Tierney O’Dea
@todea.bsky.social
Science writer, ok cartographer, escaped the newsroom and moved to the mountains.
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Tierney O’Dea
@todea.bsky.social
· May 15
Seen today-- two burrowing owls who are not to be fucked with. 🪶
Burrowing Owls are my favorite.
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I tweeted when he won in 2016 that we should just make him go away immediately by putting him on Rushmore and guilding it.
Trump is making it clear that he intends to put himself on Mt. Rushmore before he leaves
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I tweeted when he won in 2016 that we should just make him go away immediately by putting him on Rushmore and guilding it.
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🚨BREAKING: Senate Democrats condemned the Trump administration for crossing a dangerous new line in its effort to seize state voter rolls, warning that the Justice Department is now using coercion and intimidation after courts rejected its legal claims. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democratic senators accuse Trump DOJ of ‘apparent ransom’ in push to seize state voter rolls
The senators accused DOJ of abandoning legal arguments altogether in favor of coercion.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: Senate Democrats condemned the Trump administration for crossing a dangerous new line in its effort to seize state voter rolls, warning that the Justice Department is now using coercion and intimidation after courts rejected its legal claims. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Bondi’s letter to Minnesota Gov Tim Walz seeking voting records is a classic mob-style shakedown. My thoughts in Bloomberg @opinion.bloomberg.com
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Bondi’s Offer to Minnesota Is a ‘Shakedown’: Barbara L. McQuade
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz — offering to scale back ICE operations in exchange for the state’s compliance with her demands — is inappropriate and reads as a thi...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Bondi’s letter to Minnesota Gov Tim Walz seeking voting records is a classic mob-style shakedown. My thoughts in Bloomberg @opinion.bloomberg.com
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
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Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Even former members of ICE were horrified by the killing of Renee Nicole Good. “They murdered her, plain and simple. That is all there is to it."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Even former members of ICE were horrified by the killing of Renee Nicole Good. “They murdered her, plain and simple. That is all there is to it."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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This year is going to be like the final boss for optimists
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
This year is going to be like the final boss for optimists
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
Hey everyone the Hawkins AV Club Frequency is 146.520. Get your license and a radio. See you there! #WSQK #strangerthings
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Hey everyone the Hawkins AV Club Frequency is 146.520. Get your license and a radio. See you there! #WSQK #strangerthings
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Researchers using the JWST have confirmed the first supersonic Runaway Supermassive Black Hole (~7.8 bly away) ejected by and racing away from its host galaxy at 3.43 million km/h, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long "contrail" of newborn stars.
More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1157...
#Astronomy
More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1157...
#Astronomy
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Researchers, using the JWST, have confirmed that a black hole, first detected in 2023 by the same team, is indeed a supersonic Runaway Supermassive Black Hole, ejected by and racing...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Researchers using the JWST have confirmed the first supersonic Runaway Supermassive Black Hole (~7.8 bly away) ejected by and racing away from its host galaxy at 3.43 million km/h, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long "contrail" of newborn stars.
More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1157...
#Astronomy
More at fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1157...
#Astronomy
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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“Climate action” is just another way to say “we want our beautiful complex planet to continue to be a good place to live, and to continue to be both beautiful and complex”. So much climate damage comes from assuming that Earth is simple, that it is easy to control and that it will bend to our will.
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Climate action” is just another way to say “we want our beautiful complex planet to continue to be a good place to live, and to continue to be both beautiful and complex”. So much climate damage comes from assuming that Earth is simple, that it is easy to control and that it will bend to our will.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I interviewed Rob Reiner in his home long ago. He was the sweetest man. Made me a bagel.
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I interviewed Rob Reiner in his home long ago. He was the sweetest man. Made me a bagel.
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related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
what the fuck are you talking about man
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites
The Gallatin City-County Health Department has confirmed a second case of measles in Gallatin County, with the latest case identified on Dec. 1, 2025.This foll
nbcmontana.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made