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Jen Durbent

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Writer. Occasional comedian. Jokes on stage, at the onion, etc. I also ran/run queercoded.com Books: on the internet on jendurbent.com and on your bookshelves. Ok. That's all for now.

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Nobody at that place wants that kind of energy back at them like I've been trying to keep at bay.

07.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I cancelled doing standup tonight.

I have been getting stress migraines. It's work it's personal stuff and it's fucking the entire fucking world.

07.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

allyℒ️: "what can i do to help trans people right now?"

us: "give us money."

allyℒ️: "wait,, really?"

us: "yes, really. a lot of us are struggling and direct aid is most impactful. i can send you some gofundmes...."

allyℒ️: "what *else* can i do to help trans people right now?"

05.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 828 πŸ” 275 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 14

Oh gosh! I hope I look that good at any age!

05.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They frequently have stockpiles of food. Mormon friend of mine says it's related to something they're taught in their religion.

05.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mel Brooks doing The Confederacy of Dunces.

05.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't wait for online bro culture to be understood as gay like leather culture in the 80s is now.

It's a twisted homophobic gay mess, nevertheless.

05.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuckin' Todd.

05.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know a lot of this is harmed by our energy consumption... Which is why distribution of small scale energy creation is vital as close as possible to the source of use. Wind, solar, nuclear... fusion ideally of course (20 years from now, still)

Meh.

Things would be different if I was in charge.

04.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's hard to be interested in the tech and underlying ideas, even when you think broadly about this (e.g. a non scammy crypto, if at all possible).

04.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And the "open source" folks are ok. But honestly I do not want my AI to be my girlfriend.

I want it to answer the questions and turn on the lights when i say and my hands are full. That's all.

04.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If I run AI, I want it in my own box. If I want AR, I do not want anyone else besides me and my personal network (like my own [in all senses] computers) knowing what I see.

I want this shit. I just want it to not suck ass. Which they all seem incapable of doing.

04.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's my big issue with AI and big companies.

I know the AI and augmented reality glasses and all that shit bothers a lot of people.

But my critiques are that of the systems that invest in and maintain the infrastructure.

04.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Home automation fucking off like some Jetson's bit.

04.03.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We already elected them to do something. They're only worried about elections and not their duty.

People are very focused on elections and that is a "yes, and" kind of distraction. We cannot continue "stuff happens in the first hundred days only" bullshit.

04.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every day I read the news and wonder why he's still in charge.

04.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jen Durbent Hello. I'm your "pick me girl" for the establishment. Join me as we explore sensible, kitchen-table values and why we must appease the right at all costs. Our leaders are visionaries like Chuck Schu...

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YouTube.com/Jendurbent

03.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 002--Editing phase 1 done | The News at Jen. With Jen! Get more from The News at Jen. With Jen! on Patreon

Got a chunk of editing done on the video.

Should be coming out... I hope this week.

www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

03.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Still looking for my next role - if you know anyone who needs an award winning game designer, narrative designer, or content designer with technical skills and people managing experience who has been at it for 15 years and has made stuff that is taught in schools, hit me up at zoe@unburntwitch.com

03.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 525 πŸ” 183 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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I think "fucking stupid" is a good start.

02.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing that episode on my recent watch was hard. Didn't Limbaugh show up, too?

[Office space reference here]

02.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Walked into the hair & makeup room at the Drew Carey show and there’s DT delicately arranging his coif
It was like watching the construction of Disney hall

First thing he said to me after repeating my name was β€œthat’s good blood”

He’s a eugenicist

02.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 1195 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 3

"Prince Andrew in the Can."

02.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of mine said someone in a pickup drove toward them in a group....

01.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Transgender Chicago man hospitalized after saving baby from drowning in Lake Michigan β€œI wasn’t going to let that baby die,” Lio Cundiff said.

My community has the best men. Can't find a better man than a trans man.

This guy jumped into freezing water, barely able to swim, to save a baby.

That is who we are. Don't let anyone tell you different.

www.advocate.com/news/lio-cun...

27.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 407 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5

Being a billionaire must be a lot like being a GTA online character.

"I might have to get my hands dirty, kill some innocent NPCs...but fuck... I got a mansion and a yacht."

28.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget who you’re fighting for.

28.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 11114 πŸ” 2855 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 58

I have lived in the middle of the country all my life.

This is not what we want.

28.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it's okay though

each one of those schoolgirls was actually a nuclear bomb

28.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I finished my first pass edit through Episode 2 of the news at jen.

I need to make smaller shit.

27.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0