jessbess
@jessicabess.bsky.social
middle-aged-momcore. very california.
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now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Like I fucking said.
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Like I fucking said.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Seems right
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November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Seems right
Evergreen
Honestly I thought I was too tired to be angry and yet
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Evergreen
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Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.
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Don Bluth is the reason elder millennials are fucked up in our feels. He broke us over and over again and we let him.
Shit Don Bluth also directed The Secret of NIMH? That dude was thriving in the 80s
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Don Bluth is the reason elder millennials are fucked up in our feels. He broke us over and over again and we let him.
He still thinks water flows down from Canada.
Eventually, they’ll figure out population density. 🤡
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
He still thinks water flows down from Canada.
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For many in the Asian American community, the refugee program was their immigration story.
Yet President Trump wants to rewrite the message at the base of the Statue of Liberty to say: “White people only.”
This betrays everything America stands for. Op-ed in English and Vietnamese in bio.
Yet President Trump wants to rewrite the message at the base of the Statue of Liberty to say: “White people only.”
This betrays everything America stands for. Op-ed in English and Vietnamese in bio.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For many in the Asian American community, the refugee program was their immigration story.
Yet President Trump wants to rewrite the message at the base of the Statue of Liberty to say: “White people only.”
This betrays everything America stands for. Op-ed in English and Vietnamese in bio.
Yet President Trump wants to rewrite the message at the base of the Statue of Liberty to say: “White people only.”
This betrays everything America stands for. Op-ed in English and Vietnamese in bio.
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He has declared war on Trump and made people excited about being New Yorkers. I’m already proud to live here and my god, that was the best NYC pride, don’t fuck with us speech I’ve heard in my lifetime
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
He has declared war on Trump and made people excited about being New Yorkers. I’m already proud to live here and my god, that was the best NYC pride, don’t fuck with us speech I’ve heard in my lifetime
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This is what winning bigly looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This is what winning bigly looks like.
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wrote this 364 days ago
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
wrote this 364 days ago
What do we do? Stand up, fight back!
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What do we do? Stand up, fight back!
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Libbing out so hard I just saluted a bus
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Libbing out so hard I just saluted a bus
imessage gonna have to stop autocorrecting to "Zoltar"
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
imessage gonna have to stop autocorrecting to "Zoltar"
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Alicia Johnson has been elected public service commissioner in Georgia's Second Public Commission District. She will be the first Black woman to serve in statewide elective executive office in Georgia.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Alicia Johnson has been elected public service commissioner in Georgia's Second Public Commission District. She will be the first Black woman to serve in statewide elective executive office in Georgia.