Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Today marks the anniversary of Graf Spee being scuttled, and a unique victory for the British diplomatic service 645487 454
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialThe Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 18/12/2025#SaveNCAR 001 1
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16/12/2025VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN IN EVERY MAJOR CITY with Oakland ↓25% and San Francisco ↓21% leading the way. According to new data from the state’s eight largest cities: — Homicides ↓ 18% — Robberies ↓ 18% — Aggravated Assaults ↓ 9% 531753378 1.8K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/12/2025This is a harrowing account of city under siege www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comI'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine." 211817835 1.8K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I had been searching earlier for a map of this sort. One cannot help but notice exactly none of these locations are particularly close to the continental United States, nor are most of them on any course that would ever become close. Just murder for murder's sake. 929971 299
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialPhil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 16/12/2025J*F*C This is *exactly* the sort of thing I've been screaming about for decades: anti-science lofted to the level of a government-funded colossal waste of money, as well as more eroding of public confidence in science. RFK Jr. is an immense danger to this country. 35933255 933
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 16/12/2025At President Trump's urging, Republicans drew new districts to help their party win a House seat now held by a Democrat. A voter petition drive could hold it up but GOP officials say it's on track.n.prMissouri’s stack of redistricting lawsuits expected to grow over whether new map is in effectThe disagreement over whether Missouri’s new congressional map is in effect or frozen is at the heart of a bitter dispute in federal court between the state attorney general’s office and lawyers for the referendum campaign. 615325 153
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialJean Yoon @jeanyoon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Yes! Thank you, Skate Canada! 34410 44
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialDemocrats @democrats.org · 16/12/2025Grading on a massive curve 510631 106
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Biden took over a shutdown economy in the middle of a global pandemic that brought on global inflation. The economic headlines leading up to the 2024 election were mostly about how our economic recovery was the envy of the world. I'm getting really tired of hearing these whiners tell this lie. 66633225 633
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 17/12/2025A crazy event in the report: “Following the retreat of South Sawyer Glacier, a landslide in southeast Alaska’s Tracy Arm in August 2025 generated a tsunami that swept across the narrow fjord and ran nearly 1,600 feet up the other side. Fortunately, the fjord was empty of cruise ships.” 610362 103
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialKat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 16/12/2025"I didn't vote for invasive bodily searches of immigrant children!" cry the people who voted for invasive bodily searches of immigrant children, either by voting GOP or refusing to vote Democratic (sin of commission vs. sin of omission). 01412 14
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression. Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.' None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack. 1/ 11429131114 2.9K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Read this. Then read it again. 6062623811234 26.2K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…” TLDR: It was never about drugs 668105883445 10.6K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along 35898863727 9.9K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 10/12/2025the year is 1990. american children walk out of their schools chanting, "no blood for oil." the year is 2003. american children walk out of their schools chanting, "no blood for oil." the year is 2025 2499131 499
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialJoaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 17/12/2025A naval blockade is unquestionably an act of war. A war that the Congress never authorized and the American people do not want. 14340141 340
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 17/12/2025so like, i’m aware that it’s not a done deal that all dems vote no on this bill flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life 4758473 758
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program. 4933753812135 37.5K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialatticus goldfinch @atticusgf.bsky.social · 16/12/2025yeah I refuse to rewrite this history. harris ran a _very_ tight campaign with a few (not zero!) missteps. trump was a total shitshow. the closing argument was literally a dead squirrel. the media made it clear that debates are the most important thing ever. she disemboweled him. they didn't care. 1032360 323
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialNHKニュース RSSフィード配信(非公式) @nhknewsunofficial.bsky.social · 17/12/2025【ライブ】「みちびき」5号機 打ち上げ カウントダウン止まる news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k1001500…news.web.nhk【ライブ】日本版GPS衛星「みちびき」5号機 打ち上げへ | NHKニュース【NHK】スマートフォンなどの位置情報の精度を高める日本版GPS衛星「みちびき」の5号機が、17日午前、鹿児島県の種子島宇宙センターから打ち上げられます。 「みちびき5号機」を載せたH3ロケット8号機につい 001 1
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/12/2025Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us." 11492659709 2.7K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialAdvocacy Arena with Dee @desia.bsky.social · 17/12/2025thegrio.com/2025/12/16/w...thegrio.comWho was Barbara Rose Johns, the Black teen activist whose statue is replacing Gen. Robert E. Lee’s in the U.S. Capitol?The U.S. Capitol unveils statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns, who protested her Virginia high school’s poor conditions in 1951. 1146 14
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’ 762245915 2.2K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/12/2025NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.usatoday.comTrump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in ColoradoThe Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs. 5822021124 2.2K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialJames Franklin @franklinjamesl.bsky.social · 17/12/2025These people are nuts. NCAR developed the GPS dropsonde, which revolutionized the understanding of TC structure, improved forecasts, and validated remote sensing platforms, as documented in over 400 peer-reviewed publications in the last 25 years. And that’s just one of NCAR’s countless advances. 12514198 514
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 17/12/2025Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)propublica.orgTexas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We DidSince Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal... 381596870 1.6K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 17/12/2025It's like on the eve of WWII we decided to stop funding R&D into weapons systems to develop advanced aircraft, ships, and tanks. Climate change is going to kick our butts if we lose NCAR (and NOAA) at a time when climate change is increasing extreme weather events capable of crashing the economy. 14512182 512
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialScott Santens @scottsantens.com · 17/12/2025This is a good video for anyone wondering why the US as the #1 producer of oil would want Venezuela's oil. The answer: our refineries want their oil, not our oil. Can we please just move on to green energy and stop invading countries and mass murdering for this shit?youtu.beThe real reason Venezuela mattersYouTube video by Sky News 723075 230
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe. 9632561380 3.3K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialGidget 💜 @gidget.bsky.social · 16/12/2025This is the way. 3196 19
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment. They are openly saying this. Who would want to live in a country that works like that? 1372206476625 20.6K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialDaniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Perhaps FIFA will give out an inaugural measles prize, too. 14212 42
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 12/12/2025To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals. 5036061553 3.6K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialSome Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Bad news for Venezuela. And once again, Marisa called it months ago. 618436 184
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/12/2025Please note that this is a set up for denaturalizing citizens and setting up deportation camps for anyone who disagrees with Stephen Miller. Also please note that these fascists are bound to lose. Find your organizing home, join your neighbors, and stand up to these clowns wherever you see them. 1277130 277
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 13/12/2025I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind. 1042046658 2K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍 919417209641 41.7K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialMatt Little @littleforcongress.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Do you carry your papers? Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. 20216103 216
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialScissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 13/12/2025I hate how much I enjoyed this BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦 10459981928 6K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/12/2025The Thai government on Saturday disputed President Trump’s announcement that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to a cease-fire, as its prime minister pledged to continue military action and the standoff between the two countries intensified.nyti.msThailand Rejects Trump’s Claim That It Reached a Cease-Fire With CambodiaThe conflict appeared to have continued unabated on Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said a cease-fire was supposed to have resumed. 1518665 186
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/12/2025"They said they weren’t sure why ICE would want to build a facility so close to a community so opposed to it. "Asked about the 'possibility of local protests or road blockages,' the government told them, 'I would not count on local authorities for support'...” www.notus.org/immigration/...notus.orgICE Wants to Build an Oregon Detention Facility. Contractors Say Construction Plans Are Alarming.“How many of their own standards are they going to waive away?” one contractor told NOTUS. 44825304 825
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025i mean... uh... well... lordy. this defies summation. incredible story. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comI asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal. 642254813 2.3K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025"As for the amount of money the program is expected to generate, the administration hasn’t offered details, but the president told reporters that, by his estimation, the program could generate '$50 trillion'..." LOL "In related news, this guy really isn’t good at math." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.now‘Trump Gold Card’ goes on sale, offering visas for $1 million, sparking controversyWith legal fights on the way, those writing seven-figure checks shouldn’t assume their cards are coming soon. 2411904504 1.9K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/12/2025The Trump administration must remove California National Guard troops from Los Angeles by Monday, a federal appellate court ruled. The decision upheld a lower court order that halted the mobilization that had roiled the nation’s second-largest city for six months.nyti.msAppeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by MondayWhile the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city. 1532091 320
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again. 554114484611 11.4K
Reposted by @staidwaters.bsky.socialSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 13/12/2025This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...chicago.suntimes.comGreg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus... 7427161171 2.7K