Violet Syren
@jesstbe.bsky.social
Just a siren with a penchant for mischief and myth, nerdom and neo soul, onomatopoeia and oceans as one
#ClimateJustice #SocialJustice #BasicHumanDecency #OneLove
#Mermaid #Pirate #Artist #Advocate #Entrepreneur #Performer #Producer
#ClimateJustice #SocialJustice #BasicHumanDecency #OneLove
#Mermaid #Pirate #Artist #Advocate #Entrepreneur #Performer #Producer
Breaking from the dark world, I went out dancing with friends last night. I didn't know how much I needed to feel safe and move my body with others. What a night 🥰
Came home to a mostly full moon! What a delight to look up and enjoy amidst the darkness.
#fullmoon #lunarhalo #livewhilewerealive
Came home to a mostly full moon! What a delight to look up and enjoy amidst the darkness.
#fullmoon #lunarhalo #livewhilewerealive
February 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Breaking from the dark world, I went out dancing with friends last night. I didn't know how much I needed to feel safe and move my body with others. What a night 🥰
Came home to a mostly full moon! What a delight to look up and enjoy amidst the darkness.
#fullmoon #lunarhalo #livewhilewerealive
Came home to a mostly full moon! What a delight to look up and enjoy amidst the darkness.
#fullmoon #lunarhalo #livewhilewerealive
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"The world isn’t ending. A world is ending. Our job is to midwife the next one."
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"The world isn’t ending. A world is ending. Our job is to midwife the next one."
To my pale fam, friends, and community - I didn't want this for y'all either, but this is the truth. Y'all can have your "come to Jesus moment", but please don't behave like this mess is in any way new for folx of color.
Thank you,
A very tired, old, multiracial woman just trying to create
Thank you,
A very tired, old, multiracial woman just trying to create
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
To my pale fam, friends, and community - I didn't want this for y'all either, but this is the truth. Y'all can have your "come to Jesus moment", but please don't behave like this mess is in any way new for folx of color.
Thank you,
A very tired, old, multiracial woman just trying to create
Thank you,
A very tired, old, multiracial woman just trying to create
I love everything about this work of art.
Thank you @retquits.art for sharing this powerful AF piece
#art is #resistance is #life
#FuckICE
Thank you @retquits.art for sharing this powerful AF piece
#art is #resistance is #life
#FuckICE
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I love everything about this work of art.
Thank you @retquits.art for sharing this powerful AF piece
#art is #resistance is #life
#FuckICE
Thank you @retquits.art for sharing this powerful AF piece
#art is #resistance is #life
#FuckICE
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Every day, I feel embarrassed about the mad king that’s ruining our country and our alliances in the world.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Every day, I feel embarrassed about the mad king that’s ruining our country and our alliances in the world.
Stretching into this frosty day and wishing I could feel as carefree as this lil #fairy statue looks.
It's convinced me to sit outside and just breathe for a bit.
The birds are singing.
The sun is out.
I have coffee.
Life IS hard...
But life is good.
#gardenview #frost #breathe #littlethings
It's convinced me to sit outside and just breathe for a bit.
The birds are singing.
The sun is out.
I have coffee.
Life IS hard...
But life is good.
#gardenview #frost #breathe #littlethings
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Stretching into this frosty day and wishing I could feel as carefree as this lil #fairy statue looks.
It's convinced me to sit outside and just breathe for a bit.
The birds are singing.
The sun is out.
I have coffee.
Life IS hard...
But life is good.
#gardenview #frost #breathe #littlethings
It's convinced me to sit outside and just breathe for a bit.
The birds are singing.
The sun is out.
I have coffee.
Life IS hard...
But life is good.
#gardenview #frost #breathe #littlethings
Today, as we see ICE fascists target brown and Black people, beat, arrest, and kill them, deny due process of law, & we see centrist politicians respond with calls for "more training" (instead of the right answer to abolish ICE) — we remember when Dr. King, warned us about the "white moderate."
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Can someone just wake me up after the world has redistributed the ill-gotten wealth of the oligarchs? Or better yet, done away with money altogether?
Most #Americans really don't get it. #Oligarchs are robbing us blind and casting a wider net for slavery within their refined systems.
Most #Americans really don't get it. #Oligarchs are robbing us blind and casting a wider net for slavery within their refined systems.
January 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Can someone just wake me up after the world has redistributed the ill-gotten wealth of the oligarchs? Or better yet, done away with money altogether?
Most #Americans really don't get it. #Oligarchs are robbing us blind and casting a wider net for slavery within their refined systems.
Most #Americans really don't get it. #Oligarchs are robbing us blind and casting a wider net for slavery within their refined systems.
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood
With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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I made a thing. Please share to boost the signal of mutual aid orgs on the ground in Minneapolis.
Hey Bill and @ziibiing.com, excellent and thank you! Solidarity from Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. I made a flyer with a code linking to the list of orgs.
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I made a thing. Please share to boost the signal of mutual aid orgs on the ground in Minneapolis.
Found this while visiting my old FB because bsky is depressing and this reminder of simpler times made me chuckle in my sinus headache despair of current times. Just a reminder this shit ain't new - just WORSE.
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Found this while visiting my old FB because bsky is depressing and this reminder of simpler times made me chuckle in my sinus headache despair of current times. Just a reminder this shit ain't new - just WORSE.
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If you know of any remote work please post it under this thread. Black women are losing jobs at alarming rates and it would be nice to pass along.
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
If you know of any remote work please post it under this thread. Black women are losing jobs at alarming rates and it would be nice to pass along.
Dear #governmentworkers departing/fleeing the garbage:
Please apply your skills in your #communities. You are still needed. It's not enough to remove yourself from the seats of relative power you had. Now it's time to bring your strength to the people more directly.
PS - mind the power vacuum
Please apply your skills in your #communities. You are still needed. It's not enough to remove yourself from the seats of relative power you had. Now it's time to bring your strength to the people more directly.
PS - mind the power vacuum
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Dear #governmentworkers departing/fleeing the garbage:
Please apply your skills in your #communities. You are still needed. It's not enough to remove yourself from the seats of relative power you had. Now it's time to bring your strength to the people more directly.
PS - mind the power vacuum
Please apply your skills in your #communities. You are still needed. It's not enough to remove yourself from the seats of relative power you had. Now it's time to bring your strength to the people more directly.
PS - mind the power vacuum
If those in power don't abide by the law, why should any of us? 🤔
I'm grateful I have a conscience, but damn.
#existential #ethics #sinusheadachebrain
I'm grateful I have a conscience, but damn.
#existential #ethics #sinusheadachebrain
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 AM
If those in power don't abide by the law, why should any of us? 🤔
I'm grateful I have a conscience, but damn.
#existential #ethics #sinusheadachebrain
I'm grateful I have a conscience, but damn.
#existential #ethics #sinusheadachebrain
Urgent question from my sick couch:
Where is this generation's #BobRoss???
I'm watching him for the first time in years - REALLY watching and listening - and just want to cry in the overwhelming comfort of his energy. 🥹
Where is this generation's #BobRoss???
I'm watching him for the first time in years - REALLY watching and listening - and just want to cry in the overwhelming comfort of his energy. 🥹
a man painting a picture with the words believe that you can do it behind him
ALT: a man painting a picture with the words believe that you can do it behind him
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Urgent question from my sick couch:
Where is this generation's #BobRoss???
I'm watching him for the first time in years - REALLY watching and listening - and just want to cry in the overwhelming comfort of his energy. 🥹
Where is this generation's #BobRoss???
I'm watching him for the first time in years - REALLY watching and listening - and just want to cry in the overwhelming comfort of his energy. 🥹
I'm so old that I went into a flow state for stretching and popped my hip so intensely I had to sit for five minutes sounding like Peter from Family Guy.
#40slife #ouch #selfcare hurts sometimes
#40slife #ouch #selfcare hurts sometimes
peter griffin from the family guy is sitting on the sidewalk .
ALT: peter griffin from the family guy is sitting on the sidewalk .
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Trust the process and embrace the "mistakes" as *critical learning* times.
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trust the process and embrace the "mistakes" as *critical learning* times.
This is giving me some hope in the world while I recover from a sinus infection.
Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This is giving me some hope in the world while I recover from a sinus infection.
We can only hope the current President could just be 'leaving soon' 😒
The sandwich of movies around it tho...
The sandwich of movies around it tho...
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
We can only hope the current President could just be 'leaving soon' 😒
The sandwich of movies around it tho...
The sandwich of movies around it tho...
US Gestapo has been murdering & disappearing folks for a while now... But at least the video of an innocent, pale, femme, US citizen being shot in cold blood got everyone's attention.
The people of America have little to no power unless we are unified. No one changes unless it hurts bad enough. 😞
The people of America have little to no power unless we are unified. No one changes unless it hurts bad enough. 😞
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
US Gestapo has been murdering & disappearing folks for a while now... But at least the video of an innocent, pale, femme, US citizen being shot in cold blood got everyone's attention.
The people of America have little to no power unless we are unified. No one changes unless it hurts bad enough. 😞
The people of America have little to no power unless we are unified. No one changes unless it hurts bad enough. 😞
Here's another terrifying reason we need to clean up and curb #plastic use to essentials only y'all.
Plastic hasn’t just polluted the land and oceans. Research has found microplastics in cloud water, which are influencing how clouds form by acting as seeds for ice crystals, thereby accelerating the formation of storms and increasing their strength. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MicroplasticMonday
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Here's another terrifying reason we need to clean up and curb #plastic use to essentials only y'all.
I just wrapped a helluva workshop theater show today. I did not expect second billing... but there I was sharing the heart of #art and #community through a dream role I'm blessed to originate.
That magic cannot be replaced by any computer. Human sharing and vulnerability transcends all.
That magic cannot be replaced by any computer. Human sharing and vulnerability transcends all.
January 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I just wrapped a helluva workshop theater show today. I did not expect second billing... but there I was sharing the heart of #art and #community through a dream role I'm blessed to originate.
That magic cannot be replaced by any computer. Human sharing and vulnerability transcends all.
That magic cannot be replaced by any computer. Human sharing and vulnerability transcends all.
Sooo by his own rules... Could someone come and just grab up the orange monster?
We've all seen his cankles. He ain't running fast or far if surprised.
We've all seen his cankles. He ain't running fast or far if surprised.
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Sooo by his own rules... Could someone come and just grab up the orange monster?
We've all seen his cankles. He ain't running fast or far if surprised.
We've all seen his cankles. He ain't running fast or far if surprised.
Y'all.... I've been accidentally intermittent fasting through a theatre production.. and this might just be the way.
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Y'all.... I've been accidentally intermittent fasting through a theatre production.. and this might just be the way.