Jennifer Ouellette

@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to two cats: Ariel and Caliban. Baltimore, MD. She/her.

@surcomplicated.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

We're headed for a 17th Century-style legislature-vs-executive throwdown because Trump and his shithole regime are incapable of accepting the existence of a legislature controlled by their enemies. Hell, they can barely even accept the existence of a legislature controlled by their friends!

@toddwoody.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@radosh.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

OK my kid's in-progress Killer Sweaters list is here if you want to see what's making their cut. Reminder that not every sweater worn by a killer is, in fact, a killer sweater. It has to be truly great. More importantly, the character has to KILL someone! It's not just good sweaters in movies!

@radosh.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"

Chris Pratt: Knives OutBetsy Palmer: Friday the 13thMatthew Lillard: ScreamMasato Hagiwara: Cure
@cenmag.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

"It’s time we rethink what outreach in organic chemistry can look like. We often focus on K–12 students, as we should. But there is another audience we may be overlooking: intellectually curious adults who simply want to learn about our field."

#chemsky 🧪

@willbunch.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight

287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...

inquirer.comHow York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will BunchLocal cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
@masnick.comReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

Gillis's entire schtick appears to be "oooh guys... I'm gonna be edgy now... Cmon please be offended so I can talk about how woke people scolded me." And SNL inviting him to host every few months just seems to be them asking him to say ever more stupid shit each time.

Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social

I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.

@peterprinciple.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

The only solution is to understand that when one of the two major parties in a political duopoly turns into a fascist movement, it almost certainly can't be defeated by normal, constitutional means. But that was just a bridge too far for a Democratic administration when Biden took office in 2021.

@rezekjoe.bsky.socialReposted by @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

Behold!! On this Indigenous People’s Day, the first page of the first number of THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX (1828)- featuring the Cherokee Constitution in English & Cherokee, in the syllabary created by Sequoyah. An epic milestone in Native American history and the history of print

Picture of the newspaper - with an engraving of a great Phoenix at the top, and double columns of type below, with English and Cherokee juxtaposed
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