Gordon Moat
@gordonmoat.bsky.social
Wandering German photographer, writer, cyclist, and investor. BFA cum laude San Diego State University
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Last night, while departing Las Vegas, British Airways flight BA274 lost one of its main landing gear wheels. The separation of the right, rear wheel from the A350-1000 was captured on our automated live stream at the airport. The flight continued for a safe landing in London.
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Last night, while departing Las Vegas, British Airways flight BA274 lost one of its main landing gear wheels. The separation of the right, rear wheel from the A350-1000 was captured on our automated live stream at the airport. The flight continued for a safe landing in London.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
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Meta blocks users from sharing links to ICE List, which compiles names of DHS staffers; Meta cites a policy against "asking for personally identifiable" info (David Gilbert/Wired)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Meta blocks users from sharing links to ICE List, which compiles names of DHS staffers; Meta cites a policy against "asking for personally identifiable" info (David Gilbert/Wired)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota
Via DonHarris4/X
Via DonHarris4/X
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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*TRUMP ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT DECLINE IN DOLLAR
It's a choice. Maybe sell more exports, or maybe import more inflation.
It's a choice. Maybe sell more exports, or maybe import more inflation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
*TRUMP ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT DECLINE IN DOLLAR
It's a choice. Maybe sell more exports, or maybe import more inflation.
It's a choice. Maybe sell more exports, or maybe import more inflation.
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Former senator Joël Guerriau, 68, has admitted serving lawmaker Sandrine Josso a drink spiked with MDMA but says it was an accident.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/743y
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/743y
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Former senator Joël Guerriau, 68, has admitted serving lawmaker Sandrine Josso a drink spiked with MDMA but says it was an accident.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/743y
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/743y
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I'd ask if any of these weirdos understand that they're admitting to being members of a death cult but we all know they didn't sit through a ninety minute nature documentary made by a foreigner
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I'd ask if any of these weirdos understand that they're admitting to being members of a death cult but we all know they didn't sit through a ninety minute nature documentary made by a foreigner
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Shooting involving Border Patrol leaves one in critical condition near US-Mexico border
One person in critical condition after shooting at US-Mexico border
The incident comes after angry protests erupted in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting by immigration agents of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday.
www.euronews.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Shooting involving Border Patrol leaves one in critical condition near US-Mexico border
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On Earth 2, the fact an unelected, non-Senate confirmed White House staffer was ordering around the Secretary of DHS would be a scandal worthy of Congressional oversight.
"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios.""
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 PM
On Earth 2, the fact an unelected, non-Senate confirmed White House staffer was ordering around the Secretary of DHS would be a scandal worthy of Congressional oversight.
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À Up Helly Aa, des Vikings écossais défilent dans les rues
Vidéo. À Up Helly Aa, des Vikings écossais défilent dans les rues
Vidéo. Des centaines de Vikings à Lerwick ont célébré Up Helly Aa par un défilé aux flambeaux, qui s’est conclu par l’embrasement rituel d’une réplique de drakkar.
fr.euronews.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
À Up Helly Aa, des Vikings écossais défilent dans les rues
Perhaps this will happen to the United States too.
Analysts agree Iran's regime decided on mass killings to survive protests driven by economic collapse, with clear orders for lethal force against unarmed demonstrators.
Analysis: Promises unkept — Iran's protests and global responsibility
Analysts agree Iran's regime decided on mass killings to survive protests driven by economic collapse, with clear orders for lethal force against unarmed demonstrators.
l.euronews.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Perhaps this will happen to the United States too.
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We have been using the sea slug (top right) as a CPAP for decades.
This nudibranch lives at 10-4k meters deep though, so it’s still cheaper to just sleep divorce our spouses and sleep in another room.
This nudibranch lives at 10-4k meters deep though, so it’s still cheaper to just sleep divorce our spouses and sleep in another room.
Today I feel like going with deep-sea textures. How about bumpy (bumpy snailfish) + gelatinous (sea slug) + spiny (spiny king crab) + fuzzy (yeti crab) #marinelife
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
We have been using the sea slug (top right) as a CPAP for decades.
This nudibranch lives at 10-4k meters deep though, so it’s still cheaper to just sleep divorce our spouses and sleep in another room.
This nudibranch lives at 10-4k meters deep though, so it’s still cheaper to just sleep divorce our spouses and sleep in another room.
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Big drop in jobs plentiful minus jobs hard to get, now back at mid-2016 levels:
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Big drop in jobs plentiful minus jobs hard to get, now back at mid-2016 levels:
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Lowest consumer confidence since 2014:
January 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Lowest consumer confidence since 2014:
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Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
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👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Vanimaru, 5-year-old accident-prone Prince of the Vanilla Kingdom, is the mascot for Yokohama Vanilla, who make delicious salted vanilla financiers.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Vanimaru, 5-year-old accident-prone Prince of the Vanilla Kingdom, is the mascot for Yokohama Vanilla, who make delicious salted vanilla financiers.
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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A kotatsu is a mostly low wooden table with a heater fixed underneath and a thick blanket draped over the frame. People sit on the floor, slide their legs under the table, and trap warm air inside. The blanket does most of the work, keeping the heat in so the whole body warms up, not just the feet.
January 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A kotatsu is a mostly low wooden table with a heater fixed underneath and a thick blanket draped over the frame. People sit on the floor, slide their legs under the table, and trap warm air inside. The blanket does most of the work, keeping the heat in so the whole body warms up, not just the feet.
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LIRR crews used salt, heat, and jet-powered snow blowers to keep trains moving yesterday. Yes, jet-powered.
The railroad has seven rail-bound jet blowers — repurposed jet and helicopter engines — that blast snow and ice clear of switches and the third rail.
The railroad has seven rail-bound jet blowers — repurposed jet and helicopter engines — that blast snow and ice clear of switches and the third rail.
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
LIRR crews used salt, heat, and jet-powered snow blowers to keep trains moving yesterday. Yes, jet-powered.
The railroad has seven rail-bound jet blowers — repurposed jet and helicopter engines — that blast snow and ice clear of switches and the third rail.
The railroad has seven rail-bound jet blowers — repurposed jet and helicopter engines — that blast snow and ice clear of switches and the third rail.
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Braved the Arctic. Touched the snow. Judging whoever ordered winter.
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Braved the Arctic. Touched the snow. Judging whoever ordered winter.
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
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Norwegian citizens and an oil firm face charges for allegedly bribing Congo's President Sassou Nguesso with $25m for offshore oil rights in 2016.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/5OIe
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/5OIe
January 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Norwegian citizens and an oil firm face charges for allegedly bribing Congo's President Sassou Nguesso with $25m for offshore oil rights in 2016.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/5OIe
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/5OIe