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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We should be moving away with great haste from fossil fuels, not seeking new access.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Germany, take head of the destruction happening in the US (and around the world because of the US). Vote wisely. www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
spiegel.de
(S+) »Das Rückwärtsgewandte dringt der AfD ja aus allen Knopflöchern«
Vor der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt reden alle über die AfD. Doch es gibt auch Menschen, die sich ihr entgegenstellen. Wer sind sie, und was tun sie?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
All this wasted money and life just to get fossil fuels, when we need to immediately move on to renewable energy.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Strong arming Venezuela to get their oil disregards the fact that the best thing to do with fossil fuels is to leave them in the ground and move immediately to renewable fuels.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If the oil companies are recording record profits due to the war, retail prices must have gone up in excess of the hike in wholesale prices. Corporate greed. Time for all renewables. www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...
npr.org
Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices
Chevron reported its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell had its second-biggest quarter, and ExxonMobil doubled its earnings compared with the same time last year.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And when do we stop subsidizing oil and gas? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds
Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
AI is like a backup camera that is TRYING to replace us. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact." -Daniel Kahneman
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/06/2026
We need YOU to take action by leaving a public comment, calling your members of Congress, and telling everyone you know about this OMB Rule. SUFS Action Center here: fight2win.standupforscience.net
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In more important news, unchecked climate change continues to ravage our economy, society, and environment so that billionaires can get richer off of fossil fuel profits.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Improved Quote: "Domestic terrorists are taking your money."
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Improved Headline: America has lost all credibility.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Improved headline: US Government Expands Its Racist Agenda.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
3.5% of the US population is 12,010,278 people.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Required reading.
Book cover for On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.  The cover is beige with red vertical lines on the sides.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wooly bear.
Wooly bear caterpillar with an orange center band and black bands on the ends walking through blades of green grass.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trail and Camp-Fire Stories by Julia M. Seton
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
In The Catskills by John Burroughs.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Is there a way to anull this despica-bill after the mid-terms?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Will Medicaid support for senior citizens in nursing homes end if this bill passes?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Remember when "having custody" meant taking good care of someone?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Good ideas for a warming climate. We have failed to prevent, so we must adjust.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We just doubled our monthly donation to our local NPR station. Forget the Feds. NPR can provide the factual news with or without their support.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Make good choices.
youtu.be
Why do we celebrate incompetent leaders? | Martin Gutmann | TEDxBerlin
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Well, that means Texas should no longer choose Biology textbooks that deny evolution. States' Rights, anyone?
smartcitiesdive.com
Congress votes to rescind California vehicle emissions waiver
Clean vehicle advocates say air quality and public health will suffer; auto and petroleum industry lobbyists supported the move to end California’s authority under the Clean Air Act.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This morning, my brown-skinned, gender-neutral dog and I walked down Main St. Stunningly, we were not deported.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
OK, we'll let it slide. 😁
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Just to be clear, that is not a dog.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
What does it mean if a government is more conservative and authoritarian than the Pope was?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If a white guy born into riches identifies as a victim, is that called trans?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Hug your pets.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
And then, the multifactor authentication tool said I had logged in too many times today. Well, whose fault is that!?!
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Most of America feels the same way.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"...with liberty and justice for all." The Pledge of Allegiance
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
bsky.app/profile/alt-...
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Turning "snowflakes" into throwing stars. They asked for it.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
"Something from the Trolly, dears?'
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The Administration being Scut Farkus, the Resistance needs a Ralphie who has had enough and puts a stop to the two-bit bully.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Did you see the blood worm moon? It was during the night here, so I missed it. But it was full and bright this morning.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Start at the third minute. www.c-span.org/program/whit...
c-span.org
President Trump Signs Executive Orders on FIFA World Cup 2026
President Trump announced the establishment of the FIFA World Cup task force with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The 2026 World Cup and 2025 Club World Cup will be played in North America for the fi...
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
It is clear that they do not care about people, the planet, nor the Country. They care about making themselves richer.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
They emphasis brutality and demonize knowledge. Sad times.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Watch out for transgenic mice, transient phenomena, and transcriptase. They all mean the same thing. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Remember to flow like water. Torrentiallly, if need be.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
If the Blue States join Canada, can we avoid paying the tariffs?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
At least the German parties have refused to work with the extreme right wing.
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
With the Divided States of America no longer being reliable nor free enough to be the leader of the Free World, who is? Ukraine? Canada? Germany? Australia?
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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jacktessier.bsky.social @jacktessier.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Our leaders sounded like mob bosses talking to a guy whose family they had chained up in the back room. Are we really this morally dead as a nation?
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