Dr. Tessa Fisher
@tessafisher.bsky.social
Postdoc researching exoplanet biosignatures, Univ. of Arizona | Astrobiologist | Trans Lesbian | Wife | SFF Writer | Lukewarm Ecosocialist | Union Woman | One Half of @asabpod.bsky.social | She/Her| 🌹
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Dr. Tessa Fisher
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· Jul 23
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So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
I'm sharing this bit for folks in my specific situation (F on my passport which is correct, got it changed during the Biden admin):
"For those who updated their passports before this administration, any attempt to revoke those documents would be far more complicated. [...]" (1/2)
"For those who updated their passports before this administration, any attempt to revoke those documents would be far more complicated. [...]" (1/2)
The intent, for anyone paying attention, is clearly to revoke trans peoples’ passports and then refuse to issue new ones, keeping us captive and on a state extermination list.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
We should officially replace the US's national motto, In God We Trust, with the old unofficial motto, E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one). In God We Trust was only added in the 1950s to distinguish the US from the godless commies, and smacks of theocracy. E Pluribus Unum is far more fitting.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We should officially replace the US's national motto, In God We Trust, with the old unofficial motto, E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one). In God We Trust was only added in the 1950s to distinguish the US from the godless commies, and smacks of theocracy. E Pluribus Unum is far more fitting.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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Mayor Pete has the right to marry because the gay men and lesbians who came before him fought for it. It was a movement based our identities in the plural sense as LGBTQ Americans. Pander somewhere else fella.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Mayor Pete has the right to marry because the gay men and lesbians who came before him fought for it. It was a movement based our identities in the plural sense as LGBTQ Americans. Pander somewhere else fella.
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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This asbestos metaphor is brilliant.
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This asbestos metaphor is brilliant.
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Honestly love to see it and want to see it 49 more times
(Source for the screenshot within a screenshot: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
(Source for the screenshot within a screenshot: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Honestly love to see it and want to see it 49 more times
(Source for the screenshot within a screenshot: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
(Source for the screenshot within a screenshot: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
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we have a president who only does good things when everyone calls him a pedophile. our mission for the next 3 years is clear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
we have a president who only does good things when everyone calls him a pedophile. our mission for the next 3 years is clear.
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*shakily removing glasses*
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
*shakily removing glasses*
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Far right-wing conservatives should be socially shamed into at least getting evaluated for anxiety disorders, because it's simply not normal to think the world is so fragile that trans people existing will somehow cause it to collapse.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Far right-wing conservatives should be socially shamed into at least getting evaluated for anxiety disorders, because it's simply not normal to think the world is so fragile that trans people existing will somehow cause it to collapse.
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how many commandments does this violate at once
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
how many commandments does this violate at once
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Was job-hunting and came across a listing for 'lead astrobiologist' from a company called SpaceBelief, and, looking at their website, I honestly can't tell if this is a legitimate start-up, or some sort of fever dream
Home | Shakthi Mars Mapping
www.spacebelief.co.in
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Was job-hunting and came across a listing for 'lead astrobiologist' from a company called SpaceBelief, and, looking at their website, I honestly can't tell if this is a legitimate start-up, or some sort of fever dream
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muppetized book covers: thread
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
muppetized book covers: thread
There's a great opportunity here for direct action to get invited to the same sex parties and then spend the entire evening doing everything you can to kill Musk's boner
Was hanging out with a friend recently who travels in Certain Circles and she offhandedly mentioned that Elon Musk goes to sex parties in Austin, which immediately summoned up the absolutely horrifying prospect of being in the same sex party as Elon Musk
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There's a great opportunity here for direct action to get invited to the same sex parties and then spend the entire evening doing everything you can to kill Musk's boner
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it's insanely funny for people to be talking like this about New York of all places, the city with a big metal lady in the harbor holding a sign that says "we love immigrants"
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
it's insanely funny for people to be talking like this about New York of all places, the city with a big metal lady in the harbor holding a sign that says "we love immigrants"
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I do think politicians that are beholden to to corporate interests do not want to address this. It's definitely part of the problem here.
Hunter might you consider the thesis that nobody actually *wants* to solve the housing crisis?
We need housing prices to keep going up, because home equity is what's filled in the gap between productivity and real wages.
www.researchgate.net/figure/Produ...
We need housing prices to keep going up, because home equity is what's filled in the gap between productivity and real wages.
www.researchgate.net/figure/Produ...
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I do think politicians that are beholden to to corporate interests do not want to address this. It's definitely part of the problem here.
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Look, Vance knows this is false. He doesn’t actually believe it. He has said this outright. For fascist filth like Vance, factual correctness is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it is symbolically correct. It’s vice signaling. Does it accurately represent your imagined fears?
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Look, Vance knows this is false. He doesn’t actually believe it. He has said this outright. For fascist filth like Vance, factual correctness is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it is symbolically correct. It’s vice signaling. Does it accurately represent your imagined fears?
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this is also how serial killers get away with it btw. they're mostly really stupid. but the cops are heinously bigoted and even more stupid, so
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
this is also how serial killers get away with it btw. they're mostly really stupid. but the cops are heinously bigoted and even more stupid, so
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[puts on queer radical feminist hat]
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
[puts on queer radical feminist hat]
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
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This screws over virtually every lab
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This screws over virtually every lab
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November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I can't even fathom what January will look like, except probably very bad for the Trump regime.
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
(Thread)
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
(Thread)
The timetable evidently has been accelerated.
What's your new predication for when we get to January?
I'll just throw a random one out there: They do release the Epstein files but only after Trump had time to preemptively pardon himself and he tells his base he had to cause it was a Dem smear job.
What's your new predication for when we get to January?
I'll just throw a random one out there: They do release the Epstein files but only after Trump had time to preemptively pardon himself and he tells his base he had to cause it was a Dem smear job.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I can't even fathom what January will look like, except probably very bad for the Trump regime.
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
(Thread)
Absent a major black swan event, I don't see a path to power consolidation for them at this point.
For a number of reasons, not just Epstein.
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