Jen Sinkler (she/her)
@jensinkler.bsky.social
Make art, make change. Queer, neurodivergent. Writer, creative director at Progress Iowa. (Views mine.) For, in, and from Iowa. Formerly Philly, MN, & forever women’s rugby.🌎🌍🌏🌈
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Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...
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September 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
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Spotted in South Philly 👀
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Spotted in South Philly 👀
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This has got to be the best time in 60 years to be organizing labor and tenants. Got to be. Got. To. Be.
September 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This has got to be the best time in 60 years to be organizing labor and tenants. Got to be. Got. To. Be.
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I think that Dr. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social had some characteristically smart things to say in this.
This part really resonated: "I'm going to need myself." It reminded me of Maxine Waters talking about reclaiming her time years ago.
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This part really resonated: "I'm going to need myself." It reminded me of Maxine Waters talking about reclaiming her time years ago.
www.instagram.com/tressiemcphd...
Tressie McMillan Cottom on Instagram: "More ill-advised sharing on: Black women being pushed out, liberal allies, managing my own boundaries, the shittiest lotto ticket you can buy, and a lesson from ...
3,097 likes, 146 comments - tressiemcphd on August 25, 2025: "More ill-advised sharing on: Black women being pushed out, liberal allies, managing my own boundaries, the shittiest lotto ticket you can ...
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September 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I think that Dr. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social had some characteristically smart things to say in this.
This part really resonated: "I'm going to need myself." It reminded me of Maxine Waters talking about reclaiming her time years ago.
www.instagram.com/tressiemcphd...
This part really resonated: "I'm going to need myself." It reminded me of Maxine Waters talking about reclaiming her time years ago.
www.instagram.com/tressiemcphd...
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starting to think the MAHA movement only makes sense relationally...
beyond a thin veneer of healthiness-as-beauty (thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social), their vision of health is only relative advantage over less-healthy poor people.
See below where I apply this to schools.
bsky.app/profile/loui...
beyond a thin veneer of healthiness-as-beauty (thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social), their vision of health is only relative advantage over less-healthy poor people.
See below where I apply this to schools.
bsky.app/profile/loui...
You can tolerate a low national bar for education etc. as long as your kid is getting “the best” of it, and is most likely to get into the school that gives them the “best” chances. Think how different that is than fighting for better, more affordable schools for everyone
September 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
starting to think the MAHA movement only makes sense relationally...
beyond a thin veneer of healthiness-as-beauty (thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social), their vision of health is only relative advantage over less-healthy poor people.
See below where I apply this to schools.
bsky.app/profile/loui...
beyond a thin veneer of healthiness-as-beauty (thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social), their vision of health is only relative advantage over less-healthy poor people.
See below where I apply this to schools.
bsky.app/profile/loui...
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Shuler: This is the choice working Americans have been given: chaos, or the same broken status quo.
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Shuler: This is the choice working Americans have been given: chaos, or the same broken status quo.
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
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The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump’s gutting of Medicaid: billboards in the rural US. The ‘big, beautiful’ bill will cut more than $1tn from the health plan, with rural hospitals feeling the brunt of it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump’s gutting of Medicaid: billboards in the rural US
The ‘big, beautiful’ bill will cut more than $1tn from the health plan, with rural hospitals feeling the brunt of it
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump’s gutting of Medicaid: billboards in the rural US. The ‘big, beautiful’ bill will cut more than $1tn from the health plan, with rural hospitals feeling the brunt of it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Prolonged exposure to soaring temperatures can cause a deterioration in our cells and tissues and speed up biological aging, according to a new and growing body of research.”
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Prolonged exposure to soaring temperatures can cause a deterioration in our cells and tissues and speed up biological aging, according to a new and growing body of research.”
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As you pump all the fresh water out of underground aquifers, the ground above it can sink. It's happening all around the world.
Take the surface of California’s Central Valley, which is now nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
Take the surface of California’s Central Valley, which is now nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
July 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
As you pump all the fresh water out of underground aquifers, the ground above it can sink. It's happening all around the world.
Take the surface of California’s Central Valley, which is now nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
Take the surface of California’s Central Valley, which is now nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
PMS also post-menopausal syndrome or why am I crying about/watching The O.C., lmao
July 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
PMS also post-menopausal syndrome or why am I crying about/watching The O.C., lmao
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Shark skin is made of lots of little teeth called dermal denticles!
July 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shark skin is made of lots of little teeth called dermal denticles!
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this is an explicitly white nationalist administration in a way that even woodrow wilson shied away from www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
this is an explicitly white nationalist administration in a way that even woodrow wilson shied away from www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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"...his words suggested he would do little to pressure Israel to pull back on its 21-month-long military campaign in Gaza, despite a growing humanitarian crisis that led one UN official this week to label Gazans “walking corpses.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/p...
