Jess
junger.bsky.social
Jess
@junger.bsky.social
Voting, Virginia, and a Jets Super Bowl win in my lifetime
Just a pretty sky at the recycling center yesterday
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Listening to the new Wale on my way to the Wale show. This is gonna be a good night.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Chat what do we think cardinalnews.org/2025/11/08/s...
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Don’t look now, but @newsguild.org just won after a three year strike in Pittsburgh.
BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Election Day is a great day to support local media. I’ll be following @virginiamercury.com @vpm.org @arlnow.bsky.social @cardinalnews.org @jaaavis.bsky.social and the other excellent Virginia-based outlets for updates today
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Happy November
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The children who were born when the following songs were #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 are old enough to vote in this year's elections:

Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable"
Avril Lavigne, "Girlfirend"
Rihanna, "Umbrella"
Plain White T's, "Hey There Delilah"
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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oh that? that's just my slime. i secrete it whenever i feel safe
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I like this tree in my neighborhood
October 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Sometimes I think people don’t realize how nuts some of our neighbors become when they’re behind a wheel.
“Are you going to go or not” lady yells 20x after I put her a timeout for driving in the 11th Ave bike lane.
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Wishing y’all an excellent national voter registration day! Use the #NVRD landing page to get to your state’s lookup portal + confirm that you’re registered at your current address.

And for all my Virginians… early voting starts this Friday

nationalvoterregistrationday.org/register-to-...
Register to Vote/Check Registration | National Voter Registration Day
If you’re looking to register to vote or check/update your voter registration, you’re in the right place! Not sure if you need to update your registration? Here’s a list of reasons to check your statu...
nationalvoterregistrationday.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You really get to enjoy a lot of farmland, marsh, and river views on Amtrak in Virginia.
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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The guy that invented the umbrella was gonna call it the brella but he hesitated.
August 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I think I'm going to take a break from WaPo for a while and subscribe to @51st.news instead. Here's where to go to support them, in case you were on the fence too: givebutter.com/SsQ8CG
Time to Grow The 51st
Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!
givebutter.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All my years of half heartedly going to the gym, I never saw a guy who actually threw the free weights down on the ground after a set. Today I did, and he’s definitely glancing around to see if the rest of us notice each time.
July 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Thanks to the @jamellebouie.net karaoke thread, I woke up in the mood to listen to Can’t Buy a Thrill. We used to know how to let the moog breathe in this country. Somehow, we’ve forgotten all about that.
July 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Conductor on my @wmata.com train just pointed out a rainbow over the PA and I think that’s nice
June 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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checking in on my authenticator app this morning. I don’t need to authenticate anything, I just wanna see what zany numbers that thing is cookin up
June 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tried making this tonight because of the odd combination of dribs and drabs in the fridge and on the shelf—it was good! www.liquor.com/dorchester-c...
Grapefruit Juice Is the Magic Ingredient in This Last Word-ish Cocktail
This twist on a Last Word drops the green Chartreuse in favor of fresh grapefruit juice.
www.liquor.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Instead of weaponizing efficiency to bludgeon government, let's cultivate more responsive, effective government. My new white paper @responsivegov.bsky.social argues for governance rooted in "the robust & systematic centering of the voices of the denizens who most rely on public social programs."
NEW: The latest white paper from Responsive Gov Fellow Jamila Michener makes the case for government agencies to more meaningfully engage with the people they serve – so they can build more efficient and effective programs.
Constituent Voice: A Key Tool for More Effective Administration of Government Programs - Institute for Responsive Government
responsivegov.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I was never a big fan of the silver line being built above ground, but I gotta say it rocks when you get to whip past sluggish traffic on the toll road, a total parking lot on the beltway, and bumper-to-bumper herds on I-66, during rush hour, all at 60+ mph.
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM