Reposted by TessaC.R. Denis @crdenis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Xi got what Chinese leaders have pursued for decades — an American president in Beijing as an equal. Trump thought the win was "relationship." That's what happens when you replace statecraft with dealmaking: you walk out smiling while the other side rewrites the global order. 541592 0
Reposted by TessaRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Translation: We billionaires need massive amounts of electricity for our AI to make us trillionaires and put people out of work, and we thank you for being able to convince so many dopes into paying a lot more on their electric bills over the next few years to make it happen. 1692491880 0
Reposted by TessaEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature. All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!! share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...share.googlePublic strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll findsSurvey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas 316356 0
Reposted by TessaThe Husband of Frankenstein 🧠 @hessephillips.com · 13/05/2025So glad to see someone finally pointing to the elephant in the room with the big neon sign that says ELEPHANT hanging above it and saying, "Hey, that's a fucking elephant!" in The Press; very surprised to see it in the WaPo of all places. Are editors breaking ranks or what? 06319 0
Reposted by TessaArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 12/05/2025Employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at work face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from colleagues and managers, according to a new study.arstechnica.comAI use damages professional reputation, study suggestsNew Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma. 3702825710 0
Reposted by Tessarax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 12/05/2025im laughing very hard at this 233839 0
Reposted by TessaRegina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 12/05/2025He's a convicted felon who incited an insurrection. How can we possibly know what's in his heart? 164 0
Reposted by TessaPrairie Schooner @prairie-schooner.bsky.social · 12/05/2025It's almost time! Our Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest opens May 15. This year's contest will be judged by @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social. Open to all types of CNF essays up to 5,000 words. One winner receives $1000 and publication. Spread the word! prairieschooner.unl.edu/submit/creat... 022 0
Reposted by Tessakevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 18/03/2025And all it takes is one WaPo op-ed, or one "smart" person opining on it. The imprimatur is important for people to accept because of the unthinking confidence in authority and existing systems. "They can't be fascist. America is a democracy." So the fascist actions become acceptable. 1205 0
Reposted by Tessa🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I’m crying, this is so funny WEAPONIZED MANSPLAINING FOR ESPIONAGE ☠️☠️ 3638321080 0
Reposted by TessaAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 17/03/2025Just throwing out some possibilities. 1) Blue states declare a state of emergency 2) Enact the title 2 of the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 3) Restrict moneys transferred out of state specifically targeting transfers to the IRS 4) Redirect those transfers to a state escrow account. 5) Sue me 431752 0
Tessa @tessamayk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Day 22- Flowers or fortune or flowers of fortune… #the100dayproject #colouredpencil 020 0
Reposted by TessaMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 15/03/2025If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...wunc.orgUSDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banksThe USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr... 20175093119376 0
Reposted by TessaACLU @aclu.org · 15/03/2025If you’re protesting this weekend, know your rights. 5963483881 0
Reposted by TessaWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 14/03/2025Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March? 21888256 0
Reposted by TessaJoel Calahan @joelcalahan.com · 13/03/2025This protest zine was made by a student in the Grossmont Union High School District and passed out at the board meeting on Tuesday. The kids are going to be alright. 15567164 0
Reposted by TessaDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025As long as I live, I will never understand how “it should be easier for multi-billion-dollar corporations to dump poison in the water my children drink” became popular politics with half the country. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi... 🌎🧪nbcnews.comEPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulationsLee Zeldin said he will reconsider a list of core EPA policies, including emissions standards for vehicles and the finding that serves as the basis for addressing climate change. 581124455 0
Tessa @tessamayk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Day 13 - needed the brain reset #the100dayproject #watercolour 050 0
Reposted by TessaSami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Reminded that Butler was not a prophet, rather she was someone who paid attention. She constantly read newspapers & academic research articles on cults, climate change, racism & sexism. She saw the patterns & signs & tried to warn us. 6371121 0
