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Tina Bessias

@tbessias.bsky.social
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Teacher, sustainability coordinator, beekeeper. Enthusiastic e-bike commuter ever anticipating the return of the wind-blown look.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sometimes I think about how the last ten years started as a publicity stunt for a fading reality show that went sideways.
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To use AI where it supports clearly articulated educational goals, to avoid “cognitive surrender…” This report beautifully addresses the challenge before us. aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/
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Report – AI and Education
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is eugenics
Emily Hilliard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed on Wednesday that the department had not yet made a decision about whether to provide the shots through that program.
Vaccines for Children provides free shots to children who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for Medicaid, as well as to American Indian and Alaska Native children.
Pediatric doses are available for children who have insurance, or whose parents can afford to pay for vaccines out of pocket.
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
92 Days of paid recovery for Treason Turtle McConnell. 92 Days. Most people get 0. A mother gets 0. F🌸ck you, Treason Turtle. F🌸ck you. 🖕 #Pinks
A picture of Mitch McConnell after his recovery of 92 day and it’s says: A senator got 92 days of paid recovery. A mother gets none.
He Voted Against This For Decades...
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Even in competitive authoritarian regimes the autocrat doesnt say this stuff out loud!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We’re probably going to breach the 1.5 C climate target. So, now what? Here’s my take… drawdown.org/insights/wer...
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We're going to miss the 1.5°C climate target. Now what?
The United Nations Environment Program released a report earlier this month saying the world – which is already experiencing roughly 1.3˚C of warming – will miss the 1.5˚C climate change target set by...
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/09/2026
If only there were a law that said: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned" We could call it 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 03/09/2026
When we know who has the power, we can organize and make our voices heard. #blacktiktok #fyp #votingmatters #fypシ
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Plenty of evidence that this is a negative policy step. Doctors, scientists: don’t just roll your eyes - call it out. The attack on truth, on institutional trust, is cynical and calculated. We must respond. 🧪 #medsky #episky #academicsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump signs order attempting to override CDC vaccine schedule and break up MMR shots
Order also recommends all shots be given at separate medical visits though cost of doing them together is lower
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EQV Analytics @eqvanalytics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Taco Tillis always chickens out.
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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A clever, peaceful strategy
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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Congressional stock trading should be illegal.  As your Senator, I’ll ban it.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/07/2026
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
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FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The power of a world power that has suddenly reduced its reliance on oil. Fascinating read.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Nearly 700 artists have signed our letter to @mayor.nyc.gov including the brilliant @mollycrabapple.bsky.social calling for a moratorium on AI. NYC kids deserve schools that foster their creativity and critical thinking. AI does the opposite. bit.ly/ArtistsSayNoAI4Schools
A flyer saying: "Kids need to explore, think deeply and build their creative skills, but AI robs them of this opportunity. By putting AI in schools, we are hobbling future generations."
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
oh hell yes!
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 28/07/2026
The U.S. can mobilize billions overnight for war. $37.5 billion spent. Another $67 billion requested. But when children are hungry, families are struggling, and communities need support, suddenly we’re told to debate what we can afford. We have to be honest about our priorities.
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 23/07/2026
What if we mapped the U.S. without state boundaries? An article co-authored by #NASmember and archaeologist Torben Rick explores how nature’s maps—from ancient seas & migration routes to watersheds & biomes—reveal the connections shaping our landscapes. theconversation.com/where-nature...
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Where nature draws the map – here are 5 ways to look at the US, without state boundaries
State lines are one way to picture the US, but natural history provides another – one that shows the ancient and living connections running across the landscape.
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Tour de Planet
Are bikes DEI, or are they a miracle? (Or both?)
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Most governments find the loss of entire world regions to uninhabitable climate scenarios and the untold suffering of humans - and animals - easier to imagine, than the transition away from oil and gas. As Amitav Gosh said, the climate crisis is a crisis of our imagination.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/07/2026
For more than a decade, the all-white judges of a Louisiana appellate court ignored thousands of petitions filed by prisoners, most of them Black, who claimed they had been wrongly convicted. Efforts to expose the injustice went unheard. (Published Nov. 2023)
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They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners’ Petitions. No One Listened.
The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted. Efforts to expo...
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
From 1925: a prediction that, as more people choose to drive to the countryside, cars will end up destroying the very beauty that people go to see.
This is a satirical cartoon titled "Motoring and Our Beautiful Countryside" by W.K. Haselden, published in 1925.It highlights the irony of motorists destroying the very scenic beauty they drive out to see by demanding infrastructure improvements.The panels demonstrate a progression from idyllic country lanes to suburban sprawl, with the final panel depicting a dystopian landscape dominated by wide roads and minimal greenery.
