Jenn Spirko (she/her)

I'm sorry I missed your call. I was delayed because, like any other fey creature, I had to stop and untangle the earbud cord first.
(This is a true story.)

The county where I live has one embattled hospital and more than 100,000 people

I know it must be tiresome, but it is also lovely. Here in Tennessee, it's all rain today, but the daffodils are pushing up!

An "unprecedented ethical morass" is a great way to describe this whole shitshow of a regime.

The average household lost more than $1,000 to Trump's tariffs.

Now the Court has spoken: this was unlawful all along.

The President owes you an apology - and a refund.

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

is it good that everyone i know being made to find a use for AI at work is just having to manage the politics of the fact that they're expected to use it whilst fixing all of its mistakes? it seems to have the same impact on the workplace as a bad intern who's only there cause hes the CEOs son

The stupid 1984 calendar cartoon with the lady saying "The king's disgraced exile brother has been arrested" and the calendar says January 1526

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

This was the first post I happened to see in my feed on a stressful day: Thank you!

I first read this as "people sauce" (not "selling sauce to people") 😜 Time for me to take a reading break!

And I saw the performer do it with Tracy Chapman (maybe at the Grammys?), and it was amazing to see her again -- and the country singer who did the cover was obviously a fan of hers, gave her the spotlight. It was neat to see

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

A hand holds a Ding Dong with a bite missing; there are no sprinkles and only a tiny smudge of creme filling. Beside it is the box of Ding Dongs, showing one with a bite missing and copious sprinkles and creme filling.

The Promise versus the Reality: An American metaphor

Waiting on an extremely important phone call (medical test results), and OF COURSE that's when my phone fucks up. What's the date again? Oh, right.

Friday the 13th is the best because terrible things are still happening but for 24 hours there's a neato spooky reason

The SAVE Act would require Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person just to register to vote.

Millions of Americans don’t have access to these documents. This is voter suppression, plain and simple.

Call your senators to urge them to vote no: (202) 224-3121

We’re officially cancelling the “guilty” part of guilty pleasures. Do not feel guilty about that cringy early 2000’s TV comfort show. Do not feel guilty about that spicy book. Do not feel guilty about that smooth smooth yacht rock or that 90s sitcom with 127 episodes a season. You’ve all earned it.

Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?

The chocolate ration has been increased again

Just a reminder that it’s okay to let people have things that make them feel happy without loudly announcing that it makes you feel otherwise. Idk this just seems important lately.

Age verification? In high school I dressed like Boy George

Two white men in,suits and a white woman in an overcoat speak into microphones in front of red-white-and-blue bunting, on a brick plaza.

A white man in a black suit with a bow tie pulls a sardondic face at a microphone while a second white man, in a blue suit jacket, listens.

And my Emancipation Proclamation was, to my surprise, a hit, thanks to the dulcet tones of Micah and Matt. The laugh lines got laughs!

Five singers in warm coats sing into microphones in front of red-white-and-blue bunting, on a brick plaza.

A Black woman sings into a microphone atop a balcony with red-white-and-blue bunting, behind a firefighter colorguard, carrying the U.S. and Tennessee flags and firefighting tools, on a brick plaza

Freedom Day celebration (postponed until today because of snow): Why yes, I did ugly-cry during the national anthem (sung by the amazing Keri Prigmore) and again during "We Shall Overcome," led by Trent Gillmore's talented ensemble.

Today's Connections puzzle can fuck right off.

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

I woke up (from a rare good night's sleep) with a line from _The Waste Land_ in my head: "I will show you fear in a handful of dust." So...

three thick big books, all titled "vegetable situation"

quick, someone help, we've got a vegetable situation

For those keeping score at home:

Het is woensdag.