jessbess
@jessicabess.bsky.social
middle-aged-momcore. very california.
Hardcore ADHD spiral: sooooo many things that need doing with real deadlines for today
🧠: let’s figure out how to clean the grease trap on the range hood
🧠: let’s figure out how to clean the grease trap on the range hood
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hardcore ADHD spiral: sooooo many things that need doing with real deadlines for today
🧠: let’s figure out how to clean the grease trap on the range hood
🧠: let’s figure out how to clean the grease trap on the range hood
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The harder it is for people with criminal records to get jobs, the easier it is to recruit them for jobs like this.
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The harder it is for people with criminal records to get jobs, the easier it is to recruit them for jobs like this.
Carpool scene:
6 year old: I want to learn to juggle!
Me: Great!
6 year old: I want to summon a demon!
10 year old: I can help!
6 year old: I want to learn to juggle!
Me: Great!
6 year old: I want to summon a demon!
10 year old: I can help!
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Carpool scene:
6 year old: I want to learn to juggle!
Me: Great!
6 year old: I want to summon a demon!
10 year old: I can help!
6 year old: I want to learn to juggle!
Me: Great!
6 year old: I want to summon a demon!
10 year old: I can help!
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Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
Eileen Higgins Blows It Out In Miami, Wins 59%-40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
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Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird. He needs serious help.
Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.
He continues to be a national embarrassment.
Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.
He continues to be a national embarrassment.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump’s obsession with me is beyond weird. He needs serious help.
Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.
He continues to be a national embarrassment.
Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead.
He continues to be a national embarrassment.
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Per some suggestions received here: rice paddy farmer hat, witch hat, Aretha Franklin Obama inaugural hat
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Per some suggestions received here: rice paddy farmer hat, witch hat, Aretha Franklin Obama inaugural hat
Imagine if he was interacting with the laughing child instead of obsessively tapping on his phone.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Imagine if he was interacting with the laughing child instead of obsessively tapping on his phone.
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This month all stories at @coyotemedia.org have their paywalls removed, so everyone can enjoy their excellent Bay Area reporting (that we used to have back in the day!). I’m a subscriber because I miss these stories and want to keep funding them. Please do check it out and sample some! #SanFrancisco
An incredible new series launched in @coyotemedia.org: Homeless to Housed www.coyotemedia.org/homeless-to-...
Homeless to Housed: Larry's Story
Housing can offer more stability than many realize — to get sober, save money, find a purpose, and fall in love.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This month all stories at @coyotemedia.org have their paywalls removed, so everyone can enjoy their excellent Bay Area reporting (that we used to have back in the day!). I’m a subscriber because I miss these stories and want to keep funding them. Please do check it out and sample some! #SanFrancisco
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After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
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This is about forcing women out of the workforce
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is about forcing women out of the workforce
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Claiming that Waymo is widening the lead on Tesla’s robotaxis is making a mistaken assumption that Tesla is even in the race.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Waymo crosses 450,000 weekly paid rides as Alphabet robotaxi unit widens lead on Tesla
This year, Waymo debuted on freeways in three cities, and started autonomous driving in cities including Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Claiming that Waymo is widening the lead on Tesla’s robotaxis is making a mistaken assumption that Tesla is even in the race.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
This is vaporware versus a product with millions of monthly rides. Tesla is as much in this race as I’m in the race for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
This makes me so mad. I have breast-fed two babies, and it was fucking hard, and I never made enough milk, so those babies also had formula. Not every baby can be breast fed for so many reasons. People already beat themselves up about this for a variety of reasons—they don't need more guilt.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This makes me so mad. I have breast-fed two babies, and it was fucking hard, and I never made enough milk, so those babies also had formula. Not every baby can be breast fed for so many reasons. People already beat themselves up about this for a variety of reasons—they don't need more guilt.
