Reposted by Josh Mworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260521695
Reposted by Josh Mlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026started listening to the audiobook of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by richard rhodes on my walks and came across the Death Machine passage this morning. still hits like a hammer 15 years after I first read it. my GOAT will never be washed 32728111
Reposted by Josh MRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141901741
Reposted by Josh MScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982263351
Reposted by Josh MHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/09/2026This is why they wanted Pentagon reporters to sign an oath promising to seek approval before publishing anything. They wanted to lie without pushback. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...aljazeera.comDozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealedThe Pentagon watchdog's report paints a picture of significant losses to US forces and facilities in the region. 13343144
Reposted by Josh MJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16/09/2026Note: The spectrum of religious groups that have sued/are suing the Trump administration over his immigration policies is, uh, broad. 210238
Reposted by Josh MJoshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: When elected officials and advocates in Danbury, Connecticut, said ICE arrested a parent at a school bus stop Aug. 26, federal officials denied their accounts. I got video that appears to show such an arrest. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article...ctinsider.comVideo appears to show ICE arrest near CT school bus stop, despite federal denialsICE has denied it made an arrest at a school bus stop, but confirmed it made 118 arrests in Connecticut that week. 241396552
Reposted by Josh MAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The DHS OIG finds that Florida's Alligator Alcatraz failed to meet SIX different categories of detention standards: - Medical Care - Food Service - Personal Hygiene - Recreation - Environmental Health and Safety - Special Management Units Report here. www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul... 161131307
Reposted by Josh MAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just responded and QTed you at the end of the thread. Both may be true. The Amnesty report was from interviews done in September and the OIG was there in January. 0131
Reposted by Josh MGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026Aaron, I see (and agree with) your note of suspicions re: DHS's claimed time limits in the "calming" cages, but I'd like to add: In Amnesty intvs detainees said, 1) The cages were smaller, 2) there was no awning, 3) feet were chained to the bottom so they couldn't sit www.amnesty.org/en/documents...amnesty.orgUSA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty InternationalThis report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie... 24312
Reposted by Josh MLiam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New: When I started planning for this fellowship, I had this image of visiting a church in Wittenberg and finding a moment to connect the Protestant Reformation with the current upheaval in Germany due to the AfD. See what I found in my latest for @rns.org: religionnews.com/2026/09/10/d...religionnews.comWhat the AfD’s victory means for German churches’ influenceWITTENBERG, Germany (RNS) — The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party scored a pivotal victory for the far-right in Germany, an outcome churches fiercely fought to prevent. Their inability to stop i... 062
Reposted by Josh MAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.rpc.state.gov 20600333
Reposted by Josh MMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The word "remigration" is nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color.” 6342221021
Reposted by Josh MProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/09/2026Breaking News! Code UFB!!! For only the second time on record, global sea-surface temperatures are more than 6 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 baseline, reaching 6.21SD yesterday. The record of 6.24SD was set on January 9, 2024. Maybe tomorrow? Stay tuned! 21451202
Reposted by Josh MJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/09/2026"No one has been arrested at a church." To be clear: DHS agents have, in fact, arrested people on church property. One of the incidents involved a pastor confronting DHS agents directly and filming them. In fact, DHS has *publicly acknowledged that this happens.* religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...religionnews.com'This is domestic terror': Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries(RNS) — The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies. 481944584
Reposted by Josh MJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So the folks running DHS social media aren’t just being racist; they’re openly trotting out well-known racist dogwhistles calculated to appeal to the cosmopolitan white supremacist edgelord. 219625
Reposted by Josh MLiam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Faith leaders in Germany at the national and regional levels are reacting to the AfD´s success in Saxony-Anhalt. Many of these religious groups advocated against the AfD prior to the election Sunday (religionnews.com/2026/09/03/a...). A roundup (translated into English)... 154
Reposted by Josh MLiam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In yet another case of churches´anti-AfD standards for parishioners and employees of church-affiliated organizations, a Protestant church near Oldenburg asked a woman to resign from volunteer roles because her partner is an AfD candidate in a local race. www.nwzonline.de/oldenburg-kr...nwzonline.deEhrenamt in der Kirche: Partner kandidiert für AfD in Wardenburg – Mitarbeit einer 69-Jährigen nicht länger erwünschtMarlene P. aus Hundsmühlen engagierte sich jahrelang ehrenamtlich in der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde. Weil ihr Lebensgefährte für die AfD kandidiert, sollte sie ihre Ämter aufgeben. Daraufhin zog si... 101
Reposted by Josh MSean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 06/09/2026Where I live? Sure. Richmond, VA had its 11th hottest summer on record. 7 of the 10 hottest have come since 2005. Monthly temperature records here go back to 1880. Side note: We just had our 2nd hottest start to September (first 5 days) — with an average temperature if 83.5°F. Follow David. 064
Reposted by Josh MDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Most notable are the very high odds (>70%) of a winter that is *substantially* wetter than average (80th percentile or wetter)--particularly across California and Florida. This continues to be the strongest seasonal-scale predictive signal I've ever seen in California. 311921
Reposted by Josh Mmadi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The DOJ has fired Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Evans, the local prosecutor who sought the civil rights charges against Castro and "objected in the strongest possible terms" to the DOJ's decision to downgrade the charges, per CBS Newscbsnews.comFederal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources sayA federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. 3335199
Reposted by Josh MLiam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’ve spent the past month traversing Saxony-Anhalt — to Magdeburg, Zeitz, Halle, Salzwedel & Burg — to report on how churches are mobilizing against the far-right AfD before a major election. Their history re Reformation, GDR makes it all the more unique. religionnews.com/2026/09/03/a...religionnews.comAs the far-right in Germany aims to take power, churches are fighting backBURG near Magdeburg, Germany (RNS) — The AfD may gain power on Sept. 6 in Saxony-Anhalt, posing a direct threat to refugees and the German churches that serve them. Inspired by past resistance in East... 085
Reposted by Josh MEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“This is being directed by the Main Justice” wrote the federal prosector in Minnesota. “I objected in the strongest possible terms and fought it as hard as I could. It wasn’t enough.” www.propublica.org/article/doj-...propublica.orgTrump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” ObjectionsA prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T... 12917
Reposted by Josh MJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 02/09/2026More harrowing reporting on this from Springfield via @rns.org's @kathrynpost.bsky.social: Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE Note the header image: That's the people praying over Pierre Damas Bel's grieving family. religionnews.com/2026/09/01/t...religionnews.comTwo pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICESPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — ‘All I want is to see my husband back,’ said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also... 7316175
Reposted by Josh MBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’” 9985271
Reposted by Josh Mjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026looking forward to the presidential succession crisis of 2029 1091701211
Reposted by Josh MRyan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 25/08/2026in which the world's richest man appears to endorse a post calling for "shooting migrants" and "sinking boats with refugees" 882052466
Reposted by Josh MEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026When a few men -- Cubans -- refused to get off ICE plane in *Liberia* yesterday, agents *pressed knees into their necks,* forced them back on the plane and banished them... to Equatorial Guinea. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/w... 21581337
Reposted by Josh Malec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Legislators and candidates should be asked whether they support changing a few words in federal law to enable people to sue federal employees who violate the Constitution. It's pretty simple stuff. 0499
Reposted by Josh MSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 13/08/2026These are the actions of an authoritarian state. Instead of investigating the agent who killed Alex Pretti, Trump's DHS conducted sweeping surveillance of Minnesota organizations that were peacefully standing up to this Administration's lawlessness. Despicable. 841700705
Reposted by Josh MSnowden St. @snowden.st · 23/05/2025The Internet is designed to let anyone look up facts on something and see some gloomy shit about it. It's not a skill at this point, it's one of the easiest decision trees on the game menu. We conflate "knowing the truth" with "knowing the bad shit" all the time. It's not working. 3445
Reposted by Josh MJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Here’s the clip: x.com/atrupar/stat...x.comAaron Rupar (@atrupar) on XBlanche slips! 😬 KENNEDY: Are you and President Trump friends? BLANCHE: I'm his lawyer. Was his lawyer. 19388117
Reposted by Josh MAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Ossoff: If you’re CIA director John Ratcliffe, and you see what's about to happen, this is the last chance to jump ship and speak out, because you will be forever tainted by your association with these kinds of shenanigans. 16680612464
Reposted by Josh MMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If federal law enforcement officers are permitted to shoot people, cite vague concerns for "public safety," and get away with it, we're headed for a really dark place. 581170290
Reposted by Josh MGlobal Refuge @globalrefuge.bsky.social · 14/07/2026In 2026 alone, 4 people have been killed by ICE in the streets. Another 21 have died while in ICE custody. Joan Sebastian Guerrero. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal. Behind each number is a name, a family, and a grieving community. We mourn with them and demand accountability. 135
Reposted by Josh MAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Officers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved. 12670531871
Reposted by Josh MDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14/07/2026WHOA DHS does not say that the agent feared for his life… just the vague concern for “public safety.” So he killed him just because he did not want him in America, not because of any specific threat to agents? 760118083645
Reposted by Josh MJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 11/07/2026the extent to which Callais is a green light for Jim Crow just cannot be overstated 51221422
Reposted by Josh MDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 10/07/2026What an awful, awful crime this was archive.is/bAXCh 218168
Reposted by Josh MHarry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A lawyer has now spoken separately to the 3 men who were w/ Salgado Araujo in the van when he was killed. All 3 contradict ICE’s account. All 3 say no ICE vehicle was ever in front of them and that agent just got out of the car and started shooting from the side. No ICE agent was wearing a body cam. 19362157
Reposted by Josh MMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026so ICE did a kavanaugh stop and murdered a man www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u... 281667427
Reposted by Josh MKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump admin. 9761991478
Reposted by Josh MBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/07/2026“Three men were in the van with Lorenzo at the time of the shooting, including his brother. They have been detained, and their whereabouts are unknown. There is fear the men will be quickly deported to prevent them from providing testimony about ICE’s actions.” www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...thebulwark.comHe Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor. 35972417
Reposted by Josh MLawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Second person in 4 days is fatally shot in Memphis by federal task force member. apnews.com/article/memp...apnews.comSecond person in 4 days is fatally shot in Memphis by federal task force memberThe second fatal shooting in four days by a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis is under investigation. 19346263
Reposted by Josh MDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 09/07/2026It’s also, to state the obvious, just fully not contemplated in immigration law. 433871
Reposted by Josh MAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026A total violation of international law. Eswatini is imprisoning people from multiple countries no crime, based on no violation of law in that country, and with the direct knowledge and acquiescence of the United States. 5622281091
Reposted by Josh MGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"My father has been in this country for nearly 35 years, working in construction to provide for myself, my two brothers, and my mother,” said Ronaldo Salgado, Salgado Araujo’s son. “He was on his way to work, picking up his workers. My father did not deserve this.”houstonchronicle.comLorenzo Salgado Araujo's son on ICE shooting: 'My father did not deserve this'The son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston Tuesday morning, issued a statement on social media Tuesday night. 18547
Reposted by Josh MKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026American reporters watching this, shaking their heads in horror, no, no, you can’t ask this, no 1404728844
Reposted by Josh MMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/07/2026ICE says agent shot and killed Houston driver, FBI investigatinghoustonchronicle.comICE says agent shot and killed Houston driver, FBI investigatingThe man refused multiple commands and tried running over an ICE officer, according to the agency. 120859370
