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Jennifer C. Martin

@notreallyjcm.bsky.social

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Dirtbag Christian, writer, editor, and speaker Polyamorous, bi, mom, communist, theology nerd, foodie, southerner, gamer, reader, and lover of both the lowbrow and highbrow. Calvinists DNI Located in RVA. She/her. https://linktr.ee/jennifercmartin

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · Nov 19

If we are pals or were friends on Twitter, but I haven't followed you back, feel free to reply here or DM me. I am easily overwhelmed and miss things and have a terrible working memory :)

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 5h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 19m

I was literally a young republican and I did, said, and believed so many stupid things when I was a teenager. My internet history blueprint is probably full of trash and insanity. Never once did I or anyone else I knew who identified as conservative say “I love Hitler“ or anything close to it lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 7h

babe i support her sluttiness but i cannot support her choice... rfk jr. is an idiot who probably smells like gross homeopathic remedies & roadkill. he is responsible for anti-vaccine deaths now! we are allowed to judge women who have shitty taste in men and inadvertently promote monsters into power

Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve been reading every article I can about Elizabeth Gilbert and her wild insights and the codependent insane relationship she had with a severely ill woman whom she considered euthanizing… I may even read the book myself.

It’s like what if the Unabomber were a girl. a rich famous white girl.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 19h

These same people wanted anyone who didn't say "Charlie Kirk was God's perfect gift to humanity" to get banned from social media platforms, fired, and/or go to jail

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 19h

Do you think that Scully and Mulder of the FBI (unofficial?) X Files team is at bureaucratic odds with the Men in Black department? (Are they under the CIA? Pentagon? Unique federal branch??)

It seems like they'd run into a lot of conflict in regard to secrecy and investigations.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

i'm a huge music video fan and this is in my top 5 and i still think about it all the time... bring back r&b

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip...

Why D’Angelo’s ‘Untitled’ Video Is Still Uniquely Provocative, Nearly Two Decades Later

The video for Dâ€™Angeloâ€™s â€œUntitled (How Does It Feel)â€ is famously simple: a man, nude as far as the edge of the frame sitting low on his hips, singing so passionately it seems like his inspir...

www.billboard.com

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

this is extremely vibes-based and not data-based information, but the leftist/liberal divide always feels like it's secretly a high income/low income divide

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

CNBC
There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

The hostage exchange isn’t nothing but Bibi will never stop terrorizing Palestinians

Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 1d

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

well-read men wouldn't be so easily triggered by a random opinion from a woman online lmao. those that are should definitely give me a wide berth!

also, "generalization" isn't the right word when there's DATA www.arts.gov/stories/blog...

The Men-Women Split in Reading is Real—and Persists Amid Historical Rate Declines

What does the data tell us about reading rates by gender?

www.arts.gov

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 1d

with your help, i believe sojo.net can become the new Washington Post.

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

I find these three separate viewpoints of the No Kings protests fascinating because they're so different from each other. I just feel like we should all be aware of the difference here and how each media outlet or figure portrays it! It feels like we are all living in completely different worlds

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives: This small, violent group of paid protestors hate America and are single-handedly causing the government shutdown

Leftists: No Kings is a sell-out cuck capitalist organizational protest and anyone who participates is an idiot

Liberals: This protest will save democracy! No violence!

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

George of the Jungle holds up

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

this quickly became my favorite benicio del toro character of all time

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 16d

a few small beers

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Dark and Wondrous - it's in the trees! it's coming! @darkandwondrous.bsky.social · 1d

TIL.

"Before John Willie, fetish art was a scattered collection of private photographs and crude drawings, a subculture without a flag (and also some of My favourites - see Bernard Montorgueil and Julie Delcourt). Willie truly gave it a uniform and codified the entire aesthetic."

Diana Von Rigg @mistressdiana.co.uk · 2d

Almost every piece of modern fetish art you’ve ever seen owes a debt to one man. Most probably don’t even know his name, which is a quiet tragedy of its own…

His name was John Willie.

Read More: open.substack.com/pub/dianavon...

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 2d

sorry you guys i think artistic and intellectual personal pursuits are still more worthwhile than the nonstop consumption of capitalist slop and media that acts as nothing but nonstop dopamine hits, even the parts of all that i enjoy and peruse

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 2d

men don't read enough fiction (or in general really) and it's ruined their lives

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 2d

also, as kirsten dunst once pointed out, only men are afforded the opportunity to treat everyone like shit under the guise of "method acting" and any female actress doing it would be fired or at least talked shit about -- certainly not clever genius

Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 2d

treat yourself this holiday season by watching the Columbus Day/Nihilist A.J. episode of The Sopranos today

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` it 's anti italian discrimination ''

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` it 's anti italian discrimination ''

media.tenor.com

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 2d

now that everyone is split across so many social media platforms the search for constant validation and attention (which, I get! to an extent!) is rougher than ever, and people will do anything for it now. just looking around the world and deciding to get mad at a rando... bad content times

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 3d

I know this administration lies to us constantly, and about far more horrifying things, but man, ”China has more to lose than the U.S. in a trade war” is the kinda whopper that’s so untrue it’s almost funny. Ans the lie is gonna affect a lot of business-minded people!

Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 3d

Narrator: "That was a lie."

Current monopolies held by China -
- Gallium: >95%
- Geranium: ~80%
- Natural Graphite: ~70% (Mining) / ~90% (Refining)
- Antimony ~80%
- Tungsten ~80%
- Bismuth ~80%
- Magnesium ~85%
- REE Refining ~85%

Vance Says US Holds More Cards in Escalating China Trade Spat

Vice President JD Vance called on Beijing to “choose the path of reason” in the latest spiraling trade fight between the US and China, claiming that President Donald Trump has more leverage.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 3d

how is this guy alive

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 3d

Hey @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social I think you should know about this.

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Public Intoxication. Aggie Park. Contacted subject eating a sandwich with a water jug of whiskey. BAC was.337. Released to EMS. #BTHOflorida
7:14 PM • 10/11/25 • 22K Views

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 4d

People just hitting publish on their years-old pre-written obits so they can be first