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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

These are gorgeous! I've never seen a yellow one like that before! (And ((((((((hugs))))))))) because of everything)

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Science Mom @thesciencemom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Question for @brunota2003.bsky.social and @alaskawx.bsky.social and any other weather folks. Is this hoar frost or something else? Long columnar formations coating virtually everything, especially in shady areas. Seems to have grown longer over successive days. No precip. Clear skies. In KTN.

Frost growing from stick. Fingers from a gloved hand are visible for scale

Frost growing on the shaded side of a log near a frozen muskeg pond

Column-like fingers of frost grow from a branch

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Science Mom @thesciencemom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Some of my favorites were the ones growing vertically from the ice on a muskeg pond. Found a few that were about 2” tall!

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

he has heard about the snowstorm and has decided it is not allowed to happen. thank you, Great Chancleta

The side of an orange and white cat's cat face

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 11/01/2026

Honor has no price tag. It is bought only through actions, through conducting yourself with integrity, with kindness towards others, with ferocity towards those who promote hatred and bigotry. Nor can anybody, no matter how wealthy, buy it or take it from you. Honor is priceless.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

we may never get a convincing photo of Bigfoot, but today we have something rarer: Chancleta in motion. look at his majesty

An orange and white cat is on four legs, implying locomotion of some kind

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

San Francisco skyline tonight after sun sets. Taken from Emeryville, California. #sunset #nature #eastcoastkin

Bright pink, red, orange with some blue sky reflected on SF Bay. San Francisco skyline in background, cars and shoreline in foreground, branches of pine tree to the left.

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Thank you so much for this! Here's one that lived in my garden many years ago!

A white flower crab spider sitting in a purple flower

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feminist next door @emrazz.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Today, the US President claimed to The NYT that the only limits that exist on his power, in domestic or international matters, are “his own morality.” Where are the elected Democrats? Articles of Impeachment. EVERY. DAY. Rallies. EVERY. DAY. Mourning. EVERY. DAY. Fucking SAY SOMETHING.

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

That's good to hear! I've seen the marshes from afar while driving to/from the airport & thought they looked interesting! Didn't know there was a good way to explore them!

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Pete Kruger @petekruger.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

There's this episode of Star Trek where Captain Picard is captured and tortured, and the main way that the torturer tries to break him is by showing him four lights, and telling him that there are five. There are four lights. This is not a post about Star Trek.

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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

#Feathers&Form is the theme for #BirdOfTheDay. I thought this hummingbird’s feathers were worthy as their feathers diffract the sunlight into a rainbow of colors. #birds #RainbowWings

A backlit hummingbird is caught flying. The wings and tail feathers break the light into rainbow colors.

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

If only Republicans spent half the energy defending the Constitution that they do defending pedos, felons, and murderers.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

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Captain Pooky @captainpooky.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.

What appears to be a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field is actually a normal sized praying mantis that's actually sitting on my windshield

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Holy Jesus I didn't look close enough, saw the green logo quickly and thought this was The Onion and started chuckling man what have we done lol

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Thank you!! Hope you two are having a happy New Year!

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Well, here’s a good 10 minutes of distraction.

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

When ents get festive Taken with my Samsung S24 Ultra phone at Longwood Gardens in PA

A beautifully structured tree wrapped in colorful lights, dancing in a dark forest with small mysterious lights floating on the horizon

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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Let's do a giveaway for my new #Apollo11 bootprint hoodies! 🚀 Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨ 💫 How to participate: 1) Follow me 2) Enter here sciencesocks.com/giveaway 3) Like & repost 🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here: sciencesocks.co/products/apo... 🔭🐡🧪🎨

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Prof. Simon Carn @simoncarn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It is not about Kimmel or what he said. It is about the US government forcing a network to fire someone - no government should have that power. If the network decided this on their own, that’s one thing. But in this case they absolutely did not.

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

My sister and I are trying to raise money so we can bring our mom home from the hospital - if anyone can help or RT we would be forever grateful! (Our PayPal is linked in my profile, please watch out for scammers & dm me before sending money to anyone in the replies!) gofund.me/b58c489e

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Donate to Help Bring Elizabeth & Kristen's Mom Home from the Hospital, organized by ELIZABETH MADSEN

Hello, my name is Elizabeth Madsen and my sister Kristen and … ELIZABETH MADSEN needs your support for Help Bring Elizabeth & Kristen's Mom Home from the Hospital

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 01/03/2025

I will not promise you that tomorrow will be better. That would be wishful thinking. But I assure you that tomorrow could be better, and that you have it in you to fight for it, to make a glorious effort to make it so.

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Paul Carella @paulcarella.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Hi guys, looking forward to seeing you on @stageit.bsky.social shortly. It's my last show for a couple of weeks before the Dad's Tour with Mr Manns. If you can, grab a hitchhiker or two and drive them to the P.A.R.T.Y....because we gotta!!! Grab a ticket.........https://www.stageit.com/Paul_Carella

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a man in a green mask is looking at himself in a mirror and says y because i gotta

ALT: a man in a green mask is looking at himself in a mirror and says y because i gotta

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 13/02/2025

Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do… We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘

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Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest

Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.

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Rebecca Gelernter @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Somebody should give "You look like the piss boy!" from History of the World Part 1 the "Taking the hobbits to Isengard" treatment so we can play it outside the White House 24 hours a day

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What's in the tube?!? *wrong answers only*

A photograph showing a long cylindrical tube strapped to
the top of a car's luggage rack

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

So much this. I can read faster than anyone can (comprehensibly) speak. If I need to see it being done, I can then dig up a video; but usually text/images are more than enough.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

sometimes people don't believe me when i say that Sandal is a huge cat. how big could he be, they say. this is because there's usually no scale displayed to help contextualize him. but what if i told you that the playstation controller next to him is 8 feet long and over 700 lbs? what then

An orange and white cat sits next to a playstation controller. He's way bigger than the controller

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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

From the archive: liddol young Gonz (me), so fullof hope and such

Orange and white kitten with the sun on his face

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Liz Madsen @paleonut.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

You might think twice before taking the time to smell these roses! I love this time of year in my part of Southern California - everything is starting to recover from the heat of summer, and almost time for some rain!

A photo of a rose bush - the leaves are very green and the flowers are a velvety red with yellow centers.... hidden between them is a very large praying mantis - at first glance you would think it a branch. There is a bit of a vibrant blue sky as well

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Everything Dice @everythingdice.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

✨ GIVEAWAY! ✨ Tis the season! In the spirit of the holidays we're giving away a Prismatic Sea Glass set 🌈 Giveaway ends 12/13 at noon CT. To Enter: ✨ Follow this account 🎲 Repost this post 💚 For an extra entry, tell us about an NPC or bond your character cherishes 🥹 #dnd #dice #ttrpg

All 8 pieces of the dice lined up in raindow order starting with the red D20.

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Daniel | ScienceSocks et al. @sciencesocks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

✨#JWST ornament giveaway! 🤩 My first Bluesky exclusive giveaway! Up for grabs are 5 of my best-selling holiday ornaments! 💫 How to participate: 1) follow me 2) enter here sciencesocks.co/pages/giveaway 3) like/repost 🚨 P.S.: please consider sciencesocks.co for your holiday shopping :) 🔭🐡🧪#bsnm

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