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yessenia funes
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I'm a queer latina climate journalist covering environmental issues through the perspective of the oppressed. find my reporting in vox, curbed, yale climate connections, & more.

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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 8d
those of us doing climate work for a place of love and heart are feeling this loss especially hard. alex pretti was one of us.

my latest newsletter honors his life and legacy.

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On Kinship With Alex Pretti
For the climate community, there's a sense of kinship with Alex Pretti, the Minnesotan ICE agents killed last month.
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Tanjiro from Demon Slayer cringing while looking down at his cellphone.
February 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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pussies bro
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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we need more podcasts like this one!!!!

@yeampierre.bsky.social is the GOAT and her voice is so needed

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Sandra Guzmán on Storytelling, Staying Grounded, and Creating With Toni Morrison
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February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Climate news for people who love the planet » Yale Climate Connections
Discover how people across the country are reacting to the reality of climate change.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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those of us doing climate work for a place of love and heart are feeling this loss especially hard. alex pretti was one of us.

my latest newsletter honors his life and legacy.

www.possibilities.news/alex-pretti-...
On Kinship With Alex Pretti
For the climate community, there's a sense of kinship with Alex Pretti, the Minnesotan ICE agents killed last month.
www.possibilities.news
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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"climate justice is about building a world where the most oppressed peoples have an equal shot of surviving and thriving in a world that is not crippled by the climate crisis," @yessfun.com via @alexandratalty.bsky.social

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Meet Yessenia Funes, climate reporter and editor
Focusing on climate justice, Funes brings some important points to the wider environmental movement. Plus: a reporting trip to the Sargasso Sea!
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February 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths

'I am their voice'

NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
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February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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take a look at this truly wonderful series of profiles (with original photography and video!) from my colleagues here @us.theguardian.com ❤️
This is Muslim New York: artists, thinkers and politicos on defining a new era for the city
A burgeoning set of Muslim creatives and intellectuals are thriving amid the backdrop of Zohran Mamdani’s rise. We ask 18 of them about this historic moment in New York City life
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February 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Writer @yessfun.com calls on #climate reporters to offer a sense of hope by leaning into #solutions narratives — hard-hitting, data-driven stories that hold the powerful accountable. www.sej.org/publications... #SEJournalVoicesofEnvironmentalJustice @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
Cleanup after the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, California, in January 2025.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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My latest newsletter, featuring climate reporter and editor, @yessfun.com is OUT! From her work covering climate justice to reporting from the SARGASSO SEA, Yessenia is always bringing important points to the environmental movement.

Story here: taltysoceandispatch.substack.com/p/meet-yesse...
Meet Yessenia Funes, climate reporter and editor
Focusing on climate justice, Funes brings some important points to the wider environmental movement. Plus: a reporting trip to the Sargasso Sea!
taltysoceandispatch.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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really excited to see 'fascism' as the top lookup on the dictionary. keep arming yourselves with education and information, yall!
January 30, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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really grateful to journalists like Joi Lee who are committed to the people and uplifting their voices. I spoke to her in my latest newsletter. she left climate media to cover the crisis in the US

subscribe to read & see my art this week

www.possibilities.news/joi-lee-minn...
This Is Home
I speak with Joi Lee, an independent journalist who left climate media to cover the crisis at home.
www.possibilities.news
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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please let this be true
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · 17d
BREAKING: Border Patrol's notorious lead agent, Greg Bovino, is reportedly withdrawing from Minneapolis following public pressure.

The power of the people works — but our communities need safety. We call on Congress to demand ICE and Border Patrol leave Minneapolis now.
January 26, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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Maybe someday America will decide it wants to fit in with the rest of the world as one of Mark Carney's 'middle powers,' an oversized Belgium or something. I think a majority of Americans would go for it in a heartbeat
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January 26, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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a damn good kicker: "I finally bought a gas mask. You should get one too."

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Resistance
On the ground in Minneapolis, watching out for ICE at every corner, crosswalk, church, and school.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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ugh, i hate the cold, and i hate climate change, and i hate that our leaders do so very little about it and, instead, keep doubling down on dirty fossil fuels that are making everything worse
January 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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this week's newsletter is about the 2016 trend... and the lessons we need to remember from a year that changed everything. in the years since, democracy has slowly eroded

read and subscribe!

www.possibilities.news/2016-standin...
Remember 2016?
The criminalization of protests has a long and ugly history, but 2016 was a turning point.
www.possibilities.news
January 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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my latest column for @sejorg.bsky.social is about the need for more solutions stories. always thrilled to provide my peers with guidance & support on how to cover communities

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Solutions Stories a Compass for Readers
Get more Voices of Environmental Justice in 2026, as we increase column frequency to bimonthly. And for her first contribution of the year, writer Yessenia Funes calls on climate reporters to offer au...
www.sej.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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"I've seen ordinary people do the most heroic things"
lukeoneil47.bsky.social Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29d
Aware that he only had a few months left to live the great Mike Davis gave one of his final interviews to the Guardian in 202.

"You’ve been organizing for social change your whole life. How do you deal with a future that feels so bleak?" Lois Beckett asked.
"For someone my age who was in the civil rights movement, and in other struggles of the 1960s, I’ve seen miracles happen," the revolutionary and historian responded. "I’ve seen ordinary people do the most heroic things. When you’ve had the privilege of knowing so many great fighters and resisters, you can’t lay down the sword, even if things seem objectively hopeless." "I’ve always been influenced by the poems Brecht wrote in the late 30s, during the second world war, after everything had been incinerated, all the dreams and values of an entire generation destroyed, and Brecht said, well, it’s a new dark ages … how do people resist in the dark ages?" "What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight."
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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just talked to a cousin who lives in minnesota. he's undocumented. he's scared and not going to work. this isn't sustainable for folks. he's got rent to pay. he's gotta buy food. sigh. i walk around with my passport b/c i'm scared. i'm a US citizen. born here. this is a nightmare.
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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i hear the birds chirping outside. that's my cue to take a little walkie walk
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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this week's newsletter is all about coal's dirty return — and the human cost this will have on coal country across the US

www.possibilities.news/coal-energy-...
Coal's Dirty Comeback
Clean air saves lives, but Donald Trump wants private industry to save dollars instead.
www.possibilities.news
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM