And Yoda responded, “CARRY ME YOU DID!”
And Yoda responded, “CARRY ME YOU DID!”
“And what about when there was one set of giant tracks in the sand, Lord?”
And the Lord said, lol, that was when Bigfoot carried both of us.
And the Lord said, lol, that was when Bigfoot carried both of us.
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“What about when only my tracks are visible, my lord? Where were you then?”
And Yoda responded, “CARRY ME YOU DID!”
And Yoda responded, “CARRY ME YOU DID!”
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Oh shit they finally came up with a socially beneficial use case
ChatGPT gladly shoots a YouTuber, overriding safety protocols with minimal manipulation - gamepressure.com
The YouTube channel InsideAI tested ChatGPT's limits with a BB gun, and all it took was a straightforward trick to get the AI to pull the trigger.
www.gamepressure.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Oh shit they finally came up with a socially beneficial use case
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Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
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Friends, a friendly reminder to not skip the alt text on images and videos. You don't have to raise it to the level of artistry that @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social delivers with every screenshot, but even a basic description will go far towards helping our comrades with visual and/or perceptual issues.
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Friends, a friendly reminder to not skip the alt text on images and videos. You don't have to raise it to the level of artistry that @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social delivers with every screenshot, but even a basic description will go far towards helping our comrades with visual and/or perceptual issues.
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Of course, for images of private citizens and locations, please do be mindful of good information hygiene as it's easy with a little effort to identify people and places and when people were in places. There's a reason I don't typically post vacation pictures until I've been home a bit, f'rinstance.
Friends, a friendly reminder to not skip the alt text on images and videos. You don't have to raise it to the level of artistry that @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social delivers with every screenshot, but even a basic description will go far towards helping our comrades with visual and/or perceptual issues.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Of course, for images of private citizens and locations, please do be mindful of good information hygiene as it's easy with a little effort to identify people and places and when people were in places. There's a reason I don't typically post vacation pictures until I've been home a bit, f'rinstance.
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The whole “self-deportation” thing is obviously a sham. This despicable regime WANTS to punish undocumented immigrants by violently abducting them, separating them from family, & throwing them into some foreign prison.
NEW: You've read a lot about immigrants kidnapped, forcibly detained, and held in ICE facilities -- what about the immigrants *trying* to leave the country? Turns out its wildly difficult for them too.
don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
don't miss this from @telliotter.bsky.social:
The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit Show
The Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The whole “self-deportation” thing is obviously a sham. This despicable regime WANTS to punish undocumented immigrants by violently abducting them, separating them from family, & throwing them into some foreign prison.
Over 5,000 minutes listening to @naddpod.bsky.social this year on Spotify, making me tin the top 17% there,
>> AND I USUALLY LISTEN TO NADDPOD ON THE APPLE PODCASTS APP!! <<
Either I rule, or NADDPod does, or both.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
>> AND I USUALLY LISTEN TO NADDPOD ON THE APPLE PODCASTS APP!! <<
Either I rule, or NADDPod does, or both.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
My Top Podcast of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Over 5,000 minutes listening to @naddpod.bsky.social this year on Spotify, making me tin the top 17% there,
>> AND I USUALLY LISTEN TO NADDPOD ON THE APPLE PODCASTS APP!! <<
Either I rule, or NADDPod does, or both.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
>> AND I USUALLY LISTEN TO NADDPOD ON THE APPLE PODCASTS APP!! <<
Either I rule, or NADDPod does, or both.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
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On a related note it's to rotate your mother's maiden name and first pet
There is a post gaining speed here that starts "Introduce yourself with the first 5 cars you’ve owned"
Please don't do this. It's still (stupidly) used as a security question for some things, & it's been used as a security question since long before people thought to lie in their security questions
Please don't do this. It's still (stupidly) used as a security question for some things, & it's been used as a security question since long before people thought to lie in their security questions
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On a related note it's to rotate your mother's maiden name and first pet
@profanity.accountant Me next, uh, you fuckin …account!
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@profanity.accountant Me next, uh, you fuckin …account!
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DNS is by definition both ancient and extremely janky at its very best.
When DNS works, it is “magical plumbing” that “just works”. When DNS doesn’t work, it is evil spawn of Machiavelli with arcane and sinister settings.
Just ask CloudFlare… or AWS… or Microsoft about fun with DNS.
When DNS works, it is “magical plumbing” that “just works”. When DNS doesn’t work, it is evil spawn of Machiavelli with arcane and sinister settings.
Just ask CloudFlare… or AWS… or Microsoft about fun with DNS.
I just did the jankiest thing to make DNS work. Thanks for your help and expert knowledge of old ass AD settings @airbornegeek.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
DNS is by definition both ancient and extremely janky at its very best.
When DNS works, it is “magical plumbing” that “just works”. When DNS doesn’t work, it is evil spawn of Machiavelli with arcane and sinister settings.
Just ask CloudFlare… or AWS… or Microsoft about fun with DNS.
When DNS works, it is “magical plumbing” that “just works”. When DNS doesn’t work, it is evil spawn of Machiavelli with arcane and sinister settings.
Just ask CloudFlare… or AWS… or Microsoft about fun with DNS.
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Scotty making sure he pisses off all the alpha incels today💀
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Scotty making sure he pisses off all the alpha incels today💀
Bye Summit! Bye Seattle!! With @pianorayk.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bye Summit! Bye Seattle!! With @pianorayk.bsky.social
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I think I just hit the Friday afternoon wall #passdatasummit
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think I just hit the Friday afternoon wall #passdatasummit
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Trump, being in the process of sun downing, probably hates all the miserable people around him, because they're all evil, and he's losing grip with reality. Then a real human being comes around and is warm and friendly, and grandpa is just beside himself. He needs to be in a home.
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trump, being in the process of sun downing, probably hates all the miserable people around him, because they're all evil, and he's losing grip with reality. Then a real human being comes around and is warm and friendly, and grandpa is just beside himself. He needs to be in a home.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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UBI FUCKING WORKS GIVE PEOPLE MONEY
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
UBI FUCKING WORKS GIVE PEOPLE MONEY
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Trump is utterly charmed; Mamdani convinced him that all they both want is for NY to be great; Trump is defending Mamdani from loaded questions by his pet reporters and wants to be his best friend.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump is utterly charmed; Mamdani convinced him that all they both want is for NY to be great; Trump is defending Mamdani from loaded questions by his pet reporters and wants to be his best friend.