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Jen Wang
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SoCal. Composer, ED of People Inside Electronics, choral singer, amateur viola da gamba & banjo player, mapo tofu enthusiast. No TERFs. She/her.
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Twitter's new geolocation tool reveals not only how many men are interacting with fake accounts pretending to be attractive women, but highlights a disturbing and persistent issue that has long plagued the site:

Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
wrd.cm
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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"You're not trying to beat anyone else at an audition. That's not your job. Your job is to play so well that they can't imagine *not* hiring you." -Lynne Ramsey, one of the best viola teachers I ever had, and a wizard at getting right to the point
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?

I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”

Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Russ Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.

Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president 👇
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re lucky in this house that the respective beginnings of HRT and perimenopause missed each other by a couple years.
is it a problematic age gap for a cis woman to date a trans woman
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.

Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:

“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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RIP Sister JoAnn Persch, immigrant advocate who, alongside Sister Pat Murphy, prayed the Rosary in English & Spanish every Friday outside Broadview ICE, no matter what **since 2007** She was still attempting to minister to people inside Broadview Nov. 1. Legend 💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
Sister JoAnn Persch, Trailblazing Immigrant Rights Activist, Dies At 91
Sister JoAnn Persch spent decades with the Sisters of Mercy, fighting for immigrant and refugee rights in Chicago and across the country. She prayed the rosary outside the Broadview ICE facility every...
blockclubchicago.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yeah. THAT.
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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THIS IS IT.

THIS IS THE ONE.

FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.

Help make this go viral. Please.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Alan Moore knows the score
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I only started following the Dodgers last year. That spring, after my kids' school burned down in the Eaton Fire, they were treated with free tickets to a game and the 4th graders went for Jackie Robinson Day, where my kiddo got to take their pic w/Mookie Betts & the World Series trophy.
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Suddenly when puberty blockers are given to cis kids, the Daily Mail (the same newspaper which backed Hitler btw) finally admits that "their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal."

Which is true for trans kids too.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Reposting for the morning crowd.

If there’s one thing you need to do this weekend, this is it.
Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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“About 1.5 million families in Los Angeles and more than 5 million people statewide receive benefits through the [SNAP]”

I keep trying to tell folks that California is just as fascist as the rest of the country but the inequality should be the scarlet red flag
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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As millions of Americans are expected to lose critical SNAP benefits this weekend, Los Angeles is stepping up.

Free food distribution sites offering fresh produce, pantry staples, and other groceries are open across the city for low-income individuals and families.
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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NEW: Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a...
www.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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It's Shut The Fuck Up Friday. The feds show up to your door? STFU! You are under no obligation to talk to them. If this happens to you, contact your local NLG. More resources here: www.nlg.org/federalrepre...
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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oh cool, another tremendously great decision by the guy who owns the company that fired Alan Sepinwall & drove away from Variety myself & so many excellent industry reporters. Never change, PMC failson in chief!
Scoop: Jay Penske, who owns the Golden Globes, is pitching far-right podcasters with a proposal that they spend upwards of $75,000 to boost their chances of winning this year's inaugural podcasting award.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/golden-glo...
Penske and the Podcasters
Jay Penske’s Golden Globes are debuting a “Best Podcast” award—and documents obtained by Status show he’s trying to sell pricey packages that could boost the chances of right-wing extremists winning t...
www.status.news
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM