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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Did you know that most public libraries also let you check out "culture passes" to museums, etc? Public libraries for the win.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Everything moves so fast now. It's impossible to give every event the care and attention it deserves, especially when the bar is "at least no one died." But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.

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What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids

Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

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What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids

Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I’m sure Charles Murray gets just as exercised about depictions of Jesus as a white guy.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A shift of 1.47 logits is, you know, *unheard of* in election results. It would take a 50-50 split in a prior election and return an 18-81 result. It would take a 81-18 split in a prior election and return a dead tie. This is EXTRAORDINARY. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I mean, they just lost 1.47 logits in a special election in Minnesota. You better fucking believe Plan A is "steal the 2026 midterm elections".

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Similarly, our summer months cooling degree days are increasing. It's getting hotter.

Graph showing cooling degree days for the months of June, July, and August from 1899-1900 to 2025-2026. There is a lot of variability across years, but the trend lines plotted show that there's a general trend of increasingly hotter days.

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Example day: High temp 33°F, low 25°F. The mean for that day was: (33°F + 25°F)/2 = 29°F The result is below 65°F: 65°F - 29°F = 36 Heating Degree Days. The calculation is performed for each day of the period and summed. Closer to 65 ºF temps = fewer HDDs. www.weather.gov/key/climate_...

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What Are Heating and Cooling Degree Days

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Northern AZ, atop the mountain: Heating Degree Days since 1 July: 3098; norm: 3826; deviation -728; ~19% deviation. HDD are a measure of mean ΔTemp from 65 ºF each day summed over a period. See example in next post. The trend for our winter months is down, which means our winters are warmer.

Graph showing heating degree days for the months of December, January, February, and March from 1899-1900 to 2025-2026. There is a lot of variability across years, but the trend lines plotted show that there's a general trend of increasingly warmer days in the winter months.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2026

NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 02/02/2026

And the ticking time bomb of SSPE (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut... ) where 1 in 600 infants who get measles get a ticking time bomb planted in their brain that kills them YEARS later publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

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California child dies from measles-related complications

A school-age child who contracted measles as an infant died from a rare complication after initially recovering from the infection.

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Dogpatch Press @dogpatch.press · 01/02/2026

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

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ThePotLab, PhD 🧠🧪🏴 @thepotlabphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

No. “We” are not. 👀🤣 Yall forget PEOPLE WERE HERE ALREADY AND PPL WERE STOLEN FROM AFRICA PLUS— the Mayflower folks were definitely immigrants. Why do yall try to change History? For who? Those white ppl are immigrants too.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

And the R is an “anti-DEI, anti-trans” schools freak leader! This is a DISASTER for them.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This is tear gassing protesters just for protesting. There is no threat, and the only danger presented is ICE behaving recklessly. There is no provocation; this is just straight up assault.

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Glenn @glennvotesblue.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Over 200 arrested in Maine immigration sweep; families say process is confusing, painful Relatives of those detained describe frustration, lack of information, and rapid transfers that make legal help . www.newscentermaine.com/mobile/artic... If ICE was legitimate they wouldn’t keep moving detainees

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Over 200 arrested in Maine immigration sweep; families say process is confusing, painful

Relatives of those detained describe frustration, lack of information, and rapid transfers that make legal help difficult.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school. Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools. “I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

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ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take

Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Whereas other authoritarians eroded institutions and asserted control over the course of years, trying to maintain a sense of normalcy, Trump is acting like a man trying to make up for lost time. His governing ethos simply rejects some of the criteria that experts use to assess authoritarianism.

To come to this conclusion he looks at metrics like the independence of the civil service, political prosecution of enemies and the use of state force against civilians. You can read more about the data and methods he employs here, but for many of these criteria, the Trump administration does not believe there should be any limitations on its power. It has proudly embraced a theory of government centered on personalized power and retribution. Civil servants should not be independent, political prosecutions are justified payback, and state force against civilians is necessary to maintain order.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...

graph tracking democratic backsliding is occuring more quickly in the US than elsewhere.

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Hope is not a strategy. But Hope is essential. The world has seen these losers before. You have ancestors who faced similar oppression and yet... YOU. ARE. HERE. We must work to save the world we hope for. But we must hope for a future someone to say their ancestors faced oppression and yet...

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It's wild is that the Epstein document dump is clearly intended as a distraction from their failing military takeover of Minnesota and Maine. Yes, they're still doing evil things to people. But they're also losing so badly that every wild swing is meant to recover from the previous disaster.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This week has been a lot. It’s overwhelming. But what is in those files the DOJ released today is a scandal of monumental proportions. People fear that it is “too big to fail.” Maybe. But Congress must act. Yes! we need all the files. But what has been released is already a four-alarm fire.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 31/01/2026

this is what’s happening everywhere they go in force ordinary people will not be cowed the same way elite society has been we are going to win

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Look. There's no question. I love Bruce Springsteen. He is, without question, The Boss. And his new song, Streets of Minneapolis, is absolutely, without question, an homage to Bob Dylan's Desolation Row. That's a good thing; it's not a dig at Bruce Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSt...

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Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)

YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Tell me five classes you took in college: History of Culture and Civilization in North Africa History of the Holocaust Jazz History Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces Planetary Global Tectonics

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History of Culture and Civilization in North Africa History of the Holocaust Jazz History Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces Planetary Global Tectonics

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Perhaps not a huge surprise Elon Musk is in the Epstein files

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp: www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/01/2026

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial view of a MASSIVE CROWD of peaceful demonstrators marching in San Francisco to protest against the Trump administration and lCE 📍 San Francisco, California

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution. This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American. They must be released immediately.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

TO RECAP: -A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social -An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again -They arrested him anyway A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 28/01/2026

As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

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“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize

With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/01/2026

The thing about Greg Bovino being pulled out of the fray is that he’s not in charge of ICE. That’s Todd Lyon. In either case we’re gonna need to Abolish CBP and Abolish ICE

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

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ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents

Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

BREAKING: Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/01/2026

Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

When I called my senators I specifically said this kind of shit would not fly. Tell yours the same.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Guesstimating at the number of STEM and healthcare research employees who don't have PhDs and recognizing that there are usually many more non-PhD employees than PhD employees, I estimate that we've been set back about a million years in terms of research expertise and experience.

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The Federal government lost around 106,636 years worth of direct experience by letting go approximately 10,000 employees with PhDs in STEM and Healthcare. That doesn’t include the other ~290,000 people who for one reason or another left federal employment in 2025.

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The traitor to our society has, quite literally, set us back about a million years in science and healthcare in a single year of his fascist actions. www.science.org/content/arti...

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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

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Dr. MM @otherorb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I want to say clearly: LPI staff and scientists are NOT the problem. Let's not attack them. The problem is failure of leadership at USRA, and the decision of LPI leadership to delete abstracts without having a conversation with the community. LPI staff and scientists did not make the decision.

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