Amy
@amybutmoreso.bsky.social
Scientist. Wife. Mother. Order may vary.
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CBS News is reporting that the ICE agent who abducted a Minnesota preschooler suffered internal injuries during the abduction.
January 24, 2026 at 3:17 AM
CBS News is reporting that the ICE agent who abducted a Minnesota preschooler suffered internal injuries during the abduction.
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Terrorizing children has been a hallmark of white supremacy longer than mask wearing
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Terrorizing children has been a hallmark of white supremacy longer than mask wearing
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It's worth noting that the population of Minnesota is about 5.8 million, so close to 1 in 100 people in this entire amazing state showed up to say #FuckICE today
50,000+ marched against Operation Metro Surge and IN FAVOR of our neighbors in 10 Degree below weather.
January 24, 2026 at 2:34 AM
It's worth noting that the population of Minnesota is about 5.8 million, so close to 1 in 100 people in this entire amazing state showed up to say #FuckICE today
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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YES. That’s exactly why we came.
I'm on & off today because I'm doing whistle admin but are clergy just popping up all over Minneapolis in groups to shame folks who aren't acting right?!?
Happening now: From Target HQ in Minneapolis hundreds of clergy ask Target to be good neighbors and Support the 4th Ammemdment stop Cooperating with ICE!
Action by Interfaith Alliance 👏👏👏 #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
Action by Interfaith Alliance 👏👏👏 #ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
YES. That’s exactly why we came.
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I don't know Dr. Okorafor or speak for them, I am simply a fan of their work.
Here is their post explaining the difference between AFRICANfuturism and Afrofuturism. You don't need to understand something in order to be respectful or kind.
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Here is their post explaining the difference between AFRICANfuturism and Afrofuturism. You don't need to understand something in order to be respectful or kind.
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I don't know Dr. Okorafor or speak for them, I am simply a fan of their work.
Here is their post explaining the difference between AFRICANfuturism and Afrofuturism. You don't need to understand something in order to be respectful or kind.
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
Here is their post explaining the difference between AFRICANfuturism and Afrofuturism. You don't need to understand something in order to be respectful or kind.
nnedi.blogspot.com/2019/10/afri...
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"And if my parents had made a different choice, I wouldn't be here today leading Congress into helpless irrelevancy, providing cover for a brutal American dictator, setting the stage for World War III, and ... hang on, hang on, let me start again."
Mike Johnson: "I was the product of an unplanned teen pregnancy exactly one year before Roe. A lot of people tried to convince my very young parents that they should just take care of that problem. But I am eternally grateful that they allowed me the chance at life."
January 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM
"And if my parents had made a different choice, I wouldn't be here today leading Congress into helpless irrelevancy, providing cover for a brutal American dictator, setting the stage for World War III, and ... hang on, hang on, let me start again."
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Of course, this doesn't apply to Bari Weiss herself.
She's been calling up media reporters as an "insider" or "source familiar with Bari Weiss' thinking" this whole time to talk smack about her subordinates while floating out there that some are in danger of being fired.
She's been calling up media reporters as an "insider" or "source familiar with Bari Weiss' thinking" this whole time to talk smack about her subordinates while floating out there that some are in danger of being fired.
January 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Of course, this doesn't apply to Bari Weiss herself.
She's been calling up media reporters as an "insider" or "source familiar with Bari Weiss' thinking" this whole time to talk smack about her subordinates while floating out there that some are in danger of being fired.
She's been calling up media reporters as an "insider" or "source familiar with Bari Weiss' thinking" this whole time to talk smack about her subordinates while floating out there that some are in danger of being fired.
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Back in 2007 Fox News did a segment on how Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, was "evil" & was the source of many of America's problems. Fun fact: Fred Rogers was a lifelong REPUBLICAN, but he was the sort of old school liberal Republican that Fox News was designed to eliminate. youtu.be/29lmR_357rA?...
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Back in 2007 Fox News did a segment on how Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, was "evil" & was the source of many of America's problems. Fun fact: Fred Rogers was a lifelong REPUBLICAN, but he was the sort of old school liberal Republican that Fox News was designed to eliminate. youtu.be/29lmR_357rA?...
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I fought in Afghanistan as a Marine.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I fought in Afghanistan as a Marine.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
Danes were in Helmand before Marines were.
43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked.
I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.
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kidnapping a 5 year old to bait his father and then shipping them thousands of miles away should put you in prison, yes, but it should also cause every friend and family member you have ever had to permanently reject you in disgrace, and if they don’t, they share your shame
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
kidnapping a 5 year old to bait his father and then shipping them thousands of miles away should put you in prison, yes, but it should also cause every friend and family member you have ever had to permanently reject you in disgrace, and if they don’t, they share your shame
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What always electrifies me is that Magellan was not the first to circumnavigate the Earth. It was the worker he enslaved, "Enrique of Malacca," who IIRC was either from Malaysia or the Philippines, but most historians think he was from the latter.
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
What always electrifies me is that Magellan was not the first to circumnavigate the Earth. It was the worker he enslaved, "Enrique of Malacca," who IIRC was either from Malaysia or the Philippines, but most historians think he was from the latter.
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In the 1870 census, Boise, Idaho was almost 50% Chinese. Just...think about that. Think about Boise, Idaho today and what you think about it racially.
What happened after that was, to put it bluntly, repeated violence against the Chinese population in the West.
What happened after that was, to put it bluntly, repeated violence against the Chinese population in the West.
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
In the 1870 census, Boise, Idaho was almost 50% Chinese. Just...think about that. Think about Boise, Idaho today and what you think about it racially.
What happened after that was, to put it bluntly, repeated violence against the Chinese population in the West.
What happened after that was, to put it bluntly, repeated violence against the Chinese population in the West.
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(4) If you are arrested, you simply must do the following:
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 AM
(4) If you are arrested, you simply must do the following:
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
- Identify yourself
- Prove or attest to your citizenship
- Invoke your 5th Amendment rights and demand your lawyer
- Literally do not say a single thing besides the above. Do not talk shit, do not mouth off. There's time for that yet.
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
When the jaw opens wide and there’s more jaw inside
🎶 That’s A MORAY! 🎶
Seriously though, these are amazing, a great option for valentines, and you support bringing science to kids!
🎶 That’s A MORAY! 🎶
Seriously though, these are amazing, a great option for valentines, and you support bringing science to kids!
Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside.
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
When the jaw opens wide and there’s more jaw inside
🎶 That’s A MORAY! 🎶
Seriously though, these are amazing, a great option for valentines, and you support bringing science to kids!
🎶 That’s A MORAY! 🎶
Seriously though, these are amazing, a great option for valentines, and you support bringing science to kids!
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I lived in Europe for almost a decade. I promise you Black people don't count as USian UNTIL Europeans want a convenient vehicle for their racism.
- a Black Woman who spent 8 yrs answering "Where are you REALLY from?" with "My grandparents and their grandparents were ALSO born in the US."
- a Black Woman who spent 8 yrs answering "Where are you REALLY from?" with "My grandparents and their grandparents were ALSO born in the US."
Absolutely correct but they won't listen cause it's open season and they were anti-Black to begin with. This is like a free space on their racism BINGO card and I've seen people explicitly say they DGAF because they find the distinction meaningless. Which tracks.
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I lived in Europe for almost a decade. I promise you Black people don't count as USian UNTIL Europeans want a convenient vehicle for their racism.
- a Black Woman who spent 8 yrs answering "Where are you REALLY from?" with "My grandparents and their grandparents were ALSO born in the US."
- a Black Woman who spent 8 yrs answering "Where are you REALLY from?" with "My grandparents and their grandparents were ALSO born in the US."
Exactly.
"History will not look kindly upon______"
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
January 21, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Exactly.
WOW!
Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH.
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you.
A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
Organelles harbour pH gradients https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.12.694065v1
January 20, 2026 at 10:41 PM
WOW!
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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This is funny, but also true. Whole milk isn't really whole. It's standardized to 3.25% butterfat through homogenization. It's taken apart and put back together, not whole. Some breeds have higher butterfat, some have lower. Butterfat increases and decreases throughout a lactation and season.
Y’all can end the war on whole milk if you want, but you gotta start calling it by its real name: homo milk.
January 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This is funny, but also true. Whole milk isn't really whole. It's standardized to 3.25% butterfat through homogenization. It's taken apart and put back together, not whole. Some breeds have higher butterfat, some have lower. Butterfat increases and decreases throughout a lactation and season.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.