jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 11hWhy is there not more Valkyries in my timeline? Is everyone still at the game? 020
Reposted by jessbessLisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 12h"This is not models going rogue. This is gross incompetence & negligence by a particular company, which actually they could be held criminally liable for." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app cuts to the AI chase. 3421134
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 11hThe new Valkyries slogan should be whatever translates as “fuck yeah” in old Norse. 010
Reposted by jessbessOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My late mother, a devout Christian and socialist, opposed the death penalty. Mom said the commandment was very plain and clear. I used to ask her — what if someone killed me? Mom said: the commandment is very clear. Mom was right. 632936
Reposted by jessbessRedshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lotta folks in the comments yelling that they should punish the parents with the implication “and not the dairy.” Is it a hard concept that more than one party can have liability for harm done to another at the same time??? 3124
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pretty great: 6-year-old yelling “cannonball!” when the Valkyries score 000
Reposted by jessbessRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026But also this heroine: "Cereese Qusba, 22, a senior and reporter for The Sun, couldn’t shake her concerned curiosity about the case. This month...Ms. Qusba was ready to hit publish on her investigation, which was 23 months in the making."nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two YearsThe student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 534254
Reposted by jessbessPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Donald Trump: "Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion" (actual quote!) Zohran Mamdani: 110624
Reposted by jessbessGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026"The US has grown used to the swift and dramatic erosion of women’s health and status that has followed Dobbs," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social, "to the horror stories and upward ticking body counts, grown into ease, and even a kind of compliant boredom, with women’s death and indignity."theguardian.comWhy has abortion faded from America’s national conversation? | Moira DoneganThe US has already grown used to the horror caused by abortion bans. And Republicans have sought to quash the stories 12218125
Reposted by jessbessChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Rape culture is structured by the incident of rape and other forms of sexual assault, yes. But it is also structured by the assaulter’s impression of what the consequences might be. Structured by the unfettered harassment anti-assault advocates face. Given shape by bad behavior being given a pass. 230938
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Valkyries branding is the actual best. (Yes, the basketball too.) the whole Balhalla thing kicks ass. Pity the Warriors who have to play in the boring old Chase Center. 030
Reposted by jessbessghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026a dx is the difference between ADHD being fixable-- pretty easily and effectively in a lot of cases!-- and it being an incurable moral defect and it turns out people don't really like believing that they have incurable moral defects 923713
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can we pause the discourse on this though? The lesbians have playoffs to watch. 000
Reposted by jessbessghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Is your Diabetes diagnosis really helping you? 2076183
Reposted by jessbessDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ppl like to dump on lawyers and journalists but the heroic ones are working their asses off for the public interest and human rights 👇 416437
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Had to explain to a friend that yes, she should get her vaccines even though RFK is in the seat because he is not able to change the contents of the vaccines. So get your shots, team. West Coast, if you usually wait until Oct for flu vax, be aware that it has arrived early. 010
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How can Lioness end like that without having renewal in the can? 000
Reposted by jessbessRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful. 47371683222
Reposted by jessbessMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mike Johnson says Operation Unaffordable Gas is an "epic success." 1917055
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Technically my home river is… the Los Angeles River but my heart river is the South Fork of the Merced. 000
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Took an injured bird (common murre) to a rescue place today… a drop in the ocean but it felt good to try… 110
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@olgakhazan.bsky.social I really appreciated this piece about the underbelly of meditation! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... NGL I’m a mindfulness skeptic - apparently for good reason.theatlantic.comThe Dark Side of MindfulnessA prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her. 020
Reposted by jessbessRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10632621550
Reposted by jessbessMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Why We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why...mcsweeneys.netWhy We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person“I didn’t think a full, six-day-per-week, fourteen-hour-per-day, in-office schedule was necessary to discharge my duties clicking the ‘generate’ button, foll... 49925
Reposted by jessbessMother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/09/2026While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI poses to humanity, ex-EPA officials say we should be worried about a more immediate threat to our health: the data centers that power those AI models.motherjones.comFormer EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make you sick“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.” 8285141
Reposted by jessbessBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 230113231301
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 13/09/2026John Cena’s bolo ties are the real stars of Coyote vs. ACME. 020
Reposted by jessbessscwiba @scwiba.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This man won his primary by 30 points. 4590011880
Reposted by jessbessderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Such shopping does not have to be luxurious or unduly expensive — it can just be a local cheese shop or independent stationary store — but it's about considering the total experience. Video: Ganterie Boon in Antwerpen, Belgium (IG ganterie_boon) 72211389
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I have made this and I agree it’s great BUT I am about to make Deb’s sunken apple cake and I am soooo excited. 000
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I feel this. A kid asked me once where Jews keep our horns. For real. We were… 9 maybe? 020
Reposted by jessbessGetty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The brushfire north of the Getty Center has been contained. Thank you to LAFD for their hard work, and to staff and visitors who evacuated safely and swiftly. The Getty Center will resume normal operations tomorrow, and will open as usual at 10am. 769988
Reposted by jessbessJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roepropublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 381323738
Reposted by jessbessPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/09/202630 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"actionnews5.comPrison inmates help to pay down school lunch debtA school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates. 418105432545
Reposted by jessbessMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 09/09/2026I can’t believe bluesky of all websites has lived this long without such an important Mitford table 37819
Reposted by jessbessThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2026In Opinion Lindsay Clancy’s actions were “horrible beyond comprehension,” Jessica Grose writes. “But to believe that she did it for wholly selfish reasons ignores the sorry state of postpartum health care and the historical lack of investment or desire to understand women’s bodies and minds.”nyti.msOpinion | The Lindsay Clancy Jury Had an Impossible TaskPostpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system. 68515
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This was such a proud time. Getting vaccinated in SF was like a party. They played music and people dressed up. Maybe we just need to treat it as fun again! 151
Reposted by jessbessRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles 1792656443
Reposted by jessbessImmigrant Punk @porcupunk.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026Your Obedience is Prolonging This Nightmare 131
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I wonder how hard it would be to start a company that manufactures patches... Most of the compounds are cheap. 010
Reposted by jessbessJoy @joybella.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026Well, well, well.... look at this stunning piece of course correction... 184
Reposted by jessbessKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20591073163
jessbess @jessicabess.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Who needed a video store when your college roommate had a shopping cart full of… video store castoffs!?! 141
Reposted by jessbessReuters @reuters.com · 28/08/2026LIVE: Partial lunar eclipse seen in Greece www.youtube.com/live/iOohduf...youtube.comLIVE: Partial lunar eclipse seen in GreeceYouTube video by Reuters 0307
