Jessica Rose Sanford 🏳️⚧️
@jess6k.bsky.social
Writer. Lugubrious malcontent.
Words in Nashville Review, Tulane Review, Ozone Park, jmww, Hot Metal Bridge, Alarmist, others.
Former editor @ PARAGRAPHITI, Notre Dame Review
she/her
Words in Nashville Review, Tulane Review, Ozone Park, jmww, Hot Metal Bridge, Alarmist, others.
Former editor @ PARAGRAPHITI, Notre Dame Review
she/her
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There are a few FREE seats left for this amazing event, next Tuesday in San Francisco @booksmith.bsky.social! Grab 'em quick!
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There are a few FREE seats left for this amazing event, next Tuesday in San Francisco @booksmith.bsky.social! Grab 'em quick!
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The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
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The thing about this and the "Piggy" incident is how much it fires up MAGA nation. X has been braying for hours with approval. To them, the essence of the strong man is to tear down others, to humiliate and belittle. Even when awash in corruption, this is the love: he lets them feel strong again.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The thing about this and the "Piggy" incident is how much it fires up MAGA nation. X has been braying for hours with approval. To them, the essence of the strong man is to tear down others, to humiliate and belittle. Even when awash in corruption, this is the love: he lets them feel strong again.
I'm one of those people that never cooks, but has one dish I know slaps.
Y'all, it's Tabbouleh Time
Y'all, it's Tabbouleh Time
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I'm one of those people that never cooks, but has one dish I know slaps.
Y'all, it's Tabbouleh Time
Y'all, it's Tabbouleh Time
Apropos of nothing, remembering the time Franz Wright rang me at 11pm, one of two times we spoke on the phone, when he asked if I had any good drugs to share.
(I lived four states away lol)
(I lived four states away lol)
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Apropos of nothing, remembering the time Franz Wright rang me at 11pm, one of two times we spoke on the phone, when he asked if I had any good drugs to share.
(I lived four states away lol)
(I lived four states away lol)
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
Since we're apparently doing Pie Discourse -- I don't enjoy sugar or desserts generally, and the only pie that excites me is a homemade pumpkin pie, no whip; but even that's not worth the labor involved, IMO
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Since we're apparently doing Pie Discourse -- I don't enjoy sugar or desserts generally, and the only pie that excites me is a homemade pumpkin pie, no whip; but even that's not worth the labor involved, IMO
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Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
I've been obsessed with Kingfishers for years. Their nature, aesthetics, related mythology. Big attitudes in small packages.
Kingfisher against the silvery sea, leaving Whidbey Island.
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I've been obsessed with Kingfishers for years. Their nature, aesthetics, related mythology. Big attitudes in small packages.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
I'm sure this will all end well for a small group of rich people gambling the biggest economy in human history on digital snake oil that has the side effect of degrading the cognitive skills of the entire planet.
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'm sure this will all end well for a small group of rich people gambling the biggest economy in human history on digital snake oil that has the side effect of degrading the cognitive skills of the entire planet.
Feeling this all the way in my marrow.
I think it's really unfair that the only person who can really get me back on track is me. I'm the one who went off roading in the first place!
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Feeling this all the way in my marrow.
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America has a major nursing workforce shortage. We need hundreds of thousands more.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
America has a major nursing workforce shortage. We need hundreds of thousands more.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
Is it any surprise the Trump team has decided to make it *harder* for aspiring nurses to afford nursing school?
Yet another healthcare “policy” that will harm our future.
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"The right to literacy came at a heavy cost for many Americans. Power recognised that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate.
Dont surrender to AI your ability to read write+ think when others once risked their lives and died for it."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
Dont surrender to AI your ability to read write+ think when others once risked their lives and died for it."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating
"I am no stranger to students trying to cut corners by copying and pasting from Wikipedia, but the introduction of generative AI has enabled them to cheat in startling new ways."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"The right to literacy came at a heavy cost for many Americans. Power recognised that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate.
Dont surrender to AI your ability to read write+ think when others once risked their lives and died for it."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
Dont surrender to AI your ability to read write+ think when others once risked their lives and died for it."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
The grad plus loan cap alone means nearly everyone without generational wealth is locked out of law and medical school. Derailed my own plans.
Really good reporting here by Chloe on a bill that conceals much of its harmful effects on students and prospective students. Tons of important info in here:
As a college student myself, reading the Big Beautiful Bill was daunting. If you are a college student, know a college student or care about higher education, take a look at my article published with @justinglawe.bsky.social on @americandoom.bsky.social
Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/justingl...
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The grad plus loan cap alone means nearly everyone without generational wealth is locked out of law and medical school. Derailed my own plans.
Reading up on how many DOC guards are transferring to ICE and hoo boy does that track.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reading up on how many DOC guards are transferring to ICE and hoo boy does that track.
Today Notre Dame was up 21-0 without a single offensive snap, finishing 70-7. What a glorious game ☘️❤️
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Today Notre Dame was up 21-0 without a single offensive snap, finishing 70-7. What a glorious game ☘️❤️
.....huh.
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
.....huh.
This shit is so wild. I don't even have a take tbh
“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor of New York City!”
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This shit is so wild. I don't even have a take tbh
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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Bought and sold
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bought and sold
This place has been so bad for so long it got it's own Behind the Bastards episode! I can't believe it's still running.
Massachusetts's state legislature is considering a bill to ban shock therapy treatment for autistic students at the Judge Rotenberg Center, a residential school in Canton.
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
Mass. Legislature considers bill to ban painful shocks as treatment
Speaker after speaker opposed the use of painful electric shocks on people when testifying Tuesday before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabil...
www.wcvb.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This place has been so bad for so long it got it's own Behind the Bastards episode! I can't believe it's still running.