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Woodworking By Jess

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Woodworker, software engineer, 🏳️‍⚧️ she/her WoodworkingByJess.com

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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 05/10/2026
OMG how did I not know this was happening a 5 minute walk away? 😭
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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 🙃
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 22/09/2026
My career in tech changed drastically for the worse when I transitioned. Now out of work again, I'm living off savings while trying to establish an income for myself outside of the standard office job; I have little hope left in that realm.
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 21/07/2026
Hell yes S curves. I don't care the context, it's hard to beat a damn S curve
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 21/07/2026
It's 100% old and no longer relevant, but my grandma -- who wrote cookbooks -- suggested and convinced my sister to buy a Sunbeam stand mixer over a KitchenAid decades ago, due to the similar quality along with the lighter weight (easier to move) and cheaper price
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 18/07/2026
This is going to cause another 9/11
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 17/07/2026
FWIW, Tali's adoptaversary is in May and Luna's is in November (neither birthday is known), so I don't know why this joint card was sent for today. I do know we are very much not yet over the loss of our baby and not loving this unexpected reminder. A simple conditional could have prevented this.
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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 · 22/05/2026
Ugh, my sister sent me a bottle of that before the 2024 election; I just didn't realize they were fascist tears of joy...
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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 · 08/04/2026
Don't have great leads for you on coding or graphic design, but @antlervel.vet could probably write you a killer storyline.
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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 arcsIt'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
Forgot the alt text 😢 It's a diagram showing three woodworking cut types -- a dado, a rabbet, and a groove. Dadoes is the plural for a groove that runs against the grain
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 04/04/2026
Had me excited there for a minute
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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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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 03/04/2026
What if my name isn't Lilith, but I'm fair? (I burn easily)
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 31/03/2026
I personally feel that hate shouldn't be a legally recognized form of religious exercise. But regardless, you keep changing your argument. If you tell us that professional boards regulating this will eliminate it, then we inform you that it won't, suddenly that doesn't matter because religion?
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 31/03/2026
Conversion therapy is frequently performed by religious figures who aren't licensed or regulated by any professional boards.
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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 · 06/02/2026
And you're into karting?? That's awesome, love that!
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 06/02/2026
Jess, she/her Transitioned 2016, age 33 My hobby is collecting hobbies; particularly long-lasting ones include woodworking and renewable energy.
Jess reading a children's book about cats to her cats, who are looking on without much interest.
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 19/01/2026
Hi! I make rings (among other things) and would be happy to put something together for a fellow trans person at cost if interested & like the styles I make. (Applies to you as well, @elliejae.bsky.social). I could work with that material. Let me know 🙂 woodworkingbyjess.com/store/jewelr...
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 15/01/2026
Not local, but I know a bit about solar if that helps! (Put together my own 6kw diy system)
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 07/01/2026
Still need a prescription, though -- just from a vet instead of a doctor
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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...
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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 · 01/01/2026
Any of mine 😉 woodworkingbyjess.com/store/pens Custom requests welcome
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 19/12/2025
That bus is so delightfully happy 😁
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 19/12/2025
You should go to Minnesota some time: www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2127
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Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota
Over 55 feet tall, the Giant marks the mid-point of I-90 (America's longest highway) and "the valley" that his multi-national corporation calls home.
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 19/12/2025
"Trans people used to be here. Oh well 🤷‍♀️"
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 11/12/2025
Lol the tree skirt border makes it look like they're on a model train track
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 10/12/2025
Also they erase magic, and honestly there already isn't enough of that in the world.
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 07/12/2025
🧪🔔🔔🔔
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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 angelTolerant tabby cat while blonde owner snuggles herAngel Tabby kitty on a cloud
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 18/10/2025
OMG WHYYYYY?????
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 08/10/2025
Are you still accepting donations? If so, DM me; I have a bunch I'd like to send for those without access
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 06/10/2025
Hi! I noticed in your GFM that you've had issues with your HRT supply. I have a bunch of backup that I'd like to donate to folks in need; might that be helpful for you? DM me if I can help. Good luck!
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 03/07/2025
Yay inclusivity 🙄 And it makes you have to figure out "are they well-meaning but dumb, or are they trying to make sure they don't hire or are ready to discriminate against trans people?"
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 02/06/2025
Ugh, if I had understood why I was the only one who seemed to have the magical invisible bowling bumpers, it would have saved me so much time and soul-searching
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Woodworking By Jess @woodworkingbyjess.com · 20/05/2025
But... What if I just make stuff and don't promote? If I do it enough it'll work, right??
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