Jen Rosenberg

@jendaby

Published author, artist, and marketing consultant based in NYC. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome spoonie. Learner of many languages. History nerd. Avid reader and gamer. Happily married parent of 2 great kids. They/them

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Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· 16d

This is what it's like every time I list the many and various reasons why AI is unethical and bad. #NoAI #AIisEvil Only tools think AI is a tool.

Human-made pen on paper drawing. Logical person with a soul is saying "I'm not comfortable with the cons of AI" and the crass, rude pro-plagiarism, anti-human, brainwashed cultist is screaming "I give up my free will! I hate trees! Kill the world! Wahahahaha! It's a tool! Who cares? Burn it all!"

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· 17d

First sunflower of the year! 🌻💚🌱 Seeds from @sevenhillfarm.bsky.social #gardening

An orange and yellow variegated variety of sunflower.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· 20d

The recent storms seem to have cleared the air a bit. This scale was up to pink last week. Now it's back to normal for here. The barometer, however, is not my friend. It's too damn low. #EhlersDanlos #POTS #spoonie

A screenshot of a weather report for New York City. Shows wind SW 9.4 mph, 3 Beaufort. Pressure 29.71inHg. Air quality 51.0 moderate, which is light orange on a color scale that goes from green (good) to purple (hazardous). Report reads: "The air has reached a high level of pollution and is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Reduce time spent outside if you are feeling symptoms such as difficulty breathing or throat irritation."
The bottom has pollution information. PM10 14 with a green line, PM2.5 7 with a green line, CO 174 with a red line, NO2 28 with a green line, and SO2 1 with a green line.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· 21d

Here's a *totally believable* 🙄 DM I received from some rando/bot. Do the people who do this/have a bot do this realize how phony they sound?

Screencap of a message. Dark background, white text, stock- image photo of a man too young to be an orthopedic surgeon giving a thumbs-up. Text reads: I'm an orthopedic surgeon working with the UN military on a peacekeeping mission in Syria, though I'm originally from Bentonville, Arkansas. What do you enjoy reading the most mysteries, crime, biographies, or something else?

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· 23d

I have been loving the #Jimothy posts, and thought the proportions mateched my raccoon from Alligator's Friends (the children's book I illustrated with torn paper collage). So I found a snap of the original artwork, and digitally removed the tail (by hand). 🦝

A raccoon with no tail, made from a collage of torn paper. @jendaby

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· 24d

Did the city ever deal with the beach bacteria issue from earlier in the month? Not that anyone should go today, with the impending thunderstorms, the riptide warning, and the flash flood watch. The storms are supposed to help the air quality though.

A weather app screencap for New York City. Shows wing SSW at 4.5mph, barometer at 29.95inHG, and air quality as 199.0 Unhealthy.
"Health effects will be immediately felt by sensitive groups and should avoid outdoor activity. Healthy individuals are likely to experience difficulty breathing and throat irritation; consider staying indoors and rescheduling outdoor activities."
(Author does NOT blame Canada for wildfires caused by climate change)

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Jul 12

Authors with cookies at the Crazy 8 panel yesterday. 🍪

Four authors at a table eating cookies. Aaron Rosenberg holding a cookie, Michael Jan Friedman enjoying one, Russ Colchamiro seems to be pondering, and Bob Greenberger grinning

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Jul 11

Day one of #ShoreLeave was awesome! Now preparing for day two.

The author, who has vibrant orange/pink hair and is wearing purple glasses and a patchwork blouse, standing in front of the Lost in Space console.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Jun 23

I #voted in today's primary. The sticker has been added to my important sticker frame.

A VoteNYC 2026 I Voted sticker, which also reads "125 Years Serving Voters" It's on a wood background, next to a sticker with multicolor text that reads "PRIDE"

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Jun 14

I spent a lovely afternoon at @momaps1.bsky.social with @amygoldschlager.bsky.social yesterday. I particularly liked this frog, from a painting by artist Taína Cruz. Y'all should go see the whole thing. The museum is right by Court Square and is free for everyone. #museum

A pensive green frog gazes upward next to a steaming mug in a saucer.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Jun 9

There's a patch of land we're responsible for that was dull and wouldn't grow anything because people don't know how to be courteous dog owners. So I made a motivational rock garden and exchange since there's already a LFL in the neighborhood. I put down clean soil and mint seeds too. #RockGarden

Dozens of painted and brightly colored rocks among plain ones. Some of the rocks are painted to look like animals, some have motivational words and phrases

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Jun 9

I've painted our old garbage bin to be a container for growing blueberries. I drilled drainage holes, and filled it with brown paper, sticks, soil, and coconut coir. Next: blueberries! #gardening #upcycle #containergarden

A trash bin painted bright blue with the words berry blue painted in darker blues.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· May 26

A LinkedIn message preview that felt like a threat. #BadEconomy #HorribleJobMarket

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· May 25

I grew up hearing stories of my great uncle Carlton, who was killed in battle in WWII. The USS Strickland was named for him. Wishing a meaningful Memorial Day to all who are remembering. May we soon have peace, so as not to add more names to the memorial list.