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Does it ever hit home that the ascendancy of AI is taken to be assured, but the shifting of human society to fit into earth system limits is seen as everything from a head-scratcher to a longshot to an impossibility?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Once again, the Times blames Democrats for Trump's choices. California is not damaging faith in government. Trump's lies about California are damaging faith in government. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...
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Opinion | California’s Excuses Are Damaging Faith in Government
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’m so sorry to hear this, @splitrailfence.bsky.social. Trees are my friends, too. Life will grow out of all this death, but it will be slow and subtle and different from what was there before. I hope you will come to love it when the grief recedes.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Read this whole piece.
Mamuka spent 119 days in detention, about four months, but under normal circumstances, he should have been released. He was arrested on February 5 in Alabama, where he was detained for five days, then moved to Winn where he spent another 114 days before dying in custody. Unless something changed between the middle of March and early June, he did not have a final removal order so ICE couldn't move him-instead, Mamuka had a case pending before an immigration judge this entire time, and may have still been waiting on a final hearing when he passed. He was classified as the lowest risk level in detention, he had no mandatory detention flag, he was not a known terrorist or a suspected gang member (problematic as those categories are, and he never had a prior detainer, so it's unlikely that he ever had a run-in with police.All of these factors, combined with the nature of his arrest, support a straightforward conclusion that he should not have been in detention in the first place. Using the national ICE detention average daily rate of $150, the US taxpayer spent $17,850 detaining this single person without any evidence that it served the interests of public safety or national security.
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Devastating analysis of SCOTUS decision on Alabama congressional districts by the great Sherrilyn Ifill: We are now facing the most consequential loss of Black political power since the end of Reconstruction.” substack.com/home/post/p-...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/06/2026
After Emily Waldorf was denied care for a life-threatening miscarriage, her mother and stepfather were outraged: “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.”
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She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Some excellent questions.
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Today would be Coretta Scott King’s 99th birthday. CSK was a lifelong freedom fighter & more of an activist than MLK when they met. As a student she’d supported the Progressive Party’s 3rd party challenge for president opposing US militarism, racism & economic inequality. We need to know her.
A close-up of Coretta Scott King’s face with her eyes closed taken by Black photographer Louise Martin.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
🔥 @repcohen.bsky.social : “Don’t tell me, John Roberts, The Supreme Court is not political. It is an arm of the White House. 🇺🇸 is being destroyed from within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” #Memphis #JimCrow #RacistRedistricting
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Mitch McConnell is one of the main players who is responsible for degrading American democracy in current version of competitive authoritarianism by turning the SCOTUS is a John Roberts led MAGA Super Senate without any accountability. He owns this mess.
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McConnell's legacy: Conservative courts for a generation
McConnell called blocking Merrick Garland one of his proudest moments.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Mitch McConnell could have organized and led his caucus to convict Trump after January 6. Instead he surrendered like a coward. And never forget Mitch McConnell helped Trump to pack a MAGA supermajority in Roberts Republican SCOTUS. He did this.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The implosion of the GOP is only beginning. And it will accelerate. But we can't just sit by and idly watch. We need to keep pushing for accountability—and ultimately for impeachment and removal of the president and his cabinet (of which the vice president is a member).
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It's not stupid. It's the most blatantly illegal & unconstitutional thing you could imagine. You're a goddamn United States Senator. Do the job you swore an oath to do. Why are we here, you ask? This. This is why we are here. These are <entirely> the people responsible: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Not surprising, but incredibly shocking.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is undisputedly true, & the fact that so many politicians in states like WI spend so much time demonizing, defunding, & otherwise kneecapping the single most outstanding & world-class institution in their state remains mind-boggling to me, even after 20 years as faculty at one of these places.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Marshawn tells it!
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runcible @runcible.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Found source w/ credit: www.youtube.com/shorts/P58ot... "A Louisiana resident who identified himself as Marshawn delivered a fiery, emotional speech to lawmakers during a state Senate hearing over redistricting Monday, accusing Republicans of trying to “cheat” Black voters out of political power."
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Louisiana Resident Calls MAGA "the Last Breath of the Confederacy"
YouTube video by The Root
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system. To counter Trump’s culture wars and fake populism, progressives must mount a real battle against economic elites who have rigged the game — and shafted millions of working class people.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10/05/2026
Former Confederate states are trying to lock Black and Brown Americans out of political power.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The GOP, complicit in equating driving with freedom & celebrating sprawl, are going to get their asses handed to them in elections not just because they are an affordability issue but because when Americans have to spend too much to drive, they no longer have the illusion of freedom cars can bring.
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Tina Bessias @tbessias.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Breathtaking injustice, even in Trumpian context.
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