Reposted by TessaMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 05/03/2025One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts." Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them. This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD 382168493696 0
Reposted by TessaTeam Wolf @team-wolf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Alaska is reviving a brutal program to gun down up to 80% of wolves & other predators from helicopters. Officials claim it helps moose & caribou, but even state research says otherwise. This slaughter is inhumane & unjust. Read more: bit.ly/ResidentsOut... 615980 0
Tessa @tessamayk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Day 11 - finished the umbrellas #the100dayproject #colouredpencils 040 0
Reposted by TessaGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Unlike traditional tariffs, an oligarch tax targets those who benefit the most from globalization: billionaires and the corporations they control It would impose high costs on the de facto current US administration 255493 0
Reposted by TessaMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 26/02/2025A # of problems would have been greatly reduced by white men simply liking themselves instead of measuring their self-worth by the oppression of others. The ideology of white supremacy & patriarchy is a collective self-esteem failure that prevented many people from building a self-worth on merit. 37972141 0
Reposted by Tessaonion person @junlper.beer · 28/02/2025this encapsulates what all of this administration is about. they aren’t “accidentally” destroying departments. they are intentionally destroying the government so they can become the government. the only issue they have with the system is they don’t profit from it or control it 15963881175 0
Reposted by TessaE. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 28/02/2025Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year. 491231504836 0
Reposted by TessaTallgirl6234 @tallgirl6234.bsky.social · 28/02/2025This forever changes how I view all the Jell-O and miracle whip recipes of the 1950s 1760960 0
Reposted by TessaEmily @2amwakeupcall.com · 28/02/2025REMEMBER KIDS when flooding a snitch form, DON’T use obvious troll responses that can be filtered out with a query Use PLAUSIBLE FAKE data that will take TIME and EFFORT to run down. This poisons the entire data pool and makes it useless 4263983887 0
Tessa @tessamayk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Day 5 - I have to go to bed, so I have to stop at 4 umbrellas today #the100dayproject 020 0
Reposted by TessaMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/02/2025This is what America's conservative "Christians" are doing to the planet's most vulnerable children. 1061299471 0
Reposted by TessaSenator Ben Ray Luján @lujan.senate.gov · 25/02/2025🚨 DELETED FROM WH.GOV The administration just deleted information & resources from its website on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women & violence against Indigenous women. To the families of missing or murdered women: you will never be erased. Linking resources below, please share:nativehope.orgMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) - Native HopeWe’re facing a crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in the United States. Here's what you need to know about it. 31935514 0
Reposted by Tessa🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 25/02/2025this was something that i thought it was important for us all to hear 028466 0
Reposted by TessaDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I really like this thread, talking through process, and each place we can stop them. Republicans tried to cut Medicaid in (at least) 1981, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2010, and 2017. Now 2025. This record of our success and their failure doesn't mean we'll stop them. But we can. We have before. 322181629 0
Reposted by TessaA.R. Ivanovich @arivanovich.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Don't let anything or anyone stop you from making your art. The harder it is for us to survive, the more important it is. Society berates us for pursuing this kind of work but without us, there'd be nothing but the corporate and the disingenuous. You matter. Your dreams matter. Your work matters. 420262 0
Tessa @tessamayk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Super tired, but still made time to create #the100dayproject day 3 #coloredpencil 030 0
Reposted by TessaReuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training. I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential. 5544001391 0
Reposted by TessaAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/02/2025If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit. 359260736337 0
Reposted by TessaDamon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 25/02/2025I think about this amazing bit of writing too often: 27815 0
Reposted by TessaLewanna Sinclair @lewanna.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Consider switching to #Kobo for a KU alternative. Switch to #libro.fm for an Audible alternative that supports local. They're both affordable and have good subscription plans. If you can afford to buy books at MSRP, consider getting #Bookshop.org to support local. #BookSky #QueerBookworms 141 0
Reposted by TessaAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services. 234161982401 0
Reposted by TessaChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This is insane. If you wonder why some of us think the rule of law is about to fall, it's this. The U.S. Attorney for DC is not "President Trump's lawyer" and its job is not to "protect his leadership" nor prosecute people who "refuse to put America first". 558100583290 0
