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Jennifer Weeks

@jenniferweeks83.bsky.social
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Freelance editor and writer, formerly @us.theconversation.com. Many bylines in many places. DC native, mom, Red Sox fan, alto II, Eph. Parallel parking is my special power.

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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 18h
You go, Cornell journalists www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 19h
When my sister’s eldest son went to college (big university, big Greek scene), she told him she never wanted to learn that he had seen anyone, male or female, at risk and stood by.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Aviation contributes roughly as much to #climatechange as plastics production, shipping, or the nation of Brazil. There's work ongoing to make flight greener, but your packages will probably fly carbon-free before you do -- my latest article for Distillations Magazine explains why. 🌎🧪
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now that's a blurb that sells a story -- well done @lincolnproject.us podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Richest Men Alive Are Boiling Your Water to Build a God That Can't Spell "Strawberry"
Podcast Episode · The Lincoln Project · September 23 · 36m
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“If this summer’s celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding failed to inspire widespread patriotism, the increasingly bipartisan revolution against [cameras that track license plates] suggests Americans have not entirely lost their rebellious spirit.”
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
THIS: "With Mr. Trump running amok, and congressional Republicans loath to stand up to him, Ms. Collins’s presence in the Senate is, on balance, costing her state far more than it is contributing." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
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Opinion | Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running Out
The independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore.
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E.J. Dionne @ejdionne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After CNN Is Barred.” This is important. Trump has gotten away with abuses of power by dividing the groups (see: lawyers, universities) whose rights he assaulted. In this case, networks are standing in solidarity. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Trump Live Updates: White House TV Pool Suspends Trump Coverage After CNN Ban
CNN, MS NOW and Politico said they would sue to regain access to the White House. They argued in a joint statement that President Trump’s decision to block them violates the First Amendment.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/09/2026
Trump is facing a terrible spread on the issue of AI—and he may not even have bottomed out. In fact, the full contours of Trump’s uniquely insane approach to AI are only just coming into focus. Today's Morning Shots from @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Trump’s AI Hubris Is a Blue Opportunity
The president for one welcomes our new robot overlords.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I absolutely encourage the GOP to go with this message for the next 6 weeks. 10/10, no notes.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
GOP too fascist for ROVE...wow. And worth noting, he helped create the political climate for fascism. No grace for Karl, but still...wow.
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Karl Rove Announces He Will Vote Democrat In Fiery Rebuke Of GOP: 'I'll Have No Part Of It'
“The GOP’s stables need a cleaning,” the Republican strategist wrote in a scorching Wall Street Journal editorial.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Everyone should understand how climate change is affecting conditions where they live, esp in places like Florida that are seeing huge storm surges, rising seas and widespread sunny-day flooding. Dropping it from textbooks won't make it go away. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
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In Florida, textbook publishers are minimizing or removing climate change coverage
The words "climate change" are slowly being removed from textbooks in Florida and from the state's education standards.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
$4.37 AAA national average gas price today
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Remember Don Jr’s wedding ceremony? In the Bahamas… Fireworks, dancers… “Just really close friends,” Don Jr. said. Well, guess who paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars of it? A Russian oligarch who is close to Putin. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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The Cook Political Report @cookpolitical.com · 10/09/2026
🔓 Read about our new Cook Political Report and TelevisaUnivision poll of likely Hispanic voters in Texas. Now unlocked. www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Genius. (Sound on 🔉) @nonewdatacenters.bsky.social
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Continuing today's wont-get-fooled-again theme
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I don't agree with everything in this commentary, but the key point is spot on: "[R]apid technological progress, especially in a democracy, can’t succeed without the public’s full belief that it will benefit." And AI isn't there now. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...
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Opinion | Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well.
We won’t get fooled again.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you're a fearful flyer, or know one, here's a good breakdown of the relative risk of air travel. Authors estimate that "an hour in a passenger car or truck carried about 74 times the fatality risk of an hour aboard a commercial aircraft." Drive carefully! theconversation.com/compared-to-...
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Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn’t it feel that way?
When it comes to transportation, there’s a hidden danger in choosing what feels safer.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Found this moment of grace on the back of a stop sign in DC a couple of years ago. RIP #wendellberry
The Wendell Berry poem “Enemies”, written on the back of a stop sign in magic marker
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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇
Screenshot of the top of a whistleblower disclosure titled "USPS Rushed Implementation of New and Untested IT Systems Threatens U.S. Ballot Mail Delivery." Addressed to Senator Blumenthal, the first point details how the whistleblower has "significant concerns about the USPS's secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed process for the creation and implementation of an entirely new and untested set of IT systems" intended for the 2026 midterms.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This partisan Republican Supreme Court is allowing a Republican president to tear down the East Wing and build a ballroom (on a standing issue) but wouldn't let a Democratic president enforce spacing to protect public heath during a global pandemic.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A party that’s winning doesn’t try to shrink the electorate
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Great post pegged to the convergence at Reagan Washington Airport of military #veterans visiting DC and people coming for the 63rd anniversary of the #MarchonWashington
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Aaaaarrrrrr!
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Mstreefrog @mstreefrog.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A honey bee hovering near a blue, blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), carrying a bright yellow load of pollen on its hind leg. The green background is from a row of corn in the garden. 🌿🐝 #insects #pollinators #invertebrates #bugsky #macrophotography
Some days you get only a decent photo or two. This one made me think of the song “I want to be happy,” but spell it out like BEE. 🐝💙🥰
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/08/2026
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Swipe blue
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today in "this administration totally supports The Troops", service members are getting notified that their children will no longer be provided with transportation from day care to elementary school. When your work day starts at 6:15 AM, that's a problem.
US Army Fort Campbell memorandum saying they're cutting transportation for service members' children from daycare to school.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
To power data centers, "the rapid construction of new islanded power plants with inefficient turbines—many of which are designed to last for decades—threatens to create a parallel fossil fuel grid that generates millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions." www.wired.com/story/real-r...
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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty
A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Antonio Banderas in #Tony + Kyle Chandler in #Lanterns = Silver Fox Weekend 💯
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Seriously, the cutest tea pot ever made
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Technically for the whole time the president was on that catering truck it’s callsign was Food Services One.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
BREAKING: Criminals are reportedly using catering carts to sneak other criminals into America
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Throwback to the 2004 ALCS when everyone in Boston was sleep deprived for a week but totally jazzed as the Yankees blew their 3-game lead
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Haven't read this book yet, but when I worked in DC restaurants, the Salvadoran and Guatemalan line cooks, table runners and (a few) servers) were the hardest-working people I ever met, and had lots of interesting things to say if you got to know them www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
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The Immigrant Workers Who Keep New York’s Restaurants Running
Food books by chefs and celebrities arrive by the landslide. “Voices From the Kitchen” highlights workers who get far less attention.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“Are you okay, ma’am?” “I think I swallowed my router.” “Here, take my seat.”
Priority seat signage with pictograms showing reserved seating for the elderly, injured, pregnant (with wi-fi waves seeming to emanate from her belly), and those with young children. Text is displayed in multiple languages.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New analysis from a group of 538 alums puts Dems at above even odds to take both houses of Congress in November. If you hovered on 538's website in past elections, compulsively clicking REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH, 'nuf said
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Dr. Frances C. Basich @kaya2915.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Disaster relief should not be political -- and until Trump, it wasn't. www.eenews.net/articles/fem...
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FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
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How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Conflicts of interest for members of Congress are a big problem, but also, this guy looks like a reincarnation of Rep. Bob Forehead from the "Washingtoon" comic strip that ran in the 1980s www.nytimes.com/1985/08/15/u...
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There's a big caveat -- lots of undecideds -- but still, notable www.texastribune.org/2026/07/28/t...
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Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new Texas Senate poll
The poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
To coverup true losses in IRAN WAR, Pentagon Changes How It Reports Casualties. After removing some casualties from reports, Pentagon quietly separated casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war’s full toll www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
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Pentagon Changes How It Reports Casualties in Iran War
The changes separated the casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war’s full toll.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
TIL that the difference between the price of oil and that of the products it's refined into is called the crack spread, and a truer term was never coined.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
{chef’s kiss —thread}
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hegseth should be hauled back in front of Congress just over this, along with whoever is Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If the protocols are secret, it’s reasonable to expect the administration believes they would be embarrassing if made public. Congress should consider the pros and cons of making them public.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
⚾⚾⚾⚾!
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