Jen Dick
@jendick.bsky.social
learning & teaching & books & writing & art & music & games • geek, nerd & dork • Channeler of Cosmic Angst, Lover of Genre Trash • she/her • caring & doing & being Too Much • Pls mask: vulnerable people are everywhere • typical atypical autistic
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They sent JD Vance to Indiana and they were like never do that to us again
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
They sent JD Vance to Indiana and they were like never do that to us again
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Autism affects communication, sensory processing, relationships, work basically everything. Expecting autistic people to separate life from autism is like asking someone to stop being themselves. It’s not possible, and it’s not fair
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Autism affects communication, sensory processing, relationships, work basically everything. Expecting autistic people to separate life from autism is like asking someone to stop being themselves. It’s not possible, and it’s not fair
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So I heard Colonel Pam Stevenson is running for Glitch McConnells soon to be vacant senate seat.
The MAGAt vying for the same seat is an absolute nightmare, and should be stomped in the primary.
But we know how that goes.
So we need to stand up and out for the candidates we choose.
#SheShed
The MAGAt vying for the same seat is an absolute nightmare, and should be stomped in the primary.
But we know how that goes.
So we need to stand up and out for the candidates we choose.
#SheShed
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
So I heard Colonel Pam Stevenson is running for Glitch McConnells soon to be vacant senate seat.
The MAGAt vying for the same seat is an absolute nightmare, and should be stomped in the primary.
But we know how that goes.
So we need to stand up and out for the candidates we choose.
#SheShed
The MAGAt vying for the same seat is an absolute nightmare, and should be stomped in the primary.
But we know how that goes.
So we need to stand up and out for the candidates we choose.
#SheShed
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Not an original thought but it really is something that the United States federal government can raid your home with helicopters, molest your children in the middle of the night, destroy your home and render you homeless…and YOU’RE on the hook thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not an original thought but it really is something that the United States federal government can raid your home with helicopters, molest your children in the middle of the night, destroy your home and render you homeless…and YOU’RE on the hook thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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It’s an anti consent machine. I would really love to see what would happen if we had a discussion with someone who did clinical psych and futurists
It’s boundary testing . They have enough of a power gap that they can test multiple ways to try and avoid boundaries
It’s boundary testing . They have enough of a power gap that they can test multiple ways to try and avoid boundaries
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s an anti consent machine. I would really love to see what would happen if we had a discussion with someone who did clinical psych and futurists
It’s boundary testing . They have enough of a power gap that they can test multiple ways to try and avoid boundaries
It’s boundary testing . They have enough of a power gap that they can test multiple ways to try and avoid boundaries
I don't know what the hell is going on at SFO but it's been nonstop loud-ass airplanes for hours.
I'm literally sick and tired and desperate for even 20 min of quiet or at least something that doesn't make my earplugs feel non existent.
Literally 2 hours of constant noise.
I'm literally sick and tired and desperate for even 20 min of quiet or at least something that doesn't make my earplugs feel non existent.
Literally 2 hours of constant noise.
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I don't know what the hell is going on at SFO but it's been nonstop loud-ass airplanes for hours.
I'm literally sick and tired and desperate for even 20 min of quiet or at least something that doesn't make my earplugs feel non existent.
Literally 2 hours of constant noise.
I'm literally sick and tired and desperate for even 20 min of quiet or at least something that doesn't make my earplugs feel non existent.
Literally 2 hours of constant noise.
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tired: Amelia Bedilia was silly and foolish and excessively literal
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
Amelia Bedilia was RIGHT rich folks DO want things done strangely
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tired: Amelia Bedilia was silly and foolish and excessively literal
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
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"Typically, students come into the Basic Needs center because of a specific crisis, such as losing their job. But now, students come in just because they’re getting squeezed all around by rent, utilities & food prices."
“We ask what changed, and they say, ‘Nothing, I just can’t afford it anymore.’”
“We ask what changed, and they say, ‘Nothing, I just can’t afford it anymore.’”
Hunger is squeezing California students — and it could get worse
Experts say that hunger and economic distress can affect students’ academic performance, or it can determine whether students make the decision to attend — or finish — college.
edsource.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Typically, students come into the Basic Needs center because of a specific crisis, such as losing their job. But now, students come in just because they’re getting squeezed all around by rent, utilities & food prices."
“We ask what changed, and they say, ‘Nothing, I just can’t afford it anymore.’”
“We ask what changed, and they say, ‘Nothing, I just can’t afford it anymore.’”
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My first piece for @thesicktimes.org!
In response to @brittashoot.com's reporting on LC/ME specialists opting out of insurance in order to “spend more time on patient care rather than administrative work,” I argue that administrative work IS patient care, especially for people living in poverty.
In response to @brittashoot.com's reporting on LC/ME specialists opting out of insurance in order to “spend more time on patient care rather than administrative work,” I argue that administrative work IS patient care, especially for people living in poverty.
