NatalieJane
@janetheplain.bsky.social
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NatalieJane
@janetheplain.bsky.social
· Apr 7
archiveofourown.org
I should probably actually use this platform to share fanfic news lol. I am NatalieR on AO3! I mostly write HeavyMedic, mostly with a BLU team OC couple I've been writing lately! You can find the first story in their series here:
archiveofourown.org/works/58667821
archiveofourown.org/works/58667821
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Okay but have you considered that part of what makes us angrier and polarized is that we are made more aware of the uncool things being done in places that we cannot see? That we are able to see what the BBC and New York Times would rather wave away?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?
My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse?
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Okay but have you considered that part of what makes us angrier and polarized is that we are made more aware of the uncool things being done in places that we cannot see? That we are able to see what the BBC and New York Times would rather wave away?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
Three delivery apps, including UberEats, will pay NYC delivery workers $4.6 million after they violated the city's minimum pay law.
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement - Streetsblog New York City
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
Full of hope this morning. Let's keep going ❤️
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Full of hope this morning. Let's keep going ❤️
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Lovely article. Underrated passage here:
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Lovely article. Underrated passage here:
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Mayor Mamdani consistently and regularly demonstrates that your mayor, your politicians, could be doing this at any point and they just don't because they don't care, and that's exactly why the establishment was panicked and aggressively tried to make sure he lost. They didn't want you to see this.
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Mayor Mamdani consistently and regularly demonstrates that your mayor, your politicians, could be doing this at any point and they just don't because they don't care, and that's exactly why the establishment was panicked and aggressively tried to make sure he lost. They didn't want you to see this.
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After the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
After the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…
FLAWLESS
Sniper is fudanshi-ing out!! (yes this is a reference to Beaux and Arrows achievement lol)
(Old animatic that i don't see myself finishing, so i'll just post what i have; the song is Confessions of a Rotten Girl by SAWTOWNE)
#tf2 #teamfortress2 #tf2sniper #tf2heavy #tf2medic #heavymedic
(Old animatic that i don't see myself finishing, so i'll just post what i have; the song is Confessions of a Rotten Girl by SAWTOWNE)
#tf2 #teamfortress2 #tf2sniper #tf2heavy #tf2medic #heavymedic
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
FLAWLESS
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ugh why is everybody calling my masked armed death squads who kidnap kindergartners the gestapo
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
ugh why is everybody calling my masked armed death squads who kidnap kindergartners the gestapo
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male incompetence epidemic
nothing smacks of professional-grade logistics like FREE scrawled on a cardboard box in bubble letters
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
male incompetence epidemic
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Worth repeating that the people of Minnesota are braver than the US marines and it's not close
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Worth repeating that the people of Minnesota are braver than the US marines and it's not close
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You: It can’t happen to me.
The state: we looked into this white guy we killed and we do feel a need to bring up these parking tickets
The state: we looked into this white guy we killed and we do feel a need to bring up these parking tickets
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
You: It can’t happen to me.
The state: we looked into this white guy we killed and we do feel a need to bring up these parking tickets
The state: we looked into this white guy we killed and we do feel a need to bring up these parking tickets
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it is a regular thing where i see a post about an awful current event which is like "this is terrible! someone should do something!" & i'm like hell yeah, & then i see it was posted by chuck schumer
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
it is a regular thing where i see a post about an awful current event which is like "this is terrible! someone should do something!" & i'm like hell yeah, & then i see it was posted by chuck schumer
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
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Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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overstaying a visa is the primary way people maintain an unauthorized presence in the United States. overstaying your visa is a civil infraction, like a five over speeding ticket. this is like saying there's no humane way to do traffic enforcement
It is very very hard to deal with illegal immigration at scale in a humane way. We need curated pathways to citizenship FULL STOP. This complexity is HIGHLIGHTED by the fact that Trump’s only answers are a) a big wall and b) a violent rogue agency that shoots moms in the face and kidnaps children.
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
overstaying a visa is the primary way people maintain an unauthorized presence in the United States. overstaying your visa is a civil infraction, like a five over speeding ticket. this is like saying there's no humane way to do traffic enforcement
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🧵 read this and be strengthened
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
🧵 read this and be strengthened
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Every political problem in the world can easily be resolved by noon tomorrow but the tradeoff is that about twenty individual men would increase their wealth at a slightly slower rate than they are currently increasing their wealth and that’s why it’ll never happen.
January 22, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Every political problem in the world can easily be resolved by noon tomorrow but the tradeoff is that about twenty individual men would increase their wealth at a slightly slower rate than they are currently increasing their wealth and that’s why it’ll never happen.
After sitting on my ass and watching movies and anime for two weeks straight I FINALLY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO WRITE AGAIN!!!!! I CAN FINISH MY FUCKING FANFICS I'm so sorry to my readers, I have literally been so burnt out for so long 😭
January 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
After sitting on my ass and watching movies and anime for two weeks straight I FINALLY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO WRITE AGAIN!!!!! I CAN FINISH MY FUCKING FANFICS I'm so sorry to my readers, I have literally been so burnt out for so long 😭
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And they won’t let you cancel service. Curious! Fascinating.
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
And they won’t let you cancel service. Curious! Fascinating.
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Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.
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To be clear, Disney asked for quotes, then deleted the post because folks passed the vibes check 😂
January 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
To be clear, Disney asked for quotes, then deleted the post because folks passed the vibes check 😂
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taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail