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Jen Barr
@jenbarr.bsky.social
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Anthropologist, public health nerd, and editor. She/her. WASH wonk. Sometimes I write things. Not representative of my employer.
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Moo lickin’ her tail
Black and white cat licking her tail. She’s a cutie!
September 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Fall kitty for Caturday.
Silhouette of a black cat arching her back in a window with green trees
September 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Results from an investigation at one house in lead in spices
Slide. Turmeric 857k ppb; chili powder 26,900 ppb; coriander 23500 ppb; spice mixture 29500 ppb
September 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Super pretty here
Lake and mountains on a bright morning
September 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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This panel delights me.
Comic panel of a man with a ponytail and bow holding a pencil yelling "Let's talk about archiving!" There are sparkles to show how exciting and magical archiving is.
August 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Going to a wastewater treatment plant in Denver here tomorrow and thinking of WWTPs I have known. Plants in Rishikesh and Hardiwar in India. #WASH
A series of pipes and open air tanks next to a lovely river against green mountains. A fizzy tank of brown liquid (wastewater) in an openair tank with lush trees behind it.
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I'm trying to be better at feeling more comfortable talking about my fiction publicly so #WIPSnips feels like a way to dip my toes in...
Paragraph 2 of Battle Healer.
Text: The knight props himself up on his elbows and looks down at the dark wetness spreading on his front. He watches as each heartbeat pumps a little more blood out of him. He has never seen so much of his own blood before. He presses on the wound out of instinct, as if he can push the blood back in. At least King Caesin, ruler of Valengard, has gotten away safely. Gods, I’m tired. His thoughts seep away. Thoughts are difficult to hold onto.
August 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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August 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Happy Caturday.
Black cat sleepily lazing in a bed
July 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Menstrual "apron" from ancient Pueblo people, 500-700 CE, from the History Colorado collection. (Read the whole article on menstrual history!)
www.historycolorado.org/story/2024/0...
Several strands of yucca fiber woven together in a messy-looking rope
July 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Moo and I are both excited to start working today.
A black and white cat with her chin resting on my laptop keyboard, just snoozing away
July 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Starting my morning off reading in the backyard before I go inside and wrestle cats into carriers.
A book and cup of coffee on a patio table with grass in the background. The book is Vaccine Nation by Elena Conis
July 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Summer licks. #Caturday
Black and white cat giving tongue bath to black cat. Everyone looks cute and cozy.
June 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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New pope is from Chicago.
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Tulip season! Pics from my Sunday walk at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
Blush pink tulips in a planter next to a sculpture and pond A bright rainbow of tulips in spring sunshine
April 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Welp, this is vivid (which is the points of the book, I know).
A page in a book with a text block, divided into a white block and a green one. The white block says, "Jeff Bezos is worth $198 billion." The green box says, "Let's imagine if each step of a staircase represents $100,000 in the bank. Most people, including 1 in 2 Americans and 89% of the world, can't even step onto the first step fo the staircase because they ahve less. After 4 steps, we've lost over 75% of Americans. Fewer than 1 in 10 people will ever reach the 10th step: a million dollars. Now put on your most comfortable hiking shoes. You'd have to climb for 3 hours before reaching the net worth of a billionaire. After spending 9 hours a day climbing steps for 2 months, you'd have Ironman-level quads as you finally reach the wealth of Jeff Bezos."
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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This page is delightful. How different places around the world translated "6 feet distance" for people.
Book page with the following text: 1 hockey stick-Canada; 1 tatami mat- Japan; 1 adult gator-Florida; 1 surfboard-San DIego; 1 adult cassowary-North Queensland, Australia; 1 Michael Jordan-imagine Michael Jordan giving you and your friend an air-five-basketball court; 1 caribou-Yukon, Canada; 1 bear-Russia; 1 fathom-US navy; 1 alpaca-Ohio county fair; 1.5 wood chippers-North Dakota; 2 baguettes-France; 4 trout or 1 fishing rod-Montana; 1 surfboard or 1 1/2 mountain bikes-Orange County, CA; 4 koalas-Sydney; 24 buffalo wings-Buffalo, NY; 72 pistachios-New Mexico. Some of these are useful; others are just cute."
April 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I love how checking out a book from the library sometimes feels like getting a prize in your cereal box. Found this sticky note inside.
Bright pink sticky note that says "I love you" with a smiley face
April 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Boo is helping.
Black cat standing on my notebook with a book on a stand I'm taking notes from.
April 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Starting to read a new nonfic book on a rec from a friend! Making Numbers Count by Chip Heath and Karla Starr, a book on communicating numbers meaningfully.
A red book with a picture of a ruler sitting called Making Numbers Count. The book is sitting is sitting on pale wood desk next to a green composition notebook.
April 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I had an Indian friend text me "what's going on with America?" and I can only assume they mean this.
Starbucks branded sign on the sidewalk with an ad for "Iced Cherry Chai," a tan and pink frothy looking drink.
April 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Watch until the end. My cat is bonkers. #Cats
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Thank you, @catsofyore.bsky.social for telling me about the amazing art of Daniel Ryan! Just got two of his prints. The Moo cat approves.
An art print laying flat on a table of a panda holding a black and white cat, looking goofy. A black and white cat in real life is sitting next to the print looking at the camera looking affronted and cross-eyed.
February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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With some of the discourse around #alcohol and #publichealth, here's a reminder that #Colorado, in spite of reputation & relative wealth, struggles with poor mental health indicators, like most mountain states. CO is 7th highest in the US for alcohol-induced death rate.
www.kff.org/other/state-...
Table showing rates of alcohol-induced deaths by state for the years 2021 and 2022. States with the highest rates are NM, Alaska, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, and Colorado.
January 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Trying to be better at taking morning walks. Sights like this help.
A small lake at sunrise with trees in the background silhouetted against a pale orange sky. Hundreds of geese are on the lake.
January 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM