Jessica McKenzie
@jessimckenzi.bsky.social
editing & reporting climate stories @thebulletin.org // outdoorsy newsletter: http://pinchofdirt.substack.com // tips: jmckenzie@thebulletin.org or jsmckenzie@protonmail.com or jessimckenzi.01 on signal
lol watching on primetime and what on earth is wrong with this ice. EVERYONE is falling
nyt spoiling me on skating results is about to make me turn off push notifications. some of us wait to watch until the evening!!!!
February 14, 2026 at 3:29 AM
lol watching on primetime and what on earth is wrong with this ice. EVERYONE is falling
nyt spoiling me on skating results is about to make me turn off push notifications. some of us wait to watch until the evening!!!!
February 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
nyt spoiling me on skating results is about to make me turn off push notifications. some of us wait to watch until the evening!!!!
related to this, it is so enlivening to Do Art For Fun. i am an artistic dilettante and can go months without picking up my watercolors or pen/pencil or oil pastels but when i do (usually on vacation) it is always such a delight and pleasure.
and now it's also anti-technofascist
and now it's also anti-technofascist
working on my personal no-ai manifesto. what did i forget?
February 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
related to this, it is so enlivening to Do Art For Fun. i am an artistic dilettante and can go months without picking up my watercolors or pen/pencil or oil pastels but when i do (usually on vacation) it is always such a delight and pleasure.
and now it's also anti-technofascist
and now it's also anti-technofascist
working on my personal no-ai manifesto. what did i forget?
February 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
working on my personal no-ai manifesto. what did i forget?
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
i don't ever want to *#&$ing hear we can't have nice things (health care, scientific research, well-paid teachers, parks and protected wilderness, bike lanes and public transportation) again when we have money for this!!!
this is repugnant and horrific on a human/moral level, obviously, but also seems to me colossal financial mismanagement.
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
February 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
i don't ever want to *#&$ing hear we can't have nice things (health care, scientific research, well-paid teachers, parks and protected wilderness, bike lanes and public transportation) again when we have money for this!!!
the elder millennials are mad as hell and not going to take this anymore
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
the elder millennials are mad as hell and not going to take this anymore
the angry/sad whiplash is hitting hard today
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
the angry/sad whiplash is hitting hard today
i don't ever want to *#&$ing hear we can't have nice things (health care, scientific research, well-paid teachers, parks and protected wilderness, bike lanes and public transportation) again when we have money for this!!!
this is repugnant and horrific on a human/moral level, obviously, but also seems to me colossal financial mismanagement.
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
February 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
i don't ever want to *#&$ing hear we can't have nice things (health care, scientific research, well-paid teachers, parks and protected wilderness, bike lanes and public transportation) again when we have money for this!!!
this is repugnant and horrific on a human/moral level, obviously, but also seems to me colossal financial mismanagement.
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
this is repugnant and horrific on a human/moral level, obviously, but also seems to me colossal financial mismanagement.
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
immigrants boost economic activity, so we're spending vast sums ($38 billion is more than the total annual spending for 22 states) to injure the economy. cruelty is expensive
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
And we are live from the Munich Security Conference.
I will be covering declarations on nuclear risk as they come, as well as on multilateralism, transatlantic relations, strategic stability, and energy security.
#MSC2026 @munsecconf.bsky.social #nuclearrisk #nuclearweapons #nukesky
I will be covering declarations on nuclear risk as they come, as well as on multilateralism, transatlantic relations, strategic stability, and energy security.
#MSC2026 @munsecconf.bsky.social #nuclearrisk #nuclearweapons #nukesky
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
And we are live from the Munich Security Conference.
I will be covering declarations on nuclear risk as they come, as well as on multilateralism, transatlantic relations, strategic stability, and energy security.
#MSC2026 @munsecconf.bsky.social #nuclearrisk #nuclearweapons #nukesky
I will be covering declarations on nuclear risk as they come, as well as on multilateralism, transatlantic relations, strategic stability, and energy security.