Today @thesicktimes.org: "Having a doctor who is willing and available to engage with survival admin makes the difference between being able to access necessities and going without, and can be the only lifeline against neglect."
By @crookedneighbor.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2025/12/09/d...
By @crookedneighbor.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2025/12/09/d...
Doctors who refuse to engage with administrative work are abandoning their poorest and sickest patients - The Sick Times
Having a Long COVID or ME doctor who is willing and available to engage with survival admin makes the difference between being able to access necessities and going without, and can be the only lifelin...
thesicktimes.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My first piece for @thesicktimes.org!
In response to @brittashoot.com's reporting on LC/ME specialists opting out of insurance in order to “spend more time on patient care rather than administrative work,” I argue that administrative work IS patient care, especially for people living in poverty.
In response to @brittashoot.com's reporting on LC/ME specialists opting out of insurance in order to “spend more time on patient care rather than administrative work,” I argue that administrative work IS patient care, especially for people living in poverty.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Grade: C
The churn of stale words in the heart again. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition. I pushed and pulled in vain; the wheels would not turn. How hideous is the semicolon.
The churn of stale words in the heart again. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition. I pushed and pulled in vain; the wheels would not turn. How hideous is the semicolon.
My Grading Scale for the Fall Semester, Composed Entirely of Samuel Beckett Quotes
A There is a little of everything, apparently, in nature, and freaks are common. Yes, there were times when I forgot not only who I was but that I ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Grade: C
The churn of stale words in the heart again. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition. I pushed and pulled in vain; the wheels would not turn. How hideous is the semicolon.
The churn of stale words in the heart again. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition. I pushed and pulled in vain; the wheels would not turn. How hideous is the semicolon.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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please help Rana's family if you can 💜
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
please help Rana's family if you can 💜
Learn and prepare for what you can do where you are and then do it. We can all do something and who knows what impact it'll have.
“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.”
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
“‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.”
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
'Go somewhere else': Manager locks Border Patrol out of Kenner store
In video shared with WWL, the manager can be heard taunting agents through the locked door.
www.wwltv.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Learn and prepare for what you can do where you are and then do it. We can all do something and who knows what impact it'll have.
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I'm thinking a lot about how making work/labor invisible is tied up with white supremacy, and patriarchy, and all kinds of othering.
gen ai as a project exists to ingest the other and reconfigure it as white supremacist fantasy
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm thinking a lot about how making work/labor invisible is tied up with white supremacy, and patriarchy, and all kinds of othering.
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Hey all, this is @haecnicola.bsky.social & I’m managing this acct for Fidaa much like a social media coordinator would do for a client. She will send me things to post.
Fidaa can’t access Bluesky due to her IP being in 🇵🇸.
Words will generally be Fidaa’s. When it’s me, I’ll sign like this
- Nicola
Fidaa can’t access Bluesky due to her IP being in 🇵🇸.
Words will generally be Fidaa’s. When it’s me, I’ll sign like this
- Nicola
Help Fidaa and Her Children To Survive
Dear Friends
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July 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hey all, this is @haecnicola.bsky.social & I’m managing this acct for Fidaa much like a social media coordinator would do for a client. She will send me things to post.
Fidaa can’t access Bluesky due to her IP being in 🇵🇸.
Words will generally be Fidaa’s. When it’s me, I’ll sign like this
- Nicola
Fidaa can’t access Bluesky due to her IP being in 🇵🇸.
Words will generally be Fidaa’s. When it’s me, I’ll sign like this
- Nicola
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
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Mr Roger’s is who Mjolnir was made for
This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Mr Roger’s is who Mjolnir was made for
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The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
It is still permissible for the punishment of a crime.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
It is still permissible for the punishment of a crime.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
It is still permissible for the punishment of a crime.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
The 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery.
It is still permissible for the punishment of a crime.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
This post (TRUE) just made me realize I dreamt it snowed in the Bay Area last night
those who leave snow on their car roofs are without honor
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This post (TRUE) just made me realize I dreamt it snowed in the Bay Area last night
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They hit a nursery.. death toll expected to rise.. a nursery, killing, at least, 33 children
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Paramilitary drone attack in southern Sudan kills at least 50 people, including 33 children
Paramilitary drone attack in southern Sudan kills at least 50 people, including 33 children
At least 50 people, including 33 children, have been killed in southern Sudan after a drone attack by paramilitary forces hit a nursery in South Kordofan state.
news.sky.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
They hit a nursery.. death toll expected to rise.. a nursery, killing, at least, 33 children
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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This is Poncho. He's trying to fix some mistakes on his medical record. Actually does not require any more shots, must have been a typo. 12/10 (TT: veterinariabarranquitas)
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is Poncho. He's trying to fix some mistakes on his medical record. Actually does not require any more shots, must have been a typo. 12/10 (TT: veterinariabarranquitas)
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December 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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