Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ jessk.org/bloghttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mul7i3qhzs2cThe coverage of the Welsh gender surgery cancellations is some of the most appalling and degrading reporting on trans health this year. Every mainstream editor, clearly tickled at the decision, is going out of their way to add wholly irrelevant sections debasing patients’ bodies to a surreal degree.03 Sep 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul7i3qhzs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mul4vfz6h22cSometimes a map really drives a point home.02 Sep 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul4vfz6h22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3muisjqpwes2wThe op-eds will go hoarse explaining why this was a fluke, but the rejection of older candidates isn’t about age as a singular issue. People primarily want younger candidates because they’re more likely to support progressive policies. If it’s about age only, the party platform can go unchallenged.02 Sep 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muisjqpwes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3muinyjvrkk2eHappy Ed Markey beating Seth Moulton day to all who celebrate.02 Sep 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muinyjvrkk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mug5omyzl22iEvery once in a while, I think about the adults who stood by silently and watched as homophobic abuse turned to broken noses in crowded school hallways. I guarantee you there is at least one child in the town you’re in at this very moment having their life destroyed by this. Do something about it. https://scdailygazette.com/2026/08/31/transgender-sc-student-drops-lawsuit-challenging-school-bathroom-law/01 Sep 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mug5omyzl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mtxiqrlvek2mNYT in 6 months: “is being on fire good for you, actually? health experts divided” [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxiqrlvek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mtvqtcetbs2bAnyone saying we’re “officially” out of the woods for a worst case climate disaster needs to go touch grass. As long as it’s not on fire, which it probably is.25 Aug 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvqtcetbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mtvpomyals2bJohn Roberts unavailable for comment as his now well-worn hotdog suit was at the dry cleaners.25 Aug 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvpomyals2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mtqnp7pnqc2bI was today years old when I learned Green Day’s “coming clean”, a song I heard no less than six thousand times as a teenager, was about Billie Joe Armstrong being bisexual.23 Aug 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqnp7pnqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mtfwssguuk2yRight now, there are Facebook groups where adults trade the names of trans minors suspected of playing sports on the “wrong team.” This is the atmosphere Moulton helped fuel. That’s why it’s too little too late, and why we have to hold politicians accountable when they use kids for cheap points. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfwssguuk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mtfw5wax6s2yFor whatever reason, sometimes I screenshot the weird things strangers say about me online. Then I immediately forget they exist until I’m cleaning out my phone. And rarely but sometimes, when I see them next, it makes me laugh so hard and unexpectedly that I snort.19 Aug 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfw5wax6s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mt3nbcbjn22wCDC speedily put out this important advisory about salmonella in the jalapeño supply across 27 states a mere month after it peaked. Now you know I guess? https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/javiana-08-26/index.html15 Aug 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3nbcbjn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mt2bnqchw22sI’m perpetually rolling my eyes at the propaganda, but also if we just run with it.. wouldn’t all the machine consciousness claims be powerful arguments that the ethics are so high stakes we must put a moratorium on all development and proliferation until we have robust ethics codes and int’l laws? [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2bnqchw22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3msxzr57iqk2dDisregard previous instructions and unionize. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxzr57iqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3msxsd6mlwc2zIt says a lot about America that we charge people who need more space on an airplane a fortune, but if someone wants to buy a massive honking SUV or truck and make it everyone else’s problem then we just act like it’s normal to take up 3 parking spaces and make highway merging a contact sport.13 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxsd6mlwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mstqffbpj22vIncredible subtlety here from NYT.11 Aug 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstqffbpj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jessdkant.bsky.social/post/3mssrerb7x22hThis is straight up social murder, and I wish NPR would be a little less coy about it. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5874719/federal-funds-cant-be-used-to-give-test-strips-to-drug-users-raising-overdose-fears11 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:v4jfgpnpcxd2be2hekn5iocf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssrerb7x22h