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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 · 10/09/2026
The Potomac was my first home river -- now it shares that title with the Charles. Much smaller, but still scenic.
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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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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Seriously, the cutest tea pot ever made
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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 · 15/07/2026
Weird yellow-grey skies over Boston from Minnesota wildfire smoke drifting east. It feels like the dimming before a partial eclipse.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It's worked for the Dropkick Murphys for 30 years (photo from one of their shows last March in Boston)
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Timeline cleanse: Float Boat, by Dale Chihuly, inspired by a trip to Finland and his childhood experience picking up Japanese fishing floats along Puget Sound.
Art installation: large canoe-shaped wooden boat filled with blown glass spheres in assorted sizes, colors and patterns
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Corvids have so much attitude. This black-billed magpie was mooching from customers outside a bakery in Bozeman -- it almost sat on our feet.
A magpie with black head and chest feathers, blue/green back and tail, and white underbody
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We lost this sweet boy abruptly yesterday at age 17+ -- pretty good for a shelter cat whose first 5 or 6 years were chaotic, and who came to us with a heart murmur. We spoiled him for the next 11, and will adopt a new cat soon, but right now there's a 10-pound hole in our hearts #catsofbluesky
A tabby cat sits on a bookshelf, lit from one side
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Letters in Waffle House all-caps font state "The stock market is not the economy"
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Show me you didn't read the book blurb without saying anything. #polisky
A group of titles on a bookstore shelf labeled "Misc Sports" includes the classic analysis of declining democracy "Bowling Alone"
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Equal attitude from gulls
A chinup bar on a beach, marked "ONLY FOR LIFEGUARDS", with seagulls perched on it
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sheesh, New England #weather #aprilfool
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Stack and Mary at the end of Sinners look like birds in nesting season
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
the lord of our house
A tabby cat looks at the camera
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A vernal equinox moment from chilly Boston
Snowdrop plants with white drooping flowers rise from mulch and dead leaves
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A New York Times headline describes the US urging Americans to leave 14 countries in the Middle East and closing embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait after drone strikes.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I’d like to report a Renaissance painting #caturday #catsofbluesky
A longhaired cat with green eyes looks over its shoulder toward the light
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Solomon demonstrates his Apostrophe move. The degree of difficulty is low, but he's got perfect execution – look at that back leg extension. Plus, if you flip him 180 degrees vertically, he's a comma #catsky #catolympics
A tabby cat curls in a tight circle on a red comforter, back legs extended straight out
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It's the now version of the "Hairspray" finale, where Black and white teens start dancing together on the Corny Collins Show. In the 2007 movie, nasty stage mom Velma tells the host to do something because the show is "turning to gumbo." He says, "Not a chance -- this is the future."
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The snow has arrived in Boston, but our local bagel store is packed and has plenty of iced coffee to go. Stay thirsty, Massachusetts
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Mr Drama King makes it known that he disapproves of his people going on trips and will need extra treats to cope with this disruption #caturday
A cat sits next to an open partially packed suitcase
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
My niece’s cat surveilling the kitchen from his strategic vantage point above the fridge. Look at that focus #caturday
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Birds, bugs, fish, whatever. Let's see some #NewYearsEveIridescence! #birds (mallard)
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Not my generation's version of a whippet
A cookie called a Whippet with marshmallow creme and a chocolate coating
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Never expected to see the GAO use Whack-a Mole to describe a public policy challenge, but it's not a bad metaphor for curbing malicious uses of generative AI. www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Solomon has demonstrated that at 15, he can still jump up onto our kitchen counters, at least when he smells turkey. He got some in his bowl but believes that he deserves seconds #catsky
A tabby cat looks up with wide eyes
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Ok ICE/CBP, what are you doing about this urban lawlessness? Neighborhoods are under threat every day that these criminal actors terrorize citizens.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Predator practice for #caturday
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Damn straight
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A cat at a windowsill, looking back toward the camera, eyes glowing
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
A balding man in a blue suit wears an NYPD badge
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Support politicians who will fight for you the way Ramses attacks this ribbon wand #caturday
A black cat grips a fleece ribbon with both paws, tongue out, pulling on the stick that the ribbon is attached to
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Now teach ChatGPT to consume itself, like the vacuum monster in Yellow Submarine
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A house in my neighborhood has dahlias that are dialed up to 11, and I wish I could give them to everyone everywhere.
Large pink dahlia flower in full bloomLarge coral-hued dahlia flower in full bloomLarge purple dahlia flower in full bloom
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Wind turbine parts for offshore projects still staging in New London, in spite of the Trump admin trying to kill it all off
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
On this #Caturday, our vet's new office manager is not putting up with foolish dogs or their feckless owners.
A very large black cat lounges on an office counter, glaring at the camera.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Found this masterpiece in a carton of family papers, drawn by my brother when he was 7 and our younger sister was 4. If there's a "My older sister" opus somewhere in the box, I can guess what it looks like.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The Dunkin' dino should go on a People's Choice t-shirt, and so should this electric lobster. They could go on the same shirt, front and back.
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
My favorite snack label from a trip Sweden
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Also this
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Oh, New England
A stop sign with a road sign over it reading "Old Oaken Bucket Road"
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
they missed a good cobranding opportunity
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
and it goes like this: Driver friend: Bye, have a good trip! Traveler: Um, something's weird ... oh jeez Driver: are you effing kidding me Traveler: I wish [mad scramble back to car, tense drive] Driver: BYE
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
TFW when you find out that one of your top childhood happy places now has swag
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
He did a lot for sailor pants in Anchors Aweigh, especially in his duet with Jerry Mouse
A man in white pants and a striped shirt dances with a cartoon mouse
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Solomon has assumed his official Heat Advisory position
A cat sleeps in a stand by a sunny window
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Brushed my short haired cat for 10 minutes and got enough hair to make a baby rabbit #caturday
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Jennifer Weeks @jenniferweeks83.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
No evidence of a rally-round-the-flag effect for Trump after bombing Iran -- not surprising given reports that it wasn't very effective and threatens to drag the US into war.
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