Trump tells Israel to ‘finish the job’ against Hamas weeks after suggesting ceasefire deal in sight | CNN Politics
Only a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump seemed confident a deal was days away that would end the fighting in Gaza, secure the release of hostages and allow aid to flow into an enclave where peopl...
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July 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"...his words suggested he would do little to pressure Israel to pull back on its 21-month-long military campaign in Gaza, despite a growing humanitarian crisis that led one UN official this week to label Gazans “walking corpses.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/p...
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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The centrists and leftists can argue policy and ideological positioning all day long, but at its core this is a media environment and brand problem. Voters prefer Dem policies generally, but the brand itself is in the toilet.
The only way to fix this is with new leaders and new rhetoric.
The only way to fix this is with new leaders and new rhetoric.
July 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The centrists and leftists can argue policy and ideological positioning all day long, but at its core this is a media environment and brand problem. Voters prefer Dem policies generally, but the brand itself is in the toilet.
The only way to fix this is with new leaders and new rhetoric.
The only way to fix this is with new leaders and new rhetoric.
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“Data copied from devices during advanced searches at entry points into the U.S. gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of CBP employees without a warrant.” o.canada.com/travel/us-tr...
Travelling to the U.S.? Here's a guide to locking down phones and other devices
Worried about your electronics being checked when travelling into the United States? Here’s how to protect yourself.
o.canada.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Data copied from devices during advanced searches at entry points into the U.S. gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of CBP employees without a warrant.” o.canada.com/travel/us-tr...
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In “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” the author describes “inevitablism” as a tactic companies use to stop conversation about the amount of our private lives they are commodifying and selling.
Whenever anyone tells you “A.i.” is inevitable or you better use it or get left behind, look at where their money comes from.
July 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” the author describes “inevitablism” as a tactic companies use to stop conversation about the amount of our private lives they are commodifying and selling.
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This week on VIBE CHECK, we try to make sense of MAGA’s Epstein saga and we go all-in on James Gunn’s #Superman. I loved it! @zachstafford.bsky.social liked it. @samsanders.bsky.social has some notes. Listen here:
Ladies and Labubus
Vibe Check · Episode
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July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This week on VIBE CHECK, we try to make sense of MAGA’s Epstein saga and we go all-in on James Gunn’s #Superman. I loved it! @zachstafford.bsky.social liked it. @samsanders.bsky.social has some notes. Listen here:
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Philly’s AFSCME DC 33 is officially ON STRIKE!
Over 9,000 blue collar city workers who run our streets, libraries, sanitation, and more have refused the city’s lowball offers. They make an average of $46K while our mayor enriches herself, her cronies, and the cops www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
Over 9,000 blue collar city workers who run our streets, libraries, sanitation, and more have refused the city’s lowball offers. They make an average of $46K while our mayor enriches herself, her cronies, and the cops www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
Thousands of Philadelphia city workers are officially on strike
More than 9,000 city employees are on strike after contract talks fell apart between AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Parker’s administration, the first major city worker strike since 1986.
www.inquirer.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Philly’s AFSCME DC 33 is officially ON STRIKE!
Over 9,000 blue collar city workers who run our streets, libraries, sanitation, and more have refused the city’s lowball offers. They make an average of $46K while our mayor enriches herself, her cronies, and the cops www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
Over 9,000 blue collar city workers who run our streets, libraries, sanitation, and more have refused the city’s lowball offers. They make an average of $46K while our mayor enriches herself, her cronies, and the cops www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
No Kings. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Des Moines-Central Iowa · No Kings
Details still coming together- respond via email if you want to be a part of planning!
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
No Kings. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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🚨 🚨 🚨 If any of this sounds repugnant to you the US Capital Switchboard 202.224.3121. If you hesitate it will be too late. Let others know what is on the line.
May 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🚨 🚨 🚨 If any of this sounds repugnant to you the US Capital Switchboard 202.224.3121. If you hesitate it will be too late. Let others know what is on the line.
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New post by Bill Bumgarner: Iowans who support Medicaid cuts are punching themselves in the face. Lost Medicaid revenue only hurts your local hospital and reduces the range of services available in your community.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/05/24/s...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/05/24/s...
Straight up: Why Republican Medicaid cuts would hurt all Iowans
Bill Bumgarner: Lost Medicaid revenue only hurts your local hospital and reduces the range of services available in your community.
www.bleedingheartland.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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How is this making us healthier?
More firings at the National Cancer Institute, including the Cancer Information Service, “which provides answers to doctors and patients about cancer, and updates to databases summarizing cancer information for healthcare providers”.
I mean who needs it, right?
www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...
I mean who needs it, right?
www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-lay...
National Institutes of Health lays off hundreds more staff, including at cancer research institute
The cuts at the National Institutes of Health blindsided staff, after reassurances that no further layoffs were planned.
www.cbsnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How is this making us healthier?