Emma Richards
@emri42.bsky.social
I value science, books, nature, and animals, with a humanist perspective on life.
"We once believed we were the center of the universe; now we understand we are its essence, crafted from stardust."
Richard Dawkins
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"We once believed we were the center of the universe; now we understand we are its essence, crafted from stardust."
Richard Dawkins
No DM’s.
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Last week, the world witnessed the murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Shortly before the killing of Renee, on New Year’s Eve, an ICE agent shot and killed Keith Porter, a 43-year-old father of two in Los Angeles. ICE is responsible for 37 other deaths.
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Last week, the world witnessed the murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Shortly before the killing of Renee, on New Year’s Eve, an ICE agent shot and killed Keith Porter, a 43-year-old father of two in Los Angeles. ICE is responsible for 37 other deaths.
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Thousands rally in Greenland’s capital, chanting “Greenland is not for sale,” after Trump doubled down on the US initiative to takeover the country. The protests are the largest in the nation’s history.
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Thousands rally in Greenland’s capital, chanting “Greenland is not for sale,” after Trump doubled down on the US initiative to takeover the country. The protests are the largest in the nation’s history.
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Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
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🚨"There is a fear in this city, people are scared to go out; I have friends sending me their locations that are minorities because they're worried ICE is gonna come and take them—good positive working people. We are being invaded in our state—we're tired of it!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
🚨"There is a fear in this city, people are scared to go out; I have friends sending me their locations that are minorities because they're worried ICE is gonna come and take them—good positive working people. We are being invaded in our state—we're tired of it!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
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CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥
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Carney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Carney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"
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Zelenskyy’s speech in Davos today has now been canceled.
Official reason: he stayed behind in Kyiv due to overnight shelling.
Official reason: he stayed behind in Kyiv due to overnight shelling.
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Zelenskyy’s speech in Davos today has now been canceled.
Official reason: he stayed behind in Kyiv due to overnight shelling.
Official reason: he stayed behind in Kyiv due to overnight shelling.
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THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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Today, I’m grateful for polar bear cubs because they know how to enjoy a cold day ❄️
January 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Today, I’m grateful for polar bear cubs because they know how to enjoy a cold day ❄️
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Thank you for your resilience, your persistent brilliance...it transformed how the world navigates & understands our planet. Your work touches nearly every modern device & journey and more people should know your name.
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Thank you for your resilience, your persistent brilliance...it transformed how the world navigates & understands our planet. Your work touches nearly every modern device & journey and more people should know your name.
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️
thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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From the "No Shit Sherlock" news desk...
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 AM
From the "No Shit Sherlock" news desk...
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Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
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Russia has once again carried out a massive attack on Ukraine. This was our night. Russia is a terrorist state!
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Russia has once again carried out a massive attack on Ukraine. This was our night. Russia is a terrorist state!
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Former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens says Republican senators are “compromised” and have become “Russian assets” for enabling Trump’s subservience to Putin.
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens says Republican senators are “compromised” and have become “Russian assets” for enabling Trump’s subservience to Putin.
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I keep seeing posts stating that ICE cannot enter your home or a private business without a judicial warrant. While that is legally correct, in reality ICE routinely violates the law by forcing their way in, often by smashing down doors, before violently assaulting people.
Trumpism is fascism.
Trumpism is fascism.
January 20, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I keep seeing posts stating that ICE cannot enter your home or a private business without a judicial warrant. While that is legally correct, in reality ICE routinely violates the law by forcing their way in, often by smashing down doors, before violently assaulting people.
Trumpism is fascism.
Trumpism is fascism.
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
Man Detained In Minnesota Dies In ICE Custody—Gov. Walz Demands Probe
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
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I recently heard historian Robert Kagan say: “What's at risk right now is literally our democracy in the sense that I don't think Trump is going to allow free and fair elections in 2026.”
My job is to fight in court to prove him wrong even while I fear he may be right.
My job is to fight in court to prove him wrong even while I fear he may be right.
January 20, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I recently heard historian Robert Kagan say: “What's at risk right now is literally our democracy in the sense that I don't think Trump is going to allow free and fair elections in 2026.”
My job is to fight in court to prove him wrong even while I fear he may be right.
My job is to fight in court to prove him wrong even while I fear he may be right.