Tesa
@tesa44.bsky.social
Left of center, progressive liberal with no more f*cks to give
Former Democrat, now Independent
Will never collaborate with Nazi scum
Clinical Researcher and Vaccine Advocate
Sometimes knitter and avid audiobook lover
Former Democrat, now Independent
Will never collaborate with Nazi scum
Clinical Researcher and Vaccine Advocate
Sometimes knitter and avid audiobook lover
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Tesa
@tesa44.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Farewell Facebook... My last post. A remembrance for myself.
I joined FB back in 2008 just to play Scrabulous with Christopher Gillen. I thought it was stupid, but I stayed, and I stayed, and I stayed. I met up with old friends and made new friends, and I stayed. Schmucky Penguin Fucker Mark
I joined FB back in 2008 just to play Scrabulous with Christopher Gillen. I thought it was stupid, but I stayed, and I stayed, and I stayed. I met up with old friends and made new friends, and I stayed. Schmucky Penguin Fucker Mark
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Cool update to last week’s story on why language doesn’t equal intelligence: a Michigan judge cited it to justify imposing sanctions over a ChatGPT-assisted filing that mentioned real cases but misstated their facts. Congrats to author @benjaminjriley.bsky.social!
![Court filing: LLMs are tools
that “emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate
and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning.” Benjamin
Riley, Large language mistake, The Verge https://www.theverge.com/aiartificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligenceneuroscience-problems [https://perma.cc/7EHD-PLLZ]. When an LLM
overstates a holding of a case, it is not because it made a mistake when
logically working through how that case might represent a
“nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing
law or for establishing new law;” it is just piecing together a plausiblelooking sentence – one whose content may or may not be true.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7exlcsle4mjfhu3wnhcgizz6/bafkreicn2dgmwtlqwhdwlaijx5g66yqghjogfszcdp4d4afeyjfgwht2pi@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Cool update to last week’s story on why language doesn’t equal intelligence: a Michigan judge cited it to justify imposing sanctions over a ChatGPT-assisted filing that mentioned real cases but misstated their facts. Congrats to author @benjaminjriley.bsky.social!
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Could a new vaccine offer fresh hope for controlling whooping cough? 💙
Whooping cough numbers have been at their worst in the UK for 3️⃣0️⃣ years.
A human challenge trial in Southampton suggests a vaccine called BPZE1 could offer better protection.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-vac...
Whooping cough numbers have been at their worst in the UK for 3️⃣0️⃣ years.
A human challenge trial in Southampton suggests a vaccine called BPZE1 could offer better protection.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-vac...
This follows a new report that highlights that 2024 whooping cough numbers were at their worst in 30 years.
research.uhs.nhs.uk
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Could a new vaccine offer fresh hope for controlling whooping cough? 💙
Whooping cough numbers have been at their worst in the UK for 3️⃣0️⃣ years.
A human challenge trial in Southampton suggests a vaccine called BPZE1 could offer better protection.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-vac...
Whooping cough numbers have been at their worst in the UK for 3️⃣0️⃣ years.
A human challenge trial in Southampton suggests a vaccine called BPZE1 could offer better protection.
🔗 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/new-vac...
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To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
To quote the person who filmed this unconscious mom who was tazed while already in zip ties in front of her small child and then tossed her like a corpse into the trunk: “this is fucked up”
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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IF THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO EVEN LOOK AT — I’VE HEARD OF CHILDREN HAVING TO ENDURE WORSE AND NOT ONLY DID NO ONE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ELECTED A LITIGATED RAPIST TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FUCKING STATES.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
IF THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO EVEN LOOK AT — I’VE HEARD OF CHILDREN HAVING TO ENDURE WORSE AND NOT ONLY DID NO ONE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ELECTED A LITIGATED RAPIST TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FUCKING STATES.
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To all pedophiles who threaten our kids: If you keep trafficking children—we will kill you.
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
To all pedophiles who threaten our kids: If you keep trafficking children—we will kill you.
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*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
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Everyone!!!
I don’t know where this is, but it’s brilliant. How do we get this out? Seriously asking.
youtube.com/shorts/EdXF-...
I don’t know where this is, but it’s brilliant. How do we get this out? Seriously asking.
youtube.com/shorts/EdXF-...
FIREFIGHTERS CHASE ICE OUT
YouTube video by Tony Dortie
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Everyone!!!
I don’t know where this is, but it’s brilliant. How do we get this out? Seriously asking.
youtube.com/shorts/EdXF-...
I don’t know where this is, but it’s brilliant. How do we get this out? Seriously asking.
youtube.com/shorts/EdXF-...
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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2nd photo here, also by Vondruska
2/2
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November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
2nd photo here, also by Vondruska
2/2
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A thread of two photos, each worth more than 1,000 words:
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A thread of two photos, each worth more than 1,000 words:
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The Rev. Michael Woolf of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Ill., is detained by Illinois State Police at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility
Via Freelance photographer Jim Vondruska/Reuters
1/2
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Don't cross the picket line for mediocre coffee, folks.
Union strong. 💪
Union strong. 💪
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Don't cross the picket line for mediocre coffee, folks.
Union strong. 💪
Union strong. 💪
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Based on Trump's own example, it seems like Clinton (and probably Harris too) should sue the NYT for, say, a billion dollars.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Based on Trump's own example, it seems like Clinton (and probably Harris too) should sue the NYT for, say, a billion dollars.
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
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Remember when the Republicans came unglued over this? 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Remember when the Republicans came unglued over this? 🙄
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
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In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
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An exciting update! Mass Freedom To Read has been working overtime to get amendments filed that substantially strengthen this bill, and all the amendments have been filed! It's time to contact your MA senators to urge them to support the amendment: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
An exciting update! Mass Freedom To Read has been working overtime to get amendments filed that substantially strengthen this bill, and all the amendments have been filed! It's time to contact your MA senators to urge them to support the amendment: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I wish my local Indivisible group was this direct and committed.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I wish my local Indivisible group was this direct and committed.
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza