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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 29/09/2026

Who tf decided incompetence is ok if it’s cute? Oh right, manosphere tech bros. Anthropomorphizing the chatbots wasn’t enough, now they have to kindchenschematize the AI agents? Defenestrate the lot

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 29/09/2026

Cursed blog post now living in my mental drafts: "So you want to build a database in Excel" I have a lot of other blog posts to write firsts. Nothing about this is written down. But... it's gonna live rent-free in my head for a while. So we shall see. Maybe by spooky season next year...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 29/09/2026

JH: "There's a lot of skills that don't matter... I actually don't know my address [or my phone number]" Interviewer: "I don't really believe that to be true" JH: "It's completely true.... I can live with it." The question I wish the interviewer had followed up with: "Does your wife?"

Jensen Huang interview in which he claims he doesn't know his own address, and so children forgetting how to basic math is ok

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 28/09/2026

Guess what just got delivered from @bookshop.org … My copy of Ontology Pipelines by @jtalisman.bsky.social! Can’t wait to dive in 🥳

Bella (my dog) looking at my new book, Ontology Pipelines by Jessica Talisman

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Can you come and talk to them about AI usage and the risks?" -- it was a request from an *extremely* frustrated faculty colleague. And so I put together this framework. The ACToRS in AI Framework hedgehoglibrarian.com/2026/09/22/t...

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The ACToRS in AI Framework

About a year ago I was invited to give a lecture designed to spark critical thinking in graduate students when considering using generative AI and other tools that had started applying the “a…

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 19/09/2026

Last week I introduced a new series for @ratiopbc.com's blog about how to build your organization's first #dbt project. This week I'm publishing part 1 of the series... "Prerequisites for starting a dbt project" Check it out here: ratiopbc.com/blog/2026-09...

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Ratio PBC | Part 1: Prerequisites for starting a dbt project

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 10/09/2026

Today we are officially (re)launching @ratiopbc.com's blog... along with a revamped website! I have the honor of publishing the first blog post, which is in fact the first of a whole series about how to build your organization's first #dbt project. ratiopbc.com/blog/2026-09...

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Ratio PBC | Intro: How to build your organization’s first dbt project

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 09/09/2026

I can't believe it's already here - next week is #dbtSummit, y'all! I can't wait to see everyone in person again, geek out about everything dbt, and hang out with the coolest data nerds around. In case you haven't heard, peer exchanges are a can't-miss for in-person Summit attendees...

dbt Summit 26
We're speaking
Jenna Jordan
Eric Guroff
September 15-18
Las Vegas

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 30/08/2026

Say it louder for the folks in the back

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 20/08/2026

I originally misread this as "protecting joy", and tbh I think that's the version I'm going to stick with.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 19/08/2026

I went to see The Odyssey last night with friends. I was warned it would be loud, so I bought fancy earplugs in prep. I took a preemptive excedrin just case. I asked the theater if they could check the volume and lower it. Y’all, this movie was a painful experience on multiple levels.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 23/07/2026

Today was a great day. I saw Renee Christine play live, I had a delicious arepa from a local restaurant that won a Michelin bib gourmand for dinner, I started my first weaving project (a 30 day kit from a local artist)… AND I just found out that A Shop For Killers season 2 premiers today!!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 22/07/2026

My Hario Switch arrived this week, which means that I am now in my coffee pour over era. Previously the only method I had to make coffee was my trusty moka pot, but now I have the combined powers of immersion and percolation (and a hybrid of the two!) Technically I could also use it to make tea!

My tea/coffee setup: my new hario switch glass set on my scale, next to my celadon gongfu tea set, a clay tea pot, matcha whisk, and gooseneck kettle. And the rest of my kitchen behind it.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 21/07/2026

I'm headed back to Las Vegas this fall for #dbtSummit! This year I'll be facilitating a peer exchange with Eric Guroff called "Building dbt projects in rough terrain: creating a trailguide for dbt pioneers"

dbt Summit '26
I'm speaking
September 15-18
The Cosmopolitan
Las Vegas
www.gitdbt.com/dbt-summit

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 17/07/2026

I have a new book recommendation for all of my #dataBS peeps: There Is No Antimemetics Division by @qntm.org Imagine: if null values existed in the real world as black holes embodied as cryptids and there is an X-Files type of Organization devoted to finding and containing them...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 14/07/2026

Reminder that today is the last day that you, too, can join the fight for American science... simply by submitting a comment on the internet. I just submitted my comment (yes, on the last day, I'm a procrastinator). I kept mine short and sweet (if you can call quoting 1984 sweet), and so can you!

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Avengers Assemble: Epic Endgame Battle

ALT: Avengers Assemble: Epic Endgame Battle

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 13/07/2026

New blog post is up! jennajordan.me/blog/my-care... I wrote this one primarily for the students out there who are actively (or soon to be) job searching, consolidating some of the advice that I have given to many people over the years... advice that I wish I could have given to myself a decade ago

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Jenna Jordan | My career advice for students (& everyone else) - Part 1

Or, how to be a good member of your professional community

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 07/07/2026

I’m afraid I really do need you to immediately go watch this gorgeous FMV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=89r2... And then go watch Veil of Shadows, which remains my most favorite and top rated Cdrama ever since I started binging through them this year. It’s on Netflix, no excuses.

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Veil of Shadows | Ji Ling ☽ ⭒.* Heart of Darkness *.⭒ ☾

YouTube video by AquilaMajor

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 05/07/2026

Why yes I did drug Bella yesterday and today. Repetition proves trazodone gives her stinky toots.

Bella on top of the cozy cave bed partially covered by a blanket. Also laying on various toys. Not in her right mind.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 05/07/2026

Not me about to publish a blog post about personal websites, discovering that somehow the layout for my blog posts is broken, deciding to finally update to the latest version the theme, only to discover that they have just completely overhauled the theme...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 04/07/2026

In the summer we go to camp.... Out-Of-Pocket's Data Camp, that is. They had the s'mores and everything! Last year's inaugural Data Camp was so fun the Ratio PBC team came back to Boston for seconds, and the OOP team really hit it out of the park this year. 1/8

Data Camp '26
Out-Of-Pocket
Make your own s'mores!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 01/07/2026

I love working remote, but I also love the opportunity to get together in person with the people I work with to bond and have fun and work through problems while in the same physical space together. But every time I travel and see my colleagues in person instead of through a screen, I’m reminded…

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:

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Hating AI is good, actually

LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.

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Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 11/05/2026

For Game of Thrones fans that are also army, this outfit plus a glorious new hairdo during the BTS world tour made Jimin Targaryen instant headcannon:

Jimin during the BTS 2026 world tour in a black leather and fur outfit and long blond hair.

post from X with the text: he looks like daenerys targaryen and jon snow's son istg. jimin targaryen, prince of dragonstone, heir to the iron throne.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 07/05/2026

I will always be here for a good “the map is not the territory” reference

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 25/04/2026

The effect of regime type on civil war recurrence. Honestly these are still the topics that most fascinate me - constitutional design and peace/conflict - and thus these are the types of datasets I return to over and over again for projects.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 24/04/2026

Ever since finishing Pursuit of Jade I’ve been watching the first few episodes of so many Cdramas trying to find one that will suck me in as hard as Pursuit of Jade did. And now more than a few episodes in… Veil of Shadows is definitely the answer.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 22/04/2026

New favorite Vicki post alert!! Craft matters. Mastery matters. People, as always, are the whole point. Also so much here for my digital humanities homies to nerd out about!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 22/04/2026

Happy National Library Workers Day! I caught up with my library school cohort friends (not because of the day, it’s an every Tuesday thing, we’ve got a discord and everything) and more people really need to check out the programming at their local libraries. So much effort goes into it!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 21/04/2026

@hadley.nz I’d be super interested to hear any further thoughts you had on data dictionaries vs data contracts, sounded like you had more to say there!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 13/04/2026

Y’all my podcast debut is this week on Catalog & Cocktails with @juansequeda.bsky.social and @timgasper.bsky.social! Pre-recorded with Amalia Child joining me, streaming on LinkedIn at 11am ET this Wednesday and then available wherever you get your podcasts www.linkedin.com/video/event/...

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LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 11/04/2026

I’ve got some fun conference travel planned for this year 😁 jennajordan.me/appearances/ Including my first international trip since pre-COVID times!

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Appearances | Jenna Jordan

Conferences, webinars, meetups, workshops

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 10/04/2026

✨ reference interviews ✨

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"Turns out students aren't great at asking questions well." No fucking shit. Literally any educator could tell you that. 90% of my job as a high school librarian is trying to figure out what kids actually want versus what question they asked.

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 08/04/2026

Absolute banger of a post today - go read about the importance of process knowledge with a glorious tumbler post as the centerpiece

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 02/04/2026

"’Human in the loop’ is necessary, but the current process itself makes the loop stultifying, and encourages the human to take themselves out of the loop. That process is straight up dangerous. The temptation to let it rip is always there, and I didn't even have a boss pressuring me to ship code.”

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 02/04/2026

“We have built an entire evaluation system around counting things that can be counted, and it turns out that what actually matters is the one thing that can't be.”

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 27/03/2026

You know I signed up so fast So excited to see this being offered virtually!!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 26/03/2026

The research and historical deep dives in here are fantastic: “Michael Sherry’s point was not that anyone chose destruction. It was that the people refining the technique of bombing stopped asking what the bombing was for.” From WWII to the Vietnam War to today… “technological fanaticism” persists

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