Tina Bessias
@tbessias.bsky.social
Teacher, sustainability coordinator, beekeeper. Enthusiastic e-bike commuter ever anticipating the return of the wind-blown look.
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
In the early 60s! I would have believed it more easily 30+ years earlier.
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In the early 60s! I would have believed it more easily 30+ years earlier.
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Gratitude to Climate Change Resources for sharing this quote of the week.
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Gratitude to Climate Change Resources for sharing this quote of the week.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
Gratitude to Climate Change Resources for sharing this quote of the week.
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
Gratitude to Climate Change Resources for sharing this quote of the week.
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Beautiful.
20 before and afters of streets in Paris in one minute.
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Beautiful.
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The hijacking of computer software is called “a virus” for a reason. And the reason is that it’s a metaphor for what viruses do to our biological DNA programming.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The hijacking of computer software is called “a virus” for a reason. And the reason is that it’s a metaphor for what viruses do to our biological DNA programming.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
Get literal, people. Vaccinate your kids before measles or rubella or Hep B or HPV takes out their whole air traffic control system.
“Join Ice” www.instagram.com/reel/DND34FS...
Jesse Welles on Instagram: "join ice!
#sInGeRsOnGwRiTeR #OrGiNaL #cOuNtRy #folk #song"
Uncover the truth behind the ICE trend, exploring the controversies and societal impact. Learn about the motivations and repercussions of the agency's actions, and the concerns that surround it.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at GU Politics: "the struggle is not whether AI is good or bad. It's who controls it and who benefits from it."
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at GU Politics: "the struggle is not whether AI is good or bad. It's who controls it and who benefits from it."
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
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Wake up, America.
Your president is launching criminal investigations into any citizen he wants with the ease of a social media post.
If thats okay with you, then I hope you like your Constitution extra crispy.
Your president is launching criminal investigations into any citizen he wants with the ease of a social media post.
If thats okay with you, then I hope you like your Constitution extra crispy.
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wake up, America.
Your president is launching criminal investigations into any citizen he wants with the ease of a social media post.
If thats okay with you, then I hope you like your Constitution extra crispy.
Your president is launching criminal investigations into any citizen he wants with the ease of a social media post.
If thats okay with you, then I hope you like your Constitution extra crispy.
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Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Some good replies here, too.
Rep. Larsen, the ranking Dem member of the House transport committee, said: “Where do these harebrained ideas come from? Millions of people travel everyday using transit… Transit investments create and support jobs. Need I go on? These heavy-handed, top-down, egghead think tank ideas need to die.”
Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to:
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies
2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit
These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Some good replies here, too.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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FYI
Guerilla Pop Up Bike Lane, ausgerollt über parkende Autos auf dem Radweg
Wer viel mit dem Fahrrad in der Stadt unterwegs ist, kennt das Problem: Gefühlt alle paar Meter parkt ein Auto auf dem Fahrradweg und man muss auf die Straße ausweichen – wenn es denn überhaupt einen ...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
FYI
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TENNESSEAN: “Ethics complaint filed claiming 8 Senators ― including @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty ― violated conflict of interest rules by supporting a provision allowing them to sue the government for millions…”
(Finally they cover this story! 👏🏽)
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
(Finally they cover this story! 👏🏽)
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
TENNESSEAN: “Ethics complaint filed claiming 8 Senators ― including @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty ― violated conflict of interest rules by supporting a provision allowing them to sue the government for millions…”
(Finally they cover this story! 👏🏽)
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
(Finally they cover this story! 👏🏽)
www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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That’s our founder - out there fighting for fair maps and voter’s rights in all the places and in all the ways 🩷
Profile in Progress: Kate Compton Barr, U.S. House, NC-14, 2026: Kate Barr filed to challenge Tim Moore in the GOP primary for NC-14, flipping her “can’t win” theory into the only contest that counts: the primary.
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Profile in Progress: Kate Compton Barr, U.S. House, NC-14, 2026
Kate Barr filed to challenge Tim Moore in the GOP primary for NC-14, flipping her “can’t win” theory into the only contest that counts: the primary.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
That’s our founder - out there fighting for fair maps and voter’s rights in all the places and in all the ways 🩷
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Getting ready to roll with the Alameda Bike Bus!
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Getting ready to roll with the Alameda Bike Bus!
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In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
Ouch.
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ouch.
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When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...
Prosecutors Can Indict a Ham Sandwich, But Can They Convict?
What happens when you indict a ham sandwich?
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November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
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DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 279
I hope no one is saying that Dems aren’t talking about the shutdown, but I also know that a lot of people really just expect the content to be literally handed to them, so,
1/2
I hope no one is saying that Dems aren’t talking about the shutdown, but I also know that a lot of people really just expect the content to be literally handed to them, so,
1/2
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 279
I hope no one is saying that Dems aren’t talking about the shutdown, but I also know that a lot of people really just expect the content to be literally handed to them, so,
1/2
I hope no one is saying that Dems aren’t talking about the shutdown, but I also know that a lot of people really just expect the content to be literally handed to them, so,
1/2
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So, “humanitarian intervention” in Nigeria?
Also, I hear somebody keeps killing Christians on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Might want to look into that.
Also, I hear somebody keeps killing Christians on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Might want to look into that.
Trump says US troops could be on the ground in Nigeria and says, "they're killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria, and they have other countries also. You know that. That part of the world. Very bad. They're killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers. Not gonna allow that"
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So, “humanitarian intervention” in Nigeria?
Also, I hear somebody keeps killing Christians on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Might want to look into that.
Also, I hear somebody keeps killing Christians on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Might want to look into that.
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I wonder if the South American fishermen he's routinely killing would count as "innocent Christians" too, or nah?
Confirmation from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wonder if the South American fishermen he's routinely killing would count as "innocent Christians" too, or nah?