jess
@jessamess.blacksky.app
A daughter of Queens. Obsessed with live music, NYC sports, and unlearning all the lies I've ever been told about how we're meant to live.
Working in Big Tech is what convinced me it shouldn't exist. Please stop using their "AI" snake oil.
Working in Big Tech is what convinced me it shouldn't exist. Please stop using their "AI" snake oil.
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In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence.
If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it.
3dwhistles.com
If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it.
3dwhistles.com
October 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence.
If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it.
3dwhistles.com
If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it.
3dwhistles.com
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October 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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I know I'm harping on this, but I need non-Black folks to understand this distinction:
If you *properly acknowledge* other cultures & integrate elements into your own ALREADY EXISTING culture to create something inventive, that's APPRECIATION.
If you outright copy/paste, that's APPROPRIATION.
If you *properly acknowledge* other cultures & integrate elements into your own ALREADY EXISTING culture to create something inventive, that's APPRECIATION.
If you outright copy/paste, that's APPROPRIATION.
October 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I know I'm harping on this, but I need non-Black folks to understand this distinction:
If you *properly acknowledge* other cultures & integrate elements into your own ALREADY EXISTING culture to create something inventive, that's APPRECIATION.
If you outright copy/paste, that's APPROPRIATION.
If you *properly acknowledge* other cultures & integrate elements into your own ALREADY EXISTING culture to create something inventive, that's APPRECIATION.
If you outright copy/paste, that's APPROPRIATION.
Phew. Thank you Aces.
Now we can enjoy the rest of the playoffs in peace without that team.
#WNBA #byeindy
Now we can enjoy the rest of the playoffs in peace without that team.
#WNBA #byeindy
Barbie Says Bye-bye Now
Alt: Barbie Says Bye-bye Now
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October 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons.
That was an "existential threat" to humanity
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That was an "existential threat" to humanity
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons.
That was an "existential threat" to humanity
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That was an "existential threat" to humanity
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ellie the Elephant Dancing
Alt: Ellie the Elephant Dancing
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September 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM
September 30, 2026 at 2:05 AM
September 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
My girls are looking confident and focused right now. Please let this be the start of a crazy playoff run.
LIGHT. IT. UP. 🗽
#WNBA #nyliberty
LIGHT. IT. UP. 🗽
#WNBA #nyliberty
September 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
My girls are looking confident and focused right now. Please let this be the start of a crazy playoff run.
LIGHT. IT. UP. 🗽
#WNBA #nyliberty
LIGHT. IT. UP. 🗽
#WNBA #nyliberty
Late to the 300 party but still gotta celebrate by sharing this evergreen post again.
So happy for my captain. 🙌🏽
#MetsSky #LGM
So happy for my captain. 🙌🏽
#MetsSky #LGM
September 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was a really good baseball player. So at 17, she tried out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
She was rejected.
Because... Black.
But she'd go on to be the second woman in the Negro League, and first & only pitcher.
She was born 91yrs ago today
She was rejected.
Because... Black.
But she'd go on to be the second woman in the Negro League, and first & only pitcher.
She was born 91yrs ago today
September 27, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was a really good baseball player. So at 17, she tried out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
She was rejected.
Because... Black.
But she'd go on to be the second woman in the Negro League, and first & only pitcher.
She was born 91yrs ago today
She was rejected.
Because... Black.
But she'd go on to be the second woman in the Negro League, and first & only pitcher.
She was born 91yrs ago today
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Millennials: I’m never going to retire 😩
90 year old senators: I’m never going to retire!!!!1! 🤪💥🎉🥳🙌🍾
90 year old senators: I’m never going to retire!!!!1! 🤪💥🎉🥳🙌🍾
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), 93, says he is concerned about Rob Sand (D) becoming governor: “I don’t plan on dying in office, but if I did, I don’t want a Democrat governor choosing my successor.”
VoteHub rates the Iowa governor’s race Lean D, with Sand at a 77% chance of winning.
VoteHub rates the Iowa governor’s race Lean D, with Sand at a 77% chance of winning.
September 27, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Millennials: I’m never going to retire 😩
90 year old senators: I’m never going to retire!!!!1! 🤪💥🎉🥳🙌🍾
90 year old senators: I’m never going to retire!!!!1! 🤪💥🎉🥳🙌🍾
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If the Democratic Party always has senators who are really Republican and vote with the GOP and pledge loyalty to the GOP and advocate GOP policies, and the Dem Party keeps funding them and doesn't kick them out, maybe the Dems use them to prevent change to the status quo while feigning opposition?
September 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
If the Democratic Party always has senators who are really Republican and vote with the GOP and pledge loyalty to the GOP and advocate GOP policies, and the Dem Party keeps funding them and doesn't kick them out, maybe the Dems use them to prevent change to the status quo while feigning opposition?
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Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.
May peace be our future.
May peace be our future.
September 24, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.
May peace be our future.
May peace be our future.
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…jfgdic.
Like, I've talked about how bad an idea it is to place "AI" in administrative positions, and air traffic especially. Where was the review period on this? How is every congresscritter currently clamoring for "AI Pacing" still letting THIS go through??
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Like, I've talked about how bad an idea it is to place "AI" in administrative positions, and air traffic especially. Where was the review period on this? How is every congresscritter currently clamoring for "AI Pacing" still letting THIS go through??
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September 21, 2026 at 2:07 AM
…jfgdic.
Like, I've talked about how bad an idea it is to place "AI" in administrative positions, and air traffic especially. Where was the review period on this? How is every congresscritter currently clamoring for "AI Pacing" still letting THIS go through??
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Like, I've talked about how bad an idea it is to place "AI" in administrative positions, and air traffic especially. Where was the review period on this? How is every congresscritter currently clamoring for "AI Pacing" still letting THIS go through??
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#Mets raising their caps to Howie...now I'm crying. Can't believe this is it.
Thank you for everything, Howie. You are one of one.
#LGM #PutItInTheBooks
Thank you for everything, Howie. You are one of one.
#LGM #PutItInTheBooks
September 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
#Mets raising their caps to Howie...now I'm crying. Can't believe this is it.
Thank you for everything, Howie. You are one of one.
#LGM #PutItInTheBooks
Thank you for everything, Howie. You are one of one.
#LGM #PutItInTheBooks
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A wonderful interview with Howie Rose from GQ magazine
archive.is/202609201344...
This part sums up just a small part of why we love him.
💙🧡
#MetsSky
#LGM
#Mets
archive.is/202609201344...
This part sums up just a small part of why we love him.
💙🧡
#MetsSky
#LGM
#Mets
September 20, 2026 at 1:52 PM
A wonderful interview with Howie Rose from GQ magazine
archive.is/202609201344...
This part sums up just a small part of why we love him.
💙🧡
#MetsSky
#LGM
#Mets
archive.is/202609201344...
This part sums up just a small part of why we love him.
💙🧡
#MetsSky
#LGM
#Mets
I grew up in a majority Black neighborhood in Queens. My mother used our aunt's address to enroll us in a public school in a different district. I walked almost a mile to school both ways when there was one just a few blocks from our house, and it took me a long time to understand why...
Reader, I sobbed at the end of this.
Because ALL our children deserve better than the world we are bequeathing them.
Because ALL our children deserve better than the world we are bequeathing them.
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I grew up in a majority Black neighborhood in Queens. My mother used our aunt's address to enroll us in a public school in a different district. I walked almost a mile to school both ways when there was one just a few blocks from our house, and it took me a long time to understand why...
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Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
September 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Talent is universal but opportunity isn’t because the West exploited, robbed, and destroyed their homes.
c: isratalks / IG
c: isratalks / IG
September 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Talent is universal but opportunity isn’t because the West exploited, robbed, and destroyed their homes.
c: isratalks / IG
c: isratalks / IG