Jessica Jones (she/they) 🍉📚
@jessicaljones.bsky.social
Librarian, history nerd, adoptee, probably practicing tatreez and lost in existential quandary (it’s okay, I like it here). Opinions are mine.
I’ve had a lot of conversations lately about the intersection of language, power, and intent, and this is an infuriatingly concise example of all three themes being tied together in the interest of inaction.
Latest on permitting reform discussions. The reply is the important part here. I do not understand how you can ever get to the point where you've resolved this with this administration. How do you plan to draw up legislation that will reign in an administration that has shown it ignores the law?
September 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I’ve had a lot of conversations lately about the intersection of language, power, and intent, and this is an infuriatingly concise example of all three themes being tied together in the interest of inaction.
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Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
September 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
Every time IG gives me a prompt to summarize messages ***from my friends*** it radicalizes me a little bit more.
They don’t even want us having meaningful interactions with each other. It is legitimately crazy making.
They don’t even want us having meaningful interactions with each other. It is legitimately crazy making.
September 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Every time IG gives me a prompt to summarize messages ***from my friends*** it radicalizes me a little bit more.
They don’t even want us having meaningful interactions with each other. It is legitimately crazy making.
They don’t even want us having meaningful interactions with each other. It is legitimately crazy making.
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Semi regular reminder that when (white) men declare the end of humanity they usually mean the end of their dominance.
September 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Semi regular reminder that when (white) men declare the end of humanity they usually mean the end of their dominance.
Timely, as I’ve spent the morning thinking about the ever widening gap between what the majority of Americans consider literacy (word recognition) and actual literacy (word recognition, comprehension, creating meaning, drawing conclusions, extrapolating and applying the information as necessary).
Bluesky is the most learned group ever assembled of smart, funny people who will read a headline and then talk for two days about only the headline
September 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Timely, as I’ve spent the morning thinking about the ever widening gap between what the majority of Americans consider literacy (word recognition) and actual literacy (word recognition, comprehension, creating meaning, drawing conclusions, extrapolating and applying the information as necessary).
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I, personally, would never want Ms. Rachel to be disappointed in me.
September 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I, personally, would never want Ms. Rachel to be disappointed in me.
As a librarian that teaches information literacy, I am also repelled by those prompts.
Also, can we talk about how much MORE work AI makes for people who don’t want to use it? Some of the AI-generated material to which I’m forced to respond feels straight up dystopian, & it’s a massive time suck.
Also, can we talk about how much MORE work AI makes for people who don’t want to use it? Some of the AI-generated material to which I’m forced to respond feels straight up dystopian, & it’s a massive time suck.
As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now.
NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
September 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
As a librarian that teaches information literacy, I am also repelled by those prompts.
Also, can we talk about how much MORE work AI makes for people who don’t want to use it? Some of the AI-generated material to which I’m forced to respond feels straight up dystopian, & it’s a massive time suck.
Also, can we talk about how much MORE work AI makes for people who don’t want to use it? Some of the AI-generated material to which I’m forced to respond feels straight up dystopian, & it’s a massive time suck.
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Following an incredibly hot, and deadly, summer in New York City and the country as a whole, we are releasing a new storymap on extreme heat that talks to New Yorkers about how these increasingly deadly heatwaves are affecting their lives.
Concrete Heat: Environmental Justice in a Warming World
The impacts of increasingly common extreme heat waves are worsened by climate change, poverty, and racism - but we can fight back
storymaps.arcgis.com
September 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Following an incredibly hot, and deadly, summer in New York City and the country as a whole, we are releasing a new storymap on extreme heat that talks to New Yorkers about how these increasingly deadly heatwaves are affecting their lives.
I managed the public library in College Station for years and am 0% surprised.
It’s the climate that many “locals” fought before the university really had to, only now it’s actually making the news because many academics have a platform to which unelected public servants rarely have access.
It’s the climate that many “locals” fought before the university really had to, only now it’s actually making the news because many academics have a platform to which unelected public servants rarely have access.
“Two courses for the fall of 2026 were canceled outright, while several more had to alter their syllabi to comply. Professors teaching those courses told The Chronicle they weren’t provided with any rationale for why their “exception requests” were partially or fully denied.”
What Texas A&M Will — and Won’t — Let You Teach
Newly obtained records reveal that two courses for the fall were canceled outright, while administrators demanded changes to others. Instructors say the deliberative process is a black box.
www.chronicle.com
July 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I managed the public library in College Station for years and am 0% surprised.
It’s the climate that many “locals” fought before the university really had to, only now it’s actually making the news because many academics have a platform to which unelected public servants rarely have access.
It’s the climate that many “locals” fought before the university really had to, only now it’s actually making the news because many academics have a platform to which unelected public servants rarely have access.
This whole thread is delightful ✨🦀✨
been offered paid shifts at the crab museum i'm SO EXCITED it's the best place of all time 😭🦀
May 5, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This whole thread is delightful ✨🦀✨
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I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too:
April 21, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too:
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
I’m just imagining how many families could have been supported to remain intact with the money spent on this ad.
