Tess Stenson-Childs
@tessstenson.bsky.social
Author, mountain hag, dork with an earth sciencey background, rat queen. She/her. 🏳️⚧️
New book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DP3F2JL4
New book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DP3F2JL4
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Hello new followers. Thank you for choosing to spend your social media experience with me. I have a new book out. It's got zombies, Area 51, non-binary aliens, and devastating alien swear words. Get it in paperback or ebook, all regions. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DP3F2JL4
Met a cool new friend today.
January 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Met a cool new friend today.
Oh no there's British food be bad discourse going on, and it's so very very tiring. Food discourse in general is the worst. Just accept that some people like some things, others like other things. It's fine. Just let it go.
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Oh no there's British food be bad discourse going on, and it's so very very tiring. Food discourse in general is the worst. Just accept that some people like some things, others like other things. It's fine. Just let it go.
Still can't believe my luck that I got to meet some of these big lovely chunkers last year. They're the cutest.
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Still can't believe my luck that I got to meet some of these big lovely chunkers last year. They're the cutest.
There have been so many games with fantastic music over the decades, but none have surpassed the original Unreal's soundtrack.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
There have been so many games with fantastic music over the decades, but none have surpassed the original Unreal's soundtrack.
I fear that once more London will be cruelly cheated out of snow during this cold snap, and it is not on I tell you!
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I fear that once more London will be cruelly cheated out of snow during this cold snap, and it is not on I tell you!
Ahh, so the old Confederacy dream of the Golden Circle is alive and well in 2026.
NEW: Look at the list of rationales Trump gave for his attack on Venezuela—they apply just as well to SEVERAL other countries. So: Who's next?
www.thebulwark.com/p/which-coun...
www.thebulwark.com/p/which-coun...
Which Countries Will Trump Invade Next? He’s Given Us a Guide.
The reasons he listed for toppling Venezuela’s Maduro apply just as well to many other governments.
www.thebulwark.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Ahh, so the old Confederacy dream of the Golden Circle is alive and well in 2026.
Starting this year in the way I mean to go on: by eating a frankly irresponsible amount of cheese.
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Starting this year in the way I mean to go on: by eating a frankly irresponsible amount of cheese.
I missed that yesterday was #NationalScienceFictionDay, but it is still the Year of Reading, so here's a sci-fi book you can read right now. It stars a group of little aliens as they try to escape Earth. amzn.eu/d/64UYKIU
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I missed that yesterday was #NationalScienceFictionDay, but it is still the Year of Reading, so here's a sci-fi book you can read right now. It stars a group of little aliens as they try to escape Earth. amzn.eu/d/64UYKIU
"Aah, you were at my side, all along. My true mentor. My guiding moonlight..." I whisper in awe as I dig out my thermal leggings from the deepest recesses of my closet.
January 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
"Aah, you were at my side, all along. My true mentor. My guiding moonlight..." I whisper in awe as I dig out my thermal leggings from the deepest recesses of my closet.
Happy new year. Last year was a bit rubbish, so let's all have a good one this time around the sun yeah?
January 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Happy new year. Last year was a bit rubbish, so let's all have a good one this time around the sun yeah?
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I've not posted about it here but earlier this year I started doing more drawing in a sketchbook. No purpose just something for myself. But it's always nice to see and show progress. These are about 6 months apart. Obviously lots of room for improvement but enjoying it with no pressure.
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I've not posted about it here but earlier this year I started doing more drawing in a sketchbook. No purpose just something for myself. But it's always nice to see and show progress. These are about 6 months apart. Obviously lots of room for improvement but enjoying it with no pressure.
Dreamed I was in a Popeye game, and the Popeye theme music was playing, but it gradually morphed into the most incredible solo ever heard, as though God himself was shredding and his angelic choir was tearing it up along with him. Then I wake up and cannot remember any of it, and sadness returns.
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Dreamed I was in a Popeye game, and the Popeye theme music was playing, but it gradually morphed into the most incredible solo ever heard, as though God himself was shredding and his angelic choir was tearing it up along with him. Then I wake up and cannot remember any of it, and sadness returns.
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Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
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A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Got married in August and we hired a photographer who took us to Albert Bridge for some photos. A couple of people in their cars in traffic on the bridge called out their congratulations and told us we looked beautiful. Yeah, London can be ace.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Got married in August and we hired a photographer who took us to Albert Bridge for some photos. A couple of people in their cars in traffic on the bridge called out their congratulations and told us we looked beautiful. Yeah, London can be ace.
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A stranger asked me for directions. After I gave him them he said, "Here take this as thanks," and handed me the paperback book he was holding. Once it was in my hands and before I could respond he said, "it's shit." Then hurried off
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A stranger asked me for directions. After I gave him them he said, "Here take this as thanks," and handed me the paperback book he was holding. Once it was in my hands and before I could respond he said, "it's shit." Then hurried off
Silently stood outside a theatre next to Wallace Shawn for a bit, nodded a polite hello to each other.
Entered a service station urinal at the same time Morrisey was leaving it.
Quietly shared an elevator with Lyle Lovett.
December 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Silently stood outside a theatre next to Wallace Shawn for a bit, nodded a polite hello to each other.
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If you like wildlife, please check out my UK Wildlife YT Channel
Its 20 subscribers away from my target of 4000 followers in 2025, so please subscribe and share with anyone you might think would be interested :)
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#wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifefilmmaking
Its 20 subscribers away from my target of 4000 followers in 2025, so please subscribe and share with anyone you might think would be interested :)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifefilmmaking
Wildlife - YouTube
My wildlife videos
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you like wildlife, please check out my UK Wildlife YT Channel
Its 20 subscribers away from my target of 4000 followers in 2025, so please subscribe and share with anyone you might think would be interested :)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifefilmmaking
Its 20 subscribers away from my target of 4000 followers in 2025, so please subscribe and share with anyone you might think would be interested :)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#wildlife #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifefilmmaking
We're in the season during which any weird noises you hear outside can usually be explained by horny foxes shouting for attention.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We're in the season during which any weird noises you hear outside can usually be explained by horny foxes shouting for attention.
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I told my story. It's behind a paywall, but here it is. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
A California National Guard pilot warned about Trump for years. Now she’s being forced out
Brynn Tannehill is a Navy-trained helicopter pilot who joined the California Air National Guard in 2023. She says she’s being kicked out for being transgender.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I told my story. It's behind a paywall, but here it is. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
For the next few days, if someone tries to claim they know with any certainty which day of the week it is, you can be assured they're a filthy liar.
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
For the next few days, if someone tries to claim they know with any certainty which day of the week it is, you can be assured they're a filthy liar.
Looks like meat's back on the menu, fuckos.
December 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Looks like meat's back on the menu, fuckos.
And a very happy Taradino Cassatt wearing a Santa hat on the Rise of the Triad level loading screens day to all who celebrate.
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And a very happy Taradino Cassatt wearing a Santa hat on the Rise of the Triad level loading screens day to all who celebrate.
...And Tiny Tim, who did die, but was replaced by a lookalike — aided by MI5 — to spare the public from grief after a fatal crash in 1966.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
...And Tiny Tim, who did die, but was replaced by a lookalike — aided by MI5 — to spare the public from grief after a fatal crash in 1966.