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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 01/10/2026

Not gonna make a lick of difference, but at least I can pretend my voice is being heard 🙃

Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 17/07/2026

Thanks #Chewy, but maybe read the room a little (for reference, Tali passed on 6/21/26, and within a day I memorialized her profile and removed any auto-ship items for her. As a prior employee, I understand these are important steps for signaling to the company that she is no longer with us)

Birthday card from Chewy, "Cue the catnip. It's party time!" addressed to me.

Inside of the card:
Hi Luna & Tali,

Happy birthday! Let's today to a year of epic tail wags, treat feasts, and all the snuggles! Celebrate with 20% of Birthday Shop goodies using code BDAY20

XO,
Your Chewy Family

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 08/04/2026

Starting to take shape -- if you can see it through the maze of clamps 🫣

Three pieces of ¾" thick walnut; two arcs with a square in between. On the inside of one arc bits of the concentric routed arcs with embedded magnets are visible.

The three pieces of walnut are getting glued together, with painter's tape guiding one set of edges into alignment. Two large parallel clamps are in place starting to hold it all together.

I swear the walnut pieces are in there somewhere in the mess of clamps (there are at least 13 clamps now binding the pieces together while the glue dries. Many of them are comically long for the glue up -- most are > 12" long and some as much as 4' long for a glue up that's approximately 2¼" thick. Hey, use what you've got 🤷🏼‍♀️)

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 07/04/2026

Day job and life has gotten in the way of progress, but a little further 🤷🏼‍♀️

A few routed concentric arcs in walnut wood with magnets embedded in the arcs

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia college showing Charlie's favorite hobby is magnets. Not making them, collecting them, or anything else. Just magnets.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 04/04/2026

Making a thing. Any guesses about what it is?

A wide walnut board with a series of approximately 90° concentric arcs cut into it.
In the background is a tremendously messy workshop featuring tape measure, heat gun, silicone molds, and a whole lot of sawdust. Each of these may or may not be related to the thing I'm making.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Truly astounding as a trans person to watch your community be told we're not worthy of consideration by Democrats on Monday, be told to be silent and grateful all of Tuesday, and by Wednesday an entire state has criminalized trans citizens' existence.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 26/02/2026

To do this, anti-trans lawmakers in Kansas moved fast to change the law, overrode the governor’s veto, and pushed for the legal changes to go into effect nearly immediately. That kind of power—to void gender on official documents, to compel gender conformity—is terrifying and it will not stop here.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 26/02/2026

In 1938, the German Reich invalidated all German Jewish passports. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as a Jew. In 2026, the state of Kansas invalidated all correct trans drivers licenses. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as trans.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/02/2026

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses

"The legislature did not include a grace period."

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“there’s nothing as whole as a broken heart” @eliowhomst.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Kansas state law requires photo ID when voting. ‘Voter suppression’ is not a strong enough phrase here. Republicans are piloting how to bar citizens from the political process—and from public life. If you think people can function with inaccurate IDs as members of society, you’re wrong (1/4)

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 03/01/2026

A Christmas gift. End grain, with beeswax melted in to make a permanent finish requiring little to no maintenance.

A large cutting board, approximately 20"x13" made of African padauk (red) and maple in a brick-style pattern.

The previous cutting board showing the wax infusion process. A ski wax iron is on the board, and much of the wax is melted. The iron is only used for this purpose to ensure food safety. A bar of beeswax is visible to the left of the board.

An in-process image of the cutting board, spring a bunch of strips looking like individual brick layers that have not been glued together yet. These are freshly cut, with the table saw used to cut them as the background.

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Kate @eatskiteach.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

25(+1) concerts in 2025 open.spotify.com/playlist/5kY...

open.spotify.com

Spotify – Web Player

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/01/2026

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

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Kate @eatskiteach.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Peace the fuck out, 2025 #smadh

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 30/11/2025

Near Somerville, MA? I'm at Arts at the Armory with the Boston Women's Market now until 5pm

Jess standing behind her table at Arts at the Armory, Somerville. On the table are various things she's made, including ballpoint and fountain pens, spatulas, cheese boards, chopsticks, rings, and earrings; all handmade from wood, epoxy, opals, etc.

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Kate @eatskiteach.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Please send positive vibes for Tali's splenectomy and GI biopsy surgery tomorrow. 🙏🏼✨♥️

Tabby cat with pink nose sleeping like an angel

Tolerant tabby cat while blonde owner snuggles her

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This is what I mean when I say transphobes don't oppose "males" in "women's spaces"--they oppose trans women specifically and hope that disgust of us will help police how all women look and behave

Liberty Hotel women's
bathroom incident

The couple said they were in the
women's lobby bathroom when a
male security guard came in and
started banging on the stall doors.
Baker said she was in one of the
stalls while Victor waited for her
near the sinks,

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I'm not claiming this is a solution per say, but it seems to me that life was better when Ska was a popular music genre

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/02/2025

The Iowa legislature just became the first in modern history to repeal a statutory civil rights law by removing protections for gender identity first passed in 2007. They have legalized discrimination against trans people in housing, healthcare, and employment. This is a campaign of eradication.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

You can't believe a trans woman is illegitimately winning women's sports without believing she's illegitimately a woman. The goal is securing that precedent in one context (sports) to apply in all others (bathrooms, IDs, health care, prisons). How they square this with Bostock is TBD

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 24/12/2024

Cutting boards -- Christmas presents and commissions for others to give as presents. All end grain. Two have Tried and True Original finish (longer lasting than mineral oil + beeswax and as food safe); two have beeswax infusion (permanent finish; needs no further conditioning) #woodworking

Large maple + bocote checkerboard pattern end grain cutting board. This one has a beeswax infusion finish -- allowing the end grain to soak up molten beeswax, giving it a permanent finish that needs no future conditioning. This board can be hand washed and scrubbed with soap and water without causing any damage to the finish.

Medium black walnut brick pattern end grain cutting board. This one has a beeswax infusion finish -- allowing the end grain to soak up molten beeswax, giving it a permanent finish that needs no future conditioning. This board can be hand washed and scrubbed with soap and water without causing any damage to the finish.

Small cherry + maple brick pattern end grain cutting board. The maple looks like "mortar" between the cherry "bricks." This one has a Tried and True Original finish -- a mix of boiled (not chemically polymerized) linseed oil and beeswax. This finish will last a little longer than a mineral oil + beeswax finish, but will still need regular conditioning.

Very small black walnut brick pattern end grain cutting board. This one has a Tried and True Original finish -- a mix of boiled (not chemically polymerized) linseed oil and beeswax. This finish will last a little longer than a mineral oil + beeswax finish, but will still need regular conditioning.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 20/12/2024

Like thicker, heavier fountain pens? My latest is an M3 (mokume gane style) metal and resin blank on a Gentleman kit -- the largest kit I work with. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. woodworkingbyjess.com/store/p/foun... #woodworking #fountainpen

A fountain pen made by Jess Morgan, shown with cap on, facing away from the camera. The body is a dense shiny swirl of black and silver; the accents are gold. This is a fairly large/thick pen, and the metal/resin material makes it a little heavier than normal.

A fountain pen made by Jess Morgan, shown with cap off; the cap and pen body are oriented in an upside-down V with the nib pointing to the lower right. The body is a dense shiny swirl of black and silver; the accents are gold. This is a fairly large/thick pen, and the metal/resin material makes it a little heavier than normal.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The FL Department of Corrections is attempting to "reverse" the gender identity of transgender people in its custody, referring to trans identities as "short-term delusions" and withholding hormone therapy. Reviving psychiatric theories of the 1950s, they blame trans identities on "childhood trauma"

Under the new policy, the Department of Corrections stated that the prisons will only provide those with gender dysphoria with psychotherapy — and not cross-gender hormones — except “in rare instances … if necessary to comply with the U.S. Constitution or a court decision.” The policy argues that “unaddressed psychiatric issues and unaddressed childhood trauma could lead to a misdiagnosis of gender dysphoria,” and that cross-gender hormones “may be requested by persons experiencing short-termed delusions or beliefs which may later be changed and reversed.”

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 05/12/2024

Mimosa River bowl woodworkingbyjess.com/store/p/mimo...

Yellow bowl made from mimosa wood, with a translucent blue epoxy "river" bisecting it, with visible swirls due to the mica powder mixed into the epoxy. It's fairly shiny due to a polish and finish with polyurethane and carnauba wax. The bowl is approximately 5.5" wide and 1.75" tall.

Bottom view of the mimosa/blue epoxy river bowl, showing how glossy the finish is by highlighting the reflection of a light in the epoxy.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 24/11/2024

Rough early prototype, but completed my first bespoke fountain pen today. Mix of padauk and aluminum; hand turned and machined.

Bespoke fountain pen, closed. Appears almost as a padauk dowel in this form; there are no outwardly visible decorations and it is a consistent width across its length.

