Kelly Kessler
@kesslercodes.bsky.social
Software engineer. Artist. Songwriter. She/her. Posts veer between citizenship, code, and the arts. 🏳️🌈
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Democrat Forrest Dunbar was on Nat Guard training in Poland and got personal leave, and bought his own ticket, to get back to AK and vote for the override.
If you are wondering why the special session was scheduled when he was in Poland, well, I'm thinking no one imagined he would do what he did
If you are wondering why the special session was scheduled when he was in Poland, well, I'm thinking no one imagined he would do what he did
A defeat for conservatives in Alaska: the state legislature overrode the governor’s veto of education spending, restoring $50 million of funds for education. www.adn.com/politics/ala...
Alaska lawmakers override 2 Dunleavy vetoes, restoring $50M in education funding
Lawmakers adjourned a joint session without considering any of Dunleavy’s other recent vetoes, including of school maintenance and construction funding and other bills that passed with bipartisan supp...
www.adn.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Democrat Forrest Dunbar was on Nat Guard training in Poland and got personal leave, and bought his own ticket, to get back to AK and vote for the override.
If you are wondering why the special session was scheduled when he was in Poland, well, I'm thinking no one imagined he would do what he did
If you are wondering why the special session was scheduled when he was in Poland, well, I'm thinking no one imagined he would do what he did
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Imagine being the fucking Tennessee Assistant Attorney General who fought this tooth and nail: www.tennessean.com/story/news/c....
There is NO reason for the state to oppose a request like this. It benefits the public not at all, even theoretically. It’s just unadulterated cruelty.
There is NO reason for the state to oppose a request like this. It benefits the public not at all, even theoretically. It’s just unadulterated cruelty.
Judge grants Nashville death row inmate's request to disable heart device before execution
A Chancery Court judge says the state must disconnect the heart defibrillator shortly before the inmate's August execution to avoid a prolonged death.
www.tennessean.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imagine being the fucking Tennessee Assistant Attorney General who fought this tooth and nail: www.tennessean.com/story/news/c....
There is NO reason for the state to oppose a request like this. It benefits the public not at all, even theoretically. It’s just unadulterated cruelty.
There is NO reason for the state to oppose a request like this. It benefits the public not at all, even theoretically. It’s just unadulterated cruelty.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Disturbing news
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Disturbing news
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I liked it better when I wasn't sure what EO or TRO were because I didn't see either one multiple times a day
May 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I liked it better when I wasn't sure what EO or TRO were because I didn't see either one multiple times a day
Wow.
I just changed my settings in this app to use a default browser (Firefox) instead of the in-app browser, and my Bluesky experience just got a lot better.
The in-app browser is a little like a 1980s car dealership commercial.
Settings>Content & Media>Use In App Browser: off.
I just changed my settings in this app to use a default browser (Firefox) instead of the in-app browser, and my Bluesky experience just got a lot better.
The in-app browser is a little like a 1980s car dealership commercial.
Settings>Content & Media>Use In App Browser: off.
March 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wow.
I just changed my settings in this app to use a default browser (Firefox) instead of the in-app browser, and my Bluesky experience just got a lot better.
The in-app browser is a little like a 1980s car dealership commercial.
Settings>Content & Media>Use In App Browser: off.
I just changed my settings in this app to use a default browser (Firefox) instead of the in-app browser, and my Bluesky experience just got a lot better.
The in-app browser is a little like a 1980s car dealership commercial.
Settings>Content & Media>Use In App Browser: off.
It's not some new way of doing government.
It's a crime spree.
It's a crime spree.
At some point we are going to go from courts declaring acts by the Trump Admin to be illegal/unconstitutional to a recognition that Musk and his posse have broken dozens/hundreds of laws and are criminals.
It needs to be understood that Elon Musk has been on a crime spree not an efficiency drive.
It needs to be understood that Elon Musk has been on a crime spree not an efficiency drive.
I joined Ali Velshi last night on MSNBC’s The Eleventh Hour to discuss the Chief Justice’s rebuke of the President. I explained that America is in a constitutional crisis when, rather than faithfully executing the laws, the President of the United States is defying the laws.
March 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's not some new way of doing government.
It's a crime spree.
It's a crime spree.
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The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
Please share this with your favorite restaurant owners.
www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids
www.eater.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Please share this with your favorite restaurant owners.
www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
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Public comment genuinely matters. Courts will overturn rules based on an administration not responding to substantive comments.
Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
February 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Public comment genuinely matters. Courts will overturn rules based on an administration not responding to substantive comments.
So...
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2025: 7 plane crashes
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So...
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This woman is brilliant.
A little too on the nose....
The History of Wealth Throughout History
YouTube video by Sarah Cooper
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This woman is brilliant.
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So here's a thought.
What if all the rest of the White House press corps stopped showing up until the AP's reinstated?
What if all the rest of the White House press corps stopped showing up until the AP's reinstated?
New: the AP says it was blocked from an Oval Office event after being informed that it would be barred if it didn’t follow President Trump’s guidance on renaming the Gulf of Mexico
February 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So here's a thought.
What if all the rest of the White House press corps stopped showing up until the AP's reinstated?
What if all the rest of the White House press corps stopped showing up until the AP's reinstated?
The Republican lead in the House is tiny, and they're vulnerable in upcoming special elections. Consider donating and volunteering for Gay Valimont, running for Matt Gaetz's seat. We can't abandon the institutions of democracy to the kleptocrats. secure.actblue.com/donate/gay-v...
I just gave to Gay Valimont!
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Republican lead in the House is tiny, and they're vulnerable in upcoming special elections. Consider donating and volunteering for Gay Valimont, running for Matt Gaetz's seat. We can't abandon the institutions of democracy to the kleptocrats. secure.actblue.com/donate/gay-v...
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0
Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
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Find your local LGBTQIA groups. Support them. If you are Cis and white, this advice is for you especially. Evangelicals target them. It galvanizes them to target them. Make those evangelicals uncomfortable. Make other people see them for the bullies they are. 11/14
February 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Find your local LGBTQIA groups. Support them. If you are Cis and white, this advice is for you especially. Evangelicals target them. It galvanizes them to target them. Make those evangelicals uncomfortable. Make other people see them for the bullies they are. 11/14
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Professors like these are harder and harder to come by.
As more people are disillusioned by AI’s promises to cure cancer and solve crime, it’s crucial to cut through the rhetoric and gets down to the facts.
As more people are disillusioned by AI’s promises to cure cancer and solve crime, it’s crucial to cut through the rhetoric and gets down to the facts.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.
thebullshitmachines.com
INTRODUCTION
thebullshitmachines.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Professors like these are harder and harder to come by.
As more people are disillusioned by AI’s promises to cure cancer and solve crime, it’s crucial to cut through the rhetoric and gets down to the facts.
As more people are disillusioned by AI’s promises to cure cancer and solve crime, it’s crucial to cut through the rhetoric and gets down to the facts.
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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
I love this.
If you have ever received treasury payments - tax returns, student loans, financial aid, social security, etc. Call your bank, mortgage company, credit card company, university. Express concerns about the federal personal data breach. Ask how they will protect your information. Put on the pressure!
February 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I love this.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests
This is "We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests" by MediaTank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
Gulf of Mexico.
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“Gulf of America” just appeared in a Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Convective Outlook
January 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf of Mexico.
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And if you want to take some other action here is a list of things to do.
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025
Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.
bookriot.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And if you want to take some other action here is a list of things to do.
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
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Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
January 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.