Jen

@jenk3.bsky.social

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Fat lady with glasses & curly hair near Seattle. Have inhaler will travel. She/her. 60ish. Decades in QA.

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Mom: "What do you do for fun?" Kid "I play online games. I also follow my friends and comment on stuff. What do you do for fun?" Mom: "Good question."
Blooming cactus
Banner: Spring Training for Voters Two women are shown on a running track with hurdles. One woman has paler skin than the other. Both look unhappy. Hurdles are labeled "Gerrymandering" "Fewer polling places" "I.D. Laws" "Limits to mail-in" "Limits to early voting" "Voter suppression" "Registration difficulties".
Small stainless steel teapot wearing a cozy I crocheted out of scrap yarn; tea strainer; spoon; splenda; mug with :-) on its face.
Driving directions from Seattle. One driving route uses a ferry to get across the sound*, the other goes around it. Both routes go above the Olympics because that's how the state highways are built.
Jaimie Moriarty from season 1 Sherlock, when she tells Sherlock she's the assassin he's been searching for.
Log Boom Park in Kenmore
Neko Atsume screen with cats in a coffeehouse.
Cats hanging out in a coffee shop.
FDA nutrition graphic
Cartoon cats lounging in a coffee shop.
Bert from Sesame Street. Caption: There are literally NO rules saying your New Year's resolutions can't be for evil.
Libby's pumpkin bread kit box
People looking at magazines at the Pike Place Market Newsstand. Still from Singles.
Weather forecast: Today: rain Tomorrow: rain Sunday: rain Monday: rain Tuesday: clouds Wednesday: rain Thursday: rain
Image shows a woman in a green sweater and a hot beverage watching bird-like bras fly away. Caption: When the temperature drops and the bulky sweaters come out, Jane's bras fly South for the winter.
A chalk Dalek labeled "Vaccinate! Vaccinate!"
Seanan McGuire's Silver and Lead, Mira Grant's Overgrowth.
Agatha Christie standing in front of the board she rented in Honolulu.
Agatha Christie posing with surfboard in Hawaii, 1922.
Hugh Grant in an apron for Glass Onion.
Starbucks cup with "Yay for Pumpkin!" written in orange marker. Yes, it's a Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Cat (Goose) pushing a button on a coffee machine.
Screenshot of KBCS app. Currently playing the "Bluegrass Ramble" program.
Adult doe and 2 fawns.
Six cats perched on a cat tree, plus one is a cave.
Comic from PoorlyDrawnLines.com reminding you to drink water and get sunlight, because you're basically a houseplant with more complicated emotions.
KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS: You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police. 3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement officer at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney - no matter your citizenship or immigration status. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS madeline odent @oll she/her ACLU
Do you get your health insurance through one of these programs? •Alabama - Alabama Medicaid • Alaska - Alaska Medicaid • Arizona - Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System •Arkansas - Arkansas Medicaid · California - Medi-Cal • Colorado - Health First Colorado • Connecticut - Connecticut Medicaid • Delaware - Delaware Medicaid • Florida - Florida Medicaid • Georgia - Georgia Medicaid • Hawaii - Hawaii QUEST Integration • Idaho - Medicaid • Ilinois - Illinois Medicaid • Indiana - Indiana Medicaid • lowa - lowa Medicaid • Kansas - KanCare • Kentucky - Kentucky Medicaid • Louisiana - Louisiana Medicaid Program • Maine - MaineCare • Maryland - Maryland Medicaid • Massachusetts - MassHealth • Michigan - Michigan Department of Health and Human Services • Minnesota - Minnesota Medical Assistance • Mississippi - Mississippi Health Benefits • Missouri - MO HealthNet • Montana - Montana Medicaid • Nebraska - Nebraska Medicaid • Nevada - Medicaid • New Hampshire - New Hampshire Medicaid • New Jersey - New Jersey FamilyCare • New Mexico - Medicaid • New York - New York Medicaid • North Carolina - North Carolina Medicaid • North Dakota - North Dakota Medicaid • Ohio - Ohio Medicaid • Oklahoma - SoonerCare • Oregon - Oregon Department of Human Services/Oregon Health Authority • Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Medical Assistance • Rhode Island - Rhode Island Medical Assistance • South Carolina - Healthy Connections • South Dakota - South Dakota Medicaid • Tennessee - TennCare • Texas - Texas Medicaid • Utah - Utah Mediced • Vermont - Vermont Medicaid • Virginia - Medicaid • Washington - Apple Health •Washington, D.C. - DC Medicaid • West Virginia - West Virginia Medicaid •Wisconsin - BadgerCare Plus • Wyoming - Wyoming Medicaid Donald Trump and Republicans want to cut your care. [From Senator ELIZABETH WARREN]
IN SEATTLE, WE LOVE AND VALUE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES OUR CITY, AND OUR NATION, GREAT. RECENT RAIDS BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING SOME IN OUR OWN BACK YARD, ARE DIRECT ATTACKS ON THESE COMMUNITIES, DESIGNED ONLY TO TERRORIZE AND DIVIDE. HOWEVER EXCITED WE ARE BY THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE CANNOT, IN GOOD FAITH, ASK YOU TO ATTEND. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF ICE OFFICERS AT THE EVENT, THERE IS AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD THAT ATTENDEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO HARASSMENT AND RACIAL PROFILING, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN UNLAWFUL DETAINMENT AND DEPORTATION. THE SAFETY OF NEIGHBORS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY ONE SOCCER TOURNAMENT. [Logo and footer for Seattle Reign]
DHS Issues Notices of Termination for the CHNV Parole Program, Encourages Parolees to Self-Deport Immediately This program was abused by the previous administration to admit hundreds of thousands of poorly vetted illegal aliens into the United States WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began sending termination notices to aliens paroled into the United States (U.S.) under a Biden-era parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV). The messages informed the illegal aliens both their parole is terminated, and their parole- based employment authorization is revoked - effective immediately. These notices will be sent to the email addresses provided by the parolees. Parolees to Self-Deport Immediately
Screenshot of a Trump post on his social media site: Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace. In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming! 1.55k ReTruths 6.21k Likes Jun 12, 2025, 9
Cats hanging out in a play area. A cat with a red vest, green backpack and climbing pick is at the top of a cat tree.
T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m. Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area. Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda. We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast and local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform. compensation: Flat Fee of $1,000, paid in cryptocurrency - Provided by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC
Cats lounging on a cat tree, pillows, a statue, in a parfait glass, and so on.
Spent by Alison Bechdel.
Unhappy looking eagle walking. Caption: me going on a stupid little daily walk for my stupid physical and mental health
A cat in a fancy hat asks if you've eaten and hydrated
Cats on a patio and garden.
Neko Atsume cats in a coffeehouse setting.
From @ZachWLambert This is how you write a headline. San Antonio Express-News @ExpressNews Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns.
Cats napping in various cat cubbies. Or watching you. Conductor Whiskers is blowing a whistle.
Cats in a patio and garden with lots of flowers.
News: NPR's Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal's security vulnerability - one week ago wide email recently went out warning about Signal vulnerability REPORTABLE: NPR's Tom Bowman has learned that a Pentagon-wide email went out one week ago warning about the vulnerability of using the messaging app Signal. "A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," the email begins. The app is the same one used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other leading national security officials within the administration to discuss
From Harry Met Sally. Jess on the phone with Harry, Marie on the phone with Sally
Cats on a cat tree, in the warmer, in a bucket, and in a parfait glass.
Sign showing Beeker the Muppet with caption "This is the only orange Muppet I trust to tell me about science."
Crochet blanket in blue, sand, and evergreen.
Photo of TV showing fighter planes dropping bombs. Chyron : JULY 1940 : GERMANY LAUNCHES AIR ATTACK ON GREAT BRITAIN
Staci White said she voted for President Trump because she wanted lower prices and to stop fentanyl from coming into the U.S Now, with widespread federal layoffs and expected cuts, she worries her family will lose their house if her partner is laid off from his government-adjacent job. At the dialysis unit where she works, staff have started doing drills for what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement comes to deport their patients, some of whom are in the country illegally. "When we said safer borders, I thought ho was thinking let's stop the drugs from coming into the country,'" she said. " didn't know he was going to start raiding places." She said she didn't believe he would actually follow through on some of the more hard-line policies he touted during the campaign "Now I'm like: 'Dang, why didn't I just pick Kamala?'" said the 49-year-old Omaha, Neb., resident, referring to the former vice president and last-minute Democratic nominee.
Letters I sent today: Dear Senator Dylan Sullivan I am writing as a constituent, former FAA air traffic controller (26 years) and current Airline Transport rated commercial pilot. On Friday, hundreds of FAA technicians and engineers were terminated. These technicians and engineers maintain every piece of equipment that keeps flying safe, from the radars to the ILS, to ATC automation. They were identified as "probationary" and there is a reasonable speculation that Al was used to "find" probationary employees, assuming that meant that they were new hires. That is not an accurate assumption. A newly hired federal employee is probationary and may be subject to at will termination, but the term probationary" is also applied to promotions, to describe not that you are a probationary employee, but if the promotion or transfer is not successful, the employee would return to the pre-promotion position. That allows the government to retain needed expertise. However, even that is not the case in these positions as workers were indeed succeeding in their new roles,
This fundraising milestone comes as Seattle voters seek stability and proven leadership in uncertain times. Under Nelson's leadership as President, Council passed fifteen pieces of public safety legislation, added mobile medication units bringing treatment directly to hard-hit areas, increased resources and partnerships for safer, more vibrant Downtown, and [somethingmore left-leaning].
Scene shows cats inside and outside. Outside has a few patches of snow.
6:31am The $eattleTimes PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RETURN What is USAID, the government agency targeted by Trump and Elon Musk? 1 hour ago Thousands of U.S.government webpages have been taken down since Friday 1 hour ago Trump administration's push for a federal funding freeze is back in court 1 hour ago Donald Trump and the incredible shrinking Congress
Screenshot of Seattle Times article dated October 2, 2024.
We have been so desensitized by a hundred and fifty years of ceaselessly expanding technical prowess that we think nothing less complex and showy than a computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called “technology” at all. As if linen were the same thing as flax — as if paper, ink, wheels, knives, clocks, chairs, aspirin pills, were natural objects, born with us like our teeth and fingers — as if steel saucepans with copper bottoms and fleece vests spun from recycled glass grew on trees, and we just picked them when they were ripe... One way to illustrate that most technologies are, in fact, pretty “hi,” is to ask yourself of any manmade object, Do I know how to make one?
Cats in a coffeehouse setting. Cats on cushions, in cat condos, in a toy train, and so on.
A small. Imperfect sphere made of orange-red yarn.
Sandra Boynton artwork depicting the solstices