Dr. Tessa Fisher
@tessafisher.bsky.social
Postdoc researching exoplanet biosignatures, Univ. of Arizona | Astrobiologist | Trans Lesbian | Wife | SFF Writer | Lukewarm Ecosocialist | Union Woman | One Half of @asabpod.bsky.social | She/Her| 🌹
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Dr. Tessa Fisher
@tessafisher.bsky.social
· Jul 23
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Honestly, I'm half convinced this is part of some sort of elaborate, racism-infused cuckolding fetish he has but is obsessed with repressing--that when he talks about "Western civilization", he means "those foreigners might have sex with my wife, and I really hate that I like the idea."
I'd remind folks that Stephen Miller (which that post was) says lots of shit and the vast majority of it doesn't even start to happen.
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Honestly, I'm half convinced this is part of some sort of elaborate, racism-infused cuckolding fetish he has but is obsessed with repressing--that when he talks about "Western civilization", he means "those foreigners might have sex with my wife, and I really hate that I like the idea."
In the last day or two, I've been getting an odd tingling sensation in the bottom of my right foot, and, occasionally (though much less persistently) in my right pinky finger.
Not sure if I've just got a pinched nerve somewhere, or if I should start worrying about neuropathic disorders
Not sure if I've just got a pinched nerve somewhere, or if I should start worrying about neuropathic disorders
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
In the last day or two, I've been getting an odd tingling sensation in the bottom of my right foot, and, occasionally (though much less persistently) in my right pinky finger.
Not sure if I've just got a pinched nerve somewhere, or if I should start worrying about neuropathic disorders
Not sure if I've just got a pinched nerve somewhere, or if I should start worrying about neuropathic disorders
Halfway through episode 2 of the latest season of Stranger Things, and so far this might their strongest season since S1?
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Halfway through episode 2 of the latest season of Stranger Things, and so far this might their strongest season since S1?
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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The last God’s Not Dead movie made $1.1m at the box office, almost certainly less than it cost to make, certainly less than it cost to make and market. They’re making another one, not because people want it, but because they need you to know they hate you.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The last God’s Not Dead movie made $1.1m at the box office, almost certainly less than it cost to make, certainly less than it cost to make and market. They’re making another one, not because people want it, but because they need you to know they hate you.
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
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Thomas Nast got it
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thomas Nast got it
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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Nebraska: The Land of Unique Cenozoic Fossil Beds That If The State Government Was Competent Would Be Major International Tourist Draws.
Ashfall Fossil Beds is an astonishing locality of which I was ignorant until last week. Included it in Monday’s Introduction to Volcanoes lecture to @durhamearthsci.bsky.social first years. 🧪🌋⚒️
12 million year old bone-crushing dog tracks!
New article on research we presented at the recent Vert Paleo conference in the UK.
Lots of on-going work at Ashfall Fossil Beds @unsmmorrillhall.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving for those in the states. 🦃
www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
New article on research we presented at the recent Vert Paleo conference in the UK.
Lots of on-going work at Ashfall Fossil Beds @unsmmorrillhall.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving for those in the states. 🦃
www.livescience.com/animals/exti...
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Nebraska: The Land of Unique Cenozoic Fossil Beds That If The State Government Was Competent Would Be Major International Tourist Draws.
I don't understand Disney adults. I get that it's escapism and community, but I feel like there have to be cheaper ways of getting that.
(Maybe it's because I didn't Disneyworld until I was 18)
(Maybe it's because I didn't Disneyworld until I was 18)
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I don't understand Disney adults. I get that it's escapism and community, but I feel like there have to be cheaper ways of getting that.
(Maybe it's because I didn't Disneyworld until I was 18)
(Maybe it's because I didn't Disneyworld until I was 18)
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BOAT STUCK HOLIDAY EDITION
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
BOAT STUCK HOLIDAY EDITION
*slams fist on a table* someone should stage a lesbian version of the Nutcracker ballet
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
*slams fist on a table* someone should stage a lesbian version of the Nutcracker ballet
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Watching this again with my kids, what a picture
Chihiro from SPIRITED AWAY is the most millennial-coded character in fiction:
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Watching this again with my kids, what a picture
We're lucky that whatever neurological processes are responsible for sense of self seem to be distributed throughout several areas of the brain that are critical for other functions. Otherwise, corporations would probably try to remove it from their employees.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We're lucky that whatever neurological processes are responsible for sense of self seem to be distributed throughout several areas of the brain that are critical for other functions. Otherwise, corporations would probably try to remove it from their employees.
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
Say what you will about the GOP, they *are* doing their part to make our civilization more visible to extrasolar observers.
Projections of Earth's Technosphere: Strategies for Observing Technosignatures on Terrestrial Exoplanets
The search for technosignatures -- remotely detectable evidence of extraterrestrial technology -- draws upon examples from the recent history of Earth as well as projections of Earth's technosphere. F...
arxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Say what you will about the GOP, they *are* doing their part to make our civilization more visible to extrasolar observers.
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Join DSA today if you too aspire to top-tier haterdom: act.dsausa.org/s/3429.9wAmcW
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join DSA today if you too aspire to top-tier haterdom: act.dsausa.org/s/3429.9wAmcW
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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This is that good esoteric Habsburg shit
Just a reminder that in addition to Trump refusing to exercise because he thinks the body is like an alkaline battery with a lifetime store of energy so anytime you do anything you steal that energy and it cannot be recharged, he's also a germaphobe who is afraid of being poisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is that good esoteric Habsburg shit
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Zohran also completely defanged the bad faith allegations of antisemitism that have plagued and limited the left for *decades*
the fact is, even the most bloodless centrists and donald fucking trump are now banging on about 'affordability'. whether you like it or not, it's a total Zohran cultural victory
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Zohran also completely defanged the bad faith allegations of antisemitism that have plagued and limited the left for *decades*