Lightly colorized vintage photo of a WWII US Navy seaman 2nd class. It's a snapshot of a framed photo, so a slight shadow of hands and camera are visible.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· May 19

It's time for the new season of Allergies: The Snottening.

The branch of a little leaf linden tree, covered in pollen-drenched catkins.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· May 18

I've been painting rocks. Since nothing will grow in the dirt patch by the street, I'm going to make a rock garden. These frogs were made tonight. #HumanArt

Two rocks painted to look like frogs. One has huge eyes and looks intense. One looks very mellow.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· May 2

This afternoon, I was looking at the sunliight playing through my colorful vases of expired flowers. I thought that the bright cheerful glass holding crumbling blooms felt like a great metaphor for this moment. So I got out the acrylic markers and drew it with dots. #HumanArt

A drawn depiction of a pink vase with a wilted purple tulip, a frayed white tulip missing petals, and a shriveled daffodil next to a blue oval vase with four dessicated daffodils.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 29

We went out to a Broadway show last night. A rare treat. Most of the shows I've seen in NYC were because I was chaperoning field trips. This was an actual date night. ❤️

The playbill for Chess being held up against the pre-show curtains, which are split between a USA and a USSR design

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 21

We have blooms on the strawberry plants! 🍓🌱💚

Big green leaves with five pointed white flowers that have a yellow center.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 17

Made a wee bouquet in a small vase to celebrate the petite blue blooms from my spring garden.

A cobalt blue squared vase with tapered neck sits in a windowsill. There are blooming violets, grape hyacinth, and a flower that the previous resident told me was periwinkle.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 15

I think he might be relaxed. #dogsitting

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 15

This adorable hat belonged to my grandmother, and I want to find something I can wear with it. Everything I have in this color is for cold weather, though!

A vintage pillbox hat made of green netting and nestled with little red silk strawberries and green silk leaves.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 14

I found a random old fork in my garden. #Gardening #GroundScore #Find

A stylized fork with an art nouveau design. It's got a brownish patina. It's lying on a floral trivet against a wood table.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 13

Be aware that a LOT of the ads you see in apps are now AI Slop. The people, the images, the text, the voiceover. Real people weren't paid to create something good. Automatic Infringement programs made a crap approximation of something human. If you still support AI, you're weird and wrong.

Screenshot of an in-app ad.
A fake human hand holds a phone with fake recipe photos. The words beneath the photos are garbled nonsense. Plastic looking tomatoes and basil are illogically strewn on an uneven fake marble counter. In the blurred fake kitchen background there are two uneven sinks in illogical places. Forward words (probably an overlay put on after GenAI) say "Stash. Plan. Cook."

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 7

Our late, great, clever orange kitty Bleys would have been 25 years old today. He missed turning 20 by three weeks. Missing him today, and every day.

An orange cat with white chest and feet lays on a toy carrot, atop a red and tan decorative rug

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Apr 6

My favorite daffodils are in bloom! Not as many as usual this year, but it was a wonky winter. So happy to see my pretty peachy daffodils! 💚🌱🌷

Three white daffodils with a peachy orange center.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Mar 31

Panic-mongering media and cultists are trying to convince the world that the trans population is the 1% we should be worried about. Trans people aren't the reason your bills are high/your healthcare is gone. That's caused by the morally corrupt oligarchs that are bending policy to enrich themselves.

Image with trans pride banners on each side, pink, white, and blue gradient words :~1% of the US population is transgender. Trans people have always existed. There are accounts of trans people in ancient civilizations and throughout history. Regulating how a person is permitted to look, including their hair, clothes, and makeup, te be allowed a basic human right (like using a public bathroom) is a violation of the 1st Amendment.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Mar 31

I was inspecting the yard this morning and discovered that the strawberries I planted last year are already coming back! 🌱💚🍓 #gardening #spring

Strawberry plant with flower buds growing in the ground.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Mar 31

The flowers are emerging. 🌷💚🌱 #Spring #Garden #daffodils

A yellow daffodil that is leaning left. In the blurred background, blue flecks of blooming periwinkle are visible.

Jen Rosenberg@jendaby· Feb 28