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Jenny Turner

@jennyturner.bsky.social
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Historian, photographer, school board member through the COVID and DEI freakouts. Exhausted husk of a person with long covid who loves cats, sheep, yarn, mountains, flowers, science, community, and justice. Also sometimes huge regrettable red-hots binges.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 52m
So-called AI detection tools might be an even bigger scurge than AI. I was talking today with a student (a senior), who shared that they now have to spend time "dumbing down" their papers--shortening sentences, removing advanced vocab and punctuation--because otherwise they get flagged as "AI."
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 1h
Listen, despite their obsession with T deficiencies, these guys are strategic geniuses. So nothing to worry about!
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US forces leave Iraq, raising fears of Iran-backed militias amid power vacuum
US forces are withdrawing from their remaining bases in Iraq on Wednesday, completing a pullout agreed under former president Joe Biden as fears grow over the security vacuum it could leave. Iraqi off...
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J.T. from Oakland @oaklandjt.myatproto.social · 8h
GODDAMN, McSweeney's is meeting the moment here.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maybe they should write some articles arguing employers are systematically underpaying people with those degrees. Hahahaha, what a fun joke that could be 🫠
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Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ah, not only are professions that are crucial to society--teaching, social work, nursing, libraries, arts--being denied support. Almost all of those are fields traditionally held by women. Not a coincidence.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
ICE just spent $16.7 million on electric shock gloves that human rights organizations like Amnesty International warn “could be readily misused for torture.” When parents in Omaha, Nebraska, learned that school resource officers had these same devices, they decided to fight back. WATCH:
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Adele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anybody remember that Trump-promised FoxConn facility that was to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin? www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...
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What happened to Foxconn? A look at the $1.2 billion spent and where it all went
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.” But what actually happened?
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7! @sallydeal4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did you catch that? The primary funder of California Proposition 39 is Richard Uihlein, a billionaire who lives in ILLINOIS, I kid you not. He also happens to be one of Trump's large donors.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To anyone who is like “not all men” today: I encourage you to watch this piece on the Cornell rape case from the former head of sex offences for Scotland Fucking Yard. www.instagram.com/reel/DdzNCDy...
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Laura Richards on Instagram: "Cornell: As the former head of the Se€xual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard and expert on s€xual violence this is an uncomfortable truth. Is it time for a new kind o...
60K likes, 2,311 comments - crimeanalyst on September 27, 2026: "Cornell: As the former head of the Se€xual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard and expert on s€xual violence this is an uncomfortable...
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph:
Screenshot of a September 28, 2026, post on ex-Twitter by right-wing foreign policy analyst, professor, author and former Trump Department of Defense senior policy adviser Matthew Koenig, showing the lobby of the US State Department adorned with 200 American flags:

“The US State Department lobby used to display the flags of the roughly 200 countries with which the US maintains diplomatic relations. Now, it displays 200 American flags, to remind State Department employees who they work for.”
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
if i were a foreign government looking for an edge, id probably try to convince america that climate change is woke bull shit and combustion engines are for real men with penises, all while also convincing them to invest every dollar in bull shit tech while we take the lead on green energy
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every woman you know 📢EVERY 📢WOMAN 📢YOU 📢KNOW has a story of sexual harassment &/or assault; most of us have more than one. I've been -grabbed & street harassed x infinity -dehumanized, grabbed, & harassed by men I thought I cld trust -stalked/followed at night -threatened (online & IRL) w/ rape
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Education Department today removed the Biden-era Title IX rule that addressed discrimination against students based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinds the Biden Administration’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite, Reinstating the 2020 Regulation
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s illegal regulation implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
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Robert - DevOpsBob @ruzitschka.at · 28/09/2026
Whole thread. The sense of entitlement some men are feeling is just crazy. Hey, you’re a fuckin’ human like any other human on the planet.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.
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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He may have driven the country into the ditch, but at least he will have exploded the “we need a businessman” myth with a force no liberal Democrat could ever hope to. trib.al/Q5cRvjz
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The Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly.
Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Um. The William Penn foundation offered bridge funding to keep the academy of natural sciences open for a year, and the people in charge said “no one is helping things by offering Band-Aids”. Jesus Christ. share.inquirer.com/KXxZTj
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William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open
A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
750,000 Texas Voters Disenfranchised Up to 750,000 Texans registered through the DPS online portal are missing from County Voting Rolls. Talarico “the government failed to do its job.” Registration deadline: Oct. 5. 🧵 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Texas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls
“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r...
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every stitch tells a story of love, community, and remembrance. Volunteers across MN created the "Stolen Neighbors Quilt" with 11,000 squares to honor Minnesotans detained by ICE. Each fabric square represents a neighbor, a family member, and a life impacted by deportation. We stand for Justice!
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some of you sneering about those who mask/care about masking, have you considered that one day you might also have to care about masking again in a non-pandemic sense? Would you like to see yourself relentlessly mocked by journalists, politicians and ordinary folk on social media?
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Sassy0210 @sassy0210.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The survivor of a gang rape at a Cornell University Chi Phi fraternity in 2024 filed a lawsuit against the school and the fraternity on September 16, 2026. The lawsuit alleges the suspended students were offered the chance to "mitigate conduct" by SUBMITTING ESSAYS. www.wbng.com/2026/09/22/c...
Text describing a sexual assault case involving a Cornell fraternity over an image of a large, Tudor-style building with a blue sky and green lawn.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/09/2026
Climate impacts are not partisan. And caring about our homes, health, families, and futures shouldn’t be either. @fisherdanar.bsky.social & I look at what climate communicators can teach us about connecting climate change to the things people already care about most. Read more: bit.ly/4hHM9MI
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We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
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Chris @cjthered.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also - for reasons not really understood yet - the shingles vaccine appears to reduce dementia risk. By a lot. Honestly you could call it a dementia vaccine that also prevents shingles and not be very wrong. sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk
Older adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a study of more than 500,000 people. Researchers estimate the difference c...
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/09/2026
G’morning, friends. It's Fat Bear Week!! 🐻 A entire week dedicated to some of the chunkiest bears around. Sometimes, life is just good. 🤎
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Meet The Bears of Fat Bear Week - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity and inspire lifelong learning. Watch nature unfold live right now!
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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remind your trans friends and family that your life is objectively better because they’re in it.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/09/2026
It's official: The EPA has repealed a rule that would have directly saved thousands of lives by limiting fossil fuel emissions from power plants. Industry lobbyists successfully pushed for this repeal using surging demand from data centers as justification. The government chose AI over human lives.
EPA Finalizes Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations, Delivering $300+ Billion in Savings, Proposes Repeal of All Remaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Power Plants

Trump EPA delivers reliable and affordable energy in the largest power sector deregulatory action in U.S. history

September 14, 2026
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Personally if I was living under a fascist right wing party one thing I wouldn’t do would be to ally with it on ridiculing a minority group that’s a historic genocidal target of fascism, but hey, that’s me.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
I finished the first draft of my third book, The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic, in January. And I had to let it simmer and get some feedback. And I am ready to push through a major revision and I'm looking at some of the work that needs to be done and it would be **IMPOSSIBLE** with GenAI involvement.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ableism is so acceptable on the left(s) dem members of Congress feel perfectly comfortable making fun of masking. bsky.app/profile/tekn...
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ICE at the airports detaining people who are self-deporting. Why? Because just like for-profit prisons, the detention centers are for-profit too.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: 8 sailors aboard the Lincoln attempted suicide per a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Congress. That is “incredibly high”. www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
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Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress | CNN Politics
Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The SNAP stuff was the part that they allowed to take effect before the midterms. That gives you a sense of just how awful the Medicaid stuff they are holding until after the midterms will be.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That’s Elon Musk numbers
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Gov Gavin Newsom over the weekend vetoed legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state." He was "worried about constraints on the governor's power to approve extraditions". www.ebar.com/story/170505...
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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care
Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Make any comment about the evil of AI on the internet and you will inevitably get people saying, "Ah, but you can't halt progress." You know what else people thought was progress not long after it came into common use? Asbestos.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/ Your water. Your rent. Your pharmacy. Your hospital. Your flight. Your concert ticket. Your local news. Different industries. Same pattern: fewer owners, fewer choices, more leverage over you. Corporate concentration reaches deep into our daily life. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Jenny Turner @jennyturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are clearly in an “everything, everything, EVERYTHING is gender” moment.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
28 years ago.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
it's literally what habeas is. produce the body
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer
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Adults with severe mental illness die 15 to 20 years earlier from diseases such as cancer
Exclusive: Stark health inequalities in terms of deaths before age of 75, NHS data reveals Adults with severe mental illness are nearly five times more likely than their peers to die from serious physical diseases before the age of 75, according to research. The analysis of NHS data by the Rethink Mental Illness charity reveals that people with severe mental health problems die 15-20 years earlier than the wider adult population, largely due to preventable physical conditions. Continue reading...
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