Bespoke fountain pen, opened with the nib pointing away from the camera. The design does not allow for the cap to post, so it is next to the pen.
At the end of the padauk body, a machined aluminum section is visible, screwed into an aluminum threaded sleeve. A two-tone nib is screwed into the end of the section.

Bespoke fountain pen, opened with the nib pointing toward the camera. The design does not allow for the cap to post, so it is next to the pen.
At the end of the padauk body, a machined aluminum section is visible, screwed into an aluminum threaded sleeve. A two-tone nib is screwed into the end of the section.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 23/11/2024

Come see me at the Missituk Makers Market! Arts Collaborative 162 Mystic Ave., Medford, MA 11am-2pm today

My setup at the Missituk Makers Market; a single 6' table with green tablecloth, completely covered with my inventory for sale (cheese boards, chopsticks, bowls, salt & pepper grinders, bottle stoppers, rings, earrings, and lots of pens including a number of fountain pens)

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 22/11/2024

A couple new spatulas for tomorrow's market. Arrive early if you want one; the purpleheart spatulas tend to sell quickly. Otherwise, order on my website; I make them on demand: woodworkingbyjess.com/store/p/spat...

Two handmade spatulas made of purpleheart wood; about 14" long with two decorative markings near the end of the handle. One spatula has a narrow head; the other one has a wide head.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 21/11/2024

Eastern MA folks, come see me at the Missituk Makers Market this Saturday, 11am-2pm at the Arts Collaborative, Medford

Missituk Makers Market flyer:
The Missituk PTO + Arts Collaborative Medford
Makers Market
Saturday, November 23rd from 11am-2pm
Arts Collaborative Medford
162 Mystic Ave., Medford, MA 02155

Featuring (among others):
Be Book Wonder
Hammer + Thread
Milva Pottery
Sparkly Nook Boutique
Woodworking By Jess
Finding Moll Art

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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Some basic facts about trans women: - Our healthcare is older than heart surgery - We have a demonstrated *disadvantage* in sports - We are one of the most economically disenfranchised groups in the US - 1 in 5 have been incarcerated at some point - "debate" about the first two causes the last two

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Democrats lost while doing everything the left was begging them not to do, and now most of them have concluded that this means that it was a mistake to listen to the people they ignored and to run the campaign they didn't run, and must now pivot to doing more of exactly what they did when they lost.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 16/11/2024

Who are you sick hearing about? Trans people. Who do you never shut up talking about? Trans people. Who was not mentioned by Dems? Trans people. Who's getting blamed for the election loss? Trans people. Who hasn't been involved in any of this? Trans people.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 14/11/2024

Inventory for sale at a recent market

A wide variety of pens I made for sale at a market in Allston, MA in September.
Also shown: a couple cheese boards with integrated cutters and two bottle stoppers.

A display containing a number of drop earrings and rings I made, shown for sale at a market in Allston, MA in September. Also shown: a few pens, a bottle stopper, some cheeseboards with integrated cutters, and several wooden bowls.

Seven cheeseboards with integrated cutters I made for sale at a market in Allston, MA in September; made from laminations of birch, purpleheart, and bocote; as well as walnut, maple, and bocote. Also pictured: several pair of chopsticks, a display of rings, and a handful of wooden spatulas I made, as well as a display unit of business cards.

A number of wooden bowls I created for sale during a market in Allston, MA in September. Shown: large padauk heart-shaped bowl (roughly 12"x12"x3"), 6"x3" mimosa bowl with malachite inlay, 6"x2" square canarywood bowl, and a handful of others.
Also pictured: three pair of chopsticks I made (in padauk and bocote), three spice grinders (two pepper, one salt), two sample knives showing the custom handles I make, the edges of several cheeseboards with integrated cutters, and a display unit of business cards on a table with a forest green tablecloth.

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 14/11/2024

Pens; all made in the last two weeks or so. Want something custom? Let me know!

Four custom-made pens. Left to right: chrome Manhattan-style ballpoint pen made using a maple burl and black epoxy; satin chrome Presimo-style rollerball pen using maple burl and black epoxy; satin chrome Presimo-style contain pen using maple burl and red epoxy; and chrome Manhattan-style ballpoint pen using maple burl and red epoxy with white powder-coated brass tube, making the red epoxy look pink

Custom-made gold Tycoon-style fountain pen made using orange, green, and purple flower buds embedded in clear epoxy over white powder-coated brass tubes.

Chrome Manhattan-style ballpoint pen made with a maple burl

Gold Manhattan-style ballpoint pen made with dried rose petals embedded in clear epoxy over a white powder-coated brass tube

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