#MSC2026 @munsecconf.bsky.social #nuclearrisk #nuclearweapons #nukesky
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
Western economies rely heavily on data cables and energy pipelines along the Baltic seafloor, a dependency that Russia is weaponizing and that China appears to emulate, explains Bruce D. Jones in a piece for @thebulletin.org
Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure
Western economies have become dependent on data and energy flow along the seafloor; Russia and China are weaponizing that dependency.
thebulletin.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Western economies rely heavily on data cables and energy pipelines along the Baltic seafloor, a dependency that Russia is weaponizing and that China appears to emulate, explains Bruce D. Jones in a piece for @thebulletin.org
wow let's just check and see what the wapo editorial board thinks is of the highest priority right now....
yup, checks out
yup, checks out
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
wow let's just check and see what the wapo editorial board thinks is of the highest priority right now....
yup, checks out
yup, checks out
however bad the ai discourse is here i promise it's worse at the other site
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
however bad the ai discourse is here i promise it's worse at the other site
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
so brave for them to provide an unnamed spokesperson to explain the company's decision in bland word salad corporate speak. nothing to see here folks!
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
so brave for them to provide an unnamed spokesperson to explain the company's decision in bland word salad corporate speak. nothing to see here folks!
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
i cannot believe how high these guys are getting on their own supply
What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
www.newyorker.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
i cannot believe how high these guys are getting on their own supply
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
As I wrote for @thebulletin.org in August 2024: thebulletin.org/2024/08/proj...
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
As I wrote for @thebulletin.org in August 2024: thebulletin.org/2024/08/proj...
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
🚨 JUST IN: With the National Defense Strategy, Seoul worries that the new language from Washington creates an interpretive space that adversaries could exploit, writes Bee Yun Jo in @thebulletin.org.
#nuclearweapons #SouthKorea #nukesky #NationalDefenseStrategy
#nuclearweapons #SouthKorea #nukesky #NationalDefenseStrategy
What the National Defense Strategy's 'limited support' means to South Korea
With the National Defense Strategy, Seoul worries that the new language from Washington creates an interpretive space that adversaries could exploit.
thebulletin.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
🚨 JUST IN: With the National Defense Strategy, Seoul worries that the new language from Washington creates an interpretive space that adversaries could exploit, writes Bee Yun Jo in @thebulletin.org.
#nuclearweapons #SouthKorea #nukesky #NationalDefenseStrategy
#nuclearweapons #SouthKorea #nukesky #NationalDefenseStrategy
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
Head of GEO group was a “dreamer” before immigration laws tightened & now runs GEO which builds DHS concentration camps.🧵
“if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later, he’d more likely be cowering inside the Aurora Detention Center instead of raking in the profits from it.”
shorturl.at/yS5C9
“if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later, he’d more likely be cowering inside the Aurora Detention Center instead of raking in the profits from it.”
shorturl.at/yS5C9
Immigrant Owner of ICE Detention Center Doubles His Money With Trump
The man who is making a killing from Trump’s current onslaught of immigrant persecution is himself an immigrant. In fact, if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later,...
shorturl.at
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Head of GEO group was a “dreamer” before immigration laws tightened & now runs GEO which builds DHS concentration camps.🧵
“if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later, he’d more likely be cowering inside the Aurora Detention Center instead of raking in the profits from it.”
shorturl.at/yS5C9
“if George Zoley had been born just 20 years later, he’d more likely be cowering inside the Aurora Detention Center instead of raking in the profits from it.”
shorturl.at/yS5C9
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
posting a banger that isn't in english
Solo Whale
YouTube video by Release - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
posting a banger that isn't in english
oh great just saw that it was so dry last night that my nose bled and stained our new sheets
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
oh great just saw that it was so dry last night that my nose bled and stained our new sheets
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
lotta folks still trapped in the idea of American exceptionalism, "it can't happen here, they won't get away with it"
folks it can happen, it is happening, and they are getting away with it
folks it can happen, it is happening, and they are getting away with it
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 AM
lotta folks still trapped in the idea of American exceptionalism, "it can't happen here, they won't get away with it"
folks it can happen, it is happening, and they are getting away with it
folks it can happen, it is happening, and they are getting away with it
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
The Seacoast of Pourville, Low Tide - 1882
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9842
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9842
February 10, 2026 at 6:28 AM
The Seacoast of Pourville, Low Tide - 1882
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9842
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9842
Reposted by Jessica McKenzie
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 AM