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yessenia funes

@yessfun.com

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I'm a queer latina climate journalist covering environmental issues through the lens of the oppressed. find my reporting in vox, curbed, yale climate connections, & more.

subscribe to my newsletter: www.POSSIBILITIES.news

đź’Ś hi at yessfun dot com đź’Ś

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@yessfun.comSep 3, 2026, 8:35 PM Pinned

new newsletter alert — on girlhood, grief, joy, music, and care!!!!! BECAUSE BABY I'M UNRAVELED

www.possibilities.news/daisy-chains...

possibilities.newsHow to Frolick When the World Is MeltingFeaturing Green Girl Leah Thomas.
@awinston.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:23 AMReposted by @yessfun.com

The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today

W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social

@yessfun.comOct 8, 2026, 2:44 PM

this week's newsletter is a reflection on my trip to the west bank last year. the olive harvest is beginning across palestine. the land grieves. so do we.

www.possibilities.news/palestine-ge...

@yessfun.comOct 6, 2026, 5:48 PM

send her my way! [email protected] :)

@yessfun.comOct 5, 2026, 7:30 PM

do you live in LA and do fact checking for magazine articles? looking to expand our roster of fact checkers, especially looking for angelenos who freelance (not folks who have full-time jobs and fact check on the side) and are available during working hours :)

@yessfun.comOct 2, 2026, 4:12 PM

it's the end of fat bear week, but I'm thinking about the #cornell7

read my latest essay in this week's newsletter

www.possibilities.news/cornell-i-ch...

@colsonwhitehead.comSep 30, 2026, 4:34 PMReposted by @yessfun.com

Wow!

@yessfun.comSep 30, 2026, 4:24 PM

lmao searching fat bear week on here is wild

@yessfun.comSep 24, 2026, 5:48 PM

the latest edition of POSSIBILITIES is out! wrote about #newyorkclimateweek and radical rest b/c ya girl is sitting this year out

www.possibilities.news/ugh-new-york...

@yessfun.comSep 21, 2026, 7:39 PM

this happening during new york climate week is kinda hilarious

gothamist.com/news/flights...

@yessfun.comSep 15, 2026, 2:50 PM

I spent the last week on my honeymoon in guatemala, a country that will be my future children's ancestral homelands. where volcanoes still roar. where Indigenous cultures thrive. where the people still rise up in protest.

I wrote about it in my newsletter

www.possibilities.news/guatemala-vo...

@yessfun.comAug 20, 2026, 3:56 PM

did you know new york is home to BATS? yes, BATS!!!

I found out when I awoke to one fluttering around in my bedroom. I wrote about it in this week's newsletter

www.possibilities.news/new-yorks-ba...

possibilities.newsNew York's BatsHave you ever woken up to a bat in your bedroom?
@yessfun.comAug 19, 2026, 9:50 PM

I've been the lead editor on a cool project called Neighbors Magazine. it's the new editorial arm of ARLA, focused on all things LA & living infrastructure.

check out the latest story we published today—about water justice, reproductive rights, & South LA.

livinginfrastructure.org/neighbors/wa...

livinginfrastructure.orgReclaiming Water’s Transformative Potential for South LAMany South L.A. residents have historically lacked access to clean and safe drinking water, but one community organization is empowering them to speak out to shape their water future.
@yessfun.comAug 17, 2026, 8:20 PM

yeah the headline is not great and doesn't capture the full nuance of the article. sigh, what a bummer! the article isnt trying to suggest this is the only solution at all -- but that it's one that the govt has neglected (not the people)

@climateconnections.bsky.socialAug 17, 2026, 3:40 PMReposted by @yessfun.com

👏👏 go @yessfun.com!

Yyessenia funes@yessfun.comAug 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

my first story for @wired.com looks at one solution for puerto rico's water crisis that politicians need to pay more attention to. the burden should not be on households www.wired.com/story/puerto...

wired.comPuerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting RainwaterThe island could capture billions of gallons of water a year if it implemented systems to catch it as it falls from the sky.
@yessfun.comAug 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

my first story for @wired.com looks at one solution for puerto rico's water crisis that politicians need to pay more attention to. the burden should not be on households

www.wired.com/story/puerto...

wired.comPuerto Rico Is Rationing Water. It Could’ve Avoided It by Harvesting RainwaterThe island could capture billions of gallons of water a year if it implemented systems to catch it as it falls from the sky.
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@yessfun.comAug 13, 2026, 8:12 PM

climate news got you feeling down and angry? does art help you feel better? community? you'd probably enjoy my climate newsletter Possibilities

it's $35 for the year for just a few more weeks! sign up while you can :)

www.possibilities.news/summer-meltd...

possibilities.newsPossibilities - a weekly creative climate justice newsletterA weekly post card from environmental journalist Yessenia Funes
@yessfun.comAug 10, 2026, 6:42 PM

thank you!

@yessfun.comAug 10, 2026, 3:22 PM

looking for campesinos and rural farmworkers in washington for a story. all my leads are coming up short. do you work with rural ag workers in the state? would love your help for a story i'm writing for @climateconnections.bsky.social

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@yessfun.comAug 10, 2026, 3:18 PM

thanks!!!

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