Adoption is a capitalistic enterprise. This isn’t about giving pregnant people options; it’s about the “domestic supply of infants” not currently meeting demand.
Adoption is a capitalistic enterprise. This isn’t about giving pregnant people options; it’s about the “domestic supply of infants” not currently meeting demand.
There’s a new adoption Super Bowl ad.
It’s not about helping pregnant people, it’s about shaping public opinion.
I wrote about why adoption is framed as a “choice” only when abortion is punished.
Read here ⬇️
buff.ly/yrFGUqm
#adopteesky
It’s not about helping pregnant people, it’s about shaping public opinion.
I wrote about why adoption is framed as a “choice” only when abortion is punished.
Read here ⬇️
buff.ly/yrFGUqm
#adopteesky
The Adoption Super Bowl Ad and the Lie of Choice
An adoption Super Bowl ad airs amid abortion bans. This piece examines how “choice” becomes coercion in a post Roe world.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I’m just imagining how many families could have been supported to remain intact with the money spent on this ad.
Adoption is a capitalistic enterprise. This isn’t about giving pregnant people options; it’s about the “domestic supply of infants” not currently meeting demand.
Adoption is a capitalistic enterprise. This isn’t about giving pregnant people options; it’s about the “domestic supply of infants” not currently meeting demand.
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And here’s what a lot of folks aren’t ready to hear.
THIS is why the US is becoming a fascist state. There’s fascists in every country. But what allows them to take hold here is that we don’t have an opposition party.
If we don’t refuse to vote for these people anymore, this won’t end.
THIS is why the US is becoming a fascist state. There’s fascists in every country. But what allows them to take hold here is that we don’t have an opposition party.
If we don’t refuse to vote for these people anymore, this won’t end.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
And here’s what a lot of folks aren’t ready to hear.
THIS is why the US is becoming a fascist state. There’s fascists in every country. But what allows them to take hold here is that we don’t have an opposition party.
If we don’t refuse to vote for these people anymore, this won’t end.
THIS is why the US is becoming a fascist state. There’s fascists in every country. But what allows them to take hold here is that we don’t have an opposition party.
If we don’t refuse to vote for these people anymore, this won’t end.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
I got my original birth certificate from Colorado in 2018 after years of being shut out by the agency that facilitated my adoption.
I don’t think many non-adopted people will ever be able to fully understand how surreal it is to see information **about yourself** that was hidden by the govt.
I don’t think many non-adopted people will ever be able to fully understand how surreal it is to see information **about yourself** that was hidden by the govt.
Virginia friends! Whether or not you’re adopted, please support the bill that gives VA adoptees access to their birth certificates. 👇
The right to identity and to see government records about us is fundamental.
My own life was saved by this knowledge (medical history). End adoption secrecy. 🥚
The right to identity and to see government records about us is fundamental.
My own life was saved by this knowledge (medical history). End adoption secrecy. 🥚
🚨🚨VA RESIDENTS: Want to do some advocacy from home this weekend?
HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.
More details and email templates below
HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.
More details and email templates below
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I got my original birth certificate from Colorado in 2018 after years of being shut out by the agency that facilitated my adoption.
I don’t think many non-adopted people will ever be able to fully understand how surreal it is to see information **about yourself** that was hidden by the govt.
I don’t think many non-adopted people will ever be able to fully understand how surreal it is to see information **about yourself** that was hidden by the govt.
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🚨🚨VA RESIDENTS: Want to do some advocacy from home this weekend?
HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.
More details and email templates below
HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.
More details and email templates below
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
🚨🚨VA RESIDENTS: Want to do some advocacy from home this weekend?
HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.
More details and email templates below
HB301 will give VA-born adopted people the right to access their original birth certificates and will be heard by the full VA House **before Fri 1/30**.
More details and email templates below
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by maintaining the belief that the victims of state terror must have somehow deserved or caused what they got, we do our part to help sustain the terror regime’s existence.
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
by maintaining the belief that the victims of state terror must have somehow deserved or caused what they got, we do our part to help sustain the terror regime’s existence.
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This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
If his main site is still down with all the traffic, DreamHaven is also on Abebooks, which is linked in the thread.
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:04 PM
If his main site is still down with all the traffic, DreamHaven is also on Abebooks, which is linked in the thread.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com
The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia
The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia.
emwmlibrary.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com
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Sharing a practice of reading with children is also a practice of listening to children: “What are you thinking about? What are your questions?“ @lalouverouge.bsky.social
The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books
In troubling the idea of childhood, there is perhaps no better place to go than children’s literature. Children’s literature is where stories of childhood are produced, ostensibly, for children; it…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sharing a practice of reading with children is also a practice of listening to children: “What are you thinking about? What are your questions?“ @lalouverouge.bsky.social
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A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.