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Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
Reposted by Allan Self
Bove needs to understand that someone as repulsive and crooked as him only has a few possible futures in post-Trump America and “disgraced public laughingstock” is on the gentler end of the spectrum
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Bove needs to understand that someone as repulsive and crooked as him only has a few possible futures in post-Trump America and “disgraced public laughingstock” is on the gentler end of the spectrum
Reposted by Allan Self
As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
Reposted by Allan Self
Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Reposted by Allan Self
This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.
Reposted by Allan Self
Peperomia from Oaxaca, Oct 2025
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Peperomia from Oaxaca, Oct 2025
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Mike Benz, who does not know which finger is his pinky, is now a "special government employee" at USAID, where he is attempting to investigate its "pernicious influence."
You'd think this guy would be too dumb even for the Trump regime. Nope!!!
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
You'd think this guy would be too dumb even for the Trump regime. Nope!!!
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Mike Benz, who does not know which finger is his pinky, is now a "special government employee" at USAID, where he is attempting to investigate its "pernicious influence."
You'd think this guy would be too dumb even for the Trump regime. Nope!!!
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
You'd think this guy would be too dumb even for the Trump regime. Nope!!!
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Frasera is a genus of 15 spp in N. America. In 2024, a 19-year-old plant of F. caroliniensis growing in the NC Bot. Garden bloomed for the first & last time. This species is monocarpic (it flowers & dies). The peculiar greenish flowers have nectaries on the petals. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Frasera is a genus of 15 spp in N. America. In 2024, a 19-year-old plant of F. caroliniensis growing in the NC Bot. Garden bloomed for the first & last time. This species is monocarpic (it flowers & dies). The peculiar greenish flowers have nectaries on the petals. #Gentianaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Reposted by Allan Self
Reposted by Allan Self
THEY JUST FUCKING LIE
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
THEY JUST FUCKING LIE
Reposted by Allan Self
The amazing journey of a parasitic fungus: An ant infected with Ophiocordyceps australis got covered by leaves. The fungus stalk started probing for a way to the surface. After making contact with 2 leaves it eventually punched through a third leaf and produced a fruiting body for releasing spores.
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The amazing journey of a parasitic fungus: An ant infected with Ophiocordyceps australis got covered by leaves. The fungus stalk started probing for a way to the surface. After making contact with 2 leaves it eventually punched through a third leaf and produced a fruiting body for releasing spores.
Reposted by Allan Self
Like their intellectual predecessors in the Hitler Youth, the point of TPUSA is to intimidate the educators and students who don’t share ruling party ideology into silence. This is just basic fascism.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Like their intellectual predecessors in the Hitler Youth, the point of TPUSA is to intimidate the educators and students who don’t share ruling party ideology into silence. This is just basic fascism.
Reposted by Allan Self
I guess the Administration is going to try not to release the full video.
Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I guess the Administration is going to try not to release the full video.
Reposted by Allan Self
"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas
Reposted by Allan Self
new squid just dropped
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
new squid just dropped
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Forget strangling baby Hitler when I get a Time Machine I’m drone striking an early PayPal board meeting
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Forget strangling baby Hitler when I get a Time Machine I’m drone striking an early PayPal board meeting
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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Happy #Spooderday from this Magnolia Green Jumping Spider lad ( #lyssomanes viridis ) with his ridiculous #MunchDongles (thanks @travismcenery.bsky.social for that term 😂) who reminds y'all to make sure you have a nutritious #breakfast. 😁
#MacroPhotography
#spiders
#invetebrates
#MacroPhotography
#spiders
#invetebrates
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy #Spooderday from this Magnolia Green Jumping Spider lad ( #lyssomanes viridis ) with his ridiculous #MunchDongles (thanks @travismcenery.bsky.social for that term 😂) who reminds y'all to make sure you have a nutritious #breakfast. 😁
#MacroPhotography
#spiders
#invetebrates
#MacroPhotography
#spiders
#invetebrates
Reposted by Allan Self
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
Reposted by Allan Self
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
Reposted by Allan Self
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
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If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
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As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
Reposted by Allan Self
Guillotines. For all of them.
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Guillotines. For all of them.
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looking great, mister president, sir, no president in history has looked better at 175 years old while putting a fake medal on themselves
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
looking great, mister president, sir, no president in history has looked better at 175 years old while putting a fake medal on themselves