Birdie
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Analytical chemistry of contaminants in the marine environment, trophic transfer and trends. Quality assurance. I stand with 🇺🇦 and with marginalized communities.
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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Why Minneapolis? Because Kamala/Walz actually won the election. Why California? Because Kamala/Walz beat his orange ass. Why Chicago? Obama. Why Maine? The governor defied his unlawful orders. Any questions?
January 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Why Minneapolis? Because Kamala/Walz actually won the election. Why California? Because Kamala/Walz beat his orange ass. Why Chicago? Obama. Why Maine? The governor defied his unlawful orders. Any questions?
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"Thank you to the amazing neighbors of Living Water Community Church who will be opening their doors this afternoon from 1-3 for “a non-sectarian space for anyone wanting to mourn the tragic murder this morning in MN. All are welcome to come to sit, meditate, pray, or just be with other people: 1/2
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
"Thank you to the amazing neighbors of Living Water Community Church who will be opening their doors this afternoon from 1-3 for “a non-sectarian space for anyone wanting to mourn the tragic murder this morning in MN. All are welcome to come to sit, meditate, pray, or just be with other people: 1/2
All the conservatives who yelled about government overreach during Waco and Ruby Ridge are silent now, or are among the perpetrators.
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
All the conservatives who yelled about government overreach during Waco and Ruby Ridge are silent now, or are among the perpetrators.
It’s pretty much exactly what they want
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
It’s pretty much exactly what they want
It’s not as if there were no herbivore dinos, but certainly not all of them.
Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
Teachers who attended ‘compulsory’ creationist conference run by US-based fundamentalist group told radiometric dating techniques were flawed
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Teachers employed by a large group of Queensland Christian schools were told to teach creationism in science classes, including that vegetarian baby dinosaurs would have been taken aboard Noah’s Ark.
Last year, the Open Brethren organisation Christian Community Ministries (CCM) hosted a Christian science conference by the US-based fundamentalist group Answers in Genesis, which once built a replica of Noah’s Ark – with model dinosaurs included. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It’s not as if there were no herbivore dinos, but certainly not all of them.
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Minneapolis protests have transfixed the US, but Kaohly Her’s city, home to a large immigrant population, has been targeted by ICE for half a year
‘St Paul has been under siege’: mayor confronts ICE as federal raids roil Twin Cities
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Minneapolis protests have transfixed the US, but Kaohly Her’s city, home to a large immigrant population, has been targeted by ICE for half a year
Fuckers
US Health Department pauses about $5 billion in state public health grants, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/49E70g3
US Health Department pauses about $5 billion in state public health grants, Bloomberg News reports
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has sent notices to states and partners pausing public health grants that add up to about $5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing an email.
reut.rs
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Fuckers
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A must read👇
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A must read👇
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Anti-fascism is a set of methods which to resist fascism. What's happening in Minnesota seems bigger than that: resisting fascism, yes, and real democracy in action, the world we want to live in. Not the terror! The care, the courage.
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Anti-fascism is a set of methods which to resist fascism. What's happening in Minnesota seems bigger than that: resisting fascism, yes, and real democracy in action, the world we want to live in. Not the terror! The care, the courage.
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You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 PM
You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
Quote skeet a gif with a clue of where you’re from
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Quote skeet a gif with a clue of where you’re from
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@governorferguson.bsky.social, WA needs to follow CA's lead and join the WHO.
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
@governorferguson.bsky.social, WA needs to follow CA's lead and join the WHO.
Tell your pet’s name in a gif
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Tell your pet’s name in a gif
So proud of Minneapolis today
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM
So proud of Minneapolis today
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"The core danger we identified is now emerging: a violent confrontation between state and federal military forces in a major American city."
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"The core danger we identified is now emerging: a violent confrontation between state and federal military forces in a major American city."
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Today is January 23rd, 2026 and Mike Johnson covered up the Epstein files.
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Today is January 23rd, 2026 and Mike Johnson covered up the Epstein files.
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag
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I am the joker now.
Google’s work in schools aims to create a ‘pipeline of future users,’ internal documents say
A major lawsuit revealed details of Google's business motivations to get its products into schools. A Google spokesperson said the documents "mischaracterize our work."
www.nbcnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I am the joker now.
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I’m old enough to remember when the Democrats had a plan to close the border down and the Republicans unanimously voted NO
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I’m old enough to remember when the Democrats had a plan to close the border down and the Republicans unanimously voted NO
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Marvin Heinzel Gets Up-Close and Personal with Characterful #Avians #photography #birds #birdlover
Link for more #bird photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/marv...
Link for more #bird photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/marv...
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Marvin Heinzel Gets Up-Close and Personal with Characterful #Avians #photography #birds #birdlover
Link for more #bird photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/marv...
Link for more #bird photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/marv...
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This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
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Excellent from @anthonylfisher.bsky.social :
Opinion | Stop sanewashing Donald Trump’s incoherent ramblings
It's well past time to call Trump’s stream-of-consciousness monologues exactly what they are.
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Excellent from @anthonylfisher.bsky.social :
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A study of dolphins’ epigenetic ages found that animals with more high-quality friendships were biologically younger than their lonely peers
Dolphins age more slowly with a little help from their friends
A study of dolphins’ epigenetic ages found that animals with more high-quality friendships were biologically younger than their lonely peers
www.scientificamerican.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:29 PM
A study of dolphins’ epigenetic ages found that animals with more high-quality friendships were biologically younger than their lonely peers