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Jen Willis 💫🎃

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Writer. Editor. @SkyandTelescope columnist. Chronic illness/pain/optimism. ND. Astronerd. Fangirl of trees, otters, & more. She/her. jennifer-willis.com

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · Nov 28

You know what all the cool kids* are doing? Checking their voter registration on a regular basis, and/or registering for the first time.

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(*I mean, maybe? I am not cool. But voting is super important.)

Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 5h

I've been pretty lucky, I suppose, in that this hasn't happened more often. Some authors get absolutely slammed by readers who think they're gaming the system without giving any thought to the very real consequences downstream.

Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 6h

Y'all. Don't be the person who buys, reads, and then returns a book, especially a new release. This hurts the author and their future prospects more than you know. If you really want to read that book for free, have you tried the library?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 7h

Oh my gosh! Only 17 days until Halloween! 🎃👻

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

Find a frog gathering near you this Saturday, October 18

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Nokings.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Good Luck Sock @goodlucksock.bsky.social · 23h

How did I get my job as an undertaker? I buried my competition.
Halloween socks at GoodLuckSock.com
#halloween #spookyseason #spooktober #ilovehalloween

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 23h

I love this city.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Quintessentially Portland’: nude cyclists protest against national guard deployment

Riders wore nothing – or close to it – in hastily called event against Trump’s attempts to mobilize the national guard

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

I am scared. Please boost? Give any amount youre able?

♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 2d

Please boost to Help Me see the dentist to treat this painful abscess?

At $230/$1200 (estimate) needed for next round of dental work to get this infection under control.

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 2d

I love that in future history books, "then the inflatables arrived" will be part of the record.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedChicago

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 2d

"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." -- Anne Lamott (quoting Tom Weston)

This stuck with me when I first read it decades ago, but it has been on my mind an awful lot in these days of rampant religious hypocrisy.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 2d

Also on sale on @bookshop.org

Carly Putnam 🦖 @cputnam.bsky.social · 2d

Also on bookshop.org! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Emilie Adventures: Emilie and the Hollow World & Emilie and the Sky World

Emilie and the Hollow World & Emilie and the Sky World

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

Don't forget to spend your FSA money. Lots of things that you can purchase using those funds will be of great use and interest to places like homeless shelters, domestic violence organizations, mutual aid groups & more.

Consider buying menstrual products for one thing.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 2d

Portland peeps! I'll be at Powell's City of Books tonight with the fabulous @jennykiefer.com to interview her about her new book, CRAFTING FOR SINNERS. Come find out just how dangerous a craft store can be!
www.powells.com/events/jenny...

Jenny Kiefer in Conversation With Wendy N. Wagner Event

The Legendary Independent Bookstore

www.powells.com

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 2d

Happy anniversary!

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Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 2d

The Unipiper showed up. 💙

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 2d

Posting this knitting pattern again, for any who are interested. I will have a few more hats to give away next Saturday.

jennifer-willis.com/2025/03/upsi...

Upside-down US flag pussyhat pattern

I’m not supposed to be knitting so much: doctor’s orders. I’ve aggravated the arthritis in my hands and developed tendonitis in my left thumb. I have at least slowed down and taken time off from kn…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 2d

It's dog o'clock

A giant fluffy white dog sitting in the foreground with a shaggy black dog standing on a bench in the background.

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 3d

Last night, I made a vegetarian/vegan stew with chickpeas, carrots, green peas, white rice, FODY veg bouillon, and a few spices. And damn, it's even better the second day.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 4d

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 4d

This is awesome.

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Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 3d

Gentle passing, Diane Keaton.

To be honest, this death doesn't feel possible.

Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 3d

Certain celebrity deaths are harder to process than others because the person in question was so full of life and creativity and originality that you just assume it's never going to end.

Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 3d

So I just ordered a Tigger costume for Halloween/protesting.

Yes, I live in Portland.