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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 19h

How is that a "hurdle" that NWS could ever have "overcome"?

Same stuff happens at IRS and tons of other places across the public sector in the US. Special interests and politicians simply won't allow it. It's not a question of the public sector being able to beat a challenge. It's just prohibited.

Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 20h

The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...

Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal

Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.

open.substack.com

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 21h

The mass deportations will reorient domestic law enforcement while the slow motion destruction of NATO and the emboldening of Russia plays out internationally. This is all being openly planned.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver on Trump shifting DHS to immigration: Highly trained agents who worked money laundering & counterterrorism are now "picking up people in parking lots" and spent "33% fewer hours on child exploitation cases".

"1 in 5 FBI agents, half of DEA, and over two-thirds of ATF" were reassigned.

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 21h

The mass deportations will reorient domestic law enforcement while the slow motion destruction of NATO and the emboldening of Russia plays out internationally. This is all being openly planned.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 2d

Kaja Kallas in Munich:

"The greatest threat Russia presents right now is that it gains more at the negotiation table than it has achieved on the battlefield."

Exactly. For a year, the USA has been pressuring Ukraine to surrender in a war it hasn’t lost, and those

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 21h

The mass deportations will reorient domestic law enforcement while the slow motion destruction of NATO and the emboldening of Russia plays out internationally. This is all being openly planned.

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d

The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.

Trump administration formally denies Minnesota investigators access to evidence in Alex Pretti shooting

Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.

www.startribune.com

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 21h

The mass deportations will reorient domestic law enforcement while the slow motion destruction of NATO and the emboldening of Russia plays out internationally. This is all being openly planned.

Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 22h

Every word that Rubio uttered has to be further contextualized by the fact he was there to tell Europe that they have to appease an actual invader. An actual invading army of tanks and missiles and death squads must be given territory and quarter and treasure for peace in our time. In Munich no less

Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 22h

Every word that Rubio uttered has to be further contextualized by the fact he was there to tell Europe that they have to appease an actual invader. An actual invading army of tanks and missiles and death squads must be given territory and quarter and treasure for peace in our time. In Munich no less

Jason Colavito @jasoncolavito.bsky.social · 22h

I am happy to share that I have an 8-page essay and appraisal of the life and legacy of Erich von Däniken in the next issue of Fortean Times!

The first page of "Charioteer of the Gods" (2026), an 8-page essay on Erich von Daniken in the Fortean Times.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22h

agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 1d

The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver on Trump shifting DHS to immigration: Highly trained agents who worked money laundering & counterterrorism are now "picking up people in parking lots" and spent "33% fewer hours on child exploitation cases".

"1 in 5 FBI agents, half of DEA, and over two-thirds of ATF" were reassigned.

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d

The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.

Trump administration formally denies Minnesota investigators access to evidence in Alex Pretti shooting

Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.

www.startribune.com

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

zero Kelvin take: the neon signs in the show were/are pretty dope.

The title card from the original Twin Peaks television series, depicting a road and a town welcome sign in the foreground, with a forest and mountain in the background. Instead of the words "TWIN PEAKS" as text on screen, the words "IT'S PEAK" appear in the same stylized lettering.

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

🧪⚒️

Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 1d

A new paper by @anaigmendez.bsky.social vin Geophysical Research Letters shows that the oxygen isotope ratio of the annual rings of tropical conifers in Central America records rainfall amount and tracks large-scale tropical atmosphere ocean dynamics! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Oxygen Isotopes in Tree Rings Track Neotropical Climate Dynamics

Tree-ring δ18O from Abies guatemalensis in Central America captures interannual variations in boreal summer rainfall Lighter δ18O years are associated with a weakening of the Caribbean Low-Level ...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 1d

Another "DOGE" casualty:

"Nearly 700 practices in eight states enrolled in Making Care Primary. North Carolina had 23 clinics and centers in the program, the most of any state, followed by Washington, New Mexico, and New York. Doctors who had signed up for it said they were stunned."

Clinics Sour on CMS After Agency Scraps 10-Year Primary Care Program Only Months In - KFF Health News

A planned 10-year federal program called Making Care Primary was supposed to help primary care doctors by easing administrative burdens, allowing them to focus on improving patients’ health. A year af...

kffhealthnews.org

Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 1d

A new paper by @anaigmendez.bsky.social vin Geophysical Research Letters shows that the oxygen isotope ratio of the annual rings of tropical conifers in Central America records rainfall amount and tracks large-scale tropical atmosphere ocean dynamics! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Oxygen Isotopes in Tree Rings Track Neotropical Climate Dynamics

Tree-ring δ18O from Abies guatemalensis in Central America captures interannual variations in boreal summer rainfall Lighter δ18O years are associated with a weakening of the Caribbean Low-Level ...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

Some of it aged like milk but it has both heart and joy which make it superior to any number of things before or since.

Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

It gives a farcical but remarkably on-point portrayal of the totalitarian response to modernity--total surveillance, centralized control over all culture and expression, and the liquidation of anyone who doesn't fit in.

And it shows the correct response to this threat: crushing the totalitarians.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 1d

Like she was a central casting villain in covering up Scientology’s human trafficking.

Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re gonna die for a ‘multicultural economic zone?’”

“Someone is.”

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”

Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think I've ever seen gears shift this fast before.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 2d

Kaja Kallas in Munich:

"The greatest threat Russia presents right now is that it gains more at the negotiation table than it has achieved on the battlefield."

Exactly. For a year, the USA has been pressuring Ukraine to surrender in a war it hasn’t lost, and those

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

This Marco Rubio speech is just unabashed blood and soil nationalism, but also, it's incredibly weird to use, as your example of the supposed artistic heritage of European Christendom, the Rolling Stones, of all bands, who cribbed their entire style from Black American music.

"It was here in Europe where the ideas that planted the seeds of liberty that changed the world were born. It was here in Europe where the world – which gave the world the rule of law, the universities, and the scientific revolution. It was this continent that produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, of Dante and Shakespeare, of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. And this is the place where the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel and the towering spires of the great cathedral in Cologne, they testify not just to the greatness of our past or to a faith in God that inspired these marvels. They foreshadow the wonders that await us in our future. But only if we are unapologetic in our heritage and proud of this common inheritance can we together begin the work of envisioning and shaping our economic and our political future."

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

“I am livid that AOC refuses to endorse the deployment of our Trident IIs against Beijing and here’s how that proves she’s stupid and I am not a toddler, actually”

RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 3d

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was killed by dart frog poison administered by the Russian state two years ago, a multi-intelligence agency inquiry has found, according to a statement released by five countries, the UK, France, Germany...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...?

Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say

Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death

www.theguardian.com

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

Does destroying NIH's biodefense expertise and lying constantly about the cause of outbreaks (SARS-CoV-2; ASFV in Spain; etc.) make the world a better or worse prepared place to deal with potentially dangerous pathogens?

Asking for an idiot (Richard).

Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 3d

Monstrous.

Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 4d

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 3d

DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.

Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"

ChatGPT cuts in action

www.politico.com

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 4d

Cairns Public Health Unit says students are increasingly missing their school HPV vaccinations because they do not have parental consent.

School HPV vaccination rate drops to 56pc in Far North Queensland

Cairns Public Health Unit says students are increasingly missing their school HPV vaccinations because they do not have parental consent.

www.abc.net.au

Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 4d

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 4d

After more than 1.2 Americans lost their lives to Covid, NIH director Jay Bhattacharya orders the agency to deprioritize pandemic preparedness & biodefense.

Make it make sense.

Scoop from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

www.nature.com

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