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In case you didn’t know:
When you cook mushrooms, slice them up and cook them in a dry pan. No oil. Leave them on medium heat and let them sweat out all their water. You’re not ready to add oil or other ingredients until the mushrooms are no longer leaching water, and browning at the edges.
When you cook mushrooms, slice them up and cook them in a dry pan. No oil. Leave them on medium heat and let them sweat out all their water. You’re not ready to add oil or other ingredients until the mushrooms are no longer leaching water, and browning at the edges.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In case you didn’t know:
When you cook mushrooms, slice them up and cook them in a dry pan. No oil. Leave them on medium heat and let them sweat out all their water. You’re not ready to add oil or other ingredients until the mushrooms are no longer leaching water, and browning at the edges.
When you cook mushrooms, slice them up and cook them in a dry pan. No oil. Leave them on medium heat and let them sweat out all their water. You’re not ready to add oil or other ingredients until the mushrooms are no longer leaching water, and browning at the edges.
I hope this is making the rounds at the ADL but I kinda doubt it.
New piece.
On how media, leaders, and all the rest of us focus breathlessly on individual personalities on the far right instead of the networks they’re part of.
And in realizing that, we can find the answer for how to defeat them.
Networks, networks, networks.
On how media, leaders, and all the rest of us focus breathlessly on individual personalities on the far right instead of the networks they’re part of.
And in realizing that, we can find the answer for how to defeat them.
Networks, networks, networks.
Americans are waking up to right-wing antisemitism. We're still ignoring the root problem
Concerns about antisemitism on the right have focused on individuals like Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson. But networks are the real issue.
forward.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I hope this is making the rounds at the ADL but I kinda doubt it.
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This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Not even Swiss Coffee.
is there anything more 2025-coded than “white” being the pantone color of the year
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Not even Swiss Coffee.
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
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A quick tip: AI is notably bad at menorahs.
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A quick tip: AI is notably bad at menorahs.
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
(Special mention for the blue glasses of Traditional Hanukkah Beverage)
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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This is really important. Both in the fact of IMLS reinstating grants. (Which have been *crucial* for libraries and civic life across the country. Notably in rural areas.)
And in the example that the overall stalwartness and rigor of federal district/circuit courts has made a huge difference.
And in the example that the overall stalwartness and rigor of federal district/circuit courts has made a huge difference.
IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is really important. Both in the fact of IMLS reinstating grants. (Which have been *crucial* for libraries and civic life across the country. Notably in rural areas.)
And in the example that the overall stalwartness and rigor of federal district/circuit courts has made a huge difference.
And in the example that the overall stalwartness and rigor of federal district/circuit courts has made a huge difference.
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Back in 2010, Sarah Palin called on Rahm Emanuel to resign when he used the "r-word" as a slur. Now that Trump used it against Tim Walz? Basically shrugs from every major Republican. My latest for @msnowreports.bsky.social
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump used an ugly slur against Tim Walz. Many on the right didn't mind.
Eric Garcia: Note how few Republicans have criticized the president's rhetoric.
www.ms.now
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Back in 2010, Sarah Palin called on Rahm Emanuel to resign when he used the "r-word" as a slur. Now that Trump used it against Tim Walz? Basically shrugs from every major Republican. My latest for @msnowreports.bsky.social
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
I’ve seen this reporting a bunch of times, but has anyone asked shoppers why they shopped? Is it because everyone is afraid prices are going up up and up?
The nation’s shoppers may feel gloomy about the economy. But, according to data, they certainly were in the mood to shop over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend that wrapped up on Cyber Monday. https://to.pbs.org/4pkt2dc
What’s next for U.S. retailers after the Thanksgiving shopping weekend
The nation’s shoppers may feel gloomy about the economy, but they certainly were in the mood to shop over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend that wrapped up on Cyber Monday.
to.pbs.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I’ve seen this reporting a bunch of times, but has anyone asked shoppers why they shopped? Is it because everyone is afraid prices are going up up and up?
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.