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Tessa Novak
@tessawrites.bsky.social
Writer, web designer, geek, pedant, floccinaucinihilipilificatrix, night witch, squirrel. She/her.
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

Hall & Oates
Ani DiFranco
Glen Phillips
Queensrÿche
Oingo Boingo
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *

* multiple times
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.

I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.

www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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I mean...he's been on a mission from God for decades!
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Post yourself from a different era.

Early 2000s web designer.
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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A clarification
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The kerning on this is giving me hives.
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tail end of a migraine & tying very hard to stay awake until the kid gets picked up. It is surprisingly difficult, especially since she is monologuing about a Roblox game.
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The thread I’m hanging on by is attached to another, equally fraying thread. It’s threads all the way down.
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just had to call a cab. On the phone. Like it was the olden days. #awsoutage
October 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m so fcking bummed that I couldn’t go to the protest but Portland, you did me proud.
October 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Grammar comes from the same root as glamor; "gramarie" is an old word for magic.

Therefore if you know how to write properly, you are a witch.
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Writers! How are we feeling about Substack? Are there any good alternatives? #writers
August 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I got screwed over by HRSN and now I’m getting evicted. Can you help that not happen? Anything y’all can do, including sharing, would be amazing.

gofund.me/e266399a
Donate to Urgent Help: Rent and Utilities, organized by Tessa Novak
Great news! I got approved for HRSN (Health Related Social Needs) benefits, which means I … Tessa Novak needs your support for Urgent Help: Rent and Utilities
gofund.me
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Been on hold with HRSN for an hour. There are still 30 callers ahead of me. Sigh.
June 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
First impression of the "liquid glass" in the iOS 26 developer beta: I hate it.

Second impression will have to wait until I've messed with it for a while.

#ios26
June 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Holy crap.
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Anyway I just exported all the snippets of things I had in Ulysses & it came to 666 pages in total.
a man is making a peace sign with his finger .
Alt: Gif from a scene in Tge Breakfast Club in which the principal is making is making devil horns with his fingers.
media.tenor.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM