Every hotel over $300/night should be legally obligated to have a boat ride.

Gamergate is the most important moment in political history. Genuinely nothing has changed our social world more.

Terrible circumstances, but Jake's full story arc from accepting that he wouldn't see his child's birth to having a wildly venomous snake take him out of the game in a horrifying medevac, just in time to see his baby born might be the best #Survivor has ever done.

I'm afraid that being a professor has made my sense of humor unpleasantly dry. I just try to casually slide jokes into lectures and say them with a straight face. It's actually a great way to gauge if students are paying attention or not. I should be hearing more groans.

Only in a computer science class can "10" mean 10, 2, or 16

Sorta wild that the government can approve your name change, then tells you to tell the government that your name changed, but then the government says that it can't change your name until you have an appointment to tell them that your name is changed, (1/4)

#survivor just nailed the conversation about Gen Z lingo in a way that I've just never seen from TV. Not shaming it, just recognizing how different generations find their way to communicate. I'm actually so pumped.

Maybe the best Tribal Council set ever? Like, wow. That shot of the castaways walking in was actually shocking.

Sometimes I suddenly remember that I'm a real person who exists in the universe and can be perceived, and that really trips me up.

I feel like racism metaphors hardly ever work, because to classify racism as about anything other than race feels disingenuous. Like, saying "some animals didn't like the other animals because they looked different" implies that different races are different species.

You know, it's actually really easy to win every argument, so long as you completely disregard all the facts.

The hardest part of being a writer is that the funniest jokes are always the ones that only me and, like, maybe one other person in the universe will ever find funny.

I forgot to open my roommate's cat's favorite window before going to work this morning. I believe, in cat terms, that makes me subject for ter-meow-nation from my role as human cat assistant.

Hey! I'm proud to share that I've been re-working my senior thesis project for the last year. It's been a lot of fun to revisit, and it's now available on itch: jennaperkin.itch.io/a-chirp-in-s...

They're gonna make me buy a Switch 2 for Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, huh?

Happy Silksong day to those who are crying, screaming, throwing up, and desperately trying to hold it together through work today.

My pet peeve is when a video shows me a 5-second snippet from the highlight of the video before the video. Like, I already clicked on the video, I intend to watch it. I don't need this strange retention-grab. I don't read the end of a book before I read the start. It's silly.

What they don't tell you about writing a book is that you have to write the whole thing. And then you have to write it again. And again. And again. And even on the days where you hate it, you still wouldn't want to do anything else.

I'm in my post-Andor slump. I wrapped up a ton of work today but I don't even know what to do with my free time now that I don't have any more Andor to watch.

Lame: "it won't happen again." Based: "I am going to make an intentional effort to better myself." You can't guarantee mistakes won't happen, but you can guarantee that you'll learn from them.

Andor is just straight up fucking phenomenal. Star Wars should always be this political.

If I were Team Cherry, I would delay Silksong by a single day just to fuck with people.

Being neurodivergent and extroverted can be so confusing. Like, my social energy isn't depleting, but I'll still get overstimulated I'm social settings and have to step away.

I decided to wear a mask on my walk today because the air quality has been extremely poor here. Among the things yelled at me: "covid's not real" and "covid is over gay boy." Someone also meowed at me twice? I'm not upset, but I'm baffled by their inability to mind their own fucking business.

TERF is kind of a misleading term, because you can't be a Feminist if you exclude the rights of any women.

It's very common for people to want to design because they have (admittedly sometimes good) lore ideas. I will tell this to my students. Don't expect anyone to care about your ideas. No one will read your lore bible. Prove to them that you can make something of value.

Making things just because it'll make the world better is the best reason to make things.

I'm deep into my current novel, and I just had the incredibly dangerous thought of a new novel idea.

Well, after being in a wheelchair for 9 months with functional neurological disorder, I can, suddenly, once again walk without tremors. I'm having a bizarre range of emotions, and I'm undoubtedly grateful that ADHD medication actually helped. But I think I'm more scared of walking again than not.

If you're argument for "video games are art" boils down to "look at how artistic ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus/Disco Elysium/etc are" then you've misunderstood the assignment Defend the artistic merits of pac man you cowards

I've been getting much better at ambulating since I ended up in a wheelchair last October. It's messy, and it takes some effort, but I'm definitely feeling more confident. Maybe even over-confident, I feel like I could win Survivor.

1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so. 🧵

Dream Jenna got really sad that they weren't invited to an event. And now real Jenna is upset that she isn't invited to this event that isn't happening. Ignore the fact that both dream Jenna and real Jenna use a wheelchair, and the event was skiing. Now I want to try it though...

Kindness is not free. It takes a lot of effort. Being nice is free. They’re not the same

Don't forget to wish your dad a happy birthday today!

After giving it some serious thought over the last year, starting today I've decided to be 23 for a year.

I don’t know who needs to hear this today but external validation will never satisfy you the way you are hoping it will. You are going to have to love yourself.

I really want a cat but I'm straight up going to need them to be immortal.

I truly don't think there's a funnier video on the internet than the "When will you wear wigs" prank interview on Elijah Wood.

Game design is my 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫

I trust a Jon more than I trust a John. Like, if you have a silent 'h,' what else are you hiding?

Every moment is impermanent, but every choice we make is permanent. I just uploaded a new video discussing the art of impermanence: youtu.be/zIjRCqDSgO8?...

Haven’t seen the new season of rehearsal yet, but for the record, I think Nathan Fielder should be allowed to do immoral things

The last episode of The Rehearsal season 2 is truly some of the best television I've ever seen.

As a wheelchair user and a doctor who fan, I can confirm that when the world was taken over by a sexist white bigot I could see right through it.

uh hello it not hard to animate horse???? this took me one minute and it perfect

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

My studio was recently published in Authority magazine! The interview covers design principles and a discussion of modern AI usage. It also has a quote from myself. medium.com/authority-ma...