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Jennifer Bannan

@jenbannan.bsky.social

Author of short stories, thinking on climate and social issues

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Great explainer by Reps @repstansbury.bsky.social and @repangiecraig.bsky.social ๐Ÿ’ฅ

โŒ Trumpโ€™s $40B bailout to Argentina (with self-serving by caveats)

โŒ Trump interferes with Argentinaโ€™s elections (next week)

โŒ Trumpโ€™s USDA told states to hold back on SNAP/WIC benefit payouts after Nov 1st.

๐Ÿงตโ€ฆ

16.10.2025 05:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 450    ๐Ÿ” 295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Muse - Terrain.org What if you don't choose to be a muse? What if the thing you're a muse for disturbs you? Jennifer Bannan's story "Muse" asks these questions and more.

@terrainorg.bsky.social - I am way proud to be in Terrain.org today, in my story about a woman whose muse is the Everglades, a world I have loved over the years. www.terrain.org/2025/fiction...

17.09.2025 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Muse - Terrain.org What if you donโ€™t choose to be a muse? What if the thing youโ€™re a muse for disturbs you? Jennifer Bannanโ€™s story โ€œMuseโ€ asks these questions and more.

What if you don't choose to be a muse? What if the thing you're a muse for disturbs you? Jennifer Bannan's story "Muse" asks these questions and more.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/muse/

#story #shortstory #everglades #muse #whatif

17.09.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WTH she talking about? He went to college every chance he got. You couldn't keep him away from colleges!

16.09.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pittsburghers, don't miss this mash up of lit and photography.

16.09.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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South Park

04.09.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3581    ๐Ÿ” 1087    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 137    ๐Ÿ“Œ 88
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RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history

BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.

04.09.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40504    ๐Ÿ” 12075    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 652
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Inhuman. โ€œI donโ€™t have any choiceโ€ is a lie.

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THE END IS NEAR๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿคฌ

29.08.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Thanks Sis! If only liars pants did catch on fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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22.08.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Breaking: Weโ€™ve won our lawsuit on behalf of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided notย to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species A...

This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act.

www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...

29.08.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10668    ๐Ÿ” 2349    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 186    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111

if the regret hadnโ€™t been immediately processed into shame. Regret and shame need a divorce. In their nuclear family, we're paralyzed against doing better. (6/6)

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If weโ€™re denying it, hiding it and not talking about it, we canโ€™t move on. Faced with it, we might dig in our heels and deny regret (to deny the shame) and even claim pride over what we might have regretted (5/6)

29.08.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

reads those books. Some people discipline with an insistence that you should be ashamed (bare butts for spanking is a good example). Regret becomes shame before thereโ€™s any time for reflection. And if itโ€™s shame, we canโ€™t own it, we donโ€™t want it out in the open, we canโ€™t even talk about it. (4/6)

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that place where regret and shame become one, where it isnโ€™t the bad thing done, but the bad person you are. In my adulthood, lightbulbs accompanied parenting advice on correcting kids: you should make it about the thing theyโ€™re doing, not about their character. But thatโ€™s not every parent who (3/6)

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noticing how readily my friend conflated regret with shame. Iโ€™ve seen the origins of that conflation. I was not disciplined the way my sister was because I made myself small and was rarely caught doing anything punishable. But I witnessed in how my Dad disciplined that it could go to (2/6)

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Recently I inquired about a friendโ€™s family member, asking her if they regretted voting Trump. She scolded me, saying she disliked my impulse to talk down about or shame anyone. I deserved the scold, in part because Iโ€™d started the conversation on text, oops. It brought me to reflect - (1/6)

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How despicable!

28.08.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

canโ€™t blame Dems for being so intimidated by the scorching charisma, sky high popularity, and really normal vocal cadence that RFK Jr brings to the public square

28.08.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 694    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I insist on showing this every once in awhile. Look how proud.

03.08.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐™„๐™ @abcnews reports on the pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge today, be prepared for the number of participants to be played down.

The ABC has form in this regard eg "Hundreds of people" when in fact ... "Thousands of people." #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity

03.08.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Why is the Trump administration detaining green card holders without cause, blocking legal counsel, and refusing to tell families where they are?

Will Kim has lived here since he was five. Heโ€™s getting his PhD, researching a Lyme disease vaccine at Texas A&Mโ€”and ICE disappeared him at SFO.

03.08.2025 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2391    ๐Ÿ” 1346    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 101    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
Worth Mentioning: two of the judges that will decide whether to dismiss sex predator Maxwellโ€™s Conviction are Sex Predators themselves.

Worth Mentioning: two of the judges that will decide whether to dismiss sex predator Maxwellโ€™s Conviction are Sex Predators themselves.

So it appears that a requirement to be part of his inner circle is to be a sexual predator! UNREAL

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

02.08.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1263    ๐Ÿ” 640    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Nope.

01.08.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 832    ๐Ÿ” 290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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I mean it is the administration of the lowest of lows.

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Please like and repost so this goes viral!

25.07.2025 05:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1196    ๐Ÿ” 604    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

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There are twice as many protests in this year than in 47โ€™s first term, this was the huge time for protests, but now we are seeing so many protests in the Capital and all around the country. He is at the most unpopular ever. Follow and letโ€™s protest

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