Jen

@jenelaina

She/Her Michigander with narcolepsy. Environmental non-profit comms etc., equivalent of tweets here my own. Team #GreatLakes #MIvoting #FreePalestine #DisabilityJustice #ImmigrantsWelcome #TransRightsAreHumanRights. Speramus meliora resurgent cineribus.

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Jen@jenelaina· 27d

This is not the end of the fight by any fucking means. We're still waiting on a Michigan Supreme Court case. EGLE has a wastewater permit still pending. But there was no fucking reason for this shit decision save greed. So I'm gonna let myself be angry and sad a bit longer. Then back to fighting.

Jen@jenelaina· Jul 5

Liberals in the weather service Lord give me strength. Guess I saw that coming but, still, sigh.

Tweet from me on the hellsite

"Dude in Allen Park: "they say it's gonna rain I doubt it"

Me: "I literally just drove through rain on 94, it's definitely heading this way"

AP Dude: "nah all those weathermen do is scare people to make money"

Me: "I mean I did see it but

[City siren goes off]

okaydoke"

Jen@jenelaina· Jul 5

Happy Birthday America.

Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one's own greed!

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.

Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That's made America the land it has become.
O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home—
For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore,
And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa's strand I came
To build a "homeland of the free."

The free?

Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we've dreamed
And all the songs we've sung
And all the hopes we've held
And all the flags we've hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay—
Except the dream that's almost dead today.

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
The land that's mine—the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME

Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.

Sure, call me any ugly name you choose—
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!

O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!

Jen@jenelaina· Jun 28

#TecTroit is absolutely awesome. Totally free good Detroit techno all ages amazing vibes Busiest I've ever seen it and that's a good thing but with room to chill still. If you're free like rn or anytime tomorrow you should check it out. And send em a bit of $ if you can, we gotta keep this going.

Jen@jenelaina· Jun 19

Should've screenshot but was watching old Todd In The Shadows best of the year music reviews last night and one new comment was like "AI summary says this is "a list of the 10 best songs of 2012*" Amazing!! Helpful!! Absolutely worth the water that took!" *Or whatever year it actually was ...

Screenshot of a playlist from YouTube Todd In The Shadows "Top 10 best hit songs". Every single video begins "the top ten best hit songs of..."

Jen@jenelaina· Jun 18

Great news on the Romulus ICE nonsense. Fight ain't over. That's for sure. If you're here keep doing whatever you're to protect our fellow Michiganders. Really proud of everyone who turned out and refused to let this go through. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. #AbolishICE

Tweet @miattygen

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has decided to abandon its plans to convert the Romulus warehouse into an immigration detention center and instead will sell the facility. Read the AG's full statement and learn more at go.mi.gov/peqnb2725

Jen@jenelaina· Jun 10

Raided and arrested someone around the block from me. Fucking fascist state. If you're able to show up in Detroit at noon, please do. Thank you.

Jen@jenelaina· May 14

Allen Park data center meeting with one day notice final update for tonight 2 against 3 in favor of process continuing even though they didn't have answers for questions asked TWO MONTHS AGO People are pissed off and RIGHTLY SO Again utility $ in politics = data centers. MopUpMichigan.org *now*

Jen@jenelaina· May 9

You already signed but you know someone who hasn't? You're ready to be a legend and get signatures at events in your area? Guess what? ... I got you! ❤️ DM unless you've got my cell then text me there. Ain't no power like the power of the people y'all. #MopUpMichigan

Want to get money out of politics then do it mopupMichigan.org. Field Community fix our broken democracy. Bring people power back to Michigan!

Jen@jenelaina· May 9

Hi my Michigan folks! It is the LAST WEEKEND FOR VOLUNTEER MICHIGAN MONEY OUT OF POLITICS SIGNATURES. I will be all over SE Michigan. You haven't signed? Ready to get DTE/Consumers out of OUR politics? DM. I got you. Not in SE MI? I still got you! DM. Let's do this. 📋 @michiganmop.bsky.social

10,000 volunteer signatures needed before May 13

Sign the petition to get money out of politics in Michigan. Mopupmichigan.org Because our democracy should never be for sale

Jen@jenelaina· Apr 15

Principal Skinner meme

Am I so out of touch with Catholicism?
No, it's the Pope that is wrong

Jen@jenelaina· Apr 15

It is April 14th, I'm in Michigan, and I got my first lake swim in of the year. To be honest I could've gone earlier. Cold (obs) but not unbearably so at all. Anyway, lake pics. As I'm wont to do.

My dork ass self taking a selfie at dusk after a hike with wet hair and dress (don't worry about it I had swim separates on under) with a lake behind

Pretty lake with a picnic table and gentle ripples on a blue sky white cloud kinda day.

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 19

Okay I swear this is the last Afroman thing I'm gonna post tonight but it is so damn wholesome I can't not ... Okay Bluesky won't let me attach the screen record video, here's the link it's short and worth it. Warms the soul it does. x.com/i/status/203...

A man handed out lemon pound cake outside the courthouse today, @iamjayshakur reports.

"When someone like Afroman stands up for my free speech by using his talents, his musical talents, to fight the corrupt system, we got to come out and support him."

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 19

Sorry been a busy day I'm catching up on the closing highlights and oh my God his lawyer is also amazing (Ex-wife of ex-officer on the stand bc he said Afroman was a factor in their divorce. His lawyer reached out and apparently he just sucked, whaddya know!) Glorious video: x.com/i/status/203...

Tweet @collinrugg

NEW: Afroman's lawyer quotes WAP by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion while questioning the ex-wife of former officer Shawn Grooms.

Lawyer: Are you familiar with the song Wet Ass Pu**y?

Grooms: Yes. Is that a rap song?

Lawyer: It is. Have your students played it in class?

Grooms: Once and I asked them to please turn it off.

Lawyer: When they were listening to it, did they think that was a fact?

Grooms: No.

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 19

I'm so glad Afroman is living his best life right now.

Screenshot from YouTube replies ok an Afroman video where he replies "this is the best time of my life"

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 18

I'll just leave this here re AIPAC

@adamcrlsn quote tweeting AIPAC

Let me translate this for everyone else:

“After we royally fucked up in NJ-11 and got the most anti-Israel candidate (Mejia) elected by accident (which we later claimed was our plan all along, 4D chess babyyyy), in IL-09 we completely failed to boost our preferred candidate, Laura Fine.

So we had to settle for someone (Biss) who we called a ‘dangerous detractor’ for over 6 months, who we spent more money on ads attacking him than Kat. But we’re gonna say that stopping Kat was the real victory, because otherwise all of these embarrassing performances are gonna start to spook our donors.

Oh and we can’t actually talk about Israel in our ads or operate under the name AIPAC because both are absolutely radioactive to Democratic primary voters.”

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 18

Tweet from Dylan Burns quoting a post from the Afroman trial "This court case is my super bowl"

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 18

ICE out in Ypsilanti today Stay safe and keep your folks safe Please

SEE ICE? CONTACT MIRA!

MOVEMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS ACTION (MIRA) NOW HAS A PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT TO REPORT SIGHTINGS OF ICE AND DETAINMENTS

(734) 224-3852

¿VES ICE? CONTACTA A MIRA

EL MOVIMIENTO POR LA ACCIÓN POR LOS DERECHOS DE LOS INMIGRANTES (MIRA) AHORA TIENE UN NÚMERO DE TELÉFONO AL QUE PUEDE LLAMAR O ENVIAR UN MENSAJE DE TEXTO PARA INFORMAR DE AVISTAMIENTOS DE ICE Y DETENCIONES EN WASHTENAW

(734) 224-3852

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 13

Apparently the man who rammed his car into the West Bloomfield synagogue lost his two kids in Lebanon to an Israeli air strike. Synagogues are not Israel. That is not an excuse. Just absolutely horrible and heartbreaking. This situation should never have happened. These kids should still be alive.

Tweet screenshot

NEWS: The man who rammed his explosives-laden truck into a Michigan synagogue today was named Ayman Ghazaleh, according to a source familiar with the situation. Ghazaleh posted photos overnight of his family members, including young children, who were killed in a recent Israeli attack on the town of Mashghara, Lebanon. This is a developing story.

Photos of a young girl and boy happy giving a thumbs up to the camera

Detroit News, Temple Israel synagogue suspect's family recently killed in air strike

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 12

FYI, Invest In MI Kids is pausing their signature collection & aiming for 2028. Amazing folks fought very hard for this & it's not over yet! I'm proud to have gotten the signatures I did, and will pick up my clipboard again. Because millionaires have enough already. Our kids & schools do NOT. 1/

Me holding a button: "My name is Jen, Invest In MI Kids Volunteer"

Jen@jenelaina· Mar 11

If the #GreatLakes aren't worth fighting for, what the hell else is? #ShutDownLine5 #NoTunnel

Bunch of ladies with raised fists posing in front of origami fishes with Shut Down Line 5 / No Line 5 Oil Tunnel signs

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 24

Met someone today whose Dad was a medic in WWII and was in the first wave liberating a concentration camp. Met someone else who lives across the street from where they want to build one in Michigan. Met a lot of good folks fighting the good fight in Romulus tonight. Fuck ICE.

Holding sign with paper cut images including: no secret police in USA 80% of the people ICE has arrested have NO criminal record fuck ICE

Ramp up to city hall where no one is being let in signs including Vers Fight Fascism

Red sign with white stripes lyrics

White Americans want nothing better to do. Won't you kick yourself out? You're an immigrant too. Icky Trump

Sign with Minnesota, Michigan in a heart solidarity with our sister

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 8

Early doors of the Gaza genocide, someone messaged me privately who had convinced his Mom to vote for Biden in Michigan in 2020. A conversation that happened in a lot of SE MI between 2016 and 2020. She said she would never forgive him. Harris could've condemned. She didn't. We tried to tell her.

Tweet @bhaviklathia

"I coordinated digital strategy for Kamala Harris across every single battleground state. Guess which issue got us more backlash and demobilization from our base than any other? The genocide in Gaza that AIPAC actively aids and abets. Dems are anti-war. We can't stomach that shit."

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 8

Don't support this bullshit AT ALL But America does have 2 icebreakers. To be fair to your point, they are as far from Greenland as you possibly could be. And meant for scientific research, as they damn well should be.

CG Polar Sea at its home base in Seattle

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 6

📣 Hey! UM folks! TOMORROW! @geo3550.bsky.social

ICE OFF CAMPUS

Are you angry at U-M's weak stance towards ICE and the federal government? Let them know what you think.

Join your co-workers in the fight to keep ICE off campus and protect international workers this Friday.

BRADUATE EMPLOYEES ONG ZATION AF-3500

PACK THE BARGAINING ROOM

Friday, 2/6 9:30AM

Palmer Commons Great Lakes North Room

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 6

Sad microwave soup eating Nazi wannabe <<<<<<♾️ 5 bored punks around a pot of lentils

Tweet from @rechelon quoting @ericldaugh AMAZED a ICE response training manual exists

"This is literally an average zine. I've written dozens of these on various subjects, action types, or events.

As ever, the right-wing mind cannot imagine the spontaneous logistics of like five bored punks around a pot of lentils."

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 5

It's pretty awesome, genuinely. And you can't go wrong with an urban waterfall.

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 4

That's *better* but nothing being proposed in Michigan really qualifies. And there are environmental costs inherently still. Also completely ignoring over the data center tax breaks passed that Sen McMorrow voted in favor of.

No data center is good for the environment, but projects like this can help alleviate their neg ve effects as the demand for computing power surges globally. The largest commercial data centers - so-called hyperscale facilities can consume a city's worth of electricity, the vast majority produced from polluting fossil fuels. And with the growing uptake of artificial intelligence, they'll need even more. Electricity consumption from the industry globally is set to increase by 50% by 2027 from 2023, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and a report published by the International Energy Agency in April projects power demand from data centers to double by 2030.

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 3

Wondering why @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social posted pro data center on IG/Twitter not here. Michiganders emphatically do NOT want or need data centers. Pittance of jobs, mostly temp. For Utilities/Big Tech benefit. Not ours. Not our environment, bills (lol), or communities. They get tax breaks ffs!

Tweet @mallorymcmorrow

When it comes to data centers, Michigan should show the country how to do it right. That means:

Data center companies, not Michigan families, pay for their own energy and grid upgrades – so rates don't go up.

Data centers can't harm our water, air, or environment.

Data centers pay their fair share in taxes to fund our schools, roads, and communities.

Data centers are built with local union labor.

Bridge Michigan article screenshot

"Michigan lawmakers unveil plan to repeal data center tax breaks" December 16 2025

Jen@jenelaina· Feb 3

#a2council