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Tierney O’Dea
@todea.bsky.social
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Science writer, ok cartographer, escaped the newsroom and moved to the mountains.
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · May 15
Burrowing Owls are my favorite.
burrowingowl.bsky.social Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · May 15
Seen today-- two burrowing owls who are not to be fucked with. 🪶
Burrowing owl standing in front of her burrow, glaring at the camera. There are gray feathers all over the place. Burrowing owl standing in front of her burrow. There are red-winged blackbird feathers strewn all over the place.
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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 1d
you know what we could do it hook these all together and maybe run them in special tracks on a schedule
a line of waymos heading to their charging station
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Benzie, the puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 1d
That’s no ballroom!
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d
If you want to help your neighbors who are food insecure and/or losing SNAP benefits, click here, plug in your zip, and DONATE.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d
New York City was visited by nine different whales in one day and the photos are incredible - Upworthy
New York City was visited by nine different whales in one day and the photos are incredible
Cleaner waters mean the whales don't just pass through, they stay and put on a show.
www.upworthy.com
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 2d
They have big plans for America’s 250th.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
Death Star
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 2d
I carry a kazoo in my purse just in case
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d
“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2d
They will stop feeding hungry kids, both here and abroad, for this.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 3d
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 3d
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October planet imagery showing the east wing demolished September planet imagery showing the east wing before work took place
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 3d
Now do all the more important things.
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d
At this point 2/3 of state attorneys general in the 9th Circuit are asking for a review by the full court of the decision by two Trump-appointed appellate judges to let Trump deploy Guard to Portland:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554...
#73 in State of Oregon, et al. v. Trump, et al. (9th Cir., 25-6268) – CourtListener.com
AMICUS BRIEF by government or with consent submitted for filing by Ninth Circuit States in Support of Rehearing En Banc. [Entered: 10/22/2025 10:44 PM]
www.courtlistener.com
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 5d
There's gotta be a third option between "300 years old" and "SS tattoos."
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah if he can just do whatever he wants to our historic places, who knows.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 4d
Senator Merkley has held the Senate floor all night—and he’s still going. He’s holding the floor for our healthcare. Our economy. Our rights. Our democracy.

Tune in here: www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
Merkley Holds Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 4d
Are they? It’s not being covered by right wing media.
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 4d
Maybe they will start selling bits of rubble
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 4d
I know no one has the staff anymore but I wish a news org would track down the people who yelled about this and get them on the record about the demolition.
typomaker.bsky.social Joelelan @typomaker.bsky.social · 4d
I remember Fox News spending days on the scandal that was Michelle Obama’s modest little veggie garden. It was discussed and berated non-stop with the general theme being ‘how dare she desecrate those hallowed grounds.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Mar 7
It would all be very unpopular if you could convince people it was happening
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 4d
This is gone now. The East Wing lobby two years ago.
kimoco.bsky.social Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 4d
This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.
East Wing lobby from 2023
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4d
What? An "AI" browser that totally tracks every single thing you do, almost certainly to train its AI model? Unpossible!
geoffreyfowler.bsky.social Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 4d
ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.
OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.
wapo.st
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 5d
Ugh dude how disappointing and ridiculous
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 6d
My bad. Still seems important though huh?
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Tierney O’Dea @todea.bsky.social · 6d
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...
Presidential Emergency Operations Center - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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