Jen Gingras Harper
@jengingras.bsky.social
She/her
* Disabled by Covid; #pwLC since 2022
* Once (and future?) content strategist/manager, editor, competitive rower: linkedin.com/in/jennifergingras
* Still a writer: movingsideways.substack.com
* Oaklandish natiVermonter on Wabanaki land
* Disabled by Covid; #pwLC since 2022
* Once (and future?) content strategist/manager, editor, competitive rower: linkedin.com/in/jennifergingras
* Still a writer: movingsideways.substack.com
* Oaklandish natiVermonter on Wabanaki land
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ME: I want to do some traveling
BANK ACCOUNT: Like...to the porch?
BANK ACCOUNT: Like...to the porch?
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ME: I want to do some traveling
BANK ACCOUNT: Like...to the porch?
BANK ACCOUNT: Like...to the porch?
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I'm not a fan of remakes, but the new Airplane! looks rad
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm not a fan of remakes, but the new Airplane! looks rad
❤️❤️❤️
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
❤️❤️❤️
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“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
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We're working hard on November's list (which will be another doozy, piggies), but until then, here's October's. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: October 2025: Atrocities 467-529
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We're working hard on November's list (which will be another doozy, piggies), but until then, here's October's. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
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HENCEFORTH, I AM IN CHARGE OF STUFFING.
Tf was my family making all those years I couldn't manage three bites?!
Tf was my family making all those years I couldn't manage three bites?!
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
HENCEFORTH, I AM IN CHARGE OF STUFFING.
Tf was my family making all those years I couldn't manage three bites?!
Tf was my family making all those years I couldn't manage three bites?!
Well, we wanted to watch Peanuts specials for Thanksgiving, but we aren't an Apple family.
So now we've defaulted to South Park specials.
Starvin' Marvin ftfw, I guess.
So now we've defaulted to South Park specials.
Starvin' Marvin ftfw, I guess.
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Well, we wanted to watch Peanuts specials for Thanksgiving, but we aren't an Apple family.
So now we've defaulted to South Park specials.
Starvin' Marvin ftfw, I guess.
So now we've defaulted to South Park specials.
Starvin' Marvin ftfw, I guess.
<---This is my shocked face
The U.S. private sector shed more than 13,500 jobs per week on average in October and early November, according to data released Tuesday by the private payroll processing firm ADP, offering one of the few real-time reads on a weakening labor market.
Private Job Losses Sped Up This Month — Here's What To Know.
ADP’s weekly data shows private sector job cuts accelerated — as economists look toward alternative indicators as the federal government has not released labor reports.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
<---This is my shocked face
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Church Street Burlington Vermont
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Church Street Burlington Vermont
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
Cool. Let the man who wants to be king eat it.
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Cool. Let the man who wants to be king eat it.
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Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Love you back, neighbor. 😂❤️
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Love you back, neighbor. 😂❤️
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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When you don’t want to talk about the economy, the Ukraine shitshow, selling pardons, the Mark Kelly fiasco, the ICE invasion, the impending Venezuelan invasion, or any other relevant topic there’s always <paper towels>
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
When you don’t want to talk about the economy, the Ukraine shitshow, selling pardons, the Mark Kelly fiasco, the ICE invasion, the impending Venezuelan invasion, or any other relevant topic there’s always <paper towels>
...and when you infrequently feel betterish and try to make plans, you can't keep them.
...and if you have kids, you can parent or you can Do Things, but not both.
...etc.
😟
...and if you have kids, you can parent or you can Do Things, but not both.
...etc.
😟
This is an excellent piece on PEM by @darthfoo.bsky.social. Seriously considering sending to literally everyone I know.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
...and when you infrequently feel betterish and try to make plans, you can't keep them.
...and if you have kids, you can parent or you can Do Things, but not both.
...etc.
😟
...and if you have kids, you can parent or you can Do Things, but not both.
...etc.
😟
Holy shit, this is absolute trash. They're hoping T. Swift's wedding will convince young liberal women to get married and have babies.
These are not serious people, and the commercials are even worse. 😳
These are not serious people, and the commercials are even worse. 😳
Lord help, the mechanic has Fox News on in the waiting area. 🙄 Not unexpected, but uggghhh, may these folks choke on their endless fucking grievances.
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Holy shit, this is absolute trash. They're hoping T. Swift's wedding will convince young liberal women to get married and have babies.
These are not serious people, and the commercials are even worse. 😳
These are not serious people, and the commercials are even worse. 😳
Lord help, the mechanic has Fox News on in the waiting area. 🙄 Not unexpected, but uggghhh, may these folks choke on their endless fucking grievances.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lord help, the mechanic has Fox News on in the waiting area. 🙄 Not unexpected, but uggghhh, may these folks choke on their endless fucking grievances.
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"we won't pay you living wages, why aren't you buying things, it's a real mystery"
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"we won't pay you living wages, why aren't you buying things, it's a real mystery"
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"Please we need you to buy new phones to save the economy"
"Oh are they affordable and have features we need and like?"
"Oh goodness no"
"Oh are they affordable and have features we need and like?"
"Oh goodness no"
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Please we need you to buy new phones to save the economy"
"Oh are they affordable and have features we need and like?"
"Oh goodness no"
"Oh are they affordable and have features we need and like?"
"Oh goodness no"
Confession: I'm finally reading "Beloved."
We were lucky to get excerpts of Black authors when I was in school. 🙄
We were lucky to get excerpts of Black authors when I was in school. 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Confession: I'm finally reading "Beloved."
We were lucky to get excerpts of Black authors when I was in school. 🙄
We were lucky to get excerpts of Black authors when I was in school. 🙄
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Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey, 40, has died after nearly 5 years battling severe Long COVID. She faced repeated hospitalisations, grueling treatment, and never regained her health. Her family confirmed she passed away on 18 November in Manaus, Brazil.
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey, 40, has died after nearly 5 years battling severe Long COVID. She faced repeated hospitalisations, grueling treatment, and never regained her health. Her family confirmed she passed away on 18 November in Manaus, Brazil.
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
Source: archive.md/nxK4K